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Post by at40nut on Jun 28, 2017 0:04:42 GMT -5
Payola's "Eyes Of A Stranger" (Canadian band). Had a "Police" feel to it. Great song, was included on the "Valley Girls" Soundrack but never cracked the Billboard Hot 100. It's a shame too because it's an awesome song IMO. Great Pick! There are definitely some interesting and some great tunes on that soundtrack. I found that soundtrack on CD a few months ago in a local record store. I have to hear that song more than a few times when I listen to that CD. An interesting note on the Payolas$- The guitarist at the time was Bob Rock who would go on to produce albums such as Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood" and Metallica's "Black" Album and many others.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jun 28, 2017 16:10:00 GMT -5
All songs peaked from #41 to #50:
1980:
Climax Blues Band - Gotta have more love (#47) Kiss - Shandi (#47) Leon Haywood - Don´t push it don´t force it (#49) Queen - Play the game (#42)
1981:
The Bee Gees - Living eyes (#45) 1982:
Cheap Trick - If you want my love (#45) Don Henley - Johnny can´t read (#42) The Clash - Should I stay or should I go (#45)
1983:
Bob Seger - Old time Rock´n Roll (#48) Donna Summer - Unconditional love (#43) New Edition - Candy girl (#46)
1984:
Billy Idol - Rebel yell (#46) Chris de Burgh - High on emotion (#44) Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes (#43) Paul Young - Love of the common people (#45) Queen - I want it all (#45) The Rolling Stones - She was hot (#44)
1985:
Frankie goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the pleasuredome (#48) Go West - We close our eyes (#41) Philip Bailey - Walking on a Chinese wall (#46) Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck - People get ready (#48)
1986:
Dan Seals - Bop (#42) Gwen Guthrie - Ain´t nothin´ goin´ on but the rent (#42) Queen - A kind of magic (#42) Wax - Right between the eyes (#43) The Art of Noise feat. Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn (#50)
1987:
A-ha - Cry wolf (#50) Bananarama - I can´t help it (#47) Curiosity killed the cat - Misfit (#42)
1988:
Bananarama - Love in the first degree (#48) Crowded House - Better be home soon (#42) Fleetwood Mac - As long as you follow (#43) Kim Wilde - You came (#41) Tracy Chapman - Baby can I hold you (#48) Traveling Wilburys - Handle with care (#45)
1989:
Peter Gabriel - In your eyes (#41) Queen - I want it all (#50) Soulsister - The way to your heart (#41)
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 30, 2017 7:41:16 GMT -5
All of the above songs i posted never made At40 Maybe Casey's Top 40 but never At40 I should know I Have every top 40 hit from 1970 to today On the BB Hot 100 Year by year In Order On My Ipod. Of the songs you mentioned, the ones that made the Radio & Records chart: You Take Me Up - Thompson Twins (#39) Hands Tied - Scandal featuring Patty Smyth (#38) Beat Of A Heart - Scandal featuring Patty Smyth (#37) To Live And Die In LA - Wang Chung (#30) (Surprised this one didn't hit AT40) Yes - Merry Clayton (#40) (the first #40 peaker on the R&R charts since the charts re-extended to 40 positions in 1983) Never Thought (That I Could Love) - Dan Hill (#36) When I Dream Of You - Tommy Page (#31) Easy Come, Easy Go - Winger (#31) How Bad Do You Want It - Don Henley (#33) Don't Hold Back Your Love - Hall & Oates (#34) Straight To Your Heart - Bad English (#29) Dream Lover - Rebel Pebbles (#38) All True Man - Alexander O'Neal (#35) Can't Forget You - Gloria Estefan (#37) Bitter Tears - INXS (#32) Beautiful Girl - INXS (#19) (Even though AT40 was now using a chart with actual airplay figures, I'm surprised that this one didn't make it, especially since AT40 was now going by a mainstream chart) Groovy Train - The Farm (#24) (another surprise, as it peaked before AT40 switched charts) jcaragon - the three songs that you mentioned did not hit the AT40 chart. "Beautiful Girl" did make the AT40 Top 40 mainstream format! Don't forget "Had a Dream" by Rodger Hodgson and "Say it Again" by Santana - These made R&R's top 40 but missed Billboard's Top 40 reaches!
