Get Over It by the Eagles

When arguably most people (and definitely most radio programmers) think of classic bands that break up and then get back together much later, they never seem to think of the music those bands made during the reunion phase.  An obvious example – and perfect for this blog – would be the Eagles.  After what is known to have been a very acrimonious breakup in 1980, they reformed over a decade later and released at least two songs that got a lot of airplay.  But when was the last time you heard either of those songs, I ask you?  Do you even remember the names of those two songs?

Today’s post will highlight the song that officially became the group’s final top 40 hit, “Get Over It”.

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Destination Unknown by Missing Persons

Occasionally, a recording act will be remembered many years after hitting the charts, before finally disappearing from the radio waves.  Such was the case with Missing Persons, a group known best for two songs which both just missed the top 40.  Both those songs are mostly forgotten now, but one is remembered just a little bit less than the other.  It is for that reason that this entry will spotlight “Destination Unknown”.

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Play The Game Tonight by Kansas

Most people, when asked to name a song by Kansas, would gravitate toward one of two songs.  And so would I, and probably so would you, since there are two songs from that group which are more well known than the rest of Kansas’s discography combined.  With that said, there were multiple top 40 hits, most of which have fallen by the wayside, at least as far as radio is concerned.  Case in point:  how many of you remember the band’s top 20 single “Play The Game Tonight”?

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Everything Changes by Kathy Troccoli

Pop music in the early 90s, while being very notable for the fracturing of the top 40 format amid grunge, rap, and even a little country, also had, as one of its features, a fair number of Christian artists crossing over.  Amy Grant, of course, is the most easily remembered*, but there were others.  One of the lesser remembered artists had a big hit in early 1992, but these days, you’d be hard-pressed to find a secular, terrestrial station playing Kathy Troccoli.

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The One and Only by Chesney Hawkes

The early 1990s had, perhaps, more one-hit wonders than any other era that easily comes to mind.  A lot of those one-hit wonders have been forgotten.  Very few, though, had completely disappeared from my mind.  So, I was rather surprised when I heard the only US hit from British singer Chesney Hawkes.  I had heard the song (“The One and Only”) quite a bit when it was on the charts.  Apparently, even I can forget some of these unfairly forgotten songs.

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Everybody Dance by Ta Mara and the Seen

I would imagine that most people who listened to top 40 music in the 1980s could pick out a song that falls into what was called the Minneapolis sound.  This was the subgenre of music which basically traces its roots back to Prince, though many other acts had a similar sound.  One such group was the mid-80s one-hit wonder Ta Mara and the Seen, whose one hit was “Everybody Dance”.

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Ghost Dancer by Addrisi Brothers

It’s not unheard of for a recording group to be better known for writing songs for others than for their own recordings.  In the case of this entry’s group, the Addrisi Brothers, they are probably best remembered today for writing one particular hit for another group.  They certainly are not remembered by radio for their 1979 release, “Ghost Dancer”.

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Never Be the Same by Christopher Cross

If someone mentions yacht rock, undoubtedly one of the first people to come to mind for lovers of that subgenre would be Christopher Cross.   I would argue that it was in 1980, when his debut album hit the top 10, that yacht rock hit its peak.  And why not?  Not everyone had signed on to the waning disco fad, and certainly not everyone was listening to new wave music.  Yacht rock filled a void, and Christopher Cross was there to help fill it.

Yet now, almost four decades later, while other music from that time still gets radio airplay, Mr. Cross’s music has seemingly disappeared.  When, for example, was the last time you heard his #1 AC hit “Never Be the Same”?

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That’s What Love Can Do by Boy Krazy

Like many groups in the early 90s, Boy Krazy came and went rather quickly.  A girl group in which all the members shared lead vocal duties, Boy Krazy had one big hit.  Unfortunately, that big hit didn’t chart until well over a year after its release, and by that time, one of the members of the band was already gone.  But such was the story of “That’s What Love Can Do”.

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