Hit Parade: The Silver Medalists Edition

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Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On the Billboard Hot 100, two can be the loneliest number. While having a No. 1 song can define an artist’s career, there’s far less glory in finishing one spot shy of the top slot. Yet some No. 2 hits have gone on to become classics. This month, Chris Molanphy looks at three songs that still loom large in our culture: “Shop Around” by the Miracles; “We Got the Beat” by the Go-Gos; and “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop Chart History from Slate and Panoply, about the hits from
0:36.0	Coast to Coast. I'm Chris Malanfi, Chart Analysts, pop critic, and writer of Slate's
0:41.3	Why Is This Song Number One series.
0:44.0	The Holidays are upon us and here at Hit Parade HQ we're gearing up for our first ever
0:49.5	live show coming up in January at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.
0:54.0	Tickets are still available if you'd like to join us on Thursday, January 18th.
0:59.0	For a link, check our show page, or Slate.com
1:03.0	live. In the meantime, in the spirit of the season,
1:06.8	think of this month's episode as a holiday potpourri.
1:10.2	If our previous episodes were novellas, today's is an anthology of short stories.
1:15.9	We hope you enjoy our humble fruit gate.
1:20.4	On today's show, the three most heartbreaking positions on Billboard's iconic Hot 100
1:26.4	chart are number 41, number 11, and number 2.
1:31.6	Coming one spot shy of the top 40, which back in the day meant missing the chance
1:36.8	to be counted down on the radio by Casey Kaysam, is hugely frustrating. Singles that met this sad fate by peeking at 41
1:45.6	include Elton John's tiny dancer, David Bowie's changes, and the psychedelic furs
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