Looking back at the Billboard Modern Rock (now Alternative) charts of this week 20 years ago, we see that the music of that summer was still less "rock" and more "pop" oriented, with Siouxsie and the Banshee's "Kiss Them For Me" holding the top spot, with Seal's "Crazy" and R.E.M.'s most pop song, "Shiny Happy People" also found in the Top 10. Even Big Audio Dynamite's "Rush" with its incongruous samples and pastiche song structure was more pop than most everything that would chart just a few years later.
I still don't know what she was singing about, but watching Siouxsie Sioux dance around in this video brings back a certain special feeling.
Here's the Top 10
1. Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Kiss Them For Me"
2. Big Audio Dynamite - "Rush"
3. Crowded House - "Chocolate Cake"
4. Psychedelic Furs - "Until She Comes"
5. Kirsty MacColl - "Walking Down Madison"
6. Electronic - "Tighten Up"
7. Seal - "Crazy"
8. House of Love - "Marble"
9. The Candyskins - "Submarine Song"
10. R.E.M. - "Shiny Happy People"
Whatever.
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