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Post by benster72 on Jan 20, 2022 13:08:20 GMT -5
4 LDD's in 2 years I wonder if that tells of the low listenership or the low number of people sending in dedications of songs that fit the Hot AC format. But wow 3 LDD's is a years span by the 2nd they must've been waiting for your next letter. I know Fogelberg was popular here because he was from about 100 miles north in Peoria Illinois. I guess 14 years later, I can finally share my story with some listeners who actually are interested. Back in the late 00's, nobody really was interested, and thought Casey left the airwaves years ago. Today's LDD was from "Benjamin." I felt the need to change this from Ben, to make it sound like it was someone new. My father didn't know the first thing about Dido, but with a little bit of my advice thinking of the AC format, his LDD and the song "Thank You" was read. Of the four LDDs, we only received one CD. Casey actually called my father (my Dad put his phone number on the email) and my dad asked him for the CD. Casey told my dad "Don will take care of that" and we received the Love Song LDD CD, that he used to talk about around Valentine's Day.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Jan 20, 2022 17:02:46 GMT -5
Good idea, so you never got a CD of either show what a shame. I hear on the Shadoe shows where they sent a copy to them. But I bet you could BUY one from them I guess even then Premiere was cheap asses.
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 20, 2022 19:24:01 GMT -5
1/19/08 insight:
*Ingrid Michaelson debuts “The Way I Am” (#20). Haven’t heard of her or the track until today but heard that it was used in TV ads for JCPenney.
*Lifehouse holds with “Whatever It Takes” (#19). It is the 2nd single from their 4th album Who We Are, which also featured preceding track “First Time” (#10).
*Bon Jovi falls 3 with the title track of their 10th album “Lost Highway” (#18). Another track from that album, “We Got It Going On”, was used as the opening theme for Arena Football League (AFL) games on ABC, which used differing lyrics based on the two teams featured on that week’s broadcasts. Their 1989 single “I’ll Be There For You” was played as an Extra.
*Kasem tells a piece on former Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett’s tenure in the Australian government. He served as a member of the Australian Parlament (2004-2013) and was appointed as Minister for Environment (2007-2013) and Minister of School Education (2010-13).
*American Idol Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks holds with “Tattoo” (#17). She was also the youngest winner of the show at age 17.
*Uncle Kracker’s 2002 single “In A Little While” was played as an Extra. It peaked at #25 on CHR.
*Alicia Keys moves up 2 with “No One” (#16). Her debut album Songs In A Minor was recently remastered with Dolby Atmos on Apple Music.
*Kasem tells a piece on the Guitar Hero video games, with the 3rd installment being the best selling video game of 2007. Additionally, three band-focused entries of the series (Aerosmith, Metallica and Van Halen) were released later on. The series, along with MTV’s competing Rock Band series, declined in popularity due to oversaturation in the rhythm video game genre during 2009-2011.
*Taylor Swift moves up 1 with “Teardrops In My Guitar” (#15). This was also her debut on CHR (peaked at #7). Swift also recently re-recorded her albums Fearless and Red using the “(Taylor's Version)” subtitle, after media executive Scooter Braun acquired her label Big Machine and the rights to her first 6 albums, which lead to Swift denouncing the purchase. Looking forward to the inevitable “(Taylor's Version)” of her self-titled debut album.
*Linkin Park holds with “Shadow of the Day” (#14). The video for this track only featured late frontman Chester Bennington.
*Buckcherry falls 1 with “Sorry” (#13). It wasn’t planned to be a single from their album 15 but was released as such after strong radio airplay on CHR (peaking at #5). It is also their sole Top 40 track to date.
*The 1st LDD was inspired by a piece Kasem told the last week about late singer Dan Fogelberg, in which a listener shared his memories of Folgelberg’s 1981 song “Leader of the Band”, including sharing it with his father due to the song’s message about fatherly love.
*Sara Barelles rebounds 1 with “Love Song” (#12). Initially released as a free weekly song on iTunes, the track was popularized after being featured on a TV ad for streaming service Napster (when it was called Rhapsody). It also spent 2 weeks at #1 on CHR.
*Fergie holds for the 6th week with “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (#11). It was the 4th single from her solo debut album The Duchess, which also featured the tracks “London Bridge”, “Glamorous”, “Clumsy” and “Here I Come”, the latter of which sampled The Temptations’ 1966 song “Get Ready”.
*3 Doors Down’s 2001 single “Be Like That” was played as an Extra. This is the version that was used in the film American Pie 2, which had an alternate opening lyric. Don’t think I’ve heard this version on AT40, only the original album version.
*Madonna’s 1984 single “Holiday” was played as an Extra. It was her first hit single on mainstream charts, peaking at #5 on the Dance charts and #16 on the Hot 100.
*Rock band The Last Goodnight hold with “Pictures of You” (#9). It was their sole track on CHR to date.
*Kasem tells a piece on Seal holding a charity concert on an ice rink, titled The Music of Seal On Ice, in which proceeds from ticket sales went to Autism Speaks. It was televised on NBC due to “public demand”. His 1990 single “Crazy” was played as an Extra. Only ever heard Alanis Morissette’s 2006 cover but the original is pretty good.
*Finger Eleven holds with “Paralyzer” (#8). It is different from the band’s usual sound, aiming for a dancier-funkier rock style. It was also their highest-peaking (at #5) and last track to date on CHR.
*Carlos Santana and Chad Kroger of Nickelback hold with “Into The Night” (#7). It was one of 3 new tracks from Santana’s compilation album Ultimate Santana, which featured both earlier material and more recent hits by his namesake band.
*Chris Daughtry’s namesake band holds with “Over You” (#6). He placed 4th on American Idol Season 5.
*Maroon 5 holds for the 9th week with “Wake Up Call” (#5). A funk remix of the track features Mary J. Blige and Mark Ronson and was included in overseas versions of their 2nd album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
*OneRepublic hold with their debut single “Apologize” (#4). Timbaland’s remix of the track had a record 10,394 played in one week on CHR (peaking for 7 weeks at #1).
*Lenny Kravitz’ 2000 #1 track “Again” was played as an Extra. Still find it hard to believe that this never reached #1 on AT40 while doing so on R&R’s CHR chart but already beaten that dead horse.
*Matchbox 20 falls 1 with “How Far We’ve come” (#3). Their 1998 single “3am” was played as an Extra while their 2000 single “If You’re Gone” was also played during an ATH segment. All 3 tracks are featured on their double album Exile on Mainstream, which featured 7 new tracks on the 1st disc and their hit singles on the 2nd disc.
*Pink rebounds 1 with her 2006 single “Who Knew” (#2). The track had 2 runs on R&R’s CHR chart, the first peaking at #44 in 2006 and the second spending a week at #1. It was re-released after her next single “U + Ur Hand” spent 4 weeks at #1 on that chart.
