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Post by johnnywest on Apr 8, 2022 18:34:29 GMT -5
These two numbers don't align too often, at least today. Last year, Ava Max spent 13 weeks on AT40 after peaking at #13.
What would be the highest and lowest numbers for this to happen? No song ever peaked at #40 while spending 40 weeks at the position. And no song on AT40 debuted at #1 and left the following week. I'm sure the average numbers for these would be between 10 and 20.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 8, 2022 20:16:44 GMT -5
These two numbers don't align too often, at least today. Last year, Ava Max spent 13 weeks on AT40 after peaking at #13. What would be the highest and lowest numbers for this to happen? No song ever peaked at #40 while spending 40 weeks at the position. And no song on AT40 debuted at #1 and left the following week. I'm sure the average numbers for these would be between 10 and 20. Easiest way to comile this list would be to page through Whitburn and see where the two columns match. Don't have the time or energy right now, though. A quick leafing through the book shows that your 10 to 20 guess is pretty good. One example of what are probably many: "Squeeze Box" by The Who. 16 peak, 16 weeks. |
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Post by berewyn on Apr 8, 2022 22:04:26 GMT -5
These two numbers don't align too often, at least today. Last year, Ava Max spent 13 weeks on AT40 after peaking at #13. What would be the highest and lowest numbers for this to happen? No song ever peaked at #40 while spending 40 weeks at the position. And no song on AT40 debuted at #1 and left the following week. I'm sure the average numbers for these would be between 10 and 20. Easiest way to comile this list would be to page through Whitburn and see where the two columns match. Don't have the time or energy right now, though. A quick leafing through the book shows that your 10 to 20 guess is pretty good. One example of what are probably many: "Squeeze Box" by The Who. 16 peak, 16 weeks. The question involves weeks in the Top 40, not the Hot 100. "Squeeze Box" only spent 10 weeks in the Top 40.
In a quick, incomplete review, the highest-peaking song I found that matches the criteria is one currently being discussed in the 70s thread. "Sweet Mary" by Wadsworth Mansion reached #7 in its 7-week Top 40 run.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 9, 2022 9:23:16 GMT -5
The question involves weeks in the Top 40, not the Hot 100. "Squeeze Box" only spent 10 weeks in the Top 40. [/div] In a quick, incomplete review, the highest-peaking song I found that matches the criteria is one currently being discussed in the 70s thread. "Sweet Mary" by Wadsworth Mansion reached #7 in its 7-week Top 40 run.
[/quote] Yeah, I mis-read. So that makes it a LOT harder. How does one even do a 'quick, incomplete review'? |
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Post by woolebull on Apr 9, 2022 16:15:49 GMT -5
Billy Joel almost pulled this off three times in a little over a year.
The song he did it with: "A Matter of Trust" (#10, 10 weeks).
The two that he almost did it with: "You're Only Human" (#9, 11 weeks) and "Modern Woman" (#10, 9 weeks).
He also came close with "Allentown" and "An Innocent Man" as well (#17, 16 weeks and #10, 11 weeks)
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Post by at40nut on Apr 10, 2022 19:13:48 GMT -5
There's been quite a few 10 for 10's, but in the summer of 1989, where singles seemed to come and go, The Doobie Bros' "The Doctor" peaked at #9 while only spending 9 weeks inside the Top 40.
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Post by jlthorpe on Apr 11, 2022 18:09:50 GMT -5
Neneh Cherry's "Kisses on the Wind" beat that with 8 weeks and #8.
By the way, Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual is the easiest way to look these up, since it has a column for weeks in the Top 40 right next to the peaks.
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Post by jlthorpe on Apr 11, 2022 18:36:30 GMT -5
Also, if we want to include pre-AT40, The Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By" beats "Sweet Mary" with #6 and 6 weeks in 1966.
