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Post by Indycolt on Jun 20, 2005 22:12:11 GMT -5
Following up on the songs that peaked at #40,how about those songs that just missed getting all of the national attention on AT40 by ONLY peaking at #41? 2 that come to mind for me belong to Cheech & Chong. "Framed"(1976) and "Bloat On"(1977)just missed hitting the top 40 by peaking at #41. I remember my friends and I thinking,"Ahh,Casey doesn't want to play a song with a bunch of belching in the beginning of it,so he's ripping that song off by not letting it reach the top 40!" ;D But in all seriousness,I remember watching the charts avidly between 1975-1985,and hoping some of those songs that just missed would make it. Boy,those were the fun days of following the Hot 100. Days I now miss...
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Post by Matt Cameron on Jun 20, 2005 22:40:30 GMT -5
Two that come to mind are "Don't Hold Back Your Love" by Darryl Hall and John Oates, and "That Thing You Do" by the Wonders, from the Tom Hanks movie. Liked both of those alot, wish they had gotten a few more spins.
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Post by Indycolt on Jun 21, 2005 8:14:52 GMT -5
Here are some more of my favorites that just missed out: Banapple Gas(1976)Cat Stevens Take A Hand(1976)Rick Springfield Rock & Roll never forgets(1977)Bob Seger Curious mind(1978)Johnny Rivers I need to know(1978)Tom Petty I'm sure more will come to me....
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Post by mstgator on Jun 21, 2005 23:23:11 GMT -5
Probably my favorite in this category is "Minimum Love" (1982) by Mac McAnally. I remember hearing it on Dick Clark's National Music Survey (I think that was right after he switched from Cashbox to R&R), and being disappointed when it missed AT40.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 22, 2005 10:33:15 GMT -5
One of my favorite #41 songs was from 1989 -- "The Way To Your Heart" by Soulsister. My local pop station played this a lot, and it managed to hit the R&R top 40, and I'd listen to AT40 every week hoping for it to debut but it never did. Then it plunged down the chart so fast that it was gone from the Hot 100 three weeks later.
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Post by Matt Cameron on Jun 22, 2005 21:45:03 GMT -5
Wow, good call on the Soulsister song! I remember hearing that one on the radio alot that year. It was a big AC hit. Nearly impossible to find today!
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 24, 2005 10:56:46 GMT -5
Wow, good call on the Soulsister song! I remember hearing that one on the radio alot that year. It was a big AC hit. Nearly impossible to find today! I have an MP3 of it.
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Post by Karstens on Jun 28, 2005 13:48:39 GMT -5
Before I go over a list of my favorite #41 songs, I have a question. Why did "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John peak at #41 in 1972? Did it have to with his switch from Uni to MCA records? I'm surprised it never was re-released during his peak chart years. This song is still very popular even Tim McGraw covered it for AC adds just last year.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 29, 2005 13:08:50 GMT -5
I don't know the answer to your question. However, it seems to me that a lot of very popular songs had poor performances on the chart. The explanation in most cases is that the song didn't catch on until years after it's chart run. At the time they were charting, nobody cared about them. Maybe that was the case for Tiny Dancer.
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Post by RJSchex on Jul 9, 2005 17:05:18 GMT -5
Another #41 I know of: "Ease On Down The Road" by Diana Ross & Michael Jackson (from "The Wiz").
And there's a #41 that *actually got played* on AT40: on the 6/29/74 show, which was based not on the actual chart but on an estimate, "La Grange" by ZZ Top was played at #33.
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Post by jlbass on Jul 9, 2005 22:22:23 GMT -5
I'm listening to the Nov 16, 1974 and Casey mentioned a song by the Soulmates(which Al Green was a part of before he went solo) named "Back Up Train", that it had lots of sales but only peaked at #41. Listen to that show for more information. I think it's mentioned in the #21-#30 songs.
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Post by Karstens on Jul 11, 2005 21:21:43 GMT -5
I don't know the answer to your question. However, it seems to me that a lot of very popular songs had poor performances on the chart. The explanation in most cases is that the song didn't catch on until years after it's chart run. At the time they were charting, nobody cared about them. Maybe that was the case for Tiny Dancer. 1972 was also the year that "Stairway To Heaven" failed to chart, maybe it was the case that Tiny Dancer was too long with a running time of six minutes and 12 seconds, while American Pie had to be split into two parts just to get airplay in '72. Imagine if American Pie never would have been split up.....
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Post by davewollenberg on Mar 5, 2013 20:01:50 GMT -5
3 more #41-ers, all by the Cars: 'Good times roll', 'It's all I can do', and, 'Since you're gone'. I wonder if they do hold the record for the act with the most #41 songs.
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Post by bigal on Mar 5, 2013 20:57:23 GMT -5
WHEN LOVE HAS GONE AWAY by Riccardo Cocciante, only so I can hear the reaction of the listeners now, since the song will either move you or make you say, no, just, no.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2013 21:09:09 GMT -5
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle (1985) only made it to #41 in 1986, even after selling more than a half-million (Gold) copies!
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