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Post by dukelightning on May 9, 2022 8:11:01 GMT -5
How many years of the rock era are mentioned in a chart hits lyrics? Year must match up with the year it charted. Opening this up to any chart hit regardless of whether it hit the top 40 or not. A couple examples....
In "Heat of the Moment", Asia sings 'And now you find yourself in '82' In "Aint Too Proud to Beg", TLC sings '1992, TLC kickin' off'
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Post by michaelcasselman on May 9, 2022 8:12:15 GMT -5
'Pop Goes the Weasel' by 3rd Bass "It's 1991, son..."
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Post by Hervard on May 9, 2022 8:35:56 GMT -5
Billy Joel's "Modern Woman" contains the lyrics "...after 1986 what else could be new".
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Post by seminolefan on May 9, 2022 9:49:20 GMT -5
Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" ("1989, the number another summer...") Big Daddy Kane's "Smooth Operator" ("Genuine for '89...)
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Post by mga707 on May 9, 2022 10:54:23 GMT -5
The one that came immediately to my mind is "Mustang Sally": Wilson Pickett sang 'I bought you a brand new Mustang, nineteen-sixty-five". But, the single release of the song didn't chart until late 1966. The Young Rascals covered the song (on their debut album, IIRC) and updated the model year to '66. Their version wasn't released as a single. Many other artists have done the song over the years, and I'm some updated the model year of Sally's 'Stang accordingly. For the record, I owned a '72 Mach 1 from 1978 until 1984.
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Post by woolebull on May 9, 2022 13:13:57 GMT -5
As far as I know there are three songs with titles that reflect the year they are in:
Energy Crisis '74 Send Me An Angel '89 F 2020
And if memory serves correctly, "1999" spent one week in the Hot 100 top 40 in 1999, though obviously not on AT.
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Post by michaelcasselman on May 9, 2022 13:20:01 GMT -5
Freedom '90?
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Post by woolebull on May 9, 2022 15:30:32 GMT -5
Yup, add George to the list! For the topic, "F 2020" is the only song of the four that mentions the year in the lyrics.
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Post by retrodaddy on May 9, 2022 15:52:17 GMT -5
Martha & the Muffins, Black Stations / White Stations
"Black stations, white stations break down the doors 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, ha"
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Post by mga707 on May 9, 2022 17:15:42 GMT -5
As far as I know there are three songs with titles that reflect the year they are in: Energy Crisis '74 Send Me An Angel '89 F 2020 And if memory serves correctly, "1999" spent one week in the Hot 100 top 40 in 1999, though obviously not on AT. Peaked below the 40 (#48) early in its titular year, but Alice Cooper's "Teenage Lament '74" is another one. On the charts at the same time as Dickie Goodman's '74' record for three weeks in February.
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Post by freakyflybry on May 9, 2022 20:49:37 GMT -5
While it didn't make AT40, it was a huge urban and Hot 100 hit - "Sorry 2004" by Ruben Studdard was charting at the start of 2004.
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Post by dth1971 on May 10, 2022 6:47:12 GMT -5
Would "Will2K" by Will Smith which charted late 1999 and a week or two in January 2000 (Y2K) count?
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Post by dukelightning on May 10, 2022 7:55:00 GMT -5
A couple songs which were recorded in the same time frame don't mention years but a decade. Village People had "Ready for the 80s" and Styx sang 'don't look now but here come the 80s' in "Borrowed Time", the third single from their Cornerstone album. Time was a hit in the spring of 1980 so the release of this hit was not timely but understandable as the album was released in 1979 along with the more logical first single "Babe".
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Post by mga707 on May 10, 2022 9:21:41 GMT -5
A couple songs which were recorded in the same time frame don't mention years but a decade. Village People had "Ready for the 80s" and Styx sang 'don't look now but here come the 80s' in "Borrowed Time", the third single from their Cornerstone album. Time was a hit in the spring of 1980 so the release of this hit was not timely but understandable as the album was released in 1979 along with the more logical first single "Babe". In the same vein in 1988 was Escape Club: "Headin' for the '90s, livin' in the wild, wild west...".
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Post by dukelightning on May 10, 2022 11:39:17 GMT -5
Just heard this one though I have heard this song many times over the years including when it was a hit. Montell Jordan sings 'once upon a time in '94 Montell made no money and life sure was slow' in his 1995 hit "This Is How We Do It". So it is not meant to mention the current year but warrants a post.
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