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It is unfortunate that Billboard did not publish the Hot
100 Sales and Airplay charts back then. Once they did,
they offered a fascinating insight as to why each song
was charting where it did on the Hot 100 and what was -
and was not - contributing to its chart position.
("Physical" is the best example of not knowing - only #2
in R&R, but an 8-10 week #1 on all the other charts.
Were the single's sales that massive?)
"Mirage" album sales may have curtailed "Gypsy" single
sales. But, sales of "Rumours" (which endured at #1 much
longer than "Mirage") did not seem to impact all of FM's
singles from "Rumours" which had more comparable Top 10
peaks in both Billboard and R&R. If anything, I would
have expected anything "Mirage" related - album or single
- to sell well as the album and its singles were a return
to form for FM after the frankly odd "Tusk" album.
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KentT wrote:
Rarely did a radio station get a master dub,
only in very special situations and if they had major pull
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"Rarely" may be the correct word, however a couple of
stations in my secondary market got quite a few of them,
and Aaron mentioned in a post right after mine that he knew
someone in radio that had a closet full of them, so they do
exist in some cases (I was just speculating on "Gypsy" in
that particular case).
Andy
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Scanner wrote:
It is unfortunate that Billboard did not
publish the Hot
100 Sales and Airplay charts back then. Once they did,
they offered a fascinating insight as to why each song
was charting where it did on the Hot 100 and what was -
and was not - contributing to its chart position.
("Physical" is the best example of not knowing - only #2
in R&R, but an 8-10 week #1 on all the other charts.
Were the single's sales that massive?) |
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"Physical" was known to have been banned by some stations
for its "suggestive" lyrics, and frankly I'm surprised it
got as high as it did in R&R. It was certified Platinum,
which at the time meant at least two million copies sold,
so no doubt its sales helped it stay #1 as long as it
did.
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Paul Haney
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"Physical" also peaked at #2 in The Gavin Report (which was also based on airplay). Also, "Gypsy" peaked at #2 in
Gavin. One reason that some of these songs didn't peak as high in Billboard had to do with their "rule" that a record
couldn't drop until it lost its bullet. Therefore, you have records spending multiple weeks at a peak position,
blocking others from moving up.
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