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Post by woolebull on Sept 28, 2013 8:48:18 GMT -5
In 1992, on CT 40, "This Used To Be My Playground" by Madonna jumped from 10 to 1. After its time at position 1 it dropped to 4 then out of the Top 10. So in its entire number 1 run, it only hit three of then 10 chart placements in the Top 10: 10, 1, and 4.
On AT 40, did any song ever match that or even best it? It would be difficult, but maybe one of the mid 70's shows had some number one songs that bounced like that.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 28, 2013 8:58:53 GMT -5
A variation of that question was once asked on AT40 in the 80s IIRC. And the answer is "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" which went 12-6-3-1-12. So it spent weeks at #12 on the way in and out of the top 10. BTW I put an asterisk on this because of the alleged chart manipulations being done at the time. So I am not monopolizing this, I will let someone else figure out what the unasterisked record holder is.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 28, 2013 8:59:28 GMT -5
"Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" by John Lennon definitely matched that, as three weeks was all it spent in the Top Ten. It moved 6-3-1 and dropped out of the Top Ten the following week. This was in the midst of a rapid turnover rate at the top spot - so fast that many song dropped out of the Top Ten from the number one position. EDIT: Oops, looks like dukedeb beat me to the punch by a few seconds
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Post by woolebull on Sept 28, 2013 9:35:44 GMT -5
"Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" by John Lennon definitely matched that, as three weeks was all it spent in the Top Ten. It moved 6-3-1 and dropped out of the Top Ten the following week. This was in the midst of a rapid turnover rate at the top spot - so fast that many song dropped out of the Top Ten from the number one position. EDIT: Oops, looks like dukedeb beat me to the punch by a few seconds I thought Lennon actually beat it! For some reason I thought its run in the Top 10 was 3-1-3, but I wasn't sure. And I know the mid 70's charts were fast, but the more I look at the R and R charts from the early 90's, they had some rapid turnover as well. I think "Playground" spent something like 11 weeks in the whole 40, even though it was a strong enough hit to jump from 10 to 1 and stay at 1 for four weeks. I'm with you guys on the chart manipulation. At least Madonna stayed at 1 for a month, whereas Lennon just was there for a questionable flash.
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Post by chrislc on Sept 28, 2013 10:36:33 GMT -5
"Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" by John Lennon definitely matched that, as three weeks was all it spent in the Top Ten. It moved 6-3-1 and dropped out of the Top Ten the following week. This was in the midst of a rapid turnover rate at the top spot - so fast that many song dropped out of the Top Ten from the number one position. EDIT: Oops, looks like dukedeb beat me to the punch by a few seconds The value of being a Billboard Hot 100 #1 Song become so devalued at that time, that I have heard it inspired Gerald Ford to come up with the "Whip Inflation Now" buttons.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 28, 2013 14:49:50 GMT -5
Less than a year after "Whatever Gets you through the Night", another #1 nearly matched it's top 10 brevity: In August/September of 1975 "Get Down Tonight" by KC and the Sunshine Band stormed onto the top 10 at #3, then hit #1, fell back to #3, then to #4, then out of the top 10. Less than a month in the top 10 (and hitting only three positions) for a #1 song that has become an iconic mid-70s early-period disco classic.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 28, 2013 15:21:46 GMT -5
Even though they spent six weeks in the Top 10 with their #1 hit, "The Locomotion" in 1974, Grand Funk Railroad only touched three places in the Top 10. Their hit debuted in the Top 10 at #8, went to 4, then to #1, stayed at #1, dropped to 4, and then to 8 before dropping out of the Top 10. So they stayed six weeks in the Top 10 but only touched numbers 1, 4 and 8.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 28, 2013 16:04:10 GMT -5
Even though they spent six weeks in the Top 10 with their #1 hit, "The Locomotion" in 1974, Grand Funk Railroad only touched three places in the Top 10. Their hit debuted in the Top 10 at #8, went to 4, then to #1, stayed at #1, dropped to 4, and then to 8 before dropping out of the Top 10. So they stayed six weeks in the Top 10 but only touched numbers 1, 4 and 8. A palindromic jaunt through the Top 10 to number 1! That's pretty cool! What did "Bad Blood" do? It at least tied the record, if not broke it...
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 28, 2013 16:20:32 GMT -5
What did "Bad Blood" do? It at least tied the record, if not broke it... Woolebull... good call! The chart run for "Bad Blood" in the Top 10: 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 8. It also only toched three numbers in the Top 10.
