The strange run at #1 in March-April 2001 was a head-scratcher:
March 3: You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
March 10: One More Day
March 17: You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
March 24: You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
March 31: One More Day
I believe that's the only time that songs have kicked
each other out of the #1 slot. It's weirder still that Diamond Rio waited two weeks before returning, when most other "return to #1" runs (e.g. "Where I Come From" by Alan Jackson later in the same year) were only a one-week wait.
Also, is it just me, or has almost NOTHING from 2001 been played on country radio in the last few years?
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Neal McCoy's "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" debuted at #60 on 4/16/05, fell out the next week, and re-entered at #51 on 5/14/05. I believe there was also a point at which it managed to jump #20-#14 in one week due to the Top 20 having a massive clearout. Very strange chart run for a self-released single. If I remember correctly, a post on the old ACC boards back in 2005 said that the stray week at #60 was due to Billboard accidentally letting a song go recurrent that shouldn't have.
Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" hit #58 on 4/9/05 as "Honky Tonk Badonk Adonk"[sic] due to unsolicited airplay, and re-entered as a single in October. I found this one interesting because a.) the title was misspelled the first time around, and b.) WATZ continued to play it throughout the chart runs of "Songs About Me" and "Arlington".
2005 had a lot of wacky chart runs. I remember "Fourth of July" and "Dream Big" tripping over each other in the 30's a lot. At one point, the former gained 7 spaces (#36-#29 if I remember correctly), only to lose most of that the next wee.
I covered that last year. This is what I said:
8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The last seesaw battle for the top spot in country music started thirteen years ago this week. That is when Toby Keith and Diamond Rio were fighting for the #1 position with You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This and One More Day, respectively.
1998 is where we will start the story. Keith released his first greatest hits CD, Greatest Hits Volume One. By the time his first hits CD was released, Keith had 15 top 40 hits, 14 major hits, 13 top ten hits, and three chart toppers including his first, Should've Been A Cowboy (1993) which became the most played song of the decade. The two new songs off the greatest hits CD became chart singles: Getcha Some (#18 in 1998) and If A Man Answers (#44 in 1999). While he was on the charts with those songs, he completed another CD for Mercury. However, Mercury was NOT interested in it and decided to drop Keith after seven years. Undeterred, he shopped his CD to other labels and found a taker: Dreamworks, who had just opened their country division in Nashville. They kept what Keith had and released a single called When Love Fades. It matched the previous single's peak at #44. They quickly settled on the title track, How Do You Like Me Now as the second single. Released in November, 1999 it became Keith's first chart topper for Dreamworks in March, 2000. It was the first #1 for Dreamworks and the fourth for Keith. It was at #1 for five weeks, becoming his biggest hit to date (later replaced by Beer For My Horses, his duet with Willie Nelson in 2003). How Do You Like Me Now ended up being the biggest hit of the year according to the American Country Countdown and Billboard. Country Comes To Town was the third single and it hit #4. Fourth and final single, You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This was released in November.
In the meantime, Diamond Rio was busy releasing a CD called One More Day. The first single, Stuff peaked at #36 and became their lowest charted top 40 hit. They regrouped with the title track, released in November, 2000 (alongside You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This). Keith arrived at the top spot first, giving him five #1 hits. Then, Diamond Rio collected their third #1 hit in One More Day. It was their first chart topper in almost four years since How Your Love Makes Me Feel in 1997 (chart wise, their biggest hit). One More Day took on new meaning following the death of Dale Earnhardt in February, 2001 (R.I.P. #3). Keith reclaimed the top spot for two weeks and then Diamond Rio returned for a second week at top. BOTH acts were replaced at the top by Jessica Andrews' ONLY chart topper, Who I Am. Diamond Rio would chart two more times off their CD: Sweet Summer (#18 in 2001) and That's Just That (#42 in 2001).
As for Diamond Rio, their last chart appearance occurred in 2006 with God Only Cries (#30). Their last CD was released three years later called The Reason. Keith is currently on the charts with his Drinks After Work CD. As a bonus, I will be providing ALL five charts where Keith and Diamond Rio were #1. Ready?
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 3, 2001:
1. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS
2. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol
3. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA
4. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
5. Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
6. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks
7. There Is No Arizona-Jamie O'Neal-Mercury
8. Wild Horses-Garth Brooks-Capitol
9. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
10. Tell Her-Lonestar-BNA
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 10, 2001:
1. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA
2. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS
3. But For The Grace Of God-Kieth Urban-Capitol
4. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks
5. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
6. Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
7. Wild Horses-Garth Brooks-Capitol
8. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
9. There Is No Arizona-Jamie O'Neal-Mercury
10. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 2001:
1. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS
2. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA
3. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol
4. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks
5. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
6. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
7. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia
8. Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
9. There Is No Arizona-Jamie O'Neal-Mercury
10. Don't Happen Twice-Kenny Chesney-BNA
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 24, 2001:
1. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS
2. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA
3. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks
4. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol
5. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
6. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia
7. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA
8. Don't Happen Twice-Kenny Chesney-BNA
9. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You-Brooks & Dunn-Arista
10. She Misses Him-Tim Rushlow-Atlantic
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 2001:
1. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA
2. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks
3. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS
4. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia
5. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros.
6. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol
7. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You-Brooks & Dunn-Arista
8. Don't Happen Twice-Kenny Chesney-BNA
9. She Misses Him-Tim Rushlow-Atlantic
10. If I Fall You're Going Down With Me-Dixie Chicks-Monument
Videos:
You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwV2VM54CYAOne More Day:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWxrk0Jz_uQ