AYIP Supplement October 2008: Twee Handstands

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

Twelve AYIPS-eligible tracks entered the Top 75 in October, peaking anywhere from #41 to #74 inclusive. They range from Proper Teen Stars to people without even their own Wikipedia article – but our concern here is obviously what YOU think. So, what?

[Poll #1301056]

T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" (42.9%) and Sway's "Saturday Night Hustle" (35.7%) are in the September lead; that month suffers from 1) low voter turnout thus far, and 2) an unprecedentedly high DON'T LIKE ANY vote (21.4%, never before into double digits). As always, you can of course go back and vote in forgotten polls, or even change your mind.

Jeff correctly pointed out in last month's comments that I've forgotten to mention two DQs: "Disturbia" and "Tattoo", for which it took 9 and 28(!) weeks respectively from first entry to first fortyness.

BONUS AYIPS FACT: The longest chart run of a single peaking at #75 is... two weeks. This honour is actually shared between two singles: "Calibre Cuts" (which appears to be some kind of mix 12" or something) in May 1980, and "How Soon We Forget" by Colonel Abrams in August 1987. Robert Owens' "I'll Be Your Friend" held this distinction from December 1991 as well, but disqualified about five and a half years later(!), when the single notched up two more weeks, one of them at #25.

Comments

[koganbot]

Agree that Michelle fails to deliver "We Break The Dawn," and has perhaps the least interesting voice in all of r&b, but she doesn't bump into any of the furniture, so eventually the song delivers itself.

(Haven't had a chance to listen to any of the others listed here, so that's why "Dawn" is my only tick so far.)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

You forget Ashanti!

(Michelle's voice has an interesting soft rasp to it, like a wimpier Brandy, but whether it can sell an song on its own...I don't know. She was born to be a girl group's third wheel.)