AT40 Year-End of 1998: #51?

[OldSchoolAT40Fan]

I remember listening to AT40's top 100 of 1998, and I was on a long car trip during the countdown. Just before the last song to close out part 1 of the countdown was played, #52 was Lisa Loeb's "I Do", and I was pulling into a truck stop along the highway to eat lunch.

When Part 1 replayed that Sunday, after #53 was over and done with, OZ-FM cut off the final segment, the OZ-FM bumper came on, and then Gary Wright's classic rock song "Love Is Alive" started playing! Must have been timing issues that caused this to happen.

I have a rough idea of what might have been #51 of 1998, but I'd like to know, was Mariah Carey's "Butterfly" ranked #51 for 1998? If not, what song was ranked #51 for 1998?

[mkarns]

Jan 15, 2012 21:24:07 GMT -5 OldSchoolAT40Fan said:

I have a rough idea of what might have been #51 of 1998, but I'd like to know, was Mariah Carey's "Butterfly" ranked #51 for 1998? If not, what song was ranked #51 for 1998?

#51 was "If You Could Only See" by Tonic.

www.oldradioshows.com/at100/1998.html

[Mike]

Jan 15, 2012 21:25:21 GMT -5 mkarns said:

#51 was "If You Could Only See" by Tonic.

www.oldradioshows.com/at100/1998.html

How on earth did that happen? Was its recurrent airplay really that high throughout the year?

[Hervard]

Jan 16, 2012 13:43:58 GMT -5 Mike said:

Jan 15, 2012 21:25:21 GMT -5 mkarns said:

#51 was "If You Could Only See" by Tonic.

www.oldradioshows.com/at100/1998.html

How on earth did that happen? Was its recurrent airplay really that high throughout the year?

Yeah, that song received recurrent airplay for a long time after it left the chart (which week that was, I don't know, but as long as a song was on the chart for even just one week in the chart year, and as long as it received enough recurrent airplay, it made the year-end chart).