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Brad Carl's avatar

Funny enough, the first artist I thought of when I saw this headline was A-ha. But then I thought, well, The Sun Always Shines... only went to 27 and I wondered if that counted. Obviously it does with your criteria.

In my head, I feel like two Top 10's is more of a "hit" than anything lower. Why? Well, I might not have felt tis way in the 80s or 90s, but now that 30 to 40 years have passed I am confident that a song from the 80s or 90s that didn't make the Billboard Top 10 is far less likely to be played on the radio these days. (FM or Satellite, etc.) Far less often any way, than something that went Top 10. Basically, the lower it placed on Billboard the less likely you are to hear it.

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Finger Eleven should also be mentioned here. "One Thing" and "Paralyzer" both hit top 20 on the US Hot 100, and most people I talk to don't even realize it's the same band. I never heard any other songs from them on the radio or anywhere. 2 hits.

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