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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 20, 2018 19:41:36 GMT -5
I was listening to "Hearts" by Marty Balin the other day when I realized the song begins and ends with the same line ("Is everything all right?"). What other Top 40 hits have the same line as the beginning/ending?
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 21, 2018 5:32:11 GMT -5
jlthorpe... with this question, are you asking if a song begins and ends with a lyric that isn't the title of a song? Or if it does, it is okay to include here?
From the end of the Shadoe Stevens era, "Stay" by Lisa Loeb starts and ends with "You say I only hear what I want to"... not the name of the song.
From the early Casey Kasem era, "Riders On The Storm" by The Doors begins and ends with the title of the song.
From before AT40's start, "Last Train To Clarksville" by The Monkees begins and ends with "Take the last train to Clarksville"... which includes the title of the song in the lyric.
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Post by 1finemrg on Jul 21, 2018 6:30:52 GMT -5
Cheap Trick's - "I Want You To Want Me"
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Post by pb on Jul 21, 2018 7:17:03 GMT -5
"In The Year 2525" repeats the first verse as the song fades.
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Post by Hervard on Jul 21, 2018 8:20:00 GMT -5
Chicago - Look Away ("When you called me up this morning & told me about the new love you found, I said I'm happy for you. I'm really happy for you")
REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run ("Heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another you've been messin' around")
Lifehouse's - You And Me ("What day is it, and in what month, this clock never seemed so alive")
Meat Loaf's - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad ("Baby we can talk all night, but that ain't gettin' us nowhere")
Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County ("Everyone considered him the Coward Of The County")
And, a song that never made the AT40 or CT40, but did peak at #17 on the Hot 100:
Tim McGraw - Don't Take The Girl ("Johnny's daddy, was takin' him fishin', when he was eight years old")
(Man, I STILL can't listen to that song without at least getting tears in my eyes, especially when it gets to the last verse!)
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jul 21, 2018 8:36:04 GMT -5
How bout She Loves You (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)--by some group out of England.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 21, 2018 10:01:42 GMT -5
jlthorpe... with this question, are you asking if a song begins and ends with a lyric that isn't the title of a song? Or if it does, it is okay to include here? It doesn't matter. As long as it's a line and not just a word (which I created the separate thread for), it's OK. How bout She Loves You (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)--by some group out of England. I'd probably disqualify this one, because the song begins with "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah", but ends with just the "yeah, yeah, yeah" part.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 21, 2018 15:16:29 GMT -5
Here are two more from the 1990s...
"One Sweet Day" by Marian Carey & Boys II Men: "Sorry I never told you all I wanted to say."
"Foolish Games" by Jewel begins and ends with the same two lines... would this count? "You took your coat off, stood in the rain, You're always crazy like that."
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Post by 1finemrg on Jul 21, 2018 15:27:31 GMT -5
Poco - "Heart Of The Night"
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 21, 2018 15:29:20 GMT -5
"Foolish Games" by Jewel begins and ends with the same two lines... would this count? "You took your coat off, stood in the rain, You're always crazy like that." I'd say that's fine. If it was an entire verse, or the chorus, I would say no because examples like that might be more common.
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Post by burcjm on Jul 22, 2018 9:35:48 GMT -5
Poco - "Heart Of The Night" I believe Poco's other hit "Crazy Love" falls under the same category.
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 23, 2018 21:00:34 GMT -5
"Hold on Tight" - ELO Hold on tight to your dream
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 24, 2018 16:50:55 GMT -5
"King Tut" both begins and ends with the line "King Tut."
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Post by at40nut on Jul 25, 2018 4:28:09 GMT -5
From 1978-Boston "Don't Look Back"
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Post by Michael1973 on Jul 26, 2018 12:26:08 GMT -5
Styx -- "Show Me The Way"
"Every night I say a prayer, in the hopes that there's a heaven."
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