December 17, 201311 yr Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On Given it's Tony doing this, this will certainly get a mention.
December 17, 201311 yr La Bouche - Be My Lover I was surprised this only scraped into the top 40 since it was huge everywhere else, especially when Eurodance was king in the '90s.
December 17, 201311 yr There was a section on this in one of the Guinness Book of Hit Singles in the 90s. 'Brown Eyed Girl' is the most obvious one (only charting this year for the first time). Also 'Puff the magic dragon' which I don't think ever charted. Surely these will be the types of songs played on the radio show rather than obscure offerings from the likes of Atomic Kitten and Natasha Bedingfield that only some Buzzjackers will know!? Edited December 17, 201311 yr by mrbrightside
December 18, 201311 yr Lights #49 ~ 4.000.000 USA :wacko: Cosmic love #51 ~ It got #3 on the irish chart :wacko:
December 18, 201311 yr Cosmic love #51 ~ It got #3 on the irish chart :wacko: It had the benefit of being featured in a commercial in Ireland.
December 18, 201311 yr Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California was a flop but should have charted Welcome to the Money House by Animal Magnet was big in the clubs in the 80s but failed to chart. Also, Kiss Me (original version) by Tin Tin should have been a big hit.
December 18, 201311 yr Some more recent "hits": Dog Days Are Over only managed a peak at No. 23 (but had a lengthy 31 week chart run in the Top 75 so that might cancel DDAO out as a non-hit?) :blink: You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift peaked at No. 30! I always thought Wonderful Life was a hit in the UK but was shocked to discover that it only peaked at No. 21 and left the Top 75 after 6 weeks! Fergalicious peaked at No. 62! (according to Wikipedia though I can't find it on acharts) Edited December 18, 201311 yr by jafetsigfinns
December 18, 201311 yr You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift peaked at No. 30! That was before Taylor was big here, her label really pushed Love Story to be a smash here, but then didn't put the effort in after that untill We're Never Ever Getting Back Together. Love Story was pushed from like the September or October of 2008 and wasn't release in the UK to Feb 2009.
December 18, 201311 yr Cosmic love #51 ~ It got #3 on the irish chart :wacko: To be fair, this one was the obvious choice to follow-up 'Rabbit Heart' and for some bizarre reason they wasted several singles before they got to it.
December 18, 201311 yr To be fair, this one was the obvious choice to follow-up 'Rabbit Heart' and for some bizarre reason they wasted several singles before they got to it. Ooh a Silver Rocket post complaining about poor single choices, how novel! (You are 100% right on this occasion but if it still only got #51 when they did eventually release it, it probably wouldn't have done THAT well had it actually been released at a sensible time, as much as it deserved to :( Still their best song by far, at least the Irish had the sense to make it a big hit, ad-related or not).
December 18, 201311 yr Some more recent "hits": Dog Days Are Over only managed a peak at No. 23 (but had a lengthy 31 week chart run in the Top 75 so that might cancel DDAO out as a non-hit?) :blink: You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift peaked at No. 30! I always thought Wonderful Life was a hit in the UK but was shocked to discover that it only peaked at No. 21 and left the Top 75 after 6 weeks! Fergalicious peaked at No. 62! (according to Wikipedia though I can't find it on acharts) I agree with you on Florence, but I don't think any of the others are even well remembered now, let alone mistaken for hits (not counting outside of the UK obvs)
December 18, 201311 yr I think 'You Belong With Me' is kind of remembered in as much as people remember the whole Kanye West VMAs thing which it was related to. (Which was of course the only reason the song even became a hit here to begin with as well).
December 18, 201311 yr "Wonderful Life" made the top 10. The Black song of that name did. The Hurts song (which I assume is what the poster meant) did not.
December 18, 201311 yr Ah, OK, I completely forgot about the Hurts' track. Pales in comparison with the Black one.
December 18, 201311 yr Ah, OK, I completely forgot about the Hurts' track. Pales in comparison with the Black one. I love them both :music:
December 18, 201311 yr 'Wonderful Life' (of the Hurts flavour) is highly overrated. 'Better Than Love' on the other hand was incredible, can't believe that missed the top 40 entirely.
December 18, 201311 yr Note to self Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up Must resist my usual slagging off debut Hurts album every time they're brought up ...
December 18, 201311 yr 'Wonderful Life' (of the Hurts flavour) is highly overrated. 'Better Than Love' on the other hand was incredible, can't believe that missed the top 40 entirely. And 'Illuminated' too. :wub: (and 'Stay' which was a recent grower for me). I loved their album. I've not heard the second one but I do really like the two singles so should.
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