mcfan wrote:
What kept 'Without You' from #1 at Pop radio? And what were the top 2 songs on the Hot 100 when it was #3?
"The Sign" blocked it from #1 at Pop, and that and "Bump N Grind" kept it from #1 on the Hot 100. It was basically just stuck behind two huge hits. "Without You" was still big in the U.S. Didn't it finish at #16 on the year-end Hot 100? That's pretty good. I think it just gets overlooked a bit because it was so much bigger in Europe. It was also her first song that didn't have any crossover appeal to R&B at all (why it was paired with "NFY," obviously) so that limited its overall popularity in relation to some other singles.