Originally Posted by
sup_fan
i think the problem with It's My Turn is that it was release SO close after I'm Coming Out and Upside Down. all three are masterful singles and all three deserved to be huge hits. and all three were big. but i'm not sure all were as huge as they COULD have been
Upside Down - released June 18, 80
I'm Coming Out - released August 22, 80
It's My Turn - released Sept 29, 80
i've not done all of my chart research this far out [[stopped in 77). But i know i've read that these singles were overlapping each other. Weren't UD and ICO in the Top 10 at the same time? and both i believe were still top 40 when IMT was charting too.
the only reason i know of the fast paced timing was 1) IMT was released to coincide with the movie release and 2) perhaps motown was looking to strike while hot, UD was just massive so ICO was released to build off that power. let's not wait for things to die down
in one of Randy's book i thought he sort of hinted that maybe motown was trying to get a bunch of hot hits on DR just before her contract came up so [[which i believe was Oct or Nov 80) and have them chart well so that she would be prompted to resign quickly.
but i don't know that anyone REALLY thought she wouldn't resign. sure she might have been pissed about Ross 78 and The Wiz, and she and Berry weren't close. but i don't think anyone thought she'd leave. at least in early fall 80
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