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    " All I Have To Give " - Backstreet Boys from the albums Backstreet Boys (US) and Backstreet's Back (International) (both 1997)  Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 19   Today's song of the day comes from the Backstreet Boys , who had already scored four big pop radio hits from their American debut album with " Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) ", " As Long As You Love Me ", " Everybody (Backstreet's Back) ", and " I'll Never Break Your Heart ", with the first and third reaching the top ten on Billboard magazine's official pop Hot 100, while the other two (not released as singles and therefore not eligible at the time for that chart) reaching the top ten on the airplay component of the list.  By the time for the fifth song sent to radio from the album, that wasn't an issue anymore, as the music industry trade bible changed the rules to allow all songs to qualify for the Hot 100 (a...

    " Better Late Than Never " was a club hit for house music singer Lafayette. Released as a stand-alone single , the song was written by Terri Jeffries, Charlene Munford, and producer Kerri Chandler. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single peaked at #4 in 1994.       

    " Heartbreak Hotel " - Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price from the album My Love Is Your Love (1998) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 21   Today's song is by Whitney Houston , who we just saw with her duet with Mariah Carey from the Prince Of Egypt movie, " When You Believe ".  The same week that song entered Billboard magazine's R&B chart, the first single from Whitney's new studio album My Love Is Your Love also arrived (as well as the third , mind you, but we'll get to that in another installment). "Heartbreak Hotel" wasn't a remake of the Elvis hit from the 50's but rather a neo-new jack swing track written by Tamara Savage along with producers Carsten "Soulshack" Schack and Kenneth Karlin. Featuring current R&B upstarts Faith Evans , who just scored her first top ten solo pop hit with " Love Like This ", and Kelly Price , who topped Billboar...

    " Too Many Fish " was a big club hit for club icon Frankie Knuckles with singer Adeva. Appearing on Knuckles' album Welcome To The Real World , the song was written by Adeva and Knuckles with co-producer Danny Madden. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single spent two weeks at #1 in 1995. It also reached the top-40 on the British singles chart at #34... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    " For A Little While " - Tim McGraw from the album Everywhere (1997) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #37 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 2   Today's song comes from country music star Tim McGraw , whose fourth studio album Everywhere had scored a top ten pop hit with his duet ballad with wife Faith Hill, " It's Your Love ", in the summer of 1997.  That was followed by the title track " Everywhere ", which topped Billboard magazine's Country Singles chart for two weeks, which in turn was succeeded by " Just To See You Smile ", which spent six weeks on top of that list. The heartwrenching ballad " One Of These Days " was released as a cassette single, and popped on to the Hot 100 pop chart at #74, while taking a week at #2 on the Country Singles radio list. Then came " Where The Green Grass Grows ", which spent a month (four weeks) at #1 on the Country Singles chart, and peaking at #79 on the Hot 100. Also, the album...

    " In The Closet " was a big club and radio hit for Michael Jackson. Appearing on his album Dangerous , the song was written and produced by Jackson with Teddy Riley. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single spent a week at #1 in 1992, while peaking at #6 on the pop chart.           

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Ed Sheeran claims a second week at #1, while Rise Against (pictured above) climb four notches in the top ten. Former big hits by twenty-one pilots, Jake Owen, Jordan Davis, and Joel Corry/Raye/David Guetta drop off my chart, while songs from Dua Lipa, Lodato, and Foo Fighters make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the list everything if Spotify playlisted for five and a half hours of the biggest in pop, country, rock, R&B, and dance. So what's there to celebrate, anyway?   This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran (1) 2. You - Regard, Troye Sivan, & Tate McRae (2) 3. Good 4 U - Olivia Rodrigo (5) 4. Nowhere Generation - Rise Against ...