Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago

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Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/16/1989

No. 1 Song
The B-52’s - “Love Shack”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Call - “Let The Day Begin”
The Replacements - “Achin’ To Me”
Fetchin’ Bones - “Love Crushing”
Boris Grebenshikov - “Radio Silence”
Syd Straw - “Future 40 (String of Pearls)”

New Additions
The Alarm - “Sold Me Down The River”


Camper Van Beethoven - “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”


Love And Rockets - “No Big Deal”

 

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New Additions Continued
Exene Cervenka - “He’s Go A She”


The Rolling Stones - “Mixed Emotions”

 

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not sure who this guy is but I bet he was very popular with the ladies until he really wasn’t.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

not sure who this guy is but I bet he was very popular with the ladies until he really wasn’t.
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I like that song. It's a shame that, like every other freestyle dance artist, his only #1 hit (his only top 10 hit too) was a ballad and not a very good one at that.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

more ads from that same week...

 

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Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/23/1989

No. 1 Song
The B-52’s - “Love Shack”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Indio - “Hard Sun”
Beastie Boys - “Hey Ladies”
The The - “Gravitate To Me”

New Additions
The Primitives - “Sick Of It”


The Sugarcubes - “Regina”


Flesh For Lulu - “Decline And Fall”

 

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I am not familiar with any of the new additions but I really enjoy all three.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

a duo of ads for De La Soul and an article on the biggest breakthrough act of '88/'89:

 

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a duo of ads for De La Soul and an article on the biggest breakthrough act of '88/'89:

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