Big Hits You Don't Remember Hearing

[BlueShades874]

My apologies if there is already a thread similar to this...I feel there was one, but I didn't see anything when I looked.

Are there any songs, newer or older that were big hits but you don't remember hearing on the radio at all?

Lorrie Morgan - I Didn't Know My Own Strength -- I got Lorrie's fantastic Greatest Hits album a couple years ago. So many memories of hearing her on the radio in the 90's came flooding back to me. But then I listened to I Didn't Know My Own Strength. I absolutely loved the song from the first time I heard it, and my initial thought was that it was a new song that either underperformed or didn't get released at all. I was shocked when I went on Wikipedia and saw where it was a #1 hit in 1995. I don't remember ever hearing it on the radio. Oddly enough though, I can very vividly remember hearing the #51 If You Came Back From Heaven on the radio, which was a single the year prior.

Pam Tillis - Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) -- If I remember correctly, this song is somewhat famous for chart watchers for falling from #1 to #16 (or something like that), yet again I have no recollection of ever hearing this on the radio. A few years ago I was reading about this song and I couldn't remember how it went at all. I found the song and listened to it and I was pretty sure it was the first time I had ever heard it. I remember hearing most her top ten singles on the radio back in the 90's, yet her sole #1 hit is one I don't think I ever heard at all...kinda strange.

There are lots of others I'm sure, but these are the two that I was thinking about today. I'll add more as I think of them.

[MilesW1998]

Sept 20, 2017 14:55:24 GMT -5 WILL said:

I somehow managed to avoid Blurred Lines entirely. I knew about the controversy and knew about its chart positioning, but I still have never heard the full song start to finish.

This is a country board, not YOP. 

[WILL]

Sept 20, 2017 14:57:31 GMT -5 MilesW1998 said:

Sept 20, 2017 14:55:24 GMT -5 WILL said:

I somehow managed to avoid Blurred Lines entirely. I knew about the controversy and knew about its chart positioning, but I still have never heard the full song start to finish.

This is a country board, not YOP. 

OMG I'm sorry! I'll delete my comment.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

The only #1 hit from 1990 onward that I have no memory of ever hearing on the radio is "Sittin' on Go" by Bryan White.

And these are all the other Top 10 hits from the past 20 years that I have no memory of:

* "Forever Love" by Reba
* "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" by Tracy Byrd
* "Meanwhile" by George Strait
* "This Woman Needs" by SHeDAISY (and surprisingly, it's my favorite of theirs now...)
* "She's in Love" by Mark Wills (ditto)
* "Because You Love Me" by Jo Dee Messina
* "More" by Trace Adkins
* "While You Loved Me" by Rascal Flatts
* "In Another World" by Joe Diffie

If we extend the cutoff to Top 20, then the most recent Top 20 I don't remember at all is "This Is God" by Phil Vassar. I actually heard WATZ play it several times when I first started listening to them in 2005, and even only two years removed, it rang no bells at all.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Not sure if this pertains to the concept of this thread, but listening to my 90s country playlists (sorted by year-end charts) had me realize that Doug Stone was not a two-hit wonder. In fact, he was far from it considering his streak of top 10s in the first half of that decade, including a few more #1s. Did I remember them? Nope. Now, boy, do I feel dumb.

Now for one that I'm sure doesn't pertain to this thread, I wasn't sure if I've heard Tracy Byrd's first #1 "Holdin' Heaven" before (very familiar with "Keeper of the Stars", "I'm from the Country", and "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo")...turns out I do remember it, but I thought he sang "I'm holdin' her in my arms tonight" instead of "I'm holding Heaven in my arms tonight".

What we remember can sometimes be a mystery, eh?

[tim]

Sept 21, 2017 15:56:51 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

Not sure if this pertains to the concept of this thread, but listening to my 90s country playlists (sorted by year-end charts) had me realize that Doug Stone was not a two-hit wonder. In fact, he was far from it considering his streak of top 10s in the first half of that decade, including a few more #1s. Did I remember them? Nope. Now, boy, do I feel dumb.

Now for one that I'm sure doesn't pertain to this thread, I wasn't sure if I've heard Tracy Byrd's first #1 "Holdin' Heaven" before (very familiar with "Keeper of the Stars", "I'm from the Country", and "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo")...turns out I do remember it, but I thought he sang "I'm holdin' her in my arms tonight" instead of "I'm holding Heaven in my arms tonight".

