# Best #1 Modern/Alternative Rock Song of the Year: 1992 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773 "2014-11-05T16:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/21 "2014-11-05T23:17:59Z")
This is an easy one. U2’s “One” is their _magnum opus_, and might even be my favorite song of the decade. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/22 "2014-11-06T00:09:08Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#): > > And to me, “Friday I’m in Love” feels like it’s trying too hard to be considered of a piece with the material on **Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me** , but to me it sort of falls flat. Yeah, definitely one of the weaker tracks on **Wish**. But I personally think that album is one of their best - a ton of great tracks throughout. My personal favorite is “Letter to Elise”. The b-side to “Friday I’m in Love” ([Halo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrcJzHJN9w)) is also excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/23 "2014-11-06T00:38:30Z")
I will always happily vote for anything David Lowery did…so Cracker it is. And NOW I can say: it’s a shame about Ray… ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/24 "2014-11-06T03:05:24Z")
So many classic bands and yet I voted for Cracker. I aleays liked that song and I was going to vote for something else until I realized I was humming ‘Low’ under my breath. On another note I hate Peter Gabriel so very much and resent his incursion into an otherwise good set of choices. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/25 "2014-11-06T03:14:36Z")
Voted for the B-52’s as I lived in Athens, GA in 1992 (their hometown, for those of you who can’t read between the lines. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/26 "2014-11-06T08:42:51Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > Yeah, definitely one of the weaker tracks on **Wish**. But I personally think that album is one of their best - a ton of great tracks throughout. My personal favorite is “Letter to Elise”. The b-side to “Friday I’m in Love” ([Halo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrcJzHJN9w)) is also excellent. I started listening to **The Cure** in 1991. Before that, I knew who they were, was familiar with half a dozen of their singles from the 80s but 1991 was the year that I became really obsessed with them. So **Wish** was the first new album that I bought and I remember being disappointed. There were some excellent songs like _Letter to Elise_, _From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea_ and the title track but on the whole, it was a let-down after _Disintegration_. And _Friday I’m in Love_ was definitely one of the weakest tracks. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773/27 "2014-11-07T03:35:17Z")
Voted “Digging In The Dirt” which somehow is both utterly creepy and melodically catchy at the same time. What’s interesting is what _isn’t_ on the list: not a single Seattle grunge band topped the alternative charts in 1992. Was this pretty indicative of what alternative radio played in 1992 (most cities still didn’t have a alternative station in 1992) or is there something else going on? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-1992/703773.md?page=1)