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Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock
Modern rock

Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a rock music Radio format found on United States commercial radio. Generally beginning with late 1970s punk rock but referring especially to rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used to differentiate the music from "classic rock", which focuses on music recorded in the 1960s t...
 radios, most of which are alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
 songs. The chart was introduced as a companion to the Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
 chart and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s.

The chart is based solely on radio airplay and is a component chart
Component chart

A Component chart is a chart which is used to calculate a more primary chart. The practice is mostly used by Billboard Magazine in the United States....
 of the Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
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Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock
Modern rock

Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a rock music Radio format found on United States commercial radio. Generally beginning with late 1970s punk rock but referring especially to rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used to differentiate the music from "classic rock", which focuses on music recorded in the 1960s t...
 radios, most of which are alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
 songs. The chart was introduced as a companion to the Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
 chart and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s.

The chart is based solely on radio airplay and is a component chart
Component chart

A Component chart is a chart which is used to calculate a more primary chart. The practice is mostly used by Billboard Magazine in the United States....
 of the Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
. As of 2008, approximately eighty radio stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections....
. Songs are ranked by a calculation of the total number of spins per week with its "audience impression", which is based upon exact times of airplay and each station's Arbitron
Arbitron

Arbitron is a radio audience research company in the United States which collects listener data on radio audiences similar to that collected by Nielsen Media Research on television audiences....
 listener data.

Many rock artists do not release commercial singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 in the U.S. Several popular songs which were not released as commercial singles did not qualify for the Hot 100 before December 1998, but performed very well on Modern Rock Tracks.

During the first several years of Modern Rock Tracks, the chart featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on Modern Rock radio stations, of which there were few. This included many electronic
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
 and post-punk
Post-punk

Post-punk was a popular musical movement with its roots in the mid to late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the early 1970s....
 artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more "mainstream" (particularly spearheaded by the grunge
Grunge music

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area....
 explosion in the early 1990s), the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts began featuring more of the same songs. Today, the Modern Rock Tracks favor more alternative rock, indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
, and punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 bands while the Mainstream Rock Tracks favor more hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 and heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
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The first number-one song on Modern Rock Tracks was "Peek-a-Boo
Peek-a-Boo (song)

"Peek-a-Boo" is a song by English alternative rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was released in 1988 as the first single from the band's ninth studio album Peepshow ....
" by Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siouxsie & the Banshees

Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British Rock music band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the only constant members....
. The current number-one song, for the issue dated March 14, 2009, is "Love Hurts
Love Hurts (Incubus song)

"Love Hurts" is the third Europe single from Incubus ' sixth album, Light Grenades, and is the fourth U.S. single . The song received moderate airplay in European countries....
" by Incubus
Incubus (band)

Incubus is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California, California. Formed by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while in high school in 1991, the band grew to include bassist Alex Katunich , and Gavin Koppell , both of whom were eventually replaced by bas...
.

Records

  • Artists with the most number-one songs:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
 (11)
Green Day
Green Day

Green Day is an American Rock music trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt , and Tr? Cool for the majority of its existence....
 (8) (tie)
U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 (8) (tie)
Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
 (7) (tie)
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American Rock music band formed by singer/guitarist/drummer Dave Grohl in 1995. Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band Nirvana in 1994....
 (7) (tie)
R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
 (6)


  • Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one:
Red Hot Chili Peppers (81)
Foo Fighters (53)
Linkin Park (50)
Green Day (44)
U2 (31)


  • Arists with the most charted titles:
U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 (36)
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
 (33)


  • Three songs have debuted at number one on this chart:
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a song by the United States alternative rock group R.E.M. from their 1994 album Monster . It was the first single taken from the album, released three weeks later....
" by R.E.M. (1994)
"Dani California
Dani California

"Dani California" is the first single from the American Rock music band Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. The single was first made available at the iTunes Music Store and then was officially released on May 2, 2006....
" by Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)
"What I've Done
What I've Done

"What I've Done" is a song by the American Rock music band Linkin Park, and the first Single from their third studio album Minutes to Midnight ....
" by Linkin Park (2007).


  • No single act has replaced themselves at number one on Modern Rock Tracks, although when "All My Life
    All My Life (Foo Fighters song)

    "All My Life" is a song by the United States hard rock band Foo Fighters , released as the first single from their fourth album, One By One....
    " by Foo Fighters
    Foo Fighters

    Foo Fighters is an American Rock music band formed by singer/guitarist/drummer Dave Grohl in 1995. Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band Nirvana in 1994....
     replaced "You Know You're Right
    You Know You're Right

    "You Know You're Right" is a song by the United States Rock music band Nirvana . It is the first song on its compilation album, Nirvana , and the last official single to be released by the band....
    " by Nirvana
    Nirvana (band)

    Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....
     on November 23, 2002, this gave back-to-back chart-toppers to musician Dave Grohl
    Dave Grohl

    David Eric Grohl is an American Rock musician, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C., area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream ....
    .
  • Dave Grohl has made the top of this chart with a record four different bands: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age
    Queens of the Stone Age

    Queens of the Stone Age is a hard rock music band from Palm Desert, California, California, United States, formed in 1997.Originally formed under the name Gamma Ray by guitarist Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age developed a style of riff-oriented, heavy music which Homme described as 'robot rock', saying that he "wanted to create a heavy...
    , and Nine Inch Nails
    Nine Inch Nails

    Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock music group, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. As its main Producer , singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction....
    .
  • Linkin Park's 2003 album Meteora
    Meteora (album)

    Meteora is the second studio album by nu metal band Linkin Park, first released on March 25, 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory....
     has generated the most number-one Modern Rock hits with five.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers' album Californication
    Californication (album)

    Californication is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June 8, 1999 on Warner Bros....
     and Linkin Park's album Meteora
    Meteora (album)

    Meteora is the second studio album by nu metal band Linkin Park, first released on March 25, 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory....
     have generated songs with the highest total number of weeks spent at number one, each with thirty weeks total.