What we remember can sometimes be a mystery, eh?

Doug Stone was for sure a hitmaker in the early to mid 90's; I'd even say he influenced my very early days of country music. His video's were an early fixture on CMT/TNN which I think helped to build his fan base. He was probably at his highest point when "Warning Labels" came out in 1992.

"Holdin' Heavin'" was also one of my first songs that I remember playing on repeat over and over again. I was traveling from Nebraska to Idaho with my family and that song was all I wanted to hear then...I think I remember my mom buying Tracy Byrd's cassette at a local truck stop lol.

[BlueShades874]

Wow, I forgot about Doug Stone. I just went over to his Wikipedia page and forgot just how much I enjoy some of his songs. In a Different Light, I Thought it was You and Why Didn't I Think of That are such great songs. Man, I miss early-mid 90's country radio.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

^ I'm the person responsible for making Doug Stone's wikipedia article a "Good Article". I've done the same with a few other country artists, including Montgomery Gentry, Joe Diffie, Clay Walker, and McBride & the Ride (which I also created).

The only Stone hit I don't remember from his heyday is "Made for Loving You", because it's boring.

His Lofton Creek albums are a great throwback to his early days. "How Do I Get Off the Moon" is amazing.

[Andy]

I grew up on '90s country (well, mostly early-mid 00s technically, but I heard almost all the '90s hits), but occasionally I'll look at an artist's Wikipedia page and see a big hit I have no recollection of. For example, for the longest time I thought Rhett Akins was a one-hit wonder with "That Ain't My Truck", but I see he also had a huge hit with "Don't Get Me Started", which I can't recall ever hearing. I didn't hear Michael Peterson's "Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie" till around 2009 when Prime Country played it once. And while it wasn't a huge hit, I had no idea Brooks & Dunn's "Every River" was a single, and I was a huge fan of them as a kid and remember all their singles from that era vividly.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

For some reason, I don't remember any of the singles off Reba's Starting Over album at all.

[carriefan15]

Keith Anderson- Every Time I Hear Your Name
Pretty good-sized hit that gets virtually no airplay now, and I'm sure many have forgotten about it

[sabre14]

Sept 26, 2017 12:07:14 GMT -5 carriefan15 said:

Keith Anderson- Every Time I Hear Your Name
Pretty good-sized hit that gets virtually no airplay now, and I'm sure many have forgotten about it

It only got to #6 on R&R, 11 years ago...you can look a lot of songs that old that went higher with no airplay now. 

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Similarly, are there any other #1s that seem to have fallen completely off the radar, that you don't hear anymore?

I've said before that I haven't heard "The Boys of Fall", "Live a Little", or a lot of KC's other recent #1s frequently, if at all, in the past few years. I also never hear "Made in America", "She Never Cried in Front of Me", or most of Toby's recent #1's either, to the point that I actually forgot how the former even went for several years. (Although for some reason, WATZ loves the hell out of "Stays in Mexico" and still plays it at least once a week on average...)

[.indulgecountry]

I still hear "Made in America" plenty unfortunately.

[trustypepper]

Sept 27, 2017 13:46:30 GMT -5 Ten Pound Hammer said:

Similarly, are there any other #1s that seem to have fallen completely off the radar, that you don't hear anymore?

I've said before that I haven't heard "The Boys of Fall", "Live a Little", or a lot of KC's other recent #1s frequently, if at all, in the past few years. I also never hear "Made in America", "She Never Cried in Front of Me", or most of Toby's recent #1's either, to the point that I actually forgot how the former even went for several years. (Although for some reason, WATZ loves the hell out of "Stays in Mexico" and still plays it at least once a week on average...)

Just looking at #1s since the start of 2013, here's some that I haven't heard on the radio in forever:

Jason Aldean - "The Only Way I Know"
Hunter Hayes - "Somebody's Heartbreak"
Joe Nichols - "Sunny and 75"
Parmalee - "Carolina"
Lady Antebellum - Compass"
Frankie Ballard - "Helluva Life"
Frankie Ballard - "Sunshine & Whiskey"
Brad Paisley - "Perfect Storm"
Thomas Rhett - "Make Me Wanna"
Jason Aldean - "Just Gettin' Started"
Brett Eldredge - "Mean to Me"
Keith Urban - "Raise 'Em Up"

The list goes on and on really.