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Post by chrislc on Apr 11, 2011 20:10:48 GMT -5
Purely subjective of course.
Based on their own merit and also their superiority over the song that kept them from reaching #1.
Here's one. Neither One Of Us. It was so well constructed and so well produced and performed, and was kept out of the #1 slot by Vicki Lawrence.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 11, 2011 20:22:35 GMT -5
OMG, this is like that thread about songs that should have made the top 40. The list is endless. On the fly, let me come up with a top 10 list of such songs....10. Boogie Down 9. Dancing Machine 8. Say It Isn't So 7. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me 6. Outa Space 5. When Will I See You Again 4. I'm not in Love 3. The Closer I get to You 2. Waiting for a Girl Like You 1. Hurts so Good Honorable Mention...You Make Me Feel Brand New for the 70s and Open Arms for the 80s
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Post by chrislc on Apr 11, 2011 20:32:53 GMT -5
You know, I'll bet The Closer I Get To You would have made it to #1 if not for that horrible edit, which totally ruined the building drama of the song. Most of the time, listeners were essentially joining the song in progress.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 11, 2011 20:37:58 GMT -5
Yeah there should have been 3 straight #1 songs that were duets. And I prefer it to the other 2 by Mathis & Williams and Newton-John and Travolta.
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Post by mkarns on Apr 11, 2011 22:13:35 GMT -5
10 from each decade, in chronological order:
1970s: Take Me Home, Country Roads; Spanish Harlem; Long Cool Woman; Burning Love; Live and Let Die; Dancing Machine; I'm Not In Love; Right Back Where We Started From; Nobody Does It Better; Baker Street
1980s: Queen of Hearts; Start Me Up; Don't Talk to Strangers; Gloria; Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Dancing In the Dark; Material Girl; Typical Male; What Have I Done to Deserve This?; Pour Some Sugar on Me
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Post by albe on Apr 11, 2011 23:32:34 GMT -5
Waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner ......Guess it should have been titled "waiting for a no. 1 spot"
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Post by franky on Apr 12, 2011 11:02:00 GMT -5
You know, I'll bet The Closer I Get To You would have made it to #1 if not for that horrible edit, which totally ruined the building drama of the song. Most of the time, listeners were essentially joining the song in progress. I totally agree. "The Closer I Get to You" should have definitely been #1. That would have given Roberta 4 number ones I believe. Too bad. It's way better than "With a Little Luck" |
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Post by JMW on Apr 12, 2011 15:37:54 GMT -5
I think Devil Inside by INXS should have been #1 (was at #2 for 2 weeks); I guess most people liked Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car and Where Do Broken Hearts Go better.
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Post by jgve1952 on Apr 12, 2011 16:04:30 GMT -5
from 70: Travelin' Band, from 71: Never Can Say Goodbye, from 72: Long Cool Woman (one notch higher and the Hollies would have had at least one #1), 73: Dueling Banjos, 74: Jazzman, 75: I'm Not In Love (three songs kept it out of #1), 76: Get Up and Boogie, 77: Boogie Nights, 78: Double Vision and 79: Fire which would have been the Pointer Sisters only #1.
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Post by pizzzzza on Apr 12, 2011 16:26:47 GMT -5
How about every CCR song that made #2?
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Apr 12, 2011 16:47:58 GMT -5
or the Pointer Sisters' other #2 hit, "Slow Hand" (1981)
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Post by PapaVanTwee on Apr 12, 2011 18:10:51 GMT -5
Robbie Nevil, C'est La Vie. It's one of my favorites of all time. It was kept out by Gregory Abbott's "Shake You Down" and Billy Vera's "At This Moment" in it's 2 weeks at #2. It wound up at #6 at the year end countdown. "Shake You Down" at #3, and "At This Moment" at #20.
I'm don't think "C'est La Vie" is better than "Shake You Down", but it is loads better than "At This Moment", which only became a hit because it was used as the breakup song on Family Ties. Robbie deserved the #1 spot on January 24th, 1987.
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Post by vto66 on Apr 12, 2011 20:47:47 GMT -5
How about Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue", which was poised to hit No. 1 in the summer of 1983, just as Irene Cara's "Flashdance" (the then-current No. 1) was fading in popularity. Unfortunately, Grant was leapfrogged by The Police's "Every Breath You Take." I think that guy on VH1 said it best. "Eddy, you were ROBBED!!!" Indeed he was!!
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Post by jgve1952 on Apr 13, 2011 0:10:43 GMT -5
"Ride Like the Wind" in 1980--for me the ending could go on and on. 1981, "All Those Years Ago" (almost sounding like the Beatles reunited), 1982 "Gloria" by Laura Branigan, 1983 "Time" by Culture Club--such a superb song, and in 1984, Bruce Springsteen so close with "Dancing in the Dark" and almost his only #1. However I don't think he can be too sad being that the Born in the USA LP was #1 for mega weeks! "Easy Lover" in 1985 by Phil and Phil should have been #1. "Typical Male" in 1986 one of Tina's best ever! 1987 "Somewhere Out There" would have given Linda her first #1 in 12 years. And I agree with a poster "Devil Inside" for 1988. 1989 "The Lover in Me"by Sheena Easton.
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Post by Mike on Apr 13, 2011 2:38:33 GMT -5
1981, "All Those Years Ago" (almost sounding like the Beatles reunited) On an interesting and somewhat related side note, six years later over in the UK, his big comeback hit "Got My Mind Set on You" was kept out of the #1 spot and held to #2 for four weeks, all behind a five-week run at #1 for T'Pau's "China in Your Hand" (either not released or didn't chart in the USA). |
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