Welcome as usual to Bottom Feeders, your weekly look at the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the ‘80s. This week we “kihntinue” to look at artists whose names begin with the letter K.
Kiara
“This Time” — 1989, #78 (download)
“This Time” is a duet with Shanice Wilson featured on Kiara’s debut, To Change and/or Make a Difference. The track was written by Charlie Singleton of Cameo and went to #2 on the R&B charts.
Greg Kihn Band
“Happy Man” — 1982, #62 (download)
“Every Love Song” — 1982, #82 (download)
“Love Never Fails” — 1983, #59 (download)
“Love and Rock & Roll” — 1986, #92 (download)
Here are four of the seven Greg Kihn tracks to hit the Hot 100 in the decade. The Greg Kihn Band was always missing something: the majority of the singles are good songs, but these minor hits are lacking a catchiness that would have kept them climbing. I personally love “Every Love Song” but the rhythm never really progresses anywhere. “Happy Man” and “Love Never Fails” are in the same boat for me — they have a chorus with some potential to be a sing along, but they just never make it there. My only real problem with “Love and Rock & Roll” is that it’s the name of the album as well. I mean, after four consecutive albums with “kihn” someplace in the title (Rockihnroll, Kihntinued, Kihnspiracy, Citizen Kihn) they decide to not bother anymore and really, the “Rock & Roll” part was already used. It certainly screams out that their creative peak had passed.
