Non-Top 40 Songs That Topped Your Chart

[chebingeo]

For some people (Bryan) this should take 2 seconds, others (Steve) it will be the longest list they ever make. Which songs topped your personal chart, but never made the pop top 40?

My list:

Celine Dion - The Power of the Dream (1996)
Donna Lewis & Richard Marx - At the Beginning (1998)
Rockell & Collage - Can't We Try (1998)
Stars on 54 - If You Could Read My Mind (1999)
Anggun - Snow on the Sahara (1999)
Spice Girls - Goodbye (1999)
Donna Summer - The Power of One (2001)
Enya - Wild Child (2002)
Faith Hill - Cry (2003)
Celine Dion - I Surrender (2003)
Celine Dion - Have You Ever Been in Love (2003)
Shania Twain - Forever & For Always (2003)
Clay Aiken - This is the Night (2003)

[mst3k]

I'll have to edit this later, but off the top of my head:

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey - Never Forget You
Jack Johnson - Flake
Sixpence None The Richer - Breathe Your Name
Krazy - Welcome To Raymond James (adapted from Jermaine Dupri's "Welcome To Atlanta")

[FreakyFlyBry]

Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good

[Rob64]

No particular order.. and i just quicly skimmed through my chart binder. so there are many more

Alanis Morissette - Precious Illusions
Kardinal f. Pharrell - Belly Dancer
Metallica - St. Anger
Chantal Kreviazuk - Time
Snoop Dogg - From Da Chuuch To Da Palace
Dave Matthews Band - Gravedigger
Limp Bizkit - Nookie
Limp Bizkit - Rollin
Age of Electric - Remote Control
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Silverchair - Abuse me
Stone Temple Pilots - Lady Picture show
Weezer - El Scrocho
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin on a hole in a paper heart
Metallica - until it sleeps
metallica - hero of the day
Greenday - Walking Contradiction
Tragically hip - ahead by a century
Tracy Bonham - mother mother
Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome
LL Cool J - Doin' it
Ace of base - Lucky love (i think)
Shania Twain - if you're not in it for love (i'm outta here)
The presidents of the united states.. - peaches
Kris Kross - tonight's da night
Mylene farmer - L'instant X
Blind Melon - Toes acriss the floor
Bone Thugs n harmony - 1st of the month
BAss is base - diamond dreams
Kevin Parent - boomerang
2 Sources - C'est en toi
Neil Young - peace and love
Rolling Stones - just like a rolling stone
Madonna - Don't Stop
Greenday - Geek Stink Breath
Paula Abdul - Crazy Cool
Notorious BIG - one more chance
Lenny Kravitz - Rock and roll is dead
Hole - Softer, Softest
Primus - Wynonna's big brown beaver
Tragically Hip - Nautical Disaster
Method Man & Mary J Blige - I'll be there for you
Redman - I'll be dat
bjork - army of me
age of electric - ugly
Whigfield - Think of you
Eric Lapointe - Marie Stone
Slash's snakepit - beggars and hangers on
Tea party - Fire in the head
naughty by nature - Craziest
Naughty by nature - fell me flow
Gilette - Mr Personlity
craig mack - Flava in ya ear
hHead - Happy
Reggaedeath - One life
Crash test dummies - ballad of peter pumpkinhead
dave matthews band - don't drink the water
Aqua - De Jones
Rascalz, Checkmate, Kardina, Thrust, Choclair - Northen touch
Spice girls - Viva Forever

There's many more, but that's enough for now

[strong4PMB!]

Since October 2001:
3LW f/ Lil' Wayne - "Neva Get Enuf"
Ashanti - "Baby"
Ashanti - "Rain On Me"
Avant - "Makin' Good Love"
B2K - "Gots Ta Be"
B2K - "Why I Love You"
Brandy - "He Is"
Delta Goodrem - "Lost Without You"
Mariah Carey - "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)"
Mariah Carey - "Never Too Far"
Mary J. Blige - "Love At First Sight"
Myra - "Miracles Happen"

[mst3k]

Rob64 said:

Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome
Ace of base - Lucky love
The presidents of the united states.. - peaches
Paula Abdul - Crazy Cool

These 'uns hit the pop top 40 (at least in the US). :)

[kingLUKE22]

Yeah this is off the top of my head, and I'm only counting songs that missed the top 40 at POP radio.

