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Musical Dice -- Matching Chart Peaks And Numbered Groups

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     Some topics for this blog, I would never have thought of on my own. Today's topic is definitely one such topic. What inspired this topic was one time when I was listening to American Top 40 in the summer of 1990, Shadoe Stevens had mentioned the song "Ready Or Not" by After 7, which had started falling, after peaking at #7. Then Shadoe Stevens went on to mention other groups, in which this sort of thing had happened to them. Now, here is an article with a list of such groups.


Ace Of Base (#1)

  • "The Sign", 1994 (#1 for 6 weeks)

All-4-One (#1)

  • "I Swear", 1994 (#1 for 11 weeks)

Boyz II Men (#2)

  • "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday", 1991 (#2 for 4 weeks)

  • "Water Runs Dry", 1995 (#2 for 1 week -- from the album "II')

Three Dog Night (#3)

  • "Shambala", 1973

3 Doors Down (#3)

  • "Kryptonite", 2000

The Four Tops (#4)

  • "Bernadette", 1967

  • "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)", 1973

The Count Five (#5)

  • "Psychotic Reaction", 1966

The Five Americans (#5)

  • "Western Union", 1967

Maroon 5 (#5)

  • "This Love", 2004

  • "She Will Be Loved", 2004

After 7 (#7)

  • "Ready Or Not", 1990

.38 Special (#38)

  • "You Keep Runnin' Away", 1982


     SPECIAL NOTES: There are some songs that have numbers in the title, and which peaked at that same number on the chart. Examples of this include "Seventh Son" by Johnny Rivers (#7 in 1965), "1-2-3" by Len Barry (#2 for 1 week in 1965), "25 Or 6 To 4" by Chicago (#4 in 1970), "#9 Dream" by John Lennon (#9 in 1975), "One Of These Nights" by the Eagles (#1 for 1 week in 1975), "Do That To Me One More Time" by the Captain & Tennille (#1 for 1 week in 1980), "One More Night" by Phil Collins (#1 for 2 weeks in 1985), "One More Try" by George Michael (#1 for 3 weeks in 1988), "1-2-3" by Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine (#3 in 1988), "Two To Make It Right" by Seduction (#2 for 2 weeks in 1990), "One More Try" by Timmy T. (#1 for 1 week in 1991), "7" by Prince (#7 in 1993), and "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (#1 for 16 weeks in 1995-1996). Also worthy of mention are "Double Vision" by Foreigner (#2 for 2 weeks in 1978), and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" by Beyonce (#1 for 4 weeks in 2008).

     One final note before I conclude with this article: Although the group Foreigner doesn't qualify for a group with a number in its name, it is noteworthy that Foreigner had two #4 hits, which were "Feels Like The First Time" (1977), and "Urgent" (#4 for 4 weeks, in fact in 1981 -- from the album "4").