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Post by Mike on Aug 12, 2021 22:44:38 GMT -5
I know this has come up on here, as I recall reading through discussion of it...but I can't for the life of me find where it'd be, leading me to think it's buried in some thread (could very well be either the 70s or 80s show threads) where the discussion just swung around to talk about it for a bit, before moving on.  Searching for an already-existing thread on this question proved equally fruitless. So I'm giving this its own thread. Simply put, what song that hit #1 on AT40 spent the shortest amount of time in the countdown? |
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Post by mga707 on Aug 12, 2021 22:58:16 GMT -5
I know this has come up on here, as I recall reading through discussion of it...but I can't for the life of me find where it'd be, leading me to think it's buried in some thread (could very well be either the 70s or 80s show threads) where the discussion just swung around to talk about it for a bit, before moving on. Searching for an already-existing thread on this question proved equally fruitless. So I'm giving this its own thread. Simply put, what song that hit #1 on AT40 spent the shortest amount of time in the countdown? In the '70s, I'm pretty sure it was either "Black and White", "Get Down Tonight", or both. I'll check UMD and get back to you. (update) OK, I checked--both spent only 9 weeks within the top 40. If there's a #1 record with fewer weeks in the 40 in the decade, I can't think of it. As far as the '80s, I really don't even have a guess. But I'll bet the 'winner' spent more than 9 weeks in the 40. |
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Post by mkarns on Aug 12, 2021 23:38:07 GMT -5
I think for the 80s it's a three way tie between Madonna's "Who's That Girl", Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana", and Prince's "Batdance", each with 11 weeks on AT40 and one at #1. All had in common the fact that they were released by superstars that quickly scaled the chart in large part due to the artists' name rec, but also evidently didn't have much staying power as they fell down the chart just as fast and don't get that much recurrent play (plus "Batdance" was basically a novelty hit, or at least had the blockbuster film to coast on.)
And stepping a bit into the 90s, in 1990 when AT40 still used the Billboard Hot 100 George Michael's "Praying For Time" was only on for 10 weeks despite reaching #1--another release that hit quickly due to the artist's name power/momentum but faded fast.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 12, 2021 23:53:03 GMT -5
I know this has come up on here, as I recall reading through discussion of it...but I can't for the life of me find where it'd be, leading me to think it's buried in some thread (could very well be either the 70s or 80s show threads) where the discussion just swung around to talk about it for a bit, before moving on. Searching for an already-existing thread on this question proved equally fruitless. So I'm giving this its own thread. Simply put, what song that hit #1 on AT40 spent the shortest amount of time in the countdown? In the '70s, I'm pretty sure it was either "Black and White", "Get Down Tonight", or both. I'll check UMD and get back to you. (update) OK, I checked--both spent only 9 weeks within the top 40. If there's a #1 record with fewer weeks in the 40 in the decade, I can't think of it. As far as the '80s, I really don't even have a guess. But I'll bet the 'winner' spent more than 9 weeks in the 40. Wasn't Can't Get Enough another 9 weeker? |
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Post by mga707 on Aug 13, 2021 0:05:40 GMT -5
In the '70s, I'm pretty sure it was either "Black and White", "Get Down Tonight", or both. I'll check UMD and get back to you. (update) OK, I checked--both spent only 9 weeks within the top 40. If there's a #1 record with fewer weeks in the 40 in the decade, I can't think of it. As far as the '80s, I really don't even have a guess. But I'll bet the 'winner' spent more than 9 weeks in the 40. Wasn't Can't Get Enough another 9 weeker? Checking UMD, you are correct! So a three-way tie for the decade--so far. Maybe I'll check a couple of those other 'revolving door' #1s of late '74, just to be sure. |
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Post by Mike on Aug 13, 2021 2:20:06 GMT -5
I know this has come up on here, as I recall reading through discussion of it...but I can't for the life of me find where it'd be, leading me to think it's buried in some thread (could very well be either the 70s or 80s show threads) where the discussion just swung around to talk about it for a bit, before moving on. Searching for an already-existing thread on this question proved equally fruitless. So I'm giving this its own thread. Simply put, what song that hit #1 on AT40 spent the shortest amount of time in the countdown? In the '70s, I'm pretty sure it was either "Black and White", "Get Down Tonight", or both. I'll check UMD and get back to you. (update) OK, I checked--both spent only 9 weeks within the top 40. If there's a #1 record with fewer weeks in the 40 in the decade, I can't think of it. As far as the '80s, I really don't even have a guess. But I'll bet the 'winner' spent more than 9 weeks in the 40. Just to be sure, double-check against the actual Hot 100 charts: worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Magazine.htmThat's merely a reference to the fact that UMD can be badly error-prone (most notoriously in switching up the runs of "Hello Again" and "You're the Inspiration" in the 80s - neither of which would apply to this thread, but still). Fortunately, the Hot 100 PDFs are rather easy to scroll through - at least until you get to the 90s when they start to end up completely out of order, but one need not check that decade further, as the shortest absolutely is "Praying For Time", as stated. Further context: The discussion I referenced in my opening post recalled ones such as "Dirty Diana", "Bad", and 1990's "Step By Step". Some time back, I wanted to look into it further...but didn't get very far. I'd found "Praying For Time" already, and it was "Black & White" that prompted me to post on this subject here. Incidentally, "Bad" was also an 11-weeker, making it a four-way tie for the 80s. |
