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Post by dougbroda on Nov 23, 2014 20:46:01 GMT -5
This week's 80s show featured I'm So Excited by the Pointer Sisters -- released in 1982, went to #30, then re-released as a single in 1984 and went to #9.
An even longer trip from initial single release to the Top 10 -- in fact, to #1 -- was At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters. Released as a single in 1981, charted at #79, then, after being played on the TV show Family Ties, went to #1 in 1986, five years after its initial single release.
Do any other songs that charted outside the Top 10 on initial release, then re-charted years later in the Top 10, come to mind?
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Post by mkarns on Nov 23, 2014 20:48:41 GMT -5
In 1988-89, "Red Red Wine" by UB40, "When I'm With You" by Sheriff, and "Where Are You Now" by Jimmy Harnen & Synch all did that; the first two hit #1 the second time around.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 23, 2014 21:37:23 GMT -5
A song that is loved by some here and despised by others did just that... "I've Never Been To Me" by Charlene peaked at #97 in 1977, and then somehow became a #3 song in 1982.
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Post by woolebull on Nov 23, 2014 21:53:32 GMT -5
I don't know why this question is the question that finally made me take a look at this, but Paula Abdul debuted at 88 on 11/19/88 with, "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me". It would spend five weeks on the Hot 100, never getting higher than 88, which is where it debuted. A little over a year later, it would peak at 3 after being re-released.
Now here is something I never noticed. On the fourth week of "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"'s initial five week run (12/3/88), "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul was the highest debut of the week. Virgin didn't even give "Love" a chance to catch on, or they just realized it wasn't the right time for the song. Whatever happened, someone had the intuition to stop the "Love" run and to bring "Straight Up" on board. Whoever did that was a genius. Paula went from possibly going 0-2 in hitting the top 40 ("Knocked Out" peaked at 41 earlier in 1988), to 0-2,but the second song having so little time on the radio that no one even noticed it. I knew that "Love" had been released before, but never realized that "Straight Up" debuted during the short first run of "Love". Thank you for a question that made me look at something in a totally different way!
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 23, 2014 22:18:42 GMT -5
Dream On - Aerosmith #59 - 1973 (45 edit), #6 - 1976 (album version)
She's Gone - Hall & Oates #60 - 1974, #7 - 1976. Atlantic re-release after they signed with RCA and made it to #4 with "Sara Smile".
Of course Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen made it to #9 in 1976, then topped that with a #2 peak in 1992.
Actually, Styx's "Lady" was released as a single in 1973, but didn't chart. It was re-released late in 1974 and peaked at #6 early in 1975.
Also from the 60s: This wasn't "years later" but Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" had 2 separate chart runs 6 months apart. The first time it reached #36 and charted for 14 weeks beginning 1/13/68. It re-charted an additional 12 weeks beginning 7/6/68 and peaked at #5.
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Post by jmack19 on Nov 23, 2014 23:05:36 GMT -5
Baby, Come To Me (by Patti Austin And James Ingram) #73-1982 #1-1983
The Star Spangled Banner (by Whitney Houston) #20-1991 #6-2001
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Post by mkarns on Nov 23, 2014 23:10:42 GMT -5
I don't know why this question is the question that finally made me take a look at this, but Paula Abdul debuted at 88 on 11/19/88 with, "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me". It would spend five weeks on the Hot 100, never getting higher than 88, which is where it debuted. A little over a year later, it would peak at 3 after being re-released. Now here is something I never noticed. On the fourth week of "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"'s initial five week run (12/3/88), "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul was the highest debut of the week. Virgin didn't even give "Love" a chance to catch on, or they just realized it wasn't the right time for the song. Whatever happened, someone had the intuition to stop the "Love" run and to bring "Straight Up" on board. Whoever did that was a genius. Paula went from possibly going 0-2 in hitting the top 40 ("Knocked Out" peaked at 41 earlier in 1988), to 0-2,but the second song having so little time on the radio that no one even noticed it. I knew that "Love" had been released before, but never realized that "Straight Up" debuted during the short first run of "Love". Thank you for a question that made me look at something in a totally different way! "Knocked Out" was not re-released as a single, but it got a lot of MTV and radio play in 1990, when it was included on a remix album after Paula had a string of big hits. |
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Post by woolebull on Nov 23, 2014 23:32:15 GMT -5
"Knocked Out" was not re-released as a single, but it got a lot of MTV and radio play in 1990, when it was included on a remix album after Paula had a string of big hits. Yeah, I remember that it got massive MTV play in 1990, but as you said was never re-released. I always loved "Knocked Out"...one of my favorite #41 songs ever. |
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Post by adam31 on Nov 24, 2014 8:26:02 GMT -5
"Knocked Out" was not re-released as a single, but it got a lot of MTV and radio play in 1990, when it was included on a remix album after Paula had a string of big hits. Yeah, I remember that it got massive MTV play in 1990, but as you said was never re-released. I always loved "Knocked Out"...one of my favorite #41 songs ever. Add me to the list of "Knocked Out" fans. Didn't Premiere play it as an extra on one of the 1988 shows? |
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Post by pb on Nov 24, 2014 10:44:20 GMT -5
Not quite a perfect fit but perhaps an entertaining story anyway. In 1971 America recorded its first album and planned to have "I Need You" as their first single, but someone (the band, producer and/or label) decided it wasn't strong enough, so they recorded additional songs, including "A Horse With No Name." After "Horse" hit #1 "I Need You" became the followup and reached #9 in July 1972.
