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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Feb 4, 2013 14:55:17 GMT -5
"Fantasy" by Aldo Nova references "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts in the lyrics.
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Post by Ponderous Man on Feb 8, 2013 8:00:43 GMT -5
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard mentions at the very beginning of the version heard on AT40, "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith (original 70s version or 1986 remake with Run DMC): "Step Aside, Walk This Way..." Speaking of this, did AT40 ever air the version of "Pour Some Sugar On Me" that was used in the music video? Instead of starting with "step aside/walk this way", it started with "hit me like a bomb/bomb-ba-bomb" or something like that. |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Feb 9, 2013 15:38:38 GMT -5
On this weekend's retro broadcast from 1988, "Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles, most likely in the top ten, referenced "Seasons Change" by Expose, the latter of which was #2 that week. "Seasons Change" would hit #1 the following week, if I recall.
As for ponderousman's question about "Pour Some Sugar On Me", since I was a die-hard fan of AT40 back in 1988, having listened to such show on a weekly basis, the version you may be referring to may be the album version, which I do remember hearing on "Scott Shannon's Rockin' America Top 30", but I can declare that the version heard on AT40 was the version that started with "Step aside, walk this way" during the entire time the song was played on AT40 - most likely the single version. It was still being played on AT40 when Shadoe Stevens took over as host!
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Post by pgfromwp on Mar 2, 2013 20:33:28 GMT -5
In Three Dog Night's "Celebrate" (1970), the following lyric is "Dance to the Music." Ok, it barely preceded the first AT40 show, but it's worth mentioning.  |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Mar 8, 2013 5:48:19 GMT -5
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard also mentioned the following song titles in its lyrics:
"Shake It Up" - The Cars
"Operator" - Midnight Star
"Rhythm Of Love" - Yes
"Anytime" - Brian McKnight
"Cream" - Prince & the New Power Generation
"Peaches" - Presidents of the United States of America
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Mar 8, 2013 6:13:55 GMT -5
The Commodores' 1985 tribute song, "Nightshift," mentions Jackie Wilson's "Baby Workout" and Marvin Gaye's "What Going On."
If you want to picky about it, the Pointer Sisters' "Fire" is an indirect reference to both the Ohio Players and Arthur Brown. And the Thompson Twins' "Lies" is an oblique reference to the Knickerbockers!
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Post by pgfromwp on Mar 8, 2013 9:37:47 GMT -5
^"Fire" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown is a great song that receives little to no recurrent airplay (possibly except for Dick Bartley and other dj's compiling late 60's countdowns).
Shameless plug: I'll be featuring that song in a future pre-AT40 countdown posted on another thread.
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Post by pgfromwp on May 3, 2013 8:37:14 GMT -5
A pre-AT 40 song, "Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers, twice mentions in its lyrics "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Heard it recently; a pleasant blast from the past! |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on May 6, 2013 10:40:39 GMT -5
Madonna's 2000 song "Music" mentioned "Hey Mr. DJ" at the start of the song. The latter was a 1993 song by Zhane.
After listening to a 1980 AT40 broadcast on my iPod yesterday evening, I heard the song "Set Me Free" by Utopia. That same song title was mentioned in Michael Jackson's 1992 song "In The Closet".
Janet Jackson's 1990 song "Come Back To Me" mentioned "All My Life" - the latter being a hit by K-Ci and JoJo during the CT40 days, I think?
"All 4 Love", a 1991 hit by Color Me Badd mentions "I'll Do Anything" - the latter being a song by Jason Mraz. Not sure if Mraz's song made it to AT40 or AT20.
D4L's "Laffy Taffy" from 2005 mentions Blondie's "Call Me" as well.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on May 7, 2013 17:41:31 GMT -5
After listening to a 1980 AT40 broadcast on my iPod yesterday evening, I heard the song "Set Me Free" by Utopia. That same song title was mentioned in Michael Jackson's 1992 song "In The Closet". Janet Jackson's 1990 song "Come Back To Me" mentioned "All My Life" - the latter being a hit by K-Ci and JoJo during the CT40 days, I think? "All My Life" was also a Top 40 hit by Linda Ronstadt/Aaron Neville Though the song was years before Utopia, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Supremes, Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) also mentions "Set Me Free" |
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Post by baylink on May 19, 2013 21:14:11 GMT -5
Also, Billy Joel's "Only The Good Die Young", a then-controversial song peaking at #24 in 1977, mentions a current song title by Ke$ha called "Die Young". This was a troll, right? :-) Nobody called you on this? |
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Post by mkarns on May 21, 2013 17:25:49 GMT -5
Paul Anka's "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" says "like a man said in his song, help me make it through the night"--the man being Kris Kristofferson, who wrote "Help Me Make It Through the Night", though it was actually a top 40 hit for two different female singers (Sammi Smith and Gladys Knight.)
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Post by 1finemrg on May 21, 2013 21:49:51 GMT -5
Last verse of Sly & The Family Stone's "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" contains several of their own song titles: "Dance To The Music", "Everyday People", "Sing A Simple Song", "You Can Make It If You Try"
Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down A Dream": Me & Del were singing a little "Runaway".
Obscure pre-AT 40 one: The last line of the Box Tops "Cry Like A Baby" was "You Left The Water Running". "Cry Like A Baby" was written by Dan Penn who also co-wrote "You Left The Water Running", a soul classic recorded by many artists including Wilson Pickett, James & Bobby Purify, and Otis Redding. My favorite version is by the duo of Maurice & Mac
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Post by wickster82 on May 23, 2013 13:33:55 GMT -5
Atlantic Starr's first Top 40 hit Circles contains the words Ball Of Confusion
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Post by davewollenberg on May 24, 2013 17:06:40 GMT -5
'All my life' was also a top 40 hit for Kenny Rogers, in '83.
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