A Caffè ☕️Lattè 2-part Spotlight:

THE 100 ESSENTIAL

MODERN ROCK CHART

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Billboard began publishing a chart for the most played songs on American college radio on September 1988. There have been name changes as well as new technology used to compile the data for the chart now known as Alternative Airplay.

This is a focus on 100 of the best tracks that topped the Billboard chart in the years between 1988 to the present day. 

 

Listen to Playlist on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7h7HKun3XYDhlSknjl4jgv?si=c24b1a6a41f247cc&pt=9b95cd8b3372037d13141701c0d96d80

50 ABOUT A GIRL Nirvana

49 GIVE IT AWAY Red Hot Chili Peppers

48 BEEN CAUGHT STEALING Jane’s Addiction

47 STAND R.E.M.

46 INTO YOUR ARMS The Lemonheads

45 COME OUT TO PLAY The Offspring

44 JOEY Concrete Blonde

43 VERONICA Elvis Costello

42 LONGVIEW Green Day

41 BLUE SKY MINE Midnight Oil

           

40 LEARN TO FLY Foo Fighters

39 REGRET New Order

38 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Sinead O’Connor

37 NO ONE KNOWS Queens Of The Stone Age

36 IRONIC Alanis Morissette

35 AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day

34 SELLING THE DRAMA Live

33 BUTTERFLY Crazy Town

32 MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

31 PUMPED UP KICKS Foster The People

           

30 VERTIGO U2

29 STRESSED OUT Twenty One Pilots

28 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW

          Gotye ftg. Kimbra

27 LONELY BOY The Black Keys

26 BASKET CASE Green Day

25 ROYALS Lorde

24 FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE The Cure

23 THE WAY Fastball

22 ALL APOLOGIES Nirvana

21 DRIVE R.E.M.

           

20 WHEN I COME AROUND Green Day

19 LOVE SHACK The B-52’s

18 RUSH Big Audio Dynamite

17 I WILL WAIT Mumford & Sons

16 ZOMBIE The Cranberries

15 WONDERWALL Oasis

14 IN THE END Linkin Park

13 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

12 SEVEN NATION ARMY The White Stripes

11 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins

           

10 BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS Green Day

9 LOSER Beck

8 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay

7 BRING ME TO LIFE Evanescence

6 ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode

5 LOSING MY RELIGION R.E.M.

4 NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor

3 ORANGE CRUSH R.E.M.

2 MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2

1 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Nirvana