#1 Alternative Hits 1988-1989

Billboard began tracking alt radio hits in fall1988. I'll give you the song title and a hint. You name the artist or the band.

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Song title	Hint	Artist
Peek-A-Boo	see photo	Siouxsie and the Banshees
Just Play Music	Mick Jones post Clash	Big Audio Dynamite
All That Money Wants	pretty in pink	The Psychedelic Furs
Desire	the Edge	U2
Orange Crush	Athens, Georgia	REM
Charlotte Anne	world, shut your mouth	Julian Cope
Stand	2nd time on the list	REM
Dirty Blvd.	no Nico here	Lou Reed
I'll Be You	swinging party	The Replacements
Veronica	not the king	Elvis Costello
Mayor of Simpleton	dear God	XTC
Fascination Street	Smith	The Cure
So Alive	post-Bauhaus	Love and Rockets
Disappointed	post-Johnny Rotten	Public Image Ltd
Channel Z	not a bomber	The B-52's
Come Anytime	famous at Bryce?	Hoodoo Gurus
Love Shack	2nd time on the list	The B-52's
Sowing the Seeds of Love	shout	Tears for Fears
Pictures of Matchstick Men	take the skinheads bowling	Camper Van Beethoven
Proud to Fall	post-Echo	Ian McCulloch
Love and Anger	Wuthering Heights	Kate Bush
Blues from a Gun	April skies, head on	The Jesus and Mary Chain

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