*Colbie Caillat holds with “Bubbly” (12th week at #1). Kasem tells a piece on Caillat feeling anxious about performing a cover of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” during one of her concerts in Britain, fearing that she’d receive a negative reception from the audience.
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Post by adam31 on Jan 21, 2022 7:20:05 GMT -5
1/19/08 insight: *Ingrid Michaelson debuts “The Way I Am” (#20). Haven’t heard of her or the track until today but heard that it was used in TV ads for JCPenney. I actually did not know Ingrid Michaelson hit as early as she did. My stand out song from her is "Girls Chase Boys" from 2014.
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Post by Mike on Jan 21, 2022 14:54:33 GMT -5
Yeah, I think it narrowly missed the CHR Top 50. I remember she had something before "Girls Chase Boys", but prior to this I wouldn't have remembered exactly when.
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Post by saltyhylian on Jan 27, 2022 15:54:53 GMT -5
1/27/07 insight:
*John Ondrasik, frontman of his solo project Five For Fighting, fills in for Kasem this week. Never expected Kasem to use a recording artist as substitute (a move typically done by Ryan Seacrest). He also holds with “World” (#17).
*OK Go holds with “Here It Goes Again” (#20). The track was parodied on various TV shows, including The Simpsons.
*Blue October falls 1 with “Into The Ocean” (#19). It was a Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot AC charts and peaked at #3 on Canadian Hot AC.
*The All-American Rejects move up 1 with “It Ends Tonight” (#18). The band revealed that it is centered about a male friend rather than a love interest.
*Ondrasik tells a piece on Melissa Etheridge performing live for the first time since undergoing breast cancer treatment, after feeling inspired by her father, who himself succumbed to cancer. Her 1994 song “Come To My Window” was played as an Extra.
*3 Doors Down’s 2004 single “Away From The Sun” was played as an Extra. It is the final single from their album of the same name.
*JoJo falls 3 with “Too Little, Too Late” (#16). At 15, she is the youngest artist on the chart. As stated earlier, the original versions of her first 2 albums (JoJo and The High Road), the latter where this track is from, recently released on streaming services.
*Ondrasnik tells a piece on Christina Aguilera donating her wedding gifts to victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
*Smash Mouth’s 1997 single “Walkin on the Sun” was played as an Extra. It peaked at #3 on CHR.
*Chris Daughtry and his namesake band move up 2 with “It’s Not Over” (#14). It was often compared to Fuel’s 2001 Top 40 track “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” due to it’s similar sound (it doesn’t sound that much similar to “Hemorrhage”).
*Faith Hill’s 2000 Top 40 track “The Way You Love Me” was played during an ATH segment. This is the original album version and not the tweaked “pop version” used in AT40.
*Evanescence falls 3 with “Call Me When Your Sober” (#13). It is their last track to date on CHR (peaked at #7).
*Culture Club’s 1984 song “Karma Chameleon” was played as an Extra. The band was known for frontman Boy George’s androgynoustic style of clothing, which gained massive media attention.
*Stone Sour holds with “Through Glass” (#12). It is lead by Corey Taylor, who also is the frontman for Slipknot. He also released a solo album in 2020 titled CMFT.
*Avril Lavigne moves up 3 with “Keep Holding On” (#11). It is from the 2006 film Eragon, based on the novel of the same name.
*Augustana moves up 1 with “Boston” (#10). The track is based on frontman Dan Layus’ childhood, having extended family in Boston as well as inspired by a high school classmate that went to Duke University.
*The Goo Goo Dolls holds with “Let Love In” (#9), from the album of the same name.
*Ondrasnik tells a piece on Dave Matthews’ appearance on hospital drama House, playing a man that suffered brain trauma from an accident at age 10, while gaining the ability to play the piano.
*KT Tunstall holds with “Suddenly I See” (#8). She recently suffered from hearing loss and tinnitus, leading to her changing her performing habits to allow her to rest longer between shows.
*No Doubt’s 1997 #1 track “Don’t Speak” was played during a ATH segment. It was written about Gwen Stefani’s breakup with bassist Tony Kanal.
*Mat Kearney holds with “Nothing Left to Lose” (#7). He is now a Christian artist.
*Michelle Branch’s 2003 single “Are You Happy Now?” was played as an Extra.
*Rob Thomas holds with “Streetcorner Symphony” (#6). It is the final single from his first solo album Something To Be.
*John Mayer falls 1 with “Waiting on the World to Change” (#5). This was inspired by issues in the world at that time (and ongoing to this day), including climate change, wars, prejudice among other issues.
*Nickleback’s “Far Away” (#4) was also played as the sole LDD, a rare occurrence for a charted track to be used as an LDD (another being Christina Aguilera’s “The Voice Within”, during Kasem’s final AT40 chart)
*Hinder holds with “Lips of An Angel” (#3). It peaked at #1 on CHR as well as in Australia and New Zealand, #2 in Canada and #3 on the Hot 100 and Hot AC.
*Snow Patrol hold with “Chasing Cars” (#2). It spent it’s 9th week in that spot.
*The Fray holds with a theme from the hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy, “How To Save a Life” (12th week at #1). At 58 weeks, it tied Santana’s “Smooth” for the 7th longest chart run.
