Both of those were hits for Healy in Canada, along with several others, but I think "Angel Eyes" was the only one that made the general Billboard chart in the US?
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
"Angel Eyes" did peak higher than the cover but I think the latter lasted longer on radio?
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
My Guitar: Healey's version peaked at number 27 in Canada, number 85 in the UK and number 25 in New Zealand.
Angel Eyes made it to #5 on the Hot 100, #16 in Canada
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link
Jeff Healey Band reached the Top 10 in Canada with the songs "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "How Long Can a Man Be Strong".
So even those two songs I've never heard were bigger than Gently Weeps in Canada
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link
also, ahem:
it's a bit the opposite to this thread, sorry, but I just noticed that "crazy in love" is far from being Beyonce's song with the most plays on spotify (far behind "7/11", "Drunk in Love", "Halo", all above 220M while "Crazy in Love" is only at 144M).surprising.― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:59 AM bookmarkflaglink
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:59 AM bookmarkflaglink
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
Crazy in Love is at 509M now
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
In the UK Somebody Told Me and When You Were Young peaked higher than Mr. Brightside, which seems to basically be a national anthem at this point. Obviously, Mr. Brightside has that wild record of being in the Top 100 for 200 weeks or whatever, but I was surprised to see it wasn't their highest charting tune there.
― triggercut, Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, tbc, I wasn't saying the "While My Guitar" cover was Healey's highest-charting hit anywhere - he's a good example for the thread. Tbh, I think the deal is probably just that his playing has held up better than his songwriting for people?
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
eheh, I'm getting old !Funny, prior to posting that today I was wondering if it was possible to search for a word WITHIN a thread... but I didn't think about searching my own posts !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:56 (three years ago) link
i just load the whole thread and use Control-F, myself.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 September 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
Good idea !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 24 September 2020 14:31 (three years ago) link
Let us not forget Jeff Healey's cameo in Road House.
― velcro-magnon (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 24 September 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
I'm fascinated that the stray Metalica cover and new age chillout of The Mission soundtrack so drown out The Good, The Bad theme in Morricone's legacy. Hipster standards serve such a small audience in the grand scheme of things.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 24 September 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
I'm no Replacements expert but I really thought "I'll Be You" was far and away their biggest song. Only video of theirs I've seen on TV, only Billboard Hot 100 appearance. It is their NINTH-most streamed song on Spotify. "Swingin' Party", a song I'd never heard of, is #1. Apparently, Lorde covered it?
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
The Lorde cover goosed that one, yes. FWIW, despite being 'the hit', "I'll Be You" kind of faded away over time. I've rarely heard it as an 'oldie/flashback' track on Alternative Radio, and seems like when you do hear Replacements out in the wild (satellite radio, muzak etc), more often than not it's something from one of the three prior albums.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
i think it's even weirder that the second-most played song is "androgynous."
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
i love the song, but it's so atypical and not exactly a song that i think of when im thinking "i wanna listen to the replacements"
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
I feel like the subject matter and delivery of "Androgynous" might mean it's gotten a lot of listens from people who do not know or listen to the Replacements. I've never really delved into that band at all, but I know that song from a guy who sang it on an acoustic guitar as part of a school talent show.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:34 (three years ago) link
Based on Youtube comments, it seems to have been adopted as a trans anthem by a number of people.xp
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
that makes sense. it's just strange that the top two songs from one of the most famously shambolic rock bands of all time are two of their least rockin'
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
yeah, their #s 3-5 (Alex Chilton, Can't Hardly Wait & Bastards of Young) are the ones I'd assume to be their "legacy" songs
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
wd guess "Androgynous" being performed/championed by Joan Jett and Miley Cyrus helped it
― Josefa, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
Towards the end of the song, you can hear Paul Westerberg sing the words "Jefferson's Cock". Occasionally, The Replacements would play gigs in Minneapolis under this name, with the band members wearing dresses.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
Ezra Furman also covered it
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
Where are "Men Without Ties" and "Waitress in the Sky"?
