{
  "id": 17811791,
  "title": "The Alternative Number Ones: Marcy Playground’s “Sex And Candy”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/the-alternative-number-ones-marcy-playgrounds-sex-and-candy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2515639/the-alternative-number-ones-marcy-playgrounds-sex-and-candy/columns/the-alternative-number-ones/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}