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Post by dth1971 on Dec 16, 2018 8:28:58 GMT -5
On the 12/18/1982 AT40: The 80's episode there was a QUESTION LETTER sent to Casey on if any #1 songs didn't mention the song title in the lyrics, and Casey mentioned that there were 5 of them: "The Three Bells" by the Browns, "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto, "Fingertips Part 2" by Stevie Wonder, "T.S.O.P." by M.F.S.B., and "Annie's Song" by John Denver. (Casey mentioned these last 2 songs mentioned came from 1975 but they came from 1974!)
Well, not counting instrumentals, can you list any other songs that made the top 40 that never mentioned the song title in its lyrics? I can think of a few:
"Young Turks" by Rod Stewart
"Big Log" by Robert Plant
"Valotte" by Julian Lennon
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 16, 2018 9:23:43 GMT -5
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (not AT40, but CT40 and Billboard)
Cashman and West - "American City Suite"
Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog"
Led Zeppelin - "Trampled Under Foot"
Led Zeppelin - "D'yer Mak'er"
Led Zeppelin - "Immigrant Song"
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Post by pb on Dec 16, 2018 9:36:36 GMT -5
Santana - "Everybody's Everything"
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Post by Hervard on Dec 16, 2018 10:56:22 GMT -5
On the 12/18/1982 AT40: The 80's episode there was a QUESTION LETTER sent to Casey on if any #1 songs didn't mention the song title in the lyrics, and Casey mentioned that there were 5 of them: "The Three Bells" by the Browns, "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto, "Fingertips Part 2" by Stevie Wonder, "T.S.O.P." by M.F.S.B., and "Annie's Song" by John Denver. (Casey mentioned these last 2 songs mentioned came from 1975 but they came from 1974!) Not sure if "T.S.O.P." should count, as it is classified as an instrumental (although it does contain lyrics, there aren't that many - just "Let's get it on, it's time to get down" four times and many do do do's). Even though Casey never said "not counting instrumentals" (not that I know of, anyway), the fact that he excluded instrumentals from his list would imply it. |
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 16, 2018 11:27:49 GMT -5
Year-end #1s: Iris and Missing.
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Post by burcjm on Dec 16, 2018 11:43:49 GMT -5
"Silent Running"
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Post by listenerwants2know on Dec 17, 2018 15:21:37 GMT -5
Christopher Cross - Arthur´s theme
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Post by mga707 on Dec 17, 2018 20:28:27 GMT -5
Christopher Cross - Arthur´s theme Although he does say 'Arthur' in it, probably to meet the then-requirement (don't know if it still is) that songs nominated for the 'Best Song' Oscar must have the title of the movie in the song lyrics. Also the reason why Carly Simon sang '...the spy who loved me...' in "Nobody Does It Better". |
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Post by woolebull on Dec 17, 2018 23:27:02 GMT -5
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Post by Michael1973 on Dec 20, 2018 10:18:16 GMT -5
One of my all-time favorites:
New Order -- True Faith
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 23, 2019 22:27:23 GMT -5
Glen Campbell: I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) #45
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Post by matt on Jan 24, 2019 13:58:07 GMT -5
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (not AT40, but CT40 and Billboard) Cashman and West - "American City Suite" Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog" Led Zeppelin - "Trampled Under Foot" Led Zeppelin - "D'yer Mak'er" Led Zeppelin - "Immigrant Song" Led Zeppelin was notorious for this--almost like they wanted their songs to have a title that very un-obvious and didn't give the song away so to speak. I'm guessing that drove their record label nuts. Somebody mentioned "Big Log", for which Robert Plant must've taken the same approach. One of my all-time favorites: New Order -- True Faith Agree--great song! "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Round and Round" are two other excellent New Order cuts that would fit this bill, except that neither made the top 40. "Danny's Song" by Anne Murray (and originally by Loggins & Messina) would be another that comes to mind. As would the Police's "Synchronicity II" (ironically, "Synchronicity I" does say the song title as part of the lyrics). |
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Post by Hervard on Jan 24, 2019 16:09:42 GMT -5
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (not AT40, but CT40 and Billboard) Cashman and West - "American City Suite" Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog" Led Zeppelin - "Trampled Under Foot" Led Zeppelin - "D'yer Mak'er" Led Zeppelin - "Immigrant Song" Led Zeppelin was notorious for this--almost like they wanted their songs to have a title that very un-obvious and didn't give the song away so to speak. I'm guessing that drove their record label nuts. Somebody mentioned "Big Log", for which Robert Plant must've taken the same approach. One of my all-time favorites: New Order -- True Faith Agree--great song! "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Round and Round" are two other excellent New Order cuts that would fit this bill, except that neither made the top 40. Not to mention "Blue Monday". |
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Post by pb on Jan 24, 2019 23:17:47 GMT -5
Rod Stewart - "Lost Paraguayos" (played by mistake in the 12/16/72 episode)
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Post by mkarns on Jan 25, 2019 4:13:10 GMT -5
Chicago - "Beginnings" ("Only the beginning"--no plural)
Parliament - "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker" (it does include the subtitle, "Give Up the Funk")
Dan Fogelberg - "Same Old Lang Syne"
And "Sukiyaki" was a hit in two languages--for Kyu Sakamoto in Japanese and A Taste of Honey (and later 4 P.M.) in English. Neither mentions the title word.
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