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Ron S 
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 Topic: Back In Time-- Huey Lewis and The NewsPosted: 07 July 2018 at 7:57pm |
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Was there ever a 45 for this song? It is in a few CD's with a runtime of 4:17-
4:18. There is also a John "Jellybean" Benitez Mix that runs 3:45. Does anyone know which one was played on the radio and which is the correct 45? Edited by Ron S |
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Paul Haney
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Posted: 08 July 2018 at 5:32am |
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No commercial 45 at the time for sure. I think most
stations played it off the Back To The Future soundtrack album. |
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Posted: 08 July 2018 at 9:14pm |
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Another one of those fantastic 80's airplay hits that was all over the radio but had no commercial 45. Easily a top 10 hit if they had gone the route of commercial release.
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Posted: 15 November 2018 at 11:35pm |
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No 45 RPM 7" single... in the United States. Apparently, there was in Japan and it was the Jellybean mix mentioned above.
The only promo listed for the United States was a 12" which appears to have had the LP version on it. My audience requested this song this week! This group is where I always go first after getting a song suggestion. |
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Posted: 16 November 2018 at 10:16pm |
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Ron S,
This goes in my "I swear I heard it on radio and it was a hit" file of songs that should have been 45's and were huge but never released commercially. Even I thought Into The Groove by Madonna was a top 10 hit simply because I heard it on the radio all the time. If the rules pre-1999 were what they are now on Billboard it would never be an issue. So many great songs never charted that fall into this exact situation. |
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Brian W.
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Posted: 17 November 2018 at 12:02am |
It was top ten in airplay in "Radio & Records," #6 for two weeks, starting with the 6/28/85 issue. Edited by Brian W. |
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Paul Haney
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Posted: 17 November 2018 at 6:16am |
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"Back In Time" was a Top 10 hit on both WLOL in
Minneapolis and WKTI in Milwaukee in late October 1985. Chrysalis missed out on a sure-fire Top 10 hit with that one. |
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Posted: 17 November 2018 at 6:32am |
I'm not sure "missed out" is the correct term...Lewis' career was on fire from '84-87 with an almost unbroken string of top 10 hits. Most likely the rationale was to not cannibalize sales of his other singles during the movie's run, and to increase the sales of the soundtrack LP (assuming the LP was on Chrysalis). Edited by Hykker |
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Posted: 17 November 2018 at 6:48am |
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"The Power Of Love" was released as a single on Chrysalis. The
soundtrack, however, was on MCA. I wonder if, perhaps, due to licensing arrangements neither MCA nor Chrysalis was permitted to release "Back In Time" as a single. |
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Posted: 17 November 2018 at 9:06am |
The band was between albums at the time. The last single from Sports ("Walking On A Thin Line") hit #18 in late 1984. The first single from Fore! ("Stuck With You") was released in late July 1986. So, I don't think releasing "Back In Time" as a single would've hurt them in the least. At the time, more hit singles meant more album sales (see "Thriller" and "Born In The USA"). |
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