Extended History of Modern Rock Tracks

This page is an extended history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The chart specializes in Alternative rock radio play.

*For basic information on the chart see Modern Rock Tracks

List of Bands to Have Spent Over Ten Weeks at the Top
*-3 Doors Down -11
*-The B-52s -11
*-blink-182 -10
*-Bush -16
*-The Cranberries -10
*-The Cure -18
*-Green Day -44
*-Incubus -19
*-Depeche Mode -10
*-Foo Fighters -49
*-Fuel -12
*-Goo Goo Dolls -11
*-Linkin Park -50
*-Lit -11
*-Live -13
*-Marcy Playground -15
*-Morissey -11
*-Nickelback -13
*-Nine Inch Nails -17
*-Nirvana -11
*-Oasis -15
*-Puddle of Mudd -11
*-Red Hot Chili Peppers -81
*-R.E.M. -30
*-Seether -10
*-Staind -23
*-Sugar Ray-14
*-Three Days Grace -11
*-U2 -31

List of Songs to Hold Record for Longest Stay
1988
*"" (Siouxsie & the Banshees) - 2 weeks (Record Breaker)
*"All that Money Wants" (Psychedelic Furs) - 3 weeks (Record Breaker)
*"Desire" (U2) - 4 weeks (Record Breaker)
*"Orange Crush" (R.E.M.) - 8 weeks (Record Breaker)
1991
*"Losing My Religion" (R.E.M.) - 8 weeks
*"Mysterious Ways" (U2) -9 weeks (Record Breaker)
1993
"Into Your Arms" - (the Lemonheads) -9 weeks
1995
"Wonderwall" (Oasis) -10 weeks (Record Breaker)
1998
"Sex and Candy" (Marcy Playground) -15 weeks (Record Breaker)
1999
"Scar Tissue" (Red Hot Chili Peppers) -16 weeks (Record Breaker)
2001
"It's Been Awhile" (Staind) -16 weeks
2005
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day) -16 weeks
2007
"The Pretender" (Foo Fighters) -18 weeks (Record Breaker)

See Also
*Modern Rock Tracks
*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Modern Rock chart
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