The Bobby Bones Show - BONUS: BobbyCast #187 - Famous Songs that Peaked At No. 2 and the Songs That Kept Them Out

Episode Date: October 21, 2019

This week, Bobby and Mike talk about some of the biggest songs in COUNTRY AND POP that famously peaked at No. 2. They were so close to being no. 1...but there was either a song that was just dominating in front of them...or a song that shot up behind them to take no. 1. Dustin Lynch was recently in and talked about Cowboys in Angels peaking at No.2 behind Jason Aldean’s “Take A Little Ride”. Also songs from Elvis, Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan and more. Plus Bobby talks about the famous rap battle scene from 8 Mile (note: he plays the clip from the movie and there is some language!).  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Here you go. Here's the next episode of the Bobbycast. Welcome to episode 187. And this would be a musical history podcast. That's something interesting. Songs that peaked at number two. And not just that, which I do think is interesting. But a mic added wrinkle, songs that kept them out.

Yes. Because I remember I reached out. I was like, hey, let's do songs that peaked at number two. Because a lot of times we talk about on this podcast with a lot of the songwriters or artists. Oh, man, it's a big song, but only got to two or a three. So we should do a whole podcast about that. And then you said, yeah, but we also will put the songs in that cap them out, which I think is very interesting.

So we'll do some of that. Country and Pop, some songs that famously peaked at number two, and they were so close to being number one. But there was either a song that was just dominating in front of them or a song that shot up behind them to take number one. Dustin Lynch was in recently and we were talking to him about Cowboys and Angels which is

you know until small town boy was his career song and it's his first song but he just couldn't not hit number one as big as this song was because there was an even bigger song from a slightly more established artist Jason Aldeen who had Take a Little Ride

so that's one a pretty recent one and check out Dustin Lynch Bobby Cass, but that's one we're talking about there. So we're going to start back, and these are some big, famous songs. Again, they only peaked at number two. And we'll start with Elvis. 1962 can help falling in love was not a number one song. This is one of Elvis's most famous songs.

One of his most commercially successful songs, but it never actually hit the top of the charts. It stayed at number two behind one of my favorite bands of all time. Joey D. in the Starlighters, is their name? And a song called Peppermint Twist. Never heard the song. Never heard it before, but it didn't. Yeah.

It's like the get-up before the begin. It was like the 1960 version of the get-up. It really is like a Cupid shuffle. The Get-Up. The Peppermint Twist. That kept Elvis Presley out of the number one spot, 1962. Also in that year, 1962, Patsy Cline Crazy. Not just even her most iconic song.

but really one of the most iconic songs in country music history. And I would say even outside of country music, this song is so big. It was beaten by a doo-wop group, The Marcells, and here is a song that was number one that kept Patsy Cline out. Here is Heartaches by the Marcells. Never heard that one. And I love the oldies channel. When I was a kid listening to a lot of oldies, you know, when I was 12 or so,

my mom remarried and she got with my stepdad, we listened to Cool 95. all the time. And so this 50s and 60s and it's really how I got into classic rock too. Yeah. But I never heard this song. I've heard of the Marcells not this song. Yeah. What else do the Marcells have if you search them up? What's their number one streamed song? It better be good. Let's see. It is... Oh yeah, Blue Moon. Blue Moon, Blue Moon. Yeah. What movies it's from? Is it Back to the Future?

Is it in Back to the Future? It's in one of those where it's like the song that's playing in the background that's a big romantic scene happening. Yeah. Well, it wasn't even this song that kept Had to Gine out. I know.

It was the one we never heard of called Heartaches. Kenny Chesney had back-to-back number two songs, which is pretty crazy. Big Star. She was a big... She sang karaoke every night.

This is March of 2003, and it did not hit number one because have you forgotten by Daryl Worley was in the number one spot. Oh, it was a 9-11 song. Yeah, that would be why. Interesting, because this song, this Daryl Wurley song doesn't get played ever, but that's why it was such a time-sensitive song. How about that? You know, I was watching, maybe with CNN. When they do those decades, and I was watching a whole thing about music that happened after 9-11. And, you know, they talked about Toby Keith.

