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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 16, 2021 4:46:50 GMT -5
I'm surprised that AT40 seems to have regularly played the (unedited) album version for "Faded". They do that on September 30 as well (probably also December 9, though I haven't listened to that in a while). AT40 seemed to always use the more “risqué” version of “Faded”. Remembered them using it on every show I heard that the song was in. I cannot for the life of me fathom why they insisted on using this remix for "So in Love With Two" for its entire run. Was someone paying Premiere to do so? Kasem and Dees all played the Hex Hector remix of “So In Love With Two” during it’s run so it must have been the most used version on radio. But then again, Premiere also syndicated Dees at the time so that could also be the case.
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Post by Mike on Jan 16, 2021 13:12:35 GMT -5
Kasem and Dees all played the Hex Hector remix of “So In Love With Two” during it’s run so it must have been the most used version on radio. But then again, Premiere also syndicated Dees at the time so that could also be the case.Or, it's what Premiere was pushing. I never heard it once when it was out, always the original (granted, I don't live in a big media market).
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Post by Mike on Jan 19, 2021 12:09:51 GMT -5
Any particular reason the first set of ads in each hour were edited out? That seems like an oddly-specific thing to do. This week's chart is what it looks like when what is known as the January Thaw is in effect. That is, radio airplay is in full recovery mode from the Holiday Freeze where year-end airplay is so heavy that most current hits slow down. Just 13 songs in the entire Top 50 (only 1/4 of the chart) are bulletless, with only two songs losing a lot of spins. Those two, incidentally, can be attributed to the songs in question - "This Gift" and "Will 2K" - CCrapidly losing topicality, as they are -700 and -1228 in spins, respectively. In contrast, the song with the biggest spin loss after those shows a more modest -405 (though, it too would see a brisk departure from here), that being "Shake Your Bon Bon". Also in contrast, four songs on the chart gain over 1000 spins this week, the highest being the week's sole countdown debut "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" (+1447). In fact, three of the four present a preview of the prevailing trend in 2000 Pop music - Britney, Christina Aguilera (+1159), and the Backstreet Boys (+1063). The 4th is "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (+1192). But don't take my word for it RE: timing - this week's chart has an airplay tracking week of January 2-8. Also losing its topicality fast: This week's dropper "Auld Lang Syne", which actually spent just the one week on the entire R&R chart at #40! Unusually, the week's biggest mover in the countdown (actually, on the entire chart) isn't even among the 10 biggest spin gainers this week, though it misses that tier by just one spin - "Falls Apart" gained +703 this week, while the 10th-biggest gainer ("My Love is Your Love") gained +704. There's also an error on this week's chart - there's THREE ties in spins on the chart (even just one tie in a week is noteworthy, three is downright bizarre), at #48/#47, #43/#42, and #38/#37. Now, normal protocol when two songs tie in spins is that the song with the better spin trend - either which one's gaining Vs. the other losing, which one's gaining more, or which one's losing less - gets the higher rank. And that's true for the two ties below the Top 40. And yet, Amber at #38 is ranked below Lenny Kravitz at #37 even though she gained spins this week while he didn't. What gives? Either that's the error, or his spin total was mis-printed (whereby he actually had more spins than her, which would justify the ranking). It's almost fitting that there's just the one debut this week, for this is the last countdown before a BIG debut week happens, which sees six songs hit the countdown, four of which would go on to hit the Top 5 (and a fifth that came close), one of those being a massive #1. (What song was that? Why, that would be telling. ) Of the six spending their last week in the countdown this week, three - "Larger Than Life", "Mambo #5", and "Unpretty" - would go recurrent next week. (TLC, incidentally, missed going this week by just 73 spins.) GOING NOWHERE FAST: "Little Black Backpack", which lasted 13 weeks, all in the #40-#36 range. Despite the ad in R&R on the page after the chart that emphasized the stations that were playing it, this would be its last week with a bullet. AND NOT JUST ONE...: "Girl on TV", which spent 7 weeks total at its #27 peak (!!!) counting the two-week year-end break. This is its 6th week there. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GO AGAIN: Last week, I noted how "Because of You" was recycled (everything except the theme bed for the song feature) from a previous show. If you've been paying attention to these, you'd have noticed that this week, it's "Because the Night" that was re-used from the CT40 Top 100 of 1997. I will say, though, that (probably mostly because I've heard so little of CT40) this is the first re-used song I've heard that was taken from a CT40. I knew "This Gift" had an alternate lyric in it...last month, when we heard the song on 12/18/99, Nick Lachey sings, "the night is silent, and Christmas is here". This time, he sang, "the night is silent, the moment is here". That second LDD really speaks to the show's production schedule - the show itself is for January 22, while the LDD letter mentions the coach's funeral being January 8. They can't have recorded this show very long after getting that letter - maybe just two or three days later? I also noticed Casey didn't mention the letter was by E-mail - E-mail must have been how this one was sent in to be used so quickly, but I'd have figured he'd have mentioned if the letter was by E-mail. Or maybe he only did that when the writer didn't give their location? Guess saltyhylian was referring to "My Love is Your Love" after all - I knew that had a remix too, but it seems like the one for "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" replaced the original song completely during that single's run. Whereas, for "My Love is Your Love", it seems more like the two versions co-existed for the rest of its run. (I.E. I'd hear the remix, but not quite everywhere, like it was for "It's Not Right".) The LDDs this week are quite interesting in that, unusually for a second Casey-era show, none of the three songs are among the usual suspects that were chosen time and again. (Celine Dion herself is a "usual suspect", but "I'm Your Angel"? Not so much.) SPOILER ALERT: The #1 song, 10 Years Ago This Week. Why yes, that IS tomorrow's show! AS D'SHADOE TURNS... Because yes, we did also get a carry-over from last week's show in the form of the last of America's Top Hits here ("You Gotta Be"). With all the references to this week's R&R chart, here's the actual chart: worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-01-14.pdf#page=48
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Post by Mike on Jan 19, 2021 12:23:27 GMT -5
Oh, yeah... "Holiday" abruptly slowed down and acted like it was skipping early in the song - is your copy like that, or was it my connection throwing a fit on me? (I suspect it's on my end, which doesn't make me happy, because one would think a new laptop means I don't run into issues like these... ) This happened again this morning, only it was right after I hit play on the station (during "Sweet Freedom"). So it was my connection acting up last week. No issues this week though.
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Post by adam31 on Jan 19, 2021 14:43:55 GMT -5
Any particular reason the first set of ads in each hour were edited out? That seems like an oddly-specific thing to do. Yes I did this every hour to try to get the show closer to 4 hours with the "America's Top Hits". I failed to keep it from running over, but did get closer lolGuess saltyhylian was referring to "My Love is Your Love" after all - I knew that had a remix too, but it seems like the one for "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" replaced the original song completely during that single's run. Whereas, for "My Love is Your Love", it seems more like the two versions co-existed for the rest of its run. (I.E. I'd hear the remix, but not quite everywhere, like it was for "It's Not Right".) How did you get the saltyhylian thing to work? I try it with your name all the time but it never works - @mike oh maybe you are actually @cz108 like on the AT40 board?The LDDs this week are quite interesting in that, unusually for a second Casey-era show, none of the three songs are among the usual suspects that were chosen time and again. (Celine Dion herself is a "usual suspect", but "I'm Your Angel"? Not so much.) Robert??? anyone cringe on this selection lolSPOILER ALERT: The #1 song, 10 Years Ago This Week. Why yes, that IS tomorrow's show! What a coinicidence!
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 19, 2021 15:29:56 GMT -5
My additional insight: "Sexual" by Amber falls to #38 after debuting the previous week at #37. I swear, that song had a strange run on the chart (debuts one week, falls the next, etc.). Also, I find it both funny and awkward that Kasem actually said "sexual" (and not including the "Li Da Di" title) but it’s part of the song’s name so can’t say much. Kasem talks about the origins of Rhino Records. Personally, I didn’t know it started as a $3 investment. Kasem DOES NOT mention "*NSYNC" when announcing Blaque's "Bring It All To Me" (#9) like he did the first few weeks the song was charted. I don’t get why whole group is credited as "featured" when it’s just one of the members (JC Chasez) appearing on the song. Sounds like a tactic to get more sales/spins for it since it seems that it’s target audience (preteen-teenage girls) are more familiar with "NSYNC" than "JC Chasez" but that’s just my opinion. Could have also been the band wanting to be credited as a whole in exchange for using JC for the song. Guess saltyhylian was referring to "My Love is Your Love" after all - I knew that had a remix too, but it seems like the one for "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" replaced the original song completely during that single's run. Whereas, for "My Love is Your Love", it seems more like the two versions co-existed for the rest of its run. (I.E. I'd hear the remix, but not quite everywhere, like it was for "It's Not Right".) Interesting..... I knew the Thunderpuss version of "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" replaced the original for the rest of it’s run but always assumed the same for the Jonathan Peters remix of "My Love Is Your Love".
