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Post by iceman on Oct 3, 2005 18:36:21 GMT -5
I was hearing this at work on the 80's music channel the past couple of weeks really wanting to know who sings this song! While at home I kept paying it over in my head trying to figure out who it sounded like. Well obviously I did then after copying down some lyrics from the song and doing some searches on the 'net I got my answer.
The high parts in the chorus are my favorite in the song. Seems like it did well on the R&R charts peaking at #3 but if I'm not mistaken I believe it did not even crack the top 10 of the Billboard charts back in early 1983.
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Post by Nick on Oct 3, 2005 18:39:07 GMT -5
Good song!
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Post by mst3k on Oct 3, 2005 20:27:27 GMT -5
Peaked at #15 (for five weeks) on the Hot 100, spending 13 weeks on AT40. This is my favorite Loggins song, although the single version was chopped up too much (guess the label really didn't think it would do well if it was longer than four minutes).
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Oct 4, 2005 7:54:36 GMT -5
Great song! Great vocals!
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Post by Hervard on Oct 4, 2005 10:19:04 GMT -5
Peaked at #15 (for five weeks) on the Hot 100, spending 13 weeks on AT40. Early 1983 was an era when many songs peaked in the Top Five on R&R, but failed to crack the Top Ten on the Hot 100. This was a perfect example. Other examples include "All Right" by Christopher Cross. That song was off to a promising start on the Billboard chart, debuting at #29. Looked like a sure-fire number one song, right? Hah! The song ran out of gas at number twelve! Radio airplay prevailed, however, and the song peaked at #3 on the R&R chart. The other song I can remember that fits this category is "Allentown" by Billy Joel. The song peaked at #3 on R&R, but couldn't get past #17 on the Billboard chart! It spent six weeks there, and sixteen weeks in the Top 40. When I was listening to American Top 40's Top 100 of 1983 about three years ago, I kept waiting to hear that song near the beginning and, by the time they'd gotten up to the 60s, I had pretty much written it off, since I felt sure that they were done with the songs that didn't quite hit the Top Ten (except for songs that peaked at #11). You can imagine my surprise when they played it as song #63! But I digress... I agree with that completely. Yet they didn't chop down "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, which was practically five minutes long  (of course that was a different label) I liked the song a lot, too (one reason that I got the single). At least I got to hear the full version on WLS in Chicago, but B96 had a tendency to play the shorter versions of the song. At least they were a regular Top 40 station back then... |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Oct 4, 2005 13:02:08 GMT -5
Add me to the list who like this song
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Post by John77 on Dec 21, 2005 0:59:27 GMT -5
Peaked at #15 (for five weeks) on the Hot 100, spending 13 weeks on AT40. Early 1983 was an era when many songs peaked in the Top Five on R&R, but failed to crack the Top Ten on the Hot 100. This was a perfect example. Other examples include "All Right" by Christopher Cross. That song was off to a promising start on the Billboard chart, debuting at #29. Looked like a sure-fire number one song, right? Hah! The song ran out of gas at number twelve! Radio airplay prevailed, however, and the song peaked at #3 on the R&R chart. The other song I can remember that fits this category is "Allentown" by Billy Joel. The song peaked at #3 on R&R, but couldn't get past #17 on the Billboard chart! It spent six weeks there, and sixteen weeks in the Top 40. When I was listening to American Top 40's Top 100 of 1983 about three years ago, I kept waiting to hear that song near the beginning and, by the time they'd gotten up to the 60s, I had pretty much written it off, since I felt sure that they were done with the songs that didn't quite hit the Top Ten (except for songs that peaked at #11). You can imagine my surprise when they played it as song #63! But I digress... I agree with that completely. Yet they didn't chop down "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, which was practically five minutes long (of course that was a different label) I liked the song a lot, too (one reason that I got the single). At least I got to hear the full version on WLS in Chicago, but B96 had a tendency to play the shorter versions of the song. At least they were a regular Top 40 station back then... It was funny... early 1983 was when I first really got into music and it seemed the songs I liked the most always did better on Radio & Records than Billboard... so from that day until today I still give more creed to their charts than those in Billboard... As for HTH... a great song... perhaps my all-time fave Kenny Loggins song... |
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Post by shocker on Aug 4, 2008 2:33:54 GMT -5
Early 1983 was an era when many songs peaked in the Top Five on R&R, but failed to crack the Top Ten on the Hot 100. This was a perfect example. Other examples include "All Right" by Christopher Cross. That song was off to a promising start on the Billboard chart, debuting at #29. Looked like a sure-fire number one song, right? Hah! The song ran out of gas at number twelve! Radio airplay prevailed, however, and the song peaked at #3 on the R&R chart. The other song I can remember that fits this category is "Allentown" by Billy Joel. The song peaked at #3 on R&R, but couldn't get past #17 on the Billboard chart! It spent six weeks there, and sixteen weeks in the Top 40. When I was listening to American Top 40's Top 100 of 1983 about three years ago, I kept waiting to hear that song near the beginning and, by the time they'd gotten up to the 60s, I had pretty much written it off, since I felt sure that they were done with the songs that didn't quite hit the Top Ten (except for songs that peaked at #11). You can imagine my surprise when they played it as song #63! But I digress... I can see part of the big discrepancy between the R&R and Billboard rankings at the time might have been the sales numbers, which were included in Billboard's rankings. But another reason was Billboard's policy of ranking songs. Remember the early '80s were notorious for songs remaining at their peak positions for 3, 4, 5, 6 or more consecutive weeks, then they would take a huge tumble downward. Those long stays in the top 10 at their peak positions often prevented many other big radio hits from making it into the top 10 on Billboard. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 3, 2016 19:00:12 GMT -5
Love this!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 21:20:50 GMT -5
This is easily my favorite of his 80's hits.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Jun 3, 2018 14:30:07 GMT -5
Does anything last forever?
I
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Baby, we’re near the end..
Such a great song.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Jun 12, 2018 0:16:12 GMT -5
You've got great taste, sir. This might be one of my favorite prechorus-->chorus combinations of all time. His vocals on this are simply amazing. Goes without saying Kenny is gorgeous in the video, as always. |
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Jul 6, 2018 16:55:37 GMT -5
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Post by Nick on Jul 6, 2018 17:23:28 GMT -5
Now if there was only footage of Kenny and my Queen Stevie singing "Whenever I call you friend".
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 19:39:58 GMT -5
I also admire his bold attire in this performance.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Jul 31, 2018 18:47:55 GMT -5
The end of this song, with his booming vocals adlibbing, makes me cry. I think this might be the best Kenny Loggins song.
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Oct 5, 2018 14:55:27 GMT -5
Good song.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 26, 2018 15:00:27 GMT -5
The greatest song of the 1980s.
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Post by Dreams on Dec 26, 2018 15:07:09 GMT -5
Your stanning made me check out the song. I actually like it, I'll stream it! 👍
Also, I LOVE what he's wearing in that live performance.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 26, 2018 17:32:47 GMT -5
Your stanning made me check out the song. I actually like it, I'll stream it! 👍. if only you know how much your comment made me smile! Glad to turn you onto this song, it’s one of my all time favs, Kenny too. |
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 31, 2018 21:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Oct 2, 2019 12:20:48 GMT -5
To me, this is the greatest song ever created.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 20, 2019 18:28:25 GMT -5
A vocal masterclass as far as I’m concerned...
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(of course that was a different label)
