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Post by woolebull on May 29, 2013 15:48:04 GMT -5
Daft Punk does something pretty amazing this week. Their second Top 40 hit, "Get Lucky" debuts on AT 40, well over 12 years after their first top 40 hit, "One More Time".
I'm curious about other artists that had to wait an unusual amount of time between their first and second AT 40 appearances. I can't think of too many that come close. Adam Ant spaced his three top 40's out quite nicely: 1982, 1990 and 1995, but other than Ant's 8 year span, I can't think of any others that come close to twelve. Can you think of any 8 years or longer?
It's a pretty amazing feat for Daft Punk. It would be a pretty amazing feat to have a second top 40 five years after your first, much less twelve.
EDIT: I just thought of and artist that waited longer than Adam Ant, but nowhere near Daft Punk...Rick Springfield.
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Post by mga707 on May 29, 2013 16:12:13 GMT -5
There was a group that ALMOST had a 10+ year gap between top 40 records, but it was spoiled by a release ("People") that made it to #39 in 1968: The Tymes. They had a #1 record in 1963 ("So Much In Love"), then two follow-ups that charted into early '64, then nothing until fall '74 and "You Little Trustmaker".
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Post by johnnywest on May 29, 2013 16:16:48 GMT -5
Enya had 12 years between "Orinoco Flow" and "Only Time."
Daft Punk may have been featured on "Stronger" by Kanye West from 2007, but not sure.
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Post by woolebull on May 29, 2013 16:22:23 GMT -5
Enya had 12 years between "Orinoco Flow" and "Only Time." Daft Punk may have been featured on "Stronger" by Kanye West from 2007, but not sure. Good one with Enya...she might even be closer to thirteen years than twelve! That's impressive! Daft Punk does not get credit at all for ,"Stronger".
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Post by woolebull on May 29, 2013 16:26:12 GMT -5
There was a group that ALMOST had a 10+ year gap between top 40 records, but it was spoiled by a release ("People") that made it to #39 in 1968: The Tymes. They had a #1 record in 1963 ("So Much In Love"), then two follow-ups that charted into early '64, then nothing until fall '74 and "You Little Trustmaker". That's still a pretty good spanning out of three songs, but you're right...that #39 tripped them up! I mentioned in my edit that Rick Springfield went nine or so years between his first and second hit. Poco went ten or so years between their second and third hits, but it's impressive what Enya and Daft Punk have done. Enya more so...it's not like Daft Punk hasn't been one of the most important groups of the last decade...they just haven't had commercial hits. Does anyone know if Lenny Kravitz hit AT 40 with "Believe"? If not, he would be in that eight year category as well (1991-1999).
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Post by woolebull on May 29, 2013 16:54:33 GMT -5
DOH! I figured one out longer than Enya/Punk. Murray Head. 14 years or so between his first hit, "Superstar" and "One Night In Bangkok".
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Post by michaelcasselman on May 29, 2013 17:30:48 GMT -5
It stretches to before AT40 itself existed, but I believe at one point Aaron Neville had a run at that distinction? From 1966 (Tell It Like It Is) to 1991 (Everybody Plays the Fool).
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Post by Mike on May 29, 2013 17:38:58 GMT -5
It stretches to before AT40 itself existed, but I believe at one point Aaron Neville had a run at that distinction? From 1966 (Tell It Like It Is) to 1991 (Everybody Plays the Fool). It would actually be to 1989 ("Don't Know Much", duet with Linda Ronstadt), though I suppose it doesn't make much difference, in the sense that nobody else has even gone 20 years between 1st and 2nd.
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Post by davewollenberg on May 29, 2013 18:36:22 GMT -5
Brenda Russell had an almost 9-year span, between 'So good, so right', and, 'Piano in the dark'.
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Post by johnnywest on May 29, 2013 19:12:46 GMT -5
Weezer had a little more than 10 years between "Buddy Holly" in 1995 (Casey's Top 40) and then "Beverly Hills" in 2005.
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Post by woolebull on May 29, 2013 19:31:07 GMT -5
It stretches to before AT40 itself existed, but I believe at one point Aaron Neville had a run at that distinction? From 1966 (Tell It Like It Is) to 1991 (Everybody Plays the Fool). That's a great example! His songs were so far apart that his son Ivan, who was like 6 or 7 when "Tell It Like It Is" had a Top 40 hit before his father would have his second hit!
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Post by mga707 on May 29, 2013 20:27:36 GMT -5
Is the longest gap between #1 records still held by The Beach Boys? "Good Vibrations", December 1966/"Kokomo" November 1988, or just shy of 22 years. Since I stopped following the singles charts around the mid-90s or so, I don't know if their record still stands.
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Post by 1finemrg on May 29, 2013 20:42:51 GMT -5
Jimmy Cliff: Late 1969 "Wonderful World, Beautiful People", late 1993 "I Can See Clearly Now", almost 24 years.
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Post by pgfromwp on May 29, 2013 20:53:12 GMT -5
Within Casey's AT-40 era , the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band went nine years between hitting the top 40 with their debut, "Mr. Bojangles" in January 1971, and "An American Dream" in January 1980. Noteworthy.
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Post by woolebull on May 29, 2013 21:42:22 GMT -5
Is the longest gap between #1 records still held by The Beach Boys? "Good Vibrations", December 1966/"Kokomo" November 1988, or just shy of 22 years. Since I stopped following the singles charts around the mid-90s or so, I don't know if their record still stands. I know for sure that Cher's time was longer according to the Billboard charts, 25 or so years. However I'm pretty sure that "Believe" in 1999 only went to number two on American Top 40.
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