  • Eighteen songs have spent ten weeks or longer at number one. These are:


18 weeks
"The Pretender
The Pretender (song)

"The Pretender" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.This song was featured on the Nintendo DS game Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades....
" — Foo Fighters (2007)
16 weeks
"Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue

"Scar Tissue" is the first single from the United States alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers seventh studio album Californication , released in 1999....
" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) "It's Been Awhile
It's Been Awhile

'"It's Been Awhile"' is a power ballad off the album Break the Cycle by the alternative metal band Staind.The song is probably the band's most well-known song, becoming a Top 40 Hit on the Billboard Hot 100....
" — Staind
Staind

Staind is an United States rock music band from Springfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist/vocalist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki....
 (2001) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day, from their seventh studio album, American Idiot. The song was written by Green Day, with lyrics by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong; it was co-produced by the band and Rob Cavallo....
" — Green Day (2004-05)
15 weeks
"Sex and Candy
Sex and Candy

"Sex and Candy" is the first single released by Marcy Playground from their self titled debut album Marcy Playground . It was released in 1997....
" — Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground is an United States alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak , Dylan Keefe , and Shlomi Lavie . The band is perhaps best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy"....
 (1997-98) "What I've Done" — Linkin Park (2007)
14 weeks
"By the Way
By the Way (song)

"By the Way" is the title track on the By the Way by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released as the album's foremost single and eventually a music video was made as an accompaniment....
" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002) "Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)
13 weeks
"Otherside
Otherside

"Otherside" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2000. It was the third single from their album Californication , and confronts the battles ex-junkies have with their prior addictions....
" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000) "How You Remind Me
How You Remind Me

"How You Remind Me" is the first single from rock band Nickelback's 2001 album, Silver Side Up. A "Gold Mix" was made for latter editions of the single with the heavier guitars edited out of the chorus....
" — Nickelback
Nickelback

Nickelback is a Canadian Rock music band formed in Hanna, Alberta by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger ....
 (2001)
12 weeks
"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
Hemorrhage (In My Hands)

"Hemorrhage " is a song by the rock band Fuel , released as the first single from their album Something Like Human. The single spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S....
" — Fuel
Fuel (band)

Fuel is an American Rock music Musical ensemble formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1989. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the group's name to Fuel sometime in 1994....
 (2000-01) "Numb
Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is the thirteenth and final song on the 2003 in music album Meteora by the Rock music band Linkin Park, and is also the album's third single....
" — Linkin Park (2003-04)
11 weeks
"My Own Worst Enemy" — Lit (1999) "Kryptonite
Kryptonite (song)

"Kryptonite" is a song by USA Rock music band 3 Doors Down. It was originally released as a demo for local play by FM 97.9 in Biloxi, Mississippi....
" — 3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down

3 Doors Down is an United States Rock music band formed in 1994 in , by Brad Arnold , Matt Roberts and Todd Harrell . The band signed to Universal Records after the success of their song "Kryptonite "....
 (2000) "Pork and Beans
Pork and Beans (song)

"Pork and Beans" is a song from alternative rock band Weezer's 2008 album, Weezer . It was released in digital form on April 24, 2008. The track debuted at #19 on Billboard 's Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and would go on to spend eleven weeks at #1....
" — Weezer
Weezer

Weezer is a Grammy-winning United States Rock music band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1992. Initially, the band consisted of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Matt Sharp , and Jason Cropper ....
 (2008) "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" is the second single and third track on the The Offspring's 2008 album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. "You're Gonna Go Far Kid" along with "Hammerhead " and "Half-Truism", were played live before the release of Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace....
" — The Offspring
The Offspring

The Offspring is an American rock music band. It was formed in 1984 in Huntington Beach, California. The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid , with reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s....
 (2008)
10 weeks
"Wonderwall
Wonderwall (song)

"Wonderwall" is a song by English rock music band Oasis , written by the band's guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. Released as the third single from Morning Glory? in October 1995, "Wonderwall" peaked at number two in the UK Singles Charts and proved to be their American breakthrough, reaching number eight on the Hot 100 and...
" — Oasis
Oasis (band)

Oasis are an English rock music band that formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as "The Rain", the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul Arthurs , Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher ....
 (1995-96) "All My Life
All My Life (Foo Fighters song)

"All My Life" is a song by the United States hard rock band Foo Fighters , released as the first single from their fourth album, One By One....
" — Foo Fighters (2002-03)

See also

  • List of number-one modern rock hits (United States)
    List of number-one modern rock hits (United States)

    This is a list of number-one modern rock hits as recorded by Billboard Magazine?s Modern Rock Tracks chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs on United States modern rock radio stations....
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Modern Rock chart
    List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Modern Rock chart

    This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Billboard began ranking alternative rock music on the week ending September 10, 1988 and this is the standard music popularity chart in the United States for play on modern rock radio....


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