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No-hit wonders
Posted on 7/12/16 at 1:28 am
Posted on 7/12/16 at 1:28 am
Okay, we've had threads about the best one- and two-hit wonder bands in the '80s recently. Now how about popular bands that never had a hit single in the US, but made an impact anyway?
I'll set out the guidelines and offer one obvious example: first of all, it has to be a band that most everyone knows or has heard of, but who never had a single song chart higher than #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (for those of you old enough to remember American Top 40). Just to keep it simple, let's limit it to the era when people bought single records, say 1955-1985, give or take a year either way.
Here's my example:
Highest charting single: "Rockaway Beach", which peaked at #66 in the spring of 1977.
Any others?
I'll set out the guidelines and offer one obvious example: first of all, it has to be a band that most everyone knows or has heard of, but who never had a single song chart higher than #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (for those of you old enough to remember American Top 40). Just to keep it simple, let's limit it to the era when people bought single records, say 1955-1985, give or take a year either way.
Here's my example:
Highest charting single: "Rockaway Beach", which peaked at #66 in the spring of 1977.
Any others?
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 5:03 am to FearlessFreep
1) ONE FINE DAY-Julie (Budd)
A disco take on a Carole King/Gerry Goffin 1960s hit. Peaked at Billboard #92 in early 1976.
2) SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS-Band of the Black Watch (1976).
3) WILD IN THE STREETS-British Lions (1977).
A disco take on a Carole King/Gerry Goffin 1960s hit. Peaked at Billboard #92 in early 1976.
2) SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS-Band of the Black Watch (1976).
3) WILD IN THE STREETS-British Lions (1977).
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 5:08 am
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:29 am to FearlessFreep
One band that comes to mind is Foghat. Their biggest chart hit was Slow Ride, which peaked at #20.
I realize #20 would be a hit, but for how popular they were, not having anything higher is interesting.
I realize #20 would be a hit, but for how popular they were, not having anything higher is interesting.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:46 am to FearlessFreep
Using your guidelines for bands
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Motorhead
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Sublime
311
The Cult
Bob Marley
Morissey
quote:and excluding other charts such as the Mainstream Rock chart...
who never had a single song chart higher than #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (for those of you old enough to remember American Top 40)
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Motorhead
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Sublime
311
The Cult
Bob Marley
Morissey
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:09 am to FearlessFreep
Posted on 7/12/16 at 1:58 pm to FearlessFreep
Television?
Big Star?
Big Star?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 2:16 pm to FearlessFreep
Green River
Mudhoney
Black Flag (can't remember if they had a "hit" or not)
Mudhoney
Black Flag (can't remember if they had a "hit" or not)
Posted on 7/12/16 at 2:45 pm to FearlessFreep
How Soon Is Now? should've been a huge hit in the 80s. Never charted on the Billboard.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 3:28 pm to WhiteBear
There is no way in hell Black Flag had a chart single.
Fugazi
Bob Marley
Pavement
Velvet Underground
Rage
Alice in Chains (unless Man in a Box charted, can't remember)
They Might Be Giants
Fugazi
Bob Marley
Pavement
Velvet Underground
Rage
Alice in Chains (unless Man in a Box charted, can't remember)
They Might Be Giants
Posted on 7/12/16 at 3:28 pm to Sal Minella
quote:
who never had a single song chart higher than #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (for those of you old enough to remember American Top 40)
quote:
The Cult
seriously?? i thought i remembered 'she sells sanctuary' 'wild flower' and 'fire woman' as constant radio repeats.
none of them cracked the top 40?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 3:37 pm to Baloo
quote:didn't think so, but wasn't 100% sure.
There is no way in hell Black Flag had a chart single.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 4:04 pm to Baloo
quote:I always considered Cut Your Hair a hit. Not sure how it's defined
Pavement
quote:
The song was released as a single and became the band's best-selling and most popular song. "Cut Your Hair" obtained strong airplay on U.S. indie and alternative radio stations, reaching the top ten on the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in the spring of 1994.[1]
quote:
They Might Be Giants
Bunch of hits.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 7:48 pm to Baloo
Don't Let's Start got so much play on MTV I assumed it was a hit. I guess I though the same for Ana Ng and Birdhouse.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 7:58 pm to Sal Minella
quote:
Sublime
Hard to believe What I Got and Santeria weren't top 40 hits. Those songs were huge.
quote:
Alice in Chains (unless Man in a Box charted, can't remember)
Rooster was almost as overplayed as Enter Sandman and Smells Like Teen Spirit when it came out. That had to have charted fairly high.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 8:40 pm to FearlessFreep
Weird Al is close. He had a couple of hits.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 4:30 am to CAD703X
Fire Woman hit number 4 on the US rock chart and number 2 on the alt chart. It only hit 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, though. Edie is the only other song by The Cult to crack the Hot 100. It peaked at 93.
Every single that Alice in Chains released charted in the top 40 of the rock charts with No Excuses hitting number 1. However, the highest Billboard Hot 100 song was No Excuses which peaked at 48.
Hard to believe but Rooster and Would? both never charted in the Hot 100. the only songs that charted in Hot 100 for Alice in Chains were No Excuses (48), Heaven Beside You (52), and Check My Brain (92). Get Born Again only went as high as 106.
I think people think these songs were much more popular than they were due to being in constant rotation on MTV, back when MTV actually played frickin music videos.
Every single that Alice in Chains released charted in the top 40 of the rock charts with No Excuses hitting number 1. However, the highest Billboard Hot 100 song was No Excuses which peaked at 48.
Hard to believe but Rooster and Would? both never charted in the Hot 100. the only songs that charted in Hot 100 for Alice in Chains were No Excuses (48), Heaven Beside You (52), and Check My Brain (92). Get Born Again only went as high as 106.
I think people think these songs were much more popular than they were due to being in constant rotation on MTV, back when MTV actually played frickin music videos.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 4:40 am
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:13 am to DannyB
Vic Chestnutt was a pretty prolific one that i dont think charted, did he?
he wasnt a household name, but well known and named a top 5 living songwriter before his death.
he wasnt a household name, but well known and named a top 5 living songwriter before his death.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 10:17 am
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:16 am to FearlessFreep
Hoodoo Gurus?
Guadalcanal Diary?
The Connells? (74/75 maybe)
X - Hungry Wolf was played a lot on MTV, but I never heard it anywhere else.
Guadalcanal Diary?
The Connells? (74/75 maybe)
X - Hungry Wolf was played a lot on MTV, but I never heard it anywhere else.
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