They talked about that song, too, and how country music was really the genre that put out a lot of the music that was like, yo, we love America. Whereas a lot of the other formats didn't as much. And they featured that song, now that you mention that. Kenny Chesney also had another number two song, which, by the way, is a massive, song. Here is no shoes, no shirt, no problem. This is later in the same year, by the way. Kenny's got another number two, waiting to go number one, and it wasn't a 9-11 song that was blocking him out. It was another like no shoes, no shirt, no problem song. It was, it's five o'clock somewhere from Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett. So another beat song.

In 2005, Sugarland had Baby Girl. And this is, by the way, they were still a trio at this time. Yeah. And now you may know Sugar Land because it's Christian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, but the trio of Christian, Kirsten, and Jennifer Nettles, they never made it to number one with Baby Girl. And it's still a favorite. I still love this song.

Sometimes Christian will play in songwriter rounds, and I'll play with them. before and he'll play it when he sings it he does it so good too uh it was beat out by that's what i love about sundays from craig morgan what i love about sunday our sweat first of a major's hand go home into your blue jean make beans pick a backyard football team i like that song it's crazy that that one beat out that sugarland song though because i think the sugarland songs had longer legs don't you i think so yeah Like people still know.

And maybe because Sugar Land got to be massive. And so their songs seem a bit more massive. We go to 2009. Now, as a pop song, Lady A had crossed over. And Need You Now was number one country for four weeks. But it crossed over to pop, and it was so massive. But it was a number one, it was a number two song for two weeks. And it was actually beat out by two songs.

So here's Need You Now. Which, by the way, I would recommend going to listen to that Dave Haywood podcast. That's a good one. Because he does talk about the story about how. One, they almost didn't cut the song. Two, they didn't want it really as a single. And I think in the end, the album ended up being named that too, right? Yeah.

It was just a thing on their iPhone they had recorded. They're like, hey, let's use that song. Yeah. So this is the number two song for two weeks on the pop charts. Two songs blocked it out. Tio Cruz, break your heart. I haven't heard of this one forever. I know.

This is like when I first started interning for you. Wow. This song played like every single last. Boy, this one did not hold up well, though. No. And then Rude Boy by Rihanna. This is the jam, though. Look up how tall Rihanna is, will you, Mike?

I remember meeting her whenever she was just starting. I did read, too, she's the richest female in the music now. Maybe she made more last year than anybody else. I can't imagine that she has more money than Taylor Swift. But she's got to be at least $5.8 or $5.9, right? She has 5'8. Okay, because in Hills, she was as tall as I was. And I was like, man, Rihanna is tall.

And Google that story and see where it says Rihanna richest. Just see what comes up. A $600 million fortune. She has $600 million. Oh, she may be just the richest period then. Yeah. What is it, is there a news story recently that came out about that? There was a Forbes article on her.

And what does it say? How she became the world's richest female musician. More so than Taylor. Yeah, because she has like that whole fashion line now. She hasn't put out music in a while. Google Taylor's, net worth? I want to say it's like 500,000.

Not 1,000,000, million. 500 million. It is? I'm stunned that Rihanna has more money than Taylor. 360. Wow. Almost double.

And again, probably not totally accurate. Whenever you Google someone's net worth, you got to understand, they don't know what people are making, really. Unless the person has done an interview with Forbes and has actually talked about how they have their money and what they've made. Like, they may own 17 Papa John's and 63 burger joints and they're making a ton of money off that, but you don't know that. They may have invested wisely. I have some

friends that are athletes that you'd look them up and you go, oh, they're worth a couple million bucks. But what they did with that money when they first got it is they invested it into some crazy good stuff. And they made more money doing that than what they did actually playing ball. But are you surprised Rihanna has more money than Taylor? That is pretty surprising. And that's a lot of money. Oh, it's the level of... That's like, yeah. You don't even know what money is anymore. Meaning, I don't think it factors into your life. If you have half a billion dollars, you probably just come and go as you please. Yeah, she has more money than Madonna, Celine Dion, and Beyonce. And you do what you please. You don't look at price tags. And if you want

a house, you probably just go buy the house. Did you see this story about Aaron Spelling's mansion up for sale? Oh yeah. Is it like $100 million? Yeah. It's a house for $100 million. And really, if Rihanna wanted it, she'd go buy it. It's an impulse buy. It's like me buying Skittles walking out of Target.

