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Every Billboard Modern Rock Chart #1 through 2005, listed in order of preference.  

1. The Cure, "High"

April 11 - May 8, 1992



Esoteric choice, perhaps, but this pretty lil' morsel aw-shucked its way past the competition - I simply couldn't pretend that I'd rather hear any other song on the list more (though "Just Like Heaven," which hit before the chart began, as well as over 25 modern rock non-#1 hits from '88 on, would have topped it). Fat Bob mewling multi-tracked euphoria over glistening arpeggios, gurgling his orgasmic vagina metaphors all Carrollesque, thanking God that he's still getting some despite himself. Giggly, glowing sexual gratitude from an alleged mopemeister is a fittingly contradictory high point (no pun intended) for a list of the most popular weirdos in rock.

and when i see you kitten as a cat
yeah as smitten as that
i can't get that small
the way you fur
the how you purr
it makes me want to paw you all

Comments:
Great choice. A tremendous recording, and one of only five or so songs in rock & roll history with lyrics that stand up well on their own as poetry. Not that poetic potential is normally a good basis by which to evaluate songs.

Anyway, I'm just glad "Nookie" wasn't a #1.
 
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