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Post by adam31 on Jan 19, 2021 17:23:32 GMT -5
My additional insight: "Sexual" by Amber falls to #38 after debuting the previous week at #37. I swear, that song had a strange run on the chart (debuts one week, falls the next, etc.). Also, I find it both funny and awkward that Kasem actually said "sexual" (and not including the "Li Da Di" title) but it’s part of the song’s name so can’t say much. Kasem talks about the origins of Rhino Records. Personally, I didn’t know it started as a $3 investment. Hey now, Casey lets down his hair in the 2000s. The controversy of "sex" like in 1987 with George Michael is old news! Casey was bound to say anything by this time lol. I also found the Rhino Records story interesting!
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Post by Mike on Jan 19, 2021 18:37:16 GMT -5
Yes I did this every hour to try to get the show closer to 4 hours with the "America's Top Hits". I failed to keep it from running over, but did get closer lol I don't really see it as a problem if it does run over - but that's just me. How did you get the saltyhylian thing to work? I try it with your name all the time but it never works - @mike oh maybe you are actually @cz108 like on the AT40 board? His username is his display name, he hasn't altered his display name at all. (For that matter, neither have you.) You have to type @[the person's username] to get the tag to work. Typing @[the person's display name] doesn't work if the two don't match - it's also why you can't type @jeff Michaels or any combination like that to tag him. ...or something more?
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Post by Mike on Jan 19, 2021 18:47:43 GMT -5
Sounds like a tactic to get more sales/spins for it since it seems that it’s target audience (preteen-teenage girls) are more familiar with "NSYNC" than "JC Chasez" but that’s just my opinion. Hence why this version of the song was even done to begin with! Interesting..... I knew the Thunderpuss version of "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" replaced the original for the rest of it’s run but always assumed the same for the Jonathan Peters remix of "My Love Is Your Love". When I say the Thunderpuss remix of "It's Not Right" effectively replaced the original during its run, I'm talking EVERYWHERE - not just in countdowns. My station didn't really play any version of that song outside of Rick's countdown (which was the one they ran), but...say, if I saw the video, it wouldn't have the original song. They did play "My Love is Your Love", however, and I don't think they ever played the Jonathan Peters remix. Rick probably did at least once, and I...think? I saw a video version at least once that used it, but the original didn't just disappear like "It's Not Right" did. It's entirely possible that the remix replaces the original on AT40, either beginning with this week or one of the previous 2 weeks...but, again, I'm not talking about just AT40 here. Incidentally - for Whitney, this week also marks the end of an era. This, of course, was her last Top 10 hit, and this week was its one and only week at #10 where it peaked.
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Post by laura on Jan 19, 2021 23:53:56 GMT -5
I'm loving this early 2000 countdown. Tons of songs I remembered enjoying, even though I was like 9 at the time and got to better understand some of those songs once I got older. Also I can't be the only one who thinks the announcer in that Heinz ketchup commercial sounds a bit like Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers, a good 11 years before the show even premiered.
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 20, 2021 3:13:39 GMT -5
I'm loving this early 2000 countdown. Tons of songs I remembered enjoying, even though I was like 9 at the time and got to better understand some of those songs once I got older. Also I can't be the only one who thinks the announcer in that Heinz ketchup commercial sounds a bit like Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers, a good 11 years before the show even premiered. I just turned 9 at that time. Hard to believe I even remembered Amber's “Sexual” too. I knew that voice on the Heinz ad sounded familiar but can’t say it’s actually Tina. Also was gonna ask why the first ads on each hour were cut but seen that’s already covered so thank you!!!!!
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Post by Mike on Jan 26, 2021 8:03:10 GMT -5
Ha, we got the full-length "(Everything I Do) I Do it For You" (which ran 6:20) and Kingdom Come still manage to sneak in there just 5 seconds before the hour.
