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Post by woolebull on Oct 30, 2014 19:59:54 GMT -5
I was noticing that, "Lady" by Kenny Rogers was a new song on his "Greatest Hits" compilation in 1980. Interestingly, it would become the biggest hit of his career.
Any other time in the original AT 40 era (1970-1991) that someone put a new song on a greatest hits compilation and it actually became the greatest hit for that artist?
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Post by freakyflybry on Oct 31, 2014 0:13:07 GMT -5
I know in Casey's second AT40 run, Lenny Kravitz did this - "Again" was his biggest hit there; got #2 AT40 and #1 R&R.
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Post by ds on Oct 31, 2014 12:01:53 GMT -5
Although it's arguable whether it's their greatest hit, Thank you (Falettinme be Mice Elf Agin) was originally released on sly and the family stone's Greatest Hits album.
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Post by woolebull on Oct 31, 2014 13:07:04 GMT -5
I know in Casey's second AT40 run, Lenny Kravitz did this - "Again" was his biggest hit there; got #2 AT40 and #1 R&R. That's a good one...did AT 40 get away from R&R by 2001 (I think that was when "Again" was out)? Even if it only went to 2 on AT 40, I would consider it a bigger hit than "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over". |
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Post by pb on Oct 31, 2014 13:18:27 GMT -5
Although it's arguable whether it's their greatest hit, Thank you (Falettinme be Mice Elf Agin) was originally released on sly and the family stone's Greatest Hits album. Perhaps a similar case. One of Elton John's biggest hits "Philadelphia Freedom" was not on an LP until Greatest Hits Volume 2 two years later. |
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Post by blackbowl68 on Nov 2, 2014 6:45:46 GMT -5
It pre-dates AT40 but this was a rather odd occurrence.
The Rascals released "Timepiece - Greatest Hits" a few weeks after they issued "People Got To Be Free." Both topped the single and album charts simultaneously. Oddly, PGTBF was left off Timepiece.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 2, 2014 7:45:27 GMT -5
I know in Casey's second AT40 run, Lenny Kravitz did this - "Again" was his biggest hit there; got #2 AT40 and #1 R&R. That's a good one...did AT 40 get away from R&R by 2001 (I think that was when "Again" was out)? I believe AT40 switched to a different MediaBase chart at that time, but they switched back to R&R some time later. |
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Post by jmack19 on Nov 6, 2014 2:40:19 GMT -5
Interestingly, I believe there was a live version that hit #1 that was placed on a compilation album that was an artist highest charting single. Mony, Mony by Billy Idol.
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