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Post by mst3k on Jan 23, 2004 21:43:04 GMT -5
Top five hit from 1992 for the former lead singer of Red Rider. Nearly a one-hit wonder here in the US (he had two more minor top 40 pop hits).
#5 CHR/Pop
#6 Hot 100
RIAA certified Gold single
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Jan 23, 2004 21:45:37 GMT -5
I really liked this one... still do today.
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Post by iceman on Jan 23, 2004 21:46:50 GMT -5
I remember liking this song alot (a couple years after it was out) but can't listen to it today simply because it still gets played lots up here.
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Post by jond7699 on Jan 23, 2004 21:51:27 GMT -5
One of the most over-rated songs of all time
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2004 21:53:41 GMT -5
love it
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Post by BFMR on Jan 24, 2004 0:50:16 GMT -5
Top five hit from 1992 for the former lead singer of Red Rider. Nearly a one-hit wonder here in the US (he had two more minor top 40 pop hits). #5 CHR/Pop #6 Hot 100 RIAA certified Gold single former lead singer of Red Rider?? they released an album last year (or 2002, one of the two) ;) this was/is an awesome track |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jan 24, 2004 12:04:38 GMT -5
I really liked this one... still do today. |
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Post by Matt4319 on Jan 24, 2004 12:25:29 GMT -5
Thumbs up from me.
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Post by Mega248 on Jan 24, 2004 15:45:29 GMT -5
and me.
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Post by BillboardBoy on Jan 24, 2004 17:13:56 GMT -5
One of the most over-rated songs of all time
I agree with you.
The follow-up, "Washed Away" was slightly better. I vaguely remember "I Wish You Well" but I don't think it was in the Top 40 more than a week or 2.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Jan 24, 2004 17:15:33 GMT -5
Great Track!
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Post by irice22 on Jan 27, 2004 19:00:37 GMT -5
Whoa! I thought this song was new! Maybe because it was on "Cheaper by the Doxen" and my Hot AC station began playing it. Unless someone covered the song.
It sounds like one of the newer Hanson songs.
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Post by prenatt1166 on Jan 27, 2004 22:22:28 GMT -5
UU-BRU Radio Playlist
[red]For Week Ending August 8, 1992[/red](Rank This Week, Last Week, Artist, Title) 01 03 Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway 02 ** Patty Smyth & Don Henley - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough 03 05 Peter Cetera - Restless Heart 04 04 Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels 05 02 Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground 06 07 Guns 'N Roses - November Rain 07 09 KWS - Please Don't Go 08 01 Garth Brooks - The River 09 10 Tevin Campbell - Strawberry Letter 23 10 11 Elton John - The One Tom Cochrane spent one week at #1 and finished the year at #10. Chris Ledoux covered LIAH in 1998. www.keystonehighways.com/uubru1992.html :)
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Jan 27, 2004 23:15:16 GMT -5
Great song
You got it stuck in my head now!
I didn't realize it was that 'new'...1992 is 12 years ago but still doesn't seem like THAT long ago...and the song seems 'old' to me
but it's a good one
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Post by ClassicCase on Jan 28, 2004 8:30:43 GMT -5
It seems that everythime I hear this, it's put to mind of this being a road-trip song. Has that feel good approach to it.
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Post by Radical347 on Jan 28, 2004 14:38:27 GMT -5
One of the most over-rated songs of all time Agreed. They should have just left it where it came from. |
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Post by stevie nice on Jan 29, 2004 19:58:51 GMT -5
I love "...Highway" but really dig Red Rider's "Lunatic Fringe." 'Nother good 80s track that really didn't make it big.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Feb 22, 2004 17:03:54 GMT -5
I liked this a lot back then, but merely like it today.
I recall a story where his bus got pulled over and he ended up not getting ticketed because his song was a favorite among the highway patrolmen at the time.
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Post by Mike on Mar 25, 2005 2:54:56 GMT -5
HOT Lindsay Lohan cover. ;)  |
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Post by PT08 on Mar 25, 2005 10:52:19 GMT -5
I don't know how many times I've heard this song. It still gets played alot here on the rock station
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Post by Slinky on Mar 25, 2005 14:38:20 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs ever, and my personal #1 of 1992.
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Post by ZRocka85 on Mar 26, 2005 7:54:31 GMT -5
Can't wait to hear Lindsay's version...the original rocks.
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Post by Topay on Mar 26, 2005 10:25:23 GMT -5
Chris LeDoux had a cover of this one about 6 years ago. It was never a big hit on Country radio (same goes with just about all of his songs), but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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Post by Krypton46 on Feb 19, 2006 2:51:39 GMT -5
I love it. Great rock n roll song and a perfect driving song too!
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Post by John77 on Feb 19, 2006 3:06:13 GMT -5
Yes... very good driving song... seems like the only time I ever hear it is when I'm driving on one of my Hot AC's... KBBY...
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Post by Pipa on Feb 19, 2006 10:15:29 GMT -5
I hear every Tom Cochrane song constantly on every radio station here, so this song's really worn off. I like Lunatic Fringe and Human Race better.
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Post by Libra on Feb 19, 2006 10:36:52 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs ever I agree, I can never get enough of this song. |
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Post by tico on Feb 19, 2006 10:46:34 GMT -5
I like it a lot. It's one of those songs in which if you had a convertible and let the top down while cruising down the freeway, it'd be the perfect song to play.
BTW, all you countdown geeks may know about this, but when "Life Is A Highway" was on Casey's Top 40, Casey told a story about the meaning of life. I came in on the tail end of it. I wish I was able to hear that in its entirety.
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Post by shocker on Jun 8, 2007 21:15:37 GMT -5
Excellent song from 1992. A fun road trip song that rocks!
This might even fall into the category of "classic rock" compared to what was being released in the early '90s. This tune was lively & refreshing. Too bad it was Cochrane's only big pop hit - peaked at #6 in '92.
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Post by tico on Jun 8, 2007 22:50:10 GMT -5
A perfect song to listen to with the top down while driving down the interstate. My classic rock station is playing it, too.
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