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Post by adam31 on Jan 28, 2022 13:10:08 GMT -5
Replay 2pm
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Post by Mike on May 23, 2022 23:05:50 GMT -5
Of the remaining Westwood One Three (refer to the previous week's countdown from back in October), this would be the final week for "My Father's Eyes", while "You're Still the One" and "Truly Madly Deeply" would both run into 1999. Is it just me, or does "Feels Like Home" almost sound like it wants to morph into "Because You Loved Me" at times? Diane Warren wrote both of those, and David Foster produced "Because" - but not "Feels", as "Feels" (along with the entire Sittin' on Top of the World album) was instead produced by LeAnn's father Wilbur. Not mentioned by Steve, is that Sting was actually not the first choice for the Simpsons appearance - they initially sought out Bruce Springsteen, due to Bruce's having participated in "We Are the World". ("We're Sending Our Love Down the Well", the charity song spoof in the episode, is based on "World".) Bruce declined, so they turned to Sting. LIFE WITH LOOPY: Roughly half of the entire first hour had their second verse repeated - including both extras! (The countdown songs looped were the ones by Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, and Savage Garden - with Aerosmith having that done here and not on AT40 for the second straight week.) Meanwhile, the first hour would also close with some chart antics to be found, in the form of some of this week's - ODD BULLET BEHAVIOR: Garth's big fall (he's the only one losing over 200 spins this week) pushes George Benson back up one to #14; George himself loses 31 of the spins he gained last week. Then, Dakota Moon lose their bullet and drop 30 spins, but still rise two to #10. Lastly, "Mother I Miss You" gets pushed back one to #7, as that gains 96 spins while Phil Collins gained 200+ (good for the second-biggest spin gain, behind only "I'm Your Angel", which gained more than double that). FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: The bullet composition of the countdown has a near-complete switch from last week, as last week just 7 songs in the countdown were losing spins. This week, only 8 songs gain spins! FLIPPING THE SCRIPT, PART II: All three non-LDD extras in Hour 3 each had their second verse cut. (Gee...why not just cut an extra slot there?) "Heaven is a Place on Earth" would return as an America's Top Hit on 11/20/99, with the exact same story. Elsewhere, "Tender is the Night" and "Back For Good" replace "Head Over Feet" and the Thompson Twins' "Lay Your Hands on Me" from AT40 for this week - though that information comes from cue sheets, as my copy of AT40 is actually missing the America's Top Hits. (Also: I forgot to mention when the previous week's show aired that "No More Lonely Nights" and "Angelia" replaced "Mouth" and "Til I Hear it From You" from AT40.) Also, oddly enough, while "Set the Night to Music" would also be used for AT40 this week, Starship's original would itself be an AC replacement six months later, on 5/8/99. As it happens, Roberta and Maxi's cover would fare better than Starship even on AC, as while both versions went Top 10 AC, Roberta and Maxi went all the way to #2 (kept from the top spot by another cover, "When a Man Loves a Woman" - which is what we will hear if this week's Countdown America from 1991 ends up surfacing). Incidentally, "Tender is the Night" was probably just chosen for its overall softer tone - it wasn't actually a big AC hit, only reaching #24 on Billboard's chart. And as it happens, F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife's mental illness - she'd be diagnosed with schizophrenia - would heavily affect the writing process of Tender is the Night, and would also set off the alcoholism that ultimately killed him six years after the book was published. (That is to say, stories and song association don't get more "on the nose" than this one.) If 50 Violins doesn't sound familiar, but its movie elements do, that's probably because it would later be re-named Music of the Heart - and by the way, it would also pay musical dividends for Gloria, as it would send its title song (which she co-sung) to #1 on AT20 almost exactly a year later. The second and third LDDs were switched in order vis-a-vis AT40 for the second straight week. "Hands to Heaven", mentioned by Casey as going to #1 Adult Contemporary, was an R&R-only #1 - it managed to get up there before "Roll With It" did. Winwood knocked them off, and on Billboard, shut them out completely (as he did on the Hot 100). "How Can I Fall?", meanwhile, was THE top AC Hit in the land, 10 years ago this week. So too was "Back For Good", 3 years ago this week - and they would ultimately be dethroned by the fellow British gent who had the week's first LDD (with that very song). You might think that "Up Where We Belong" would sound like a hit that made it to #1 AC - but that wasn't the case, as instead "Truly" spent the final 7 weeks of 1982 on top; Joe and Jennifer had to settle for five weeks at #3. (On the fourth week, Lionel leaped 4-1.) You might also think that with a cushion of 466 spins ahead of #2 - the biggest spin gap on the entire chart, though #4 and #5 aren't far behind - that "I'll Never Break Your Heart" would be set for a while on top. Again, not the case: BSB were in fact peaking in spins this week and would start dropping, while Shania go and go, taking over three weeks later. MEANWHILE, IN BILLBOARD LAND... Since much of the chart is in fact quite different, let's do a rundown: - The entire Top 30 has just one re-entry, Gloria Estefan's "Heaven's What I Feel" at #30 - returning for its 26th and final week (replacing Lionel Richie's "Time"). On the entire R&R chart, there are two debuts - "Hands" and "Iris", the latter of which actually debuted on Billboard last week. (Jewel, however, would arrive next week.)
- Up in the Top 20, no songs enter or exit this week - at #20, "Adia" (which dropped off last week's AT20) remains for one last week. Then at #19 is "Another Day Goes By" - which was hitting the Top 10 on AT20!
- At #18 is the oldest song in the survey, as "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" is still here in its 62nd week. On AT20, not only was that featured as a Past #1 just last week, but it also went off to Recurrent Land back in May. Also still here: #17 "As Long as You Love Me" in its 42nd week, which left AT20 back in August. Not in the Top 20 this week were Bette Midler (#22 this week, she'd reach #16 here), George Benson (#21, he was pushed out of the Top 20 last week, and though he would bounce back in, he'd already peaked at #18), and LeAnn Rimes (#24, she'd only reach #17 here - but would go Top 10 on AT20).
- #16 is Aerosmith, which matches AT20. At #15, Edwin McCain jumps only half as much as on AT20, up three. Garth Brooks also has a much smaller drop, down three to #14 - there were no dramatic drops over here.
- Holding at #13 is "Mother I Miss You", and holding at #12 is "My Father's Eyes". It's the 37th week for Eric Clapton, and he'd run into February.
- "Ooh La La" is the only song to exit the Top 10 here this week, dropping one to #11. Right above, "Torn" remains in the Top 10, down one to #10. Also dropping one, "After All These Years" gets pushed back to #9.
- While Edwin McCain was unable to match his six-notch jump from AT20, R. Kelly and Celine Dion would do that here, making the same leap from 14 to 8 - and as they were the only ones to do so, that makes them this week's Biggest Mover.
- "Truly Madly Deeply" is the second-oldest song in this survey, with one more week than "As Long As You Love Me" - and here, it's still up in the Top 10, at #7. Still a bit higher at #6, was "You're Still the One".
- And that's where the differences end, as the entire Top 5 match AT20 exactly, just with Phil Collins at #5 going up two notches rather than three.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Sept 1, 2022 16:03:55 GMT -5
Imagine that 1st LDD today they'd probably ask them if the LDD helped him get some.
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Post by saltyhylian on Sept 29, 2022 21:44:11 GMT -5
Haven’t been able to do a Hot AC piece in a bit so why not? Also debuting a new feature that takes a peek on the CHR side of things.
10/1/05 insight:
*Vertical Horizon falls 1 with “Forever” (#20). It is the second single from their 2003 album Go and a follow-up to “I’m Still Here”, which went to #17 on Hot AC.
*Hootie and the Blowfish rebound 1 with “One Love” (#19). Remembered hearing this on the Hot AC AT40 at the time.
*Bon Jovi holds with “Have a Nice Day” (#18). This was a bit similar to their 2000 single “It’s My Life” with the song using short instrumental pauses.
*Kasem tells a piece on a Food & Wine magazine article about Dave Matthews’ organic farm, in which he used to grow veggies and also has a founded a winery named Blenheim Vineyards, which continues to produce over 5K cases of wine today. His band’s 1999 single “Crush” was played as an Extra.
