American Top 40 - May 18th, 1996

[galvanize]

You know me, I can't wait to post nostalgia.

Broadcast of 18 May 1996

This Last TITLE Recording Act Weeks Peak Peakweek week on chart Pos. Date

1 1 BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME Celine Dion 11 1 4-May-96
2 2 IRONIC Alanis Morissette 13 1 6-Apr-96
3 3 ALWAYS BE MY BABY Mariah Carey 11 3 20-Apr-96
4 7 GIVE ME ONE REASON Tracy Chapman 8 4 18-May-96
5 4 NOBODY KNOWS Tony Rich Project 18 1 23-Mar-96
6 8 OLD MAN & ME Hootie & The Blowfish 5 6 18-May-96
7 5 FOLLOW YOU DOWN Gin Blossoms 14 5 20-Apr-96
8 6 CLOSER TO FREE Bodeans 16 6 20-Apr-96
9 9 EVERYTHING FALLS APART Dog's Eye View 10 9 11-May-96
10 13 BIG ME Foo Fighters 6 10 18-May-96
11 23 KILLING ME SOFTLY Fugees 3 11 18-May-96
12 10 MISSING Everything But The Girl 25 1 24-Feb-96
13 11 SITTIN' UP IN MY ROOM Brandy 14 11 27-Apr-96
14 17 THE EARTH, Color Me Badd 6 14 18-May-96
THE SUN, THE RAIN
15 14 THE WORLD I KNOW Collective Soul 24 8 27-Apr-96
16 18 SWEET DREAMS La Bouche 5 16 18-May-96
17 21 FASTLOVE George Michael 3 17 18-May-96
18 16 INSENSITIVE Jann Arden 11 16 11-May-96
19 15 1979 Smashing Pumpkins 16 9 27-Apr-96
20 12 CHAINS Tina Arena 8 12 11-May-96
21 19 BE MY LOVER La Bouche 23 4 23-Mar-96
22 20 WONDER Natalie Merchant 23 4 30-Mar-96
23 22 NAME Goo Goo Dolls 34 1 9-Dec-95
24 25 JUST A GIRL No Doubt 9 24 4-May-96
25 24 HOOK Blues Traveler 23 8 23-Mar-96
26 -- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Clayton & Mullen 1 26 18-May-96
27 27 SCARY KISSES Voice of the Beehive 4 27 11-May-96
28 29 AEROPLANE Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 28 18-May-96
29 28 COUNT ON ME Whitney Houston & 6 28 11-May-96
Cece Winans
30 34 FLOOD Jars Of Clay 2 30 18-May-96
31 39 YOUR LOVING ARMS Billie Ray Martin 2 31 18-May-96
32 -- CHILDREN Robert Miles 1 32 18-May-96
33 32 HALO Deep Blue Something 3 32 11-May-96
34 33 1, 2, 3, 4 (SUMPIN' NEW) Coolio 3 33 11-May-96
35 37 ANYTHING 3T 16 20 6-Apr-96
36 26 WONDERWALL Oasis 18 9 23-Mar-96
37 38 SANTA MONICA Everclear 3 37 18-May-96
(WATCH THE WORLD DIE)
38 30 ONE OF US Joan Osborne 26 3 17-Feb-96
39 -- SALVATION Cranberries 1 39 18-May-96
40 31 WHO DO U LOVE Deborah Cox 12 28 13-Apr-96

Next In Line

TITLE Recording Act
WRONG Everything But The Girl
WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL Jewel
FOREVER MORE Puff Johnson
CAN'T GET YOU OFF MY MIND Lenny Kravitz
MACARENA Los Del Rio/Bayside Boys Mix
LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Madonna
YOU LEARN Alanis Morissette
JEALOUSY Natalie Merchant
CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA Oasis
CHARMS Philosopher Kings
SHE USED TO BE MINE Spin Doctors
YOU STILL TOUCH ME Sting

"Tops of the Other Charts"

Chart Name TITLE Recording Act
Rock OLD MAN & ME Hootie & The Blowfish
Alternative Rock SALVATION Cranberries
R & B YOU'RE THE ONE SWV
Adult Contemporary BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME Celine Dion
Country MY MARIA Brooks & Dunn

Falling Off The Chart

TITLE Recording Act Weeks Peak Peak
on chart Pos. date
I WANT TO COME OVER Melissa Etheridge 17 14 16-Mar-96
REACH Gloria Estefan 3 36 11-May-96
LUCKY LOVE Ace Of Base 12 16 13-Apr-96

Long Distance Dedications

TITLE Recording Act
TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton
PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams
THE POWER OF LOVE Celine Dion

[johnm1120]

Another absolutely amazing chart. Especially the top 4.

