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Post by Hervard on Aug 27, 2010 19:27:21 GMT -5
I think that, as far as the entire Hot 100 goes, the longest fall would be "Beatles Movie Medley". In June, 1982, that song dropped from 20 all the way to 92 - a drop of 72 spots. Indeed, 1982 was the year that many records were broken - frankly, I'm surprised that the Napoleon XIV record still stood after all that madness. I asked this very question when a Justin Bieber song dropped 73 notches from 21 to 94. at40fg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=generalmusic&action=display&thread=1585 By that time, I'd long since stopped believing in the Hot 100. |
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Post by brianmichaels on Sept 3, 2010 19:09:19 GMT -5
If this dropped 36 spots, wouldn't this actually be possibly the biggest dropper in chart history? The question referred to drops where the record stayed within the Top 40. In July 1979, Rickie Lee Jones fell from 12 to 40, that's a pretty steep drop of 28 notches in one week, as CK noted that week.  |
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Post by caseyalways7 on Sept 4, 2010 8:49:04 GMT -5
Thanks Guys...I've Enjoyed reading ALL the posts...Really Fascinating Information.
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Post by donwa001 on Sept 16, 2010 20:07:51 GMT -5
Looking at the Aug 23rd, 2008 HOT 100 chart, the Jonas Brothers debuted at #11 with "A Little Bit Longer". One week later, the song dropped completely off the chart.
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Nov 10, 2010 22:26:16 GMT -5
On a related topic, I believe the biggest fall out of the top 40 occurred when "Even the Nights Are Better" by Air Supply fell from #6 to #42 on the Hot 100 in 1982. I just listened to the Nov 6, 1982 show and Casey talks about "Even the Nights Are Better" as being the song that drops out of the Top 40 at the highest position (as of that time) after the song at #22. Just before the song at #15, Casey also plays the song that has been in the Hot 100 the longest (at that time) and mentions its chart history after falling out the Top 40. The song is "Tainted Love" by Softcell. |
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Post by torcan on Nov 19, 2010 16:54:16 GMT -5
I just listened to the Nov 6, 1982 show and Casey talks about "Even the Nights Are Better" as being the song that drops out of the Top 40 at the highest position (as of that time) after the song at #22. Just before the song at #15, Casey also plays the song that has been in the Hot 100 the longest (at that time) and mentions its chart history after falling out the Top 40. The song is "Tainted Love" by Softcell. Being a Billboard reader back then, I was fascinated by the run of "Tainted Love". It set the record at the time of 43 weeks on the Hot 100 - the last five weeks of which it held at No. 97. One record would tie it before the '80s ended - "What About Me" by Moving Pictures. It spent 26 weeks on the chart in '82-83, and 17 more when re-released in 1989. In the '90s, all the longevity records were broken. |
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Post by mkarns on Nov 19, 2010 22:52:06 GMT -5
I just listened to the Nov 6, 1982 show and Casey talks about "Even the Nights Are Better" as being the song that drops out of the Top 40 at the highest position (as of that time) after the song at #22. Just before the song at #15, Casey also plays the song that has been in the Hot 100 the longest (at that time) and mentions its chart history after falling out the Top 40. The song is "Tainted Love" by Softcell. Being a Billboard reader back then, I was fascinated by the run of "Tainted Love". It set the record at the time of 43 weeks on the Hot 100 - the last five weeks of which it held at No. 97. One record would tie it before the '80s ended - "What About Me" by Moving Pictures. It spent 26 weeks on the chart in '82-83, and 17 more when re-released in 1989. In the '90s, all the longevity records were broken. "Tainted Love" took four months to reach the top 40 after entering the Hot 100; it peaked at #8 in its 27th week on the chart (six months.) When it fell out of the top 40, it plunged all the way from 31 to 86, and from there went 86-96-99-98-98-97-97-97-97-97-off. I find it dubious that sales and airplay were just so that it was barely able to hang onto the chart for two months, but I guess anything's possible; if you look at the current AT40 Mediabase list there is a pattern of long running hits dropping pretty fast and then lounging for weeks in the 35-40 area (a good argument for recurrent rules, but that's another discussion). "What About Me", as mentioned, initially charted for 26 weeks and never got higher than #29. It peaked at #46 in its second run, which lasted from August-December 1989. |
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