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Post by LC on Aug 21, 2024 20:51:22 GMT -5
I got to thinking about bands who are better-known for a song that didn't make the Top 40 than the one/ones that did. Two that jump to mind are Honeymoon Suite and Romeo Void. Honeymoon Suite's "New Girl Now" is probably remembered more than their only hit, "Feel It Again. It certainly has more YouTube streams. And if you asked people what was Romeo Void's biggest hit, I'm sure they'd answer "Never Say Never," instead of their actual hit, "A Girl In Trouble Is A Temporary Thing."
What other acts are better know for a non-hit than their hit?
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 21, 2024 22:02:38 GMT -5
Romantics - "What I Like About You" over "Talking in Your Sleep" (and "One in a Million")
Rush - A number of their songs are better known than "New World Man"
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Post by mkarns on Aug 22, 2024 9:42:19 GMT -5
Squeeze hit the top 40 twice, with "Hourglass" and "853-5937". But their best known song (at least in the US) is almost certainly "Tempted", which missed the 40 though not by that much (#49).
The Psychedelic Furs' one top 40 hit is "Heartbreak Beat", but I think "Love My Way", "The Ghost In You", and "Pretty In Pink" (which fell one notch short of AT40) are better known.
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Post by LC on Aug 23, 2024 17:39:43 GMT -5
Rush - A number of their songs are better known than "New World Man" "Tom Sawyer" probably being the most widely known outside of Rush's fanbase. Interesting how this seems to be predominantly a 1980s phenomenon.... |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 23, 2024 19:11:26 GMT -5
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Post by chrislc on Aug 23, 2024 19:41:57 GMT -5
Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love, though my impression is that the gap has tightened over the last couple of decades.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 24, 2024 2:44:03 GMT -5
What other acts are better know for a non-hit than their hit? A couple of seasonal titles… While “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen reached Billboard’s Top 40, their “Snoopy’s First Christmas” is more remembered annually during the holidays. And I’ll go out on a limb and say Arlo Guthrie and his “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, memorialized by many radio stations every Thanksgiving, outlasted his 1972 “City Of New Orleans.” |
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Post by mkarns on Aug 24, 2024 8:33:40 GMT -5
What other acts are better know for a non-hit than their hit? A couple of seasonal titles… While “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen reached Billboard’s Top 40, their “Snoopy’s First Christmas” is more remembered annually during the holidays. And I’ll go out on a limb and say Arlo Guthrie and his “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, memorialized by many radio stations every Thanksgiving, outlasted his 1972 “City Of New Orleans.” On a similar note, Mariah Carey obviously has a lot of hits, some of which get recurrent play, but the one that seemingly gets heard everywhere (at least for a couple of months every year) and known by everyone is "All I Want For Christmas Is You". It's lately spun off a series of memes about her being "defrosted" every November and December, and Mariah herself has leaned into that with Christmas-themed tours and TV specials. |
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Post by chrislc on Aug 24, 2024 17:41:36 GMT -5
A couple of seasonal titles… While “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen reached Billboard’s Top 40, their “Snoopy’s First Christmas” is more remembered annually during the holidays. And I’ll go out on a limb and say Arlo Guthrie and his “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, memorialized by many radio stations every Thanksgiving, outlasted his 1972 “City Of New Orleans.” On a similar note, Mariah Carey obviously has a lot of hits, some of which get recurrent play, but the one that seemingly gets heard everywhere (at least for a couple of months every year) and known by everyone is "All I Want For Christmas Is You". It's lately spun off a series of memes about her being "defrosted" every November and December, and Mariah herself has leaned into that with Christmas-themed tours and TV specials. Wow this opens up the possibility that Wonderful Christmastime might eventually become Paul's most familiar solo song if it isn't already. Also Happy Xmas. And probably already there is Last Christmas for Wham!. Maybe eventually for Taylor too. Those two recordings have really taken off. It's a great song. And Fogelberg, though I don't think I heard it at all last season. And Feliciano. Some of these did make the Top 40, though, so not fitting the intention of this thread. EDIT - Oh, also those Phil Spector girl group songs. The Christmas songs are the most familiar to those who weren't alive for the Top 40 hits, which is a higher percentage of us each year.  |
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 6, 2024 8:11:37 GMT -5
Would "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's count over the B-52's 1989-1990 songs like "Love Shack" and "Roam"?
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Post by mkarns on Oct 6, 2024 8:22:40 GMT -5
Would "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's count over the B-52's 1989-1990 songs like "Love Shack" and "Roam"? I think "Love Shack" is better known today, but "Rock Lobster" is probably their next best known song. Premiere has used it as an optional extra in 1980 shows, which is the only way we'll hear the B-52s on their AT40s unless Shadoe or CT40 enters the mix. |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 31, 2024 11:24:12 GMT -5
Andrew Gold:
"Lonely Boy" #7
"Thank You for Being a Friend" #25
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