$120 million. That's what the house is? Yeah. Jeez. Songs out of number two. Luke Bryan, that's my kind of night. Went... Number two in 2013 on the country chart. And it never hit number one because a brand new artist had a first number one of his career. And it was Thomas Wrett Goes Like This.

And this song reminds me moving to Nashville, man. You weren't here yet. No. Well, I was. This is right. Because we moved here in 2013. Like I consider April 1st of any year to be kind of our anniversary. I think we actually moved here in late February.

And I was living in a close to where I live. live now. I was living in a tiny corporate apartment that was already furnished. And it was one tiny bedroom, a tiny kitchen, and like a half of a living room. But I had the furniture. And I didn't, honestly, I didn't need any more space. And so it was freezing cold. It was winter, this February in Nashville. And I was like, what did I just get myself into? Didn't know anybody here, except for my friends who also didn't know anybody here. But they were all adjusting to their lives with people, meaning Amy had a husband. They were figuring it out.

Lunchbox was kind of bouncing back and forth. He had a girlfriend, which I don't even know if they were engaged yet. They weren't yet, no. Eddie and his wife had kids, and they were all trying to get over here. I was just up at that radio station, like 14 hours a day, every day, trying to get ready for the show. And I was like, man, I remember thinking, this show's out of the game. going to be the greatest thing to happen or the worst thing to happen.

And I think people still are having that debate about our show. But I was like, man, I feel like we can really do some damage here in a good way. I'd be the first show that doesn't come on. And I remember CBS this morning coming to do a story. They were like, the first country DJ who doesn't wear a cowboy hat or a belt buckle or own cowboy boots. And that was the whole rap they gave me for like the first two years. That's never even a thing anymore.

Like, he doesn't even get mentioned anymore, right? No, you don't wear cowboy boots? Yeah, never. Because I don't think, first of all, you have to, our audience on the radio is probably 65, 35, 35 female male. And I would say most of our female, or most of the listen every morning I don't wearing cowboy boots. I think most of the dudes that listen aren't wearing cowboy boots every day. But I think there's kind of a need to overlook the part, like to be a character of some sort. Yeah.

If you're in country, you've got to be extra country. Cowboy hat belt, but all of it, because there are those guys. And sometimes they turn into that guy. Sometimes they are that guy. Sometimes they turn into that guy. And I was like, I'm never going to turn into something I'm not. I remember the first time I played hip-hop on the radio, I thought the world was in. We did the Friday morning dance party, and I played some biggie, and every program director, I called at the same time.

It pissed off. That was a fun time. 2013. It's when we came to town. I was like, man, here goes nothing. A little big town in 2014 went to number two with day drinking. I remember this album came out. I was with them when the record came out in New York.

That's where I found Girl Crush. Because Girl Crush was in a single, and this song was going for number one. It didn't get it. And I played Girl Crush, and then that whole rest of that story's history. But that song, Day Drinking Number Two, was beat out by Keith Urban somewhere in my car, and somewhere in my car never let it up. Which one of those things held up more? I think probably Keith Irvin.

You think so? I do think it's close, though. Yeah. Like, I had to think about it. I'd probably lean Keith Urban as well. But you could convince me otherwise. I bet that's still a big one for a little big town on their shows. By the way, they released Girl Crush next.

And with all the massive success that I had, it peaked at number three only. Yeah. And that's because some stations just wouldn't play it. And when you're not getting some spin somewhere, it can actually affect the bottom line in the end. So I only hit number three. But is their biggest song? Like, make no mistake, that's their biggest song. Yeah.

Regardless of 2-1, it doesn't matter. And by the way, if you write a song in country music, relatively speaking, any time it's 5, 4, 3, 201, it pretty much makes the same amount of money. There are cases where that's not the case for, like, the songwriter in the publishing. But for the most part, top five hits that level of spins.

I didn't know that. Generally, they make the same amount of money. I thought there was like a bonus if you hit number one. No, there is no bonus. You don't get an employee the month. No. Tim McGraw, 2014. Meanwhile, Back of Amas.

Number two. Who's that singing with Timmer, do we know? They tell. Oh, is it? Yeah. Oh, look at that. That was blocked out in 2014 by Luke Bryan's Play It Again. I'm going to ask you the same.

