Alternate choices for singles

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Originally Posted by Travis

Has Anyone Ever Written ... was not a top 40 hit, it peaked at #60. Personally I think it was a fine choice, ballads can be hits too :-). It would have done better I think if there had been a video, however, probably not better than "Imperial Hotel", that had a decent amout of air play here in DC at the time - oddly enough it was the b-side.

Enchanted probably would have made a better single than Nightbird, (I think DC/101 did play that one too a few times - Enchanted that is) but again, if there had been a video, perhaps it would have done better.

Again, here in DC both Two Kinds Of Love and especially Long Way To Go received a good amount of airplay. LWTG I think in fact peaked at #11 on the Album Oriented Rock chart. TKOL got airplay on 106.7 at the time, it was kind of a rock station back then.

I shall look up the Billboard placing... I distinctly remember it briefly scraping the Top 40... or it must have been something else... not sure!

I don't remember hearing TKOL at all on the radio in DC at all. And 106.7 didn't play Stevie; in fact, they went all new age-y before turning into an all-talk format in the late 80's. Oddly enough, Christine's "Ask Anybody" often got played on 106.7 while they were new age.