Crossover hit songs that weren't really

[horsemen4ever]

So do you know any example of an artist or band having a hit song that a hit on the mainstream pop charts but not on their home base chart. For example an R&B artist having a song that is on the pop charts, but makes no transaction on the R&B chart, ditto for rock stars, etc.

I am more of an R&B fan, so I can only use those examples.

"Beat It" by Michael Jackson, I don't recall it getting much air play on R&B stations. "Ghostbusters" by Roy Parker Jr., that is a example of a song from a R&B star I don't ever recall hearing on any R&B stations or chats.

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Jul 24, 2023 15:54:13 GMT -5 horsemen4ever said:

So do you know any example of an artist or band having a hit song that a hit on the mainstream pop charts but not on their home base chart. For example an R&B artist having a song that is on the pop charts, but makes no transaction on the R&B chart, ditto for rock stars, etc.

I am more of an R&B fan, so I can only use those examples.

"Beat It" by Michael Jackson, I don't recall it getting much air play on R&B stations. "Ghostbusters" by Roy Parker Jr., that is a example of a song from a R&B star I don't ever recall hearing on any R&B stations or chats.

I know Parker Jr had a handful of solo RB hits and a bunch with Raydio before that, but Ghostbusters really wasn’t an RB song as much of a pop/ top 40 song

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Both "Beat It" and Ghostbusters" were #1 hits on the R&B chart.

"She's Out Of My Life", on the other hand, went Top 10 on the pop chart, but only peaked in the 40s for R&B.