Coldplay - The Scientist (1 wk)
The Ataris - In This Diary (2 wks)
Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus (1 wk)
Madonna - Hollywood (3 wks)
Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good (4 wks)
Evanescence - Going Under (12 wks)

[Control]

I'm not totally sure how all my #1's did at Pop, but I think these are right...


"Cry," Mandy Moore
"Infatuation," Christina Aguilera
"Warning," Incubus
"Work It Out," Beyoncé
"Tal Vez," Ricky Martin
"Fotografía," Juanes with Nelly Furtado
"Y Todo Queda En Nada," Ricky Martin

[jond7699]

Mariah Carey - "Never Forget You"
Mariah Carey / JD - "Sweetheart"
Mariah Carey / Mystikal - "Don't Stop"
Justin Guarini - "Sorry"
Korn - "F*g*t"
Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
Korn - "Falling Away From Me"
Korn - "Make Me Bad"
Celine Dion - "Water From The Moon" ???
Limp Bizkit - "Counterfeit"
Tool - "Sober"
Tool - "Aenima"
Tool - "Stinkfist"
Nirvana - "Heart Shaped box"
Incubus - "Paradon Me"
Kid Rock - "Cowboy"
Kid Rock - "Bawidaba"


I can't think of any others but I am sure there are alot more that topped my chart but never made top 40.

[FreakyFlyBry]

jond7699 said:

Kid Rock - "Cowboy"

That made top 40.

[JCMF3]

Actually, two weeks ago, I had my first #1 that did not make the top 40 on pop!!

Warren Barfield - My Heart Goes Out

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Happens nearly all the time on my chart. I'd say the split is probably 50/50 between songs that make it and songs that don't. Last year was probably the biggest difference since for about 30 straight weeks, Canadian songs topped my chart.

[af18c]

The said:

"Wish I Didn't Miss You," Angie Stone

I oddly liked this song alot. It had a certain mood to it and it reminded me of being in Boston at night :-/lol...

It's still too early to tell if Alicia Keys's "You Don't Know My Name" will make the CHR/Pop chart.

The went for adds Nov. 11? Right?? [or was the Rhyth.?] If it did...it only has 15 TOTAL pop spins...id say its unfortunately going nowhere

[irice22]

"In This Life" ~ Chantal Kreviazuk
"Real" ~ Plumb
"Still Frame" ~ Trapt
"Think Twice" ~ Eve 6
"Stand" ~ Jewel
"Top of the World" ~ Dixie Chicks

[insect2]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
System of a Down - Aerials
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Chevelle - Send The Pain Below
Radiohead - There There
Chevelle - Closure
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Trapt - Still Frame

[allow that]

This year:
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - "Can't Stop"
Sarah McLachlan - "Fallen"

Most of my #1's made the Pop Top 40 but peaked pretty low there.

irice22 said:

"This Twice" ~ Eve 6
"Stand" ~ Jewel

I wish these 2 songs got to #1 on mine too!

"Think Twice" was on track to go to #1, but the week it was set to make its big jump was my Fall Break... so when I'm home the songs on my chart are more influenced by radio than they are when I'm at school, where my chart is more influenced by mp3's. And "Think Twice" was one of my most played mp3's for a long time!

"Stand" is #2 on my chart right now but it won't be able to get past Sarah before Blink does.

[irice22]

I can't believe I called it "This Twice."

[jond7699]

jond7699 said:

Mariah Carey - "Never Forget You"
Mariah Carey / JD - "Sweetheart"
Mariah Carey / Mystikal - "Don't Stop"
Justin Guarini - "Sorry"
Korn - "F*g*t"
Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
Korn - "Falling Away From Me"
Korn - "Make Me Bad"
Celine Dion - "Water From The Moon" ???
Limp Bizkit - "Counterfeit"
Tool - "Sober"
Tool - "Aenima"
Tool - "Stinkfist"
Nirvana - "Heart Shaped box"
Incubus - "Paradon Me"
Kid Rock - "Cowboy"
Kid Rock - "Bawidaba"


I can't think of any others but I am sure there are alot more that topped my chart but never made top 40.

