"This Week On American Top 40"

[Michael1973]

I recently listened to a show from Casey's second run on AT40. As we all know, he'd long switched from Billboard to R&R by this point and any reference to previous chart data used R&R as well. What struck me in this particular show was that he ended one segment with "25 years ago this week, the #1 on song on American Top 40 was MacArthur Park by Donna Summer." Of course, that song hit #1 on R&R, but not Billboard.

I thought that was weird. If I'd been a writer for the show, I'd have worded it differently, maybe just saying "The #1 song in the USA was..." Specifically stating it was #1 on AT40 was probably even more confusing for people who listened to AT40 during its original run.

[LC]

Feb 10, 2024 11:01:11 GMT -5 Michael1973 said:

I recently listened to a show from Casey's second run on AT40. As we all know, he'd long switched from Billboard to R&R by this point and any reference to previous chart data used R&R as well. What struck me in this particular show was that he ended one segment with "25 years ago this week, the #1 on song on American Top 40 was MacArthur Park by Donna Summer." Of course, that song hit #1 on R&R, but not Billboard.

I thought that was weird. If I'd been a writer for the show, I'd have worded it differently, maybe just saying "The #1 song in the USA was..." Specifically stating it was #1 on AT40 was probably even more confusing for people who listened to AT40 during its original run.

MacArthur Park spent three weeks at #1 on Billboard, Nov. 11-25, 1978.

[Michael1973]

Well, color me embarrassed. I must have been thinking of the original, which hit #2.

Is there a moderator who can delete this thread? I'd rather this little blunder be removed from the forum, but I can only delete individual posts, not the entire thread.

[OnWithTheCountdown]

Unless you both just delete your posts in the meantime...