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jimwatts View member profile	29th January 2022, 06:28 PM Post #41
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,747 User: 38,591	Thought of another two: Elbow (11 years): Red (#36, 2001) -> One Day Like This (#4, 2012) Joni Mitchell (27 years): Big Yellow Taxi (#11, 1970) -> Got 'Til It's Gone (#6, 1997) [samples the former]


jimwatts View member profile	27th March 2022, 12:48 PM Post #42
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,747 User: 38,591	Following the discussion in the #4s thread of whether Aerosmith's first officially credited Top 10 hit was Walk This Way or I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (I'd say the former; the latter could see them included here), I've thought of another two: Clubhouse (11 years): Do It Again - Billie Jean (Medley) (#11, 1983) -> Light My Fire (#7, 1994) Nine Inch Nails (14 years): Head Like A Hole (#45, 1991) -> The Hand That Feeds (#7, 2005)


jimwatts View member profile	2nd September 2022, 04:54 PM Post #43
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,747 User: 38,591	We can now add to this list: Mattafix (17 years): Big City Life (#15, 2005) -> Big City Life [Luude & Mattafix] (#10 so far, 2022) and another older one not mentioned yet: Santana (26 years): Samba Pa Ti (#27, 1974) -> Smooth (#3, 2000)


jimwatts View member profile	30th December 2022, 07:09 PM Post #44
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,747 User: 38,591	AC/DC's record (35 years) has been smashed! Bobby Helms (65 years): My Special Angel (#22, 1957) -> Jingle Bell Rock (#7, 2022)


Roba. View member profile	30th December 2022, 07:55 PM Post #45
Rob aah Joined: 3 July 2007 Posts: 38,348 User: 3,804	I guess one good thing American Playlists have done is giving 50's artists like Bobby a record like this!


Brer View member profile	31st December 2022, 12:52 AM Post #46
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,112 User: 8,300	Casually beating that record by 30 years, that'll take some beating


jimwatts View member profile	14th March 2023, 10:58 PM Post #47
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,747 User: 38,591	A couple more I've thought of - nowhere near the new record for Bobby Helms, but still over 10 years: Scorpions (12 years): Is There Anybody There / Another Piece Of Meat (#39, 1979) -> Wind Of Change (#2, 1991) Sting (12 years as a solo artist): Spread A Little Happiness (#16, 1982) -> All For Love (#2, 1994) [with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart] -> When We Dance (#9, 1994) [first fully solo Top 10 hit]