Which one do you think it's bigger right now? I say Tim McGraw. Ooh, I'd probably lean Luke. For this song, really? Yeah. It's close, though, because Luke has actually had more number one in recent time than Tim has. So maybe you could say that that's why the Tim song sticks out for him a little more. Yeah, so like when I look at his list of songs, that was like, oh, yeah, I remember that one.

2016, Sam Hunt hit number two with breakup in a small town. and this song, I remember, Sam came in and played it acoustic once, and everyone thought that he was like, he was messing up because he was talking. He'd be like, yeah, I went down the street, and he started singing. But I remember the first time he came in because we were pretty early on Sam, like being big Sam fans, and he would come in and I believe there was talking, right, in this song? Yeah. Yeah, where he's like, yeah, and then she was down on the street, she ran a stop sign, and all of a

sudden she got pulled over. And they start singing. And here, I'll let it play for a second. Yeah, and so whenever he did this, when he was playing it live the first time before the song had come out, we all thought he messed up and was like talking to us. We were like, what? And then he goes singing again. We're like, oh, that's interesting.

He was playing at Dave and Buster, Sam was, and Ray Mundo was introducing him. Yeah. And Ray Mundo fell out the stage. Sam was just a guy trying to make it. And Ray Mundo was introducing Sam Hunt at Dave and Busters. and Ramundo fell off the stage. And that was the big story of that show. Not that it was Sam and Sam blew up,

but it was that Ramundo fell off the stage. That's right. This song went number two. It was blocked out by Home Alone tonight from Luke and Karen Fairchild. All right, Mike. Which one of these? Oh, Sam Hunt, it's here.

Yeah, Sam Hunt for sure. Get us a good one. I think that was just really Luke being just a massive superstar more so than that song being a better song. I think when Sam still plays breakup in a small town, the place goes nuts. Yeah. I don't even know if I don't know Luke's that list. I don't know if Luke plays that song in his shows. And if so, who does he sing it with?

You know, it's that kind of thing. Devin Dawson, All On Me in 2018. Went number two. It's funny because the last three of these have been either, Luke being number two or Luke blocking. Yeah. And this is another Luke one. So Devin Dawson went number two last year with his debut single, All on Me.

He was beat out by Luke Brian. Most people are good. I believe most people are good and most mammas ought to qualify for sainthood. This is not even a question. This Luke song is still massive. We'll go over to the pop world. These are all number two songs that were beat out. It just never hit number one.

Missy Elliott, Workit, 2002. By the way, has the record for the most weeks at number two? It was in number two for ten weeks. Jeez. That's the record for the longest running number two that never hit number one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. It was blocked by Eminem's Lose Yourself. God, what a time.

Two all-time songs. First of all, when Workit came out, I remember being 2002, college, people being like, bam, but, but, I don't even know

I don't even know that I knew what that meant at first, but what it is is when she goes, take it, flip it around, reverse it.

Then she just does that with that lyric, right? Yeah, it's exactly. Put my down, and then put my thing,

flip it down and reverse it. That's all that is, just flipped around. And I remember, everybody's like, oh my God. What is she saying? Is she talking to Satan?

Is it? But yeah, I mean, that song was the jam. And then, M&M freaking lose yourself. The movie in college, we used to just turn on and watch the final scene where B-Rabbit goes, I'll take me down.

There's no need for you to do that. You like A Mile? Yeah, great movie. I wonder if it holds up. I was on TV the other day. I didn't watch the whole thing, but I think it still holds up. Then it gets another question of, does it still hold up because we liked it then? Probably.

And if someone watched it today, would it still hold up? I don't feel like the movie you go back really and tell people about, like... I put it on Eddie's list. It's true. I was like, dude, you have to watch Jay Wild. It's one of the greatest. The final scene, I was with Jared, my trainer the other day, and he starts, like, quoting B. Rabbit's Final Rap. Can you pull that up on YouTube?

Yeah. I remember going to watch, and we were like, man, Eminem's in a movie. It's like a semi-biographical pick. So not a full biopic, but it's like... like roughly Eminem's life. And so in the final scene, not to spoil it, I mean, I guess I can. It's from 2002.

You've seen it by now. It's 17 years old. Eminem is battling it out. Clarence? Is that the guy's name? I think so. Because Clarence has got two loving parents, maybe? Something like, I don't have anything in front of me.

