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Post by woolebull on Jul 24, 2013 16:47:31 GMT -5
I was looking at the BB charts from July 21, 1979 and something stuck out to me, besides Blondie reentering the Top 40 in the Top 30.
"Sad Eyes", by Robert John moved up two notches to, I think, 32. It was jumped by at least two songs: "Is She Really Going Out With Him" and "One Way Or Another". "Sad Eyes" would eventually hit number one, while the other two would not even make the Top 20.
Can you think of any big hits that went up so slow on the countdown that it was jumped by multiple songs, only to outdo those songs on the charts? It might be more common than I think, it was just interesting that two songs did it on this countdown. That usually is a sign that the jumped song is slowing down in popularity.
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Post by wickster82 on Jul 25, 2013 21:13:00 GMT -5
Incidentally on 10/6/79, the same week that Sad Eyes went to number 1, Please Don't Go moved up only 2 spots, from 39 - 37. France Joli's Come To Me moved up a huge 8 notches from 40 - 32, however would peak at 16.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 25, 2013 23:14:42 GMT -5
That's a good one...Please Don't Go took forever to get to the top. I'm sure there were many songs that jumped it along the way.
On 10/16/82, "Mickey" by Toni Basil moved up from 39 to 38. In the process, "I Get Excited" by Rick Springfield jumped it from 40-36, while "Pressure", "Steppin' Out", and "American Heartbeat" all debuted above it. "Steppin' Out" was at least a solid hit (#6) but the rest were no better than Top 20.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 26, 2013 8:37:04 GMT -5
"I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis took forever to reach #7 so I thought this would be a good song to research. On the 10/22/77 Hot 100, IGC held at #41. Meanwhile, four songs leapfrogged over it to debut in the Top 40... "Do Your Dance" by Rose Royce (#39 peak), "My Fair Share" by Seals & Crofts {#23 peak), "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" by Jimmy Buffett (#37 peak), and "Daybreak" by Barry Manilow (also peaking at #23). There were two weeks IGC was in the Top 40 in which two other songs jumped over it... there was one week in which IGC inched up from 29 to 28. Meanwhile, "Gone Too Far" by England Dan & John Ford Coley jumped from 31 - 27 (#23 peak), and "Swingtown" swung up 10 notches to 26 (#17 peak). Another week, IGC held at 23 while "My Way" by Elvis Presley jumped up 6 notches to its peak position of 22, and "Runaround Sue" by Leif Garrett ran up 6 notches to 19 and would peak at 13. There were a few other weeks in which one song jumped over IGC but didn't peak as high as Paul Davis did.
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Post by Mike on Jul 26, 2013 10:59:14 GMT -5
How about this weekend's #1, "Jessie's Girl"? That one's actually a bit of a mixed bag, but I'll tell it anyway.
On 5/16, its lone debut-mate from the week before, "Ay No Corrida", jumped right over it (39-32; Rick went 38-33) - enroute to peaking just four notches higher (and, Rick did return the favor the following week).
On 6/6, two songs jumped over it. One, "The Waiting", would go up just two more notches the following week - and peak right there, at #19. The other, while it did hit #1, was the very song that Rick unseated to hit #1!
Rick was also jumped by two songs on 5/30, but those two, while neither hit #1, weren't exactly slouches either - "You Make My Dreams", on its way to #5, and "All Those Years Ago", soaring up seventeen notches that week but just missing the top spot in the end.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 26, 2013 11:49:27 GMT -5
How about this weekend's #1, "Jessie's Girl"? That one's actually a bit of a mixed bag, but I'll tell it anyway. On 5/16, its lone debut-mate from the week before, "Ay No Corrida", jumped right over it (39-32; Rick went 38-33) - enroute to peaking just four notches higher (and, Rick did return the favor the following week). On 6/6, two songs jumped over it. One, "The Waiting", would go up just two more notches the following week - and peak right there, at #19. The other, while it did hit #1, was the very song that Rick unseated to hit #1! Rick was also jumped by two songs on 5/30, but those two, while neither hit #1, weren't exactly slouches either - "You Make My Dreams", on its way to #5, and "All Those Years Ago", soaring up seventeen notches that week but just missing the top spot in the end. "Jesse's Girl", and "I Go Crazy" are two great examples...and what you were talking about with Rick and Air Supply happened as well with Robert John. At some point, and I assume it was the next week, "My Sharona" would jump "Sad Eyes" and more than two months down the road the tortoise of Robert John would replace the rabbit of The Knack!
