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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2014 10:39:18 GMT -5
Pretty self explanatory. Tell me why a #2 hit should have been a #1. I will start by saying ANY of George Strait's #2s of the 2000s should have been #1 for the reason that Strait would have had double digit number of chart toppers in three consecutive decades. He had 18 during the 1980s, 17 during the 1990s, and nine in the 2000s. His #2 during the 2000s are:
1. Go On-2000 2. Run-2001-chart wise, his biggest #2 hit 3. Cowboys Like Us-2003 4. Wrapped-2007 5. Shiftwork-with Kenny Chesney-2008-that would have given him his first #1 duet 6. Living For The Night-2009
Had those six went to #1, Strait would have 50 #1s in Billboard.
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Post by tim on May 8, 2014 11:02:56 GMT -5
^His first single to get stuck at #2 was "True" in 1998. It was there for a good four weeks I think. "How along Gone" by Brooks & Dunn was one of the songs holding him there.
Does a song ever get stuck at #2 anymore? Seems like once it's in the top 5 it's just a revolving door.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2014 11:20:08 GMT -5
^His first single to get stuck at #2 was "True" in 1998. It was there for a good four weeks I think. "How along Gone" by Brooks & Dunn was one of the songs holding him there. Does a song ever get stuck at #2 anymore? Seems like once it's in the top 5 it's just a revolving door. Correct. However, Jo Dee Messina blocked George Strait from having a #1. Here is the first chart showing True at #2 for four weeks: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 1998: 1. I'm Alright-Jo Dee Messina-Curb 2. TRUE-GEORGE STRAIT-MCA 3. Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me-Faith Hill and Tim McGraw-Warner Bros. 4. Texas Size Heartache-Joe Diffie-Epic 5. How Long Gone-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 6. If You Ever Have Forever In Mind-Vince Gill-MCA 7. Cover You In Kisses-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 8. Happy Girl-Martina McBride-RCA 9. There's Your Trouble-Dixie Chicks-Monument 10. There Goes My Baby-Trisha Yearwood-MCA
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 8, 2014 11:45:30 GMT -5
"Lesson in Leavin'" - Jo Dee Messina (spent a long time at #2 and remains a big recurrent today) "I Could Not Ask for More" - Sara Evans (one of her biggest hits) "Mama's Broken Heart" and "White Liar" - Miranda Lambert (both monumental hits for her that should've gone all the way) "Two Black Cadillacs" - Carrie Underwood "Ready to Run" and "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks "I Just Wanna Be Mad" - Terri Clark "Because of You" - Reba McEntire ft. Kelly Clarkson "The Fool," "You've Got to Talk to Me," "A Little Past Little Rock," and/or "I'll Think of a Reason Later" - Lee Ann Womack (she came so close to getting more than one No. 1 hit, but she'll go down with IHYD as her sole chart-topper)
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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2014 11:51:06 GMT -5
"Lesson in Leavin'" - Jo Dee Messina (spent a long time at #2 and remains a big recurrent today) "I Could Not Ask for More" - Sara Evans (one of her biggest hits) "Mama's Broken Heart" and "White Liar" - Miranda Lambert (both monumental hits for her that should've gone all the way) "Two Black Cadillacs" - Carrie Underwood "Ready to Run" and "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks "I Just Wanna Be Mad" - Terri Clark "Because of You" - Reba McEntire ft. Kelly Clarkson "The Fool," "You've Got to Talk to Me," "A Little Past Little Rock," and/or "I'll Think of a Reason Later" - Lee Ann Womack (she came so close to getting more than one No. 1 hit, but she'll go down with IHYD as her sole chart-topper) I agree. Had those four #2s by Lee Ann Womack reached #1, she would have five chart toppers. Her name would be on the list of those with the most #1s. She would be at #114 between #113, Trisha Yearwood and #115, Travis Tritt.
