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QEF? 1=: MC-7/0 L.70 I\T 411C 147- By ÇìARIZIF MELT SAPPORO lII - .O K/p Jy Friend Steve is not a boy band despite "I prefer to think that our songs reach a wider audi- for that show. And we didn't want people to get fact os sgestngu rwise. Thve group ence, which is what radio play has proven. But we tired of it. But they sent us the pilot, and we I in regu- "I is made up five youotheng, sensitie; cute are indebted to this show for really helping get our thought it was a neat show. don't tune HOT guys. They call Orlando, Fla., home and churn out name out there." larly because it is hard to be religious about any pop /rock songs that make you want to sing along show when you're on the road. In the end, we decid- 'We were con- ed that we needed to utilize every tool we were And probably more than half of their audience is cerned that we'd made up of teenage girls. be known as that offered to get our name out there." But they don't dance, wear goggles, or play Dis- band that diid that So if Burry didn't write the song, which went to neyworld. And accounting for that teen audience is song for that show' No. 38 on last issue's Modern Rock Tracks, specifi- the fact that "Charmed," the first single from the -Steve Burry, My Friend Steve cally for the show, about four kids growing up in act's Mammoth debut, "Hope & Wait," doubles as Manhattan, what is it about? A semi -charmed life, HITS! the theme for the WB's "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane." That isn't to say that the group immediately apparently. "It is about a guy I knew, a friend of a "The show's target teen market is a good chunk jumped at the chance to lend its music to a week- friend, who had really wealthy parents. This guy of who we imagined would be drawn to `Charmed," ly sitcom with a laugh track. "We were concerned had everything, but then he got hooked on crack explains singer/songwriter /guitarist Steve Burry. that we'd be known as that band that did that song and blew it all. It seemed like such a waste." IN Billboard. MAY 15, 1999 Billboard® MAY 15, 1999 Mainstream Rock Tracks.. Modern Rock Tracks.M TOKIO T N TRACK TITLE ARTIST Y Y Y Y 7 TRACK TITLE ARTIST __; ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL H N 3: o ALBUM 11ILE IF ANY) IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL , 3 N ÿ o to No Scrubs / TLC N 1 11111.0- -- No. 1 ---. O. -0 -- ® Morin On Without You / Hikaru Utada No. HEAVY 13 week. at No. 1 COLLECTIVE SOUL MY OWN WORST ENEMY 6 weeks at I LIT 1 1 1 11 1 1 14 OO Who's Been Sleeping / Swing Out Sister DOSAGE ATLANTIC A PLACE IN THE SUN RCA t ®The Animal Song / Savage Garden MAS TEQUILA SAMMY HAGAR PRAISE YOU FATBOY SLIM 2 2 2 10 2 2 2 16 RED VOODOO MCA t YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY SKINT /ASTRALWERKSNIRGIN t © Tender / Blur ONE CREED ONE CREED 3 3 ' 21 ® Girlfriend/Boyfriend / Blackstreet 3 3 3 22, 3 -UP MY OWN PRISON WIND -UP MY OWN PRISON WIND BETTER DAYS (AND THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT) CITIZEN KING 8 Nights Over Egypt/ Incognito 8 LIT UP BUCKCHERRY 6 8 11 5 6 MOBILE ESTATES WARNER BROS. t ® BUCKCHERRY DREAMWORKS t ® Georgy Porgy / Eric Benét Featuring BLUE MONDAY ORGY WHISKEY IN THE JAR METALLICA 5 4 5 24 5 4 4 17 CANDYASS ELEMENTREE/REPRISE Faith Evans