The most recent stage show tune to make the top 40?

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:02am

Anything make the charts since "Memory" from Cats? 1982

[Wildcard]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:18pm

Well, it wasn't a stage show recording but Madonna's "Don't Cry for me Argentina" bowed at #6 on the Billboard Pop Charts.

Also, I think Elton John's "Electricity" did well in the UK charts. Updated On: 8/15/06 at 12:18 PM

[rose_pearl]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:21pm

Did Seasons of Love ever make it?

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:40pm

So, Evita movie was 1996.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:54pm

Hard Knock Life-1998.
Updated On: 8/15/06 at 12:54 PM

[pianoman215]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:59pm

Didn't a recent Gwen Stefani song sample If I Were A Rich Man?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:02pm

Yes, it did. Not sure if it cracked the Top 40.

[camp_actor]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:07pm

Did Electricity do well in the UK charts? I certainly never heard it in a club, but maybe I'm just sheltered. I sincerely hope it didn't do well, I think it's a horrible song.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:13pm

Songs released as singles from muscials fare much better in the UK where they seem to always crack the Top 10 when a musical opens. I think Bombay Dreams had many British Pop hits.

[WheelsofaDream]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:38pm

That strangely appealing techno dance version of "Easy As Life" by Deborah Cox did pretty well on the dance charts a couple of years ago. I highly doubt it ever made it anywhere near the top 40 though.

[zzannahk]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:47pm

someone else (another girl) covered "rich man" about 2 months before gwens came out. imo, it was much better than hers, but i have no idea who sang it

wasn't adam garcia's Night Fever released as a single?

[theatrewolf]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:58pm

Did One Night In Bangcock make the top 40?

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 5:17pm

What about 'Dance With Me' by Debelah Morgan which sampled HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 5:19pm

I don't know if it hit Top 40, but Boyzone had "No Matter What" from Whistle Down The Wind

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:28pm

I think the Stefani song "Rich Girl" did very well on the charts. I also remember that the "video" for "All That Jazz" from "Chicago" did very well on VH-1 when the film was released.

[camp_actor]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:52pm

Yeh, I think Boyzone's No Matter What was no.1, but I may be wrong.

Also, Big Brova's did a vesion of "My Favourite Things" which got high in UK charts.

Bombay Dreams had one chart hit in Shaka-Laka Baby, but most people hated it in the UK. And basically took the mickey a bit.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 7:47pm

"Did One Night In Bangcock make the top 40?"

One Night in Bangkok hit Number 3 on the Billboard pop charts in 1985.

Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life" hit #1.

Gwen Stefani's "If I Were a Rich Man" peaked at #3 on the pop charts as well.

Updated On: 8/15/06 at 07:47 PM