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Post by mct1 on Nov 24, 2014 10:52:20 GMT -5
A few more, though not all necessarily have "years" between them:
Aerosmith, "Walk This Way" -- originally released as a single in the summer of 1975, as a follow-up to "Sweet Emotion", but did not chart (Columbia 10206); re-released in late 1976, and hit #10 in early 1977 (Columbia 10449). I'm not sure what prompted Columbia to re-release this song in the fall of '76 , but the band probably had a higher profile with Top 40 radio in late 1976 than they did in the summer of 1975, perhaps making programmers more likely to pay attention to the single.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Relax" -- originally hit #67 in the spring of 1984; re-released in a remixed version around the end of 1984 or beginning of 1985 and hit #10 in early 1985. FGTH were a huge sensation in their native U.K., and with the band getting some traction in the U.S. on MTV, Island Records decided to give "Relax" another try.
Steve Winwood, "Valerie" -- originally hit #70 in 1982; re-released in a remixed version in 1987 (from the compilation album Chronicles) and hit #9. Chronicles was released by Island Records just as Winwood was about to leave the label. After his last Island studio album Back In The High Life had turned him into a big pop star, Island apparently decided to promote a few older songs on Chronicles that weren't well-known to Top 40 audiences in hopes of squeezing one or two last hits out of Winwood before he was gone.
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Post by jmack19 on Nov 24, 2014 14:43:44 GMT -5
An even longer trip from initial single release to the Top 10 -- in fact, to #1 -- was At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters. Released as a single in 1981, charted at #79, then, after being played on the TV show Family Ties, went to #1 in 1986, five years after its initial single release. In 1983, a song from a movie that bombed at the box office reached #64. In 1984, after the movie was shown on HBO, the song was re-released this time peaking at #7. It was "On the Dark Side" by John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band. In 1983, the group was listed as Eddie and the Cruisers, the same as the movie title. |
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 24, 2014 15:40:20 GMT -5
A few more, though not all necessarily have "years" between them: Aerosmith, "Walk This Way" -- originally released as a single in the summer of 1975, as a follow-up to "Sweet Emotion", but did not chart (Columbia 10206); re-released in late 1976, and hit #10 in early 1977 (Columbia 10449). I'm not sure what prompted Columbia to re-release this song in the fall of '76 , but the band probably had a higher profile with Top 40 radio in late 1976 than they did in the summer of 1975, perhaps making programmers more likely to pay attention to the single. "Walk This Way" was probably re-released due the success of the re-release of "Dream On". Hey it worked once, why not again? |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 24, 2014 16:18:57 GMT -5
"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy first charted in June of 1972 but only for three weeks and only reached #97. Three months later it recharted and went to #1 in early December.
That same year "Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues hit #2. It was from an album first released in late 1967. The song was first released as a single in early 1968 but did not make the Hot 100 the first time around.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Nov 25, 2014 8:35:45 GMT -5
I am surprised that nobody has mentioned a classic rock track, Layla by Derek & The Dominos (Eric Clapton). The song first charted in 1971 and peaked at #51 in the so called short version. Then about a year later the full seven minute version charted and hit #10. I am curious of one thing though, has anybody seen an actual copy of the 45 that includes the seven minute version?
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