GARAGE INC. ELEKTRNEEG t t HEAVY COLLECTIVE SOUL ® Push Upstairs / Underworld I'M HERE OLEANDER 6 7 6 17 6 8 13 WHY DOSAGE ATLANTIC © FEBRUARY SUN REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL ® Believe / Misia NEW NO DOUBT LIVING DEAD GIRL ROB ZOMBIE 8 7 10 7 7 16 "GO" SOUNDTRACK WORK/ERG f © Life / K -Ci & Jojo 10 HELLBILLY DELUXE GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE t 0 APART SUGAR RAY Raphael Saadiq And 0 -Tip MY OWN WORST ENEMY LIT 13 16 4 FALLS ® Get Involved / 10 18 8 ® 14:59 LAVA/ATLANTIC A PLACE IN THE SUN RCA t ® I Really Like It / Harlem World DON'T YOU GET A JOB? THE OFFSPRING o WHAT IT'S LIKE EVERLAST 9 5 4 16 WHY 9 8 5 26 AMERICANA COLUMBIA t Believe / Cher WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUES TOMMY BOY t o ENDS EVERLAST GODSMACK 10 9 11 7 ® Everybody/ Dede 10 9 10 30 WHATEVER WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUES TOMMY BOY GODSMACK REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL t ® Sukatonosuna UA FREAK ON A LEASH KORN / ON A LEASH KORN 11 11 13 13 11 11 15 13 FREAK FOLLOW THE LEADER IMMORTAL/EPIC f © Ainoshirushi / Spitz FOLLOW THE LEADER IMMORTAL/EPIC t DIZZY GOO GOO DOLLS FLY LOUDMOUTH 12 10 9 11 ® Promises / The Cranberries 12 15 17 9 DIZZY UP THE GIRL WARNER BROS. t LOUDMOUTH HOLLYWOOD ® Let Yourself Go, Let Myself Go / Dragon Ash FLY AWAY LENNY KRAVITZ AIRPOWER 111111,-- 13 12 13 44 Maria / Blondie 5 VIRGIN f MY AGE AGAIN? BLINK 182 13 27 2 WHAT'S ENDS EVERLAST ENEMA OF THE STATE MCA ® Souls / Bird 14 18 '0 6 WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUES TOMMY BOY t ANTHEM FOR THE YEAR 2000 SILVERCHAIR O Canned Heat/ Jamiroquai 14 12 14 10 WHY DON'T YOU GET A JOB? THE OFFSPRING NEON BALLROOM EPIC f 15 14 12 14 Army/ Ben Folds Five AMERICANA COLUMBIA t IT'S LIKE EVERLAST 15 15 10 32 WHAT FOR THE YEAR 2000 SILVERCHAIR TOMMY BOY Praise You / Fatboy Slim 21 21 10 ANTHEM WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUES t ® CI NEON BALLROOM EPIC t AWFUL HOLE As Michael With Mary J. Blige ICD4 16 21 5 / George HEY HEY BAD COMPANY CELEBRITY SKIN DGC/INTERSCOPE 11 19 16 10 / THE ORIGINAL BAD COMPANY ANTHOLOGY ELEKTRNEEG PROMISES THE CRANBERRIES Electricity Suede 17 14 12 8 DIZZY GOO GOO DOLLS BURY THE HATCHET ISLAND /MERCURY t 18 13 14 11 ® Hanarebanare / Kuramubon DIZZY UP THE GIRL WARNER BROS. f ALL STAR SMASH MOUTH 18 36 2 ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ONLY A FOOL THE BLACK CROWES - ASTRALOUNGE INTERSCOPE 19 16 11 12 BY YOUR SIDE AMERICAN/COLUMBIA t BEN FOLDS FIVE ® Little Bit Of Lovin / Kele Le Roc 19 22 26 4 ARMY VINTAGE EYES SECOND COMING THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF REINHOLD MESSNER 550 MUSIC/ERG t 20 20 19 13 Sunny / Frayz SECOND COMING CAPITOL t CRUSH DAVE MATTHEWS BAND 20 18 18 29 ® Psycho -Sam / Jeff Beck FREE GIRL NOW TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS BEFORE THESE CROWDED STREETS RCA t 21 1 9 10 ECHO WARNER BROS. FLAG LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS Dans Une Station / Princess Erika 21 23 24 5 BATTLE ALL THAT YOU ARE 1(3) ECONOLINE CRUSH HOW TO OPERATE WITH A BLOWN MIND SKINT/SUB POP /COLUMBIA t 22) 24 2L 8 ® My First Planet / Toshihiko Mori THE DEVIL YOU KNOW RESTLESS t EVERY MORNING SUGAR RAY 22 17 15 23 70% - Yuugurenoute / Chore ROOM AT THE TOP TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS 14:59 LAVA/ATLANTIC f ® 25 34 4 CI ECHO WARNER BROS. t LAST KISS PEARL JAM She's So High / Tal Bachman 23 31 37 3 EPIC I DONT TRUST NOBODY GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS 14 26 25 5 Heaven / Glen Scott HALF A BOY /HALL A MAN CMC INTERNATIONAL GODSMACK 14 26 28 6 WHATEVER BLUE MONDAY ORGY GODSMACK REPUBLIGUNIVERSALf Changes / 2Pac 25 22 17 22 PAPA VEGAS CANDYASS ELEMENTREE/REPRISE f BOMBSHELL I Marieh CI 25 29 4 Still Believe / Carey TEMPLE OF YOUR DREAMS MONSTER MAGNET HELLO VERTIGO RCA 26) 27 27 7 Flying Saucer / United Future Organization POWERTRIP A&M/INTERSCOPE LIVING DEAD GIRL ROB ZOMBIE 26 24 22 11 HELLBILLY DELUXE GEFFEN/NTERSCOPE BAWITDABA KID ROCK f ® When I close My Eyes / Shanice 21) 29 32 7 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE TOP DOG/LAVNATLANTIC BAWITDABA KID ROCK f 11 28 27 6 ® Buses And Trains / Bachelor Girl UPSIDE DOWN POUND DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE TOP DOG/LAVA/ATLANTIC t 28) 30 33 4 / Cocco ISLAND/MERCURY LET'S MAKE A DEAL DANGERMAN ® Jyukeinoito SAME OLD LIFE 28 20 20 9 DANGERMAN 550 MUSIC/ERG JUST GO STAIND Hate Me Now / Nas Featuring Puff Daddy 31 29 7 29) I GROW UP GARBAGE DYSFUNCTION FUP /ELEKTRNEEG t 29 33 40 3 WHEN VERSION 2.0 ALMO SOUNDS/INTERSCOPE ® Crash! / Propellerheads 26 TURN THE PAGE METALLICA 30 23 24 SHEEP GO TO HEAVEN CAKE ® Down So Long / Jewel GARAGE INC. ELEKTRNEEG f 30 21 19 13 PROLONGING THE MAGIC CAPRICORN/MERCURY f WANDER THIS WORLD JONNY LANG ® Party With Fun Factory / Fun Factory 31 28 23 10 ROCK IS DEAD MARILYN MANSON WANDER THIS WORLD A&M/INTERSCOPE 31 30 30 5 Madonna MECHANICAL ANIMALS MAVERICK/NOTHING /INTERSCOPE f © Nothing Really Matters / ROCK IS DEAD MARILYN MANSON 32 32 28 6 OPEN ROAD SONG EVE 6 You Don't Know Me / Armand Van Helden MECHANICAL ANIMALS MAVERICK/NOTHINGIINTERSCOPE t 31 37 2 EVE 6 RCA KEEP AWAY GODSMACK ® Freak Of The Week / Marvelous 3 37 2 STOLEN CAR BETH ORTON @) GODSMACK REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 33 35 38 4 CENTRAL RESERVATION HEAVENLY/DECONSTRUCTION/ARISTA Back Together Again / Maxi Priest & ABOVE FINGER ELEVEN 34 34 35 5 LEVEL ON THE INSIDE DOVETAIL JOINT TIP WIND -UP f 34 29 23 13 Elisha La'Verne 001 AWARE/C2 t 2 MEET VIRGINIA TRAIN Selections can be heard on 35) 36 - 2 DON'T THINK TWICE MIKE NESS TRAIN AWARE/COLUMBIA 35 40 CHEATING AT SOLITAIRE TIME BOMB "Sapporo Beer Tokio Hot 100 " SHAKIN' AND A BAKIN' HONKY TOAST 36 33 30 9 JESUS OR A GUN FUEL WHATCHA GONNA DO HONKY? 550 MUSIC/ERG 36 NEW I every Sunday 1 PM-5 PM on SUNBURN 550 MUSIC/ERG JESUS OR A GUN FUEL FREAK OF THE WEEK MARVELOUS 3 J-WAVE / 81.3 FM in TOKYO 31 NEW 1 37 32 25 19 SUNBURN 550 MUSIC/ERG HEY!ALBUM HIFVELEKTRNEEG t TIME TO BURN JAKE ANDREWS DENISE FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE CI 38 2 38 39 - 2 TIME TO BURN JERICHO/SIRE UTOPIA PARKWAY SCRATCHIE/ATLANTIC GUARDIAN ANGEL SOULMOTOR LIT BUCKCHERRY NEW 1 UP 81.3 Fm J-WAUE CI 39 NEW 1 SOULMOTOR CMC INTERNATIONAL BUCKCHERRY DREAMWORKS t POWERTRIP MONSTER MAGNET MY FAVOURITE GAME THE CARDIGANS 40 RE -ENTRY 24 40 34 33 25 Station information available at: POWERTRIP A&M/INTERSCOPE f GRAN TURISMO STOCKHOLM/MERCURY f http: / /www.i- wave.co,ip Compiled horn a national sample or airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service.