Oops I hadn't realized "Cowboy" hit the top 40. Anyways i have looked at some of my past charts and I have come up with more.


Mariah Carey - "There For Me"
Mariah Carey / Nas / Joe - "Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Forever)"
Christina Aguilera - "Walk Away"
Orgy - "Blue Monday"
Orgy - "Stitches"
Jessica Simpson - "The Sweetest Sin"

[FreakyFlyBry]

jond7699 said:

Mariah Carey / Nas / Joe - "Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Forever)"
Orgy - "Blue Monday"

Those did make the top 40... unless you count Mariah's song as the original that made the top 40.

[GrahamP117]

Only one song that failed to chart in the CHR/POP top 40 has reached #1 on my chart...

"Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter)" - Guster (2003)

"You and I Both" has a good shot of becoming #1 on my chart in the next few weeks.. so if it fails to hit the Pop Top 40, that will likely become the second non-top 40 #1 for me.

[Deleted]

2001 Brian McKnight - Love Of My Life
2001 Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls
2002 Aaliyah - Rock The Boat
2002 M2M - Everything
2002 Jaheim - Anything
2002 Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You
2002 Amerie - Why Don't We Fall In Love
2002 Usher - Can U Help Me
2002 Aaliyah - I Care 4 U
2002 Whitney Houston - One Of Those Days
2002 LL Cool J - Paradise
2003 Chantal Kreviazuk - In This Life
2003 Jaheim - Fabulous
2003 Jaheim - Put That Woman First
2003 Kelly Price - He Proposed
2003 Mariah Carey - Bringin' On The Heartbreak
2003 Heather Headley - I Wish I Wasn't
2003 Kindred The Family Soul - Far Away
2003 Celine Dion - Have You Ever Been In Love
2003 Sarah McLachlan - Fallen
2003 Kem - Love Calls
2004 Incubus - Megalomaniac
2004 G-Unit - Wanna Get To Know You
2004 Sarah McLachlan - Stupid
2004 Teena Marie - Still In Love
2004 Luther Vandross & Beyonce - The Closer I Get To You
2004 Fantasia - I Believe
2004 Alicia Keys - Diary
2004 Anita Baker - You're My Everything
2004 Sarah McLachlan - World On Fire
2004 Teena Marie - A Rose By Any Other Name
2004 Anita Baker - How Does It Feel

[rowellfarm490]

Velvet Revolver - Slither
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
Hoobastank - Same Direction
Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder
Green Day - American Idiot
Chevelle - Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)
Skindred - Nobody
Shinedown - Burning Bright
Breaking Benjamin - Sooner Or Later

[friday]

insect2 said:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
System of a Down - Aerials
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Chevelle - Send The Pain Below
Radiohead - There There
Chevelle - Closure
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Trapt - Still Frame

The Offspring - Hit That
Incubus - Megalomaniac
311 - Love Song
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Incubus - Talk Shows on Mute
Velvet Revovler - Slither
Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out
Green Day - American Idiot
Snow Patrol - Run
U2 - All Because of You
Interpol - Evil
Green Day - Holiday

[Matt4319]

2001 (2)
Barenaked Ladies, "Falling For the First Time"
Sum 41, "Fat Lip"

2002 (7)
M2M, "Everything"
Cold, "Gone Away"
Jimmy Eat World, "Sweetness"
Nickelback, "Never Again"
Mad at Gravity, "Walk Away"
Stone Sour, "Bother"
Foo Fighters, "All My Life"

2003 (4)
Foo Fighters, "Times Like These"
Finch, "What It Is to Burn"
Evanescence, "Going Under"
Cave In, "Inspire"

2004 (8)
Lostprophets, "Last Train Home"
Incubus, "Megalomaniac"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Maps"
Lostprophets, "Wake Up (Make a Move)"
Train, "Ordinary"
Skindred, "Nobody"
Breaking Benjamin, "So Cold"
Jimmy Eat World, "Pain"