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Post by sabre14 on May 8, 2014 12:56:15 GMT -5
"Baby Girl" - Sugarland (will never forgive Craig for blocking this song. It finished #4 on R&R's year end chart in 2005)
"Something More" - Sugarland (two words...BAD TIMING. This song peaked at the worlds worst time with a unstoppable force in Toby Keith's "As Good As I Once Was" spending what seemed like the entire second half of the summer at #1 in 2005. Then as soon as it lost it's bullet and slipped back to #3, Faith was able to get to #1 and even spent an unbulleted second week at #1. It also had over 14000 points, which back then more weeks than not would get you to #1. "Something More" ended up finishing #7 on R&R's 2005's year end chart)
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 13:36:07 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney - "I Go Back"...7 weeks at #2, all of them behind Tim's "Live Like You Were Dying".
"I Go Back" seems to be Kenny's most popular recurrent wherever I'm at, and I spend a good deal of the year in the Midwest and a bulk of the year in Phoenix. I could be in Minneapolis or Omaha or Phoenix and I hear it almost daily (on those days I have the radio on, of course) it seems.
Kenny obviously gets plenty of recurrent airplay but I can't tell you the last time I heard any of his recent #1's. I think I heard "Somewhere With You" a couple weeks ago (and that one seems to do decent with recurrent airplay) but I can't recall hearing "Come Over", "Reality", "Live A Little", "The Boys Of Fall", "Down The Road", "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven", or "Better As A Memory" anytime recently.
IGB also had higher audience and spin numbers (notably Spins Per Station Per Week) than almost every other song of the 2000's, except for a small handful (obviously "Live Like You Were Dying", but also "As Good As I Once Was", "Jesus, Take The Wheel", and a couple others). In other words, "I Go Back" had a higher audience than the vast majority of #1's in that decade, yet it was never actually a #1 hit itself.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2014 13:40:55 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney - "I Go Back"...7 weeks at #2, all of them behind Tim's "Live Like You Were Dying". "I Go Back" seems to be Kenny's most popular recurrent wherever I'm at, and I spend a good deal of the year in the Midwest and a bulk of the year in Phoenix. I could be in Minneapolis or Omaha or Phoenix and I hear it almost daily (on those days I have the radio on, of course) it seems. Kenny obviously gets plenty of recurrent airplay but I can't tell you the last time I heard any of his recent #1's. I think I heard "Somewhere With You" a couple weeks ago (and that one seems to do decent with recurrent airplay) but I can't recall hearing "Come Over", "Reality", "Live A Little", "The Boys Of Fall", "Down The Road", "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven", or "Better As A Memory" anytime recently. IGB also had higher audience and spin numbers (notably Spins Per Station Per Week) than almost every other song of the 2000's, except for a small handful (obviously "Live Like You Were Dying", but also "As Good As I Once Was", "Jesus, Take The Wheel", and a couple others). In other words, "I Go Back" had a higher audience than the vast majority of #1's in that decade, yet it was never actually a #1 hit itself. Then Reba McEntire interrupts Tim McGraw's reign with Somebody. That was ridiculous to say the least. Kenny Chesney was robbed of a #1 there.
