notable songs that peaked at #14 on the Hot 100

Walking on Broken Glass for me, though there are several worthy contenders here.

lol dude

one of these:

"Ohio," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1970
"Knowing Me, Knowing You," ABBA, 1977
"Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)," 1980
"Rio," Duran Duran, 1983
"Modern Love," David Bowie, 1983
"Hippychick," Soho, 1990
"Walking on Broken Glass," Annie Lennox, 1992
"Lost Without U," Robin Thicke, 2007

The Doors or Abba, what a decision

"lost without u"

Was going to vote for the Byrds or the Pretenders. But that ELO song is pretty amazing.

Haven't Got Time for the Pain. I love everything about this song. The coda is amazing. But it was very hard to not vote for Brass In Pocket, Ohio, Eight Miles High, Riders on the Storm, and Knowing Me, Knowing You. I also have a special soft spot for Head Games.

Great poll idea, thanks ol' Wrink P's think piece!

Wait. Since when was a Jessica Simpson song ever considered notable?

Leaving the Pretenders' name off of the ballot ain't gonna stop me from voting for them!

1. "Eight Miles High," 2. "Ohio," 3. "Baby Blue," 4. "Hippychick"

Surfin' Safari

Was thinking about "Surfin' Safari," but I forget how devastating "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is.

strange magic vs brass in pocket vs modern love

is it weird that before now i always thought "lost without u" was released in the late 90s/early 00s/definitely earlier than 07? i don't remember it ever being a new song.

"Modern Love" is Bowie's best eighties song imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMHXugVlzSw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vYP1S9_qQ

"Unforgettable," Natalie Cole, 1991

Huh, can't believe this only peaked at number 14.

"Knowing Me, Knowing You" is my favourite ABBA song (on some days), so that gets my vote.

The Jessica Simpson song is actually pretty great.

Erasure for me.

Alfred otm. Don't know what to choose, though.

And if you're trying to cut me down, you know that I might bleed.
'Cause if you're trying to cut me down, I know that you'll succeed.

Huh, can't believe this only peaked at number 14.

Yeah, me neither. That fucking song was oppressively inescapable. I didn't even have cable or listen to the radio much in 1991 and I still felt like I heard it hundreds of times.

Rio? what 13 songs was that up against in the Hot 100?

A Little Respect by an absolute mile.

"eight miles high" over "hippychick", "strange magic" to show. curious what year billboard decides to stop doing this column. 2040?

a few of these probably chart higher if mtv had been factored in ie got considerably more airplay on mtv than radio - duran duran, aerosmith, erasure for sure, plausibly bowie, u2, lennox, 4 non blondes.

Rio? what 13 songs was that up against in the Hot 100?

― how's life, Wednesday, January 1, 2014 5:59 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It peaked in April ’83, so I checked Billboard for the week of Apr. 23. The Top 10 that week were:

Come On Eileen
Beat It
Mr. Roboto
Jeopardy
Billie Jean
Der Kommissar
One On One
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Let's Dance
She Blinded Me With Science

That's basically an episode of "I Love The 80s" there.

Wow, that top ten strikes me as being incredibly concentrated with iconic records.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this. what a list.

that list is crazy.
wondering what 11-13 were now.

Eight Miles High by eight miles

baby blue vs rio vs modern love vs hippychick imo

Bowie without question.

Come On Eileen
Beat It
Mr. Roboto
Jeopardy
Billie Jean
Der Kommissar
One On One
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Let's Dance
She Blinded Me With Science

^^ next poll

surprising myself by voting Erasure over ELO and Bowie but I just realized I really do love "A Little Respect" more than the other songs

def Byrds

Gave what will probably be Billy Joel's only vote

But the exclusion of "Major Tom (Coming Home)" from this list of #14s is a travesty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hs2AQwDgA

Eight Miles High

man, what a list. 4nb is a big turd but otherwise, wow.

Gave what will probably be Billy Joel's only vote

Gave what will probably be Genesis's only vote

love that genesis so much but this line up is too strong

"What's Up?" didn't get higher than #14 in the US?! I guess it was a bigger hit in Europe, because it was pretty much inescapable during that year.

I think I'm possibly the only ilxor who actually likes that song! But I'm not perverse enough to vote for it over Byrds/Pretenders/ABBA.

"Eight Miles High" it is.

this list seems way too great, how did so many of these songs not climb higher.

this is between "Eight Miles High," "Riders on the Storm, "Strange Magic," "Big Shot," "Brass in Pocket," "Whip It," "Rio," "A Little Respect" or "Feel Good Inc." voting The Pretenders yet again.

Gave what will probably be Genesis's only vote

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, January 2, 2014 11:35 PM

love that genesis so much but this line up is too strong

― balls, Friday, January 3, 2014 2:20 AM

Yeah, the line up was pretty daunting, so I copped out and voted for the song I most wanted to here right now.

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I listen to "Eight Miles High" whenever I'm on a plane, right as it's taking off, to assuage my fear of flying. It works, so it's got my vote.

here's an odd blind spot i may as well admit to here -- i've never, to my knowledge, heard "Eight Miles High" in my life. i just put it on and it's not ringing any bells.

hope we get some "Hippychick" voters.

some dude, really?!

you should listen to the hüsker dü version now and then you will have done it all

and the soporific Roxy Music version.

ok i listened to the HD one and joined the "Eight Miles High" club. it's ok, i guess. ::shrugs::

welcome!

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Lol