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Originally Posted by Villavic
The Mirage tour ended on oct. 31. I wonder how the charts would have changed if the tour had lasted longer, and if there had been that video, and maybe others, like Can't Go Back (I love that song).
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Yes it was still #2 for another 3 weeks after the tour ended and then dropped like a rock.
MTV played the hell out of Hold Me and Gypsy and even had a huge contest with the band. That promotion definitely helped. People forget there was a third single from the album that did fairly well without a video.
Its no wonder with the album's success HBO got rights to broadcast the concert that was recorded. It hit HBO just 4 months after the tour ended which in those days was record speed.
Even though Bella Donna was fading from the album charts in the summer of 1982, its last single After The Glitter Fades was in the top 40 with Hold Me at the same time. In June 1982, Hold Me leap frogged After The Glitter Fades.