I'm just trying to remember the rhyme. But at the end, like, I think the guy's name's Clarence. It's not his real name. His real name's Clarence. That's not his rapper name. Let's see, here we go. But this is him in the final scene, decided to go in on himself. Now everybody, number three,

listen this man, and the four, one pop, two pop, three pop, four, none. I do live in with his own gun, I did get jumped by all six of you chumps, still standing here screaming fucking free world. It's about you, you with your Cranbrook at the private school. His real name is Clarence. This guy don't know about, he's sure, because ain't no such day. Because ain't no such games is that's way, bro.

That fuck a clock, fuck a trailer, fuck everybody. Fuck y'all if you got me. I'm a piece of fucking white trash. I'll say it proudly. Fuck this battle. I don't want to win. I'm outy. Here, tell these people something they don't know about me.

One of the best, again, you're talking 2002, but still. And maybe it's like all that time comes rushing back when, but that's, that's such a final, that's such a great scene. I forgot the guy who he's battling against is now the guy in Captain America. That's that dude. Wow. I just recognized.

All I remember his name was Clarence. Clarence got real good parents. Clarence marriage. Yeah, we were just talking about that movie the other day. That 8 Mile. And that was just the movie in 2000. I think it does hold up. Listen to it.

Do you think it was cool? Yeah. Do you have Clarence's final battle? I think that's just the clip up there. if you don't that's not right I don't even remember what Clarence was

or if he even did anything because of him and like Eminem went so hard like on himself and they couldn't do and a little bit I was like that's what I should do

so I kind of and then I started thinking I was a battle rapper for a minute so I was like challenging people to battle around I think everybody did that when the movie came out

probably I remember freestyling and like parking lots like yeah God we were such losers but we should have been that's part of it

is there a final scene a hip hop scene from him Let's see. I think it might be start. Boy, A mile was... Yeah, that's it. Eight Mile reminds me of, like, going to watch the Sixth Sense.

Is that around the same time? I think so. The same couple years? Early 2000s, yeah. Well, yeah, Lose Your Stuff came out, and I was working on the radio. I was 20, 21, 22 years old, and I played Lose Yourself, and I'd play it every 30 minutes on a pop station, and people would want to hear it more. Yeah, six cents was 99, so a few years before.

I would play. There are only, there were only a few songs in my radio career that I, it wasn't possible to overplay. Like, I would play it. And people will go, oh, I know you just played it, but you played it again. Because most songs get played too much. And what I mean by that is, people go, man, I hear this song all, oh, excuse me, all the time. And I guess I give you guys the inside baseball of that is. And things at times are changing now, but the average listener, let's say listen for 18 minutes or 22 minutes.

or 22 minutes, depending on what you read when you read it. In that 18, 22 minutes, I want to hear the biggest hits. And so if you do listen for more than that, you're actually going to hear the biggest hits a couple of times probably because most people are only listening

for that short amount of time. So what you want to do is get the hits into that 18 to 22 minutes. And so that's why, you know, once every hour and 15 minutes you would hear a song or so. So if you listen for a long time, you hear the same song,

twice and an hour and 16 minutes even. And so, but there are a few songs in my radio career and lose your soul. was one of them where people just could not get enough of it. It would end. Hey, will you play it again? All right.

Forever. And it was part of a movie, which is a weird thing too, because now you don't get a lot of songs, parts of movies that are like part of movies. That's kind of phasing out. I think that's something to talk about, too. The other songs real quick that I remember being so big that people couldn't get enough of it. 50 Cent into Club.

Oh, yeah. When it came out. and I will play that while it was playing people would call while it was on asked me to play it again like they would hear

boom doom go go go hey man we play it's literally on right now yeah but we played again as soon as you can start it over

like why don't you just listen to it right now this song just unlike any song like hit straight hip and then just switch out the chorus I say unlike any song

I'm giving you four or five songs unlike almost every song Genie in a bottle from Christine Aguilera when that came out and I was young I was a teenager but I remember playing that one and that

boom and right here and and people will be like oh play that play that genie song and I'd be like

all right and the phone line this is the time when people called radio stations and they still do but now they call us a talk on the radio, more Southern Request songs. Every phone call me.

We play Jeannie's song. We played Christine Aguilaria. Jeannie song. And I'd be like, all right. Yeah, that was a jam. What other song would fit into that category? Probably bye-bye-bye from InSink. Whenever that record came out, that whole,

I believe that's from no strings attached. Correct. Yeah. I don't know if any fact checked on that or not, but when this song came out, Crazy. You know, a lot of this is when I was still doing music, so I was, you know, just talking in between records.