For the following, this was their first appearance on the pop chart:

Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
Bodeans - Closer to Free
Foo Fighters - Big Me
Everything But the Girl - Missing
La Bouche - Be My Lover
Goo Goo Dolls - Name
No Doubt - Just a Girl
Robert Miles - Children
Oasis - Wonderwall
Everclear - Santa Monica
Deborah Cox - Who Do U Love


The following were in the top 40 for the final time to date:

Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
Color Me Badd - The Earth, The Sun, The Rain
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Coolio - 1, 2, 3, 4



The following were one hit wonders on the chart, so this was their first and last top 40 hit:

Dog's Eye View - Everything Falls Apart
Fugees - Killing Me Softly*
Jann Arden - Insensitive
Tina Arena - Chains
Clayton & Mullen - Theme From Mission Impossible*
Voice of the Beehive - Scary Kisses
Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans - Count on Me*
Jars of Clay - Flood
Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms
3T - Anything
Joan Osbourne - One of Us

*All 3 members of the Fugees would go on to have solo pop hits

*Clayton & Mullen of course have scored numerous hits with U2

*Whitney has scored countless top 40 hits, but this was the only appearance for CeCe Winans


***2009 Miley Cyrus is currently in her 10th week in the top 20 and only at a #14 peak. Jann Arden beats that hands down, as even though she only peaked at #12, she spent a whopping 24 weeks in the top 20!


Incidentally, this week TWO instrumentals debuted the same week. Mission Impossible and Children. Any other occurrences of that happening?

[Cerebro]

This thread is a bit of a misnomer, as there was no AT40 in 1996. But I digress...

May 19, 2009 14:45:50 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

Incidentally, this week TWO instrumentals debuted the same week. Mission Impossible and Children. Any other occurrences of that happening?

I've never seen another occurrence in the 18 years, now, that I have been keeping track of the pop chart. Then again, instrumentals were a dying breed in the 1990s. I can count on one hand the number that hit the top 40 that decade:

David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here (1991)
Kenny G - Forever In Love (1993)
Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen - Theme From Mission: Impossible (1996)
Robert Miles - Children (1996)
James Horner - Southampton (1998)

(I think that's all of them)

The 2000s have only seen two:

Kenny G - Auld Lang Syne (2000) (unless you consider the sound bytes in the "Millennium Mix" to be "lyrics")
Darude - Sandstorm (2001)

Doesn't look like we'll be getting another one this decade.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

The flashback from 1995 that was posted a few weeks ago I put into a playlist on iTunes. It was a wonderful trip down memory road. I might do it again with this chart!

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

BTW, I've never heard the version that CT40 played of 'Insensitive' anywhere else ever. Does it exist anywhere else? I've always wondered. I always kinda liked it.

And another thing I've noticed over the last few years is that songs seemed to have radio edits (for length) more often back then compared to today.
The following songs were all edited for radio when I used to hear them on. Not sure if both La Bouche songs were but possibly. They all had a part cut out of them.

4 7 GIVE ME ONE REASON Tracy Chapman 8 4 18-May-96
5 4 NOBODY KNOWS Tony Rich Project 18 1 23-Mar-96
11 23 KILLING ME SOFTLY Fugees 3 11 18-May-96
13 11 SITTIN' UP IN MY ROOM Brandy 14 11 27-Apr-96
16 18 SWEET DREAMS La Bouche 5 16 18-May-96
21 19 BE MY LOVER La Bouche 23 4 23-Mar-96
24 25 JUST A GIRL No Doubt 9 24 4-May-96
30 34 FLOOD Jars Of Clay 2 30 18-May-96
38 30 ONE OF US Joan Osborne 26 3 17-Feb-96

[shadster]

I have the Jan Arden song, recorded from CT40 if you need.....

[No Brake$]

Oh man, this chart ROASTED. Look at these songs...this looks like what a modern day Hot AC Chart would likely look like....WOW, think about those songs!

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

May 26, 2009 21:51:51 GMT -5 shadster said:

I have the Jan Arden song, recorded from CT40 if you need.....

Sure! I think it was mostly the beginning of it that was different. Casey probably always talked over the beginning of that. lol

[shadster]

Jun 4, 2009 19:16:45 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

May 26, 2009 21:51:51 GMT -5 shadster said:

I have the Jan Arden song, recorded from CT40 if you need.....

Sure! I think it was mostly the beginning of it that was different. Casey probably always talked over the beginning of that. lol

Aww... you got this from the old CT40 site that was taken down in like 2000 or something. I loved that site and its chart archives.

I'll get crackin on it then. An incidently, you can browse thru the CT40/chart archives here: web.archive.org/web/19990127215736/charter.simplenet.com/pastop40/index.html

[johnnywest]

Jun 10, 2009 22:12:51 GMT -5 shadster said:

Jun 4, 2009 19:16:45 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

Sure! I think it was mostly the beginning of it that was different. Casey probably always talked over the beginning of that. lol

Aww... you got this from the old CT40 site that was taken down in like 2000 or something. I loved that site and its chart archives.

I'll get crackin on it then. An incidently, you can browse thru the CT40/chart archives here: web.archive.org/web/19990127215736/charter.simplenet.com/pastop40/index.html

I didn't know about that link.

Thanks!

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Beautiful!

[Osaka Sun]

2 2 IRONIC Alanis Morissette 13 1 6-Apr-96

Perhaps one of the greatest pop records ever. I still listen to it on a regular basis.

[BillboardBoy]

The most added single this week was "Charms" (43) and the most increased single was "Killing Me Softly" (+848).

There were 128 reporters this week on R&R's CHR panel.

#1 a year ago was "I Know" by Dionne Farris
#1 5 years ago was "Baby Baby" by Amy Grant

Some of the stations that Casey mentioned this week were 107-5 The River, Nashville, TN; Star 96.7 Jackson, OH; KIXY 94.7 San Angelo, TX; Z101 Lansing, MI; WNCI Columbus, OH; Hot 100 Guam; Magic 95; 93-3 FLZ, Tampa, FL.