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Post by adam31 on Jan 26, 2021 8:07:55 GMT -5
Ha, we got the full-length "(Everything I Do) I Do it For You" (which ran 6:20) and Kingdom Come still manage to sneak in there just 5 seconds before the hour. Yeah, I couldn't believe it either, that's computers for you! There are no "America's Top Hits" on this AT40, so we have the time!
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Post by Mike on Jan 26, 2021 11:53:46 GMT -5
I wonder...would this possibly have been an overseas copy of the show? There was no opening or closing announcer on this one. I'm asking because I have absolutely no idea what kind of production differences, if any, there would have been between a U.S.-distributed show versus a foreign-distributed. "Thank U" has one of the fastest dashes to the exit among #1 hits of this era - off the top of my head, I believe only "My Heart Will Go On" rushed out faster. (Both would spend their last week in the Top 40 just 7 charts after their last week at #1, but Alanis also had the 2-week holiday break inbetween, whereas Celine didn't.) Incidentally, it may have been the week's biggest dropper on the chart, but it wasn't the song with the biggest spin loss. That, was the song that preceded it, "Fire Escape". (Fastball lost -793, Alanis lost -773.) On the other hand, "Unsent" easily had the week's biggest spin gain (the only one to gain four digits, +1266). Among songs already on the chart, "Believe" had the biggest spin gain with +767. The week's Biggest Mover, "All I Have to Give", had the 5th biggest spin gain at +559. "When You Believe" also fell off of Billboard's Mainstream chart this week, but "Hooch" was still hanging in there at #38. "Unsent", unsurprisingly, debuted on both, while on Billboard, "No Mercy" was the week's other debut. (Their other dropper this week was "Iris" finally going recurrent off their chart.) Also, "This Kiss", down to #43 in R&R, was also still hanging on over there at #36 (her 25th week; she'd get Week 26 next week and then bid the chart "adieu"). LIFE WITH LOOPY: Because how else would you describe them getting loop-happy as we moved toward and into Hour 2? As heard with: "One Week", "Angel of Mine", "Father of Mine", and "Because of You". ODD BULLET BEHAVIOR: The last one of these is a doozy! "Father of Mine" has a backwards bullet this week (clinging to a bullet with a gain of just +47) as it gets pushed back one notch, while two songs each go up one notch despite losing spins. The first is "Doo Wop (That Thing)" at #29, while the second...is this week's new #1 song! That's right - "Save Tonight" lost its bullet this week, and was down 25 spins. But "Lullaby" was down -378, and that cost Shawn Mullins the top spot after 7 weeks. CAPSIZED: Maybe the best way to describe what happened to "Big Big World". Last week it was pushed back two notches despite gaining +185, this week it's down three more and it lost twice that many spins. Turns out, the callout survey (used to determine what songs people like/don't like) tells that story...out of 31 songs listed, it's dead last, and on a scale of 1-5, it's the only one with scores less than 3. Casey stated that "Touch It" peaked at #17 - actually, it hit #16 on the last countdown of 1998. One key reason why "Back 2 Good" may have been taking its time going up (though it's up five to #18, this is its 16th week) is the comparative lack of stations playing it - it has the fewest stations on it in the entire Top 20, 113 out of a total 155. The most stations on any one song is a tie - 149 stations each playing "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" and "Lullaby". Breaking into the Top 10 was a rather difficult task at this point...#10 and #9 are separated by exactly 1000 spins! A little more than 400 also separate #10 from #11. Incidentally, Will Smith went from just 45 spins behind Sarah McLachlan two weeks earlier (though she also jumped over him that week), to the full 1000 behind this week. Of note: Max Martin is well-known as the producer driving multiple hits for top teen acts the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and Britney Spears...but at this point, Britney's the only one currently having one of his hits. The two boy bands, meanwhile, are having hits from producing teams with longer histories (dating back to at least the mid-80s)..."All I Have to Give" was written and produced by Full Force, and "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" was written and produced by Carl Sturken & Evan Rogers (who, by the way, would form the creative core of their own group for a time - that group? Rythm Syndicate). Since Casey didn't read #1s from the other charts this week, I'll list a few. I think he was only reading Adult Contemporary, R&B, and Alternative at this point... #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart: "I'm Your Angel" #1 on the R&B chart: "When a Woman's Fed Up" by R. Kelly #1 on the Alternative chart: "What It's Like" by Everlast
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Post by Mike on Jan 26, 2021 11:56:45 GMT -5
There are no "America's Top Hits" on this AT40, so we have the time! Well, in my weekly spiel right above I note that there also wasn't the opening/closing announcer, and wonder if that's a sign that this was a copy that went to a foreign affiliate rather than a U.S. one. Did overseas markets get the America's Top Hits like the ones Stateside would have, or wouldn't you know the answer to that?
