Jay Leno - Thursday 7/28/11

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Originally Posted by tabruns

Earth. The same planet where, for an artist at the stage of Stevie's career, a top 20 AC hit is a *hit*.

This is just where she's at now. She stopped having Top 40 hits back in 1989, and having hits (as a solo artist) on the Hot 100 back in the mid-1990s. Now her hits are on AC and that's where they're going to be. If "Secret Love" had failed to make the AC chart then yeah I'd say it flopped, but it did as well as "Everyday" and "Sorcerer" did.

Honestly, I didn't even expect Secret Love to chart anywhere so the fact that it appeared anywhere was a nice surprise. I wouldn't consider it a hit either, but the fact that it charted and remain on the chart for an extended period of time, makes it somewhat successful. I don't think we'll see a repeat performance with FWIW because it's not a good second single choice at all.