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Post by woolebull on Jul 10, 2024 16:51:04 GMT -5
Listening to the Dees 7/11/87 show right now and "One For The Mockingbird" by Cutting Crew was on the show. It got me thinking about something:
Many acts who have a big first hit will find that (if they are fortunate) their second hit is a big hit as well. Many acts who have a big first hit have less success with their second hit which could mean a hard stop to the momentum from their first hit. Then there are those artists, like Cutting Crew who had a huge first hit, not so big second hit, only to rebound and have a huge hit again with their third hit. At first thought, I thought Cutting Crew was an anomaly by doing that with, "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" going to #1, "Mockingbird" making it to #38, and "I've Been In Love Before" hitting the top ten in fall of 1987. However, just thinking about 1987 I thought of a couple of other artists that did it. And for my purposes I am counting a "big hit" as a top 10 hit and a not so big hit anything that peaked below number 10. In 1987, off the top of my head Robbie Nevil and Europe would do it. Also in 1989, Roxette pulled it off with not just their first and third hits hitting the top 10, but also #1.
I am going to be thinking about other artists that have pulled this off, but was wondering if any other artists come to your mind that hit the top 10 with their first hit, missed it with their second, then rebounded back into T10 territory with their third?
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 10, 2024 17:23:14 GMT -5
Drake's first 3 AT40 hits: "Best I Ever Had" (#9), "Forever" (#22), "Find Your Love" (#8).
Nelly's first 3 hits: "Country Grammar" (#7), "E.I." (#16), "Ride Wit Me" (#3).
Miley Cyrus's first 3 hits: "See You Again" (#4), "7 Things" (#20), "The Climb" (#4).
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 10, 2024 17:27:22 GMT -5
Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams", "Love Is a Stranger", "Here Comes the Rain Again" Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Rio", "Is There Something I Should Know"
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Post by woolebull on Jul 10, 2024 17:27:41 GMT -5
Good ones, johnnywest! Particularly with "E.I." It was a decent hit but I certainly wouldn't have predicted the monster "Ride" would become. I started thinking that Bryan Adams actually went "WOW meh meh WOW" but it is hard for me to say any song that hit between #15-#11 at that time in 1983 wasn't a huge hit ("Cuts Like A Knife"). And Adams had the benefit of the fourth song being from a new album a couple of years later.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 10, 2024 17:28:39 GMT -5
Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams", "Love Is a Stranger", "Here Comes the Rain Again" Solid one as well. I always forget "Love" came in between "Dreams" and "Rain".
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Post by LC on Jul 10, 2024 19:59:20 GMT -5
Toto did it twice: with their first three hits (#5, #26, #2) and with the first three singles from "Toto IV," (#2, #30, #1).
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Post by mkarns on Jul 10, 2024 23:05:56 GMT -5
James Taylor: Fire and Rain, Country Road, You've Got a Friend Sheena Easton: Morning Train, Modern Girl, For Your Eyes Only Bangles: Manic Monday, If She Knew What She Wants, Walk Like an Egyptian
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Post by woolebull on Jul 11, 2024 6:54:11 GMT -5
Ready For The World: Oh Sheila, Digital Display, Love You Down
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 11, 2024 7:03:54 GMT -5
Taylor Swift: "Teardrops On My Guitar" (#7), "Our Song" (#18), "Love Story" (#1).
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 11, 2024 8:28:19 GMT -5
Paul McCartney - "Say Say Say" (#1), "So Bad" (#23) & "No More Lonely Nights" (#6), all 3 in 1984! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 11, 2024 8:43:08 GMT -5
Foreigner - "Cold as Ice" (#6), "Long, Long Way from Home" (#20) & "Hot Blooded" (#3) ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 11, 2024 8:48:49 GMT -5
Elton John - "Island Girl" (#1), "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (#14) & "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (#1) Elton John - "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (#9), "Victim of Love" (#31) & "Little Jeannie" (#3) ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 11, 2024 9:06:26 GMT -5
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Rio", "Is There Something I Should Know" Duran Duran - "Wild Boys" (#2), "Save a Prayer" (#16) & "A View to a Kill" (#1), all 3 in 1985! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by torcan on Jul 11, 2024 9:18:59 GMT -5
It seemed to be a thing for several years during the late '80s didn't it? It used to be that the biggest singles were released first, with each succeeding single usually not doing as well as the one before it.
At the time I noticed this too, that quite a few artists during this time would hit the top 10 with the first hit from an album, miss by quite a bit for their second hit, then be back in the top 10 with their third. It puzzled me that it happened so many times. I wonder who was picking the singles?
Did they really think that the Bangles "If She Knew What She Wants" would be as big as "Manic Monday", or did the success of "Walk Like an Egyptian" catch them by surprise? I never cared for Cutting Crew's "I Just Died in Your Arms" but didn't the record company realize what a good song "I've Been in Love Before" was?
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine was another that followed this pattern in 1987 with the second single missing the top 10 by a mile, but all the others made it.
Going back a bit further, I like Toto's "Make Believe" but even Billboard stated "Africa" was a much stronger single when they reviewed it.
Go figure!
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 11, 2024 9:25:17 GMT -5
Toto did it twice: with their first three hits (#5, #26, #2) and with the first three singles from "Toto IV," (#2, #30, #1). Three Dog Night - "Black & White" (#1), "Pieces of April" (#19) & "Shambala" (#3) Three Dog Night - "Shambala" (#3), "Let Me Serenade You" (#17) & "The Show Must Go On" (#4) ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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