Section 3: The Airplay Chart

Corina’s ”Now That You’re Gone” hit #72 in 1992

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The only Counting Crows song to be released as a single in the decade was ”Hanginaround” so all their other hits only made it to the airplay charts. They are: ”Mr. Jones” ”Round Here” ”Einstein on the Beach (For An Eggman)” ”Rain King” ”Angel of the Silences” ”A Long December” and ”Daylight Fading.”

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The Cover Girls hit the airplay chart with ”Funk Boutique/Don’t Stop Now.”

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Both of the charting songs for the Cowboy Junkies were airplay only. ”Sweet Jane” in 1994 from the Natural Born Killers soundtrack and ”A Common Disaster” from 1996.

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”I Hate My Generation” hit #67 for Cracker.

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The Cranberries’ ”Zombie” ”Ode To My Family” and ”Salvation” all hit the airplay chart.

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Creed hit #54 in 1998 with ”My Own Prison.”

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Dave Steed

Dave Steed is all about music; 80's and metal to be exact. His iPod will shuffle from Culture Club to Slayer and he won't blink an eye. He's never heard Astral Weeks but thinks "Dazzey Duks" by Duice is the bomb. It's an odd little corner of the world he lives in.

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