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 26, 2021 12:06:49 GMT -5
Additional insight:
*"At The Stars" was Better Than Ezra's last Top 40 track to date.
*Anyone else recognize Joan Lunden’s voice on the Claritin ads? For the younger people, Claritin was only available as a prescription at the time.
*Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop" reached it’s peak at #29, a bit surprising for a Hot 100 #1 track but then again, radio spins speak words and probably was close towards recurrent status at that point.
*The first LDD was the original version of Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You" (dedicated to a teen who lost a cousin to leukemia), several months before the Mirrorball live version appeared in the chart.
*Monifah's "Touch It" falls to #21. Very interesting to hear an incredibly risqué track on the pop charts but I heard a much worse one in the later years to follow in the Second Kasem Era.
*This remix of Blackstreet/Mya's "Take Me There" (made for the hugely successful Rugrats movie) was based on a Jackson 5 track called "I Want You Back". A separate version of this same remix also exists that cut the Rugrats references (including Mase's Crap). Not surprisingly, this remix was used throughout it's run.
*Kasem tells a piece about a charity concert Celine Dion headlined (which raised $6.2M for juvenile diabetes research).
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Jan 26, 2021 12:11:45 GMT -5
What did people see in Alanis? That song that was highest debut was garbage & didn't even hit the Billboard Top 40.
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Post by Mike on Jan 26, 2021 13:30:09 GMT -5
*Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop" reached it’s peak at #29, a bit surprising for a Hot 100 #1 track but then again, radio spins speak words and probably was close towards recurrent status at that point. You would think...this was her 11th week in the countdown and she'd only last 3 more, but Billboard tells a drastically different story. She peaked at #29 on their Mainstream chart too, but for 3 non-consecutive weeks rather than just one. She also managed to last the full 26 weeks on their chart! That's right, she doesn't go recurrent off of there until May 22 (a full month after she's off the R&R chart entirely - and she didn't even go recurrent off R&R). Oh yeah, and that would also be six weeks after she'd gone recurrent off the Hot 100 (where she lasted a modest 21 weeks). She may have the distinction of having the lowest-peaking song to actually go recurrent off of Billboard's Mainstream chart, in their entire history. *The first LDD was the original version of Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You" (dedicated to a teen who lost a cousin to leukemia), several months before the Mirrorball live version appeared in the chart. That would actually be dedicated multiple times before the live single release later this year. That trend began in July 1997, shortly before her first pop hit "Building a Mystery" showed up. Also, fun fact: It would also be dedicated the week before the live single debuts in the countdown! But then once that happened, it would not be dedicated again for over a year. (And incidentally, Amy Grant's "I Will Remember You" would be dedicated twice while Sarah's was on hiatus, the first being while the live single was in the countdown.) *Monifah's "Touch It" falls to #21. Very interesting to hear an incredibly risqué track on the pop charts but I heard a much worse one in the later years to follow in the Second Kasem Era. It lasted 23 weeks in the countdown. Not bad for a "risqué" track in 1998-99, eh? What did people see in Alanis? That song that was highest debut was garbage & didn't even hit the Billboard Top 40. She still had that "hit" aura that extended from Jagged Little Pill catapulting her into superstardom, then "Uninvited" became another smash..."Thank U" had just enough to cruise to #1 by riding her momentum (I personally enjoy that one, but I do see where radio was willing to ditch it quickly). "Unsent", however, absolutely should not have been a single. Whatever followed "Thank U" was going to still ride her momentum to a smash debut, as we saw here, but...well...as we know by now, this is where Pop radio had had enough. Maybe another way of putting it: What did people see in her? She could do no wrong...that is, up until she could do wrong after all. But then, this was the album she made in her bid for spiritual satisfaction in the wake of being overwhelmed by Jagged Little Pill's success. It's easy to suggest she should have either come up with or released different material...released different singles? Perhaps. Come up with different songs? Wasn't going to happen.
