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

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 11/11/1989

No. 1 Song
Ian McCulloch - “Proud To Fall”

Tracks that fell out of the top
Max Q - “Way Of The World”
Thompson Twins - “Sugar Daddy”
Big Audio Dynamite- “James Brown”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Knock Me Down”

New Additions
The Jesus & Mary Chain - “Blues From A Gun”


Eurythmics - “Don’t Ask Me Why”


Graham Parker - “Big Man On Paper”


Flesh For Lulu - “Time & Space”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 11/18/1989

No. 1 Song
Ian McCulloch - “Proud To Fall”

Tracks that fell out of the top
Tears For Fears - “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”
Fuzzbox - “Self!”
The Innocence Mission - “Black Sheep Wall”
The Ocean Blue - “Between Something And Nothing”

New Additions
The Del Fuegos - “Move With Me Sister”


The Cure - “Lullaby”


Dramarama - “Last Cigarette”


Michael Penn - “No Myth”

 

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[TenderLovingKiller®]

I absolutely love that Michael Penn tune.

 

[AndySlash]

i have no recollection of proud to fall whatsoever.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

i have no recollection of proud to fall whatsoever.

Me neither. It’s funny how some tracks that never reach the top spot develop a big legacy while some just seemed to exist only within this time frame and then are never heard from again.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

For a lot of these bands this was the last swing at the ball to get out of the minor leagues. Labels put relatively big money into them and were hoping to build on their hype from a few years previously.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

God, I totally forgot about that Dramarama song and video. Wish I still had forgotten it