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>SEDAKA'S BACK: When it comes to Clay Aiken's new >single, it looks like "Solitaire" is the only game in >town. > >Aiken's version of the Neil Sedaka/Phil Cody song >debuts on Billboard's Hot 100 at No. 4. That comes as >a surprise to many of Aiken's fans, who expected "The >Way" to be the song that entered the Hot 100 this week. > >"The Way" does show up as the B-side of the commercial >single on the Hot 100 Singles Sales tally, where >"Solitaire" / "The Way" debuts at No. 1. > >"The Way" was the intended A-side of Aiken's second >commercial single, following his first release, "This >Is the Night" / "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The song >"Invisible" was promoted to radio after "This Is the >Night," but wasn't released as a commercial single. > >For the B-side of Aiken's second commercial single, >RCA elected "Solitaire," a track that had been >recorded for Aiken's "Measure of a Man" album. Aiken >performed "Solitaire" on "American Idol" last year, so >fans were disappointed when the Sedaka/Cody song >didn't make the final cut for "Measure of a Man." > >One-track promotional singles of "The Way" were sent >to radio in advance of the commercial single release >date. The song received a small amount of spins, but >not enough to register on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. > >But the tide began to turn in favor of "Solitaire," >which Aiken performed when he guest starred on the >March 17 episode of "American Idol." "Solitaire" sold >more paid digital downloads than "The Way," enough to >debut on Billboard's Hot Digital Trackschart at No. >19, while "The Way" did not make the chart. Finally, >RCA stopped promoting "The Way" to radio, deciding to >push "Solitaire" instead. > >No one was more surprised than Sedaka, who also >expected "The Way" to be the title that appeared on >the Hot 100. The songwriter received the news while on >a skiing vacation in Canada. The debut of "Solitaire" >gives Sedaka a songwriting chart span of 45 years, >eight months and one week, dating back to the debut of >Connie Francis' "Stupid Cupid" the week of July 28, >1958. By debuting at No. 4, "Solitaire" is the >highest-ranked song composed by Sedaka since the >Captain & Tennille peaked at No. 3 the week of March >27, 1976 with "Lonely Night (Angel Face)." > >"Solitaire" is the highest-debuting song of 2004 on >the Hot 100. Since current chart rules went into >effect in December 1998, six songs have debuted in the >top 10. In order of highest position, they are: > >No. 1: "This Is the Night," Clay Aiken (2003) >No. 2: "Flying Without Wings," Ruben Studdard (2003) >No. 4: "God Bless the U.S.A.," American Idol Finalists >(2003) >No. 4: "Solitaire," Clay Aiken (2004) >No. 5: "Lost in You," Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines >(1999) >No. 8: "Get Over Yourself," Eden's Crush (2001) > >Last week, Kimberley Locke became the first "American >Idol" finalist to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 >Singles Sales chart when "8th World Wonder" (Curb) >opened in pole position. This week, Aiken becomes the >second "Idol" finalist to debut at No. 1 on that tally.
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