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Post by adam31 on Jan 26, 2021 14:15:03 GMT -5
There are no "America's Top Hits" on this AT40, so we have the time! Well, in my weekly spiel right above I note that there also wasn't the opening/closing announcer, and wonder if that's a sign that this was a copy that went to a foreign affiliate rather than a U.S. one. Did overseas markets get the America's Top Hits like the ones Stateside would have, or wouldn't you know the answer to that? Don't know the source, was a show I traded for. I wouldn't think a show distributed to foreign affiliates would get US Ads (Like Shadoe after 7/94.)
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 26, 2021 14:34:41 GMT -5
Well, in my weekly spiel right above I note that there also wasn't the opening/closing announcer, and wonder if that's a sign that this was a copy that went to a foreign affiliate rather than a U.S. one. Did overseas markets get the America's Top Hits like the ones Stateside would have, or wouldn't you know the answer to that? Don't know the source, was a show I traded for. I wouldn't think a show distributed to foreign affiliates would get US Ads (Like Shadoe after 7/94.) They usually don’t. Probably an early copy.
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Post by laura on Jan 26, 2021 15:22:24 GMT -5
*This remix of Blackstreet/Mya's "Take Me There" (made for the hugely successful Rugrats movie) was based on a Jackson 5 track called "I Want You Back". A separate version of this same remix also exists that cut the Rugrats references (including Mase's CCrap). Not surprisingly, this remix was used throughout it's run. I actually had the soundtrack to that movie where the original version was from, so I was surprised to hear that particular remix when I started listening to these shows.
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 26, 2021 15:37:09 GMT -5
*This remix of Blackstreet/Mya's "Take Me There" (made for the hugely successful Rugrats movie) was based on a Jackson 5 track called "I Want You Back". A separate version of this same remix also exists that cut the Rugrats references (including Mase's CCCrap). Not surprisingly, this remix was used throughout it's run. I actually had the soundtrack to that movie where the original version was from, so I was surprised to hear that particular remix when I started listening to these shows. I didn’t even know that remix even existed until I heard it on a past show. I think it was meant to be used more for Rhythmic Top 40 stations but I bet a lot of CHR stations in major markets used it, which opted Premiere (AM/FM Radio Networks at the time) to use that remix rather then the original version.
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Post by laura on Jan 26, 2021 22:18:20 GMT -5
How come they loop several songs yet "Back 2 Good" gets its second verse edited out? Unless it's a single edit or something.
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Post by Mike on Jan 26, 2021 22:52:29 GMT -5
which opted Premiere (AM/FM Radio Networks at the time) to use that remix rather then the original version. Worth noting: Premiere Radio Networks is an entity that dates back to 1987. AM/FM, on the other hand, only began right around when AT40 was re-launched in 1998. Upon checking, it goes like this... Jacor Communications bought Premiere in 1997, and would themselves be bought out by Clear Channel in 1999 (I believe this deal was finalized not long after today's show). Clear Channel then bought Chancellor Media - who ran AM/FM - in a deal that would be finalized in 2000. Clear Channel, of course, is known as iHeartMedia today. But yes, Premiere didn't fully take over until 2000. I believe 10/7/00 is the first show with Premiere specifically mentioned in the credits.
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Post by Mike on Jan 26, 2021 22:54:56 GMT -5
How come they loop several songs yet "Back 2 Good" gets its second verse edited out? Unless it's a single edit or something. You should be up to the final hour by now...there's a few more up there that also get cut down. Looping several songs earlier in the show while then subsequently cutting down several later ones was, unfortunately, a common practice of theirs in 1998 as well.
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Post by laura on Jan 26, 2021 23:24:57 GMT -5
How come they loop several songs yet "Back 2 Good" gets its second verse edited out? Unless it's a single edit or something. You should be up to the final hour by now...there's a few more up there that also get cut down. Looping several songs earlier in the show while then subsequently cutting down several later ones was, unfortunately, a common practice of theirs in 1998 as well. Yeah that's what I've been gathering. I believe they also cut "You Get What You Give" short, which sucks because it's one of my favorite songs from that week.
