Oop I was mistaken. Billboard combines them for their charts.
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Fred,
With the current focus on the Russian group t.A.T.u. and the single "All the Things She Said," I wanted to pose a "Chart Beat" question regarding foreign language versions of the same song.
On the European releases and import releases of the t.A.T.u. album "200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane," there are Russian language versions of two songs ("Ya Shosia S Uma" for "All the Things She Said" and "Nas Ne Dagonyat" for "Not Gonna Get Us").
If the Russian-language and English-language versions both charted, would they be counted toward the same chart run, given that they are essentially the same song? The only other occurrence I can think about (although I bet there are many more) is Nena's "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons") which peaked at No. 2 in 1984. Although the official charts have the song listed as "99 Luftballoons," I remember hearing both versions on the radio during 1983/1984.
Please help me out!
Thanks,
Dan Miller
St. Louis, Mo.
Dear Dan,
Radio stations would have to give the Russian version of "All the Things She Said" enough airplay to allow it to chart, and that doesn't seem likely in the U.S. However, to answer your question, airplay for the two versions would be combined for one chart position. The music and melody are the same, so it wouldn't count as two different songs.
the song would explode with a Grammys performance, but alas.
i have no idea why RCA shoved WB and WCS down our throats promotion wise (when really it never helped) and AY gets nothing. miley her The Truth About Love era.
