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Modern Rock No. 1s: Green Day and "Longview"
Green Day brings punk rock to the mainstream with "Longview," a song about teenage malaise, a never-ending struggle between overcoming boredom while…
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Matt Madurski
Modern Rock No. 1s: Live and "Selling The Drama"
As grunge acts dominated the 1994 music landscape, record companies rushed to cash in on the wave. Enter Live, whose grunge-adjacent sound rocketed them…
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Matt Madurski
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Morrissey and "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get"
Morrissey's melancholic musing about unrequited love became the bright line between the acts who defined the alternative chart's early years and the…
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Tori Amos and "God"
Tori Amos hits the top of the charts with "God," a song that both challenges the role of a deity while calmly asking if, perhaps, a woman's perspective…
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Matt Madurski
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Crash Test Dummies and "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
Once ... there was this band ... who ... sung about kids' maladies and quickly climbed the charts. I couldn't quite explain it, but the song holds up…
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Beck and "Loser"
Beck Hanson oversees a seismic shift in the Billboard charts with "Loser," a song that inadvertently defined a generation by mixing folk stylings with a…
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Nirvana and "All Apologies"
Nirvana's "All Apologies" explores the depths of self-doubt, self-acceptance, and the impermanence of existence mere months before Kurt Cobain's death
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Matt Madurski
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Gin Blossoms and "Found Out About You"
Composed at nearly double-time in its initial recording, "Found Out About You" reflects the urgency Doug Hopkins must've felt - and the heartbreak he…
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Modern Rock No. 1s: Pearl Jam and "Daughter"
Mark Blankenship of "The Lost Songs Project" returns to talk about Pearl Jam's first Modern Rock Tracks chart topper, "Daughter," a song about rising…
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Modern Rock No. 1s: The Lemonheads and "Into Your Arms"
"Into Your Arms" is a fine track, arguably one of the best from The Lemonheads, but it's hard to believe it topped the charts for nine weeks
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Matt Madurski
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Modern Rock Tracks No. 1s - Nirvana and "Heart-Shaped Box"
"Heart-Shaped Box" provides a Gen X-infused, angsty, poetically unique view of love, a perfect counterpoint to mainstream pop's views on the subject at…
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Matt Madurski
Modern Rock Tracks No. 1s - Blind Melon and "No Rain"
Blind Melon bucks the grunge rock trend with "No Rain," a song that catapulted the band to the highest heights yet presaged the unfortunate passing of…
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