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Post by Mike on Feb 2, 2021 12:11:16 GMT -5
Lee Ann Womack's record label, MCA Nashville, deceptively labelled the versions of "I Hope You Dance" that would be available for stations to play - the version we hear in the countdown is listed simply as the Radio Edit, even though it's clearly remixed when compared to the original song. Meanwhile, the version that gets played on AC - the one that removes the Sons of the Desert and replaces them with another female voice - is labelled the Pop Mix, even though I never ever heard it on actual Pop radio. The one I heard on my station is the one we hear in this show. Incidentally, I remember first hearing it in early December. I was familiar with the song already as, even though I no longer listened to Country at this point, my dad still did, and one weekend during the summer of 2000 I was visiting him. I was in his truck and he had the radio on, and one of the Country countdowns was on (no idea which one) - "I Hope You Dance" was #1. So when the song suddenly came on my Pop station that day in December...SURPRISE! This week has probably one of the better Trivia Quiz questions...without a hard look at their histories, it seems like any one of the three (Bee Gees/Jacksons/Carpenters) could have been a credible correct answer. Gee, not really a productive first hour, was it? Just two songs weren't either holding in place or falling - first debut "Best I Ever Had", and "I Hope You Dance" (up two). Then again, the first three songs in Hour 2 show off why that was so - "Thank You", up six (36-30), highest debut "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely", sailing in at #29, and the week's Biggest Mover "Jaded", up ten (38-28). This week is a good example of how you can tell they switched to largely relying on actual historical AT40 data for the X Years Ago This Week #1 songs - "Love Rollercoaster" didn't get there in R&R (stopped at #3), "That's What Friends Are For" did but had fallen to #4 in their 1/31/86 issue (though it'd still be #1 on Rick's countdown for 2/1), and "The First Time" (way to spoil tomorrow's Shadoe, by the way) was there in R&R's 2/1/91 issue but was still a week away in the R&R-based countdowns. Meanwhile, 2 Years Ago's #1 being "I'm Your Angel" was very clearly a production error, as that was only true for AT20 AC. (But don't take my word for it: Just remember last week's Casey!) "Hungry Eyes" would mark a big comeback for Eric Carmen...meanwhile, next week Premiere will be giving us his not-so-successful bid at a comeback ("I Wanna Hear it From Your Lips" is #38 in the 1985 show that's scheduled, and would only go three notches higher). This coming week's Premiere "A" show could have had a connection to this show if "Angel of the Morning" had been on the Hot 100 (it didn't get there until 2/21/81) - meanwhile, "Love You Down" will, of course, be in the "B" show. This week may contain two potential segues if Adam picks 1992 for Shadoe next week: 1) The America's Top Hits provide a transition of sorts, including "Ordinary World" from last week's 1993, and "I'm Too Sexy" would be in 1992. 2) A "broken arrow" metaphor - Ricky Martin sings about it in "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely", while a 1992 show would contain Rod Stewart's "Broken Arrow". It's kind of interesting to me that apparently, "hemorrhage" was considered "too mature" to say - I have only one other show from this era already, 4/7/01, where the song drops out, and Casey just says "In My Hands" that week too. Speaking of "too mature" - anyone else wince at "Liquid Dreams" coming right after "Butterfly Kisses" (nevermind wincing at "Liquid Dreams" in general)?
