Summer Hits pt2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, listeners, It's time once again for another episode of
the Chart Toppers podcast, a show dedicated to those big
hits out there, but more importantly, you have listeners, and
I can't thank you enough. We're stopping by for another episode.
We're going to dive into some summer hits today, starting

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off back in nineteen seventy five, Love We'll Keep Us
Together by Captain and to Neil. It was the summer
of polyester disco beginnings, and this irresistible pop anthem Love
Will Keep Us Together reign to supreme, topping the Billboard

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Hot one hundred for four weeks, selling over one point
five million copies. It won the Grammy for Record of
the Year. It's wholesome, catchy, optimism and body, the post
Vinam era yearning for harmony, moment of sweetness before disco

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truly exploded in nineteen eighty three, Every Breath You Take
by the Police. It was dark, obsessive, and hypnotically beautiful.
The stings haunting lyrics propelled the song to number one

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for eight weeks, making it the biggest hit of nineteen
eighty three. Its eerie sense of surveillance ironically became the
soundtrack to summer romance, selling over seven million copies worldwide.
The song one Song of the Year at the Grammys,

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and its music video became an early MTV staple. Next up,
in nineteen eighty five, Shout by Tears for Fears that
summer synth pop ruled the air waves. Shout wasn't just
a song, it was a cathartic explosion of Cold War

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era angst and personal release. It hit number one on
the Billboard Hot one hundred and remained in a top
ten for nearly two months. The song sold over two
million copies in the US alone, and cemented the band's
global presence during the Second British Invasion. Next up in

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nineteen ninety one, Everything I Do I'd Do It for
You by Brian Adams, a slow, burning power ballad released
as part of the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves A soundtrack.
This song ruled summer airwaves in nineteen ninety one. It's

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spent an astonishing sixteen consecutive weeks at number one in
the UK, a record that still stands, and seven weeks
at number one in the US. With over fifteen million
in global sales, It's been a wedding staple ever since
in nineteen ninety five. Waterfalls by TLC. The mid nineties

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gave rise to R and p's Golden era. TLC's Waterfalls
was both a summer jam and a social commentary, addressing HIV,
drug abuse and systemic archib Its powerful message didn't deeter
its popularity. It topped the one hundred for seven weeks,

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earning Grammy nominations and selling over two million physical copies,
making it one of the biggest girl group hits of
the decade. Next on the list in nineteen ninety nine,
Livin Love Vita Loca Ke Martin. The Latin pop explosion
detonated in the summer of nineteen ninety nine. Ricky Martin's

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high octane crossover reached number one in over twenty countries,
spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot one hundred, and
sold more than eight million copies worldwide. The song's brass
section and relentless tempo defined pre y two K energy, flamboyant, sexy,

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and new Millennium ready. Next up in two thousand two,
Hot in Her by Nelly. No summer playlist in twenty
oh two was complete without Nelly's stumping Neptune's produced club
banger with a chorus that demanded shedding clothing. It fit

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the summer heat perfectly. The track hit number one for
seven weeks, sold over three million DeTar copies, and won
a Grammy for Best Male Rap Solo Performance. It brought
hip hop deeper into pop radio territory. Next up, two
thousand and seven, Umbrella by Rihanna featuring jay Z. Rihanna's

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reign began here. Umbrella dropped just as summer storms rolled
in and stayed at number one for seven consecutive weeks
on the Billboard chart in ten weeks in the UK,
becoming a pop culture phenomenon. The song propelled Rihanna to
international stardom and sold over six million copies globally. It

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even smarked popular conspiracy, dubbed the Rihanna Rain. Next up,
in twenty twelve, Call Me Maybe by Carl Ray Jefson
bubble gum pop perfection. With its viral success thanks to

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Justin Bieber's tweet and homemade fan videos, Call Me Maybe
hit number one in eighteen countries, sold over eighteen million
copies worldwide, became the best selling single of twenty twelve. Globally,
it became so embedded in that summer that even the

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US Olympic swim team filmed a parody video. Next, twenty seventeen,
Desposito by Lewis Phonsie and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber.
This reggaeton anthem remixed with Biaber broke barriers for Spanish

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language music. It tied the record for longest running number one,
sixteen weeks on the Hot one hundred and racked up
over eight billion YouTube views, the most viewed video ever
at the time. Sales surpassed at twenty five million worldwide,
making it the most successful summer song in decades. Enter

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twenty twenty with Blinding Lights by the weekend. The pandemic
summer of twenty twenty was strange and isolated, but Blinding
Lights brought neon lit Escape. Already released in late twenty nineteen,
it peaked that summer again on TikTok and the radio.

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The songs set the record for the most weeks in
Hot one hundred top ten fifty seven. It went fourteen
times platinum in the US and topped charts in over
thirty countries. Next up twenty twenty three, Cruel Summer by
Taylor Swift, originally from our twenty nineteen lover album. Cruel

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Summer became the surprise song of Summer twenty three, following
its viral resurgence during the Era's tour. It topped the
Hot one hundred four years after its release, hitting number
one in October, but dominated summer streaming with millions of
daily plays. Boosted by Taylor's two thousand, twenty three billion

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dollar tour, It symbolized the unmatched fan power of Swifties. Next,
Let's have a throwback for some nineteen seventies disco fever,
pop ballads and other rock anthems. Back in nineteen seventy six,
Don't Go Break in My Heart by Elton John and

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Kiki d Elton stepped away from glam rock just long
enough to deliver this breezy duet, a light hearted number
one hit for four weeks in the U S and
U K, sold over two million copies globally and remains
a karaoke favorite. It was Elton's first u K chart topper.

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In nineteen seventy seven, Best of My Love by the
Emotions was produced by Earth Wind and Fires. Murray's White
This R and B Jim became a disco favorite. It
topped the charts for five weeks and earned a Grammy
for Best R and B Performance. Its groove is Instantly

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Summer Bad Girls by Donna Summer, released in nineteen seventy nine,
Queen of Disco, Donna Summer was unstoppable. Bad Girls spent
five weeks at number one, went platinum, and became a
feminist disco anthem, all while glamorizing rebellion under a mirror ball. Unfortunately,

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it's all the time that we've got for today's episode
of the Chart Topper's podcast. The show dedicated to all
those great hits out there, the soundtrack of our lives.
But more importantly, this show is dedicated to you, our listeners,
and I can't thank you enough for stop and buy
for another episode until next time,