But yeah, boy, this one was freaking humongous. Oh, no. Okay, moving on here. That's a fun little thing. Marshmallow and Bastille had happier in 2018. Lately, I've been, I've been thinking, I want you to be happier. Jam. Let me see what we've been.

Number two, it was blocked out last year by seven rings by Ariana Grande, which stayed number one for seven weeks. And it was never able to take the top spot because Ariana Grande for seven weeks. Which, by the way, she didn't get much writer credit on this. No. Like Hammerstein and Ballroom or whatever. Yeah.

Whatever their names are. Martin and Hammerstein? I should know that. Would you mind looking at that up for me just so we can say it. get a tweet from someone going, hey, douchebag. I would say if I'm guessing it's Hammerstein. Hammerstein. And Martin and Hammerstein.

Because they did these are my favorite things. You can just Google that. Peacups and battles and turtles. Rogers. I'm such an idiot. That's all right. B.V. Rexa, on the pop chart, meant to be 2018. At number two.

Spent three weeks at number two. because this and it was a jam It was number one in the country But this was the number two pop song Last year And was there And it's because God's plan God's plan

Was there for 11 weeks Baby lay on back and relax Kick your pretty feet up on my dash Wow you know what I've never heard her sing this part Oh really? I've only ever heard Tyler sing this part Who knows where this road is

What mix is this mix? This is the radio pop mix the one they played over there. I've heard it, though, with the country guys, though. They come in on the second part. They do? Yeah. So on the country mix, though, Tyler starts it off with that same lyric, huh?

Mm-hmm. Who knew? I remember the first time I heard this. I was listening on Satellite, and I heard this song come on. And I was like, oh, I don't know what that song is. That's one of the greatest songs ever heard in my life apart being catchy. I immediately loved it. I was like, oh, this is the catchy song I ever heard.

And it's actually changed a bit of songwriting when writing for radio, because this song is just sing the hook. Do a little something? Sing the hook. Do a little something? Sing the hook. I mean, they nailed it

as far as a fun song goes. And again, I didn't think FGO got enough credit last year for that song. Could have been song of the year. It was so big. And I remember the story where BB or X I went to write this song. I thought she was going to write

a little big town. Oh, yeah. But instead it was Florida, Georgia Line. It was Tyler from Florida Georgia Line. But yeah, that was number two. And God's plan, again, was number one for 11 weeks from Drake. God's plan.

God's plan. I know David, that by the long. I know Davey by the hour. Drake on the other end of that was at 2016, he was on the other side of this. He spent five weeks at number two with Hotline Blaine. You used to call me on myself. The song was everywhere. Yeah, people were still talking about this.

So this song was at number two for five weeks, but it was blocked by two songs. So while it was sitting in number two, it got jumped. But first of all, the weekend had the hills, which is good, but man, God's plan, I think is still the bigger song, right? Hotline Ling. Wouldn't you think? Which one? Yeah, yeah, sorry. Hotline Blink.

Which one do you think is? Yeah. Oh, it's close to you. It's close, though. Oh. I still hear this song on the radio all the time. Boy, I don't. Okay, I'm going to lean, though, on Hotline Blink.

If you had to pick one. I would still go to the hills. You would. Yeah. Well, then it was jumped by Adele. hello. One of the biggest songs had five years.

Like bad timing. You're never going to be this song. Is that people in the background of that song? I think YouTube clip is still playing in the background. That must be the album version.

We're showing people actually talking on the phone. 1965, we'll jump back a little bit. Bob Dylan had like a Rolling Stone. Like Rolling Stone. How does it feel? This is arguably Bob Dylan's most famous song and one of the most

influential pieces of music, even, I would say all 1900s. Because Bob Dylan is such a big deal, and it was his biggest song. But when I tell you what the song is, it was the number one, you'll go, oh, okay, bad time. Because the Beatles kept him out with pilt. Have you got into the Bob Dylan stuff at all, Mike? I never got into Bob Dylan, no. But not so much even his music, like his story and why he's so influential.