*Green Day debuts “Wake Me Up When September Ends” (#17), fall 2 with “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (#15) and hold with “Holiday” (#5). They were the most successful tracks from American Idiot, with “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” reaching #1 on CHR.
*Mariah Carey rebounds 1 with “We Belong Together” (#16). This spent 11 weeks at #1 on CHR and 10 weeks at #1 on Rhythmic.
*Belgian duo DHT move up 1 with their cover of the 1988 Roxette single “Listen to Your Heart” (#14). This was a #1 on CHR for a week not too long ago. This is the “Candlelight Mix”-like version mentioned on a past piece, which was used by AC stations.
*Kasem tells a piece on remakes/covers of older singles that reached #1 thoroughout the years.
*Nickleback moves up 3 with “Photogr*ph” (#13). It recently became featured on an ad for Google Photos, which poked fun at frontman Chad Kroeger’s photos.
*Coldplay falls 4 with “Speed of Sound” (#12). It is the first single from X&Y, which featured a representation of the Baudot code on its cover art (using colored blocks).
*Sheryl Crow moves up 1 with “Good is Good” (#11). The video for this track features a scene that was used as the cover art for Crow’s album Wildflower.
*Kasem tells a piece on Better than Ezra recording their debut album in a studio located in an LA industrial park, surrounded by a meat packing facility, recycling centers and chemical processing plants, as the studio charged a cheaper fee. Their 2005 single “A Lifetime” (peaked at #13) was played as an Extra.
*3 Doors Down fall 3 with “Let Me Go” (#10). It went to #2 on CHR a few months earlier, making it their second to last Top 10 single (with 2008’s “It’s Not My Time” being their last).
*Australian Keith Urban moves up 2 with “You’ll Think of Me” (#9). Urban moved to Nashville in 1992 to further pursuit his career in country music, while also forming his country trio The Ranch, who only released one album years later.
*Josh Kelley moves up 2 with “Only You” (#8). He later pursued a career in country music, with his debut country single “Georgia Clay” (from the namesake album) reaching #20 on the Country charts.
*Gavin DeGraw’s 2004 single “I Don’t Want To Be” was played as an Extra. After only spending 2 weeks at #49, the track re-entered the CHR chart a few months later, managing to spend a week at #1 in January 2005.
*Rob Thomas holds with his debut solo single “Lonely No More” (#6) and the follow-up “This Is How a Heart Breaks” (#3). His 1999 #1 collaboration single with Santana, “Smooth”, was played during an ATH segment.
*Kasem tells a piece on Tori Amos’ childhood, playing piano in her father’s church through her teens. Her 2002 single “A Sorta Fairytale” was played as an Extra.
*Lifehouse move up 1 with “You and Me”(1st week at #1), kicking out Kelly Clarkson’s “Behind These Hazel Eyes” (#2). The latter was the 3rd single from her second album Breakaway.
BEYOND THE TOP 20:
*Black Eyed Peas fall 2 with “Don’t Mess/Phunk With My Heart” (#35). The “mess” version was released to radio after feedback from stations, many of which refused to play the track due to the word “phunk” being closely similar to the expletive “f**k” (my local ones played the original, with the rhythmic station WZBZ bleeping out the word completely). How it even got to Hot AC knowing (at the time) hip-hop tracks were not commonplace, I’ll never know but it must have done well for the 18-45 crowd, like Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” (#24).
*Santana debut with “I’m Feeling You” (#27). It features Michelle Branch’s country duo The Wreckers, who I mentioned on past pieces.
THIS WEEK IN CHR:
*Mariah Carey spends a second week at #1 with “Shake It Off”, the follow up to the aforementioned “We Belong Together”.
*3 debuts this week on the Top 40: Keith Urban’s “You’ll Think of Me” (at #39), 3 Doors Down’s “Here by Me” (at #38) and Ashlee Simpson’s “Boyfriend” (at #37), the latter also debuting on the chart this week. The other debuts on the chart are Nelly’s “Fly Away” (at #50), David Banner’s “Play” (at #49) and Chris Brown’s “Run It!” (at #44).
*Natalie’s “Where Are You” (N&A; no adds this week), featuring Justin Roman of the group Vi3, is a track from her namesake album, which featured her debut “Goin’ Crazy” (peaked at #8) and the follow-up “Energy” (peaked at #31). The track was originally released in 2004 with Latina girl group Soluna, but the physical single release of that version was cancelled after the group’s break-up, leading to Roman recording a new version with Natalie. Both versions can be found on Spotify.
*Italian-Australian duo The Veronicas bubble under with “4Ever” (N&A; 6 adds). They consist of twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, while the duo was named after the namesake Archie Comics character. This one peaked at #45, even though my local CHR station WSJQ played this quite a lot. They would later reach the Top 40 with “Untouched” (peaked at #12 on 2/8/09), the lead single from their second album Hook Me Up (which also included this track in the US version, even re-released too).
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Oct 13, 2022 16:07:12 GMT -5
Breakaway right before the show & then again less than a hour hour in.
Ladies & Gentlemen Kelly Clarkson's career WITHOUT American Idol
Years of this
& currently this
Here's would be her future
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Post by adam31 on Oct 13, 2022 17:33:09 GMT -5
Breakaway right before the show & then again less than a hour hour in. Ladies & Gentlemen Kelly Clarkson's career WITHOUT American Idol SHHHHHHIt happens... Actually, Kelly is probably the only one deserving from that show...Maybe Carrie Underwood. The rest bombed...
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Post by saltyhylian on Oct 13, 2022 20:57:51 GMT -5
10/16/04 insight (No “Beyond the Top 20” piece for this week but an expanded CHR piece instead):
*Lenny Kravitz debuts “Lady” (#20), a track said to be about actress Nicole Kidman (who Kravitz dated at the time).
*Kelly Clarkson moves up 1 with “Breakaway” (#17), from the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack as well as from the track’s namesake album.
*Seether and Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee move up 1 with “Broken” (#16). Lee dated Seether frontman Shaun Morgan at the time, then broke up due to Morgan’s drug addiction, which was reflected on Evanescence’s 2006 single “Call Me When You’re Sober”.
*Switchfoot falls 2 with “Meant to Live” (#14). It was their debut track on the CHR charts earlier that year.
*Gavin DeGraw falls 1 with “I Don’t Want To Be” (#10). His debut track, “Follow Through” initially spent 3 weeks on CHR in 2003, peaking at #44. After the success of this track and “Chariot”, all three from the latter track’s namesake album, “Follow Through” re-entered 2 years later, peaking at #31. This track also was a re-entry on that chart, initially peaking at #49 for all of its 2 weeks back in April.
