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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 24, 2013 17:17:43 GMT -5
What acts had a big Top 40 hit that they tried to capitalize on in future hits?
Some examples:
Chubby Checker - The king of capitalizing on their big hit. After "The Twist" became a #1 hit, he had "Let's Twist Again", "Twistin' U.S.A.", "Slow Twistin'", "La Paloma Twist", "Teach Me To Twist", "Twist It Up", and "The Twist (Yo, Twist!)". And of course, the original "The Twist" recharted and hit #1 again.
Tag Team - After "Whoomp! (There It Is)" hit #2 in Billboard, they had "Addams Family (Whoomp!)" and "Whoomp! (There It Went)". The last two weren't nearly as successful.
Los Del Rio - When "Macarena" became a smash, the original Spanish version "Macarena (Non Stop)" charted, and later came "Macarena Christmas".
Harry Chapin - His 1972 hit "Taxi" was followed up by "Sequel" in 1980.
Dee Dee Sharp - After "Mashed Potato Time" came "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)".
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Post by mga707 on Oct 24, 2013 17:47:04 GMT -5
After "Kung Fu Fighting" hit #1 in late '74, Carl Douglas invited us all to "Dance the Kung Fu". We apparently had better things to do...
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Post by beegee3 on Oct 24, 2013 17:52:56 GMT -5
I don't know if these exactly fit the topic, but here goes:
Wham had a Top 10 hit called "Freedom," then George Michael had a Top 10 called "Freedom 90."
Elton John had an album track called "Candle In The Wind," then released a Top 10 "Candle In The Wind Live," and then released a #1 "Candle in the Wind 1997."
Bon Jovi hit #1 with "Livin' On a Prayer," which mentioned Tommy and Gina. Tommy and Gina and would return in the lyrics to their hit "It's My Life."
New Kids on the Block tried to cram the title of every hit they had into the opening of "Tonight" (Remember when we said girl please don't go, and how I'd be loving you forever. Talked about Hangin Tough as long as you got the right stuff.)
Sting used lyrics from "Every Breath You Take" at the end of "Love Is The Seventh Wave," and used lyrics from "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" at the end of "We'll Be Together."
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Post by wickster82 on Oct 24, 2013 20:58:32 GMT -5
James Brown had 6 or so songs in 1969 that contained the word Popcorn.
chic had a huge hit with Dance, Dance, Dance. The follow up to that was called Everybody Dance. It barely scraped the 40.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 24, 2013 21:09:20 GMT -5
Not quite the same thing, but in a business sense of capitalizing on hits, Jimmy Buffett sticks out in my mind: "Margaritaville" lends its name to restaurants, bars, casinos, food/liquor/brewing, a store, clothing, record label, and SXM music channel, while "Cheeseburger In Paradise" is a restaurant chain.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 24, 2013 22:23:22 GMT -5
Edwin Starr -- "War" and "Stop The War Now"
Hot Butter -- "Popcorn" and "Percolator"
Jimmy Castor Bunch -- "Troglodyte" and "Bertha Butt Boogie"
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Post by rayshae3 on Oct 25, 2013 2:10:30 GMT -5
Couple of years after “The Hustle” (#1), the following Van McCoy release, called “The Shuffle” (bubbling under #105) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEZ7yr62KEAfter “I Will Survive” (#1), Gloria Gaynor’s next Hot 100 entry “Let Me Know (I Have a Right)” peaked at #41: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGLFhmfuEb4And after combining Disco and Jazz in “Dazz” (#3), Brick followed it up with another hybrid term, this time “Disco” + “Music” , or “Dusic” (#18). |
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Post by wickster82 on Oct 25, 2013 5:13:40 GMT -5
Most of Air Supply's hits contained the word Love. Lost In Love, All Out of Love, The One That You Love, Young Love, Making Love Out of Nothing At All. They also had a version of The Power of Love, but that didn't make the 40.
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Post by pgfromwp on Oct 25, 2013 12:32:04 GMT -5
In late 1971, Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band successfully charted in the top 10 with "Scorpio". Based on that success, in Spring 1972 they charted in the lower end of the top 20 with another sign of the zodiac, "Taurus".
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Post by blackbowl68 on Oct 26, 2013 8:55:22 GMT -5
I think this might qualify:
After reaching #1 with his dance floor stomper "Keep On Truckin'," Eddie Kendricks told us to "Boogie Down." The irony is the bulk of his prior chart entries were sweet soul ballads.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 26, 2013 9:16:38 GMT -5
I think this might qualify: After reaching #1 with his dance floor stomper "Keep On Truckin'," Eddie Kendricks told us to "Boogie Down." The irony is the bulk of his prior chart entries were sweet soul ballads. It's probably similar to acts like Sugar Ray and Goo Goo Dolls, who had big hits with songs ("Fly" and "Name", respectively) that were different from their usual output, and then put out songs that were similar in sound to the hit. |
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Post by mkarns on Oct 26, 2013 22:15:01 GMT -5
Listening to the 10/23/76 countdown, which includes the Ritchie Family's "Best Disco In Town", in which the medley part includes "You've got me where you want me", the only vocal line from their previous hit "Brazil".
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 27, 2013 9:15:59 GMT -5
If we include artists using lyrics from their previous songs, then there's probably the most famous example: The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love", with Ringo singing the lines from "She Loves You".
If we include remakes like "Candle In The Wind 1997", then there's also Neil Sedaka's 70s remake of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do".
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 28, 2015 23:41:50 GMT -5
George Thorogood was on GMA last week, is still living off Bad To The Bone.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Jun 29, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -5
What acts had a big Top 40 hit that they tried to capitalize on in future hits? Some examples: Tag Team - After "Whoomp! (There It Is)" hit #2 in Billboard, they had "Addams Family (Whoomp!)" and "Whoomp! (There It Went)". The last two weren't nearly as successful.They also had a Spanish version called "Whoomp (Si Lo Es) & there was a XXX version by Pimp Team also called "Whoomp (There It Is). |
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