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Post by adam31 on Aug 3, 2022 15:00:25 GMT -5
How long did "Blinding Lights" stay on? 64 weeks, same as "Levitating". In the early 2010s, the aforementioned "Dynamite" was on for 72 weeks, and "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO for 65. Is your stat for Blinding Lights including both runs (it fell off and came back) |
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 3, 2022 16:59:44 GMT -5
1987 Extras:
"I Need Love" L.L. Cool J
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston
"Lost In Emotion" Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson
"I Need Love" replaces "Wipeout" by The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys.
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Post by skuncle on Aug 3, 2022 17:09:11 GMT -5
Few 1981 notes: #8 in 1949 snippet Merv Griffin I got a lovely coconuts One of Foreigner members Dennis is deaf story in one ear.., so he wore earplugs 4 English acts The jetways, earthquake records for Steve McQueen, Greg kihn band song breakup song Another note: Stevie Nicks' 1981 album title "Bella Donna" is Italian for "Beautiful lady". "Bella Donna" is also a poisonous plant, along the lines of nightshade. Stevie said the title of the album has a double meaning. The song "Bella Donna" from the album is about Stevie herself and how things had rapidly changed for her in the past five years. "No speed limit, this is the fast lane, it's just the way that is here..." "And the woman may be so awestruck, and the woman may truly care, but the woman is so tired, so the woman disappears....come in out of the darkness" |
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Post by bobbo428 on Aug 3, 2022 21:33:34 GMT -5
I was listening to the 1983 countdown an hour ago when I discovered something interesting: all five songs that had debuted in the top 40 on June 18 were back-to-back in the countdown: Prince was at No. 12 the Eurythmics at No. 11, Donna Summer at No. 10, Stevie Nicks at No. 9, and Duran Duran was at No. 8. Those five songs debuting June 18 were an especially strong set of songs, and I enjoyed the fast that I heard all five of them in a row. Eight years before, there had been another unusually strong set of five debuts (from the 1975 countdown that Premiere presented just last month, 6/14/75). I've always said that the 6/18/83 top 40 had one of the best sets of debut songs ever. 4 of the 5 songs were top 5 hits, one was a #1, and the one song that didn't reach the top 10 is arguably the most well known of those five songs today and has probably been heard more than any of the others in the past 39 years. And all were fantastic songs. Interesting that they all lined up in a row on the 7/23/83 chart. Based on the date these songs all peaked on or around the week I was born. Without looking I would have to guess: "Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees "Fallin' In Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds "I'm Not In Love" 10CC "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John "Get Down Tonight" KC & The Sunshine Band
That was the beginning of the turnaround for 1975 for me -- that year had hit a dull stretch for the previous three months or so, but the second half of '75 wasn't bad. This set of debuts seemed to be the start of that... i agree--the late spring of 1975 was maudlin for music, and I hated school because of my classmates. It didn't help that we were sweltering in a non-air-conditioned classroom with a boring teacher in a poorly-ginbanced parochial school during one of the hottest Mays of my lifetime. However, the summer saved 1975 from being a nightmarish year for me. I liked June 20 through about September 8 of that year best. |
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Post by bobbo428 on Aug 3, 2022 21:35:43 GMT -5
Man, if ever there was a song that "deserved" a Premiere edit, it's "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through." When you're mentally checking your watch while a song is playing, it's too long! Or repetitive. Or both. I think the song came out too late in the summer--it should have been a prom-time anthem, but it was too slow getting going. In addition, Meat Loaf was having trouble with his voice, so some other guy had to sing the song in 1981. I enjoyed the song, but it is bittersweet for me because I was missing my college friends that summer--and I had lost touch with almost all of my friends from high school. |
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Post by mga707 on Aug 3, 2022 23:30:32 GMT -5
Man, if ever there was a song that "deserved" a Premiere edit, it's "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through." When you're mentally checking your watch while a song is playing, it's too long! Or repetitive. Or both. I think the song came out too late in the summer--it should have been a prom-time anthem, but it was too slow getting going. In addition, Meat Loaf was having trouble with his voice, so some other guy had to sing the song in 1981. I enjoyed the song, but it is bittersweet for me because I was missing my college friends that summer--and I had lost touch with almost all of my friends from high school. Actually, 'Mr. Loaf' and Jim Steinman had a 'falling-out' after "Bat Out Of Hell", which is why he did not provide the vocals for Steinman's 1981 "Bad For Good" LP, from which this single was taken. Meat released his own LP later that year, "Dead Ringer", with songs by other writers. Neither album sold well (Meat's got to #45, Steinman's to #63). Obviously the two later settled their differences. |
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Post by trekkielo on Aug 4, 2022 2:00:36 GMT -5
