List of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1980s

Alternative Airplay is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations.

[3][4] The Modern Rock Tracks chart debuted in the September 10, 1988, issue of Billboard, with the inaugural number-one song being "Peek-a-Boo" by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees.

and The B-52's each scored two number-one songs on the Modern Rock Tracks chart during the 1980s, the most for any artist within the decade.

song "Orange Crush" spent the longest period atop the chart during the decade, staying at number one for eight consecutive weeks from November 1988 to January 1989.

[6] The final number one of the 1980s was "Blues from a Gun" by the Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain.

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" Peek-a-Boo " by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees was the first song to top the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
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The Cure spent seven weeks atop the chart in 1989 with " Fascination Street ".