Category: Too Many Hits To Remember

Everything Your Heart Desires by Daryl Hall and John Oates

Given all the chart successes enjoyed by Daryl Hall and John Oates in the mid to late 1970s and, especially, the early 80s, it’s not surprising that some of their songs from outside that period have fallen by the wayside.  It’s possible, but certainly not proven, that their longer than usual hiatus after 1984’s Big Bam Boom caused them to be somewhat forgotten, even back then.  But regardless, when the duo returned to the studio in the late 1980s, their songs, while fairly successful at the time, did not seem to have much of any staying power on American radio.  Such was the case with “Everything Your Heart Desires”.

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Reelin’ and Rockin’ by Chuck Berry

Any history of rock and roll music has to include Chuck Berry.  One of the true pioneers of rock and roll, Mr. Berry started hitting the charts in 1955, right at the start of the rock era, and he achieved a level of fame that few people could reach.  Whether it was his being the only rock artist to have a song (“Johnny B. Goode”) on Voyager 1’s Golden Record* or having a very tongue-in-cheek origin story told in Back to the Future, Chuck Berry is one of those few rock stars who will likely never be forgotten.

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Vibeology by Paula Abdul

By far the biggest name to come out of the huge upswing in dance music in the late 1980s and early 1990s was Paula Abdul.  To give the reader a sense of how pervasive Ms. Abdul’s music was in that era, it should be noted that her debut album, Forever Your Girl, is, as of this writing and per Ms. Abdul’s website, the third longest charting album on the Billboard Hot 100.*

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Monkey by George Michael

2016 has not been a good year, if you judge years based on how many pop superstars died.  The last week of December brought the news that George Michael died on Christmas Day.  Though it has been a while since Mr. Michael hit the charts, his music still gets a fair amount of airplay, continuing to introduce him to a whole new generation and thereby making it that much more of a shock for so many when they heard of his death.

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Money Don’t Matter 2 Night by Prince and the New Power Generation

Three weeks after Prince’s death, the news cycle is still abuzz with stories about it.  (Aside: 2016 has been really bad for music legends, and we’re still only about one-third through the year.)  Even though his impact lessened quite a bit in recent years from its peak, there’s not denying that he was a major influence in popular music.

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Turn It On Again by Genesis

In the late 80s and early 90s, it could be argued that Genesis was one of the most popular bands around.  (Obviously, others–U2, for example–could make similar claims.)  I could list multiple hits from Genesis that still get lots of radio airplay even today.  (I could also list several songs from that period that could qualify for this blog, but those would require me to update this blog a lot more often than I currently do.*)

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Angel by Madonna

It could be argued by some in the music world (or at least by me) that 1985 was the year of Madonna.  Her music was just about everywhere, and her songs from that era had such staying power that many of them are still played on the radio today.  Some of those songs, though, have fallen by the wayside, despite their popularity at the time.  The most prominent of Madonna’s forgotten songs from that era would have to be “Angel”.

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Can’t Stop Lovin’ You by Van Halen

Unlike the last two honorees on this blog, Van Halen is far from a one-hit wonder.  I wouldn’t even have thought to include them on a forgotten songs blog, since most of their hits still get airplay on rock/classic rock stations throughout the country.  I can name at least ten songs of theirs that still get airplay, and so, most likely, can you.  And then there are other songs that I heard back in the day that get no airplay that I know of now, but as it turns out, none of them made the Hot 100 (which, by and large, is one of my big qualifiers for this blog these days).

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Erotica by Madonna

I can hear you now:  “Really?  A Madonna song?  How can anything by Madonna be forgotten?”  (This may not in reality be what you are saying, but as this is my blog I get to assume that you are in fact saying these things just after reading the title to this entry, and so we’ll proceed from that assumption.)

Well, if I were to consider Madonna’s career in pop music, I would say that the Erotica album/era is in fact the most forgotten portion.

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