After seeing some stations play gold that didn't get huge CHR airplay got me thinking...What songs weren't big CHR hits at the time, but should have been or didn't quite get the airplay it deserved?
Here's a few that I came up:
Sublime "What I Got" and "Santeria": "What I Got" made it to #42 on the R&R CHR/Pop chart while "Santeria" didn't make the top 50. Both songs are considered some of the biggest modern rock records of the 90s, while only a few mainstream CHRs played it for a few weeks. Both had a bouncy, pop feel to it but failed to breakthrough.
Ice Cube "You Can Do It": Well, perhaps not a big CHR hit, but I do find it interesting that some CHRs still play this as a gold (such as Kiss 108 and Q102), yet it didn't crack the top 50.
Daft Punk "One More Time": One of the biggest club records during the mini-dance revival of the early 2000s and yeah, it was a modest CHR hit that got airplay, mostly in dance friendly major market CHRs. I remember it getting airplay at KIIS, Z100, KRBE and KHKS. It made it to #31, but was underplayed by some stations IMO.
Lit "My Own Worst Enemy": It made it to #29 back in 1999, yet you can still hear this as gold on a handful of CHRs today. Perhaps this song was a bit ahead of its time. If this was released within the last few years, I think it would gone top 10 or 15.
What can you guys think of that didn't get the airplay it deserved, whether it was from the 90s or recently?
Here's a few that I came up:
Sublime "What I Got" and "Santeria": "What I Got" made it to #42 on the R&R CHR/Pop chart while "Santeria" didn't make the top 50. Both songs are considered some of the biggest modern rock records of the 90s, while only a few mainstream CHRs played it for a few weeks. Both had a bouncy, pop feel to it but failed to breakthrough.
Ice Cube "You Can Do It": Well, perhaps not a big CHR hit, but I do find it interesting that some CHRs still play this as a gold (such as Kiss 108 and Q102), yet it didn't crack the top 50.
Daft Punk "One More Time": One of the biggest club records during the mini-dance revival of the early 2000s and yeah, it was a modest CHR hit that got airplay, mostly in dance friendly major market CHRs. I remember it getting airplay at KIIS, Z100, KRBE and KHKS. It made it to #31, but was underplayed by some stations IMO.
Lit "My Own Worst Enemy": It made it to #29 back in 1999, yet you can still hear this as gold on a handful of CHRs today. Perhaps this song was a bit ahead of its time. If this was released within the last few years, I think it would gone top 10 or 15.
What can you guys think of that didn't get the airplay it deserved, whether it was from the 90s or recently?