(1666 views)Most of us, I suspect, can think of several songs we love that were never the big hits we felt they should have been. What are the ones you felt got away? Here are 30 songs that in my view should have at least made the Top 20 UK singles chart, but didn’t. There are almost certainly loads more that I’ve forgotten about!
Some of these were monster hits in the US – Jefferson Starship’s Miracles, for instance, reached No. 3 there while totally stiffing here. Others – Squeeze’s Tempted, for instance – are played quite a lot on the radio today, so that it’s quite hard to believe that they weren’t bigger hits at the time. And some – e.g. Eddie Howell’s Man From Manhattan – got a lot of radio play at the time ("turntable hits"), but for one reason or other failed to make the grade.
Anyone interested in hearing particular tracks – PM me and I’ll email them to you.
1. Hall & Oates - She’s Gone (only reached No. 42)
2. Elkie Brooks - Since You Went Away (didn’t chart)
3. Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) (only reached No. 44)
4. Squeeze – Tempted (only reached No. 41)
5. Joan Armatrading – Willow (didn't chart)
6. Foreigner – Feels Like The First Time (only reached No. 39)
7. Foreigner – Cold As Ice (only reached No. 24)
8. Foreigner - Juke Box Hero (only reached No. 48)
9. Eddie Howell – Man From Manhattan [produced and played by Queen] (didn’t chart)
10. Pilot – Just A Smile (only reached No. 31)
11. Nils Lofgren – I Came To Dance (didn’t chart)
12. Supertramp – My Kind Of Lady (didn’t chart)
13. ELO – Can’t Get It Out Of My Head (didn’t chart)
14. ELO – Getting To The Point (didn’t chart)
15. Diana Ross – Getting’ Ready For Love (only reached No. 23)
16. Cheap Trick – If You Want My Love (only reached No. 57)
17. Cheap Trick – Way Of The World (only reached No. 73)
18. Cheap Trick – Everything Works If You Let It (didn’t chart)
19. Eric Clapton – Edge Of Darkness (only reached No. 65)
20. Boston – More Than A Feeling (only reached No. 22)
21. Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights (only reached No. 42)
22. Andrew Gold – That’s Why I Love You (didn’t chart)
23. Steely Dan – FM (No Static At All) (only reached No. 49)
24. Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years (didn’t chart)
25. Jefferson Starship – Miracles (didn’t chart)
26. Kiki Dee – First Thing In The Morning (only reached No. 32)
27. Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music (only reached No. 29)
28. Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes (only reached No. 31)
29. Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean (only reached No. 35)
30. Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right (didn’t chart)
Tags: Eric Clapton Squeeze Joan Armatrading Supertramp ELO Steely Dan Foreigner Diana Ross Elkie Brooks Hall and Oates Cheap Trick Andrew Gold Nils Lofgren Jefferson Starship Bob Seger Neil Diamond