One Song a Day Project

  #27: “See See Rider” — Eric Burdon & the Animals (1966) Today’s Song Eric Burdon & the Animals — “See See Rider” (1966) Chart performance Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10 Billboard chart run: 85–53–37–19–14–10–10–16–23–45 Canada: #1 UK: Not released as the A-side; B-side of “Help Me Girl” Yearly rank: #116 Weeks charted: 10 Weeks Top 20: 4 Weeks Top 10: 2 Weeks at peak: 2 The Animals / Eric Burdon & the Animals at this point Charting record: 11th of 19 Top-20 hit: 6th of 10 Top-10 hit: 2nd of 3 #1 pop hit: Not a #1; 1 eventual career #1 Previous Top-20: “Don’t Bring Me Down” Next Top-20: “When I Was Young” Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #5,136 Among The Animals / Eric Burdon & the Animals songs: #2 of 19 Among their Top-20 hits: #2 of 10 GOAT points: 168,130 Record details Entered chart: September 17, 1966 Released: August 1966 Recorded: Spring 1966 Single: “See See Rider” / “She’ll Return It” Album: Animalization Songwriter: Ma Rainey; b...

  🎵 Today’s Song B.J. Thomas — “No Love at All” 1971 Random draw Selected era bucket: 1970–1979 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,049 recordings Selection method: Equal-probability era draw, then one uniform random draw from previously unselected eligible recordings in that era Chart performance Overall pop peak: #16 Billboard Hot 100: #16 Billboard Easy Listening: #4 Billboard R&B: N/A Billboard Country: N/A Canada RPM Top Singles: #16 Yearly rank: #137 Weeks charted: 11 Weeks Top 20: 2 Weeks Top 10: 0 Weeks at peak: 1 B.J. Thomas at this point Charting record: 15th of 26 Top-20 hit: 5th of 8 Previous Top-20: “I Just Can’t Help Believing” Next Top-20: “Rock and Roll Lullaby” Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #7,013 Among B.J. Thomas songs in the retrospective ranking: #7 of 24 Among his eight Hot 100 Top-20 hits: #8 of 8 GOAT points: 107,552 Record details Entered chart: February 27, 1971 Released: January 1971 Recorded: 1970 — Studio One, Doraville, Georgia Single...

  Sunshine Anderson — “Heard It All Before” 🎵 Today’s Song Sunshine Anderson — “Heard It All Before” 2001 Random draw Selected era bucket: 2000–2009 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,050 recordings Selection method: Equal-probability era draw, then one uniform random draw from previously unselected eligible recordings in that era Chart performance Overall pop peak: #18 Billboard Hot 100: #18 Other relevant Billboard pop charts: Dance Club Songs #11; Dance Singles Sales #25; Rhythmic #23 Billboard R&B: #3 Billboard Country: N/A UK: #9 Yearly rank: #88 Weeks charted: 20 Weeks Top 20: 3 Weeks Top 10: 0 Weeks at peak: 1 Sunshine Anderson at this point Charting record: 1st of 1 Top-20 hit: 1st of 1 Top-10 hit: None #1 pop hit: None Previous Top-20: None Next Top-20: None Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #7,240 Among Sunshine Anderson songs: #1 of 1 Among Sunshine Anderson Top-20 hits: #1 of 1 GOAT points: 102,460 Hot 100 portion of chart run: #18 peak; 20 weeks Record d...

  The Monkees — “Last Train to Clarksville” 🎵 Today’s Song The Monkees — “Last Train to Clarksville” 1966 Random draw Selected era bucket: 1960–1969 Verified remaining eligible population: 9,051 recordings Selection method: Equal-probability era draw, then one uniform random draw from previously unselected eligible recordings in that era Chart performance Overall pop peak: #1 Billboard Hot 100: #1 Other relevant Billboard pop charts: N/A Billboard R&B: N/A Billboard Country: N/A UK: #23 Yearly rank: #20 Weeks charted: 15 Weeks Top 20: 10 Weeks Top 10: 9 Weeks at peak: 1 The Monkees at this point Charting record: 1st of 21 Top-20 hit: 1st of 10 Top-10 hit: 1st of 6 #1 pop hit: 1st of 3 Previous Top-20: None Next Top-20: “I’m a Believer” Retrospective standing GOAT overall: #968 Among Monkees songs: #3 of 20 Among Monkees Top-20 hits: #3 of 10 GOAT points: 627,436 Hot 100 portion of chart run: #1 peak; 15 weeks Record details Entered chart: September 10, 1966 Released: August 16...