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Post by jlthorpe on Jan 15, 2017 9:39:10 GMT -5
What Top 40 hits include the year they were recorded, or some other indication of when they were recorded that dates the song?
Examples:
Iggy Pop - "Candy" ("It's a rainy afternoon in 1990") Will Smith - "Will2K" ("Now it's 9-9, ten years behind me")
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Post by matt on Jan 15, 2017 10:13:51 GMT -5
What Top 40 hits include the year they were recorded, or some other indication of when they were recorded that dates the song? Examples: Iggy Pop - "Candy" ("It's a rainy afternoon in 1990") Will Smith - "Will2K" ("Now it's 9-9, ten years behind me") Quite a few rap songs in the 90s...seemed to be the trend back then. A few examples: "Pop Goes the Weasel" by 3rd Bass ('91) "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan ('94) "California Love" by 2-Pac and Dr Dre ('95)
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Post by at40nut on Jan 15, 2017 11:09:32 GMT -5
Who could forget the infamous "Play That Funky Music" by Vanilla Ice when he said "89 is my time, 90 is my year"
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Post by Hervard on Jan 15, 2017 11:25:12 GMT -5
In the chronology version of "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, he mentions 1985 in said chronology (even says that he recorded it that year). "Modern Woman" by Billy Joel mentions 1986 near the end.
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Post by freakyflybry on Jan 15, 2017 11:46:49 GMT -5
Asia's "Heat Of The Moment" mentions '82.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 15, 2017 13:42:31 GMT -5
Who could forget the infamous "Play That Funky Music" by Vanilla Ice when he said "89 is my time, 90 is my year" I could, and have! All-time favorite "Beavis and B***head (pre-censored) line, regarding 'Vanilla': "Hey Beavis, get a load of this dork!"
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 15, 2017 16:03:40 GMT -5
I don't think it hit the top 40, but otherwise meets the criteria - "Fight The Power" by Public Enemy. It mentions 1989 in the lyrics.
1992: "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC)
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jan 15, 2017 16:30:35 GMT -5
During the Ryan Seacrest era, I did remember Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" referenced 2008, which I think was either the year it was recorded and/or the year it started its AT40 chart run.
Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" mentioned "heading for the 90s". When the song was charting, we really were heading for the 90s, given its chart run was late in 1988.
Although it never made it to AT40, the Canadian group M+M (formerly Martha and the Muffins) did make the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1984 with "Black Stations, White Stations." The song's chorus goes:
"Black stations, white stations, break down the door Stand up and face the music, this is 1984
Black stations, white stations, feet on the floor Dance on the ceiling with us, this is 1984"
Sounds like a protest song, though very upbeat.
I remember seeing the video for this song on a show on CBC in May 1984 (it wasn't Video Hits, and it was more than three months before MuchMusic first signed on the air).
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Post by woolebull on Jan 15, 2017 17:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by bm63 on Jan 15, 2017 17:46:08 GMT -5
Planet P - Why Me?
... "The last man to be here was never heard from again He won't be back this way till 2010 Now I'm riding on a fountain of fire With my back to the earth, I go higher and higher Why me? Why me?" ...
Not sure if it hit the Top 40, but I remember it being pretty popular in the 80s.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jan 15, 2017 17:58:43 GMT -5
woolebull, I "thought" there might have been an existing thread on this topic (I even posted in the previous thread). Thanks for posting it.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jan 15, 2017 18:23:49 GMT -5
In 1970, "Ball of Confusion" referenced "the Beatles' new record's a gas"
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Post by mga707 on Jan 15, 2017 19:34:11 GMT -5
In 1970, "Ball of Confusion" referenced "the Beatles' new record's a gas" Which was even dated at the time, as although it was recorded prior, it became a hit after the Beatles had called it quits!
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Post by dth1971 on Jan 15, 2017 19:38:18 GMT -5
Does Prince's song "1999" count?
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 15, 2017 19:43:16 GMT -5
Does Prince's song "1999" count? I would say no, based on my interpretation of jlthorpe's criteria. "1999" was only 17 years ahead of its time. Granted, it did re-appear on the chart in 1999, but had already made two chart runs in 1982 & 1983.
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