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Feb 2, 2021 12:24:50 GMT -5
Thoughts from the show Dexter WHO & how the F did it make Top 40 Let me guess Lee Ann Womack's daughters went on to dance to Hanna Montana & twerk in hip-hop videos That Nick Lachey /Jessica Simpson "Juicy Gossip" would've had Seacrest JO'ing & releasing a big nut over it Even though it's 1 of his lesser hits E.I. still kicks it Being an ex-cheerleader I bet Mya had a train or 2 So a bad or drunk driver could've saved us years of repetitive Matchbox Twenty / Rob Thomas songs Creed STILL sucks Still prefer Caught Butt Naked Bangin' On The Bathroom Floor over the clean edit of Shaggy Destiny's Child - O-VER-RA-TED Longtime WBME/WGXX listeners think of Don & Mike when they hear the recently passed Larry King
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Post by saltyhylian on Feb 2, 2021 12:31:04 GMT -5
My additional insight: *This is from where AT40 used that weird unpublished chart so this may be a bit off vs. the R&R chart. *Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance” moves up 2 to #38 after debuting at #40 the previous week. Heard on another show that because of confusion between her and LeAnn Rimes (fellow country singer with the same name), people suggested Womack change her first name. Also note that it is the original version featuring Sons of the Desert (who were not mentioned) and not the “pop version” that replaces them with additional female backup singers. *Kasem tells a piece about Dexter Freebish having trouble leaving Denver, CO for a gig in LA due to a loss of their ID cards (required to fly), until a fan helped them board their flight after the band showed verification via a picture of one of the members. *Ja Rule's “Between Me and You” (#35) spent it’s 10th week on the chart (peaked at #31, as opposed to #37 on R&R). *The late Larry King appears on an ad for Garlique supplements. *Mikaila's “So In Love with Two” falls 7 to #33 (and would dip out the next week). I’m sure most of us will miss the Hex Hector remix for the next 8 months. It’s a good remix but honestly, I’m sure it’ll still get the fanfare if they just instead used the regular version seeing as a lot of their smaller affiliates played that version opposed to the remixed version (which I bet it was intended for Rhythmic CHR stations but Mainstream CHR stations in major media markets picked it up, just like what I mentioned last week on a follow up post with laura regarding “Take Me There”). *”Babylon” (#32) was David Gray's first and only US pop chart hit. *3LW’s "No More (Baby I’ma Do Right)” (#31) recently reignited in popularity due to the infamous “broken promithes” (Kiely Williams’ lisp) meme. Williams’ other verse is retained, unlike on Dees’ show, which cut it completely. Kasem would also sometimes refer the song as simply “No More” without the “Baby I’ma Do Right” subtitle. Similarly, as mentioned above, Kasem refers Fuel’s “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” (#27) to simply “In My Hands”. I originally heard that it was because Kasem had trouble saying the word “Hemorrhage” but never knew it was considered “too mature” considering Dees says the complete title. *ATC’s “Around the World” moves up 1 to #26. The second international act in that last year to appear on the chart (after the international girl group I5 appeared just 5 months before). *O-Town’s “Liquid Dreams” falls 2 to #25. Yes, it’s another “risqué” track, but it is NOT the “worse” I was referring to last week. *Kasem tells us a brief story about the history of Jamaica, when the natives were wiped due to hunters and illness sometime during the late 1400s. *An ad from the International Star Registry states that you could have a star named after someone for $48 in 2001. Wonder if this is still the case today 20 years later. *Evan and Jaron’s “Crazy for this Girl” reaches the top 10 at #10 after 20 WEEKS!!! *Lenny Kravitz’ “Again” moves up 3 to #4. Will Kravitz get his first #1 or will the AT40 weird unpublished chart say “NOPE!!!!”? We will see. *One of my personal favorite tracks, Dream’s “He Loves You Not” enters the Top 3!!! It reached it’s peak at #3. *Shaggy’s "It Wasn’t Me” spends its 5th week at #2. Glad to hear the actual clean version instead of the Dees’ “homemade clean version” (I can’t unhear that “version”.....he changed it with lyrics about cleaning bathrooms?!). *Kasem tells a piece about previous #1s by female artists which spent 9 weeks, in which Destiny Child’s “Independent Women” matched that record (it would later surpass that record the next week in which would also be it’s final week at #1).
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Post by adam31 on Feb 2, 2021 13:45:42 GMT -5
Thoughts from the show Dexter WHO & how the F did it make Top 40 Let me guess Lee Ann Womack's daughters went on to dance to Hanna Montana & twerk in hip-hop videos That Nick Lachey /Jessica Simpson "Juicy Gossip" would've had Seacrest JO'ing & releasing a big nut over it Even though it's 1 of his lesser hits E.I. still kicks it Being an ex-cheerleader I bet Mya had a train or 2 So a bad or drunk driver could've saved us years of repetitive Matchbox Twenty / Rob Thomas songs Creed STILL sucks Still prefer Caught Butt Naked Bangin' On The Bathroom Floor over the clean edit of Shaggy Destiny's Child - O-VER-RA-TED Longtime WBME/WGXX listeners think of Don & Mike when they hear the recently passed Larry King Wow so you only liked Nelly this week huh?
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