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Post by donwa001 on Sept 28, 2013 16:35:54 GMT -5
How about #1 songs that only spend 2 weeks in the Top 5?
'Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey' jumped from #12 to #1, then dropped to #5, then #6. So only two weeks in the Top 5.
'Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe' moved from #6 to #5 to #1 then fell to #12
'Whatever Gets You Through The Night' moved from #6 to #3 to #1 then fell to #12
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Post by woolebull on Sept 28, 2013 16:38:37 GMT -5
What did "Bad Blood" do? It at least tied the record, if not broke it... Woolebull... good call! The chart run for "Bad Blood" in the Top 10: 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 8. It also only toched three numbers in the Top 10. Looks like the Captain and Tennille did it as well in 1975 going 2-1-1-1-1-8 with "Love Will Keep Us Together". Though in fairness to that song, like Madonna's, "Playground" it stayed at the top for a month. It's funny to compare "LWKUT" to "Do That To Me One More Time" four years later that would go from 10-8-6-6-5-3-2-2-2-2-1-2-3-7, hitting every number but 9 and 4. Pretty neat that they had a song that touched the fewest numbers in the Top 10 and also have one that touched almost every one! Also "Love" spent one less week in the Top 40 than "Do That To Me..." spent in the Top 10.
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 1, 2013 1:26:06 GMT -5
Even though they spent six weeks in the Top 10 with their #1 hit, "The Locomotion" in 1974, Grand Funk Railroad only touched three places in the Top 10. Their hit debuted in the Top 10 at #8, went to 4, then to #1, stayed at #1, dropped to 4, and then to 8 before dropping out of the Top 10. So they stayed six weeks in the Top 10 but only touched numbers 1, 4 and 8. A palindromic jaunt through the Top 10 to number 1! That's pretty cool! What did "Bad Blood" do? It at least tied the record, if not broke it... Top 10 run for Rock Me Amadeus by Falco 7, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 7. The song's entire top 40 run was close to being a palindrome.
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 1, 2013 9:45:43 GMT -5
Phil Collins touched five spots in the Top 10 with "One More Night", but what makes this song's chart life interesting is that the six weeks it spent in the Top 10 was spent in the Top 5. It stayed at least one week at each position between 5 and 1.
It jumped from 14 to 5, then went 3-1-1-2-4 then down to 11.
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Post by briguy52748 on Oct 1, 2013 10:52:16 GMT -5
This may not count, given the different chart rules in effect in 1997-1998, but Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," I read somewhere spent two additional weeks in the top 10 aside from its 14-week run at No. 1 – those were Nos. 4 and 8 (both in that order on the way down the chart) in January 1998, before dropping out of the top 10 on Feb. 7.
(CORRECTION: Self-correction as verifying this, it actually touched four different positions in the top 10 – 1 (debut to 14th week), then fell to 3, 5 and 10 before falling to No. 13 the week of Feb. 7, 1998. Sorry for any inconvenience.)
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On the country chart, I think about the shortest run I can think of for a No. 1 song was just four weeks total in the top 10 for "I'll Be Coming Back for More" by T.G. Sheppard in January 1980. It leaped into the top 10 at No. 2 (up from 11 the previous week), replaced Kenny Rogers' "Coward of the County" atop the chart for a two-week run, starting Jan. 26. The song then fell to a lower position within the top 10 the following week (Feb. 9, not sure where, trying to find out through available sources) before dropping out of the top 10 on Feb. 16.
Conversely, I imagine the song that touched the most positions within the top 10 prior to perhaps "Amazed" by Lonestar and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet ... was probably Don Williams' 1982 hit "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good," which spent eight weeks in the top 10, including its one week at No. 1, touching a new position every week; I believe it fell out of the top 10 the week after it was No. 1, as this was still the time period where a majority of No. 1 songs fell directly out of the top 20(!), and frequently well into the 30s(!!!), although by now most of the week-after drops weren't as dramatic as those seen in 1981.
Brian
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Post by woolebull on Oct 1, 2013 16:19:13 GMT -5
A palindromic jaunt through the Top 10 to number 1! That's pretty cool! What did "Bad Blood" do? It at least tied the record, if not broke it... Top 10 run for Rock Me Amadeus by Falco 7, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 7. The song's entire top 40 run was close to being a palindrome. Good catch on Falco, and there was some symmetry at least going on with the chart run of, "Amadeus": 3 weeks to get to the Top 10, then what you noted, followed by 3 weeks to drop out of the Top 40!
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