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How long does it take to get a No.1 hit? In the case of the ‘70s group Ace, fronted by singer Paul Carrack, the answer is 45 years.
The British band’s 1975 single “How Long” originally reached No.3 when it was released, but this week it made it to No.1 on Billboard's Rock Digital Song Sales chart, selling 4,000 downloads, reaching 831,000 streams and increasing sales by more than 2000 percent.
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45 years? I guess that answers the title question, "How Long Has This Been Going On?" At last now we know!
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That's a great song! I can't understand why it didn't hit #1 when it was released.
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Lorne wrote:
How long does it take to get a No.1 hit? In the case of the ‘70s group Ace, fronted by singer Paul Carrack, the answer is 45 years.
The British band’s 1975 single “How Long” originally reached No.3 when it was released, but this week it made it to No.1 on Billboard's Rock Digital Song Sales chart, selling 4,000 downloads, reaching 831,000 streams and increasing sales by more than 2000 percent.
I'm not sure if it's the song's use in the Amazon commercial that's made it popular again, or if it's simply the fact that the phrase 'How Long' is on everyone's mind right now. Another song gaining renewed if fatalistic popularity is REM's 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It'.