Billboard Modern Rock Charts for 1988 first two months of 1989

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 01/21/1989

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 01/28/1989

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 02/04/1989

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 02/11/1989

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 02/18/1989

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 02/25/1989

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

This is brilliant, @TenderLovingKiller®.

I didn't make it past the second chart before I headed to the shelf to pull out this one that I haven't played in years...

The Screaming Tribesmen - Bones + Flowers

Australia cranked out some top shelf alternative in the 80's.

Stateside folks - especially those from NC - will recognize the voice as the other side of the world's Mitch Easter.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/10/1988
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I never remember that Crash by The Primitives was released that early. I think it became a big radio hit after it was featured on the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

This is brilliant, @TenderLovingKiller®.

I didn't make it past the second chart before I headed to the shelf to pull out this one that I haven't played in years...

The Screaming Tribesmen - Bones + Flowers

Australia cranked out some top shelf alternative in the 80's.

Stateside folks - especially those from NC - will recognize the voice as the other side of the world's Mitch Easter.



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I think I am gonna do a playlist of all the unique songs that appeared on these charts for all of 1988. There is so much (including this one) that I am completely unfamiliar with.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I never remember that Crash by The Primitives was released that early. I think it became a big radio hit after it was featured on the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack.

Yup! That is how I knew this song. The Dumb & Dumber soundtrack was a”way better than it had any right to be.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Yup! That is how I knew this song. The Dumb & Dumber soundtrack was a”way better than it had any right to be.

Belle & Sebastian did a very mellow cover of this song on their Late Night Tales compilation

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I think I am gonna do a playlist of all the unique songs that appeared on these charts for all of 1988. There is so much (including this one) that I am completely unfamiliar with.

I was just thinking "I need to make a playlist"

 

[jamieanderson1968]

January 21 1989 - only one track missing (A House)

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Here is a Spotify Playlist of all the unique chart entries from 1988:

Missing songs:
Shriekback - “intoxication”
Debbie Harry - “Liar Liar”
Michelle Shocked - “Anchorage”
Hugh Cornwell - “Another Kind of Love”
Let’s Active - “Every Dog Has His Day”
The Feelies - “Away”
Michelle Shocked - “If Love Was a Train”
The Pretenders - “1969”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

The new personal discoveries that I will probably explore further:

Jon Astley

Hothouse Flowers

Voice Of The Beehives

Scruffy The Cat

 

[TrainFan73]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/10/1988
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I need to show this one to my wife she always seems incredulous that the Siouxsie song was a big deal.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I need to show this one to my wife she always seems incredulous that the Siouxsie song was a big deal.

They get another song on there too a few weeks later.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

I need to show this one to my wife she always seems incredulous that the Siouxsie song was a big deal.

The song and "Kiss Them For Me" were huge. "Dear Prudence" too.

 

[TrainFan73]

It’s that song she is incredulous about.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

The new personal discoveries that I will probably explore further:

Jon Astley

Hothouse Flowers

Voice Of The Beehives

Scruffy The Cat

Jon Astley is the brother of Virginia Astley. She made some beautiful records in the 80s