Chart runs and peaking high isn't always needed to have a song that will be remembered for years to come. Marcus Collins looks like he will outpeak the original but will his version be remembered in 6 months time?? :blink:

 

Seven Nation Army spent 3 weeks in the top 40 (7-14-34-out)

 

Here was the top 10 at the time it debuted

 

01 [**] Busted 'You Said No'

02 [**] Lisa Maffia 'All Over'

03 [**] David Sneddon 'Don't Let Go'

04 [01] Room 5 'Make Luv'

05 [03] 50 Cent 'In Da Club'

06 [**] DMX 'X Gon Give It To Ya'

07 [**] The White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army'

08 [**] Triple Eight 'Knock Out'

09 [06] Junior Senior 'Move Ya Feet'

10 [07] Kym Marsh 'Cry'

 

Out of that I only know Room 5, 50 Cent, White Stripes and Junior Senior. I love all those songs too, especially Room 5 and 50 Cent!

 

What other songs can you think of have shocking chart runs but are well remembered. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'Mr Brightside' come to mind (the latter has spent forever in the top 200 but only 3 weeks T40 :o)

Not related to this but Kym Marsh - Cry :wub:

 

Absolutely LOATHE the woman (Michelle Connor can FOAD, no-one wants you in bloody Coronation Street!) but love that song, had totally forgotten all about it!

This topic has the potential to be endless as many many songs that become classics didn't do that well when they were released.

 

The ones that always spring to mind for me are

 

Massive Attack - Teardrop {10}-24-35-37-59-74->6

REM - Loosing My Religion 26-{19}-19-19-24-28-35-53-70->9

I was thinking probably the biggest example I know of is Till I Collapse by Eminem.

 

It wasn't released as a single, but it's one of his most iconic songs, a top 1000 staple now, and only peaked at #73 in 2009. It's sold over 1,000,000 downloads worldwide, even though it's from 2002.

 

That is an absolute classic I think, and has had an appalling chart run (and none at all when it was released obviously since album tracks couldn't chart then).

{10}-26-38-60

 

The Killers 'Mr Brightside'

 

It has charted 7 more times since 2007 though.

Plenty from the 90s I'd guess, it wasn't even just fanbase songs that peaked high and fell quickly. Even the something like 'Song 2', one of Blur's most loved had a chart run of: {2}-13-23-45-74->5

I was shocked to learn a few weeks ago that Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 didn't even go Top 40 in the UK! I always assumed it would have spent weeks and weeks at number 1, definitely what I would call a 'classic' as most people have heard of it + call it her signature hit.

{10}-26-38-60

 

The Killers 'Mr Brightside'

 

It has charted 7 more times since 2007 though.

 

In the year-end charts, it charted:

 

2007: #127

2008: #123

2009: #180

 

It's very rare for a song to chart in the year-end top 200 3 times I expect anyway, so for a song that only peaked at #10 and had such a short initial chart run to go on to have that longevity is very remarkable imo!!

There's the old "classics that never charted" brigade such as "Summer of '69", or at least that was the first one that came to mind.

 

Of Oasis' early singles "Supersonic" entered at #31 and was never seen in the top 40 again, while "Live Forever" had four weeks in the top 40. Four. Absurd for such a classic.

In the year-end charts, it charted:

 

2007: #127

2008: #123

2009: #180

 

It's very rare for a song to chart in the year-end top 200 3 times I expect anyway, so for a song that only peaked at #10 and had such a short initial chart run to go on to have that longevity is very remarkable imo!!

 

Had the charts been download back then it could have had an insane chart run, probably 10+ weeks in the top 10 as its reputation grew. We saw how "Chasing Cars" bounced back up when the chart rules were relaxed and it was six months old at the time.

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven has a peak of #37 (though to be fair it wasn't released as a single at the time).

 

Considering it's the most covered song of all time (and the act behind it :P) The Beatles' Yesterday wasn't a very big hit. Peaked at #8 and only 7 weeks in the chart.

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (before it re-entered at #8)

Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child of Mine

Edited March 4, 201213 yr by liamk97

Another one, Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run (probably his best-known song or certainly up there) only made #16 and was in the chart for 4 weeks.

 

Thriller's initial chart run also doesn't reflect that it's one of MJ's best known songs but then it was like the eighth single off that album :lol: And it's re-entered a bunch of times.

Edited March 4, 201213 yr by Engelbré

Man In The Mirror (pre-2009) is another example, it only peaked at like 22 iirc before it got to number 2 when he died.

Man In The Mirror (pre-2009) is another example, it only peaked at like 22 iirc before it got to number 2 when he died.

Is was the 267th single off Bad though wasn't it? Lower peak to be expected imo at the time.

Had the charts been download back then it could have had an insane chart run, probably 10+ weeks in the top 10 as its reputation grew. We saw how "Chasing Cars" bounced back up when the chart rules were relaxed and it was six months old at the time.

It certainly wouldn't have. They really didn't kick on until Somebody Told Me was re-released at the beginning of 2005, that was when they went from middling indie band to being absolutely massive. Although the album entered at 6 it didn't appear in the top 15 again for another 6 months when STM and January Sales took it all the way to the top. In reality they weren't a great deal bigger than what say, The Vaccines are now.

01/12/1990 LL Cool J Around The Way Girl/Mama Said 41 {41}-44-65-66->4

 

Odd to think 'Ain't Nobody' was a definitive non #1 in 1997, and whilst 'Control Myself' was a #2 hit in 2006, I certainly haven't heard this song since...well, 2006. :heehee: However, 'Mama Said (Knock You Out)' is by far LL Cool J's most famous single but is one of his lowest selling singles in the UK.

In the year-end charts, it charted:

 

2007: #127

2008: #123

2009: #180

 

It's very rare for a song to chart in the year-end top 200 3 times I expect anyway, so for a song that only peaked at #10 and had such a short initial chart run to go on to have that longevity is very remarkable imo!!

 

 

That is an example of the public being way behind the release of a single - through no fault of their own. It just didn't catch on when it was released.

I was thinking probably the biggest example I know of is Till I Collapse by Eminem.

 

It wasn't released as a single, but it's one of his most iconic songs, a top 1000 staple now, and only peaked at #73 in 2009. It's sold over 1,000,000 downloads worldwide, even though it's from 2002.

 

That is an absolute classic I think, and has had an appalling chart run (and none at all when it was released obviously since album tracks couldn't chart then).

 

 

If it wasn't released as a single does it even apply in this thread? I'm not disputing that it's a classic.

Man In The Mirror (pre-2009) is another example, it only peaked at like 22 iirc before it got to number 2 when he died.

 

I'm not sure if that was a "classic" song before he died, only afterwards when it reached #2