highest ranked freestyle song on the pop charts ever?

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In Canada, Rockell was #1 on the national singles chart with "I Fell In Love". Rockell also hit #3 on the national singles chart with "In a dream".

 

[LILGUMBYDAMNIT]

CORINA WAS #1 WITH TEMPTATION- AMERICAN TOP 40 W/CASEY KASEM

 

[Vinss-T]

HERE'S A QUESTION:

HOW DID FREESTYLE MADE PAST 1995 RANK ON POP / DANCE CHARTS?

 

[scotman]

I posted this info once before, and with the magic of cut-n-paste, here it is again......

We've seen a few posts here that talk about "the highest charting freestyle song".

I've done some research, and here are the results.

I found the following results with the help of the website allmusic.com

I'm including acts that are "debatable" as freestyle, because some peeps call them freestyle, and some don't.

All the positions listed are the peak position for the Billboard Top 100 chart, not R&B, Club Play, 12 inch sales, or any other charts.


Shannon-"Let The Music Play" #8 "Give Me Tonight" #46 "Do You Wanna Get Away" #49

Sweet Sensation-"Take It While It's Hot" #57 "Never Let You Go" #58 "Hooked On You" #23 "Sincerly Yours" #16 "Love Child" #13 "Each & Every Time" #59

Stevie B. "Spring Love" #43 "Dreamin' Of Love" #80 "Girl I'm Searchin' For You" #56 "I Wanna Be The One" #32 "In My Eyes" #37 "Love & Emotion" #15

Nancy Martinez "For Tonight" #32

Company B. "Fascinated" #21

Pretty Poison "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" #8 "Nighttime #36

Safire "Boy I've Been Told" #48 "Gonna Make It" #71 "Made Up My Mind" #82

Cynthia "Dreamboy/Dreamgirl" #53 "If I Had The Chance" #83

Nyasia "Who's Got Your Love" #95

Cover Girls "Show Me" #44 "Spring Love" #98 "Because Of You" #27 "Inside Outside" #55 "My Heart Skips A Beat" #38 "All That Glitters" #49 "Funk Boutique" #55

Corina "Temptation" #6 "Whispers" #51 "Summertime Summertime" #86

Nocera "Summertime Summertime" #84

Information Society "What's On Your Mind" #3 "Lay All Your Love On Me" #83 "Walking Away" #9 "Think" #28

Noel "Silent Morning" #47 "Like A Child" #67

TKA "One Way Love" #75 "You Are The One" #91 "I Won't Give Up On You" #65 "Crash" #80 "Louder Than Love" #62 "Maria" #44

Seduction "Two To Make It Right" #2

Expose` "Come Go With Me" #5 "Point Of No Return" #5 "Let Me Be The One" #7 "What You Don't Know" #8

Sandee` "Love Desire" #49

Laura Enea "This Is The Last Time" #70

George Lamond "Bad Of The Heart" #25 "Look Into My Eyes" #63 "Where Does That Leave Love" #59

Brenda K. Starr "What You See Is What You Get" #24

Alisha "Baby Talk" #68

Laissez Faire "In Paradise" #64

Denise Lopez "Don't Ya Wanna Be Mine" #86

Dino "SummerGirls" #50 "I Like It" #7

Lil' Suzy "Take Me In Your Arms" #67 "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" #79 "I Still Love You" #94

Johnny O. "Dreamboy/Dreamgirl" #53 "Runaway Love" #87

Collage "I'll Be Lovin' You" #56

Joey Kid "Counting The Days" #70

Linear "Sending All My Love" #5 "TLC" #30 "Don't You Come Cryin'" #70

Pajama Party "Yo No Se" #75 "Over & Over" #59 "Hide & Seek" #73

Rockell "I Fell In Love" #61 "In A Dream" #72 "Can't We Try" #52

Giggles "What Goes Around Comes Around" #47

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam "I Wonder If I Take You Home" #36 "Can You Feel The Beat" #56 "Lost In Emotion" #1 "Head To Toe" #1

Tiana "First True Love" #81

Yvonne "There's A Party Goin' On" #88

D'Zyre "Forever Amor'" #77

Lisette Melendez "Together Forever" #35 "A Day In My Life" #49 "Goody Goody" #53

Voyce "Within My Heart" #77

Will To Power "Dreamin'" #50 "Fading Away" #65 "Say It's Gonna Rain" #49

Jocelyn Enriquez "I've Been Thinking About You" #80 "A Little Bit Of Ecstacy" #55 "Do You Miss Me" #49

K-7 "Come Baby Come" #26 "Zunga Zeng" #61 "Move It Like This" #54

Taylor Dayne "Tell It To My Heart" #7 "Prove Your Love" #7 "With Every Beat Of My Heart" #5 "Don't Rush Me" #2

2 In A Room "Wiggle It" #15

Timmy T. "Time After Time" #40 "What Will I Do" #96

Shana "I Want You" #40 "You Can't Get Away" #82

Jaya "If You Leave Me Now" #44

Nu Shooz-"I Can't Wait" #3 "Point Of No Return" #28



I found no Billboard information on the following acts:

Clear Touch, Joyce Sims, Judy Torres, Coro, April, India,
Amoretto, Tonasia, Soave`, Trilogy, or Caprice.

Chuck: I just ran across this old thread, you missed a big one! That is not like you.Expose' had 9 top ten hits on the hot 100 charts. In fact, they were the 1st group ever to have 4 top ten hits off thier debut album! EVER!!!

 

[G_I_JOE_EMR]

hi how you doing?

i dont mean to use the I live next to New York during those days. nuclear bomb. But i have to in this case?

why do so many people use affrica bombada and shannon and some other people ive heard? as the beg of freestyle. in my area right next to lilcoln tunnel here in early eighties. 81 82 and 83.

[COLOR=White]""Back in the Back in the Back of the days"" lol[/COLOR]high enegry was in right before freestlye came around. high energy is anything like lyme. babe were gonna rock tonight. and stuff like danger danger Danger straight ahead. etc,.

that stuff was much more the segway into freestyle at least in this area before freestyle came in with e banc then 85 freestyle. but in 81 8 2 and 83. it was def high energy before freestyle.

affrica bombada in this area were [COLOR=White]thought of more as Be bop. which if you remember was a pop version of Rap. and be bop was rap before it was rap. and when you ""be bopped"". [/COLOR]
you were popping which was also breaking. or break dancing.

that was more africa bombada . i think if you ask people in the area

and especially cubans puerto ricans itlalians and some white people of those days. which really at that time were the only ones who listened to freestyle. and really the ones who put freestyle on the map.

and kept it on life support from 90 to 97 when it came back to ktu.

here where it all started which was here in nyc area.

they d tell you high energy was much more of a segway to freestyle then africa bombabda.

at least thats how i see it.

wondering whatevery body else thinks.

ray

Yes I remember the Be-Bop days, :yeey :jiggy waaaayyy before freestyle. But we must remember by that time music was developing in many different forms, Rap was born out of Be-Bop in my pov. Freestyle is a bit different.