Songs that should have "made it there" as pop songs
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NJtoTX — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 09:55 PM)
Teacher Teacher - Rockpile
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NJtoTX — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 10:15 PM)
Got to 51 on the U.S. charts, 31 in Canada.
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Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 11:05 PM)
How about a non-hit by a huge artist?
"The Day Before You Came" by ABBA comes to mind:
This 1982 track did chart in the top 10 in some countries, but in bombed in the UK, US and Australia (ABBA, though Swedish, considered the UK to be the most important market for pop music)
Not exactly a huge artist, but not unknown either, how about "Silver Moon" by Michael Nesmith?:
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Liburnius — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 11:30 PM)
For the Abba song, I like the sounds and the mood provided (One of the YouTube comments indicates the sound is similar to Kraftwerk's
The Man-Machine
in places, and I can definitely hear that connection somewhat, sort of like "Space Lab" sequences), yet I have never heard that one before. I'm from America, and usually some of our stations will just play their '70s hits, it seems, and I imagine it did not have as much exposure here as it did even in Britain, where it charted to #32. The various European ratings seem quite divided, as well, doing well in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, and Canada, among others, yet missing the mark with the U.K. for some reason. I don't see America on the Wikipedia page, regarding music critics perception of it from there.
The "Silver Moon" song is nice, fusing rock and country elements. It did well on the Adult Contemporary charts, reaching #7, but was also in the upper end of middle-of-the-road in the Top 100 in America. I could see how it may have performed better, under more beneficial circumstances.
This is "Sussudio," a great, great song: -
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(January 07, 2017 12:02 AM)
Not the best sound quality, but two 1960s songs by Australian singer Marty Rhone:
"Village Tapestry"
It did reach #12 in Queensland, but did not chart in any other state in the country (meaning Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, and TasmaniaI don't know about Canberra and Northern Territory, I can't get chart info from there, but relatively few people live in either state anyway)
"Ruby with the Red Hair"
Reached #20 in Queensland, #37 in Victoria, did not chart elsewhere.
Rhone released a whole string of flop singles in the 1960s, before having hits in the mid-1970s with two songs about jeans.
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