the singles from Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night followed the strangest pattern: hit flop fit flop hit flop... and it's not easy getting the highest hit of the album with single number #5... also some of the flops were great like Seven Wonders

 

Big Love #9

Seven Wonders #56

Little lies #5

Family Man #54

Evewhere #4

Isn't it Midnight #60

It seems strange to even question it now that she's so successful, but Adele all of a sudden blowing up with '21' is one for me. It's not like it was a record that just got bigger and bigger over time, it started out with sales over 200,000 so was massive from the start and what confuses me is where did that demand and sudden popularity come from? Yeah, 'Rolling in the Deep' was a big single but considering Adele's previous album had done well but not spectacularly, I find it very hard to believe that RITD inspired some 150,000 extra people to go out and by Adele's new CD on its own. She'd been in Duffy's shadow all the way through 2008, and Duffy's second album which was released a few months before '21' totally flopped.

 

Adele returning with such sales after a not unsuccessful but fairly average first era is a bit of a mystery to me. Was it the fact she won 2 Grammy's? Was it do to with 'Make You Feel My Love' being big in the months before? Is it just a case of strong critical praise actually making people go out and by it?

Oh yes, Take That by Wiley! It was practically MADE to be a No.1 single, he must have been gutted at the No.20 peak but he always come back big when he decides to dabble in the mainstream again. He must be due a big hit next year or thereabouts.

Scouting For Girls 'This Ain't A Love Song' was a bit of an unexpected number one for me. I vaguely remember at the time people being a little shocked by it getting there, particularly for two weeks.

I think it was just down to the song, this was a slow love song, more mature song than their previous singles, which probably got it more airplay and appealed to a wider audience than just a hardcore teen fan base.

 

Born To Make You Happy I remember had an utterly ridiculous pre-release lead in. The video was on The Box around the end of October I think. Also, Radio 1 were playing that nice acoustic remix so maybe people who had the album wanted that.

It seems strange to even question it now that she's so successful, but Adele all of a sudden blowing up with '21' is one for me. It's not like it was a record that just got bigger and bigger over time, it started out with sales over 200,000 so was massive from the start and what confuses me is where did that demand and sudden popularity come from? Yeah, 'Rolling in the Deep' was a big single but considering Adele's previous album had done well but not spectacularly, I find it very hard to believe that RITD inspired some 150,000 extra people to go out and by Adele's new CD on its own. She'd been in Duffy's shadow all the way through 2008, and Duffy's second album which was released a few months before '21' totally flopped.

 

Adele returning with such sales after a not unsuccessful but fairly average first era is a bit of a mystery to me. Was it the fact she won 2 Grammy's? Was it do to with 'Make You Feel My Love' being big in the months before? Is it just a case of strong critical praise actually making people go out and by it?

I had this discussion (read: near argument) with my hubby the other week. We were watching the Adele programme that was on the BBC and they stated that 'Someone Like You' pushed her into superstardom or something. Whilst that, no doubt, had an effect, I'd argue that 'Make You Feel My Love' being performed on The X Factor pretty much every week and turning it into a megahit, is what did it! He refused to take in what I said because if Graham Norton said it, it must be true.

 

He was also convince that Justin Bieber knocked 'Hello' off #1 after two weeks because he heard it on the chart show on his drive home, he refused to believe me when I said it spent 3 weeks there. :lol:

the singles from Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night followed the strangest pattern: hit flop fit flop hit flop... and it's not easy getting the highest hit of the album with single number #5... also some of the flops were great like Seven Wonders

 

Big Love #9

Seven Wonders #56

Little lies #5

Family Man #54

Evewhere #4

Isn't it Midnight #60

 

 

That is bizarre.

 

 

Radiohead managed the biggest hit with the 5th single off The Bends.

With Whole Again, they did seem to get more AirPlay with it and Kerry's pregnancy was big news particularly with the father bring Brian McFadden. I thought it would go top 5 but I didn't expect no.1 at all.

 

Moves Like Jagger becoming a huge hit still makes me go WTF. Literally everyone here thought it'd spend a week you 75 if anything and it wasn't until just before release that anyone truly believed it would do anything over here. Radio 1 seemed dead set against it too. So amazing how it just reignited Maroon 5's career completely.

I had this discussion (read: near argument) with my hubby the other week. We were watching the Adele programme that was on the BBC and they stated that 'Someone Like You' pushed her into superstardom or something. Whilst that, no doubt, had an effect, I'd argue that 'Make You Feel My Love' being performed on The X Factor pretty much every week and turning it into a megahit, is what did it! He refused to take in what I said because if Graham Norton said it, it must be true.

