![]() ![]() ![]() Starting a couple of weeks before Xmas and lasting into the first week of 1983, “Shadows Of The Night” occupied its respectable No. This heavy activity on the chart slowed down Pat’s climb into the Top 20. ![]() The Stray Cats, rocking up the singles charts in late 1982. But, in November 1982, usually a relatively quiet time on the charts (at least back then), there was a lot of heavy activity in the Top 20, from songs like “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye, “The Girl Is Mine” by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry,” “Rock This Town” by The Stray Cats, and “Maneater” by Daryl Hall & John Oates. The following week, it rocketed up to No. In its fourth week on the chart, “Shadows Of The Night” reached No. It debuted on the BILLBOARD Hot 100 in mid-October at No. Released in September 1982 (a month in advance of the album, GET NERVOUS my personal favorite), “Shadows Of The Night” was the lead single released from the album, her fourth studio release. The single cover art for the 1990 reworking of “I Melt With You.”īut, regardless of chart position(s) attained, “I Melt With You” has been a radio staple for over 35 years, and rightfully so.Īnother song that was a Top 20 hit back in the day and would have been a Top 10 hit (with all the airplay it’s getting today) is “Shadows Of The Night” by 2020 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominee (and future inductee) Pat Benatar. 7) and even charted on BILLBOARD’s Dance chart, but stopped at No. Upon its original 1982 release on 4AD (the independent label’s first hit), it fared well on BILLBOARD’s Mainstream Rock chart (No. One of the best examples of this is “I Melt With You” by Modern English (from the album, AFTER THE SNOW). But, as I’ve mentioned before, with respect to Casey Kasem’s AMERICAN TOP 40 and BILLBOARD magazine, in the scheme of radio, sometimes it doesn’t matter what position you peaked at on the singles chart. 11 on the BILLBOARD Hot 100 back in April 1982. And somehow, it only managed to peak at No. The first song that comes to mind is Stevie Nicks’ incredible “Edge Of Seventeen.” One of the most-played Stevie Nicks solo hits played today. One thing that has caught my attention is the amount of airplay given to songs that didn’t do as well as they should have back when they were released, and based on the huge amount of airplay they still get to this day, would have been bigger hits back in the day. ![]()
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