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Post by jlthorpe on Jan 13, 2012 19:46:31 GMT -5
I thought it would be interesting to list songs that hit #2 and show what songs kept them from hitting #1:
"Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan - 2 weeks at #2, kept from #1 by "Help"
"Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival - Their biggest of their five #2 hits (3 weeks), kept from #1 by "Everyday People" (1 week) and "Dizzy" (2 weeks)
"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty - 6 weeks at #2, kept from #1 by "Shadow Dancing"
"Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner - Famously spent 10 weeks at #2, it was kept out of #1 by "Physical" (9 weeks) and "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (1 week)
"Open Arms" by Journey - Spent 6 weeks at #2, kept from the top by "Centerfold" (3 weeks) and "I Love Rock And Roll" (3 weeks)
"We Got The Beat" by the Go-Gos - 3 weeks at #2, kept out of #1 by "I Love Rock And Roll"
"Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen's biggest hit spent 4 weeks at #2, it was kept from #1 by "The Reflex" (1 week) and "When Doves Cry" (3 weeks)
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 13, 2012 20:10:22 GMT -5
Adding a couple hits from 1982 that eclipsed their #1 hits to be their biggest hits.....
Toto's "Rosanna" 5 weeks at #2 .....Don't You Want Me spent 3 weeks at #1 and Eye of the Tiger spent 2 weeks at #1
John Mellancamp's "Hurts so Good" 4 weeks at #2...all while Eye of the Tiger was at #1
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 13, 2012 21:50:24 GMT -5
In late 1963-early 1964,The Kingsmen could only manage a #2 showing for their frat rock classic "Louie Louie"-Two different songs prevented it from reaching #1:"Dominique" by The Singing Nun & "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 13, 2012 23:21:49 GMT -5
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Post by atfanmpls on Jan 14, 2012 0:53:44 GMT -5
I was entertained with this subject a few years ago.(Whitburn books).
Most of the songs that were screwed out of #1 spot were incredible. Hope this thread continues.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 2:39:52 GMT -5
In today´s 70´s show Goodbye yellow brick road has been played, it spent 3 weeks at number 2 and it´s a classic.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 14, 2012 2:41:27 GMT -5
If I had to pick my all-time favorite #2 single, it would be Marvin Gaye's sublimely soulful "What's Going On."
If memory serves, what kept it from #1 was Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World." Good record, but no "What's Going On!"
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 14, 2012 4:41:13 GMT -5
I remember the AT40 show in which "Waiting For A Girl Like You" spent its ninth week at #2. Casey announced that the song had just broken the 24-year-old record previously established by the Diamonds, whose "Little Darlin'" spent eight weeks peaked at #2 in 1957.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 14, 2012 7:53:18 GMT -5
That's why I am interested in the Cashbox chart. A lot of songs that peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 hit #1 there like "Lookin Out My Back Door" to give CCR a #1 single, "Baker Street" and "Burnin Love" to give Elvis a #1 single in the 70s to name a few.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 14, 2012 7:59:49 GMT -5
The song that prevented "Little Darlin" from going to #1 in 1957 was "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley.
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jan 14, 2012 10:51:55 GMT -5
"Gloria" by Laura Branigan got stuck at #2 in 1982, kept out by "Mickey" and "Truly."
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 14, 2012 11:55:07 GMT -5
More Great #2s (and the songs that kept them from #1)! Part 1: 1955-1959
1956:
THE GREAT PRETENDER, The Platters ("Memories Are Made of This," Dean Martain) HONKY TONK (Parts 1 & 2), Bill Doggett ("Don't Be Cruel," Elvis Presley)
1957:
YOUNG LOVE, Sonny James ("Singing The Blues," Guy Mitchell and "Too Much," Elvis Presley) LITTLE DARLIN', The Diamonds ("Round and Round," Perry Como and "All Shook Up," Elvis Presley) BYE BYE LOVE, The Everly Brothers ("Love Letters in the Sand," Pat Boone and "Teddy Bear," Elvis Presley) RAUNCHY, Bill Justis ("Jailhouse Rock," Elvis Presley)
1958:
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, Jerry Lee Lewis ("At The Hop," Danny & The Juniors) GET A JOB, The Silhouettes ("At The Hop," Danny & The Juniors and "Don't," Elvis Presley) SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN, Chuck Berry ("Tequila," The Champs) LOLLIPOP, The Chordettes ("Tequila," The Champs) WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK, Elvis Presley ("Witch Doctor," David Seville) YAKETY YAK, The Coasters ("Purple People Eater," Sheb Wooley and "Hard-Headed Woman," Elvis Presley) BIRD DOG, The Everly Brothers ("Volare," Domenico Modugno and "It's All in the Game," Tommy Edwards) ROCKIN' ROBIN, Bobby Day ("It's All in the Game," Tommy Edwards) PROBLEMS, The Everly Brothers ("To Know Him Is To Love Him," The Teddy Bears)
1959:
THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY, Bill Parsons ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," The Platters) 16 CANDLES, The Crests ("Stagger Lee," Lloyd Price) DONNA, Ritchie Valens ("Stagger Lee," Lloyd Price) CHARLIE BROWN, The Coasters ("Venus," Frankie Avalon) A FOOL SUCH AS I, Elvis Presley ("Come Softly To Me," The Fleetwoods) SORRY (I RAN ALL THE WAY HOME), The Impalas ("The Happy Organ," Dave "Baby" Cortez and "Kansas City," Wilbert Harrison) DREAM LOVER, Bobby Darin ("The Battle of New Orleans," Johnny Horton) PERSONALITY, Lloyd Price ("The Battle of New Orleans," Johnny Horton) THERE GOES MY BABY, The Drifters ("A Big Hunk O' Love," Elvis Presley) SEA OF LOVE, Phil Phillips ("The Three Bells," The Browns)
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Post by Mike on Jan 14, 2012 13:45:14 GMT -5
That's why I am interested in the Cashbox chart. A lot of songs that peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 hit #1 there like "Lookin Out My Back Door" to give CCR a #1 single, "Baker Street" and "Burnin Love" to give Elvis a #1 single in the 70s to name a few. Conversely, their 1989 is just as interesting, with songs that hit #1 elsewhere like Roxette's "The Look", Martika's "Toy Soldiers", and I believe both of New Kids on the Block's #1 hits, all stopped at #2 on the Cash Box chart that year.
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Post by vto66 on Jan 14, 2012 14:28:27 GMT -5
"Clair"--Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972) Two weeks at No. 2 behind "Me and Mrs. Jones" and "You're So Vain." "Ride Like The Wind"--Christopher Cross (1980) Five weeks at No. 2 behind Blondie's "Call Me." "All Out of Love"--Air Supply (1980)--Five weeks at No. 2 behind "Upside Down" and "Another One Bites the Dust."
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 14, 2012 15:33:59 GMT -5
One of my favorites: Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) was held off the top by Killing me Softly by Roberta Flack in 1973. Pllus Bohemian Rhapsody in 1992 was held off the top by Jump by Kris Kross.
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