*John Mayer moves up 1 with “Daughters” (#9). The track is a message to parents to nurture their daughters. Mayer stated that the track was inspired by an ex-girlfriend that had trust issues due to her father not being there in her life.
*Maroon 5 falls 1 with “This Love” (#8) and holds with “She Will Be Loved” (3rd week at #1). Both tracks also went to #1 on CHR, spending 2 and 5 weeks at the top respectively.
*Counting Crows also fall 1 with “Accidentally in Love” (#7). This one only spent a week on the Seacrest AT40, instead of the 8 weeks on the Top 40 like on R&R (but then again, he made his own chart using Mediabase’s radio station data).
*Ashlee Simpson holds with her debut “Pieces of Me” (#5). She married twice, first to Fall Out Boy member Pete Wentz and then to actor Evan Ross, son of Supremes member Diana Ross.
*Hoobastank fall 1 with their first and sole #1 track “The Reason” (#3). It spent 11 weeks at #1 (8 on CHR).
THIS WEEK IN CHR:
*Just like on this chart, “She Will Be Loved” spends another week at #1.
*2 debuts on the Top 40: Nelly and Tim McGraw’s “Over and Over” (at #39) and Akon’s debut “Locked Up” (at #38).
*Destiny’s Child moves up 2 with “Lose My Breath” (at #8). It’s the first single from their final album Destiny Fulfilled.
*Houston falls 5 with “I Like That” (at #17). It was his sole track, shortly before retiring after a suicide attempt where he gouged his left eye out due to stress caused by the music industry.
*Nina Sky falls 4 with “Move Ya Body” (at #23). After assuming for years it was one person, Nina Sky is a duo consisting of twin sisters Natalie and Nicole Albino (in which the “Nina” part was conceived from). They started their musical journey at age 13, performing in various clubs in the NYC area. They still perform to this day in the underground scene, with Nicole also sporting a shaved head.
*Britney Spears moves up 5 with her cover of the 1988 Bobby Brown single “My Prerogative” (at #25), also the subtitle of her first greatest hits album. It was one of 3 new tracks off the album, the others being the follow-up “Do Somethin'” and “I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)”.
*Juvenile falls 4 with “Slow Motion” (at #29). It was his second track on CHR, after the 1999 single “Back That Thang/A** Up” (peaked at #45 on 1/14/00).
*Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand holds for the 4th of 5 weeks with “Take Me Out” (at #32). They’re named after the namesake heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, whose 1914 assassination was one of the major causes of World War I.
*Skye Sweetnam falls 2 with “Tangled Up In Me” (at #37). She is the frontwoman of the band Sumo Cyco, which released three albums to date, their latest being Initiation, released in 2021.
*Mis-Teeq fall 1 with “One Night Stand” (at #44), a follow up to their Top 10 track “Scandalous”. They consisted of Su-Elise Nash, Sabrina Washington and Alesha Dixon. Their 2001 single, “All I Want”, received universal acclaim by fans solely of Dixon’s r*p verse.
*Actress Lindsay Lohan debuted her debut single “Rumors” (at #48). This track was a response to the backlash Lohan received by critics during her acting career.
*Actress Raven-Symoné bubbles under with “Backflip” (6th Most Added; 13 adds). Felt like this one was one of many tracks that flew under the radar, as I personally only heard of it recently. This was released during the peak of her Disney Channel show That’s So Raven (which spawned a spin-off, Raven’s Home, which continues to this day). She released her first album Here’s to New Dreams in 1993, at the age of 7. Her debut single “That’s What Little Girls Are Made Of”, peaked at #68 on the Hot 100 and at #47 on the R&B chart.
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Post by adam31 on Oct 16, 2022 19:00:56 GMT -5
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Post by saltyhylian on Oct 22, 2022 18:22:43 GMT -5
10/20/06 insight:
*Rock band The Raconteurs holds with “Steady as She Goes” (#20). A video for this track, set in an auto racing setting, featured Paul Reubens, best known as Pee-Wee Herman, in a cameo as a pit boss who would ensure bassist Jack Lawrence wins by sabotaging his opponents’ cars.
*Augustana debuts “Boston” (#19). Now only consisting of frontman Paul Layus, Augustana recently released an all-instrumental album Everyday an Eternity, which consists of piano tracks written by Layus.
*Kasem tells a piece on the Elvis song “Can't Help Falling in Love”, which is based on a 1780s composition by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini titled “Plaisir d'amour”. It has been covered by many artists, including Swedish pop group A-Teens and British reggae group UB40, the latter version was played as an Extra.
*Blondie’s cover of the Paragons’ 1967 single “The Tide Is High” was played as an Extra. Another well-known cover of the song was by British trio Atomic Kitten, titled “The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)”. It released in 2002, reaching #1 in their native UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Croatia, while peaking at #3 on the European Hot 100. Remembered hearing this version on Radio Disney, where it received a lot of airplay in the U.S.
*KT Tunstall moves up 2 with “Suddenly I See” (#16) and falls 4 with “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” (#13). The former was featured on the soundtrack to the video game Thrillville, where players build amusement parks. A sequel, Thrillville: Off the Rails, was released 2 years later, with it’s soundtrack featuring some notable tracks including Ashley Tisdale’s “Be Good to Me”, Aly & AJ’s “Potential Breakup Song”, Jesse McCartney’s “Right Where You Want Me” and Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwitten” (#14).
*U2’s 2004 single “Vertigo” was played as an Extra. It is their last Top 40 track to date (peaked at #33), as their follow up single “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” only went to #48 on CHR. This never made AT40 but spent a few weeks on Dees’ chart.
*Jewel’s 1999 single “Hands” was played as the first LDD. Her “trying new things” album 0304 was conceived after the success of a remix of her 2002 single “Serve the Ego”.
*Corrine Bailey Rae falls 1 with “Put Your Records On” (#11). Her namesake album debuted at #1 in her native UK, while reaching #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It received Platinum status in the U.S., with 1.9M sales to date.
*Faith Hill’s 2000 single “Breathe”, which peaked at #8 on CHR, was played as an Extra. It was also the #1 on the Hot 100 for 2000, despite it never reaching #1.
*Kasem tells a piece on The Calling frontman Alex Band living in a Los Angeles mansion and in a castle owned by his family in Italy during childhood.
*Ace of Base’s 1993 single “All That She Wants” was played as an Extra. It was their debut in the U.S., peaking at #2 on CHR, while also hitting the Top 10 5 consecutive times on that chart with their follow-up singles, 2 of which reaching #1.
*Gnarls Barkley falls 2 with “Crazy” (#6). Frontman Cee-Lo Green is a member of the hip-hop group Goodie Mob, who were formed in 1991 and produced many hit singles. They are still around to this day, releasing their 6th album Survival Kit in 2020, as well as performing live in tours.
