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Post by bigal on Jun 19, 2011 16:14:46 GMT -5
Strange movement by a song that I thought for sure was a staple song by Barry Manilow. "Even Now" debuted at 28, then to 22, then to 18, held at 18, and then fell off the chart. Wow, I thought this song was one of his most popular songs. I wonder what happened. Hard to believe that it lost popularity that quickly. It's a good song, and I'm not a Manilow fan by any means. Yes, I noticed it too, as I too was going to pst this (I thought it went to #19?) whats even more odd is it was the 2nd song to come out of the EVEN NOW album. And the third and fouth single from the album, COPACABANA and SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT both hit the top 10, and ususally the 2nd single off a hit album does better than the 3rd and 4th.
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Post by bigal on Jun 19, 2011 16:18:36 GMT -5
other odd ones, (all in the same time period)
GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE by Righteous Brothers, 34-26-20-20 then completely fell off! Similar chart action like EVEN NOW,
also that same month
KING OF THE PARTY by Brownsville Station 39 - 31-31
STRAIGHT SHOOTING WOMAN 36-29-29
something tells me who ever put together the Billboard chart that month got lazy?
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Post by 80sfan on Jun 19, 2011 23:06:03 GMT -5
Honesty by Billy Joel moved from #37 to #26 on May 19, 1979. Three weeks later it dropped out of the Top 40 after peaking at #24. That song should have been a bigger hit. Seems like when a similar ballad "She's Got A Way" was released a few years later, it became a bigger hit.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 20, 2014 12:59:37 GMT -5
On this week's show (9/22/79) Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind" made a pretty big jump of eight notches, from 21 to 13. It looked likely to go top 10, but only went one step higher.
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Post by davewollenberg on Sept 20, 2014 17:21:15 GMT -5
Actually, franky, 'even now' peaked at #19.
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Post by davewollenberg on Sept 20, 2014 17:22:42 GMT -5
'All right' by Chris Cross, debuted on the Hot 100, at #29. It only peaked at #12.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 21, 2014 8:11:34 GMT -5
Strange movement by a song that I thought for sure was a staple song by Barry Manilow. "Even Now" debuted at 28, then to 22, then to 18, held at 18, and then fell off the chart. Wow, I thought this song was one of his most popular songs. I wonder what happened. Hard to believe that it lost popularity that quickly. It's a good song, and I'm not a Manilow fan by any means. Yes, I noticed it too, as I too was going to pst this (I thought it went to #19?) whats even more odd is it was the 2nd song to come out of the EVEN NOW album. And the third and fouth single from the album, COPACABANA and SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT both hit the top 10, and ususally the 2nd single off a hit album does better than the 3rd and 4th. Actually, I believe it was the rush release of "Copacabana" that caused the sudden departure of "Even Now". Had "Copacabana" been released a few months later, "Even Now" would have likely hit the Top Ten. But I think they wanted to release "Copacabana" when they did in time for the summer, since it had that summerlike feel to it. "Even Now" might have done even better if it were released in the fall (around the time "Ready To Take A Chance Again" was released), or maybe even the winter (after RTTACA had its run).
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Post by mstgator on Sept 22, 2014 19:35:06 GMT -5
Yes, I noticed it too, as I too was going to pst this (I thought it went to #19?) whats even more odd is it was the 2nd song to come out of the EVEN NOW album. And the third and fouth single from the album, COPACABANA and SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT both hit the top 10, and ususally the 2nd single off a hit album does better than the 3rd and 4th. Actually, I believe it was the rush release of "Copacabana" that caused the sudden departure of "Even Now". Had "Copacabana" been released a few months later, "Even Now" would have likely hit the Top Ten. But I think they wanted to release "Copacabana" when they did in time for the summer, since it had that summerlike feel to it. "Even Now" might have done even better if it were released in the fall (around the time "Ready To Take A Chance Again" was released), or maybe even the winter (after RTTACA had its run). "Copacabana" may have also been rush-released when it was in order to tie in with the movie Foul Play, which hit theaters in July (the film also featured "Ready To Take A Chance Again"). In retrospect, as you said, "Even Now" should have just been held back and released as the fourth LP single after the two movie tie-in songs and "Somewhere In The Night" had run their course.
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