Billboard #1 Alternative Hits of the 1980s

Songs that reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart during 1988 and 1989.

The Top Ten

1 Orange Crush - R.E.M.

2 Fascination Street - The Cure

3 Desire - U2

Great stuff. I was thinking of voting for Orange Crush, but I chose Desire because it's a straight up rock and roll tune in the original sense. Probably my favorite song from Rattle and Hum.

4 So Alive - Love and Rockets

5 Love Shack - The B-52's

6 Veronica - Elvis Costello

7 Mayor of Simpleton - XTC

8 All That Money Wants - The Psychedelic Furs

9 Proud to Fall - Ian McCulloch

10 Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed

The Contenders

11 Stand - R.E.M.

12 Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie & The Banshees

13 Come Anytime - Hoodoo Gurus

14 Blues from a Gun - The Jesus and Mary Chain

15 Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven

16 Just Play Music! - Big Audio Dynamite

17 I'll Be You - The Replacements

18 Sowing the Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears

19 Love and Anger - Kate Bush

20 Charlotte Anne - Julian Cope

21 Disappointed - Public Image Ltd.

22 Channel Z - The B-52's

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