The Alternative Number Ones: Marcy Playground’s “Sex And Candy”
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard  Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to  The Number Ones . The column is now biweekly, alternating with The Number Ones on Mondays. For almost the first decade of the Billboard Modern Rock chart's existence, it was impossible for a song to hold down the #1 spot for more than nine weeks at a time. Betw…


