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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 16:15:15 GMT -5
Chain Reaction by Diana Ross, it was a huge number 1 in the UK chart .
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Post by pizzzzza on Mar 21, 2011 15:04:54 GMT -5
From 1985 - Queen - One Vision - peaked at #61
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Post by mkarns on Mar 21, 2011 15:38:19 GMT -5
Sex - 62 The Metro - 58 No More Words - 23 (yayy!!) Dob't forget one of their better tunes Masquerade which only hit #82 Also, "Now It's My Turn" got to #64 and "Like Flames" (the follow up to "Take My Breath Away") to #82. I agree that "The Metro" should have been a big hit. "Sex (I'm a...)" is also a memorable new wave/dance number, but the lyrics were probably a bit much for 1980s radio stations.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 14:55:49 GMT -5
I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats .
It only reached #73 on the US Billboard Hot 100, partly due to Geldof's antagonistic attitude towards U.S. radio stations ( according to wikipedia).
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Post by matt on Mar 22, 2011 14:59:45 GMT -5
Speaking of the Boomtown Rats, I don't know if the song "Up All Night" was released as a single (though I do remember the video during MTV's early days), but a great song that never saw the Hot 100, let alone the 40.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 22, 2011 17:08:54 GMT -5
I agree, Up All Night and I Don't Like Mondays are CLASSIC!
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Post by canat40fan on Mar 22, 2011 18:37:54 GMT -5
I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats . It only reached #73 on the US Billboard Hot 100, partly due to Geldof's antagonistic attitude towards U.S. radio stations ( according to wikipedia). wow..surprising that it didn't do better in the States, considering Bob Geldof's global significance in the late 70's and early 80's. It got extensive airplay here in Canada and was a Top 5 hit nationally.
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Post by pizzzzza on Mar 22, 2011 18:42:26 GMT -5
I agree, Up All Night and I Don't Like Mondays are CLASSIC! I remember the music videos of these particular songs getting a lot of rotation on MTV back 'in the day'.
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Post by donwa001 on Mar 22, 2011 19:28:14 GMT -5
Because these songs never reached the Top 40, I ended up buying the 45 rpm singles so I wouldn't forget the tunes:
1972: Colorado - Danny Holien (peaked at #66) 1973: Boogie Woogie Man - Paul Davis (peaked at #68) 1973: I'm Coming Home - Johnny Mathis (peaked at #75) - This song did hit #18 in 1974 by the Spinners 1973: This Is Your Song - Don Goodwin (peaked at #86) 1974: Flashback - The 5th Dimension (peaked at #82) 1974: Georgia Porcupine - George Fischoff (peaked at #93) - Great instrumental 1978: Until Now - Bobby Arvon (peaked at #72) 1978: That Once In A Lifetime - Demis Roussos (peaked at #47) 1979: Run Home Girl - Sad Cafe (peaked at #71) 1979: I Need Your Help Barry Manilow - Ray Stevens (peaked at #49) 1979: Diamonds - Chris Rea (peaked at #44) 1979: The Topical Song - Barron Knights (peaked at #70) 1979: Last Of The Singing Cowboys - The Marshall Tucker Band (peaked at #42) 1980: Voice Of Freedom - Jim Kirk And The TM Singers (peaked at #71) 1981: I Surrender - Arlan Day (peaked at #71)
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Post by matt on Mar 22, 2011 23:32:34 GMT -5
Did anyone mention Split Enz yet? (and if so, my apologies, as I missed it) Hard to believe that they never had a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and definitely should have IMHO. Two songs that come to mind are "I Got You" (peaked at #53 in the Fall of '80) and "Dirty Creature" - a very good tune from the Summer of '82 that didn't crack the Hot 100, as were "History Never Repeats" and "Hard Act to Follow".
At least the Finn brothers found some success in the States as Crowded House.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 22, 2011 23:45:30 GMT -5
1979: The Topical Song - Barron Knights (peaked at #70) 1980: Voice Of Freedom - Jim Kirk And The TM Singers (peaked at #71) I heard "The Topical Song" once on a Lost 45's show. IIRC, it was a parody of Supertramp's "The Logical Song" with lyrics that complained about waiting in line to buy gas. While Jim Kirk may not have hit AT40 as an artist, his work was heard there each week in the late 70s and early 80s, as the composer of "Shuckatoom."
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 23, 2011 5:01:37 GMT -5
Is the Jim Kirk tune a groovy disco-ey tune like Shuckatoom? If so, I am so there! Shuckatoom and the end of hour Shucktoom type song are my favorites!
I just KNEW The Topical Song would be a parody of Supertramp! I'd like to hear that one!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 11:58:17 GMT -5
The 4th and 5th singles by Johnny Hates Jazz, Turn back the clock and Heart of Gold.
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Post by matt on Mar 23, 2011 18:02:58 GMT -5
The 4th and 5th singles by Johnny Hates Jazz, Turn back the clock and Heart of Gold. Can I confess that I had the Johnny Hates Jazz "Turn Back the Clock" cassette back then, and to this day I think it was a really good album. The song "Heart of Gold" was fantastic!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 14:54:50 GMT -5
Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel. Peaked number 48, according to wikipedia.
Dance Yourself Dizzy by Liquid Gold, fantastic disco track.
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