HAC Chart Flashback - September

[Hot AC Archiver]

Here's the HAC chart from 10 years ago - 9/16/94:

1. Wild Night - John Mellencamp f/ M. Ndegiocello
* 1 week at #1 *
2. Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
3. If You Go - Jon Secada
4. Come to My Window - Melissa Etheridge
5. Lucky One - Amy Grant
6. Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
7. Beautiful in My Eyes - Joshua Kadison
8. But It's Alright - Huey Lewis & the News
9. Circle of Life - Elton John (Biggest mover, up 5)
10. The Way She Loves Me - Richard Marx
11. Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
12. Don't Turn Around - Ace of Base
13. You Mean the World to Me - Toni Braxton
14. Endless Love - Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey
15. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
16. I'll Remember - Madonna
17. Prayer for the Dying - Seal
18. Anytime You Need a Friend - Mariah Carey
19. Everyday - Phil Collins
20. I Swear - All-4-One
21. You - Bonnie Raitt
22. Until I Fall Away - Gin Blossoms
23. I'll Make Love to You - Boyz II Men
24. Good Times - Edie Brickell
25. The Color of the Night - Lauren Christy
26. I'm the Only One - Melissa Etheridge
27. (I Could Only) Whisper Your Name - Harry Connick Jr
28. December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - Four Seasons
29. When Can I See You - Babyface
30. I'll Stand by You - Pretenders

Falling off: "You Better Wait" - Steve Perry, "Think Twice" - Celine Dion

The oldest songs on the chart were in their 22nd week (that's how long the chart had existed at the time).

A Few notes:

- HAC leaned much more toward AC than the format does today.
- Sheryl Crow was making her first appearance with "All I Wanna Do"
- "Endless Love" debuted at #17 two weeks before this, but the song never reached the top 10.
- The only artists on this chart that are on the current HAC chart: Sheryl Crow and Richard Marx

[BillboardBoy]

I recognize all the songs in the Top 30 except for:

You - Bonnie Raitt
The Color of the Night - Lauren Christy
(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name - Harry Connick Jr

I would mind if HAC went back to this type of format. Or if AC was a little bit less sappy like this chart is.

[halo19]

I actually wouldn't have minded this way of the format. However, I think it still would have been more in the direction it is now, as AC and Hot A/C were seperated for a reason.

The Modern A/C's put a big change in the format, I believe. I still think that Matchbox Twenty would be just as successful at that type of format, and that the format would've still broken though the Michelle Branch/Vanessa Carlton/Avril-type artists.

[iceman]

at20fantoo said:

- Sheryl Crow was making her first appearance with "All I Wanna Do"

So "Leaving Las Vegas" never made it?

[Hot AC Archiver]

iceman said:

So "Leaving Las Vegas" never made it?

No, it never charted on Hot AC.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Here's the HAC chart from 9/27/96:

1. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
* 2 weeks at #1 *
2. Change the World - Eric Clapton
3. It's All Coming Back to Me Now - Celine Dion
4. You Learn - Alanis Morissette
5. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
6. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) - John Mellencamp
7. Nowhere to Go - Melissa Etheridge
8. Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
9. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
10. Jealousy - Natalie Merchant
11. Tucker's Town - Hootie & the Blowfish
12. Insensisive - Jann Arden
13. Let's Make a Night to Remember - Bryan Adams
14. Dance into the Light - Phil Collins ** Biggest Mover, Up 5 **
15. Mouth - Meril Bainbridge
16. Birmingham - Amanda Marshall
17. Standing Outside a Broken Telephone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
18. Wonder - Natalie Merchant
19. When You Love a Woman - Journey ** Highest Debut of the Week **
20. Forever - Mariah Carey
21. I Go Blind - Hootie & the Blowfish
22. Free to Decide - Cranberries
23. You Can Make History (Young Again) - Elton John
24. Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
25. Why Does It Hurt So Bad - Whitney Houston
26. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Sting
27. Where Do You Go? - No Mercy
28. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) - Los Del Rio
29. 6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers
30. That Thing You Do! - The Wonders

Droppers: "As Long as It Matters" - Gin Blossoms, "Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion

[BillboardBoy]

I like the 1996 chart a lot better. It's a good mix of AC and alternative-type songs.