BEYOND THE TOP 20:
*Christina Aguilera falls 2 with “Ain’t No Other Man” (Dropper; #22). It’s from her album Back to Basics, which was released as a 2-disc album.
*Some notable N&A tracks this week on Hot AC include Fergie’s “London Bridge” (a r*p track, which is usually never commonplace on Hot AC), U2 and Green Day’s “The Saints are Coming” (a charity single for Hurricane Katrina relief), and Madonna’s “Jump” (the last single from the album Confessions on a Dance Floor).
THIS WEEK IN CHR:
*Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” spends a 5th week at #1.
*Mexican group RBD debut their cover of the 1996 Jon B. song “Tu Amor” (at #40). They started as characters on the telenovela Rebelde, which was also the name of their debut album. The group enjoyed massive popularity in Mexico, which then spread worldwide, leading to the release of their English album Rebels. The album also included a track called “Save Me”, the English version of their hit single “Sálvame”. They disbanded in 2009 but had a short reunion in 2020, without Alfonso Herrera and Dulce María, for a virtual live performance.
*The other debuts on the Top 40 this week are Chris Brown’s “Say Goodbye” (at #39) and John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change” (at #38).
*Vanessa Hudgens bubbles under with her debut “Baby Come Back to Me” (4th Most Added; 14 adds). The massive popularity of High School Musical lead Hudgens to release her debut album V 3 weeks prior. Similarly, co-star Ashley Tisdale also released her debut album Headstrong a few months later.
*British r*pper Louise Harman, under the name Lady Sovereign, also bubbles under with “Love Me or Hate Me” (N&A, 43 stations; 550 plays; peaked at #50). Like Marcos Hernandez’ “If You Were Mine” from earlier this week, this was another track I forgot it existed, as I only heard this on radio once at that time. I’m also surprised to see this getting more airplay on CHR than on Rhythmic, as I’m sure almost nobody in the U.S. knew who she was at the time. Her other singles included “9 to 5” (popularized by a remix featuring indie rock band The Ordinary Boys), “These Were the Days”, “Random”, “So Human” and “I’ve Got You Dancing”.
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Post by saltyhylian on Nov 12, 2022 21:04:57 GMT -5
11/13/04 (late) insight:
*U2 holds with “Vertigo” (#19). The track gained popularity via TV ads for the iPod.
*Kasem tells a piece on Australian band Crowded House performing their final performance in a smaller venue as well as what the group was up to after their 1996 disbandment.
*Sarah McLachlan holds with “World on Fire” (#17). A remixed version by JXL went to #2 on the Dance Club chart.
*Sheryl Crow’s 1994 #1 track “All I Wanna Do” was played as an Extra.
*Duran Duran hold with “(Reach Up for The) Sunrise” (#16). It was used in ads for Italian mobile carrier TIM, leading to the song peaking at #2 in Italy.
*Kasem tells a piece on Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl suffering from stage fright and shyness, which lead to her recording her lines in a closet alone as well as stepping away from the crowd in live performances.
*Counting Crows falls 2 with “Accidentally in Love” (#13). A track from Shrek 2, frontman Adam Duritz was initially reluctant to write the song as he had writer’s block at the time but DreamWorks gave him creative freedom to write it how he wanted to and also allowed him to write the song from his own perspective and not about Shrek and Princess Fiona.
*One of the ads this week was for Febreeze’s ScentStories, a device that uses cartridges (marketed as “CDs”) which “play” a different scent, each with pretty distinct names, every 30 minutes. This was meant to resemble the way music was played on CDs and was marketed as such. Shania Twain was also a spokesperson for the device, even releasing her own cartridge named Shania’s Wishes for Spring. The device didn’t last long but it and it’s cartridges can still be found on places like eBay. Yankee Candle, who later acquired rights to the device, even released their own cartridges with scents based on those of their candles. IMO, P&G should have used Enya instead of Twain as spokesperson, as her music would fit the “relaxing” marketing theme for the device.
*Maroon 5 falls 2 with “This Love” (#12), after spending several months on the Top 10, including a few weeks at #1. It was also the preceding track of “She Will Be Loved” (7th week at #1).
*Goo Goo Dolls move up 3 with their cover of the 1977 Supertramp single “Give A Little Bit” (#10). This one went pretty high pretty quickly, even moving up 7 last week to #13. This track was also used in ads for The Gap, which featured frontman Johnny Rzeznik singing the track with different recording artists.
*Kasem tells a piece on Bowling for Soup’s official website, which featured random thoughts by the band’s members on different subjects.
BEYOND THE TOP 20:
*Marc Broussard moves up 3 with “Where You Are” (#37). His musical style was described as “Bayou soul”, which drew influences from genres such as Louisiana soul, R&B, blues and funk. This track was also the first single from his second album Carencro, which was named after the namesake Louisiana city (where he was raised).
THIS WEEK IN CHR:
*Nelly and Tim McGraw go to #1 with “Over and Over”.
*4 debuts in the Top 40: Chingy’s “Balla Baby” (#40), John Mayer’s “Daughters” (#39), Jesse McCartney’s “Beautiful Soul” (#38) and Hoobastank’s “Disappear” (#37).
*Usher and Alicia Keys move up 3 with “My Boo” (at #5), while spending another week at #1 on Rhythmic.
*JoJo moves up 2 with “Baby It’s You” (at #15). It had 2 versions, a solo version for CHR and another featuring Bow Wow for Rhythmic. It also moves up 1 to #25 on the latter chart.
*N.O.R.E. moves up 6 with “Oye Mi Canto” (#27). Interestingly (and gonna pull a “Kasem tells a piece on….” here), the video for this track would be played pretty often on The N, which was a prime time block on the old Noggin channel from 2002-07 aimed at the aged 12-18 demogr*phic. The block featured shows such as the insanely popular Degrassi: The Next Generation, Instant Star, About a Girl, Just Deal, Out There, A Walk In Your Shoes (which was originally a Noggin series) and a bunch of older Nickelodeon/Noggin preteen-oriented shows. It became its own channel in 2008 and would be renamed to the current TeenNick the next year.
*Christina Milan moves up 3 with “Whatever You Want” (#32). It features Joe Budden, best known for his 2003 single “Pump It Up”. It is also the follow-up to her Top 5 track “Dip It Low” (peaked at #2).
*R*pper Nitty falls 3 with “Nasty Girl” (#34). It was based on The Archies’ 1969 single “Sugar, Sugar”, which spent 4 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.
*Britney Spears falls 16 with “My Prerogative” (#44), dropping from the Top 40 this week.
*Snoop Dogg debuts “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (#45). It features Pharrell Williams in his r*p style. It also moves up 4 to #3 on Rhythmic.
