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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 8, 2015 0:58:01 GMT -5
For example: On this week's 1981 show, Barry and Babs What Kind of Fool included the line "There was a place when we were starting over"
And wouldn't you know, at #38 that same panel was Starting Over by John Lennon.
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Post by pb on Mar 8, 2015 12:49:52 GMT -5
I remember in a past thread a few of us found that it was easy to come up with examples when some of the songs on the charts had titles like "If" (Bread, 1971) or "I Love" (Tom T Hall, 1974) or "You" (George Harrison, 1975).
Was "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" (Ray Parker Jr.) ever in the countdown at the same time as "Every Breath You Take"? I remember that being a very quick acknowledgement from one artist to another.
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Post by Michael1973 on Mar 13, 2015 9:01:25 GMT -5
Those songs did not chart at the same time.
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Post by mytwocents on Mar 15, 2015 0:46:21 GMT -5
Alas, no; certainly not in the Top 40, though they came close on the Hot 100 (The Police's song's last week was October 29th, 1983 and Ray's song's first week was November 12th, 1983)... Beginning February 25th, 1984 (where they debuted back-to-back!) and continuing until March 31st, 1984 -- including this week's Premiere offering of March 17th, 1984! -- both "Hold Me Now" by the Thompson Twins and "New Song" by Howard Jones were in the Top 40; the Thompson Twins song contains the line "So I'll sing you a new song / Please don't cry anymore"... On January 24th, 1987 and January 31st, 1987 (the latter of which was aired in 2015!), both "I'll Be Alright Without You" by Journey and "All I Wanted" by Kansas were in the Top 40; both songs contain the line "All I wanted was to hold you" (a fairly complex phrase to be shared by two unrelated songs)!... In one of the "trivia" threads, a "special case" of this phenomemon popped up; two occasions were identified where the current #2 song contained the title of the current #1 song -- on September 22nd, 1973, #2 was "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk, which contained the line "They said, 'Come on dudes, let's get it on' / And we proceeded to tear that hotel down!" and #1 was "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye. And beginning December 17th, 1983 and continuing until January 7th, 1984 (including the frozen week of December 31st, 1983), #2 was "Say It Isn't So" by Daryl Hall and John Oates, where the duo alternate the lines "Say it isn't" ... "Say say say it isn't" ... "so, say it isn't so" and #1 was "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Of course, in both instances, both songs were in the countdown for several weeks before and after they were in the Top Two... (Should I open a can of worms by trying to argue that weeks where two songs with the same title were in the countdown can satisfy the criteria for each other? The two "Crazy Love"s in 1979, the two "I Can't Wait"s in 1986, the two "Hold On"s in 1990...  ) |
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Post by mytwocents on Mar 21, 2015 16:05:01 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! The cesspool that is my trivia-clogged mind dredged up another one!... Beginning July 28th, 1984, and continuing until September 1st, 1984, both "Lights Out" by Peter Wolf and "Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen were in the Top 40; the Peter Wolf song contains the refrain "Dancing in the dark / to the radio of love"...  (Intriguingly, while both songs were in the countdown together, they were at diametrically opposite points in their rise and fall -- Peter's first week on was the week after Bruce peaked, and Bruce's last week on was the week before Peter peaked!...  ) |
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Post by 80sat40fan on Apr 18, 2015 8:56:30 GMT -5
(Should I open a can of worms by trying to argue that weeks where two songs with the same title were in the countdown can satisfy the criteria for each other? The two "Crazy Love"s in 1979, the two "I Can't Wait"s in 1986, the two "Hold On"s in 1990... ) Don't forget two "Don't Be Cruel"s which debuted back to back in 1988. The 4/18/81 show has "9 To 5" by Dolly Parton at #17. At #3 is "Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton where she sings, "My baby takes the morning train / he works from 9 to 5 and then". I never understood why Morning Train was subtitled (9 to 5). |
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Post by mkarns on Apr 18, 2015 9:46:57 GMT -5
(Should I open a can of worms by trying to argue that weeks where two songs with the same title were in the countdown can satisfy the criteria for each other? The two "Crazy Love"s in 1979, the two "I Can't Wait"s in 1986, the two "Hold On"s in 1990... ) Don't forget two "Don't Be Cruel"s which debuted back to back in 1988. The 4/18/81 show has "9 To 5" by Dolly Parton at #17. At #3 is "Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton where she sings, "My baby takes the morning train / he works from 9 to 5 and then". I never understood why Morning Train was subtitled (9 to 5). "Morning Train" was actually titled "9 to 5" when first released in Britain in 1980. It was retitled when released in the US in 1981 to avoid confusion with Dolly's hit. |
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Post by 80sat40fan on Apr 18, 2015 9:52:01 GMT -5
mkarns... thanks for the info. In 1981 where I lived, there were no Top 40 stations, and I never knew Casey was played on an AC station in 1981 so all of the 1981 shows are new to me. It still seems odd that the song would be called "9 To 5" as it's not an obvious part or lyric of the song, but knowing Dolly and Sheena would compete at the same time on the US charts, it makes sense that it was subtitled that way.
Thanks!
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Post by blackbowl68 on Apr 18, 2015 10:11:30 GMT -5
Don't forget two "Don't Be Cruel"s which debuted back to back in 1988. The 4/18/81 show has "9 To 5" by Dolly Parton at #17. At #3 is "Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton where she sings, "My baby takes the morning train / he works from 9 to 5 and then". I never understood why Morning Train was subtitled (9 to 5). "Morning Train" was actually titled "9 to 5" when first released in Britain in 1980. It was retitled when released in the US in 1981 to avoid confusion with Dolly's hit. This was also the reason why T-Rex retitled their lone US top 40 hit "Bang A Gong." It is originally called "Get It On" in Europe but didn't wanna have it confused with the hit song by Chase for US release. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 24, 2016 21:43:38 GMT -5
This week in 1980 Manhattans were Shining: Feels so good when we're lying here next to each other, lost in love and wouldn't you know, there a few spots away was Lost In Love by Air Supply.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 24, 2016 21:59:07 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! The cesspool that is my trivia-clogged mind dredged up another one!... Beginning July 28th, 1984, and continuing until September 1st, 1984, both "Lights Out" by Peter Wolf and "Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen were in the Top 40; the Peter Wolf song contains the refrain "Dancing in the dark / to the radio of love"... (Intriguingly, while both songs were in the countdown together, they were at diametrically opposite points in their rise and fall -- Peter's first week on was the week after Bruce peaked, and Bruce's last week on was the week before Peter peaked!... ) If memory serves correctly, I think Casey mentioned once that Peter Wolf's hit was originally titled "Dancing In The Dark" but changed it to avoid confusion with Springsteen's #2 hit. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 27, 2017 18:49:56 GMT -5
This almost happened on last week's 1988 show when Huey Lewis Perfect World debuted with lyrics...you can have Everything Your Heart Desires, the name of the guys recently departed hit (H&O were at #76 that week).
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 11, 2020 8:43:34 GMT -5
On this week's Commentary Casey show, Contours wanna 'Do the Twist' and right below it was The Twist by Fat Boys ft. CC
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 27, 2020 13:12:23 GMT -5
Here is a slightly different spin, lyrics mentioning another act in the countdown. For example on this week's 1981 show Afternoon Delights mention Dr. Noah Drake who was just a few spots above them with I've Done Everything For You.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 28, 2020 9:29:23 GMT -5
Here is a slightly different spin, lyrics mentioning another act in the countdown. For example on this week's 1981 show Afternoon Delights mention Dr. Noah Drake who was just a few spots above them with I've Done Everything For You. Was this an XM show? |
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