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Feb 12, 2014 12:28:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 12:28:00 GMT -5
Wasn't "Big Star" by Kenny Chesney also a multiple week #2 song in 03? Can't remember how many weeks and what kept it out though.
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Post by mkarns on Feb 12, 2014 12:51:40 GMT -5
Wasn't "Big Star" by Kenny Chesney also a multiple week #2 song in 03? Can't remember how many weeks and what kept it out though. "Big Star" got stuck at #2 on Billboard's country chart for three weeks in April/May 2003. It too was arguably a victim of bad timing, as it peaked behind Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten", in the midst of the initial pro-Iraq war mania (see: Chicks, Dixie.)
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 17, 2014 11:28:17 GMT -5
How about the Summer of '86 Olympics battle of Tina vs. Cyndi. With the 1st singles from the followups to their monster prior albums, Tina's Typical Male easily out debuted Cyndi the week of 8/30 and maintained a comfortable lead up the chart. It looked like Tina was destined for the top until the week of 10/18 when she made a strong move 2-5 but Cyndi showed her True Colors pole vaulting out of nowhere 3-9 and carried that momentum over Tina the following panel.
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Post by jlthorpe on Feb 23, 2014 15:13:33 GMT -5
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Post by at40petebattistini on Feb 21, 2016 21:46:26 GMT -5
Apply this same concept to songs that failed to reach the Top 40 after stopping at #41.
For example, on February 10, 1979, "Sing For The Day" by Styx climbed from #45 to #41, while "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" by Gonzalez moved from #47 to #40. The following week, while Styx stayed at #41, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" by Sylvester jumped from #44 to #40. Of course, the Styx song never made the Top 40.
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Post by Shane LaFleur on Feb 22, 2016 5:46:18 GMT -5
One of the most frustrating of all had to be the theme from "Live And Let Die" by Wings. It jumped from #21 to #3 on August 4th, 1973 and looked sure to hit #1. Then it got to #2 the following week behind another movie theme "The Morning After" (from The Poseidon Adventure) by Maureen McGovern. The following week, Diana Ross's 'Touch Me In The Morning" jumped from #4 to #1 and the week after that "Brother Louie" by Stories jumped from #3 to #1. It's one thing to be stuck at #2 for 3 weeks behind just one song..but being stuck behind 3 different songs is another story entirely.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 22, 2016 16:43:42 GMT -5
Here's another case of bad timing from 1988. Shattered Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz (me too) rose from 8 to 2 on 5/14/88 but the song never made it to #1. The following week SD slid back to #2 (behind George Michael's One More Try) and song returned to #2 for two more weeks (yes, you guessed it--behind OMT). By the way, just for comparison purposes Shattered Dreams peaked at #3 on Cash Box. That confirms the old adage that this thread is named after--Timing Is Everything.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Feb 22, 2016 18:07:38 GMT -5
Apply this same concept to songs that failed to reach the Top 40 after stopping at #41. I think I located another hit that fits this criteria: "Ease On Down The Road" by Michael Jackson & Diana Ross. On the 10/21/78 Hot 100, EODTR inched up from #42 to #41 while "Don't Want To Live Without It" by Pablo Cruise jumped from #45 to #40. The next week, EODTR held at #41 while "Alive Again" by Chicago leaped from #63 to #40. EODTR would plunge to #97 the following week. Spending two weeks at #41 due to songs leapfrogging over it to #40 for two or more weeks didn't happen often based on some songs I checked... even "All Those Lies" by Glenn Frey (RIP), which spent 3 weeks at #41, was only leapfrogged one of those three week. If I find more, I will post them. EDIT: Found another one... "Take The Short Wave Home" by Dionne Warwick. On the 4/2/83 Hot 100, TTSWH moved from #44 to #41 while "Welcome To Heartlight" by Kenny Loggins jumped from #46 to #40. The next week, TTSWH held at #41 while "Rio" by Duran Duran leaped from #54 to #40.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 22, 2016 21:50:58 GMT -5
Here's another case of bad timing from 1988. Shattered Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz (me too) rose from 8 to 2 on 5/14/88 but the song never made it to #1. The following week SD slid back to #2 (behind George Michael's One More Try) and song returned to #2 for two more weeks (yes, you guessed it--behind OMT). By the way, just for comparison purposes Shattered Dreams peaked at #3 on Cash Box. That confirms the old adage that this thread is named after--Timing Is Everything. A little confused: How can a song rise from #8 to #2 and then "slide back to #2" the following week? Or did you mean to say it slid from #2 to #3?
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 23, 2016 7:22:08 GMT -5
Here's another case of bad timing from 1988. Shattered Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz (me too) rose from 8 to 2 on 5/14/88 but the song never made it to #1. The following week SD slid back to #2 (behind George Michael's One More Try) and song returned to #2 for two more weeks (yes, you guessed it--behind OMT). By the way, just for comparison purposes Shattered Dreams peaked at #3 on Cash Box. That confirms the old adage that this thread is named after--Timing Is Everything. A little confused: How can a song rise from #8 to #2 and then "slide back to #2" the following week? Or did you mean to say it slid from #2 to #3? Oops, sorry--I stand corrected. I meant to type slid back to #3 then returned to the number 2 position.
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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 26, 2016 15:06:16 GMT -5
In late 1989, one of my favorite songs was The Way To Your Heart by Soulsister. On the Hot 100, this song peaked at #41 for two weeks. One of those weeks, a very obscure song by Eurythmics leaped from #47 to #40, only to fall back to #48 the next week. Very frustrating.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 29, 2016 12:57:18 GMT -5
It looked like Don't Talk To Strangers was about to provide Rick his 2nd #1. But Paul and Stevie's mega collaboration had other plans and when it poll vaulted 6-21 you knew Springfield's chances of getting to the top first were in trouble.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 20, 2017 14:41:50 GMT -5
Say It Isn't So should have given H&O another chart topper. Unfortunately it ran into a brick wall with Say x 3 by PM and the white hot MJ. It was sort of payback as the guys Maneater helped keep Michael and Paul's Girl Is Mine from the summit a year earlier.
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Post by DJ Particle on Feb 7, 2017 20:56:31 GMT -5
A more modern Hot 100 example, but in 2012, "Gangnam Style" by Psy spent numerous weeks at #2, blocked from the top spot by Maroon 5...
The song actually spent enough weeks on the chart to be on the Hot 100 year-end charts of both 2012 and 2013.
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Post by pb on Feb 7, 2017 21:20:39 GMT -5
"Dueling Banjos" debuted at #18 (as heard in last weekend's 70s show) but got stuck at #2 behind "Killing Me Softly With His Song."
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