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" If You Needed Somebody " - Bad Company from the album Holy Water (1990) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 8 Today's song of the day comes from the British hard rock band Bad Company , who came together in London in the early 70's as a sort of "supergroup" of veterans of other bands. Lead singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke were in the blues-rock group Free, who scored a top-5 pop hit in America in 1970 with the guitar-rock classic " All Right Now ". Mick Ralphs was one of the two guitarists in Mott The Hoople during the time of their biggest success, the top-40 " All The Young Dudes ". Joining them was bass player Boz Burrell, who was in the progressive rock juggernaut King Crimson for their Lizard album. With that history, there was built-up anticipation for Bad Company's self-titled first album, which landed them a #5 hit in the States (and #15 in the UK) with their first single " C...

" Moneytalks " - AC/DC from the album The Razor's Edge (1991) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 5 Today's song of the day comes from the iconic blues-hard rock band AC/DC , who came together in Australia the early 70's under Scottish-born brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Their older brother George had already had success as a part of the Easybeats, who landed a top-20 hit in the U.S. with " Friday On My Mind " in 1967. With Dave Evans as the original singer, they were a glam-style outfit at first, and had a minor hit in Australia with " Can I Sit Next To You Girl " (#50, 1974). but quickly dropped that (and Evans, BTW). Recruiting fellow Scotsman Bon Scott, they released their debut album High Voltage in Australia in 1974, and the double-sided single " Love Song "/" Baby Please Don't Go " climbed to #20 in their adopted home country. Evolved into a Aerosmith-esque blues-rock outfit b...

" Heat Of The Moment " - After 7 from the album After 7 (1989) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #19 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 5 Today's song of the day comes from the soul vocal trio After 7 , who had back-to-back top-10 pop hits with " Ready Or Not " and " Can't Stop ". As a follow-up, they re-released their first single, the uptempo jam "Heat Of The Moment". Written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (the brother of the group's Kevin and Melvin) along with L.A. Reid, the song originally hit #5 on Billboard 's R&B chart back in the summer of 1989, though it stalled down at #74 on the pop Hot 100. Now with the momentum of the two huge hits behind them, and a peppier remix, radio was able to "get down" now... "Heat Of The Moment" became After 7's third top-40 pop hit in February of 1991. Internationally, the record was a moderate hit in New Zealand, reaching #28, and slipped ...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the previous week. "Despacito" from Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee claim a fourth week on top, while Foo Fighters (pictured above) roll up a couple notches in the top ten. Former big hits from Paramore, Dan Auerbach, Dan + Shay, and Darius Rucker drop off my list, while songs from the War On Drugs, Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry/Big Sean, and Jason Aldean make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). Back home, second time repeaters suuuuuck.... This Week        Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Despacito - Luis Fonsi f/Daddy Yankee (1) 2. Attention - Charlie Puth (2) 3. Redbone - Childish Gambino (3) 4. Feel It Still - Portugal, The Man (4) 5. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back - Shawn Mendes (7) 6. Run - Foo Fighters (8) 7. Believer - Imagine...

" One More Try " - Timmy T from the album Time After Time (1990) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 16 Today's song of the day comes from Latin freestyle dance music singer Timmy T , who had slipped into the pop top-40 in American in the spring of 1990 with the club hit " Time After Time ". That was followed by the uptempo dance jam " What Will I Do ", which slipped on to the pop chart at #96, but did make the top-40 on the dance sales chart. The third single from the Time After Time album, however, would eclipse them all. "One More Try", a break-up ballad written and produced by the artist (under his real name Timothy Torres), was a bare-bones heartfelt tale of regret and wanting another chance, and it resonated enough to take it to the top of the pop chart... "One More Try" became Timmy T's biggest pop hit, reaching #1 on the U.S. pop chart in March of 1991. The single also climbed to #4 ...

" Wicked Game " - Chris Isaak from the album Heart Shaped World (1989) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 11 Today's song of the day comes from retro-pop crooner Chris Isaak , who hails from northern California, and named his debut album, Silvertone , after his backing band. While the album was originally unnoticed nationally, in Australia he scored a minor hit with the moody Orbison-esque " Dancin' " (#77), while two other tracks showed up in the 1986 movie Twin Peaks . A year later, Chris released his self-titled sophomore effort, and slipped on the British chart at the bottom rung (#100) with " Blue Hotel ". After being moved to the more artistic Reprise label from Warner Bros, he put out his third studio set Heart Shaped World . The first single from the record, the blues-rock number " Don't Make Me Dream About You ", was his first radio hit in America, reaching #18 on Billboard 's Modern Rock ...

" Someday " - Mariah Carey from the album Mariah Carey (1990) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 15 Today's song of the day comes from vocal icon Mariah Carey , whose eponymous debut album had already scored a pair of #1 pop hits with the ballads " Vision Of Love " and " Love Takes Time ". The third release from the record picked up the pace for the bubbly dance-pop kiss-off of "Someday". Written by Carey with Ben Margulies, the song warns a lover who is breaking up with her that he'll live to regret it... "Someday" became Mariah's third consecutive #1 pop hit in March of 1991. The song spent a week at #3 on Billboard 's R&B chart, while peaking at #5 on their Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio list. The remixed track topped the Dance Club Play chart as well. Internationally, "Someday" topped the singles chart in Canada, and reached the top-40 in ...