2005
My Chemical Romance, "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Jimmy Eat World, "Work"
Jem, "24"
Muse, "Stockholm Syndrome"

[johnm1120]

Added:

Gloria Estefan - I Wish You (2004)

[Night Senses]

2003:
Ashanti // Rain On Me #1 (2 weeks)
Jason Mraz // You And I Both #1 (6 weeks)

2004:
Blaque // I'm Good #1 (2 weeks)
Linkin Park // Lying From You #1 (1 week)
Janet // I Want You #1 (8 weeks)
Alicia Keys // Diary #1 (1 week)

2005:
Kylie Minogue // I Believe In You #1 (4 weeks)

I wouldn't be surprised if I'm wrong, though. I'm not good with remembering Pop peaks.

[[upsilon]™]

chebingeo said:

For some people (Bryan) this should take 2 seconds, others (Steve) it will be the longest list they ever make.  Which songs topped your personal chart, but never made the pop top 40?

My list:

Celine Dion - The Power of the Dream (1996)
...

Clay Aiken - This is the Night (2003)

WAY WAY TOO many to name.

From the past 2 months alone, most have been obscure or not top 40/mainstream. NOTE: My chart is bi-weekly:

February 3 to March 31

Like Toy Soldiers - Eminem
Ecstacy - ATB
Love Is An Arrow - Aberfeldy
24 - Jem
Eleanor - Low Millions
The Weekend - Michael Gray
Dirty Laundry - Lisa Marie Presley
Helena - My Chemical Romance
Helena - My Chemical Romance
Us - Regina Spektor
Put'em High - Stonebridge f/ Therese
Empty Souls - Manic Street Preachers
One Thing - Amerie
Fallen Stars - Sunset Stripperz
Different - Acceptance
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Aubrey
Shiver - Natalie Imbruglia
...

Other than Eminem and possibly Amerie, the other number ones are definitely above top 40. So, for me, it's impossible to name them, considering most of my number ones are likely to be dance, indie, rock, pop that flopped, or international singles.

[gbaby]

Toby Lightman, "Real Love" - #1 (4 Weeks)
Brandy, "I Tried" - #1 (3 Weeks)
JoJo, "Not That Kinda Girl" - #1 (1 Week) (currently)

[Matt4319]

LoveAngelMusicLady said:

2003:
Jason Mraz // You And I Both #1 (6 weeks)
I wouldn't be surprised if I'm wrong, though. I'm not good with remembering Pop peaks.

"You and I Both" hit #35. Still way too low though.

[crash46]

chebingeo said:

For some people (Bryan) this should take 2 seconds, others (Steve) it will be the longest list they ever make.

Eh...only 38 (out of 56 total number 1's)...

Tantric--Breakdown
Tool--Schism
System Of A Down--Chop Suey!
Incubus--I Wish You Were Here
Travis--Side
The Strokes--Last Night
System Of A Down--Toxicity
Unwritten Law--Seein' Red
White Stripes--Fell In Love With A Girl
311--Amber
Incubus--Warning
Jack Johnson, Ben Harper--Flake
Hives--Hate To Say I Told You So
System Of A Down--Aerials
Coldplay--In My Place
Queens Of The Stone Age--No One Knows
30 Seconds To Mars--Capricorn
Jimmy Eat World--A Praise Chorus
Dave Matthews Band--Grey Street
Transplants--Diamonds And Guns
AFI--Girl's Not Grey
Liam Lynch--United States Of Whatever
Queens Of The Stone Age--Go With The Flow
All-American Rejects--The Last Song
311--Creatures (For A While)
AFI--The Leaving Song Part 2
Chevelle--Closure
Brand New--The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
A Perfect Circle--The Outsider
Lostprophets--Last Train Home
Muse--Time Is Running Out
Taking Back Sunday--A Decade Under The Influence
Lostprophets--Wake Up (Make A Move)
My Chemical Romance--I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Jimmy Eat World--Pain
Muse--Hysteria
The Mars Volta--The Widow
The Used--All That I've Got