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Post by skuncle on Oct 4, 2015 19:06:54 GMT -5
I was thinking about this today while listening to an August 1981 countdown. How many artists biggest hit was not on one of their regular albums? For example, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers biggest hit was "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks. The song was of course on Stevie's "Bella Donna". It would later appear on Toms reissued "Greatest Hits". Another example would be Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" which was only on the "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" soundtrack. It would eventually end up on his Greatest Hits album.
So were there any other artists whose biggest hit wasn't on their album?
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Post by mga707 on Oct 4, 2015 19:11:30 GMT -5
I was thinking about this today while listening to an August 1981 countdown. How many artists biggest hit was not on one of their regular albums? For example, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers biggest hit was "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks. The song was of course on Stevie's "Bella Donna". It would later appear on Toms reissued "Greatest Hits". Another example would be Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" which was only on the "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" soundtrack. It would eventually end up on his Greatest Hits album. So were there any other artists whose biggest hit wasn't on their album? Bob Seger: "Shakedown": Not only was it never on a studio Seger LP, it wasn't even on his first greatest hits album. It had to wait for his second greatest hits collection. From the "Beverly Hills II" soundtrack.
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Post by Mike on Oct 4, 2015 19:20:43 GMT -5
"Endless Love", which counts only for Lionel - apparently, Diana recorded a solo version for her album Why Do Fools Fall in Love.
Blondie's "Call Me".
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Post by mkarns on Oct 4, 2015 20:12:53 GMT -5
Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". A 1998 soundtrack hit that is the group's only #1, in both Billboard and Radio & Records, and it didn't appear on any of the group's albums of new material (the first Aerosmith collection it appeared on was the 2002 greatest hits set "O, Yeah!")
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Post by retroguy on Oct 4, 2015 20:37:04 GMT -5
I believe that Night Fever was the Bee Gees biggest hit and that was on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
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Post by retroguy on Oct 4, 2015 20:43:40 GMT -5
This probably wouldn't qualify but isn't it kind of humorous that Geddy Lee's biggest hit effort was Take Off with Bob and Doug McKenzie on their Great White North comedy album.
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Post by Mike on Oct 4, 2015 20:50:55 GMT -5
I believe that Night Fever was the Bee Gees biggest hit and that was on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Both that and Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" could arguably come with an asterisk; while neither SNF nor The Bodyguard were straight albums by their respective artists, both still featured heavy involvement from them. The Bee Gees wrote all of the original songs in Saturday Night Fever (including those others performed), and Whitney executive produced The Bodyguard album (not to mention singing half of its songs).
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Post by freakyflybry on Oct 4, 2015 22:52:51 GMT -5
Huey Lewis & The News would qualify if "The Power Of Love" is considered their biggest. It's from "Back To The Future".
Luther Vandross's biggest hit (on R&R, at least) was "The Best Things In Life Are Free", a duet with Janet Jackson from the "Mo Money" soundtrack.
Brian McKnight's biggest hit was "Love Is", a duet with Vanessa Williams from the "Beverly Hills 90210" soundtrack.
Pearl Jam's biggest hit was "Last Kiss". It was from a charity album to benefit Kosovo refugees.
Ray Parker Jr.'s biggest hit was "Ghostbusters" from the movie of the same name.
If "Against All Odds" is considered Phil Collins's biggest hit, it qualifies, as it's from the movie of the same name.
Simple Minds had "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on the "Breakfast Club" soundtrack; it did not appear on a Simple Minds album until their greatest hits.
Roxette also qualifies if "It Must Have Been Love" is counted as their biggest. It's from the "Pretty Woman" soundtrack.
Kenny Loggins's biggest hit, "Footloose", was the title track from that movie.
OMD's biggest hit, "If You Leave", was from the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack.
The remake of "Lady Marmalade" from "Moulin Rouge" could possibly be the biggest hit for all four artists involved. It certainly is for Mya and Lil' Kim as neither had another #1, and possibly is for Christina Aguilera and Pink as well.
Glenn Frey's two biggest solo hits, "The Heat Is On" and "You Belong To The City", were both from soundtracks.
"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" qualifies for Jennifer Warnes at least. (It would qualify for Bill Medley too if it's considered bigger than any Righteous Brothers song). It was from "Dirty Dancing".
Similarly, if "Up Where We Belong" is Jennifer Warnes' biggest hit, it qualifies as it does for her duet partner, Joe Cocker. It's from "An Officer And A Gentleman".
The Beatles' biggest hit was "Hey Jude", which did not appear on any of their studio albums.
