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Post by johnnywest on May 2, 2019 15:04:47 GMT -5
Snow hit number one on the hot 100 in 1993 for seven weeks with Informer. I think it went to #4 on CT and #12 on AT. It was by all accounts a smash but to think he is back after 26 years is truly mind blowing. Actually, I was wrong. It went to number two on CT 40. So whether Billboard or Radio and Records, it was a big deal in 1993. I’ll be interested to see if Ryan mentions any history on Snow if and when this songs debuts or is played as a Breakout on AT40.
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 2, 2019 16:34:29 GMT -5
By the way, two songs clocked in around 2 minutes apiece during the 1970's--
Ain't Bo Sunshine--Bill Withers (2;04)
Snowbird--Anne Murray (2:08).
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Post by mga707 on May 2, 2019 18:38:29 GMT -5
By the way, two songs clocked in around 2 minutes apiece during the 1970's-- Ain't Bo Sunshine--Bill Withers (2;04) Snowbird--Anne Murray (2:08). Found one that's a second shorter: "Mr. Jaws", Dickie Goodman, 1975. 2:03
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Post by mga707 on May 2, 2019 19:29:27 GMT -5
Have been trying to come up with the shortest top 40 single of the '80s. Shortest I've found so far is The Stones' "Hang Fire" from '82, at 2:22.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 2, 2019 21:08:14 GMT -5
I found three in my 1980s music library that are shorter:
2:01 "Come On, Let's Go" (Los Lobos, 1987) 2:08 "Come Go With Me" (Beach Boys, 1982) 2:17 "How Do I Make You" (Linda Ronstadt, 1980)
If "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project would've hit the 40, that's only 1:45. And the radio edit of Prince's 1988 hit "Alphabet St." clocks in at 2:21.
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Post by freakyflybry on May 2, 2019 21:34:55 GMT -5
Pick any other artist from 1993 that hit the top 40. Any: Whitney Houston, Madonna, Peabo Bryson, Boykrazy, Joey Lawrence, SWV, Green Jelly, Tasmin Archer, whoever. If there were 234 different acts that hit the top 40 in 1993, and I had to pick the one that would hit in 2019 and I was given 233 guesses...I would lose. I'd say there is one act from 1993 that would've been even more unlikely than Snow to make a comeback - Tag Team.
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Post by Hervard on May 3, 2019 8:04:54 GMT -5
I found three in my 1980s music library that are shorter: 2:01 "Come On, Let's Go" (Los Lobos, 1987) 2:08 "Come Go With Me" (Beach Boys, 1982) 2:17 "How Do I Make You" (Linda Ronstadt, 1980) If "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project would've hit the 40, that's only 1:45. And the radio edit of Prince's 1988 hit "Alphabet St." clocks in at 2:21. If only "Hippy Hippy Shake" by the Georgia Satellites had gotten five or more spots higher, it would have set the record - like "Sirius", it clocks in at 1:45 (at least sets the 80s record for the song that made the upper half of the Hot 100).
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Post by johnnywest on May 5, 2019 16:29:21 GMT -5
I found three in my 1980s music library that are shorter: 2:01 "Come On, Let's Go" (Los Lobos, 1987) 2:08 "Come Go With Me" (Beach Boys, 1982) 2:17 "How Do I Make You" (Linda Ronstadt, 1980) If "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project would've hit the 40, that's only 1:45. And the radio edit of Prince's 1988 hit "Alphabet St." clocks in at 2:21. During the ‘90s, there was “Bizarre Love Triangle” by Frente. That was under 2:00. Even though it wasn’t on AT40, it was in R&R, which is now part of AT40’s history.
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 5, 2019 22:02:35 GMT -5
By the way, I think the shortest song I ever featured on a Cash Box Countdown was a Top 10 hit from a Disney film, The Parent Trap, from 1961.
The song--Let's Get Together by Hayley Mills clocks in at 1:28--which is pretty close to the same time as Stay by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, which was the shortest song that AT40 probably ever played (not counting songs that they edited down).
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Post by woolebull on May 16, 2019 14:45:54 GMT -5
Actually, I was wrong. It went to number two on CT 40. So whether Billboard or Radio and Records, it was a big deal in 1993. I’ll be interested to see if Ryan mentions any history on Snow if and when this songs debuts or is played as a Breakout on AT40. I thought Ryan did a good job introducing Snow to the AT world of 2019 last week. He did a good job of explaining the connection of "Informer" with "Con Calma", mentioned that Snow last hit 26 years ago, and gave the chart peak of "Informer" in 1993. I was very happy with how Ryan handled it.
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Post by johnnywest on May 22, 2019 16:57:18 GMT -5
This was a pretty surreal event in 2019: Ariana Grande having five top 40 hits simultaneously as the lead artist. And Ryan mentioned that no one had done that since the Beatles in 1964.
There was another odd one on the Hot AC chart: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper had the first #1 duet (“Shallow”) from a movie they both starred in (“A Star Is Born”) noting that “You’re The One That I Want” from “Grease” only peaked at #3 (R&R).
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Post by matt on May 24, 2019 11:17:07 GMT -5
How about an odd chart occurrence, even for today's crazy Hot 100 dynamics -- Taylor Swift's new release "Me!" debuts on the 100 at #100, then proceeds to jump 98 notches to #2 the following week. Is that an all time chart record for biggest one-week jump within the Hot 100? There's only one jump that could be higher -- not sure if a song has ever gone from 100 to 1 in one week?
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Post by jmorgan on May 24, 2019 14:51:43 GMT -5
Yes, Taylor indeed sets that record, beating the previous mark of Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You". Kelly's song, however, does hold the mark for biggest jump to the top. It went from #97 to #1 back in 2007.
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Post by 80sat40fan on May 27, 2019 15:00:52 GMT -5
I realize my contribution here isn't regarding the Hot 100 but is chart related. Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers, who turns 80 years old this July, has the #33 song on this week's Adult Alternative Chart... a song called "Change". It's amazing that anyone who is 6 weeks shy of turning 80 years old would hit any music chart today, but that fact that an artist known for R&B/pop songs would crack the adult alternative chart as a solo artist 43 1/2 years after her last Top 40 hit, "Let's Do It Again", is pretty amazing.
She also received credit for singing on Hozier's hit, "Nina Cried Power" which hit #1 on the Adult Alternative chart late last year.
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