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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 12, 2014 20:37:58 GMT -5
We have a couple of threads where people have mentioned their favorite songs to peak outside of the Top 10 or Top 20, but it might be fun to pick the most famous song to peak at a particular chart position on AT40. With so many songs peaking in the Top 10, it might be best to select songs which peaked between #11 and #40. This could be based on airplay today, or other reasons.
The website FiveThirtyEight had an article which recently listed the top 25 songs played on classic rock stations. Some interesting selections from the Casey/Shadoe era:
#11 peak for both "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas and "Rock & Roll All Night" by KISS #16 peak for "Renegade" by Styx #35 peak for both "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC and "Crazy On You" by Heart #36 peak for "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith #38 peak for "Peace Of Mind" by Boston
I'd nominate "Carry On Wayward Son" for a most famous song to peak at #11. #35 is a tough one as "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO is also famous along with Heart and AC/DC. I would pick "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" by Journey over Styx at #16 but there may be other songs which peaked at #16 which aren't coming to mind right now. Aerosmith and Boston would be good picks for #36 and #38 respectively.
Two others I would nominate for most famous at their peak positions: #23: "Born To Run" by Bruce Springsteen #24: "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
I heard "Dude Looks Like A Lady" by Aerosmith driving home from work today, and at the time, I wondered if that might be the most famous song to peak at #14. The only other song I could think of is "Whip It" by Devo. I am sure there are others.
So... what songs would you nominate for most famous song at any position between #11 and #40?
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 12, 2014 20:51:20 GMT -5
#11 Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers #12 Take It Easy - Eagles #13 Money - Pink Floyd #14 Riders On The Storm - Doors #15 Dance The Night Away - Van Halen #16 Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin #17 Stay With Me - Faces #18 After Midnight - Eric Clapton (1970 version) #19 Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd #20 Slow Ride - Foghat #21 Eighteen - Alice Cooper #22 Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money #23 Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen #24 One Fine Morning - Lighthouse [You were expecting something else?] #25 Piano Man - Billy Joel #26 Juke Box Hero - Foreigner #27 Just What I Needed - Cars #28 I Need A Lover - John Cougar #29 Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie #30 Give It To Me - J Geils Band #31 Shattered - Rolling Stones #32 Roxanne - Police #33 Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 #34 Behind Blue Eyes - Who #35 Crazy on You - Heart #36 Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith #37 Back In Black - AC/DC #38 Peace of Mind - Boston #39 Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf #40 Breakdown - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Others great picks!
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Post by ds on Nov 12, 2014 21:12:08 GMT -5
#40: The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (from its MTV status and generally being thought of as an essential '80s song) #39: I'd say either Bon Jovi - Runaway or Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore #38: agree with Boston's Peace... #37: either AC/DC - Back in Black or ZZ Top - Gimme all Your Lovin' #36: agree Sweet Emotion #35: The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl (in many movies but AC/DC is good pick) #34: Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero #33: definitely U2's Pride #32: Frank Sinatra - Theme from New York, New York (from its association with the city) #31: Rolling Stones - Shattered #30: Bill Withers - Lovely Day #29: Queen - Under Pressure #28: Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll #27: agree with Just What I Needed #26: tough but going with Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes #25: agree with Piano #24: another Joel, Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young #23: agree with Born to Run #22: agree with Two Tickets... #21: Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It #20: Willie Nelson - On The Road Again #19: many good ones so I have three- Free Bird (as mentnioned), Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight, and Salt n Pepa - Push It for the younger crowd #18: agree with Black Betty #17: Billy Squier - The Stroke #16: Styx - Renegade #15: Doobie Brothers - China Grove #14: Devo - Whip It #13: McFadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now #12: Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite #11: Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 12, 2014 21:23:22 GMT -5
#39: I'd say either Bon Jovi - Runaway or Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore #39 - Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
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Post by ds on Nov 12, 2014 21:59:07 GMT -5
#39 - Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf I thought about that one, very well known but I don't hear it much on the radio today (even though that's not the only criteria).
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 12, 2014 22:12:13 GMT -5
We have a couple of threads where people have mentioned their favorite songs to peak outside of the Top 10 or Top 20, but it might be fun to pick the most famous song to peak at a particular chart position on AT40. With so many songs peaking in the Top 10, it might be best to select songs which peaked between #11 and #40. This could be based on airplay today, or other reasons. The website FiveThirtyEight had an article which recently listed the top 25 songs played on classic rock stations. Some interesting selections from the Casey/Shadoe era: #11 peak for both "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas and "Rock & Roll All Night" by KISS mind right now. Aerosmith and Boston would be good picks for #36 and #38 respectively. #24: "Piano Man" by Billy Joel So... what songs would you nominate for most famous song at any position between #11 and #40? You have to go with the Kansas pick. Kiss peaked at #12 with "Rock & Roll All Nite". Good news! It can be your #12 pick. Also "Piano Man" peaked at #25.