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Post by kchkwong on Apr 12, 2022 3:59:55 GMT -5
Some #10 songs with 10 weeks in the 40:
This Could Be The Night - Loverboy
Nothin' At All - Heart
Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Stone Love - Kool & The Gang
Some #9 with 9 weeks in the 40:
Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton
I'm Goin' Down - Bruce Springsteen
The Rain - Oran "Juice" Jones
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 7, 2022 13:00:36 GMT -5
Main source: Records and Charts Database (racpro.com). It has a bar graph of each song's full chart run. Please let me know if I've missed any... | Peak | Wks | Title | | #7 | 7 | SWEET MARY
[15-8-7-10-14-21-29] | | #8 | 8 | KISSES ON THE WIND | | #9 | 9 | DOMINO | | #9 | 9 | WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT | | #9 | 9 | SOONER OR LATER | | #9 | 9 | HEY GIRL | | #9 | 9 | I NEED YOU | | #9 | 9 | UNEASY RIDER | | #9 | 9 | LONG TALL GLASSES (I Can Dance) | | #9 | 9 | ROCKY | | #9 | 9 | MY LITTLE TOWN | | #9 | 9 | JUNK FOOD JUNKIE | | #9 | 9 | GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE [EWF] | | #9 | 9 | SUGAR WALLS | | #9 | 9 | I'M GOIN' DOWN | | #9 | 9 | THE RAIN | | #9 | 9 | TALK DIRTY TO ME | | #9 | 9 | TOUCH OF GREY | | #9 | 9 | THE DOCTOR | | #9 | 9 | S***IDE BLONDE | | #9 | 9 | MIRACLE [Whitney Houston] | | #10 | 10 | THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE | | #10 | 10 | ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE | | #10 | 10 | HELEN WHEELS | | #10 | 10 | THE ROCKFORD FILES | | #10 | 10 | TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN | | #10 | 10 | LET HER IN | | #10 | 10 | DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO | | #10 | 10 | I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU | | #10 | 10 | YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY | | #10 | 10 | TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME | | #10 | 10 | WATCHING THE WHEELS | | #10 | 10 | PASS THE DUTCHIE | | #10 | 10 | NEW MOON ON MONDAY | | #10 | 10 | SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK | | #10 | 10 | RELAX | | #10 | 10 | THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT | | #10 | 10 | NOTHIN' AT ALL | | #10 | 10 | TUFF ENUFF | | #10 | 10 | A MATTER OF TRUST | | #10 | 10 | STONE LOVE | | #10 | 10 | HYSTERIA | | #10 | 10 | SOME KIND OF LOVER | | #10 | 10 | IT WOULD TAKE A STRONG STRONG MAN | | #10 | 10 | DON'T TELL ME LIES | | #10 | 10 | CRY | | #10 | 10 | YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE | | #10 | 10 | THIS OLD HEART OF MINE | | #10 | 10 | MY, MY, MY | | #10 | 10 | PLAYGROUND | | #11 | 11 | WATCHING SCOTTY GROW | | #11 | 11 | ONE OF A KIND (Love Affair) | | #11 | 11 | REELING IN THE YEARS | | #11 | 11 | YOU GOT THE LOVE | | #11 | 11 | DOCTOR'S ORDERS | | #11 | 11 | DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA | | #11 | 11 | RHIANNON | | #11 | 11 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY | | #11 | 11 | PEG | | #11 | 11 | BABY HOLD ON | | #11 | 11 | I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU | | #11 | 11 | GOOD GIRLS DON'T | | #11 | 11 | I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT | | #11 | 11 | WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL | | #11 | 11 | COMIN' IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE | | #11 | 11 | HOT GIRLS IN LOVE | | #11 | 11 | YOU SPIN ME ROUND (Like a Record) | | #11 | 11 | HOLDING ON | | #11 | 11 | WHEN THE NIGHT COMES | | #11 | 11 | SWING THE MOOD | | #12 | 12 | GETAWAY | | #12 | 12 | FANNY (Be Tender with My Love) | | #12 | 12 | WAKE UP EVERYBODY | | #12 | 12 | I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU | | #12 | 12 | GOT TO BE REAL | | #12 | 12 | I'M STILL STANDING | | #12 | 12 | HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU | | #12 | 12 | THINKING OF YOU | | #12 | 12 | MILES AWAY | | #13 | 13 | SERPENTINE FIRE | | #13 | 13 | YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY | | #13 | 13 | I CAN'T HOLD BACK | | #13 | 13 | STRANDED |
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 7, 2022 16:40:20 GMT -5
^Nice list!
Most recently on AT40, it happened in June when “Chosen” by Blxst f/Ty Dolla $Ign & Tyra peaked at #21 and spent 21 weeks on the countdown.
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 26, 2024 5:42:57 GMT -5
Earth, Wind & Fire made this list with three songs. Heart, Loverboy, Poison, Steely Dan, and Rod Stewart have two songs each.
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 27, 2024 15:01:01 GMT -5
Last year on AT40, "Love Again" by The Kid Laroi spent 13 weeks on the chart and peaked at #13.
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