Yeah, I'm aware of that. I just could never get into his music. If you watched any Bob Dylan documentaries. I haven't. Reading Bob Dylan books. I've just got into some Reddit threads about them on my YouTube videos

but nothing super in debt. That's Junior Varsity of that. Yeah. Yeah. Because you learn enough about it and then there's a new document right down on Netflix. I've watched some of

and I'm not a huge Bob Dylan guy. Eddie's a big Bob Dylan guy. But I've read Bob Dylan's book and I like some Bob. What's Bob Dylan's most stream song? I feel like it's that one.

Because Bob Dylan's the, you know, the ultimate poet. Oh, knocking on heaven's door. That is, really? Which later on, Guns and Roses did in the 80s and made it big again. Mama, please. Come on to me. I saw Bob Dylan play live once. I didn't understand a word he said the whole time.

The whole time. Because I don't need any more. What's number two? Like a Rolling Stone. Okay. Times are changing. Ah, times will change. It's such a change.

am that that's probably my favorite bob doing song come gather around people kind of the one impression I can do too what's number four hurricane I don't even know that one play it I guess I'm such a poser I should fade out about song four this new or older

oh I recognize it I do recognize it I didn't get another big Dylan guy what else you got What's been? Blowing in the wind. I know this one. How many roads must the mind walk down. Before he call him a man.

You know this one? I do know this one. I think I know more from people covering the music than I do. Possibly. That's a good point. Yeah, Bob Denn was held out by the Beatles. Ed Sheerinan, Thinking Out Loud with 2014. Eight weeks at number two.

It's a long time in number two. Ed Sharon spent a total of eight weeks in that number two spot. He was blocked out by Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Marr, which was number one for nine weeks. Crazy. Uptown Funk. And they were both nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy. And obviously, Ed won, just kidding, Uptown Funk one.

One record of the year. Which, by the way, that's the recording of a song. It's like artists, producers, engineers. A lot of people wonder, what's the difference in the record of the year and song of the year? So record of the year, just so you'll be the smart guy to party, because I wouldn't know this out if I didn't look it up or work in music. Record of the year, thinking of as like recording, record, record, recording. That's like that office episode where Michael Scott thinks it knows everybody's name.

And he's like, pimple, pee, pussycat, whiskers, Willie, fat Willy Wonka, fat guy, Frank, you're Frank. And he's every person's name because he has some weird thing. And I'm like, remember, record, like recording. All the sounds. But that's what record of the year is. It's a specific recording of a song. So it's the artist, the producers, the engineers.

The entire team that contributes to that song. Whereas song of the year is a songwriter award, which is different than single of the year. So there are a lot of them. But just for a record of the years is the entire recording. You'll be the smart person the next time the Grammy's come up. But yeah, there's that. In 2009, Miley Cyrus had a party in the USA.

It's number two for three weeks. I beat out by I got a feeling. the black guy peas for one of those weeks, which was a jam. And J. Sean down for me. Norris Barclay Crazy was it number two for seven weeks. And this was a jam. Boom, boom, boom, boom. I remember when I lost my mind.

I was like, man, this is crazy. Noral's Barclay, who's this dude? And it turned out it was Seelow and Dangermouth, right? Oh, is that what it was? I believe, you may look that out, but it was Seelow, the singer, obviously. Danger Mouse. And Danger Mouse was like the producer

but it was beat out by Nellie Furtado's Permiscuous who sat at number one forever and that was promiscuous girl

I love Nellia Furtado I know she's up to now but I still love her Nata Nope Oh yeah This is like Nellipato and Timbalin

He's producing all of her stuff Bohemian Rhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen peaked at number two in 1992 in the United States. A rare three appearances on the chart, which, by the way,

one of the best-selling songs, singles of all time, has sold over 6 million copies. It was number one in the UK for nine weeks, never reached number one in the U.S. In the United States, get this, originally, in 1976, it peaked at number nine. So, when it was first released, like in the movie, if you watch Bohemian Rhapsody,

it was number nine. It goes away. It comes back because of Wayne's world. The same song in 1992 hits number two. Crazy that a song, 15 years later, 16 years, 76, 86, yeah. Ends up again climbing in the chart and getting played so much, not as a novelty or remember this song, but as a current song again, it makes it to number two, higher than original. That's mind-blowing to me.

