Forget Me Nots

Album: Straight from the Heart (1982)
Charted: 8 23
Play Video
  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Fred Washington, Patrice Rushen, Terry McFadden
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 4

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1982 {June 19th} Patrice Rushen performed "Forget Me Nots" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'...
    At the time the song was at position #10 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #2* {for 3 weeks}...
    It reached #4 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart...
    Her two preceding records, "Look Up" and"Never Gonna Give You Up", also peaked at #2 on the Hot Dance Club Songs Chart...
    She had one other Top 10 record on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, "Haven't You Heard", it reached #5 in 1980...
    Patrice Louise Rushen will celebrate her 65th birthday this coming September 30th, 2019...
    R.I.P. Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012}...
    * For the three weeks that "Forget Me Nots" was at #2 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, the #1 record for those three weeks was "In The Name of Love" by the Thompson Twins...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 29, 1982, Patrice Rushen performed "Forget Me Nots" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV network Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #43 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; five weeks later it would peak at #23 {for 3 weeks} and it spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1979 and 1987 she had fourteen records on the Hot R&B Singles chart; four made the Top 10 with her biggest hit being "Feel So Real (Won't Let Go)", it peaked at number two...
    Her two other Top 10 records were "Haven't You Heard" at #7 in 1980 and "Watch Out" at #9 in 1987...
    Patrice Louise Rushen will celebrate her 63rd birthday this coming September 30th {2017}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyIf you drop the 'S' you have "Forget Me Not"; an a song of that title charted twice. First in 1958 by The Kalin Twins and it peaked at No. 12 and then a completely different record by Martha & the Vandellas in 1968, it reahed No. 68!!!
  • Ben from Lexington, Ky"Ready" Freddie Washington came up with the bass hook for this song himself. Such a great line and really defines the groove.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Adele

AdeleFact or Fiction

Despite her reticent personality, Adele's life and music are filled with intrigue. See if you can spot the true tales.

Matthew Wilder - "Break My Stride"

Matthew Wilder - "Break My Stride"They're Playing My Song

Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.

Graham Parker

Graham ParkerSongwriter Interviews

When Judd Apatow needed under-appreciated rockers for his Knocked Up sequel, he immediately thought of Parker, who just happened to be getting his band The Rumour back together.

George Harrison

George HarrisonFact or Fiction

Did Eric Clapton really steal George's wife? What's the George Harrison-Monty Python connection? Set the record straight with our Fact or Fiction quiz.

Amanda Palmer

Amanda PalmerSongwriter Interviews

Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.

Tony Joe White

Tony Joe WhiteSongwriter Interviews

The writer of "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Polk Salad Annie" explains how he cooks up his Louisiana swamp rock.