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Post by davewollenberg on Jul 1, 2017 9:33:06 GMT -5
onwiththecountdown, 'Old time rock & roll' did make AT40, in its 1st release in '79. Peaked at #28.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 1, 2017 12:59:23 GMT -5
There were these songs plugged in 1980's AT40 promos that were closer to the AT40 Top 40 territory but never made it: "Baby Come and Get It" by the Pointer Sisters (peaked at #45) "Wild and Crazy Love" by the Mary Jane Girls (peaked at #45) "The Big Money" by Rush (peaked at #45) "Go" by Asia (peaked at #46) "Great Gosh 'O Mighty" by Little Richard (peaked at #42) "Walk Like a Man" by the Mary Jane Girls (peaked at #41) "Fire" by Bruce Springsteen (peaked at #46)
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on Jul 6, 2017 0:20:53 GMT -5
How about songs whose chart runs lasted for over 20 weeks, but we still couldn't see on AT40? "Silent Morning" - Noel (#47, 1987, 22 weeks on the Hot 100) "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide" - The Kings (#43, 1980, 23 weeks on the Hot 100) I remember "Silent Morning". WAVA (Power 105) in Washington DC played it constantly. Another song that comes to mind related to this theme is Jaya's "If You Leave Me Now", which spent 26 weeks on the Hot 100 in 1989-90 and only hit #44. While the song was never played on AT40, I remember Shadoe mentioning it for its apparently record-setting long chart run for a single that didn't make the top 40. Another example of a song failing to reach the Hot 100's Top 40 despite a very lengthy chart run: "And She Was" from Talking Heads (#54, 1985, 20 weeks on the Hot 100). As a matter of fact, there are a bunch of other great New Wave songs from the 1980s that we couldn't see on AT40 because their peak positions on the Hot 100 were terrible, or they just never entered the Hot 100 at all.
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Post by matt on Jul 6, 2017 10:44:08 GMT -5
All songs peaked from #41 to #50: 1984:Billy Idol - Rebel yell (#46) Chris de Burgh - High on emotion (#44) Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes (#43) Paul Young - Love of the common people (#45) Queen - I want it all (#45) The Rolling Stones - She was hot (#44) 1989:Peter Gabriel - In your eyes (#41) Queen - I want it all (#50) Soulsister - The way to your heart (#41) Guessing for Queen's 1984 hit, you meant "I Want To Break Free". Interesting that Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" is listed, when it did reach #26 upon it's initial release off the So LP in 1986, but I remember feeling like it was practically as big of a hit in 1989 due to the memorable boombox scene in Say Anything. The same could be said for "Old Time Rock and Roll", which charted on the Hot 100 a second time due to its inclusion in Risky Business...
