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

[Wicked Dreamer]

some interesting articles from that week...

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 1/27/1990

No. 1 Song
The Psychedelic Furs - “House”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Jesus and Mary Chain - “Blues From A Gun”
Debbie Harry - “Kiss It Better”
Young Fresh Fellows - “Carrot Head”

New Additions
They Might Be Giants - “Birdhouse In Your Soul”


UB40 - “Here I Am (Come And Take Me)”


The Silencers - “Razor Blades Of Love”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I love that They Might Be Giants song an my mom was a big fan of UB40 for some reason. Not familiar with The Silencers at all.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

The Silencers were Scottish jangle pop. Their first album, A Letter from St Paul, was ok

 

[Nee Lewman]

I also love that They Might be Giants song! I always forget how much I like the Psychedelic Furs.

 

[Biscuit]

I love that They Might Be Giants song an my mom was a big fan of UB40 for some reason. Not familiar with The Silencers at all.

Big TMBG fan here!

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

some ads from Radio & Records the week ending February 2nd, 1990:

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

some ads from Radio & Records the week ending February 2nd, 1990:

View attachment 225719View attachment 225720View attachment 225721View attachment 225722View attachment 225723View attachment 225724View attachment 225725

HA! We’ve been watching Full House and I just looked up Tommy Page Wikipedia because he guest stars as himself on an episode where he is Stephanie’s pre-teen crush.

Sadly, the story ends badly for him (committed suicide in 2017 at 47).

I wasn’t aware of him at the time but I guess they pushing him hard but outside a couple singles his career never really took off.

Sadly, looks like

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

HA! We’ve been watching Full House and I just looked up Tommy Page Wikipedia because he guest stars as himself on an episode where he is Stephanie’s pre-teen crush.

Sadly, the story ends badly for him (committed suicide in 2017 at 47).

I wasn’t aware of him at the time but I guess they pushing him hard but outside a couple singles his career never really took off.

Tommy Page had opened for NKOTB on their 1989 tour and worked on that song with a few of the New Kids (Jordan, Danny & Donnie) so I’m guessing that association with them is why that song was such a big hit.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 2/3/1990

No. 1 Song
The Psychedelic Furs - “House”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Higher Ground”
Dramarama - “Last Cigarette”
The Primitives - “Secrets”
Eleventh Dream Day - “Testify”

New Additions
The Blue Nile - “The Downtown Lights”


Ian McCulloch - “Faith & Healing”


The Smithereens - “Yesterday Girl”


The Rave-Ups - “Respectfully King of Rain”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

 

[Nee Lewman]

Murphy isn’t number one on that chart.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Murphy isn’t number one on that chart.

What was I looking at?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Spoiler Alert: I think I was looking at next week.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Fixed it.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I have absolutely no recollection of The Rave-Ups at all from back then, and I am familiar with probably 99% of the acts on these charts

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

some ads from Radio & Records this week in 1990:

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 2/10/1990

No. 1 Song
Peter Murphy - “Cut You Up”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Ocean Blue - “Drifting, Falling”
Lenny Kravitz - “Let Love Rule”
Ian McCulloch - “Proud To Fall”
Shawn Colvin - “Steady On”
Kate Bush - “Love And Anger”
Michelle Shocked - “On The Green Side”

New Additions
Sinèad O’Connor - “Nothing Compares 2 U”


The Mission UK - “Deliverance”


Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”


The The - “Jealous Of Youth”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

New Additions Continued
The Beloved - “Hello”


John Wesley Harding - “The Devil In Me”

 

[Nee Lewman]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 2/10/1990
View attachment 226714
No. 1 Song
Peter Murphy - “Cut You Up”

Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Ocean Blue - “Drifting, Falling”
Lenny Kravitz - “Let Love Rule”
Ian McCulloch - “Proud To Fall”
Shawn Colvin - “Steady On”
Kate Bush - “Love And Anger”
Michelle Shocked - “On The Green Side”

New Additions
Sinèad O’Connor - “Nothing Compares 2 U”

The Mission UK - “Deliverance”

Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”

The The - “Jealous Of Youth”

Why does this list seem familiar? lol

Also Hey Sinead... also also, that Edie Brickell song was a step towards me becoming a Dylan fan. Bet @Joe Mac has thoughts....