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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 11, 2023 7:08:21 GMT -5
It debuted at #94 on the October 12, 1991 Hot 100 and would be the last time Vanilla Ice hit the chart, a little over a year after "Ice Ice Baby". Featuring singing from supermodel Naomi Campbell, "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" was the title song from Ice's movie Cool as Ice. But both the film and the song would flop, with "Cool as Ice" only peaking at #81 on the Hot 100.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 15, 2023 17:45:26 GMT -5
Debuting at #75 on the October 14, 1995 Hot 100, "Rock and Roll Is Dead" by Lenny Kravitz proved its own point, as it did not climb any higher and dropped off the chart after only two weeks.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 18, 2023 19:44:22 GMT -5
The first single from LL Cool J's album Mama Said Knock You Out did not hit the Billboard Top 40 like the title track or "Around the Way Girl". On the October 20, 1990 Hot 100, "The Boomin' System" got as high as it ever got on the chart - #48.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 18, 2023 21:07:47 GMT -5
The first single from LL Cool J's album Mama Said Knock You Out did not hit the Billboard Top 40 like the title track or "Around the Way Girl". On the October 20, 1990 Hot 100, "The Boomin' System" got as high as it ever got on the chart - #48. It entered Billboard's Hot 100 at #54 and might have been ignored by Top 40 radio because of it's #48 peak.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 19, 2023 18:11:33 GMT -5
The first single from LL Cool J's album Mama Said Knock You Out did not hit the Billboard Top 40 like the title track or "Around the Way Girl". On the October 20, 1990 Hot 100, "The Boomin' System" got as high as it ever got on the chart - #48. It entered Billboard's Hot 100 at #54 and might have been ignored by Top 40 radio because of it's #48 peak. The difference between LL Cool J's Billboard and Radio and Records chart peaks was pretty big at that time, even before SoundScan was in place. "Around the Way Girl" was #9 BB, but #24 R&R. And "Mama Said Knock You Out" was #17 BB but didn't chart at all on R&R. There are similar gaps for other hip-hop artists like Kyper and Candyman, so it's probably just a matter of the more explicit rap stuff getting less and less airplay at this time.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 19, 2023 21:08:54 GMT -5
It entered Billboard's Hot 100 at #54 and might have been ignored by Top 40 radio because of it's #48 peak. The difference between LL Cool J's Billboard and Radio and Records chart peaks was pretty big at that time, even before SoundScan was in place. "Around the Way Girl" was #9 BB, but #24 R&R. And "Mama Said Knock You Out" was #17 BB but didn't chart at all on R&R. There are similar gaps for other hip-hop artists like Kyper and Candyman, so it's probably just a matter of the more explicit rap stuff getting less and less airplay at this time. And sometimes the Top 40/Rhythm/Dance stations played LL Cool J, Kyper, and Candyman.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 22, 2023 16:32:14 GMT -5
On its way to a peak of #65 on the Hot 100, the future #1 country hit "Strawberry Wine" by Deana Carter rose from #82 to #75 on the October 26, 1996 chart.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 25, 2023 19:34:59 GMT -5
Not even the combined diva power of Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand could get "Tell Him" any higher than #58 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. It debuted at that position on the October 25, 1997 chart and stayed there a total of six weeks.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 29, 2023 10:11:42 GMT -5
With Halloween two days away, here's a song inspired by, among other things, one of the cars from the TV series The Munsters. "Dragula" by Rob Zombie was on the October 31, 1998 Mainstream Rock Tracks chart at #8, down from #7, but two weeks later it would reach its peak of #6. In December, the song would hit #116 on the Bubbling Under chart.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 1, 2023 19:13:05 GMT -5
Written about overcoming tragedy, Gloria Estefan would donate the royalties from "Always Tomorrow" to victims of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. On the Hot 100 from October 31 of that year, "Always Tomorrow" debuted at #97, but did not get higher than #81 on the chart.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 2, 2023 18:20:09 GMT -5
Written about overcoming tragedy, Gloria Estefan would donate the royalties from "Always Tomorrow" to victims of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. On the Hot 100 from October 31 of that year, "Always Tomorrow" debuted at #97, but did not get higher than #81 on the chart. Love that song. I was a senior in high school then. I thought a lot about those affected. I felt in a way I could relate, as a tornado destroyed my home nine years earlier. I still feel effects from that, forty years later. Although Gloria Estefan wasn't really on the pop charts at this time, she was faring better on the AC charts. It would peak at #5 AC (R&R) on 11/20/1992 (CC show dated 11/28).
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 5, 2023 10:18:14 GMT -5
In its second week on the Hot 100, "Pop That Coochie" by 2 Live Crew climbed from #70 to #65 for the week ending November 9, 1991. Oddly enough, it peaked at #58 on the November 23 chart, the week before SoundScan was implemented (it never got higher than #70 post-SoundScan).
WARNING: Being the 2 Live Crew, obviously the video contains explicit lyrics and content.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 8, 2023 18:44:02 GMT -5
Here's a song that was popularized due to its appearance on the podcast Reply All back in 2020. Released by singer-songwriter Evan Olson, "So Much Better" appeared on his album One Room in November 1999. The song got some airplay at the time (not sure if I ever heard it back then, myself), and was even promoted in Billboard magazines from late 1999. However, it was mostly forgotten until Reply All devoted an episode to tracking "So Much Better" down after a fan of the song couldn't find a trace of it online. And for those interested, here's the podcast episode: Reply All #158 - "The Case of the Missing Hit"
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 12, 2023 16:03:43 GMT -5
Debuting at #94 on the November 13, 1993 Hot 100 was the only chart hit for the hip-hop group Souls of Mischief. "93 'til Infinity", the title track from their debut album, would reach #72 during a nine-week run.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 15, 2023 20:41:40 GMT -5
Debuting at #58 on the Hot 100 this week in 1994 was Pearl Jam's first single to hit the chart - the double-sided "Spin the Black Circle" and "Tremor Christ". Despite being a B-side, "Tremor Christ" gained more airplay during the remaining five weeks of its six-week chart run and was listed first on the Hot 100 when the single peaked at #18, relegating "Spin the Black Circle" to its first-week #58 position as that song's peak.
Both songs were from the album Vitalogy along with the track "Nothingman", which did not hit any of the rock or pop charts at the time.
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