Yeah. And the song they kept it out, they wore their overalls, backwards and so did everybody else. Crisscrossed Jump. And I wore my jeans at school background once, broke the button, got my butt work. Did I write that in a book? I mean, I written in my first book. I was like, I don't.

Yeah, I think so. God. I remember, I wore them backward, and I only had like two pair of jeans. And my mom were like, you just broke one of your pair of jeans. And I was in, like, fifth or six grade, too, and I got a, I remember being pissed, whooping me. And I was too old to get whooping. Yeah, that's crazy.

By the way, recently, Bohemian Rhapsody made a third. visit under the chart after that movie Behameen Rhapsody hit, it hit the chart at number 33. It holds the record for the 20th century's most streamed song. So, the 20th century's most streamed. Was there streaming

the 20th century? Are we in the 21st century now? But I guess the song from the 20th century most streamed. Got it. Yeah. So this, okay, so not, it's not beating Drake. No. But for songs that came out in the 20th century, it's the most stream. Yep. Interesting. Shania Twain had

number one, or excuse me, a number two that was never number one. Still the one. Song peaked at number two, becoming Shania Twain's first top ten hit on the pop chart. It still is known as their biggest crossover song. It was the number one at country, but hit number two on the pop chart. And it was blocked out by

too close from next, which was number one for five weeks, which was the freaking jam. It's about a dude getting a boner, or dancing on the girl. I just got into a row. radio, the teenager, and we were playing this song. And I was like, can I believe in playing a song about a dude getting a boner? Because I got boners,

and I still do sometimes I like dancing girls. Like, you just never control it. If, like, sometimes they, sometimes girls know, I don't even know universally if girls like that or not. I don't think they're, like, random boners on their leg. You know, if they're just had to be dancing near somebody and you get a boner. But if, like, they're into you,

I still don't know the age-old question. Does she like it if you get a boner on her? Now I'm saying like your husband or a wife Because probably Even then you don't know you may hate that I don't know But generally speaking

And you're dancing Like let's say I'm at the club Yeah I don't even go to the club I go to the bar with Morgan number two Which is kind of clubby I guess Consider at the club Sure

Okay I go to the club Once every five months And if I'm dancing with a girl She's like oh it's fun This guy's kind of cute And then I get a boner And she's like

Is this guy never danced with a girl before Or is she like Yes! I did it. That I don't know. And with that question, I'll leave you. I don't think I knew that until about five years ago. That's what that song was about.

It was about a boner song? Yeah. That'd be a pretty interesting topic to do. There's songs. We had no idea of the meaning. Yeah. And now we look back and go, oh. I have no idea.

A bonnery. That's it. That's songs that peaked at number two and the songs that kept them out. And I'll say again that originally, It was my idea to do songs that peaked at number two, but I think the entire podcast was made so much more fruitful by your edition of my idea of songs that kept them out. No, it kept them out.

I think it made the, I think it was the whole podcast. Songs that kept them out. It was more interesting to me than songs that peaked to number two. The songs they had no idea about Joey D. I'm going to go get my stream on. Joey D. Yeah, Joey D and the Kerman Frog. That's a bit twist.

There you go. All right, well, I think I'm going to go back on the front of this. By the time you hear this, well, I've already done it, and put it. Hey, heads up. There's a bunch of F words coming up in the M&M freestyle. So when we record us the first time measure here, we didn't do this, but I'm about to hop back on the front of it and go, oh, yeah.

Okay, thanks for hanging out. Tell your friends about this podcast, if you don't mind. Episode 187 of the Bobbycast, thank you so much. Check out Phillips Sweet from Little Big Town. We just did it all with him a few days ago. Very interesting story about Little Big Town success. You know, with Little Big Town,

If you want to hear their real backstory, check out the Karen Fairchild one or the Kimberly Schlatman one. They all have different takes and we've talked about different things with them over the years. But check that out. A good Brett Eldridge one from a year ago

which people still talk about. Carrie Edwards, who's Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell's manager, who told some just fantastic stories. Yeah, it's way inside baseball, but that's what this whole podcast is about, like learning about things you probably wouldn't even know. More than just what you see on YouTube or here on the radio or on your phone.

So thank you for listening. Always appreciate you. Episode 187 of the Bobbycast. We hope you like episodes like this. Always let us know if you do. Because I'm always like, do people even like the episodes we don't bring a guest on? Thank you very much. See you next time. All right.

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