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Post by Showman on Jul 31, 2013 15:48:31 GMT -5
How many songs have entered AT40 at #40 and peaked at #1? Following Bobby Magic's 1970 show yesterday I noticed that Sly & Family Stone's 'Thank You.....' (Pre AT40) and Neil Diamond's 'Cracklin' Rosie' (soon to be on an archive broadcast) achieved this feat.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 31, 2013 15:58:56 GMT -5
The 8-13-88 show, and the Shadoe era, kicked off with, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" at 40 and would go to number 1.
I don't have any charts in front of me, but I'm pretty sure, "Bad" by Michael Jackson did it.
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Post by wickster82 on Jul 31, 2013 18:29:14 GMT -5
Just off the top of my head, Bad I'm pretty sure did enter at 40. Also I'll Be There by the Jackson 5 and I Wish by Stevie Wonder debuted at 40 and went to number 1. As a matter of fact, Bad, I'll Be There and I Wish debuted on the entire Hot 100 at number 40.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 31, 2013 18:38:46 GMT -5
Showman... I picked a random AT40 chart year, 1986, and noticed that nine songs that hit #1 that year spent their first week on AT40 at #40:
"Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie (debuted at #40 on the Hot 100 in his first week on the chart)
"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
"West End Girls" by The Pet Shop Boys
"Greatest Love Of All" by Whitney Houston
"Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red
"Glory Of Love" by Peter Cetera
"Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
"True Colors" by Cindy Lauper
"The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range
A pretty good lineup of songs! Most people might assume that the highest debut of the week might have the best chance of going to #1 but many songs to enter at #40 have reached the top of the chart. I wonder what year has produced the most #1 songs which entered AT40 at #40 (maybe 1974 or 1975 since so many songs went to #1 those years)?
BTW, "My Love" by Paul McCartney & Wings is at #40 on this week's AT40 - The 70's show (8/4/73). "My Love" spent 4 weeks at #1 and was on its way down the chart at #40. I wonder how many #1 songs spent their last week on AT40 at #40... and how many may have spent both their first week and last week at #40 while hitting #1?
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Post by seminolefan on Jul 31, 2013 19:19:31 GMT -5
Whitney Houston's "Didn't We Almost Have It All" also entered at #40.
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Post by kchkwong on Aug 1, 2013 2:38:33 GMT -5
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
We Built This City - Starship
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
One More Try - George Michael
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
Eternal Flame - Bangles (last week at #40 as well)
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel
Love Will Lead You Back - Taylor Dayne
The First Time - Surface
The Promise Of A New Day - Paula Abdul
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Post by Showman on Aug 1, 2013 5:28:24 GMT -5
Far more common than I anticipated! Like the 40-1-40 with the Bangles.
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Post by matt on Aug 1, 2013 17:31:04 GMT -5
Just off the top of my head, Bad I'm pretty sure did enter at 40. Also I'll Be There by the Jackson 5 and I Wish by Stevie Wonder debuted at 40 and went to number 1. As a matter of fact, Bad, I'll Be There and I Wish debuted on the entire Hot 100 at number 40. Yes - "Bad" entered at #40 on 9/19/87 and hit #1 on 10/24/87. To add to that, MJ pulled off the very rare feat of bookending the countdown with the #40 song and the #1 song ("I Just Can't Stop Loving You") on the 9/19/87 chart. |
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Post by pointpark04 on Aug 1, 2013 20:39:26 GMT -5
Ooh. The 9/19/87 show. That would be fun to have.
I love 1987, by-and-large. The fall really got cooking after a little lull in the summer, and after a dynamic first five-plus months.
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Post by kchkwong on Aug 1, 2013 22:52:45 GMT -5
More examples:
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
Dark Lady - Cher
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Best Of My Love - Eagles
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - The Four Seasons
Boogie Fever - The Sylvers
A Fifth Of Beethoven - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
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Post by cachiva on Aug 3, 2013 2:35:32 GMT -5
Any love for Sylvester's "I Who Have Nothing", that entered at #40 and
spent its last week at #40, all in just 2 week's time?
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Post by tarobe on Aug 3, 2013 10:00:50 GMT -5
By my reckoning 49 songs debuted at #40 and hit the top during AT40's original run:
“Cracklin’ Rosie,” Neil Diamond
“I’ll Be There,” Jackson 5
“Brown Sugar,” Rolling Stones
“The Most Beautiful Girl,” Charlie Rich
“Dark Lady,” Cher
“The Night Chicago Died,” Paper Lace
“Best of My Love,” Eagles
“My Eyes Adored You,” Frankie Valli
“Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” Freddy Fender
“December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night),” Four Seasons
“Boogie Fever,” Sylvers
“A Fifth of Beethoven,” Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
“I Wish,” Stevie Wonder
“Blinded by the Light,” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
“Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born),” Barbra Streisand
“Undercover Angel,” Alan O’Day
“If I Can’t Have You,” Yvonne Elliman
“Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Rod Stewart
“Escape (The Pina Colada Song),” Rupert Holmes
“I Love a Rainy Night,” Eddie Rabbitt
“Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Bonnie Tyler
“We Built This City,” Starship
“Say You, Say Me,” Lionel Richie
“Rock Me Amadeus,” Falco
“West End Girls,” Pet Shop Boys
“Greatest Love of All,” Whitney Houston
“Holding Back the Years,” Simply Red
“Glory of Love,” Peter Cetera
“Higher Love,” Steve Winwood
“True Colors,” Cyndi Lauper
“The Way It Is,” Bruce Hornsby and the Range
“Shake You Down,” Gregory Abbott
“Jacob’s Ladder,” Huey Lewis and the News
“Head to Toe,” Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
“Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” Whitney Houston
“Bad,” Michael Jackson
“Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” Belinda Carlisle
“Wishing Well,” Terence Trent D’Arby
“One More Try,” George Michael
“Dirty Diana,” Michael Jackson
“Don’t Worry Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin
“Kokomo,” Beach Boys
“Eternal Flame,” Bangles
“If You Don’t Know Me by Now,” Simply Red
“We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Billy Joel
“Love Will Lead You Back,” Taylor Dayne
“The First Time,” Surface
“The Promise of a New Day,” Paula Abdul
“All for Love,” Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting
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Post by tarobe on Aug 3, 2013 10:09:56 GMT -5
Any love for Sylvester's "I Who Have Nothing", that entered at #40 and
spent its last week at #40, all in just 2 week's time? Nope. |
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Post by tarobe on Aug 4, 2013 11:02:11 GMT -5
The first record to debut in the Top 40 at #40 and then go on to hit #1 was Elvis Presley's "Don't." It entered the old "Top 100 Sides" (predecessor to the Hot 100) chart on January 27, 1958 (chart date: January 18) and topped the chart on March 10 (chart date: March 1).
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Post by tarobe on Aug 4, 2013 11:24:12 GMT -5
In the first seven years of the Hot 100, surprisingly few records achieved this feat. Out of 125 #1 hits, only four of them debuted at #40:
"It's All in the Game," Tommy Edwards
"To Know Him Is to Love Him," Teddy Bears
"Stay," Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
"Walk Like a Man," Four Seasons
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