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Post by debwood1999 on Jul 15, 2008 13:19:55 GMT -5
I was listening to an AT40 broadcast from 10/30/82 a few days ago and heard "New World Man" from Rush at #21. Needless to say, I was floored!  I didn't know Rush had a top 40 hit! Which leads me to this question...Have there been songs that you liked that you thought didn't make the Top 40 until you listened to a rebroadcast of the show? Also on that same week, Michael Martin Murphy's "What's Forever For" was at #19. Which surprised me for two reasons. 1. I didn't know that was a Top 40 song, and 2. I didn't realize how old that song really was. I thought it came out in 1985. |
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 24, 2008 22:20:49 GMT -5
"New World Man" was the second appearance in the top 40 during 1982 for Rush lead singer Geddy Lee-You may have heard him on Bob & Doug Mc Kenzie's novelty hit "Take Off".
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Post by debwood1999 on Jul 25, 2008 14:50:38 GMT -5
I remember that one! Cool.
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Post by JessieLou on Sept 3, 2008 19:34:15 GMT -5
YAY RUSH! Sorry for bumping this thread, but I love those guys and that song  |
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 13, 2011 10:55:23 GMT -5
There were a couple of songs that I didn't realize or forgot hit the Top 40 until I heard them on AT40 - "Back in Black" by AC/DC and "Love Stinks" by the J. Geils Band.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 13, 2011 11:24:04 GMT -5
You'd think Love Stinks would've gotten higher for the amount of recurrent airplay it gets, but songs that charted higher from the same timeframe (ie. One Last Kiss & Come Back) do not.
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Post by tarobe on Jul 14, 2011 9:37:48 GMT -5
The main title theme from Star Wars (Top 10 hit).
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Post by blackbowl68 on Jul 14, 2011 21:15:45 GMT -5
For me, JUNGLE FEVER by The CHAKACHAS - The only record I've seen a copy of in the 45 collections of my dad, uncles, aunts, and many cousins. (Dad had the single AND album)  I didn't find this out on AT40. I heard it on a top 20 countdown hosted by Norm N. Nite on WCBS-FM New York sometime in the early 80s (using BB Hot 100 as source) When I did finally hear it on classic 1972 American Top 40 sitting at its #8 peak, I was so giddy! ;D |
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Post by jmorgan on Jul 14, 2011 22:29:34 GMT -5
For me, "Rubber Duckie" by Jim Henson as Ernie. The song seems so childish today, but adults in 1970 sure LOVED the song enough to make it a top 20 song.
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Post by vto66 on Jul 14, 2011 23:56:43 GMT -5
For me, "Rubber Duckie" by Jim Henson as Ernie. The song seems so childish today, but adults in 1970 sure LOVED the song enough to make it a top 20 song. Either that, or there were quite a few kids out there who pestered their parents to buy them the single. In any case, "Rubber Duckie" was an all-time childhood favorite of mine, and I still think it's kind of cute even all these years later. |
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Post by reachinforthestars on Jul 15, 2011 1:32:20 GMT -5
For me, "Rubber Duckie" by Jim Henson as Ernie. The song seems so childish today, but adults in 1970 sure LOVED the song enough to make it a top 20 song. Well, I can tell you why one copy of the 45 was purchased in 1970. It was given to me as a birthday gift, along with a few other 45s of current hits (I was a child in 1970). So it wasn't necessarily adults loving the song, but parents (or in my case, a next door neighbor) believing the song would be something children would enjoy. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 15, 2011 7:45:39 GMT -5
It sure surprised me, even hearing it now in the midst of everything on the charts in 1970, it was strange...
What about D.O.A.? Thats a great song musically but its creepy lyrically.
How in the WORLD did it chart?!
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Post by Mike on Jan 9, 2012 14:18:55 GMT -5
artsmusic mentioned "Once You Understand" by Think in the left-of-center thread. When I saw that, I went and looked up its chart info just to see how it did. Yeah, I was surprised to see that one made the 40. Incidentally...according to UMD, the song re-charted in 1974, hitting #53. What brought that on? |
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 10, 2012 0:52:21 GMT -5
As the early '80s were my peak time for listening to AT40, I remember quite well hearing Casey play "New World Man."
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 10, 2012 0:55:21 GMT -5
"New World Man" was the second appearance in the top 40 during 1982 for Rush lead singer Geddy Lee-You may have heard him on Bob & Doug Mc Kenzie's novelty hit "Take Off". Ah, "Take Off." I bought the 45 when it was climbing the charts. Talk about a lost hit! Another lost novelty from the same time period is Buckner & Garcia's "Pac-Man Fever." I bought that one, too! And I still have both 45s. |
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I didn't know Rush had a top 40 hit! Which leads me to this question...Have there been songs that you liked that you thought didn't make the Top 40 until you listened to a rebroadcast of the show?
