Then Came You - Dionne Warwick & The Spinners

[pophector]

Spent 1 week at #1 on Hot 100, #6 CHR/Pop & flopped big UK only making #29.

Plus this ties the record for the biggest drop from the top spot on the Hot 100 :o:

1 - 15 Nothing From Nothing w Billy Preston [10-26-1974]
Then Came You w Dionne Warwick & The Spinners [11-02-1974]

Good song.

[mst3k]

Okay song... it was Dionne's only successful single during the period when she changed her last name to "Warwicke".

[620 Soul Train]

pophector said:

Spent 1 week at #1 on Hot 100, #6 CHR/Pop & flopped big UK only making #29.

Plus this ties the record for the biggest drop from the top spot on the Hot 100 :o:

1 - 15 Nothing From Nothing w Billy Preston [10-26-1974]
Then Came You w Dionne Warwick & The Spinners [11-02-1974]

Good song.

I thought that this song fell to eleven, and Casey Kasem never mentioned Billy Preston's big drop. I could be wrong...

[ClassicCase]

mst3k1 said:

Okay song... it was Dionne's only successful single during the period when she changed her last name to "Warwicke".

I learned that Dionne just added the "e" at the end of her last name (then she goes back to her regular spelling afterwards). Not only that, it was released on her album back when she was with Warner Brothers and on the Spinners' album.

[reception]

It's alright.

[prenatt1166]

Dionne Warwick's large drop from #1 was not uncommon in the mid-1970's. It was due to how stations reported to Billboard.

Many stations would drop a song from their playlist once it reached number one, resulting in a dramatic fall from #1 on the Hot 100. This practice was much more common on the country chart, where a song would reach number one and often fall into the 30's the following week.

:)

[shocker]

Dionne Warwick(e) was a black singer who was more AC-oriented than R&B. "Then Came You" was one of the few times she went R&B. I like the song - very smooth vocals with a '70s-sort of rhythm at the same time.

[shocker]

prenatt1166 said:

Dionne Warwick's large drop from #1 was not uncommon in the mid-1970's. It was due to how stations reported to Billboard.

Many stations would drop a song from their playlist once it reached number one, resulting in a dramatic fall from #1 on the Hot 100. This practice was much more common on the country chart, where a song would reach number one and often fall into the 30's the following week.

:)

That seemed to be a trend in 1974 and 1975. Why it was limited to those 2 years is something I could never figure out. By 1976 many songs that hit #1 were staying in the top 10 longer, even if they just spent 1 week @ #1.

By the late '70s, it was getting more and more common for songs to remain at #1 for multiple weeks and stay in the top 10 for a long time. That trend continued until about the mid-'80s, when songs had a more difficult time remaining at #1 for more than 3 weeks.

I don't think it was entirely the way radio playlists were being reported. I think much of it was how Billboard charted the songs on the Hot 100.

[dth1971]

But from 1985 to 1991 there were some 4 week #1 songs rather than 1-3 week #1 songs.

[shocker]

dth1971 said:

But from 1985 to 1991 there were some 4 week #1 songs rather than 1-3 week #1 songs.

True, but it was quite rare from 1985-'91 to see a song spend 4 weeks @ #1, unless it was at the end of the year when the chart was frozen.

In fact, 1988 and 1989 were almost repeats of 1974 and 1975 as far as how many songs went to #1. The only difference was there weren't as many drastic drops from #1 in the late '80s as there were in the mid '70s.

[WotUNeed]

Dionne Warwick is a good example of chart positions not being the only way to measure a song's overall impact. If one went by chart positions, she never managed a solo #1 on the Hot 100 - this and "That's What Friends Are For" were her only two, and both were collaborative efforts; however, I doubt most would argue that either is the most important song in her catalogue, or even one of the most influential.

This is a very enjoyable song, though. The Spinners are one of the best Philly soul groups of all time, even though they were Motown natives.

[horchata]

I've always enjoyed this song, there is a smoothness about it and catchy vibe about it that I just can't resist. Her vocals sound great and per usual the Spinners also sound good, the arrangement is perfect.

[Deleted]

I like it. In addition to going to #1 on the Hot 100, it peaked at #2 R&B and #3 Adult Contemporary.

[jdanton2]

Dionne is featured in a non credited sample on Doja Cat's Paint The Town Red which is #1 this week with her #6 peaking Walk On By. Dionne also had two #1 songs of her own which include this.Then Came You is sort of the first collab by two successful artists to reach #1 on the Hot 100 in 1974. she had multiply top 10 songs before and The Spinners had two of them. Frank and Nancy Sinatra did it before them but are father and daughter.later in the decade Barbra Streisand was part of two of them.