Actually, 'Mr. Loaf' and Jim Steinman had a 'falling-out' after "Bat Out Of Hell", which is why he did not provide the vocals for Steinman's 1981 "Bad For Good" LP, from which this single was taken. Meat released his own LP later that year, "Dead Ringer", with songs by other writers. Neither album sold well (Meat's got to #45, Steinman's to #63). Obviously the two later settled their differences. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" would later show up on Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and be a bigger hit for Meat Loaf in 1993-1994. Then you're confusing Meat Loaf's 2nd & 3rd albums. Dead Ringer is the second studio album by Meat Loaf, released on September 4, 1981. It is the second of four albums written entirely by Jim Steinman. The album cover was designed by comic book artist and horror illustrator Bernie Wrightson. Steinman started to work on Bad for Good, the album that was supposed to be the follow-up to 1977's Bat Out of Hell, in 1978. During that time, a combination of touring, drugs and exhaustion had caused Meat Loaf to lose his voice. Without a singer, and pressured by the record company, Steinman decided that he should sing on Bad for Good himself, and write a new album for Meat Loaf. This album was Dead Ringer, which was later released in 1981, after the release of Bad for Good. After playing the role of Travis Redfish in the movie Roadie, Meat Loaf got his voice back, got off drugs, played softball, and started to work on his new album in 1980. Steinman had written five new songs which, in addition to a new, re-recorded version of "More Than You Deserve" (which Meat Loaf had sung in the musical with the same name) and a reworked monologue, formed the album Dead Ringer. The album was produced by Meat Loaf and Stephan Galfas, with backing tracks produced by Jimmy Iovine and Steinman. In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared on the track "Keeper Keep Us" from the Intergalactic Touring Band's self-titled album, which was produced by Galfas. Four singles were released from Dead Ringer: "Dead Ringer for Love" (featuring Cher), "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us", "Read 'Em and Weep" (later a hit for Barry Manilow) and "Peel Out". The album reached number 1 in the UK. Midnight at the Lost and Found is the third studio album by Meat Loaf, released in May 1983. This would be the final Meat Loaf release under Epic Records until The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998). Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a new album. According to Meat Loaf, Steinman gave him "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" for the album, but Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay for Steinman. The songs Steinman had given to Meat Loaf were then given to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply respectively, which both became hits in their respective countries and worldwide. Struggling for time and with no resolution to his arguments with Steinman seemingly on the horizon (eventually, Steinman and Meat Loaf would sue one another), he was forced to find songwriters wherever he could, including writing the songs himself. Meat Loaf is credited with being involved in the writing of numerous tracks on the album, including the title track. However, as Meat would later admit, he was not much of a songwriter and did not like the songs he had written for the album. It was also regarded by fans and critics alike as a poor effort whether compared to previous releases or on its own merit. Those same fans and critics were disappointed to see that the iconic pictures on the covers of Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer were replaced by a black-and-white photograph of Meat Loaf. (An Australian reissue sported a color image of Meat Loaf screaming on the cover). |
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Post by mga707 on Aug 4, 2022 9:39:56 GMT -5
Thanks, trekkielo, for the full story. I do not recall that third, 1983 Meat Loaf album at all. It didn't even make the Billboard Top 200 LP chart.
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 4, 2022 10:32:01 GMT -5
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Post by cursereversed on Aug 4, 2022 15:25:00 GMT -5
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Post by Hervard on Aug 4, 2022 15:51:54 GMT -5
1987 Extras: "I Need Love" L.L. Cool J "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston "Lost In Emotion" Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson "I Need Love" replaces "Wipeout" by The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys. Thank goodness; "I Need Love" is, IMHO, a MUCH better song than that pointless cover of "Wipe Out"! |
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 4, 2022 16:16:46 GMT -5
Interesting to note that three out of the four optional extras were future # 1 hits:"Didn't We Almost Have It All","Lost In Emotion" & "I Just Can't Stop Loving You".
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Post by mga707 on Aug 5, 2022 16:57:38 GMT -5
WWIS running extremely late today due to it being Jackson County Fair time! Last (I assume) live remote from the Fair on right now, with the top 5 songs still to go.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 5, 2022 17:00:06 GMT -5
WWIS running extremely late today due to it being Jackson County Fair time! Last (I assume) live remote from the Fair on right now, with the top 5 songs still to go. Yep - and it's straight up 5:00 as the #5 song begins playing. |
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Post by burcjm on Aug 5, 2022 17:36:02 GMT -5
1987 Extras: "I Need Love" L.L. Cool J "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston "Lost In Emotion" Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson "I Need Love" replaces "Wipeout" by The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys. Thank goodness; "I Need Love" is, IMHO, a MUCH better song than that pointless cover of "Wipe Out"! Funny, I don't care for either song myself. |
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