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Post by dth1971 on Sept 13, 2020 9:00:16 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic needs some explaining as some will say the song is far from being a lost classic. When the original version was released in 1984, it spent five weeks at #2 and made this artist a huge star. When Cyndi Lauper made a new version of the song in with a somewhat slower tempo and a hint of reggae, it didn't do nearly as well. The newer version debuted at #93 on the 9/9/95 Hot 100 and would peak just 6 notches higher at #87. From her album "Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Them Some", here is Cyndi Lauper with "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)": Other than The Ventures ("Walk--Don't Run"/"Walk--Don't Run '64"), I can't think of a single case of an artist 'updating' a former hit and scoring another hit. Both The Police ("Don't Stand So Close To Me") and Chicago ("25 Or 6 To 4") failed at this as well. However, Real Life's 1989 mix of their 1984 song "Send Me an Angel" did make top 40 reaches like the 1984 original did. And who can forget during October-November 1990 in the Shadoe AT40 period when there were 2 versions of the reissue of the 1960's Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" on the AT40 chart - the original version and a newly recorded 1990 version.
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 13, 2020 9:15:26 GMT -5
^ If live versions of songs are inlcuded, then Billy Idol's "remake" of "Mony Mony" went to #1 after the original bubbled under at #107. I don't think the live version is different enough from the original to be considered a remake, but it's a little different. Live versions would also include "Layla" and "Free Bird".
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 13, 2020 9:21:51 GMT -5
^ If live versions of songs are inlcuded, then Billy Idol's "remake" of "Mony Mony" went to #1 after the original bubbled under at #107. I don't think the live version is different enough from the original to be considered a remake, but it's a little different. Live versions would also include "Layla" and "Free Bird". Same for the Elton John "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - the 1991-1992 live version added George Michael.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 18, 2020 11:10:31 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from an alternative band called Love Spit Love. If the singer sounds somewhat familiar, it's Richard Butler from the Psychadelic Furs. The song was moving up nine notches to its peak position of #83 on the 9/24/94 Hot 100. This song peaked at #3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Here is Love Spit Love with "Am I Wrong":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 26, 2020 11:56:35 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from The Offspring. This was the fourth single from their CD, "Ixnay On The Hombre". The song was moving up two notches to #9 on the 10/4/97 Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and debuting at #35 on that week's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song would peak at #5/Mainstream Rock and #24/Modern Rock. Here is The Offspring with, "I Choose":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Oct 2, 2020 15:52:57 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Curtis Stigers. Curtis is an AT40 one-hit wonder as he hit #9 in 1991 with "I Wonder Why". While he didn't have any more Top 40 hits, two other songs from his debut album snuck into the Hot 100, and the fourth release was moving up 5 notches to #11 on the 10/10/92 Adult Contemporary chart. It would go peak at #5 a few weeks later. Here is Curtis Stigers with, "Never Saw A Miracle":
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 6, 2020 18:11:32 GMT -5
In honor of Eddie Van Halen's passing, a lost classic from this month in 1996. It was one of two new Van Halen songs from the band's "Best Of - Volume I" album to feature original vocalist David Lee Roth (the other song being "Can't Get This Stuff No More"). The song debuted at #4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart dated October 19, 1996 and reached #1 a week later. Here's "Me Wise Magic".
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Post by 80sat40fan on Oct 10, 2020 18:18:27 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Nirvana... and given airplay today on alternative stations, it's not exactly a lost classic. This was the first release from Nirvana's "In Utero" album, and it was moving into the #1 position on the 10/16/93 Top Modern Rock Tracks chart. It would spend three weeks at #1 on that chart and would peak at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart but would not make the Hot 100. Here is Nirvana with, "Heart-Shaped Box":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Oct 16, 2020 18:56:29 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Prince. This was the only single released from his album titled "Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic". It debuted at #97 on the 10/23/99 Hot 100, and it would peak at #63. Here is Prince with "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Oct 24, 2020 12:46:13 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Elton John. This was one of two new songs on his "Love Songs" CD which featured many of his ballads and mid-tempo hits. It was debuting at #72 on the 10/26/96 Hot 100. It would peak just two notches higher at #70 but spent 17 weeks on the Hot 100. Here is Elton John with "You Can Make History (Young Again)":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Oct 31, 2020 16:40:39 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from The Cure. This was their first single from their 1990 album, "Mixed Up". That album features 12" remixes of some of their previous hits plus this tune which was debuting at #79 on the 11/3/90 Hot 100. It would peak just 7 notches higher at #72 and spent a fast 4 weeks on the chart. This song spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Top Modern Rock Tracks chart, and peaked at #6 on the Dance Club Songs chart. Here is "Never Enough" from The Cure:
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 7, 2020 14:00:32 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from Joshua Kadison. Joshua hit the Top 40 in 1994 with "Jessie" and "Beautiful In My Eyes". The follow-up hit debuted at #92 on the 11/12/94 Hot 100. It would peak 8 notches higher at #84. Here is Joshua Kadison with "Picture Postcards From L.A.":
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 14, 2020 15:14:10 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from U2. This was their first release from their album Achtung Baby. It was moving up 6 notches to #68 on the 11/16/91 Hot 100, and it would peak at #61. This song spent two weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it peaked at #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Here is U2 with "The Fly":
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 15, 2020 10:30:38 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from U2. This was their first release from their album Achtung Baby. It was moving up 6 notches to #68 on the 11/16/91 Hot 100, and it would peak at #61. This song spent two weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it peaked at #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Here is U2 with "The Fly": "The Fly" by U2 didn't make Shadoe Stevens AT40 even with the switchover from the Billboard Hot 100 source to the Billboard Radio Monitor source, but 3 more U2 Achtung Baby singles did make the Shadoe AT40 chart: "Mysterious Ways", "One", and "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses".
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 20, 2020 8:04:17 GMT -5
This Week's Lost 90s Classic is from R.E.M. This was their first release from their CD titled Up. It was moving up a notch to #57 on the 11/28/98 Hot 100. The following week, it fell out of the Hot 100. There were 19 songs below the Top 40 that were debuting or moving up the 11/28/98 Hot 100 that were spending their last week on the Hot 100. Billboard switched chart methodology for single releases for the 12/5/98 Hot 100 which resulted in those 19 songs falling off the chart. Here is R.E.M. with "Daysleeper" which would hit #1 on the Adult Alternative chart, #18 on the Alternative Rock chart, #30 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #33 on the Adult Top 40 chart:
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