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Post by sabre14 on May 8, 2014 14:00:21 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney - "I Go Back"...7 weeks at #2, all of them behind Tim's "Live Like You Were Dying". "I Go Back" seems to be Kenny's most popular recurrent wherever I'm at, and I spend a good deal of the year in the Midwest and a bulk of the year in Phoenix. I could be in Minneapolis or Omaha or Phoenix and I hear it almost daily (on those days I have the radio on, of course) it seems. Kenny obviously gets plenty of recurrent airplay but I can't tell you the last time I heard any of his recent #1's. I think I heard "Somewhere With You" a couple weeks ago (and that one seems to do decent with recurrent airplay) but I can't recall hearing "Come Over", "Reality", "Live A Little", "The Boys Of Fall", "Down The Road", "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven", or "Better As A Memory" anytime recently. IGB also had higher audience and spin numbers (notably Spins Per Station Per Week) than almost every other song of the 2000's, except for a small handful (obviously "Live Like You Were Dying", but also "As Good As I Once Was", "Jesus, Take The Wheel", and a couple others). In other words, "I Go Back" had a higher audience than the vast majority of #1's in that decade, yet it was never actually a #1 hit itself. Then Reba McEntire interrupts Tim McGraw's reign with Somebody. That was ridiculous to say the least. Kenny Chesney was robbed of a #1 there. That might have been the most suspicious ascent to #1 ever. ;)
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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2014 14:02:10 GMT -5
Then Reba McEntire interrupts Tim McGraw's reign with Somebody. That was ridiculous to say the least. Kenny Chesney was robbed of a #1 there. That might have been the most suspicious ascent to #1 ever. ;) I agree. That song was released in January, 2004 and it hit #1 in August. That was definitely her slowest climb to #1.
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Post by someguy on May 8, 2014 18:25:51 GMT -5
Reba McEntire's "And Still", "The Fear Of Being Alone" and "I'd Rather Ride Around With You"
Trisha Yearwood's "The Song Remembers When" and "How Do I Live"
Sugarland's "Stay" and "Stuck Like Glue"
Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart"
Jo Dee Messina's "Lesson In Leavin'"
Kenny Chesney's "I Go Back"
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 8, 2014 18:57:49 GMT -5
"Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Mean" - Taylor Swift
These are both among her biggest hits at country radio, despite both getting stopped at No. 2.
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Post by bboat11 on May 8, 2014 21:38:07 GMT -5
"Whatever You Say" by Martina McBride is one song that stopped at #2. Absolutely one of her best. In fact, she has so many songs in the earlier part of her career that should have been #1; it is so surprising to look at her chart stats and see how few songs actually made it. "Whatever You Say" is just one of the prime examples.
Also, "Now That I Found You" and "I Just Wanna Be Mad" by Terri Clark. Such amazing songs!!!
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Post by gonecountry on May 9, 2014 13:01:56 GMT -5
Firecracker and Time is Love - Josh Turner Living for the Night and Here for a Good Time - George Strait I Told You So - Carrie and Randy Watching Airplanes - Gary Allan Down on the Farm and Let it Go (Yes, I like it) - Tim McGraw You Aint Much Fun, Does That Blue Moon, We Were in Love, I'm So Happy (I Cant Stop Crying) - Toby Keith I Still Miss You - Keith Anderson No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem and I Go Back - Kenny Chesney Don't - Billy Currington By The Time I Get to Phoenix - Glenn Campbell
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Post by jferstler on May 9, 2014 13:37:51 GMT -5
Keeper of the Stars- Tracy Byrd Stars and Stripes- Aaron Tippin (I'm a huge Aaron Tippin fan) "I See It Now", "As Any Fool Can See", and one of my favorites "Is That a Tear" by Tracy Lawrence "Letters From Home"- John Michael Montgomery "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)", and "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" by Travis Tritt "A Bad Goodbye" by Clint Black
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 9, 2014 14:30:12 GMT -5
Watching Airplanes - Gary Allan I definitely second this. I'm not big on Gary Allan, but I love this one (and so does radio - I hear this more than any of his other hits aside from maybe "Nothin' on but the Radio") and it's without a doubt my favorite song of his.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 9, 2014 15:41:23 GMT -5
My pick for the day is I Still Believe In Waltzes by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty (#2 in 1981) for the following reasons: 1. It would have been their sixth chart topping duet. 2. Lynn would have had #1s in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. 3. Twitty would have had six #1s in a row, his longest stretch from Rest Your Love On Me (1981) to Slow Hand (1982).
