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Post by woolebull on Oct 23, 2013 15:55:09 GMT -5
On 10/20/79, Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" moved up an amazing 25 notches in the Top 40 from 40 to 15...and still wasn't the biggest mover that week. That belonged to, "Still" which jumped a ridiculous 28 notches from 38-10.
Is "Tusk" the champion of biggest mover within the Top 40 without being the biggest mover? It would be hard to beat 25 notches, I would believe. What were some other big time jumps that were not the biggest jumpers (again within the Top 40)?
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Post by yankee44 on Oct 23, 2013 17:11:35 GMT -5
These songs weren't jumpers of 20 or more spots but somewhat close.
12/05/1970
"No Matter What" by Badfinger jumped 16 notches from 24-8 but "One Less Bell to Answer" by the Fifth Dimension was better leaping 18 spots from 25 to 7
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Post by woolebull on Oct 23, 2013 17:12:47 GMT -5
That's a solid jump! There's probably not many that can even top that.
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Post by yankee44 on Oct 23, 2013 17:25:30 GMT -5
Here's 3 songs whose jumps are interesting.
01/29/1972
"Precious and Few" by Climax jumped from 34 to 16, "Joy" by Apollo leaped 20 spots, from 35-15 but the biggest mover that week was the Carpenters "Hurting Each Other", which leaped 25 spots from 38-13.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 23, 2013 17:40:02 GMT -5
8/15/87
Whitney Houston Didn't We Almost Have It All moved nicely 40-25, but the gloved one beat her 37-16 with I Just Can't Stop Loving You.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 23, 2013 17:57:56 GMT -5
11/30/91 had two sturdy moves 36-19 (2 Legit by Hammer) and 33-15 (Mariah's Emotions) by Michael's Black Or White blew those away 35-3.
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Post by Mike on Oct 24, 2013 19:44:39 GMT -5
11/13/82 (I think) Shadows of the Night rocketed Benatar 40-23 but still couldn't match the 36-12 move by Maneater. That it was. And let's not forget the very next week: "The Girl is Mine" rocketed 36-14. The next two songs above it had slightly-lesser leaps: "Dirty Laundry" up 32-13, and "Rock This Town" up 30-12. |
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Post by beegee3 on Oct 24, 2013 19:54:17 GMT -5
One week in 1983 (I think it was February 19) there were three songs that climbed at least 10 spots into the Top 10: Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" (#19 to #9), Culture Club's "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (#18 to #8), and the week's biggest mover, Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" (#23 to #6). It just seemed weird that so many big moves happened at the top of the chart that week. On the rest of the Top 40, positions 10 through 17 didn't change at all, and no other song climbed more than six spots. A little off topic, but that was certainly a weird countdown (yet one of my favorites).
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