07-09-12 04:59 AM - Post#674888    

I started this topic because I cant think of any off the top of my head. I hope that some SF members might be able to come up with a few....

Jim

Please move away from the towers, the wind is blowing this way, so move that way..

07-09-12 05:49 AM - Post#674890    

    In response to Jim in Pa

Credence did it many times. Bad Moon Rising was the B-side to Lodi; Up Around The Bend was the B-side to Run Thru The Jungle; Who'll Stop The Rain was the B-side to Travelin' Band; Green River was the B-side to Commotion; Down On The Corner was the B-side to Fortunate Son.

Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.

07-09-12 10:55 PM - Post#674968    

    In response to phil

http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/14864...

Music was my first love

07-10-12 01:14 AM - Post#674970    

    In response to Zabadak

The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" was the B side to "Hung on You."

I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for 30 years.

07-10-12 06:16 AM - Post#674982    

    In response to Crazy Don

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye was a throw away B-side until a DJ flipped it over, and it became a huge song for Steam.

Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Edited by phil on 07-12-12 06:33 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

07-12-12 02:27 PM - Post#675263    

    In response to phil

Maggie May by Rod Stewart was a B-side when it was released. These songs almost always get flipped and re-issued, but it's amazing how many hits started out this way.

09-27-12 11:35 AM - Post#679183    

    In response to Carl

Words Of Love #5 - Mamas & The Papas was the B side of Dancing In The Street #73.

Hang in there. The secret of life.

12-11-12 01:19 AM - Post#682985    

    In response to OLD 55

Kiss' "Beth" was the 'B' side to "Detroit Rock City".

12-11-12 03:39 PM - Post#683012    

    In response to Ken

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor was originally the B-side to her cover of The Righteous Brothers' song "Substitute." DJs flipped the record over and started playing it, and it became huge. The single was then re-pressed with I Will Survive as the A-side. Some other B-sides that became bigger hits than their A-side counterpart were:

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (A-Side: My Bucket's Got a Hole In It) - Hank Williams, Sr.

I'll Be Around (A-Side: How Could I Let You Get Away?) - The Spinners

Roadhouse Blues (A-Side: You Make Me Real) - The Doors

Unchained Melody (A-Side: Hung On You) - The Righteous Brothers

Tequila (A-Side: Train To Nowhere) - The Champs

Green Onions (A-Side: Behave Yourself) - Booker T. and the M.G.s

Rock Around The Clock (A-Side: Thirteen Women [And Only One Man In Town]) - Bill Haley & His Comets

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12-13-12 03:02 AM - Post#683071    

    In response to pinkstones

Yes...go on.

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12-15-12 04:18 AM - Post#683163    

    In response to Uncle Joe

The Horse-Cliff Nobles & Co

From Wikipedia:
"Their second release for the record label was the single "Love Is All Right" b/w "The Horse", which featured the horn section from what would later be known as MFSB. "The Horse" was simply an instrumental version of the A-side, and Nobles, who was the lead singer, does not actually play on the track at all. Nevertheless, it caught fire at radio stations and became a hit, peaking at #2 for three weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968, as well as #2 on the Black Singles chart. It was held out of the #1 spot by Hugh Masekela's "Grazin' in the Grass", on the week of 29 July 1968 - resulting in the extremely rare occurrence of instrumentals occupying both the #1 and #2 slots of the pop charts in the same week ."The Horse" sold a million copies within three months of release, with the gold disc award from the R.I.A.A. made in August 1968."

No more hurting people. Peace.