which records were massive on airplay but ultimately failed at retail?

Del Amitri 'Roll With Me'

Keane 'This Is The Last Time'

Scissor Sisters 'Take Your Mama Out'

 

(Though I know the latter two were from big hit albums)

'Amazed' - Lonestar. Played it for absolute decades and it never breached the top 20. Impressive chart run though!

El Presidente - Turn this Thing Around

Del Amitri 'Roll With Me'

Keane 'This Is The Last Time'

Scissor Sisters 'Take Your Mama Out'

 

(Though I know the latter two were from big hit albums)

Wasnt Keane's 'This Is The Last Time' a top ten hit?

Norah Jones - Don't Know Why

Jack Johnson - Good People

Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

 

None of these three songs made the Top40 yet they helped make their respective albums go multi-platinum whilst being played to death on Radio2, Heart FM etc.

 

what was that twiddly twiddly corrs record from last year that tanked. that was on radio 2 a lot

what was that twiddly twiddly corrs record from last year that tanked. that was on radio 2 a lot

 

That was Old Town/Heart Like A Wheel - Double A-sided single.

That was Old Town/Heart Like A Wheel - Double A-sided single.

 

Oh

Going back decades,Shame,the Evelyn 'Champagne'King classic was played to death but was never a big hit.

 

No Doubt - Its my life.

 

Played to death on local radio since 2003,released twice,reached #20 then #17 four months later.

 

Not that big a hit considering the over-all airplay it's accumulated.

These two were played on the radio a lot at the time and never became big hits.

 

One Too Many - Downtown

12 Nov 88 No.65

3 Jun 89 No.43

 

The Blessing - Highway 5

11 May 91 No.42

18 Jan 92 No.30

and these Bryan Adams classics were big airplay hits but were never big sales hits

 

Heaven

25 May 85 No.38

 

Summer of 69

10 Aug 85 No.42

 

Wasnt Keane's 'This Is The Last Time' a top ten hit?

It was Top 20.

Van Morrison -Brown Eyed Girl has never charted but has been played one helluva lot over the years.