Chapter 1020: The Charm of the Original Sound

A movie's interlude or theme song is always a surprise hit on the Billboard charts, which is one of the most interesting sights in the North American music market before the twenty-first century.

The 1962 release of the "West Side Story" soundtrack remained on the Billboard album chart for fifty-four weeks, a record it hadn't broken until 2014; 1958's "South. Pacific", 1984's "Purple. Rain" in 1977, "Saturday. Night. Fever" in 1977, "Bodyguard" in 1992, "Blue. Hawaii" in 1961 and other films The soundtrack spent more than 20 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Albums Chart, a record that all albums must look to as we enter the twenty-first century.

These are a beautiful sight in the history of Billboard.

Far from saying, in the first week of August, Lisa Lopp sang the theme song "Waiting" for the movie "Reality Trauma" to create a brilliant, this single broke the "Don't be sorry for the past (Don't"). t.Look.Back.In.Anger)" and "I Swear", not only became the first indie track in Billboard singles chart history, but also held the number one spot for three straight weeks, even though After coming down from the championship, he also stayed on the third place for a long time, witnessing the fierce competition between "Beautiful. Day" and "I will be with you".

Why is the song "Waiting" so popular? The film "Real Trauma" not only has a mediocre reputation, but also only 20 million US dollars at the box office. Compared with the film itself, this theme song has won more widespread response and recognition.

Aside from the quality of the movie itself, you can hear excellent interludes or theme songs in many movies. After matching the plot of the movie, the songs will often bloom with greater charm. Thanks to the development of American radio, hosts often I like to recommend such songs—it is a movie and a song, so that the audience can have more imagination space and increase the understanding of the song. Therefore, the original sound of the movie is often easy to win the love of many audiences.

For many films that have failed miserably, their original soundtracks are often able to rank among the top ten on the Billboard, and even many more outstanding achievements have become an important part of the film's surroundings. Therefore, film companies will join forces with record companies to strongly promote the original sound.

This has also created a situation in which the original soundtrack of the movie is very popular.

"Shape. Of. My. Heart" is just like that. Many people even described it. This song completely condenses the plot of "This killer is not too cold" and interprets it, and it has become the most important part of the movie. One of the complementary elements, like the plastic potted plant, has become the hallmark of the film.

Under such circumstances, "The Shape of the Heart" exploded into a powerful battle, winning the number one spot on the Billboard Singles Chart in the first week of December.

This momentum continued in the following week. "Shape of the Heart" did not have the explosive power of a "good day" in terms of sales. This week's sales were only 200,000, which was slightly lower than last week, and won the second consecutive week. The sales data of more than 100,000 is not small compared with "Beautiful Day".

However, the radio on-demand rate of "The Shape of Heart" has climbed to 6%, and the number of on-demand broadcasts is easy to outshine the crowd. Under such a double effect, "The Shape of Heart" easily won the championship and will be honored to death. The singles streak has been extended to sixteen weeks!

Comparatively speaking, the result of "bending both knees" seems less impactful. Although the sales volume has further increased to 170,000, the on-demand rate has shown a downward trend. Behind the 3% on-demand rate, there is a small decline in magnitude. So, although "Bent Knees" took the runner-up position for the second week in a row, the gap with "The Shape of the Heart" was widened.

Interestingly, there is no change in the third and third places, and it is still the same as last week's "Hot Coming" and "Another Night". What has changed is that Bon Jovi's "always" climbed to fifth place, while " Good day" and "I will be with you" were extended to sixth and seventh.

From the fourteen consecutive championships of "A Beautiful Day" to the two consecutive championships of "The Shape of the Heart", the album "Bath in the Morning Light" has created countless miracles, and it has been honored to the death and stepped on the 16th runner-up of the boy-man group, officially Announcing Rock and Roll in North America!

All the media are discussing how long the singles momentum of the album "Bathing in the Morning" will continue, and what kind of success "The Shape of the Heart" will create, but unexpectedly, on the third of December Zhou should have changed the dynasty, and officially announced the entanglement between Glory to Death and the boy-man group for 16 consecutive weeks and up to four months, to a paragraph.

Hip-hop singer Eni Komoz's single "Hot Coming" relied on a strong word of mouth and made a strong counterattack. Not only did the sales burst out with amazing energy, but also the on-demand rate was also rising. Last week, the on-demand rate was infinitely close. "The Shape of the Heart" has surpassed it in one fell swoop this week, which also made "Hot Coming" Eni's first number one single, and the singles chart that interrupted the 16-week reign of Glory to Death , which made the entire North American music market lively for a while.

