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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jan 18, 2012 20:03:20 GMT -5
I have been wondering, for 15 years now, why wasn't Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life" played on CT40 in 1997? I know it made Rick Dees' WT40, I heard it debut at #40 one week on Rick Dees' countdown, and it was a massive hit in many different countries, but it was never heard on CT40.
The question is, why didn't it enter CT40? Did it have to do with using a different chart format than Rick Dees did and not being released as a commercial single in the US? Or was it due to other criteria that we don't even know about?
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Post by mkarns on Jan 18, 2012 20:48:54 GMT -5
I have been wondering, for 15 years now, why wasn't Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life" played on CT40 in 1997? I know it made Rick Dees' WT40, I heard it debut at #40 one week on Rick Dees' countdown, and it was a massive hit in many different countries, but it was never heard on CT40. The question is, why didn't it enter CT40? Did it have to do with using a different chart format than Rick Dees did and not being released as a commercial single in the US? Or was it due to other criteria that we don't even know about? I think this has been addressed before, but "Spice Up Your Life" only peaked at #41 on the Radio & Records chart. wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/spicegirls.htmlSince Casey straightforwardly counted down the R&R chart (Rick had probably developed his own chart/tabulation system by then), that's why it never made CT40. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2012 22:23:15 GMT -5
I have been wondering, for 15 years now, why wasn't Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life" played on CT40 in 1997? I know it made Rick Dees' WT40, I heard it debut at #40 one week on Rick Dees' countdown, and it was a massive hit in many different countries, but it was never heard on CT40. The question is, why didn't it enter CT40? Did it have to do with using a different chart format than Rick Dees did and not being released as a commercial single in the US? Or was it due to other criteria that we don't even know about? I think this has been addressed before, but "Spice Up Your Life" only peaked at #41 on the Radio & Records chart. wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/spicegirls.htmlSince Casey straightforwardly counted down the R&R chart (Rick had probably developed his own chart/tabulation system by then), that's why it never made CT40. His chart/tabulation system was borrowing the old Jokers Wild set and spinning. |
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Post by Adrian on Feb 26, 2012 9:52:02 GMT -5
Ironically, Rick Dees' chart, wild as it can be, is fresher than the current AT40 chart.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2012 12:58:40 GMT -5
Ironically, Rick Dees' chart, wild as it can be, is fresher than the current AT40 chart. I *think* it's based on show affiliates now and since that affiliate base doesn't consist of a lot of CC owned stations being dictated what to play, that could have a lot to do with it. |
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