*Mase falls 1 with “Breathe Stretch Shake” (#49). This was the second single off his comeback album Welcome Back, which apparently didn’t have a Parental Advisory label.
*Bajan singer Rupee debuts “Tempted to Touch” (#50). Haven’t heard this one until 2011 but remembered a CHR station in my area playing his follow up single “If I Can’t (Have You)”. It also came in a remix featuring Daddy Yankee.
*Rock supergroup Velvet Revolver bubble under with “Fall to Pieces” (N&A; 10 adds). It consisted of former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, Guns-N-Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum as well as Dave Kushner of Wasted Youth. Always thought this released in 1995-96 when first hearing it, as it had a bit of a mid-90s rock vibe. The band disbanded in 2008 after Weiland rejoined STP (Weiland then died in 2015).
*St. Vincentian singer Kevin Lyttle bubbles under with “Drive Me Crazy” (N&A; 1 add; 33 stations), the follow-up to his Top 10 track “Turn Me On”.
*Nu-metal band Korn bubble under with their cover of Cameo’s “Word Up” (N&A; 3 adds). This one was an interesting one seeing that it spent a week on Dees’ chart (at #39) just a few weeks ago, even though at the time barely any CHR station played the track.
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Post by saltyhylian on Dec 30, 2022 17:32:10 GMT -5
Top 60 of 2007 insight:
*Gwen Stefani lands with “4am” (#60) and “The Sweet Escape” (#6). The latter features Akon, in his first appearance on Hot AC.
*Michelle Branch and The Wreckers land with “Leave The Pieces” (#59). Kasem mentions it was a “pop hit”, despite it only peaking at #47 on CHR.
*Linkin Park land with “What I’ve Done” (#58). This was on the soundtrack to the film Transformers, based on the namesake toy line by Hasbro.
*Rocco DeLuca and his band The Burden land with “Colorful” (#55). In addition to vocals and guitar, DeLuca played the glockenspiel, piano, organ, and banjo in the band.
*Green Day’s 2005 #1 track “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” was played as an Extra. It was the #1 for that year on Hot AC.
*Avril Lavigne lands with “Girlfriend” (#53), “When You’re Gone” (#41) and “Keep Holding On” (#20). “Girlfriend” was recorded in 7 other languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Chinese) to appeal to different regions.
*Finger Eleven land with “Paralyzer” (#51). This had a more dance-funk style to it compared to their other singles, including “One Thing”.
*Evan and Jaron’s 2000 Top 10 track “Crazy for this Girl” (peaked at #9 on CHR) was played during a ATH segment. Kasem tells a piece on the twin brothers being dropped from Island Records after releasing their 1998 debut album We’ve Never Heard of You Either.
*Gym Class Heroes land with “Cupid’s Chokehold” (#49). It was originally released in 2005 from their debut album The Papercut Chronicles, then redone for their 2006 second album As Cruel as School Children, from which the track was re-released that year as a single. It spent 5 weeks at #1 on CHR. It also features Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump, who would also appear on the band’s next single “Clothes Off”.
*JoJo lands with “Too Little, Too Late” (#48). Had no idea she was originally chosen for the role of Hannah Montana but declined and instead decided to release a #1 track as her debut at the age of 13. She made the right call.
*John Ondrasnik/Five for Fighting land with “World” (#47). As we heard earlier this year, he filled in for Kasem on the 1/27 chart, pulling a typical Seacrest move.
*The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus land with “Face Down” (#46). This came in multiple versions: The original “screamo” version, this version used here that cuts down the screams to one verse (“One day, she will tell you that she has had enough”), another that does not have any screaming (for radio, even though Seacrest, Dees and Kasem never used that version), an acoustic version and most recently, a symphonic version.
*Maroon 5 land with “Wake Up Call” (#36) and “Makes Me Wonder” (#2). Their 2004 #1 track “This Love” was played as an Extra.
*Beyoncé lands with “Irreplaceable” (#34), her first Hot AC track. She re-released her album B’Day that year, featuring a Spanish version of this track, a new track called “Beautiful Liar” (featuring Shakira; peaked at #17 on CHR/#22 on Rhythmic) and a re-worked version of Jay-Z’s 2006 single “Hollywood”, titled “Welcome to Hollywood” (peaked at #36 on Rhythmic).
*Justin Timberlake lands with “What Goes Around….Comes Around” (#29). It is a “sequel” to his 2002 Top 10 track “Cry Me a River” (peaked at #3 on CHR/#13 on Rhythmic).
*Rob Thomas lands with “Streetcorner Symphony” (#24) and “Little Wonders” (#14), while his band Matchbox 20 also lands with “Let’s See How Far We’ve Come” (#22). The band’s 2003 Top 3 track “Unwell” (peaked at #3 on CHR) was played as an Extra.
*Pink lands with “Who Knew” (#19) and “U + Ur Hand” (#13). Her next album Trustfall, due out in February, took it’s inspiration from events that happened during her personal life, including her father’s death.
*Country singer and American Idol Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood lands with “Before He Cheats” (#15). This would also be her only single to date to crack the Top 40, as her winning version of “Inside Your Heaven” was a one and done on CHR, debuting and peaking at #48, despite it spending a week at #1 on the Hot 100.
*Fergie lands with “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (#11). It would be her 3rd #1 on the Hot 100 as a solo act, following the preceding singles “Glamorous” and “London Bridge”.
*Lifehouse lands with “First Time” (#9). Themed about love at first sight, the video features actual couples on their first dates.
*Vertical Horizon’s 1999 Top 3 track “Everything You Want” was played as an Extra. Despite it peaking at #2, it was the #1 track of 2000 on CHR, similarly to how Faith Hill’s “Breathe” was #1 on the Hot 100 for that year.
*Nelly Furtado lands with “Say It Right” (#8). Her album Loose was criticized for the album’s sexual themes, as some critics thought that it would be a selling point for the album. The lead single “No Hay Igual” was conceived after Pharrell Williams introduced Furtado to reggaeton music.
*Snow Patrol land with “Chasing Cars” (#7). Based in Scotland, they mainly consisted of Northern Irish members, including frontman Gary Lightbody. Bassist Paul Wilson is the sole Scot in the band.
*Chris Daughtry’s debut “It’s Not Over” was the #1 for the year, while also landing with the follow-ups “Home” (#5) and “Over You” (#30). He would also “book-end” the second part of this year end chart.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Dec 30, 2022 17:56:51 GMT -5
Anyone know how that Girlfriend lawsuit turned out? It sure did sound a lot like the other song.