"The Shape of the Heart" finally entered a slowing trend with the sales of "Bathing in the Morning Light" before the end of 1994. However, this single still relies on the movie soundtrack to show a strong topicality, which will be handed over this week. After the championship position, he still held the runner-up throne.

In fact, the only change in the top five this week was the ascent of "It's Coming Hot," followed by "The Shape of the Heart," "Knees Bent," "Another Night," and "The Shape of the Heart," "The Shape of the Heart," "The Knees Bend," and "The Second to Fifth." always". In addition, TLC's "Reptile" rose to sixth place, and "A Beautiful Day" and "I'll Be Kind With You" moved down one place again, ranking seventh and eighth respectively.

In the last week of 1994, there was no change in the top eight of the Billboard singles chart, and the ranking of the previous week was completely continued. This also allowed everyone to witness the excellence of "Hot Coming". An insurmountable peak in Eni's musical career.

Then after entering 1995, the list has undergone "earth-shaking" changes. "Shape of the Heart" has returned to the champion throne by relying on the spread and strength of the on-demand rate; Afterwards, it won the runner-up; "Reptile" continued to rise, climbing directly from the sixth place to the third place, while "Hot Coming" fell directly to the third place.

At this moment, you can clearly feel that "This Killer is Not Too Cold" has been coldly received in North America, but as the soundtrack of the movie, "The Shape of the Heart" has attracted much attention depending on the plot and topic of the movie, and won it directly. It was the third non-consecutive weekly number one after the single was released.

Although "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" has been withdrawn from the cinema, it has benefited from the popularity of "The Shape of the Heart". After the film landed in the videotape market, it was fervently sought after, and gradually became popular among movie fans with the advancement of time. Established word of mouth and became one of Luc Besson's most successful works, while also allowing people to witness Natalie Portman's stunning debut.

Years later, when people look back and discuss this period of history, they cannot clearly identify whether "this killer is not too cold" made "the shape of the heart", or whether "the shape of the heart" made "this killer not too cold" . But what is certain is that "The Shape of the Heart", as a single that did not receive much attention in the album "Bath in the Morning Light", was successful, and continued the glory of glory to death.

After that, "Shape of Heart" won the championship again for two consecutive weeks, extending his accumulated championship weeks to five weeks, while "Bending Knees" was obviously weak, not only failed to form an effective impact, but also exhausted. Obviously, the difference is becoming more and more obvious.

This also officially marks the formation of a boy-man group and the Yuliang complex of Death to Glory, although these two groups of singers are representatives of R&B and rock respectively, and the song types are completely different, different from the one between Death of Glory and Nirvana. Head-to-head confrontation and fierce competition. The competition between these two types of music more represents the direction of the entire music market, so the competition between the two groups of singers can be said to be the beginning of the change in the entire music market. The singer's future showdown has become the focus of media hype. But ironically, these two groups of singers have never appeared together on the same occasion.

In the fourth week of January 1995, TLC's single "Reptile" took over the Billboard singles chart, topping the charts for four consecutive weeks, officially opening the girl group's glory; followed by Madonna's single "Take. A. Bow)" came strong, and without a doubt became the new leader of the singles chart.

During this period, "Shape of the Heart" never returned to the championship, but with its excellent quality and excellent topicality, its stamina remained unabated. After coming down from the championship position, it stayed in the runner-up position for three consecutive weeks. In terms of position, he stayed in the top five for five weeks, then stayed in the top ten for another five weeks, and stayed in the top ten list for a total of twenty weeks, which made everyone clearly feel The charm of the movie soundtrack.

In this regard, "The Shape of the Heart" performed even better than "Waiting", and it has become the most representative soundtrack of a movie.

However, the significance of winning the title for the five weeks before and after the single "Shape of Heart" is more important because it and "Beautiful Day" have contributed to the non-consecutive 19-week championship for "Bathing the Morning Light". It is an important part of development, and also created a history that Nirvana Band could not create by relying on "Youth Spirit". If the year of Glory to Death was born out of nowhere, then this year is Glory to Death to create brilliance.

No one will forget that these are just two singles, and there are far more than two outstanding singles on the "Bath of Morning Light" album. People can't help but wonder: how many number one singles can this album produce?