How about those songs that peaked at #41?

[80sat40fan]

Scandal had back to back songs peak at #41 in late 1984 and early 1985 with "Hands Tied" and "Beat of a Heart".

[artsmusic]

Stairway to Heaven was never commercially released as a single, and Billboard policy at the time only allowed commercially released singles to chart. This is from Wikipedia:

"The song's length precluded its release in full form as a single. Despite pressure from Atlantic Records the band would not authorise the editing of the song for single release, making "Stairway to Heaven" one of the most well-known and popular rock songs never to have been released as a single. It did, however, appear on two promotional discs in the United States, one of them featuring the 7:55 track on each side, and the other as a 7" 331⁄3 record produced for jukebox operators with "Stairway..." on one side and both "Black Dog" and "Rock And Roll" on the other."

[seminolefan]

Paula Abdul's first single, "Knocked Out", peaked at #41 in the summer of 1988.

[OldSchoolAT40Fan]

Mar 5, 2013 22:19:30 GMT -5 seminolefan said:

Paula Abdul's first single, "Knocked Out", peaked at #41 in the summer of 1988.

If I read on another thread correctly, "Knocked Out" peaked at #41 during the same week that Shadoe Stevens took over as host. Surprised that a then-annoying song like "Don't Worry Be Happy" ranked one notch higher than "Knocked Out" that week, and even going all the way to #1 by October 1988.

Plus, I'm also surprised it took this long for someone to bring up "The Super Bowl Shuffle" since this thread was created way back in 2005.

[rgmike]

Jul 9, 2005 17:05:18 GMT -5 RJSchex said:

Another #41 I know of: "Ease On Down The Road" by Diana Ross & Michael Jackson (from "The Wiz").

And the original version by Consumer Rapport, peaked at #42 in 1975! -- it was a Top 5 single in New York, since commercials for the original B'way production of The Wiz were ubiqitous on NYC television.

[dmvden]

My favorite #41 song... "Take the Short Way Home" by Dionne Warwick.

[tarobe]

Jul 11, 2005 21:21:43 GMT -5 Karstens said:

michael1973 said:

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.....

"American Pie" wasn't split. It was shortened. The version that was played on the radio was an edit available only on the promo single.. Listen to the AT40 shows from back then and you'll see what I mean. The commercial release was nver played as far as I know.

[Hervard]

My two favorite #41 peakers would be "You Came" by Kim Wilde (from the fall of 1988) and "After The Summer's Gone" by PC Quest (from three years later). The latter of the two spent three weeks at #41 - ouch!

[bestmusicexpert]

They did play part one from time to time which is the single a side edit

[tarobe]

My favorite songs that peaked at #41 are both by the Cars: "Good Times Roll" and "It's All I Can I Do."

[blackbowl68]

One of my favorite #41 peakers was "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" by the Four Tops from 1974. However, it seems more people are familiar with Santana's remake from three years later.

[at40john]

A few I like are Daisy Mae by Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds. I think it is a much better song than Dont Pull Your Love.
Changes by David Bowie from 1975
Wish I Could Fly Like Superman by The Kinks from 79
John

[dukelightning]

Mar 5, 2013 20:01:50 GMT -5 davewollenberg said:

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.

And there is a SONG title that has peaked at #41 3 times. It's "Superman". In 1973 for Donna Fargo, in 1977 for Celi Bee, mentioned by Casey on the 70s show this week because Herbie Mann covered it and 1979 by the Kinks. Mann and the Kinks versions were inspired by the 'Superman' movie out at the time.

[Showman]

Peaking at #41 16th March 1985 (my 34th Birthday!) was 'Beat Of A Heart' by Scandal whilst Go West's brilliant 'We Close Our Eyes' was climbing at #56 on it's way to peaking at #41 on the same chart.

[mellongraig]

I tell you, #41 is the worst spot to be peaked especially when it spends more than a single week there - ouch!