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Post by chrislc on Oct 22, 2011 13:27:05 GMT -5
What #1 song was already owned by the most people on an LP before the single hit #1?
If I Can't Have You?
Beat It?
The Greatest Love Of All?
Other?
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Post by Hervard on Oct 22, 2011 13:38:12 GMT -5
How about "Love Will Never Do Without You" by Janet Jackson? That song was #1 on the Hot 100 for one week - the same week it hit #1 on the R&R chart, where it spent an additional two weeks. That showed that it was getting more airplay points than sales. The Rhythm Nation album had been out for well over a year at that point and had sold millions of copies, so I would think that song would be a contender.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Oct 22, 2011 19:51:50 GMT -5
Three possible longshots:
1964: Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely (first appeared on his 1962 album that also featured his charttopper, Roses Are Red)
1970: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tears of a Clown (first appeared on their 1967 LP Make It Happen. Single version is different from album mix though)
1972: Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (first appeared on her 1969 debut LP First Take)
In all cases, I don't think the albums were certified gold by the time the singles were issued.
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Post by jgve1952 on Oct 22, 2011 20:26:34 GMT -5
"Monkey" by George Michael has to be one of the strong contenders as this song reached #1 in August 1988 from the multi-platinum album "Faith," which was released in October 1987.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 22, 2011 21:54:39 GMT -5
There's also Love Bites by Def Leppard which hit #1 in October, 1988. The album Hysteria first hit the charts in August, 1987.
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Post by freakyflybry on Oct 22, 2011 22:00:42 GMT -5
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana? 5th single, and surely "Bad" had to have been a huge seller by then.
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Post by tarobe on Oct 22, 2011 23:48:23 GMT -5
There are many instances of future #1 singles being on albums long before they were released as singles. To name only a few:
All of Three Dog's Night's #1 singles were pulled from existing albums.
"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce appeared on the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim over two years before it was released as a single. Croce's first #1, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" was on an album (Life and Times) a good while too before its single release.
"Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings hit number six months after the album of the same name was released.
The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack went to #1 on Billboard's Hot LPs charts on January 21, 1978. This was before three of its singles hit #1: the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" and Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You."
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Post by tarobe on Oct 23, 2011 0:24:51 GMT -5
A good rule of thumb is to see if the album hit #1. If so, it's a sure bet a lot of people bought it.
Here's a list of #1 singles from the 70s whose albums all hit the top spot before they did:
"Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin
"Brown Sugar." Rolling Stones
"Theme from Shaft," Isaac Hayes
"Heart of Gold," Neil Young
"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)," George Harrison
"Angie," Rolling Stones
"Bennie and the Jets," Elton John
"Band on the Run," Paul McCartney and Wings
"Sundown," Gordon Lightfoot
"I Shot the Sheriff," Eric Clapton
"You Haven't Done Nothin'," Stevie Wonder
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," Bachman-Turner Overdrive
"Shining Star," Earth, Wind and Fire
"One of These Nights," Eagles
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," Paul Simon
"Silly Love Songs," Wings
"I Wish," Stevie Wonder
"New Kid in Town," Eagles
"Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)," Barbra Streisand
"Hotel California," Eagles
"Sir Duke," Stevie Wonder
"Dreams," Fleetwood Mac
"Stayin' Alive," Bee Gees
"Night Fever," Bee Gees
"If I Can't Have You," Yvonne Elliman
"Miss You," Rolling Stones
"Grease," Frankie Valli
"Tragedy," Bee Gees
"What a Fool Believes," Doobie Brothers
"Love You Inside Out," Bee Gees
"Bad Girls," Donna Summer
"My Sharona," Knack
"Heartache Tonight," Eagles
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Post by reachinforthestars on Oct 23, 2011 2:28:07 GMT -5
There are many instances of future #1 singles being on albums long before they were released as singles. To name only a few: "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce appeared on the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim over two years before it was released as a single. The Jim Croce LP "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" was released in April 1972 I believe. "Time In A Bottle" was #1 in December 1973. So I am not calculating the "over two years". |
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Post by tarobe on Oct 24, 2011 12:17:26 GMT -5
You are correct. So I exaggerated. It was still a long time.
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Post by karaokegod on Oct 29, 2011 7:36:34 GMT -5
Opposites Attract-Paula Abdul
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