red hot chili pepper got famous by having their first number one single on the modern rock chart in late 1991.
red hot chili pepper got famous by having their first number one single on the modern rock chart in late 1991.
when did red hot chili pepper get famous by having their first number one single on the modern rock chart?
late 1991
"give it away" went on to achieve international fame, reaching number one on the "billboard" modern rock tracks in late 1991, giving the band their first ever number one single. in 1992 the single charted inside the top 75 of the us hot 100 in the wake of the huge success of the record's second single "under the bridge". "give it away" also became the band's first top ten hit in the united kingdom, where it peaked at number nine on the uk singles chart; this didn't occur until february 1994, nearly 2 and a half years after it was first released in the us.
give it away (red hot chili peppers song)
it entered the "billboard" modern rock tracks chart at number three, making it one of the highest debuts of the last several years and becoming the band's first number one on that chart since "who you are" in 1996. "world wide suicide" was also the band's first number one single of any sort in eight years (since "given to fly" reached number one on the mainstream rock chart in 1998). "world wide suicide" was the most successful song from "pearl jam" on the american rock charts. the song peaked at number 41 on the "billboard" hot 100, number two on the "billboard" mainstream rock tracks chart, and number one on the "billboard" modern rock tracks chart. the song spent a total of three weeks at number one on the modern rock chart. without selling any hard copies of the single or distributing cds to radio programmers, consultants and industry contacts, "world wide suicide" became the first digitally delivered number one song in canadian radio history. on the song's radio success, vedder stated, "i don't think two or three years ago you could even get a song called "world wide suicide" with the word "soldier" in it played on the radio. the fact that it's getting played a lot, maybe that means that the ocean that is freedom of speech is still healthy enough for a fish to survive in."
world wide suicide