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Post by Mike on Oct 5, 2015 5:43:04 GMT -5
Huey Lewis & The News would qualify if "The Power Of Love" is considered their biggest. It's from "Back To The Future". Luther Vandross's biggest hit (on R&R, at least) was "The Best Things In Life Are Free", a duet with Janet Jackson from the "Mo Money" soundtrack. Brian McKnight's biggest hit was "Love Is", a duet with Vanessa Williams from the "Beverly Hills 90210" soundtrack. Pearl Jam's biggest hit was "Last Kiss". It was from a charity album to benefit Kosovo refugees. Ray Parker Jr.'s biggest hit was "Ghostbusters" from the movie of the same name. If "Against All Odds" is considered Phil Collins's biggest hit, it qualifies, as it's from the movie of the same name. Simple Minds had "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on the "Breakfast Club" soundtrack; it did not appear on a Simple Minds album until their greatest hits. Roxette also qualifies if "It Must Have Been Love" is counted as their biggest. It's from the "Pretty Woman" soundtrack. Kenny Loggins's biggest hit, "Footloose", was the title track from that movie. OMD's biggest hit, "If You Leave", was from the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack. The remake of "Lady Marmalade" from "Moulin Rouge" could possibly be the biggest hit for all four artists involved. It certainly is for Mya and Lil' Kim as neither had another #1, and possibly is for Christina Aguilera and Pink as well. Glenn Frey's two biggest solo hits, "The Heat Is On" and "You Belong To The City", were both from soundtracks. "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" qualifies for Jennifer Warnes at least. (It would qualify for Bill Medley too if it's considered bigger than any Righteous Brothers song). It was from "Dirty Dancing". Similarly, if "Up Where We Belong" is Jennifer Warnes' biggest hit, it qualifies as it does for her duet partner, Joe Cocker. It's from "An Officer And A Gentleman". The Beatles' biggest hit was "Hey Jude", which did not appear on any of their studio albums. RE: Phil - Not sure about him; "Another Day in Paradise" certainly at least gives that a run for its money. RE: Pearl Jam - I always wondered where that came from. RE: OMD - Funny thing is, I was just reading about Pretty in Pink yesterday. Apparently the group had a song all ready to go for the movie until its ending got changed. They were due to head out on tour in days..."If You Leave" was subsequently written in less than 24 hours. "Goddess of Love", the song originally intended, turned up on their following album (that also had "Forever (Live and Die)"). RE: Hey Jude - I had to double check that one; that's not one I ever would have guessed.
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Post by matt on Oct 5, 2015 13:42:16 GMT -5
Here's another caveat to this thread: how about most successful song not on any of the artist's studio LPs OR on a soundtrack (movie or otherwise). That would be an elite group I'm guessing (Pearl Jam would be a good example).
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 5, 2015 14:11:32 GMT -5
....or not available on an album by that artist around the time of or within even a few months of its release. By that definition, Elton would qualify as "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was not on any of his albums until his second greatest hits Lp came out well over a year later. Said Lp also included a couple other #1 hits which were not available on any previous album either...."Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Philadelphia Freedom".
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Post by pb on Oct 5, 2015 17:50:37 GMT -5
RE: Hey Jude - I had to double check that one; that's not one I ever would have guessed. Hey Jude was not on an LP until 1970. Several Beatles solo songs also would not appear on LP until their greatest hits records came out years later (Lennon's "Instant Karma" and "Power To The People," McCartney's "Another Day," Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy" etc.).
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Post by Mike on Oct 5, 2015 18:43:48 GMT -5
*throws up hands* Why don't we just say biggest hits that were stand-alone singles only and be done with it? Sheesh...
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Post by trekkielo on Oct 5, 2015 23:23:07 GMT -5
RE: Hey Jude - I had to double check that one; that's not one I ever would have guessed. Hey Jude was not on an LP until 1970. Several Beatles solo songs also would not appear on LP until their greatest hits records came out years later (Lennon's "Instant Karma" and "Power To The People," McCartney's "Another Day," Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy" etc.). Speaking along these lines, from May 19th, 1979, Casey Kasem said Paul McCartney thought "Goodnight Tonight" would not fit into the concept of his current album Back to the Egg, so he did not include it on there like with other LPs!
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Post by skuncle on Oct 6, 2015 5:26:53 GMT -5
*throws up hands* Why don't we just say biggest hits that were stand-alone singles only and be done with it? Sheesh... See the original idea behind this post was the biggest of an artists career, but if you bought their current album, it wasn't on there. I wasn't going for single releases only. Years ago Tom Petty commented that not only did "Stop Dragging" not appear on his then current album, "Hard Promises", the song also killed off his then current single, "Woman In Love". "Stop Dragging" was also a throwaway track from "Hard Promises", which made it all the more bittersweet. Incidentally "Stop Dragging Me Heart Around" was just a Petty and the Heartbreakers track, Tom felt the song just sat there. He was asked to give a track for Stevie's solo album, so he gave her the track. All they did was dub Stevie and her background singers onto the existing Petty track. Suddenly the song came alive.
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