Semi-OT: SiriusXM 70s on 7 Top 1000

I honestly never cared much for this Debby Boone song, ever!

I ended up at Debby Boone school one night at a wedding. Seems I was having a bit of trouble reading the room at a gig.

One near-teen came up to me a couple times and requested "You Light Up My Life" more than once. I was figuring that a bad night couldn't get much worse after a few requests. So,
I played it, and while I was expecting to be shot by the younger crowd, (Which also greatly outnumbered the older ones), the floor filled all the way up!

Still to this day, I can't understand what was working with Debby. This group was at least two generations behind the music.

Great story Doug. Love the punch line ("The Debby Boone
Installment Plan"). So is there a link somewhere online
that takes us to the entire list for this countdown?

Thanks John G.

I'd guess that the PD approved the Installment Plan. It was likely well into the song's chart run, and the joke struck the tone that we all (including the listeners) were a little tired of the song.

In 1983, WPLJ in New York had a "Maniac-free Weekend", which basically acknowledged that we were all a little tired of the Michael Sembello hit. They ran "Maniac-free Weekend" sweepers during the whole thing, and might have even teased it beforehand. I thought it was a great stunt that resonated with me (as a listener).

But I can't think of any other time when a radio station actively disparaged one of its songs. (I remember some jock saying something like "this is really a hit" when playing "Achy Breaky Heart", but that's as far as it went.)

crapfromthepast wrote: I'd guess that the PD approved the Installment Plan. It was likely well into the song's chart run, and the joke struck the tone that we all (including the listeners) were a little tired of the song. In 1983, WPLJ in New York had a "Maniac-free Weekend", which basically acknowledged that we were all a little tired of the Michael Sembello hit. They ran "Maniac-free Weekend" sweepers during the whole thing, and might have even teased it beforehand. I thought it was a great stunt that resonated with me (as a listener). But I can't think of any other time when a radio station actively disparaged one of its songs. (I remember some jock saying something like "this is really a hit" when playing "Achy Breaky Heart", but that's as far as it went.)

I think one morning when I was driving back in 2019 the station here in Albany (102.3) morning show was like "If anyone requests Old Town Road we are not playing it. Let's move on people."

If you didn't know Ron, Old Town Road was #1 for 19 weeks and pretty much consumed the air waves for most of 2019. I sure know that I could listen to Maniac 200 more times compares to Old Town Road!