Posted December 17, 201311 yr Interesting show presented by Tony Blackburn on Radio 2 on New Year's Day, songs that are well-known but weren't hits. What do you think he may play? Feel free to move this mods if it would be better in Retro.. Edited December 17, 201311 yr by Common Sense
December 17, 201311 yr Two that spring to mind are Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' and Bryan Adams' 'Summer of 69'. I may tune in to this! Also, presuming they're classing a hit as in songs that peaked in the Top 20, I'd like to hear 'Goldfinger' played. Edited December 17, 201311 yr by liamk97
December 17, 201311 yr Summer Of '69 is the obvious one. Also Van Morrison's 'Brown Eyed Girl' which only charted for the first time this year.
December 17, 201311 yr I'd also personally love them to play Tenacious D's 'Tribute' but I'm not feeling it. :(
December 17, 201311 yr Author Two that spring to mind are Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' and Bryan Adams' 'Summer of 69'. I may tune in to this! Also, presuming they're classing a hit as in songs that peaked in the Top 20, I'd like to hear 'Goldfinger' played. Not sure whether they'll class a hit as T20 or T40.
December 17, 201311 yr Werewolves Of London by Warren Zevon is a great song. It's a brilliant song and should definitely be included.
December 17, 201311 yr Ain't No Sunshine. Only got to #40 in the UK off the back of an x factor audition if my memory serves me right.
December 17, 201311 yr 'Werewolves Of London' is a big Radio 2 fave so I'd be amazed if it didn't come up (unless they exclude it because of that Kid Rock monstrosity). On the same basis I'd not be surprised to hear 'Driver's Seat' by Sniff N The Tears or 'Eye In The Sky' by the Alan Parsons project. And since it's Blackburn, I expect he'll work in some of the classic Motown and Stax songs that weren't UK hits either.
December 17, 201311 yr Author Ain't No Sunshine. Only got to #40 in the UK off the back of an x factor audition if my memory serves me right. Do you mean by Bill Withers?
December 17, 201311 yr Author 'Werewolves Of London' is a big Radio 2 fave so I'd be amazed if it didn't come up (unless they exclude it because of that Kid Rock monstrosity). On the same basis I'd not be surprised to hear 'Driver's Seat' by Sniff N The Tears or 'Eye In The Sky' by the Alan Parsons project. And since it's Blackburn, I expect he'll work in some of the classic Motown and Stax songs that weren't UK hits either. Driver's Seat was a huge fave of Tony's in his Radio 1 days.
December 17, 201311 yr Do you mean by Bill Withers? Yes he had other songs that charted in the 70's but ANS wasn't one of them. Edited December 17, 201311 yr by Rob Rob Rudolph
December 17, 201311 yr It depends on their definition of a hit. Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" was a very small hit decades after it was recorded Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely", Oasis' "Champagne Supernova", Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road", the Beatles' "A Day In The Life", Abba's "Happy New Year" & Stevie Nicks' "Edge Of Seventeen" either weren't released as singles or never scratched the surface of the charts here.
December 17, 201311 yr I always thought Atomic Kitten's You Are was a single, but it was never officially released as a single here and only charted on imports.
December 17, 201311 yr Five For Fighting 'Superman'? (no, nothing to do with Nicholas McDonald, heard this song years ago) I thought it was a hit. Maybe not popular enough. Edited December 17, 201311 yr by FM11
December 17, 201311 yr I always thought Atomic Kitten's You Are was a single, but it was never officially released as a single here and only charted on imports. I thought this was their best song as well. :( I was annoyed when it got cancelled.
December 17, 201311 yr I thought this was their best song as well. :( I was annoyed when it got cancelled. It was such a great song. Jenny's middle 8 was iconic. 'I'd say that I'm emphatic' :wub: It was probably shaping up to be a decent sized top 3/5 hit, although probably not a #1 which is what they wanted again, and is perhaps why they cancelled it.
December 17, 201311 yr Etta James 'At Last' only made #39, and that was after her death. Eva Cassidy's 'Over the Rainbow' and 'Songbird' only made #51 and #56 respectively. And 'Fields of Gold' never charted.
December 17, 201311 yr I'm assuming they only count official singles which rules out Stairway To Heaven and avoids the programme being dominated by Beatles album tracks. Further suggestions Harry Chapin - WOLD (it got to number 34) Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle (far better than the Ugly Kid Joe version) The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (number31)
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