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Post by at40nut on Jun 24, 2017 9:43:00 GMT -5
I'm looking at the chart progression of 1981 with 6-27-81 show being the inspiration behind that feat. Stars On 45 medley was the "fly in the ointment" to "Betty Davis Eyes" for consecutive weeks at #1. HTF does Stars On 45 achieve a #1 spot while George Harrison's "All Those Years Ago" gets shafted at #2 in July 1981 while Kim Carnes retains the #1 spot? One would think that a high debut of #33 in the entire Hot 100 on 5-23-81 with surviving members of the The Beatles would certainly be destined for #1 vs countdown singers version Beatles achieving #1 . Not So
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 24, 2017 14:27:21 GMT -5
"Eye In the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project. #1 in Canada, #6 in New Zealand, but only #3 on both the AC and the Hot 100. When talking about should have been #1 hits under this particular category, I can't help thinking of "Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra, highest Top 40 debut in 5 years when it debuted at #18 on 8/11/1979, also highest Hot 100 debut one week earlier at #41, but only spent 11 weeks on The Top 40 chart, biggest dropper at 26 notches on 10/20/1979, then it dropped off the very next week on 10/27/1979, only peaking at #4, it was also certified RIAA Gold!
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 24, 2017 23:11:40 GMT -5
^That was a bummer indeed. "Don't Bring Me Down" is one of my favorite ELO tunes. Definitely deserved to do better on the charts than it did. Almost "We Are The World"-esque, except for not hitting #1 - debuted high, came and went quickly.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 25, 2017 0:00:11 GMT -5
^That was a bummer indeed. "Don't Bring Me Down" is one of my favorite ELO tunes. Definitely deserved to do better on the charts than it did. Almost "We Are The World"-esque, except for not hitting #1 - debuted high, came and went quickly. I think that "Don't Bring Me Down" suffered a bit of the "Thriller" (the song, not the LP) syndrome: I remember the local stations in my area playing it a lot before it was released as a single, even while "Shine a Little Love" was still climbing the chart. I think that if it had been released as the first single from the "Discovery" LP it would've gone to #1.
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Post by robert on Jun 27, 2017 15:44:18 GMT -5
Bruce Springsteen spent 4 weeks at number 2 with DANCING IN THE DARK in 1984
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Post by mga707 on Jun 27, 2017 16:16:20 GMT -5
Bruce Springsteen spent 4 weeks at number 2 with DANCING IN THE DARK in 1984 Yes, even Though Prince was burning up the chart fast with "When Doves Cry", I also thought that Bruce would be able to eke out one week at #1 before Prince took over.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 27, 2017 16:36:38 GMT -5
Bruce Springsteen spent 4 weeks at number 2 with DANCING IN THE DARK in 1984 Yes, even Though Prince was burning up the chart fast with "When Doves Cry", I also thought that Bruce would be able to eke out one week at #1 before Prince took over. Bruce made it to #1 in Cash Box and R & R--so why not Billboard? Sometimes one wonders about the accuracy of the charts--and this is certainly one of those times.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 27, 2017 22:48:56 GMT -5
If I were to do a personal chart for the week of 6/30/1984, I'd rank "Dancing In The Dark" over "The Reflex" (BB's #1 that week). I like both songs, but prefer Bruce's tune over Duran Duran's.
At least Bruce got some time at #1 as part of USA For Africa...shame he couldn't get there on his own, as he had a few songs definitely worthy of #1, "Dark" being one of them. If he could've squeezed in there on 6/30 before Prince took over on 7/7...
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 28, 2017 15:25:54 GMT -5
If I were to do a personal chart for the week of 6/30/1984, I'd rank "Dancing In The Dark" over "The Reflex" (BB's #1 that week). I like both songs, but prefer Bruce's tune over Duran Duran's. At least Bruce got some time at #1 as part of USA For Africa...shame he couldn't get there on his own, as he had a few songs definitely worthy of #1, "Dark" being one of them. If he could've squeezed in there on 6/30 before Prince took over on 7/7... And don't forget, the Boss had a #1 hit as a songwriter: the Manfred Mann's Earth Band version of "Blinded by the Light," with the great Chris Thompson singing lead.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 28, 2017 20:23:57 GMT -5
If I were to do a personal chart for the week of 6/30/1984, I'd rank "Dancing In The Dark" over "The Reflex" (BB's #1 that week). I like both songs, but prefer Bruce's tune over Duran Duran's. At least Bruce got some time at #1 as part of USA For Africa...shame he couldn't get there on his own, as he had a few songs definitely worthy of #1, "Dark" being one of them. If he could've squeezed in there on 6/30 before Prince took over on 7/7... And don't forget, the Boss had a #1 hit as a songwriter: the Manfred Mann's Earth Band version of "Blinded by the Light," with the great Chris Thompson singing lead. I know Springsteen is often compared to Bob Dylan, but this brings up some chart similarities: 1. Both never reached #1, and only got as high as #2 ("Dancing in the Dark" for Springsteen, "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" for Dylan). 2. Both did hit #1 as songwriters ("Blinded by the Light" for Springsteen, "Mr. Tambourine Man" for Dylan). 3. Both did hit #1 as part of USA for Africa.
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Post by bobbo428 on Jul 7, 2017 8:28:02 GMT -5
When I was seven years of age (1968), instrumentals were my favorite tunes on the radio. Three of my favorite records of that year, Hugo Montenegro's "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly," Cliff Nobles' "The Horse," and Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" all reached No. 2 within a span of three months. Another record I enjoyed, Hugh Masekala's "Grazing in the Grass," did reach the top, ameliorating my frustration a bit.
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Post by Rodney on Jul 8, 2017 9:08:10 GMT -5
ameliorating... great word... :-)
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 21, 2018 22:30:11 GMT -5
“Without You” by Mariah Carey on the R&R chart. It would have been her 11th number one song in a row but peaked at number two behind “The Sign.”
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Post by burcjm on Jul 22, 2018 9:38:27 GMT -5
I'd have to go with "Somewhere Out There", kept out of #1 by "Jacob's Ladder".
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on Oct 7, 2018 19:19:02 GMT -5
^^Especially considering both of those songs held their respective positions for only a single week.
Shall no one see "Jump" (the Van Halen one) holding "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" off the #1 spot as "unfair"? On the Hot 100 charts for March 10 and 17 of 1984, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" stalled at the runner-up position behind "Jump". How many of you think "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" should have snuck even a single week at the top spot?
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