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Post by singingsparrow on Feb 1, 2004 15:45:19 GMT -5
Anyone else suprised or intrigued by "Bright Lights" suddenly rising back into the Top 20 with the second highest bullet on the chart of +51 after sliding to #26?
What do you think makes a longevite single on Triple A radio? What do you think made The Wallflowers' "Closer To You" so successful?
Sincerely,
Noah Eaton
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Radical347
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Post by Radical347 on Feb 1, 2004 16:33:30 GMT -5
Payola, casual listener lure, or both.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Feb 1, 2004 21:29:43 GMT -5
Do you think payola is used for Triple A? At least for a big artist like Matchbox Twenty? Since the chart and panel are so small, I think it's the type of chart where one station can make a difference.
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Post by Mega248 on Feb 2, 2004 10:59:59 GMT -5
Songs bounce around like this all the time on Triple A. Probably a result of there being fewer stations on the panel.
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Post by Radical347 on Feb 2, 2004 14:37:59 GMT -5
Do you think payola is used for Triple A? At least for a big artist like Matchbox Twenty? Since the chart and panel are so small, I think it's the type of chart where one station can make a difference. Yeah, pretty much. For Matchbox Twenty it's probably not payola, it's casual listener lure on the part of the PDs, because Atlantic doesn't care about getting M20 on a small chart like that. But sadly, there is plenty of payola on that chart alone to go around the world 3 or 4 times. It's true that one or two stations can make a big difference, but sometimes songs make big jumps out of nowhere and then stop gaining, and it's not just one or two stations all the time. For instance, "Cannonball" debuted out of the box at #20 and now it's barely moving up. "Save Me" was stalling around #12 or so for awhile and then it went Top 5 without any explanation. |
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