Indie Number Ones

As a coronavirus Network Time Killer, I'm going to write about every song that hit number one on the NME indie charts starting in early1980 with Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and working our way towards the present day.*  This is a total and utter rip-off of the great Tom Breilan's " Number Ones on Stereogum ", where he writes about every number one on the American Top 40 charts. Which is itself admittedly a rip-off of Alan's  Popular  write-ups of every UK Number One on their charts. If, for some unknown reason, you have lots of spare time these are totally fun ways to pass the time.  Mainly I'm doing this as an opportunity to write about the music that I love and to delve a little deeper into my favorite songs' story and origins. Hopefully it will be enjoyable enough to write and more importantly enjoyable enough to read that I keep the enthusiasm going all the way to current modern rock #1 [checks notes] hmmmm, well uh it's ...