The Cure Before Disintegration they had a not charted, 186, 193, 133, 180, 59, and 35
After Disintegration went to #12, they had a 2, 12, 16, 7, 16
Depeche Mode Before Violator they had 192, 177, 51, 90, and 35 Violator went to #7. after Violator they had a 1, 5, 8, 7, 3, 6 and a 5, probably can’t name a song from those albums.
These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
I think The Flame is Cheap Tricks only number one hit and they had to get an outside songwriter for it.
My first introduction to Cheap Trick was via MTV and their lame cover of “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t until years later that I heard “Surrender” and realized they were once something before being lame.
Never heard of “The Flame.” I’ve always assumed “Surrender” was the hit that carried that band.
These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
I think The Flame is Cheap Tricks only number one hit and they had to get an outside songwriter for it.
My first introduction to Cheap Trick was via MTV and their lame cover of “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t until years later that I heard “Surrender” and realized they were once something before being lame.
Never heard of “The Flame.” I’ve always assumed “Surrender” was the hit that carried that band.
I want you to want me and Dream Police were big hits.
Surrender got little if any airplay though easily their best tune.
These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
I think The Flame is Cheap Tricks only number one hit and they had to get an outside songwriter for it.
My first introduction to Cheap Trick was via MTV and their lame cover of “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t until years later that I heard “Surrender” and realized they were once something before being lame.
Never heard of “The Flame.” I’ve always assumed “Surrender” was the hit that carried that band.
I want you to want me.
Surrender got little if any airplay.
I’m too young to know that. I was a kid when they made their lame attempt to grab my generation’s attention via MTV music videos with “Don’t Be Cruel.” It just made them look old and lame. It would have served them better to re-lease “Surrender” with the band wearing flannel shirts and donning ZZ Top beards. It worked with Aerosmith. I thought “Sweet Emotion” was a hot new track when I first saw that video, on MTV, in the 90’s.
Classic Rock radio is where I was introduced to less lame, non-cover band Cheap Trick. “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me” seem to be the only songs in the regular rotation. I also know of “Dream Police” via pop culture osmosis. Probably from some TV commercial or from “The Simpsons.”
These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
I think The Flame is Cheap Tricks only number one hit and they had to get an outside songwriter for it.
My first introduction to Cheap Trick was via MTV and their lame cover of “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t until years later that I heard “Surrender” and realized they were once something before being lame.
Never heard of “The Flame.” I’ve always assumed “Surrender” was the hit that carried that band.
I want you to want me.
Surrender got little if any airplay.
I’m too young to know that. I was a kid when they made their lame attempt to grab my generation’s attention via MTV music videos with “Don’t Be Cruel.” It just made them look old and lame. It would have served them better to re-lease “Surrender” with the band wearing flannel shirts and donning ZZ Top beards. It worked with Aerosmith. I thought “Sweet Emotion” was a hot new track when I first saw that video, on MTV, in the 90’s.
Classic Rock radio is where I was introduced to less lame, non-cover band Cheap Trick. “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me” seem to be the only songs in the regular rotation. I also know of “Dream Police” via pop culture osmosis. Probably from some TV commercial or from “The Simpsons.”
My intro to Cheap Trick was buying Live at Budokon at Tower Records on the Ave in the late 90s. I was looking for Beastie Boys samples.
This next song is the first song on our new album.
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Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:
The Cure
Before Disintegration they had a not charted, 186, 193, 133, 180, 59, and 35
After Disintegration went to #12, they had a 2, 12, 16, 7, 16
Depeche Mode
Before Violator they had 192, 177, 51, 90, and 35
Violator went to #7.
after Violator they had a 1, 5, 8, 7, 3, 6 and a 5, probably can’t name a song from those albums.
Yeah, probably.
My first introduction to Cheap Trick was via MTV and their lame cover of “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t until years later that I heard “Surrender” and realized they were once something before being lame.
Never heard of “The Flame.” I’ve always assumed “Surrender” was the hit that carried that band.
Surrender got little if any airplay though easily their best tune.
Classic Rock radio is where I was introduced to less lame, non-cover band Cheap Trick. “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me” seem to be the only songs in the regular rotation. I also know of “Dream Police” via pop culture osmosis. Probably from some TV commercial or from “The Simpsons.”
This next song is the first song on our new album.