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Post by radiogeekheaven on Jun 7, 2014 11:40:17 GMT -5
Because of Billboard's chart methodology which grants big points for longevity, there are songs which actually ranked HIGHER in the year-end countdowns than their peak position on a weekly survey!
The most famous example of this is Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me." Although reaching no higher than #16 on the weekly chart, it was named Billboard's #6 single for 1973 (and #2 on AT40!) But I found another one while compiling this week's synopsis for the 6/8/74 show. Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love" peaked at #5 but was the 4th biggest single of 1974, due to it's long chart run.
Can anyone think of other examples?
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Post by jmack19 on Jun 7, 2014 12:15:34 GMT -5
1986
#3 I Miss You - Klymaxx
Song peaked @ #5
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Post by erik on Jun 7, 2014 12:46:41 GMT -5
Because of Billboard's chart methodology which grants big points for longevity, there are songs which actually ranked HIGHER in the year-end countdowns than their peak position on a weekly survey!
The most famous example of this is Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me." Although reaching no higher than #16 on the weekly chart, it was named Billboard's #6 single for 1973 (and #2 on AT40!) But I found another one while compiling this week's synopsis for the 6/8/74 show. Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love" peaked at #5 but was the 4th biggest single of 1974, due to it's long chart run.
Can anyone think of other examples?
There were actually two songs from 1974 which ranked higher than their weekly chart positions. In addition to "Come And Get Your Love", Mac Davis' "One Hell Of A Woman" peaked at #11 on the weekly surveys and finished #10 for the year. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 7, 2014 15:24:30 GMT -5
In 2000, "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon peaked at #2 on AT40, but in their Year-End countdown, it was the #1 song of the year.
I believe the same thing happened with "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse the following year.
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Post by freakyflybry on Jun 7, 2014 16:36:18 GMT -5
A Casey's Top 40 example: Blues Traveler peaked at #5 with "Run-Around", but was #2 for the entire year.
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Post by Hervard on Jun 7, 2014 16:45:08 GMT -5
^And ronnie21 absolutely hated that one!
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Post by woolebull on Jun 7, 2014 19:33:08 GMT -5
I think it is safe if you want to add Paul to the list of "absolutely hated that one" as well.
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Post by woolebull on Jun 7, 2014 19:37:39 GMT -5
And while we're on 1995, while it didn't chart higher on the year end versus weekly, I think a special recognition should go to "Close To You" by Fun Factory which never hit the Top 40 (Radio and Record) but ended up as the number #97 song of the year on CT 40. As far as I know, that is the only time that has ever happened.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 20:01:52 GMT -5
A Casey's Top 40 example: Blues Traveler peaked at #5 with "Run-Around", but was #2 for the entire year.   |
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 7, 2014 21:11:24 GMT -5
And while we're on 1995, while it didn't chart higher on the year end versus weekly, I think a special recognition should go to "Close To You" by Fun Factory which never hit the Top 40 (Radio and Record) but ended up as the number #97 song of the year on CT 40. As far as I know, that is the only time that has ever happened. There was an AT10 Year-End countdown from, I believe, 2007 where a Josh Groban song that didn't make the weekly countdown made the Year-End survey. |
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Post by bobbo428 on Jun 7, 2014 21:35:31 GMT -5
Paula Cole's "I Don't Want to Wait" never made it past #11 on the Hot 100, but because it was on the chart for a whole year it made #10 for the year in the Billboard year=end recap.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 8, 2014 1:31:41 GMT -5
And while we're on 1995, while it didn't chart higher on the year end versus weekly, I think a special recognition should go to "Close To You" by Fun Factory which never hit the Top 40 (Radio and Record) but ended up as the number #97 song of the year on CT 40. As far as I know, that is the only time that has ever happened. "Ever the Same" by Rob Thomas (2006) and "21 Guns" by Green Day (2009) both made the year end AT40, as hosted by Ryan Seacrest, even though they never made the weekly AT40 chart. This isn't likely to happen again as long as AT40 only plays a top 40 of the year (the songs mentioned made the year-end top 100; AT40's year end countdowns from 2010 on have only had 40 positions.) |
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Post by marsh511 on Jun 8, 2014 3:53:48 GMT -5
Did this phenomenon ever occur before the chart action changed drastically around 91-92? Seems like all the examples above are from the post-classic AT40 era (other than "Why Me"). There may have been a Paul Davis song in the late 70's or early 80's that also ended up the year higher than on any weekly chart, but I'm not sure.
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Post by woolebull on Jun 8, 2014 6:30:01 GMT -5
Did this phenomenon ever occur before the chart action changed drastically around 91-92? Seems like all the examples above are from the post-classic AT40 era (other than "Why Me"). There may have been a Paul Davis song in the late 70's or early 80's that also ended up the year higher than on any weekly chart, but I'm not sure. Paul Davis came close, but I think "I Go Crazy" peaked at 7 and was the number 12 song of the year. Someone mentioned Klymaxx doing it in 1986, other than that, the ones mentioned came after 1994. Billboard made their big change at the end of 1991, however Radio and Records didn't really make their big change until May of 1994. All of the other songs that were mentioned were using (I'm pretty sure) R and R tabulations and date post 1994. |
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Post by giannirubino on Jun 8, 2014 6:49:26 GMT -5
Not sure if you count this, but didn't CK or SS say that Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully," which peaked at #2, rank as the number one song of 1965?
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