 

He was also convince that Justin Bieber knocked 'Hello' off #1 after two weeks because he heard it on the chart show on his drive home, he refused to believe me when I said it spent 3 weeks there. :lol:

 

Although make you feel my love isn't originally an adele song and even so although it reached its peak in 2008 the bulk of its sales came in 2010/2011 around the time of rolling in the deep so imo RITD is the one that pushed her into superstar dom

personally I think it was Someone Like You at the brits what changed everything for Adele

 

Remixes of 4th/5th singles from an album going to #1 are rare but happens now and then... someone mentioned Florence... she did:

What the Water Gave Me #24

Shake it out #12

No Light no Light #50

Never let me Down #82

Spectrum #1

of course all due to the Calvin Harris remix of Spectrum

 

that reminded me of a similar case with Tori Amos and the album Boys for Pele:

Caught a Lite Sneeze #20

Talula #22

Hey Jupiter #22

Professional Widow #1 thanks to the Armand Van Helden remix

that reminded me of a similar case with Tori Amos and the album Boys for Pele:

Caught a Lite Sneeze #20

Talula #22

Hey Jupiter #20

Professional Widow #1 thanks to the Armand Van Helden remix

 

 

:D

and having your biggest hit and only top 10 of an album with a 5th single... someone mentioned Alanis and Radiohead... Moby's Play could be an example too, in this case, the 6th single making the top 5

 

Alanis - Jagged Little Pill

You Oughta Know #22

Hand in my pocket #26

You learn #24

Ironic #11

Head Over Feet #7

 

Radiohead - The Bends

My iron lung #24

High and dry #17

Fake plastic Trees #20

Just #19

Street spirit #5

 

Moby - Play

Honey #33

Run On #33

Bodyrock #38

Why does my heart... #16

Natural Blues #11

Porcelain #5

 

Travis had a quite an unusual series of singles progressively getting higher in the singles chart.

 

If wasn't for Tied to the 90s it would have been flawlessly ascendant.

 

U16 Girls 40

All I Want To Do Is Rock 39

Tied To The 90s 30

Happy 38

More Than Us EP 16

Writing To Reach You 14

Driftwood 13

Why Does It Always Rain On Me? 10

Turn 8

Coming Around 5

Sing 3

 

 

I wonder is there any band with more than 50 chart hits that all peaked on entry. If not, I wonder who has the most.

not sure why you´re surprised at Cant Fight the Moonlight, great song, was everywhere, mostly cos of the movie

 

That week I was certain Daft Punk would take it, that had been everywhere for so long beforehand. I thought 'Can't Fight The Moonlight' would be a top 5 or so.

personally I think it was Someone Like You at the brits what changed everything for Adele

 

that reminded me of a similar case with Tori Amos and the album Boys for Pele:

Caught a Lite Sneeze #20

Talula #22

Hey Jupiter #22

Professional Widow #1 thanks to the Armand Van Helden remix

 

Someone like you at the Brits was the moment non music buyers stood up and decided Adele was amazing and worthy of their 1 album purchase a year. A Subo's audition on Britain's got talent moment if you will.

 

Still amazing to think Tori had hits with those 3 songs off Boys for pele, talk about non mainstream.

Still amazing to think Tori had hits with those 3 songs off Boys for pele, talk about non mainstream.

Fan purchases and double cd packs. Hey Jupiter (the Dakota Version) is once of her very best song, and it was only a hit because Professional Widow (Remix) was its double A side.

Fan purchases and double cd packs. Hey Jupiter (the Dakota Version) is once of her very best song, and it was only a hit because Professional Widow (Remix) was its double A side.

 

I still to this day have no idea what Caught a lite sneeze is about, but I love it. The video is as odd as the song. The record company must have wished she'd done another Under the pink, so not surprising they made remixes of Pro, Voodoo, Jupiter and Talula.

I still to this day have no idea what Caught a lite sneeze is about, but I love it. The video is as odd as the song. The record company must have wished she'd done another Under the pink, so not surprising they made remixes of Pro, Voodoo, Jupiter and Talula.

 

Caught a Lite Sneeze is a brilliant song.

 

This live take is astonishing

 

 

I dunno. I dont think Under the Pink was very commercial either apart from Cornflake Girl.

 

BFP is very uncommercial - even for Tori.

Pretty good year and Past the mission were very radio friendly Tori too on Under the pink. That and a live performance of Doughnut song that is on youtube just her and a piano are my 2 fave performances of Tori ever.