TL;DR:
- One in every of John Lennon’s traditional rock songs solely reached No. 11.
- John wrote the tune to impress a revolutionary.
- Classic rock songs by Stevie Nicks and Queen garnered an identical industrial reception.
Not all traditional rock songs that folks keep in mind have been huge hits. A few of the traditional rock songs that reached No. 11 on the Billboard Scorching 100 are extra well-known than songs that have been extra profitable. For instance, a Stevie Nicks hit that reached No. 11 is now one in all her most well-known songs.
4. John Lennon’s ‘Power to the People’
Throughout a 1980 interview in the e book All We Are Saying:The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John mentioned the origin of “Power to the People.” “Well, that came from a talk with Tariq Ali, who was sort of a ‘revolutionary’ in England and edited a magazine called Red Mole,” he stated. “So I felt I ought to write down a tune about what he was saying.
“That’s why it didn’t really come off,” he added. “I was not thinking clearly about it. It was written in the state of being asleep and wanting to be loved by Tariq Ali and his ilk, you see. I have to admit to that so I won’t call it hypocrisy. I couldn’t write that today.” Reaching No. 11 on the (*10*), the tune turned one in all John’s greater solo hits.
3. Stevie Nicks’ ‘Edge of Seventeen’
Throughout a 2009 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Nicks stated the dove in “Edge of Seventeen” initially represented John when she wrote it following his dying. “Now, for me, it has taken on something else,” she revealed.
“I feel like I hear war, because I go to visit soldiers in Bethesda and at Walter Reed [Army Medical Center], and when I hear their stories,” she added. “We can’t even imagine what they’re going through, the violence.” “Edge of Seventeen” reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, getting out-charted by much less remembered songs like “Talk to Me” and “Leather and Lace.”
2. Queen’s ‘Body Language’
Queen’s “Body Language” is a little bit of an outlier in the band’s discography. It’s rather a lot funkier than most of their different traditional rock songs and it is perhaps the most sexual single of the band’s profession. The background vocals are very bizarre, so the tune arguably sounds extra creepy than horny. The tune additionally hit No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. None of Queen’s subsequent singles charted as extremely. Whereas different Queen songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Don’t Stop Me Now” are ubiquitous, “Body Language” languishes in obscurity.
1. ‘Words’
“Words” is one in all the grooviest songs in The Monkees’ discography not less than throughout the verses. The refrain is a little bit of a misfire. The melody feels prefer it’s attacking the listener with blunt pressure.
“Words” additionally reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, changing into one in all The Monkees’ last hits. “Words” isn’t one in all the group’s finest songs nevertheless it proves the Prefab 4 have been prepared to experiment.