news.yahoo.com: A 2-1 move places U2's "Vertigo" (Interscope) at the pinnacle of Modern Rock Tracks. It is the group's first song to go all the way since "Staring at the Sun" ruled for three weeks in April 1997.
"Vertigo" is the eighth U2 song to be a Modern Rock No. 1. That ties the Irish rockers with Red Hot Chili Peppers for the most chart-toppers in the history of that survey.
There is one record U2 has all to itself: It is the act with the longest span of No. 1s on Modern Rock Tracks, stretching over 16 years and two weeks, counting back to Oct. 22, 1988, the week "Desire" marched into pole position. [
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"Vertigo" is the eighth U2 song to be a Modern Rock No. 1. That ties the Irish rockers with Red Hot Chili Peppers for the most chart-toppers in the history of that survey.
There is one record U2 has all to itself: It is the act with the longest span of No. 1s on Modern Rock Tracks, stretching over 16 years and two weeks, counting back to Oct. 22, 1988, the week "Desire" marched into pole position. [
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