What songs do you consider non-hits from Rumours?

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Originally Posted by MikeInNV

All Billboard reference books.....Top 10 charts, Top Pop Singles, plus I subscribed to the magazine back then.

And I wouldn't argue that "Nothing At All" wasn't a hit. It obviously was. I'm more interested in "Crazy On You." If we were trying to find the favorite non-hit by Heart, would it be included in the poll since it didn't even come close to the Top 20?

Also, hope you don't think I'm picking on you or trying to start something. I'm just debating (with myself as much as anyone else) because what sounded like it was going to be a very simple and fun poll has become kind of complicated.

No, not at all. I appreciate the discussion. It's a great question you bring up. I am not sure the source I used was correct for the Heart singles you mentioned. Of course, I would consider Crazy on You a hit in the Top 40...

Originally Posted by MikeInNV

But Landslide is on the radio constantly (mostly The Dance version but sometimes the original) whereas Songbird never is.

We could make it easy and say that a song has to have been released as a single and made the charts to qualify as a hit, thereby eliminating songs like The Chain and GDW. Of course that still leaves the issue of how high it has to chart before it qualifies as a hit:

Don't Stop (No. 3)
Gypsy (No. 12)
Over My Head (No. 20)
Love In Store (No. 22)
Save Me (No. 33)
Sisters of the Moon (No. 86)

Where does anybody draw the line?

This is why, in my opinion, Top 40 makes the most sense to qualify as a hit. In the states, it was the format radio used for weekly countdowns of the "hits in the nation". I personally would not consider a song to be a hit if it charted between 41-100.

I also suggest Billboard to be the sole recognized source. I think it's the oldest and most recognized chart.