Talk:I Love L.A.

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[edit] Nondescript

Another aspect of "I Love L.A." - the streets named in the song not only span L.A.'s ethnic and class lines, but are also widely regarded as being nondescript and uninteresting. The joke was probably lost on non-locals.

[edit] Chart position

Anybody know what chart position it reached in the U.S.? It didn't merit a mention on the All Music Guide, but it seems like it must have charted somewhere based on the radio play alone. --GentlemanGhost 02:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure about "everywhere," but for the Billboard Hot 100 at the time the song was released, radio play alone couldn't make a song chart. Also, I believe I've read that the song didn't chart; it just got a lot of airplay over the decades in L.A. and in L.A.-based productions (movies, TV, etc.), so many people got the impression that it did. I don't have a source for that, but I've never seen one to the contrary. On a similar note, I don't think that "You've Got a Friend in Me" charted; once again, a song "everyone knows" didn't chart (or so it would appear). Calbaer 05:10, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! It crossed my mind when VH1 was replaying their "One Hit Wonder" series. It didn't seem possible that "Short People" charted, but "I Love L.A." didn't. But it's beginning to look like that's the case. Good catch on the Billboard chart, I forgot that radio play was not a factor in those days. --GentlemanGhost 11:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)