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Post by woolebull on Jul 26, 2013 11:56:00 GMT -5
Incidentally on 10/6/79, the same week that Sad Eyes went to number 1, Please Don't Go moved up only 2 spots, from 39 - 37. France Joli's Come To Me moved up a huge 8 notches from 40 - 32, however would peak at 16. Speaking of "Please Don't Go", I think it was the week of October 20, 1979 when "Tusk" jumped over KC as well. When KC was at 1 on 1/5/80, "Tusk" was in its last week (or maybe next to last week) in the entire Hot 100. That was a crazy week where KC actually jumped 12 notches and was STILL jumped by two songs..."Tusk" jumped 25 notches in the Top 40 and "Still" jumped, I think 28 notches. "Still" at least hit number one.
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Post by Mike on Jul 26, 2013 11:57:34 GMT -5
"Jesse's Girl", and "I Go Crazy" are two great examples...and what you were talking about with Rick and Air Supply happened as well with Robert John. At some point, and I assume it was the next week, "My Sharona" would jump "Sad Eyes" and more than two months down the road the tortoise of Robert John would replace the rabbit of The Knack! The difference between the two, of course, is that it didn't quite ring true for "My Sharona" Vs. "Sad Eyes" in the end, as the former, with its six weeks on top, went on to also be #1 for the year (on Billboard as well as AT40). For "Jessie's Girl", though, the metaphor does stick quite well - it was #5 for the year on both rankings, while "The One That You Love" had to be content with #28 on Billboard and #32 on AT40, in both cases finishing below their non-#1, "Every Woman in the World"!
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Post by 1finemrg on Jul 26, 2013 19:51:40 GMT -5
Taking a look at Nick Gilder's # 1 hit "Hot Child In The City":
Week 7 - Moved up a solid 10 notches (62-52). Passed by Andy Gibb - "An Everlasting Love" (73-40, #5 peak), Rita Coolidge - "You" (63-43, #25 peak), and Chris Rea - "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" (79-49, #12 peak)
Week 9 - Debuted in the Top 40 at #34 (moving from 45), However, it was passed by Rick James's "You And I" (46-33) which peaked at #13.
Week 11 - moved from 24 to 21. Passed by Earth, Wind & Fire's cover of "Got To Get You Into My Life" (29-19) which peaked at #9.
Week 14 - moved from 13 to 11. Passed by Travolta/Newton-John's "Summer Nights" (15-8) which peaked at #5.
Week 15 - stayed at #11, although it kept its bullet. Passed by Boston's "Don't Look Back" (12-8) which peaked at #4.
By the way, in weeks 4-6 it lost its bullet (week 3-#68, week 4-#68, week 5-#66, week 6-#62). It debuted at #88, the eighth highest out of ten for the week. It began its 21 week journey to the top, the only one of the debuts that week to do so.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 27, 2013 2:10:55 GMT -5
"Jesse's Girl", and "I Go Crazy" are two great examples...and what you were talking about with Rick and Air Supply happened as well with Robert John. At some point, and I assume it was the next week, "My Sharona" would jump "Sad Eyes" and more than two months down the road the tortoise of Robert John would replace the rabbit of The Knack! The difference between the two, of course, is that it didn't quite ring true for "My Sharona" Vs. "Sad Eyes" in the end, as the former, with its six weeks on top, went on to also be #1 for the year (on Billboard as well as AT40). For "Jessie's Girl", though, the metaphor does stick quite well - it was #5 for the year on both rankings, while "The One That You Love" had to be content with #28 on Billboard and #32 on AT40, in both cases finishing below their non-#1, "Every Woman in the World"! Totally agree. Just making the point that "Eyes" would eventually replace "Sharona" at the top.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 27, 2013 17:56:16 GMT -5
