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List songs that should have been bigger hits

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List songs that should have been bigger hits

Postby Stuck In The Eighties » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:51 am

Sometimes, you'll hear a song and it makes you scratch your head that it wasn't a huge hit.
Obviuosly, the definition of "hit" will vary, depending on where you live. A song that was top ten in England may not have charted in the US. I live in the US, so anything I list in this thread will be from that perspective.

A few that should have done better, IMO:

I Need You Tonight- Peter Wolf
Second Choice- Any Trouble
Aztec Camera- Oblivious
Beloius Some- Some People
Code Blue- Face to Face

None of those great songs ever charted in the US (with the exeption of the Peter Wolf tune, which petered out at #36). Meanwhile, groups like REO Speedwagon had hit after hit. [V]





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