And I haven’t heard this Shinedown song currently on the radio. The alternative stations around here only played two songs by them: their first single “.45″ (which I remember for having some pretty stupid lyrics) and “I Dare You” (which I remember because it was actually a halfway decent song). I thought they broke up too.

The amazing thing about this week’s modern rock charts is that a genuine alternative song – the one by Airborne Toxic Event – is still in the Top 10. It’s pretty rare that an alternative rock song that isn’t by a band who had charted before (Kings of Leon, U2, Paramore and the Killers are the only other bands I consider to be “alternative” in the Top 10) will hit the Top 10 of the Modern Rock Chart. You know, the chart explicitly meant for alternative rock music?

I’m happy that two songs I like are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 right now (”Chasing Pavements” and “Lost!”). I always hated that “Viva La Vida”, a song I consider to be merely OK was a bigger hit that “Violet Hill”, a song I consider to be fantastic.

Oh, one more thing. I’ve yet to hear “The Fear” on the pop radio stations around here. The alternative station (which played the hell out of “Smile” and “LDN”) seems to be playing it occasionally, but I haven’t heard it anywhere else.

Their last Modern Rock Top 10 was just two years ago–”Forever” (which I couldn’t remember enough to hum for you) peaked at No. 2 in 2007.