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
Kiss: "I Was Made For Lovin' You" has over 100 million more spins on Spotify than "Rock'n'Roll All Night"
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
It deserves them.
― 📺👁️ (peace, man), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
their biggest hits--"Beth" (#7) and "Forever" (#8) not even in the top five on Spotify. What is that second one?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
maybe IWMFLY ends up in Spotify disco playlists, while IWRNRAL doesn't make it on classic rock playlists? just spitballing though.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
hello, hello, the world doesn’t begin and and with/in the US of A!Chartwise, Kiss meant very little in most of the rest of the world before “I Was Made For Lovin’ You”. But that song was HUUUGE - because: disco. Number one here in the Netherlands (and possibly the biggest song of the year). So HUUUGE in fact that their only other top 10 hit here was follow-up single “Sure Know Something” (which didn’t even crack the top 40 in the US). The Dynasty album, their first album to chart here, went no 1 as well.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Was_Made_for_Lovin%27_You#Weekly_singles_chartsAnd then there’s “Crazy Crazy Nights”, another US non-hit, which in ‘87 became their only major hit in the UK. It’s now their #5 song when it comes to Spotify streams.So yeah, gentle reminder: the world is so much bigger than the US.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
"Forever" is a Power Ballad from around 1990 or so.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” was in Moulin Rouge
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
its cos the kids know Beth suuuuucks and Disco RUUUUULEZ
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
what can you do?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
"God Gave Rock n' Roll To You" was a UK hit too, tied in with the 2nd Bill & Ted movie. So both of their big UK hits were written or co-written with outside writers, which might be telling us something (as was I Was Made For Lovin' You too, thinking about it).
― logout option: disabled (Matt #2), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
some early Kiss songs may suffer from stream splitting between the studio versions and the Alive versions
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
i have to say after growing up as a big Bill & Ted fan and only ever knowing it as a Kiss song, to have The Zombies suddenly start playing God Gave Rock N Roll To You at All Tomorrow's Parties was one of the weirdest things i've experienced live. major tonal whiplash in my brain.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
"Rock and Roll All Nite" is the only song of theirs I hear regularly on classic rock radio but yeah, seems like it wasn't their biggest hit anywhere. Going by Wikipedia, "Shout It Loud", a song I've never heard, went to #1 in Canada, apparently. "I Was Made for Loving You" = lol, though.
― I guess I'd be lonesome (Sund4r), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
Breastcrawl OTM, "I Was Made for Loving You" is by far the best-known Kiss song in Finland too.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 07:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, if you asked people in the UK to name a Kiss song imagine most would plump for Crazy Crazy Nights xps
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 09:58 (three years ago) link
Ween's Ocean Man's journey to becoming their legacy track (60M+ compared to 5M for Voodoo Lady off Chocolate and Cheese, which also feels like the wrong song off that record) was apparently its inclusion in the Spongebob movie and then becoming a sort of meme. It was pointedly left off their 2018 best of.
― mig (guess that dreams always end), Friday, 30 October 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Voodoo Lady was on a lot of alt-rock stations at the time, if I remember correctly.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
Do those guys get along now? Still tour? I know there was a big falling out..
― piscesx, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
They abruptly cancelled their March-and-subsequent tour dates this year, must have broken up again
― edited for dog profanity (sic), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
One for the Pavement fans
https://www.stereogum.com/2105993/pavement-harness-your-hopes-spotify/columns/sounding-board/
― piscesx, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
Even as a massive Pavement head, I can't ever remember hearing the official (non-Peel/BBC) recording of "Harness" (listening now).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
Wow that's really interesting
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
lolWhen requested, Spotify declined to provide an interview with McDonald
shoulda posted yr questions on the Spotify thread
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
No kidding, lol. Interesting article, even if it doesn’t really answer the question. (It touches on the same sort of speculations that were aired earlier in this thread, when the song came up.)
― it's AG in your faaaace.... (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
weirdly on my Spotify ALL of Pavement's top 5 (with Harness your Hopes as #1" are listed as <1000 plays...? #5 is... their cover of "The Killing Moon"?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link