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Post by joman on Dec 16, 2012 15:00:44 GMT -5
Here's the Top 50 songs of 1995 based on Billboard's Top 40/Mainstream chart:
Another Night-Real McCoy 1,662+ On Bended Knee-Boyz II Men 1,419+ Always-Bon Jovi 1,202+ Take a Bow-Madonna 970+ You Gotta Be-Des'ree 937+ Hold My Hand-Hootie & the Blowfish 900+ Sukiyaki-4P.M. 791+ Here Comes the Hotstepper-Ini Kamoze 736+ You Want This-Janet Jackson 640+ Allison Road-Gin Blossoms 612 Every Day of the Week-Jade 572+ You Don't Know How it Feels-Tom Petty 544+ When I Come Around-Green Day 475+ Creep-TLC 438+ Get Ready for This-2 Unlimited 321+ I Know-Dionne Farris 315+ Strong Enough-Sheryl Crow 283+ Better Man-Pearl Jam 226+ Hold On-Jamie Walters 185+ Run Away-Real McCoy 137+ I Believe-Blessid Union of Souls 85+ Lightning Crashes-Live 13+
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Post by woolebull on Dec 17, 2012 10:24:52 GMT -5
Did "Runaround" hit number 1 on the Mainstream chart?
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Post by joman on Dec 17, 2012 15:56:50 GMT -5
Nope! "Run-Around" peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. But it had a very lengthy run in the Top 40 from April to December '95.
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Post by Mike on Dec 17, 2012 18:05:25 GMT -5
^ That virtually mirrors what happened on R&R (5 weeks at #5 there) - I believe the only YE difference is that it and "Kiss From a Rose" are swapped compared to here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 19:13:36 GMT -5
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 17, 2012 21:55:59 GMT -5
There was a song in R&R's Top 100 of 1995 by Fun Factory that never made the Top 40. Did it make the Top 40 in Billboard?
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Post by woolebull on Dec 18, 2012 1:08:48 GMT -5
There was a song in R&R's Top 100 of 1995 by Fun Factory that never made the Top 40. Did it make the Top 40 in Billboard? What is up with Fun Factory getting so much love on this board? Good for them! It did not hit the Billboard Top 40...do not know about the mainstream chart.
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Post by joman on Dec 18, 2012 18:34:25 GMT -5
"Close to You" by Fun Factory DID make Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart; it spent one week on the chart at its #40 peak on the 4th week of May '95.
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Post by woolebull on Dec 18, 2012 22:48:45 GMT -5
"Close to You" by Fun Factory DID make Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart; it spent one week on the chart at its #40 peak on the 4th week of May '95. I don't think that is the song that is being talked about. Pretty sure it would be "I Wanna B With U" which would have been a little later on in '95...I say that because on a different thread I mentioned how that song had just set the record on R and R for spending the most weeks in the Top 40 and not cracking the Top 20...it would end up spending a half a year or so on the R and R top 40
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Post by Mike on Dec 19, 2012 14:20:58 GMT -5
"Close to You" by Fun Factory DID make Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart; it spent one week on the chart at its #40 peak on the 4th week of May '95. I don't think that is the song that is being talked about. Pretty sure it would be "I Wanna B With U" which would have been a little later on in '95...I say that because on a different thread I mentioned how that song had just set the record on R and R for spending the most weeks in the Top 40 and not cracking the Top 20...it would end up spending a half a year or so on the R and R top 40 Ah...actually, I'd say it is "Close to You". johnnywest was looking for the song that didn't make R&R's Top 40, and as you said, "I Wanna B With U" just missed the Top 20 there (it hit #21). Accordingly, the fact that "Close to You" still made their Top 100 that year is all the more notable. "Close to You" spent 3 non-consecutive weeks on R&R's chart, peaking at #46 - it debuted on the inaugural week that they went down to 50 positions. Whereas, with "I Wanna B With U", you'd expect that song to make the Top 100.
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Post by woolebull on Dec 19, 2012 16:18:13 GMT -5
I don't think that is the song that is being talked about. Pretty sure it would be "I Wanna B With U" which would have been a little later on in '95...I say that because on a different thread I mentioned how that song had just set the record on R and R for spending the most weeks in the Top 40 and not cracking the Top 20...it would end up spending a half a year or so on the R and R top 40 Ah...actually, I'd say it is "Close to You". johnnywest was looking for the song that didn't make R&R's Top 40, and as you said, "I Wanna B With U" just missed the Top 20 there (it hit #21). Accordingly, the fact that "Close to You" still made their Top 100 that year is all the more notable. "Close to You" spent 3 non-consecutive weeks on R&R's chart, peaking at #46 - it debuted on the inaugural week that they went down to 50 positions. Whereas, with "I Wanna B With U", you'd expect that song to make the Top 100. Totally read that wrong...my apologies! So there was a song in the top 100 of 1995 that never made the Top 40? That's crazy! Fun Factory doing some crazy stuff with two songs!
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Post by woolebull on Dec 19, 2012 16:21:02 GMT -5
You're exactly right! Close to you was the number 97 song of the year in 1995, and never did hit the top 40...that's the silliest thing I think I've ever seen chart wise!
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Post by Mike on Jan 18, 2013 23:35:05 GMT -5
So, I'm a little ticked at Billboard. A lot of their 1995 issues are up on Google Books (I'm inclined to think they all are from '95, actually), and I've been looking at the Mainstream Top 40 charts just to see how they compare with R&R's of the time. Or at least, I was...until they abruptly decided to stop publishing the chart in the magazine, effective with the May 27 issue. From what I can see, there was no announcement of it or anything - they just decided to stop putting it in there. What the hell did they do that for?? 
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Post by shadster on Jan 18, 2013 23:53:52 GMT -5
You're exactly right! Close to you was the number 97 song of the year in 1995, and never did hit the top 40...that's the silliest thing I think I've ever seen chart wise! Actually this is the case for todays CHR chart as well, an at least ONE reason why AT40 no longer does a Top 100. Becuz songs were being played at the bottom of the Top 100 year end chart that had never been played on AT40 (never reached the Top40). No doubt due to the fact that AT40 now-adays doesnt seem to have a recurrent rule so some songs can spend a year on the show.
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Post by Hervard on Jan 19, 2013 11:05:05 GMT -5
You're exactly right! Close to you was the number 97 song of the year in 1995, and never did hit the top 40...that's the silliest thing I think I've ever seen chart wise! Actually this is the case for todays CHR chart as well, an at least ONE reason why AT40 no longer does a Top 100. Becuz songs were being played at the bottom of the Top 100 year end chart that had never been played on AT40 (never reached the Top40). No doubt due to the fact that AT40 now-adays doesnt seem to have a recurrent rule so some songs can spend a year on the show. Yeah, I remember that, in 2006, "Ever The Same" by Rob Thomas never hit the AT40 chart, yet managed to snag itself a spot on the year-ender. That one didn't surprise me, however, as it had spent a long time in the lower reaches of the CHR/Pop chart and must have been very close to the Top 40. The real corkers on that year end chart (IMO, anyway) were the fact that "Listen To Your Heart" by DHT kicked off the show even though it had spent but a single week on the chart (at #40, no less) within 2006. I have no idea what the time frame of the chart year was, but I'd heard that they used no stats from December, 2005. The weirdest thing, however, is that "Mr. Brightside" had made the chart, even though it had dropped out in October, 2005, never to return. It must have spent an awfully long time right outside the Top 40 in early 2006. Barring a statistical error, that's the only logical explanation.
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