Rockline December 1988

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

This warm feeling did not last long because I never heard ALAYF on the radio and the song did not even chart. It was a premonition what was coming.

Thanks for the summary! This has always been a fascinating era of FM to me, and I wish Christine and the others had spoken more about it. They seemed to love this period at the time, but afterwards complained about it or just ignored it all together, which is unfortunate.

Regarding As Long As you Follow, where I lived at the time, it was played on the radio constantly, and I’m pretty sure it hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Comtemporary Chart, and it did go to #43 or something like that on Billboard’s Top 100. But yeah, like you I was stunned it didn’t perform better. It was also a nice song for the wintertime. But since it’s on their Greatest Hits album, it’s become a popular song so that’s cool!