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Post by dajross6 on May 10, 2014 1:07:12 GMT -5
Definitely Run or Lesson In Leaving. The latter spent 7 weeks in the runner-up spot behind Amazed. Run spent maybe 6-7 weeks hopping back and forth from 2 and 3 behind I Wanna Talk About Me (ugh) and Alan's Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning). So frustrating to be so close so often with that song.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 10, 2014 7:38:39 GMT -5
I am choosing another #2 duet that should have been #1. Ready? It is Brotherly Love by Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley (1991). That should have been #1 for the following reasons: 1. Whitley would have topped the chart for four consecutive years (1988-1991). 2. It would have been Whitley's first #1 duet. 3. It would have been Conley's second following We Believe In Happy Endings with Emmylou Harris in 1988. 4. It would have given Conley #1s in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 10, 2014 12:16:50 GMT -5
"Baby Girl" by Sugarland. @#$*!#@ Craig Morgan…
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Post by sabre14 on May 10, 2014 12:39:07 GMT -5
"Baby Girl" by Sugarland. @#$*!#@ Craig Morgan… Does it not speak well of me that I'm still bothered by this 9 years later?
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Post by musicbuff78 on May 10, 2014 21:58:23 GMT -5
I honestly only come here to check the News thread (I don't care for the other threads), but I thought I would respond to this one.
Loved Too Much - Ty Herndon
That frickin' Tim/Faith duet that I never once liked!! This could have easily been Ty's biggest single to date.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 11, 2014 13:40:00 GMT -5
Let us pick a classic #2 hit today. Not only is it a classic, but the BIGGEST #2 hit in country music history. It belongs to Kitty Wells and her hit, Makin' Believe. That was #2 for fifteen weeks. What held it back? Why, Webb Pierce's biggest hit, In The Jailhouse Now. Had she got a week at #1 with that (after all, Wells and Pierce were labelmates on the Decca label) she would no longer have that dubious distinction.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 12, 2014 7:38:36 GMT -5
Let us go to 1990 with today's pick. It is Nobody's Talking by Exile. Had that went to #1 the following would have happened: 1. It would have been the first chart topper for Arista Records (sorry, Alan Jackson). 2. It would have given Exile #1s during the 1980s and 1990s. 3. They would have had #1s on two labels: Epic and Arista.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 13, 2014 8:51:44 GMT -5
Conway Twitty peaked at #2 in 1978 with Boogie Grass Band. Had that went to #1, he would have had chart topping hits for 19 consecutive years (1968-1986). However, that distinction belongs to George Strait (1982-2000).
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Post by bigfan101 on May 13, 2014 11:19:57 GMT -5
Kissed You Goodnight - Gloriana
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Post by onebuffalo on May 14, 2014 13:31:32 GMT -5
As you know, the Class of 1987 consists of Highway 101, K.T. Oslin, and Ricky Van Shelton. Highway 101 was the first with a #2 hit, Whiskey, If You Were A Woman. Had that went to #1, they would have been the first of that trio with a chart topping hit. Ironically, they were last. That trio topped the chart for the first time in December, 1987 in this order: 1. Shelton-Somebody Lied 2. Oslin- Do Ya' 3. Highway 101-Somewhere Tonight
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Post by onebuffalo on May 15, 2014 10:16:17 GMT -5
I just love Patsy Cline. Her Walkin' After Midnight (1957) should have been #1 so she could have had chart toppers during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 17, 2014 7:40:56 GMT -5
Just for josh, I am picking Crystal Gayle's I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love from 1984 as a #2 that should have been a #1. The reason? It would have given her the longest chart topping streak by a female artist at seven. The streak would have started in 1982 with her duet with Eddie Rabbitt, You And I and ended with Turning Away in 1984.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 19, 2014 7:42:54 GMT -5
Lee Greenwood has only one #2 hit in his career and that was in 1990 with Holdin' A Good Hand. Had that topped the charts, two things would have happened: 1. Greenwood would have had #1s in the 1980s and 1990s. 2. Greenwood would have had #1s on two labels: MCA and Capitol.
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