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Post by torcan on Aug 5, 2023 15:08:37 GMT -5
March 20, 27 and April 3, 1982... "Spirits in the Material World" 11-31-34 "Leader of the Band" 15-32-35 "Take It Easy on Me" 16-33-36 I remember that first week in 1982 had several slow moves down in the lower reaches of the Top 40. The week after that, there were eight debuts on AT40 and I seem to recall that all of the songs that dropped out (surprisingly, none from inside the Top 20) fell quite far. Makes me wonder if there was some sort of computer malfunction on the week of 4/3/82. I doubt that those small drops would have anything to do with their arbitrary bullet rule. I don't think there was a computer malfunction. I think it was more of Bill Wardlow becoming bored after having done the job of chart director for several years and wanted to make it more interesting for himself. He created the "bullet rule" which led to all those songs spending multiple weeks in their peak position - but in 1982 liked to have songs fall off a cliff. All year long it wasn't unusual for a song to drop from the 20s into the 80s; or the 30s into the 90s. How realistic that was, I don't know, but I take those charts with a grain of salt (seemingly) like everyone else. I wonder what they really would have looked like if they'd done it based totally on points, rather than the whim of the guy putting the charts together. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 5, 2023 16:31:52 GMT -5
Deborah Allen made a major move 26-36 1/21/84, but Baby I Lied stalled there for two more unbulleted weeks before dropping completely off the 40.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 5, 2023 16:35:45 GMT -5
Flock of Seagulls climbed an impressive 30-40 on 6/18/83 but could only muster 4 more notches from there for a #26 peak.
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 14, 2024 0:42:29 GMT -5
"Lyin' Eyes": 2-12-39-39
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jul 15, 2024 14:07:56 GMT -5
I was about to bring up Deborah Allen's song, but somebody beat me to it.
However, I am surprised nobody brought this up yet...
Laid Back's "White Horse" took a big ten-notch jump to #27 on May 5, 1984, then only nudged ahead just one notch to #26 the following week, stalled there on May 19th, and dropped out on May 26th.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 24, 2024 15:41:28 GMT -5
Tusk: 8-9-15-40
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 24, 2024 15:50:23 GMT -5
Sweet Mary: 7-8-15-44
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 27, 2024 13:24:45 GMT -5
The ultimate might have been Get Closer's pole vault this week in 1976: 6-16, only to freeze right there unbulleted the very next panel.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 3, 2024 14:30:56 GMT -5
In a bizarre chart run Oh People made a nice 31-37 climb. Labelle was unbulleted the following panel at #29 this week in 1986, then out of the 40 the next week.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 14, 2024 17:16:48 GMT -5
On next week's 1982 Casey does a good sell of Browne's mammoth 8-18 move. In the next month an a half Somebody's Baby would only manage to climb 1 more notch.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Sept 14, 2024 19:05:23 GMT -5
That's 1982 for ya.
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