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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 13, 2014 0:18:01 GMT -5
Sticking to 1970-89:
11. Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen 12. Def Leppard - Photograph 13. Queen - Somebody To Love 14. The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 15. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Refugee 16. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song 17. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning 18. Ram Jam - Black Betty 19. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 20. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 21. Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London 22. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise 23. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 24. Blondie - One Way Or Another 25. Billy Joel - Piano Man 26. Foreigner - Juke Box Hero 27. The Cars - Just What I Needed 28. Rolling Stones - Wild Horses 29. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 30. Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon 31. KISS - Shout It Out Loud 32. The Police - Roxanne 33. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) 34. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero 35. Heart - Crazy On You 36. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 37. AC/DC - Back In Black 38. Boston - Peace Of Mind 39. Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light 40. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
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Post by PapaVanTwee on Nov 13, 2014 16:52:04 GMT -5
Does anyone have a good place to look up peak positions?
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Post by ds on Nov 13, 2014 17:42:49 GMT -5
Does anyone have a good place to look up peak positions? You can go to top40db.net (sign in or register if you're not a member) and do a custom search (by clicking on other searches), selecting a peak position, limiting the year range, and selecting a chart (hot 100). It will give you a list of hot 100 songs that peaked at that position.
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Post by jmack19 on Nov 13, 2014 18:24:03 GMT -5
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Post by blackbowl68 on Nov 14, 2014 12:49:02 GMT -5
Staying in the Classic AT40 years, these are my picks (#40 - #11):
40: A Lover's Holiday - Change 39: Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf 38: A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes) - New Edition 37: I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie 36: As - Stevie Wonder 35: You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 34: Red Red Wine - UB40 33: School Boy Crush - AWB 32: Theme From "New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra 31: Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club 30: Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith 29: Working For The Weekend - Loverboy 28: One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic 27: 26: The Payback - James Brown 25: Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold 24: Taxi - Harry Chapin 23: Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen 22: My Way - Elvis Presley 21: I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan 20: On The Road Again - Willie Nelson 19: Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 18: The Look Of Love - ABC 17: Allentown - Billy Joel 16: The Gambler - Kenny Rogers 15: Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares 14: Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills 13: Do They Know it's Christmas - Band Aid 12: 1999 - Prince 11: Peg - Steely Dan
I will complete this later.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 15, 2014 17:04:13 GMT -5
I looked up the Gramble website previously mentioned... it lists all songs and peaks for each year... pretty exhaustive although occasionally a hit is listed in the wrong year. Here are some possible 80s picks not yet mentioned:
#13: "Shadows Of The Night" by Pat Benetar #15: either "The Breakup Song" by The Greg Kihn Band or "Cuts Like A Knife" by Bryan Adams #16: either "Super Freak" by Rick James or "Think I'm In Love" by Eddie Money #23: "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benetar #25: either "Kids In America" by Kim Wilde or "Wild Wild Life" by The Talking Heads #29: either "No Reply At All" by Genesis or "Ah! Leah!" by Donnie Iris #32: "True Faith" by New Order #36: "White Wedding" by Billy Idol #40: either "Burnin' For You" by Blue Oyster Cult or "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
If most of these songs were put up against 1finemrg's list... his mostly 70s songs get more play, but a number of these 80s picks receive significant play as well.
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 15, 2014 17:50:30 GMT -5
No disagreement with your picks. I was in a first hit train of thought when I put together the list. Also I limited it to one song per artist.
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Post by chrislc on Nov 15, 2014 21:40:30 GMT -5
The 60s!
Some real dead spots in the 30s - 37 and 34 and 32 and 30 not all that famous - but hey slim pickins'
40 The Chipmunks & David Seville The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) 39 The Beach Boys God Only Knows 38 Bing Crosby White Christmas 37 Thunderclap Newman Something in the Air 36 Chris Montez Time After Time 35 Al Caiola & His Orchestra The Magnificent Seven 34 Tony Bennett If I Ruled the World 33 Bob Dylan Just Like a Woman 32 The Peppermint Rainbow Will You Be Staying After Sunday 31 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra The Pink Panther Theme 30 Marvin Gaye Hitch Hike 29 The Temptations Get Ready 28 Harry Simeone Chorale The Little Drummer Boy 27 Frank Sinatra My Way 26 Glen Campbell By the Time I Get to Phoenix 25 Dave Brubeck Quartet Take Five 24 The Beach Boys Don't Worry Baby 23 Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally 22 Neil Diamond Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show 21 Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour 20 The Monkees (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone 19 Tony Bennett I Left My Heart In San Francisco 18 Four Tops Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)' 17 Johnny Cash Ring of Fire 16 The Surfaris Wipe Out 15 Dionne Warwick Alfie 14 The Beatles I Saw Her Standing There 13 The Temptations Ain't Too Proud to Beg 12 Dusty Springfield I Only Want to Be with You 11 The Temptations The Way You Do the Things You Do
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Post by chrislc on Nov 15, 2014 22:06:53 GMT -5
#40 Burnin' For You IMO
or maybe Ten Years After
or Paul Simon
or Tom Petty
yikes
All of them should have gone higher - Anka and Cetera too.
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