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Post by johnnywest on Dec 25, 2017 10:41:17 GMT -5
Look What You Made Me Do was only on AT 40 for 11 or 12 weeks even though it hit #1. I believe that was the shortest stay for a #1 song since Justify My Love in 1991.
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on Mar 28, 2018 23:17:48 GMT -5
Some rare late-80s examples of songs taking big 30+-spot falls out of the Top 40:
"Dance Little Sister" from Terence Trent D'Arby fell 40 notches (34-74) during the week of November 12, 1988. "Cuddly Toy (Feel for Me)" by Roachford fell 30 notches (27-57) during the week of July 1, 1989.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 28, 2018 23:36:01 GMT -5
Some rare late-80s examples of songs taking big 30+-spot falls out of the Top 40: "Dance Little Sister" from Terence Trent D'Arby fell 40 notches (34-74) during the week of November 12, 1988. "Cuddly Toy (Feel for Me)" by Roachford fell 30 notches (27-57) during the week of July 1, 1989. Can't recall either of those--is "Cuddly Toy" the old Monkees song or different?
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Post by adam31 on Mar 30, 2018 21:16:24 GMT -5
Some rare late-80s examples of songs taking big 30+-spot falls out of the Top 40: "Dance Little Sister" from Terence Trent D'Arby fell 40 notches (34-74) during the week of November 12, 1988. "Cuddly Toy (Feel for Me)" by Roachford fell 30 notches (27-57) during the week of July 1, 1989. Can't recall either of those--is "Cuddly Toy" the old Monkees song or different? Great song and waaaaaaaaaaaaay different:
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Post by mga707 on Mar 31, 2018 0:36:13 GMT -5
Can't recall either of those--is "Cuddly Toy" the old Monkees song or different? Great song and waaaaaaaaaaaaay different: Thanks! That really is good--don't know how I missed that in the spring/summer of '89, when I was still pretty attuned to the pop charts. Kind of reminds me of the type of stuff that Living Colour was doing around that same time. Guess I could have also asked if the D'Arby song is the Rolling Stones' LP track, but probably not either. (edit) Just checked it out, and it's not a remake either. Not bad, but I definitely like the Roachford song better.
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Post by Michael1973 on Apr 5, 2018 21:52:55 GMT -5
Thanks! That really is good--don't know how I missed that in the spring/summer of '89, when I was still pretty attuned to the pop charts. Someone one this forum once suggested that the Roachford song managed to chart only because it was included on many radio playlists, while not actually getting significant airplay. I have no problem believing that, as I never heard it anywhere but countdown shows. Good song, though!
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Post by mkarns on Apr 5, 2018 22:01:38 GMT -5
Thanks! That really is good--don't know how I missed that in the spring/summer of '89, when I was still pretty attuned to the pop charts. Someone one this forum once suggested that the Roachford song managed to chart only because it was included on many radio playlists, while not actually getting significant airplay. I have no problem believing that, as I never heard it anywhere but countdown shows. Good song, though! If so, that's a good example of what's called a "paper add"--songs that charted because a lot of stations reported it as being on their playlists, but weren't actually playing it much if at all. Tracking the charts by means of actual broadcast monitoring was supposed to eliminate or at least sharply reduce that problem, but recent airplay charts (including AT40's) have other problems. Like how something can debut extraordinarily high or shoot up the chart fast because Clear Channel decided to give it a special deal with many more plays in a day or week than any other newly released song (something that usually happens with established hitmakers), or a bunch of stations somehow really pounding a song enough at the right time to shove it to the #1 spot for an official week.
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Post by Michael1973 on Apr 6, 2018 20:51:51 GMT -5
Tracking the charts by means of actual broadcast monitoring was supposed to eliminate or at least sharply reduce that problem, but recent airplay charts (including AT40's) have other problems. Like how something can debut extraordinarily high or shoot up the chart fast because Clear Channel decided to give it a special deal with many more plays in a day or week than any other newly released song (something that usually happens with established hitmakers), or a bunch of stations somehow really pounding a song enough at the right time to shove it to the #1 spot for an official week. And don't get me started on how virtually anything can get a week in the top 40 now due to being available on iTunes...
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on May 28, 2018 23:54:52 GMT -5
Two examples of this from '83. As a matter of fact, both of these songs fell from the 30s to the 70s in one week, and then completely off the Hot 100 in the next week.
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", by Culture Club, fell 36 notches (37-73) during the week of May 21, 1983 "She Works Hard for the Money", by Donna Summer, fell 39 notches (34-73) during the week of October 15, 1983
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on Mar 1, 2022 17:56:29 GMT -5
Knowing my experience of hearing Nina's chart movement announcements on her talk-breaks during the 80s on 8's VJ Big 40 Countdown during the past few years, just imagine if the VJs counted down an ENTIRE Hot 100 chart from 1982! What would Nina's chart movement announcements look like, especially those downward movements of "The Beatles Movie Medley" and "Only the Lonely".
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Post by LC on Mar 12, 2022 8:33:13 GMT -5
On the March 15, 1980 chart, Smokey Robinson's "Crusin" plummets from 15 to 68.
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Post by Hervard on Mar 12, 2022 8:41:54 GMT -5
On the March 15, 1980 chart, Smokey Robinson's "Crusin" plummets from 15 to 68. Wow - that definitely sounds like 1982!
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on May 15, 2023 14:10:36 GMT -5
This happened to two of Cyndi Lauper's singles:
January 19, 1985: "All Through the Night" falls 31 spots (33 to 64). May 30, 1987: "What's Going On" (the cover of the Marvin Gaye song) falls 43 spots (38 to 81; the largest drop out of the Top 40 of any single that year).
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