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Post by 80sat40fan on Jun 26, 2020 18:10:46 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Frente! The band's name ends with an explanation point so please don't think I'm super excited to type their name . They hit Casey's Top 40 with a remake of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" in 1994, and this week's classic was the follow-up release. It debuted at #26 on the 7/2/94 Top Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it would peak at #9 a few weeks later. Here is Frente! with "Labour Of Love":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 4, 2020 17:43:53 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from a singer who was no stranger to American Top 40... Whitney Houston. Casey introduced her fifteen years into his run on AT40 and would announce many of her signature hits. This week's classic was only her third chart hit since 1984 not to make the Top 40. This song was on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack, and it was moving up a notch to #80 on the 7/12/97 Hot 100. It would peak 3 notches higher at #77. Produced by Babyface with background vocals by Shanice "I Love Your Smile" Wilson, here is Whitney with, "My Heart Is Calling":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 11, 2020 7:35:53 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Genesis. While not released as a single, this track from the "We Can't Dance" album was peaking at #25 on the 7/18/92 Top Album Rock Tracks chart. It's a song about 19th century railway workers constructing the British railways. It's a long song, clocking in at 10:09. Here is Genesis with, "Driving The Last Spike":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 18, 2020 10:44:10 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Class is from Foo Fighters... and it's not exactly a lost classic as it receives frequently airplay in 2020. This was the first release from their self-titled CD, and it was moving up 3 notches to #4 on the 7/22/95 Modern Rock Tracks chart, and up 4 notches to #21 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Admittedly, the song peaked at #35 on the Top 40 Airplay chart but because it was not released as a single, it didn't make Billboard's Hot 100 nor Radio & Records Top 50. Here is Foo Fighters with, "This Is A Call":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 25, 2020 7:42:31 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is a duet featuring Bob Seger and Martina McBride. It's from the "Hope Floats" movie soundtrack. The song was moving up two notches to its peak position of #23 on the 8/1/98 Hot Adult Contemporary chart. Here are Bob Seger and Martina McBride with, "Chances Are":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 1, 2020 17:50:26 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Calloway. This song was their follow-up to their #2 hit, "I Wanna Be Rich", and it was moving all the way up to #68 on the 8/4/1990 Hot 100. It would move all the way up to its peak position of #63 the next week. Calloway would never make another appearance on the Hot 100 once this song fell all the way off the chart. Here is Calloway with, "All The Way":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 8, 2020 13:15:39 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Babyface. This was the title track to his 1993 CD called, "For The Cool In You", and it was debuting at #94 on the 8/14/93 Hot 100. While this song would only reach #81, it was a Top 10 hit on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart and the R&B/Hip Hop chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male category. Here is Babyface with, "For The Cool In You":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 14, 2020 13:34:36 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Peter Cetera. This was the title track from his 1996 CD called, "One Clear Voice", and it was moving up four notches to #21 on the 8/17/96 Adult Contemporary chart. It would peak at #12 and was the highest peaking song of three hits to make the A/C chart from this album. Here is Peter Cetera with, "One Clear Voice":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 22, 2020 10:06:37 GMT -5
The Week's Lost 90s Classic is from The Offspring. This song was moving up 3 notches to #8 on the 8/28/99 Top Modern Rock Tracks chart, and up three notches to #14 on the Top Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It would peak at #6 and #11 on the those charts, respectively. Here's The Offspring with, "The Kids Aren't Alright":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 28, 2020 9:57:06 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Lisa Fischer. Lisa's only Top 40 hit was the #11 song, "How Can I Ease The Pain". This week's pick was her follow-up, and it was debuting at #88 on the 9/7/91 Hot 100. It would peak at #74. That would be her last song to make the Hot 100... on purpose. She decided she preferred being a backup singer so she sang backup on tour with Luther Vandross, Tina Turner and The Rolling Stones as late as 2015. Here is Lisa Fischer with "Save Me":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 5, 2020 11:25:52 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic needs some explaining as some will say the song is far from being a lost classic. When the original version was released in 1984, it spent five weeks at #2 and made this artist a huge star. When Cyndi Lauper made a new version of the song in with a somewhat slower tempo and a hint of reggae, it didn't do nearly as well. The newer version debuted at #93 on the 9/9/95 Hot 100 and would peak just 6 notches higher at #87. From her album "Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Them Some", here is Cyndi Lauper with "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 11, 2020 13:47:12 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Creed. This was their third release from their debut CD, "My Own Prison". The song moved into the #1 position on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for the week ending 9/19/98. On the Modern Rock Tracks chart, it was holding at its peak position of #10. Here is Creed with, "What's This Life For":
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Post by mga707 on Sept 11, 2020 14:13:38 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic needs some explaining as some will say the song is far from being a lost classic. When the original version was released in 1984, it spent five weeks at #2 and made this artist a huge star. When Cyndi Lauper made a new version of the song in with a somewhat slower tempo and a hint of reggae, it didn't do nearly as well. The newer version debuted at #93 on the 9/9/95 Hot 100 and would peak just 6 notches higher at #87. From her album "Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Them Some", here is Cyndi Lauper with "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)": Other than The Ventures ("Walk--Don't Run"/"Walk--Don't Run '64"), I can't think of a single case of an artist 'updating' a former hit and scoring another hit. Both The Police ("Don't Stand So Close To Me") and Chicago ("25 Or 6 To 4") failed at this as well.
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 11, 2020 17:56:48 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic needs some explaining as some will say the song is far from being a lost classic. When the original version was released in 1984, it spent five weeks at #2 and made this artist a huge star. When Cyndi Lauper made a new version of the song in with a somewhat slower tempo and a hint of reggae, it didn't do nearly as well. The newer version debuted at #93 on the 9/9/95 Hot 100 and would peak just 6 notches higher at #87. From her album "Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Them Some", here is Cyndi Lauper with "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)": Other than The Ventures ("Walk--Don't Run"/"Walk--Don't Run '64"), I can't think of a single case of an artist 'updating' a former hit and scoring another hit. Both The Police ("Don't Stand So Close To Me") and Chicago ("25 Or 6 To 4") failed at this as well. You forgot Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do". And if you count remixes, there's the Four Seasons' "December, 1963".
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 13, 2020 8:48:38 GMT -5
^ If live versions of songs are inlcuded, then Billy Idol's "remake" of "Mony Mony" went to #1 after the original bubbled under at #107. I don't think the live version is different enough from the original to be considered a remake, but it's a little different.
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