Taking a look at Nick Gilder's # 1 hit "Hot Child In The City": Week 7 - Moved up a solid 10 notches (62-52). Passed by Andy Gibb - "An Everlasting Love" (73-40, #5 peak), Rita Coolidge - "You" (63-43, #25 peak), and Chris Rea - "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" (79-49, #12 peak) Week 9 - Debuted in the Top 40 at #34 (moving from 45), However, it was passed by Rick James's "You And I" (46-33) which peaked at #13. Week 11 - moved from 24 to 21. Passed by Earth, Wind & Fire's cover of "Got To Get You Into My Life" (29-19) which peaked at #9. Week 14 - moved from 13 to 11. Passed by Travolta/Newton-John's "Summer Nights" (15-8) which peaked at #5. Week 15 - stayed at #11, although it kept its bullet. Passed by Boston's "Don't Look Back" (12-8) which peaked at #4. By the way, in weeks 4-6 it lost its bullet (week 3-#68, week 4-#68, week 5-#66, week 6-#62). It debuted at #88, the eighth highest out of ten for the week. It began its 21 week journey to the top, the only one of the debuts that week to do so. 1978 and 1979, to me were fascinating years for chart action. You had some of the slowest moving songs to hit number one ("Hot Child", "Sad Eyes", "Please Don't Go) coupled with songs that made crazy jumps ("Le Freak", "Tusk", "Still"). Never a dull moment with song movement! And before someone corrects me, I am aware that "Please Don't Go" actually hit 1 in 1980. Its movement up the chart, save one spot, happened in 1979.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2013 18:44:57 GMT -5
Ultimate last laughs: "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon & "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse.
I didn't research this but my gut tells me "When I'm Gone" by 3 Doors Down also. It took forever for it to climb to #1.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 28, 2013 8:50:10 GMT -5
Not as dramatic as some of the other examples, but the week that "Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band debuted in the Top 40, it climbed from 41-35 (with just a regular "star" bullet). Three songs jumped past it (with a "superstar" bullet) to debut higher, all of which peaked at #10 or #11:
"Comin' In And Out Of Your Life" by Barbra Streisand, 45-30 "Hooked On Classics" by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 42-32 "Cool Night" by Paul Davis, 49-34
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Post by woolebull on Sept 30, 2013 18:08:08 GMT -5
I was looking at the BB charts from July 21, 1979 and something stuck out to me, besides Blondie reentering the Top 40 in the Top 30. "Sad Eyes", by Robert John moved up two notches to, I think, 32. It was jumped by at least two songs: "Is She Really Going Out With Him" and "One Way Or Another". "Sad Eyes" would eventually hit number one, while the other two would not even make the Top 20. Can you think of any big hits that went up so slow on the countdown that it was jumped by multiple songs, only to outdo those songs on the charts? It might be more common than I think, it was just interesting that two songs did it on this countdown. That usually is a sign that the jumped song is slowing down in popularity. As 1979 moved on, on the 9-22-79 chart, another hot song jumped Robert John as "Rise" went from 12 to 4 and "Sad Eyes" stayed at 6. Then, for some reason, "Sad Eyes" finally made a big time move on the chart after 13 weeks of nickle and diming it, on 9-29-79 as it returned the favor and jumped, "Rise". "Eyes" leaps to 2 and "Rise" goes to 3. On 10-6-79, "Sad Eyes" finally hit the top. "Rise" would hold at 3 as another song ("Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough") jumps Alpert as well. Maybe someone who listened to AT 40 back in 1979 can help me with this. Isn't it a little weird that "Rise" would jump from 12-4, only to get jumped by a song that had already been on the Top 40 for a quarter of the year, get jumped by another song ("Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough") the week after that, but eventually would make it to number one and stay longer at the top than the other two songs? It seems to me that "Rise" should have had at least three weeks at the 1, 10-6, 10-20, and 10-27 with MJ still holding the number one on 10-13. It would even be reasonable to think MJ could have held the top spot the first two weeks of October with "Rise" holding down the top the last two weeks. To me it seems off that "Sad Eyes" ever got past the number three slot. "Rise" and "Don't Stop" were hotter than "Sad Eyes", at least by October of 1979, right?
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Oct 1, 2013 0:14:00 GMT -5
In 1981-82, it took Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire" 11 weeks to enter the Top 40 and another 11 to finally spend its single week at #1. The single's total chart life was a remarkable 28 weeks!
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