So, I'm still curious. If this is a pop song, why is the ranking on the pop chart not considered more significant than the ranking on the overall chart?
If I understand your question correctly, I'd say that it's because the overall chart includes the song from all the genres (pop, rock, hip hop, etc), while the Pop chart includes only the song that are classified in the Pop genre by iTunes. So, of course, a song is boung to chart higher on the specific genre chart than on the overall chart.
I used to know how to check only the pop chart on Itunes..but then I updated to itunes 9.. no idea now. :razz:
On the main store page, there's a "music" tab on the top of the page. If you put you cursor over it, you'll see an arrow. Press on the arrow and scroll down to "pop" and click! Works for me anyway!
But then LO fell rapidly and a lot of people said it had flopped.
The difference between Crush and Light On is that Crush was a top 40 (or CHR for contemporary hit radio) hit (and yes, it was a hit faster than Light On, all things considered) and Light On was a HAC hit (Hot Adult Contempory, different kind of radio stations, not Z100, for example). We can't say that Light On was the biggest hit ever, but as you mentionned yourself, it had a super long life on the radio. It charted high at first and then fell down, but it played on the radio for months. David's second single, Come Back To Me, is of the same mold. It was released in March and it's still playing on the radio. HAC hits (or AC hits) have a less immediate impact I guess, but they can have a longer life as singles. So, Crush went platinum first, but Light On also got there after a while. People were quick to say that LO flopped, but it isn't really the case. It didn't have "I'm Yours" type of success, but it still was a solid hit.