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Post by Mike on Dec 30, 2022 19:34:26 GMT -5
Anyone know how that Girlfriend lawsuit turned out? It sure did sound a lot like the other song. Out-of-court settlement. But producer Dr. Luke has paved a history of this sort of thing - for just one other example, see also: "Roar" = "Brave" in 2013.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Dec 30, 2022 22:45:21 GMT -5
Good old Dr. Luke that supposedly assulted some of his acts. But c'mon did Ke$ha REALLY think he liked her awful singing that needed MUCH auto-tune?
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Post by adam31 on Jul 10, 2023 10:05:40 GMT -5
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Post by Mike on Sept 5, 2023 0:45:12 GMT -5
As it happens, both the AT40 and the Hot AC show cue sheets are available for this week - it's just this one that is not! So I brought up the chart in R&R to have a look at it - and as I was giving it a once-over, I couldn't help but notice that we're at what would be the last countdown hurrahs for a number of mega-stars in this week's survey: (As always, Christmas entries do not count) - Bruce Springsteen - this being his first appearance since the second run of "Secret Garden", it's actually something of a miracle that this even made it in at all, as on Billboard's chart it only reached #26.
- Bonnie Raitt - she only has two more chart entries after this (three on Billboard), none of which even come close to reaching any AC countdown.
- James Taylor - he'll have two near-misses after this: First with the follow-up "Whenever You're Ready" (which stopped at #22), then under AT10, "It's Growing" stopped just one notch short of the countdown in April 2009.
- Bryan Adams - he actually has a slightly-mixed verdict: For the Casey countdown, this is it right here. But on the U.S. Music Survey (which remained a Top 20 through the end), "This Side of Paradise" snuck in for two weeks at #20 in late Spring of the show's final year (5/28 and 6/4).
As it happens, the song that would displace "Paradise" in 2005 would be the last hurrah for Hall & Oates, as a cover of "Ooh Child" would hang around for a couple of months that summer, only going to #18. For the Casey countdown, their last visit would be at the beginning of that year, as another cover ("I'll Be Around") would come around at #6 following the 04 Christmas thaw - and at the very same time, Elton John would make his last visit to the AC countdowns with "Answer in the Sky" (#8). I should mention, however, that unlike the others, Bruce was also concurrently in the Hot AC countdown, at #16 (having reached #15 three weeks ago). But as for sneaking into this countdown for a week (yes, for just this week), that was only made possible by "I'm Already There" being sent off to Recurrent Land after 50 weeks on the R&R chart - yes, 50: By now, they had an additional recurrent rule that kicked out songs between #11 and #15 once they went over 50 weeks. Without that rule, forget about hearing from anyone below #13 "No Such Thing" in the countdown - instead, everything else would be taken up by Super Old songs. You know what else gets caused by sudden recurrencies? By now, you should... ODD BULLET BEHAVIOR: Lonestar's removal pulls "I've Got You" and "On the 4th of July" each up one to #18 and #12. But there are three Odd Bullets to be found here this week - and the third, goes all the way up! That's right: Josh Groban gets pushed down to #3 - but not by just anyone: Turns out this week's Top 2 also have the two biggest spin gains on the entire chart, with Hall & Oates up +247 and Vanessa Carlton up +216. Hmmmm...for the "past Extras" - the completely impromptu ones with no stories whatsoever - they'd shifted to treating those like de facto America's Top Hits, hadn't they? That is to say, they were all "among the hottest hits" from this week in their respective years, but it used to be that the song would have had to be a #1 Pop or AC from this week to be an in-show Extra. Whereas, none of "Roll to Me", "You've Got a Way", or "Sad Eyes" were. ...then again, maybe not completely: "The Power of Love" was still #1 Pop back in 1985 - but only in R&R, or so Premiere just reminded us this weekend. Later, "I'll Always Love You" is clearly an R&R-only AC #1 - it stopped at #2 on Billboard. Robert John, by the way, only topped Billboard's AT40 back in 1979 (a month later at that) - he stopped at #2 in R&R. Trying to track returning America's Top Hits for this show is a real cr@pshoot...here's just a scorecard: - "Cruel Summer" and "She Bop" may or may not be returning from 9/5/98 and 9/11/99, respectively - oh, those were both in their respective AT40s (the ones not changed by Premiere, anyway...!), but they were also both in the 4th ATH slot, and that slot was particularly prone to song replacement for the AC show. Unfortunately, I have no way to verify either one, as much like this week, both the AT40 and Hot AC cue sheets are available, but the one for this show is not. In any case, if either or both were making a return for the AC show, they'd be keeping the exact same story as before.
- For Cyndi Lauper, however, the story is returning either way: It was also used for "All Through the Night" on 10/24/98, which was NOT swapped out from that week's AC show.
- And then there's "Only Wanna Be With You", which returns from 10/3/98 - and in that case, it's the AC show with the cue sheet available, so the return is verified. But I have no way of knowing what the story was, as unfortunately, that week's AT40 is missing the Top Hits (or at least, my copy of it is).
- And oh, as an additional aside: "Cruel Summer", "Somebody's Baby", and "Shake Your Booty" are all song replacements for this show - Bananarama and Jackson Browne replace "Every Other Time" and "U Remind Me" (which we'll both hear in ~12 hours) for both AC shows, while "Shake Your Booty" replaces "Kryptonite" for just this show. So Cyndi and Hootie are the only two to stay put across all three.
As far as in-show, non-LDD extras, "Roll to Me", "What About Love", "The Power of Love", and "Bennie and the Jets" were also used in the Hot AC show. So, "Soak Up the Sun" enters the Top 10 and displaces "Bring on the Rain" from there - isn't that just what summer calls for? (It was certainly the story of the day today, on this 90-degree day - "Cruel Summer", indeed?) Incidentally, "Soak Up the Sun" also led into the "Hero" LDD in the Hot AC show. (It went recurrent off AT40 three weeks ago.) A pity this wasn't a few years ago - taking a look at the credits for "Here I Am", I'm of the mind that Bryan Adams could have scored a surprising hit with it if for no other reason than its decidedly-atypical pairing: The song is produced by Jimmy Jam Harris & Terry Lewis. Unusual pairings making records together had a way of drawing their own attention to those records... So, Casey tells of Ann Wilson undertaking a radical procedure in order to lose weight, and then not long after, we get a weight loss ad for Thermal Carb. I feel like that's not the first time that's happened with weight loss things... DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU: About Hall & Oates going to #1 on this chart, that is. BUT, HOW ABOUT THIS? Per reporting in this week's R&R, they made it to the top this week without direct distribution benefit from a major label! But don't take my word for it... worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-08-30.pdf#page=60
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Sept 28, 2023 17:27:59 GMT -5
Here's a question The America Top Hits segment lasted from 1998 until the end of January 2003. When did they restart them for the AT20 (HAC) shows?
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