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Friday, April 15, 2016

We're #2: Songs That Never Reached #1-- Part 2: "99 Luftballons"

Continued from April 1, 2016.

From the July 27, 2012, Rob O'Connor's List of the Day "We're #2! Part 2.  More Sings That Never Made It To #1."

This time he will also name the song that kept it from #1.

20.  MELLOW YELLOW--  Donovan   "Good Vibrations"  by the Beach Boys.

19.  99 LUFTBALLOONS--  Nena    "Jump" by Van Halen.  It still is the highest charting song by a German group in U.S. Pop History.

18.  19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN--  Rolling Stones   "Ballad of the Green berets" by SSgt. Barry Sadler

17.  DANIEL--  Elton John   "My Love" by Paul McCartney & Wings

16.  NEVER MY LOVE--  Association   "The Letter" by the Box Tops  "Cherish" and "Windy" both hit #1 for them.

Name That Tune:  "You Better Stop, Look Around."  --  RoadDog


"19th Nervous Breakdown"

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