AT10 - 9/11/04

[Hervard]

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
01 01 100 Years/Five For Fighting (11 weeks @ #1)
03 02 This Love/Maroon5
05 03 Heaven/Los Lonely Boys
02 04 This One's For The Girls/Martina McBride
04 05 White Flag/Dido
06 06 First Cut Is The Deepest/Sheryl Crow
08 07 Love's Divine/Seal
07 08 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Michael McDonald
09 09 You Raise Me Up/Josh Groban
XX 10 Here Without You/3 Doors Down

Dropped:
From #10: Just For You/Lionel Richie

AT10 Extras:
Gloria/Laura Branigan
Never Gonna Give You Up/Rick Astley
Here Comes The Rain Again/The Eurythmics

Long Distance Dedication:
Because You Loved Me/Celine Dion

AT10 Archives:
1964: (Oh) Pretty Woman/Roy Orbison
1971: If You Could Read My Mind/Gordon Lightfoot
1972: I'll Be Around/The Spinners
1972: Precious And Few/Climax
1984: Drive/The Cars
1987: Little Lies/Fleetwood Mac
1989: Cherish/Madonna
1997: Foolish Games/Jewel
1999: I Want It That Way/Backstreet Boys
2002: A Moment Like This/Kelly Clarkson
2003: Hole In The World/The Eagles

AT10 Spotlight: Big hits from 1982
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)/Daryl Hall & John Oates
Somebody's Baby/Jackson Browne
Harden My Heart/Quarterflash
Don't You Want Me/The Human League
Eye Of The Tiger/Survivor
Truly/Lionel Richie
You Can't Hurry Love/Phil Collins
Sexual Healing/Marvin Gaye
Up Where We Belong/Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

I was glad they did a spotlight on another year, and even more so that it was 1982, which was a great year in music. Good selection of songs, too - you don't hear "Somebody's Baby" or "Truly" to often on AC radio. The latter is quite a surprise, since it's very AC-friendly (but let's play the hell out of that damn "All Night Long"!) The other songs you hear a lot, but at least not everytime you turn on the radio.
Back to only one Long Distance Dedication, and it's the champion of all LDD's, Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me". I figured it would be, since as Casey was teasing the LDD, he said something about the writer's son being her eyes when she couldn't see. Oh well, I'd rather hear that song than crap like "Tears In Heaven" or "Hero".
Cool selection of AT10 Archive songs, with the prerequisite song from the 1960s and a lot of early 70s, too. I had almost forgotten about "Hole In The World" by the Eagles (thanks for reminding us, Casey!). No, seriously, it was actually cool to hear the song again. Thankfully, it doesn't receive too much recurrent airplay - at least on the station that I listen to. They also played "A Moment Like This", a song I heard on two occasions at the same store (Jewel/Osco) within a few weeks of each other. It was about this time in 2002 that the song was released. I heard the world premiere of it on Kiss FM on Labor Day, 2002.
As for the chart, we're back on track with debuts the second weekend of the month. August's debut came a little late. And Lionel Richie leaves the chart once again. Will it be back? Probably, especially if a song below number five on R&R hits the 50 mark before long, or "Here Without You", which is this month's debut, drops below number 15 on R&R. How long has that song been on the R&R chart anyway? It's not nearing 50 weeks, is it?
For a second week in a row, "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys makes the biggest move of the week, from 8-5-3. Will the song hit #1? It's possible, especially if "100 Years" is running out of gas. Of course, they also have to get past Maroon5, who also have a chance at hitting #1. Martina McBride looks like she's done, as she falls 2-4. But I'm getting tired of that song, so it's just as well that it never hit #1 (though, let's remember, this is the AC chart; she could still do it) Those three songs are the ones that really have any kind of chance at going to #1 in the near future. I'm pretty sure that "Here Without You" won't be going much higher than its debut position of number ten.

[BillboardBoy]

Good selection of songs, too - you don't hear "Somebody's Baby" or "Truly" to often on AC radio. The latter is quite a surprise, since it's very AC-friendly (but let's play the hell out of that damn "All Night Long"!) The other songs you hear a lot, but at least not everytime you turn on the radio.

I agree. I especially like "Harden My Heart," "Little Lies," "Foolish Games" and "Here Comes The Rain Again." In fact, 3 songs (besides the LDD) on AT10 were also played on AT20, including "Cherish," "Here Comes The Rain" and "Gloria."

In the future, I'd like to hear a spotlight year from 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 and/or 1999.

[richie]

I'm sure they will do spotlight years from the 90's, maybe even some from the 70's, but I doubt from the 60's, since that wouldn't fit the format.

[Mega248]

or "Here Without You", which is this month's debut, drops below number 15 on R&R.  How long has that song been on the R&R chart anyway?  It's not nearing 50 weeks, is it?

It's at 37 weeks, as of the 9/10/04 chart.

[Matt4319]

Mega248 said:

It's at 37 weeks, as of the 9/10/04 chart.

Does that mean it's going recurrent?

[Mega248]

Matt4319 said:

Does that mean it's going recurrent?

No, it won't go recurrent until it reaches 50 weeks or falls below #15.

[Hervard]

What I think they'll do is spotlight all the years from the 1980s first, then maybe they'll go to 1990s. Or who knows, maybe they'll do the 70s, 80s and 90s intermittently. The 1960s are possible, but they'd probably only do five or six at the most and do more archive songs.
I forgot to mention "Foolish Games" as being a song that you don't hear very often. Most AC stations play "You Were Meant For Me" and maybe "Who Will Save Your Soul".

[johnnywest]

ulij20 said:

What I think they'll do is spotlight all the years from the 1980s first, then maybe they'll go to 1990s.  Or who knows, maybe they'll do the 70s, 80s and 90s intermittently.  The 1960s are possible, but they'd probably only do five or six at the most and do more archive songs. 
I forgot to mention "Foolish Games" as being a song that you don't hear very often.  Most AC stations play "You Were Meant For Me" and maybe "Who Will Save Your Soul".

Instead of doing each year in the '60s, they could spotlight the decade as a whole.

[Hervard]

johnnywest said:

Instead of doing each year in the '60s, they could spotlight the decade as a whole.

Yeah, but even then, they'd have to keep the total of songs down to five or so (two sixties song each hour). Playing more wouldn't be very conducive to the typical AC format.

[EvanJ]

ulij20 said:

I forgot to mention "Foolish Games" as being a song that you don't hear very often.  Most AC stations play "You Were Meant For Me" and maybe "Who Will Save Your Soul".

I've heard "Standing Still" on AC.
I've never heard of Quarterflash.

[mst3k]

EvanJ said:

I've never heard of Quarterflash.

Educate yourself:

www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/quarterflash.html
www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1184328

:)