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Post by doclove on Aug 13, 2021 7:18:20 GMT -5
“He don’t love you like I love you” by Tony Orlando and Dawn was actually #1 for 3 weeks in May of ‘75 but was only in the top 40 for 10 weeks.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 13, 2021 9:59:07 GMT -5
Wasn't Can't Get Enough another 9 weeker? Checking UMD, you are correct! So a three-way tie for the decade--so far. Maybe I'll check a couple of those other 'revolving door' #1s of late '74, just to be sure. No other '74 #1 song appears to be a '9 weeker'. "Rock the Boat", "Rock Your Baby", and "I Honestly Love You" all came closest with 10. So it's still a 3-way tie in the '70s: "Black and White" in '72; "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" in '74; and "Get Down Tonight" in '75. All with 9 weeks in the 40. Unless someone comes up with another to add to the list, of course. |
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Post by mkarns on Aug 13, 2021 10:21:28 GMT -5
In the '70s, I'm pretty sure it was either "Black and White", "Get Down Tonight", or both. I'll check UMD and get back to you. (update) OK, I checked--both spent only 9 weeks within the top 40. If there's a #1 record with fewer weeks in the 40 in the decade, I can't think of it. As far as the '80s, I really don't even have a guess. But I'll bet the 'winner' spent more than 9 weeks in the 40. Just to be sure, double-check against the actual Hot 100 charts: worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Magazine.htmThat's merely a reference to the fact that UMD can be badly error-prone (most notoriously in switching up the runs of "Hello Again" and "You're the Inspiration" in the 80s - neither of which would apply to this thread, but still). Fortunately, the Hot 100 PDFs are rather easy to scroll through - at least until you get to the 90s when they start to end up completely out of order, but one need not check that decade further, as the shortest absolutely is "Praying For Time", as stated. Further context: The discussion I referenced in my opening post recalled ones such as "Dirty Diana", "Bad", and 1990's "Step By Step". Some time back, I wanted to look into it further...but didn't get very far. I'd found "Praying For Time" already, and it was "Black & White" that prompted me to post on this subject here. Incidentally, "Bad" was also an 11-weeker, making it a four-way tie for the 80s. Let's make that a five-way tie: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" also had 11 weeks on AT40. Which makes three such #1 songs from the same album. (Had IJCSLY dropped just two notches lower on 10/17/87, when it was at #39, we'd have a sole 1980s winner.) |
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Post by matt on Aug 13, 2021 11:27:42 GMT -5
Just to be sure, double-check against the actual Hot 100 charts: worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Magazine.htmThat's merely a reference to the fact that UMD can be badly error-prone (most notoriously in switching up the runs of "Hello Again" and "You're the Inspiration" in the 80s - neither of which would apply to this thread, but still). Fortunately, the Hot 100 PDFs are rather easy to scroll through - at least until you get to the 90s when they start to end up completely out of order, but one need not check that decade further, as the shortest absolutely is "Praying For Time", as stated. Further context: The discussion I referenced in my opening post recalled ones such as "Dirty Diana", "Bad", and 1990's "Step By Step". Some time back, I wanted to look into it further...but didn't get very far. I'd found "Praying For Time" already, and it was "Black & White" that prompted me to post on this subject here. Incidentally, "Bad" was also an 11-weeker, making it a four-way tie for the 80s. Let's make that a five-way tie: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" also had 11 weeks on AT40. Which makes three such #1 songs from the same album. (Had IJCSLY dropped just two notches lower on 10/17/87, when it was at #39, we'd have a sole 1980s winner.) A common theme among several of the songs listed here is that they were from artists who were hot/well-known at the time, and in some cases was the first release off an long-awaited and/or hotly anticipated new album. No song fits that bill better than "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" -- truly one of MJ's worst of his hits (let's face it, you never heard it on the radio again once its run was done) but it was the first release off of Bad, almost five years after Thriller first hit record stores. Just about any song on the Bad LP would've shot quickly to #1 if released as the lead single. |
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Post by mkarns on Aug 13, 2021 11:35:01 GMT -5
Let's make that a five-way tie: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" also had 11 weeks on AT40. Which makes three such #1 songs from the same album. (Had IJCSLY dropped just two notches lower on 10/17/87, when it was at #39, we'd have a sole 1980s winner.) A common theme among many of the songs listed here is that they were from artists who were hot/well-known at the time, and in some cases was the first release off an long-awaited and/or hotly anticipated new album. No song fits that bill better than "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" -- truly one of MJ's worst of his hits (let's face it, you never heard it on the radio again once its run was done) but it was the first release off of Bad, almost five years after Thriller first hit record stores. I also rarely heard "Bad" or "Dirty Diana" once their quick top 40 runs were finished. But of the album's other hits, "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Man In the Mirror" have had more staying power, both in terms of chart runs and recurrent airplay. So has "Smooth Criminal", which only hit #7 but feels much bigger in retrospect. |
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