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jul 7, 2017 12:54:54 GMT -5
onwiththecountdown, 'Old time rock & roll' did make AT40, in its 1st release in '79. Peaked at #28. That wasn't me.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jul 7, 2017 15:17:05 GMT -5
All songs peaked from #41 to #50: 1984:Queen - I want it all (#45) 1989:Peter Gabriel - In your eyes (#41) Queen - I want it all (#50) Guessing for Queen's 1984 hit, you meant "I Want To Break Free". Interesting that Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" is listed, when it did reach #26 upon it's initial release off the So LP in 1986, but I remember feeling like it was practically as big of a hit in 1989 due to the memorable boombox scene in Say Anything. The same could be said for "Old Time Rock and Roll", which charted on the Hot 100 a second time due to its inclusion in Risky Business... Thank you for the information. 1. Queen´s hit from 1984 is (of course) "I want to break free" from the album "The works" (single released on 4/2/84) and not "I want it all" from the album "The miracle" (single released on 5/2/89). 2. Billboard ranked Peter Gabriel´s "In your eyes" in 1986 as "In your eyes" and in 1989 as "In your eyes (Theme from "Say nothing")" --> this is a question of a good search in a database (by the way: The current Billboard chart-history also ranks the 1986 version as "In your eyes (Theme from "Say nothing")"). 3. "Old time Rock´n Roll" --> my current database-version only includes parts of the 80s, but thanks for the information.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 8, 2017 7:18:05 GMT -5
Here's a local Chicago area song from 1971 that if it went national it would have made the top 40 and into AT40: "Lake Shore Drive" by Aliotta, Haynes, and Jeremiah. I guess the Chicago AC and Classic Hits stations still play it, and it recently appeared natiomally in the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 2 movie and on the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 2 movie soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZGMJWG4CT0(Too bad it would have great in a future 1971 AT40: The 70's episode if a show had no original AT40 extra or two demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status situation this would be an OPTIONAL EXTRA with Larry Morgan intro and outro, thought a 1986 local Chicago song "The Superbowl Shuffle" by the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew did get played on a 1986 AT40: The 80's episode as an OPTIONAL EXTRA though it missed AT40 territory on Billboard by one spot peaking at #41. And it's also doubtful a late 1979 AT40: The 70's episode will include as an OPTIONAL EXTRA another local Chicago song that made Billboard's Hot 100 nationallly: "Do Ya Think I'm Disco" by Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation).
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Post by davewollenberg on Jul 15, 2017 19:15:27 GMT -5
'Supperbowl shuffle'? Dinner time, dth!
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 15, 2017 20:33:06 GMT -5
'Supperbowl shuffle'? Dinner time, dth! I just fixed it to make it "SUPERBOWL SHUFFLE".
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jul 16, 2017 9:32:53 GMT -5
I honestly think Feargal Sharkey's "A Good Heart" should have been a top 40 hit. The song got heavy airplay in Canada early in 1986 and went to the top 5 there.
Falco's "Der Kommissar" was a far better version than After the Fire's version. Falco's song got heavy airplay in Canada early in 1983 and most likely charted pretty high. That should have charted on AT40.
Trio's "Da Da Da" - again, got pretty decent airplay in Canada in Fall 1982 and likely did very well there, yet it should have made the US top 40.
Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good" from 1984 was another excellent song. Very successful in Canada, and likely charted pretty high there. Should have made the US top 40.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jul 16, 2017 9:40:10 GMT -5
Payola's "Eyes Of A Stranger" (Canadian band). Had a "Police" feel to it. Great song, was included on the "Valley Girls" Soundrack but never cracked the Billboard Hot 100. It's a shame too because it's an awesome song IMO. Great Pick! There are definitely some interesting and some great tunes on that soundtrack. I found that soundtrack on CD a few months ago in a local record store. I have to hear that song more than a few times when I listen to that CD. An interesting note on the Payolas$- The guitarist at the time was Bob Rock who would go on to produce albums such as Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood" and Metallica's "Black" Album and many others. Payola$ would later be rebranded as Rock & Hyde by 1987. Their song "Dirty Water" did get plenty of airplay and was played quite a bit on MuchMusic (Canada's answer to the now-outdated MTV) in the spring of 1987. I did learn that it made the Hot 100 - it should have at least spent one week on AT40. "I Will" is my most favorite of Rock & Hyde's songs, yet that one never made the Billboard Hot 100.
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Post by Hervard on Jul 16, 2017 13:53:22 GMT -5
Another example of a song failing to reach the Hot 100's Top 40 despite a very lengthy chart run: "And She Was" from Talking Heads (#54, 1985, 20 weeks on the Hot 100). The record for most weeks on the Hot 100 without ever hitting the Top 40 was almost held by "Forever" by Kenny Loggins. The song was on the Hot 100 for 22 weeks - only thing is, the song did sneak a week in the Top 40, so it was "disqualified" for this somewhat undesirable record.
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