September 7, 201511 yr I scored a Top 20 hit twice in the 80's with the SAME song, and believe it or not because of this feat, I have the distinction of having the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist.....and I'm not Michael Jackson, George Michael, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, or Paul McCartney. Name the artist & song.....good luck :lol2:
September 7, 201511 yr I scored a Top 20 hit twice in the 80's with the SAME song, and believe it or not because of this feat, I have the distinction of having the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist.....and I'm not Michael Jackson, George Michael, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, or Paul McCartney. Name the artist & song.....good luck :lol2: never mind
September 7, 201511 yr I scored a Top 20 hit twice in the 80's with the SAME song, and believe it or not because of this feat, I have the distinction of having the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist.....and I'm not Michael Jackson, George Michael, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, or Paul McCartney. Name the artist & song.....good luck :lol2: never mind The 1st bolded, I knew, as I had the 45 single (when it 1st charted) and still have the cassette single (when it charted the 2nd time). The 2nd bolded, I still have a hard time believing, but Wikipedia doesn't lie. :lol2:
September 7, 201511 yr I scored a Top 20 hit twice in the 80's with the SAME song, and believe it or not because of this feat, I have the distinction of having the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist.....and I'm not Michael Jackson, George Michael, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, or Paul McCartney. Name the artist & song.....good luck :lol2: I'm stumped on this one. My guess would've been "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins until I saw his name on the list of who it wasn't. I'll go with "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John as my likely wrong guess.
September 7, 201511 yr The 1st bolded, I knew, as I had the 45 single (when it 1st charted) and still have the cassette single (when it charted the 2nd time). The 2nd bolded, I still have a hard time believing, but Wikipedia doesn't lie. :lol2: Looked it because I couldn't figure it out. Of course you had this 45! I'd bet you had his hair cut back then too! :lol2:
September 7, 201511 yr I'm stumped on this one. My guess would've been "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins until I saw his name on the list of who it wasn't. I'll go with "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John as my likely wrong guess. nope
September 7, 201511 yr Looked it because I couldn't figure it out. Of course you had this 45! I'd bet you had his hair cut back then too! :lol2: I did when hit the charts the 2nd time. :lol2:
September 7, 201511 yr I did when hit the charts the 2nd time. :lol2: D'ya Think I'm Sexy by Rod Stewart? :lol2:
September 7, 201511 yr I did when hit the charts the 2nd time. :lol2: Well...if it was a he and you had his hairdoo then it must not have been Nena and 99 .... Could it have been John Waite with Missing You? Rick Astley with Never Gonna Give You Up? Howard Jones with Things Can Only Get Better? Paul Young with Everytime You Go Away? Am I in the ballpark or was it a hair metal dude like Kip Winger or something?
September 7, 201511 yr Well...if it was a he and you had his hairdoo then it must not have been Nena and 99 .... Could it have been John Waite with Missing You? Rick Astley with Never Gonna Give You Up? Howard Jones with Things Can Only Get Better? Paul Young with Everytime You Go Away? Am I in the ballpark or was it a hair metal dude like Kip Winger or something? no,no,no
September 7, 201511 yr The answer is.............Benny Mardones and "Into The Night" Mardones originally released "Into the Night" in June 1980. The song peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 for two weeks in September 1980, logging 20 weeks on the chart before falling off in late October. In 1989, a "Where Are They Now?" Arizona radio segment spurred L.A. DJ Scott Shannon to add the song to his playlist, ultimately rocketing the song back onto the national charts, on May 6, 1989. Mardones' recording peaked this time at No. 20 the first week in July, adding 17 weeks to its previous run of 20, to add up to a total of 37 (nonconsecutive) weeks. "Into the Night" broke the record set by Laura Branigan with her single "Gloria", which charted for 36 (consecutive) weeks from July 1982 to March 1983, for the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist. However it was still short of the 40 consecutive weeks set by Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy" in 1977–1978. This longevity record has been eclipsed many times since, most notably by the 87 weeks that Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" logged from 2012–2014. Here is the orginal video from 1980.......PURE 80's. :lol2:
September 7, 201511 yr The answer is.............Benny Mardones and "Into The Night" Mardones originally released "Into the Night" in June 1980. The song peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 for two weeks in September 1980, logging 20 weeks on the chart before falling off in late October. In 1989, a "Where Are They Now?" Arizona radio segment spurred L.A. DJ Scott Shannon to add the song to his playlist, ultimately rocketing the song back onto the national charts, on May 6, 1989. Mardones' recording peaked this time at No. 20 the first week in July, adding 17 weeks to its previous run of 20, to add up to a total of 37 (nonconsecutive) weeks. "Into the Night" broke the record set by Laura Branigan with her single "Gloria", which charted for 36 (consecutive) weeks from July 1982 to March 1983, for the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist. However it was still short of the 40 consecutive weeks set by Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy" in 1977–1978. This longevity record has been eclipsed many times since, most notably by the 87 weeks that Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" logged from 2012–2014. Here is the orginal video from 1980.......PURE 80's. :lol2: Benny WhoWhat? Never heard of him. I do recall the song but not the artist's name. I would've never even had guessed that the song itself had any significant longevity about it to be trivia worthy much less have this type of chart endurance. Pretty weird.
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