Posted April 3, 201213 yr Here's the chart where they peaked in America with Back For Good, originally thought they went Top 5. But looking at the Hot 100 again, they reached No.7 which is still good. US Top 100 Singles Week Ending November 11, 1995 TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position) 1 1 FANTASY Mariah Carey - 7 (1) 2 2 GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio Featuring L.V. - 13 (1) 3 3 RUNAWAY Janet Jackson - 9 (3) 4 4 KISS FROM A ROSE Seal - 21 (1) 5 5 TELL ME Groove Theory - 12 (5) 6 6 AS I LAY ME DOWN Sophie B. Hawkins - 24 (6) 7 9 BACK FOR GOOD Take That - 14 (7) 8 7 ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Hootie & The Blowfish - 15 (6) 9 11 WHO CAN I RUN TO Xscape - 5 (9) 10 12 NAME Goo Goo Dolls - 5 (10) ------ 11 10 ROLL TO ME Del Amitri - 19 (10) 12 14 CARNIVAL Natalie Merchant - 15 (10) 13 8 YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson - 11 (1) 14 13 BROKENHEARTED Brandy - 10 (9) 15 19 I'D LIE FOR YOU (AND THAT'S THE TRUTH) Meat Loaf - 4 (15) 16 15 I CAN LOVE YOU LIKE THAT All-4-One - 22 (5) 17 16 RUN-AROUND Blues Traveler - 34 (8) 18 18 DO YOU SLEEP? Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - 8 (18) 19 24 BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OF MY LIFE/LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT Monica - 4 (19) 20 17 WATERFALLS TLC - 23 (1) ------ 21 21 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S Deep Blue Something - 13 (21) 22 23 DECEMBER Collective Soul - 27 (20) 23 26 DREAMING OF YOU Selena - 3 (23) 24 20 I GOT 5 ON IT Luniz - 23 (8) 25 25 PRETTY GIRL Jon B - 11 (25) 26 22 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU/THIS HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Rembrandts - 7 (17) 27 28 SENTIMENTAL Deborah Cox - 10 (27) 28 -- BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS Smashing Pumpkins - 1 (28) 29 29 LET ME BE THE ONE Blessid Union Of Souls - 15 (29) 30 -- BEAUTIFUL LIFE Ace Of Base - 1 (30) ------ 31 27 BOOMBASTIC Shaggy - 26 (3) 32 40 A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins - 3 (32) 33 30 COMEDOWN Bush - 11 (30) 34 31 COLORS OF THE WIND Vanessa Williams - 21 (4) 35 39 ANYTHING 3T - 6 (35) 36 34 TIL YOU DO ME RIGHT After 7 - 19 (31) 37 36 DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL Monica - 29 (2) 38 38 AIN'T NUTHIN' BUT A SHE THING Salt-N-Pepa - 4 (38) 39 32 HE'S MINE Mokenstef - 22 (7) 40 44 MISSING Everything But The Girl - 14 (40) ------ 41 33 SUGAR HILL Az - 18 (25) 42 37 ICE CREAM Chef Raekwon - 5 (37) 43 41 SOMEONE TO LOVE Jon B Featuring Babyface - 29 (10) 44 52 CELL THERAPY Goodie Mob - 5 (44) 45 46 MACARENA (BAYSIDE BOYS MIX) Los Del Rio - 11 (45) 46 59 SET U FREE Planet Soul - 4 (46) 47 35 1ST OF THA MONTH Bone Thugs N Harmony - 12 (14) 48 56 LIQUID SWORDS Genius/GZA - 3 (48) 49 49 I WANNA B WITH U Fun Factory - 17 (45) 50 48 I LIKE IT, I LOVE IT Tim McGraw - 12 (25) ------ 51 60 DANGER Blahzay Blahzay - 6 (51) 52 55 AUTOMATIC LOVER (CALL FOR LOVE) Real McCoy - 4 (52) 53 42 HEAVEN Solo - 14 (42) 54 54 SUMMERTIME IN THE LBC Dove Shack - 14 (54) 55 62 COME WITH ME Shai - 9 (55) 56 -- THE RIDDLER Method Man - 1 (56) 57 61 HOOK Blues Traveler - 6 (57) 58 47 FEEL THE FUNK Immature - 8 (46) 59 43 HOW HIGH Redman/Method Man - 12 (13) 60 90 LOVE U 4 LIFE Jodeci - 2 (60) ------ 61 51 THROW YOUR SET IN THE AIR Cypress Hill - 5 (45) 62 -- TIME Hootie & The Blowfish - 1 (62) 63 -- HURRICANE The Click - 1 (63) 64 68 RUNNIN' The Pharcyde - 4 (64) 65 63 GOOD Better Than Ezra - 20 (30) 66 58 CAN I TOUCH YOU... THERE? Michael Bolton - 11 (27) 67 53 I HATE YOU Prince - 8 (12) 68 65 A MOVER LA COLITA Artie The 1 Man Party - 7 (65) 69 87 BLESSED Elton John - 2 (69) 70 79 HOOKED ON YOU Silk - 2 (70) ------ 71 71 MAGIC CARPET RIDE Mighty Dub Kats - 5 (71) 72 72 RUNAWAY The Corrs - 5 (72) 73 75 WHERE EVER YOU ARE Terry Ellis - 2 (73) 74 74 I MISS YOU (COME BACK HOME) Monifah - 3 (74) 75 67 PLAYER'S ANTHEM Junior M.A.F.I.A. - 17 (13) 76 76 SOLITUDE Edwin McCain - 6 (76) 77 77 ALREADY MISSING YOU Gerald & Eddie Levert Sr. - 4 (77) 78 64 VIBIN' Boyz II Men - 11 (56) 79 88 WINGS OF THE MORNING Capleton - 3 (79) 80 66 BROWN SUGAR D'Angelo - 20 (27) ------ 81 81 SEXUAL HEALING Max-A-Million - 2 (81) 82 82 WE'VE GOT IT GOING ON Backstreet Boys - 3 (82) 83 70 YOU USED TO LOVE ME Faith Evans - 20 (24) 84 69 BOOM BOOM BOOM Outhere Brothers - 7 (69) 85 -- BE MY LOVER La Bouche - 1 (85) 86 86 FOREVER TONIGHT Peter Cetera & Crystal Bernard - 4 (86) 87 89 CRUISIN' D'Angelo - 2 (87) 88 73 EAST SIDE RENDEZVOUS Frost - 3 (73) 89 83 SOMETHIN' 4 DA HONEYZ Montell Jordan - 14 (21) 90 85 REAL HIP HOP Das EFX - 8 (61) ------ 91 84 BOMDIGI Erick Sermon - 3 (84) 92 80 MC'S ACT LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW KRS-One - 10 (57) 93 -- LAST DAYZ Onyx - 1 (93) 94 -- I WILL REMEMBER YOU Sarah McLachlan - 1 (94) 95 96 WEST UP! WC & The Maad Circle - 7 (88) 96 78 DOWNTOWN VENUS P.M. Dawn - 8 (48) 97 94 MOLLY (SIXTEEN CANDLES) Sponge - 14 (55) 98 91 SCATMAN (SKI-BA-BOP-BA-DOP-BOP) Scatman John - 13 (60) 99 95 (IF YOU'RE NOT IN IT FOR LOVE) I'M OUTTA HERE / THE WOMAN IN ME (NEEDS THE MAN IN YOU) Shania Twain - 3 (90) 100 92 JEEPS, LEX COUPS, BIMAZ & BENZ Lost Boyz - 10 (67) Edited April 3, 201213 yr by Mark.
April 3, 201213 yr So many other Take That songs i would have loved to have seen do aswell in america, for me songs like never forget, patience and rule the world were more worthy than back for good. Then again i have never been a huge back for good fan and i know probably everyone will disagree on my point.
April 3, 201213 yr I still think they should release in America. They are producing material similar or if not better than UK bands such as Coldplay that sell well over there so why not try it out! For some reason the 2006-2012 material is not available on the US iTunes but the old stuff still is. If they sorted that out then it would be a good step in that direction. They are also signed to a division of Interscope so they clearly have the backing from US labels. Looking through that list is definately a blast from the past haha, seen some names i havent heard of in years! Back For Good did very well over there, similar to The Wanted in terms of sales but as I remember the 4 or 5 above them in the charts at the time went on to sell ridiculously and stayed where they were for weeks so number 7 wasnt bad at all. Gary has said that they did plan to release Pray as the second single over the pond with the B side being either Every Guy or Babe but obviously the break up had already been set in motion. I definately think that if they had targeted America while they were breaking Europe in the Everything Changes era then they would have had alot of success over there.
April 4, 201213 yr Had they not split, Im still not fully convinced they would have had any major further American success.
April 4, 201213 yr Author I still think they should release in America. They are producing material similar or if not better than UK bands such as Coldplay that sell well over there so why not try it out! For some reason the 2006-2012 material is not available on the US iTunes but the old stuff still is. If they sorted that out then it would be a good step in that direction. They are also signed to a division of Interscope so they clearly have the backing from US labels. Looking through that list is definately a blast from the past haha, seen some names i havent heard of in years! Back For Good did very well over there, similar to The Wanted in terms of sales but as I remember the 4 or 5 above them in the charts at the time went on to sell ridiculously and stayed where they were for weeks so number 7 wasnt bad at all. Gary has said that they did plan to release Pray as the second single over the pond with the B side being either Every Guy or Babe but obviously the break up had already been set in motion. I definately think that if they had targeted America while they were breaking Europe in the Everything Changes era then they would have had alot of success over there. I agree, they didn't do bad with Back For Good, and from looking at the video of them in America they had a good response. It's a shame the split happened as they could have gone to better things in America. Never know now, but the new stuff could have done well (maybe still could). I'd love to see them have another crack at the US.
April 7, 201213 yr Well American success would have been great, but from a selfish point of view im glad they didnt, as nobody else was the album aimed for america and outside of never forget there is nothing on the album i really really like and its their only album i dont listen to. Based on that im glad they have concentrated mainly on the Uk market now and Europe.
