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Post by someguy on Apr 20, 2014 17:49:05 GMT -5
Releasing "My Heart Can't Tell You No" was a pretty big mistake, I think. I agree that it would have been fine to release as a third or fourth single, but it killed the momentum that "A Little Bit Stronger" created for her. "Anywhere" as the second single probably would have gone top 10 or top 5, which would have paved the way for "What That Drink Cost Me" (or MHCTYN) to have a short at going top 30 as a third single.
I wouldn't be surprised if they let go of "Slow Me Down" soon. It's done well enough, gotten her back into the top 20 and launched the album. I think it's time to release a second single and hopefully show off a different side of her to try to sell more albums. I think it'll last for a couple more weeks, but I doubt they'll stick it out too much longer.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 20, 2014 19:43:14 GMT -5
Couldn't agree more. I honestly thought "Anywhere" following ALBS would've had a shot at maybe even giving her back-to-back chart-toppers for the first time in her career, but Top 10 at the very least seemed like a given. Agree. I have no idea why 'My Heart Cant Tell You No' was chosen. I like that song but it was obviously not going to do much, and 'Anywhere' and 'Alone' would have done better. I read 'Cant Stop Loving You' is the next single from this album, good song but they have a lot of good choices so even if that changes I feel they have a chance of another hit from this solid album. I really hope "Can't Stop Loving You" isn't her next single, I've had "Put My Heart Down" stuck in my head since I've got the album and I think it's easily the most radio friendly song on the album. I like CSLY but there's much stronger material than that on the album. I'm hoping the hold out for another month or so to see if they can sneak into the top 10. I think it's a possibility but a definate outside shot.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 21, 2014 8:10:22 GMT -5
Sara Evans reminds me of a female Aaron Tippin. She really can not have a CD to have a bunch of hits on it. She only has one and it is Born To Fly with its four top 20s between 2000-2002. I wish her singles would go flying up the chart. After all, she has been in the business for almost TWO decades, so she is a known quantity out there.
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Post by countrysuperfan on Apr 21, 2014 10:15:46 GMT -5
I am not sure if anyone else thinks this or mentioned it previously but 'Slow Me Down' is very similar to Hunter Hayes 'Faith To Fall Back On'. Does anyone agree? I prefer SMD but obviously the Hunter song is older.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 21, 2014 12:07:35 GMT -5
I actually think she'll go with "Not Over You" as the next single. Why? Because it's familiar and has tempo. I don't know if the duet with Isaac Slade would be embraced on Country radio.
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Post by someguy on Apr 21, 2014 15:06:58 GMT -5
I'm expecting one of the duets, but I would prefer that they both remain album tracks. I much prefer "Sweet Spot", "Revival", "Good Love Is Hard To Find" , "Put My Heart Down" and especially "You Never Know".
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 21, 2014 16:40:09 GMT -5
I'm expecting one of the duets, but I would prefer that they both remain album tracks. I much prefer "Sweet Spot", "Revival", "Good Love Is Hard To Find" , "Put My Heart Down" and especially "You Never Know". "Revival" would be fantastic and 5 years ago, I'd say yes to that. I don't think of "Not Over You" as a duet. It's just featuring the song's writer/original artist.
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Post by someguy on Apr 21, 2014 20:08:44 GMT -5
Looking at tonight's chart, I'm expecting #17 to be its peak. She lost AI but gained slightly in spins, so she kept a bullet as she moved back up to #17. Only Randy Houser looks to go recurrent over the next couple of weeks, unless someone collapses. She has Jake Owen and Billy Currington likely passing her next week, and then a number of quicker moving songs right behind her. At 34 weeks, radio has probably stuck with this about as long as it's going to.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2014 20:24:20 GMT -5
Looking at tonight's chart, I'm expecting #17 to be its peak. She lost AI but gained slightly in spins, so she kept a bullet as she moved back up to #17. Only Randy Houser looks to go recurrent over the next couple of weeks, unless someone collapses. She has Jake Owen and Billy Currington likely passing her next week, and then a number of quicker moving songs right behind her. At 34 weeks, radio has probably stuck with this about as long as it's going to. You could be right--I can certainly see the logic here. No way she's going to stay ahead of Jake and Billy for much longer, and in 2-3 weeks Brad, Blake, and maybe others will be knocking on the door. But then there is an ad in Aircheck tonight requesting more conversions for this, so it's possible that RCA will stick with it for a couple more weeks yet. Randy is definitely the only obvious recurrent (and he'll leave next week), but I could see Keith's "Cop Car" and Craig Morgan's "Wake Up Lovin' You" collapsing soon as well. Craig somehow managed a 1.2 mil gain but his song has definitely been slowing down as well, and Black River might have to be content with a top 15 peak. I'm not sure why "Cop Car" is struggling so much, but it is what it is. One decent week could net Keith a top 10 peak but unfortunately I'm not convinced there. Still, I agree...getting beyond #17 will take some work. I don't see an easy path there unless a few things go Sara's (and RCA's) way.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 23, 2014 20:06:55 GMT -5
I am still starting to hear this song on the radio with more regularity. I really hope she can keep plugging away and get this at least into the top 15. I know that any higher will be very difficult due to the crowded charts, but I think a #15 peak would be a fairly good way to start this era. She is one of those artists who has demonstrated an ability to make a dent with debut singles and then really start making waves with the second and third (as in the "Backseat", "Perfect", and "Suds" situation). For an artist like Sara, I would say that top 15 is nowhere close to being a flop! Of course, I still would like to see this song make #1, but I realize that may not be super realistic
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 25, 2014 14:41:37 GMT -5
I would expect that this is the end for "Slow Me Down". It's update unfortunately is in the negatives with a -76 on Medibase today. I was hoping this would stay afloat for two to three more weeks and get higher than #17 on Billboard and #19 on Mediabase. With this week being week #35, radio has stuck with this a while, so overall I'm pretty happy it got into the top 20. Perhaps RCA can keep this alive for at least another week or two before letting the bottom drop out but I don't see it.
I'm hoping for "Put My Heart Down" as the next single but I would also enjoy "Not Over You" or even "Sweet Spot". My dream would be "Revival" but I just don't see that getting released. "Can't Stop Loving You" is another leading candidate but I think there are better options.
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Post by jonathanalan on Apr 25, 2014 17:49:51 GMT -5
Bought last minute tickets to see Sara tonight!
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Post by T on Apr 26, 2014 15:32:45 GMT -5
Sorry to see 'Slow Me Down' actually slow down, but if you ask me I'm totally ready for a new single! I think 'Not Over You' or 'Put My Heart Down' are definitely good, solid choices. But I feel like 'Sweet Spot' would be the perfect choice for a summer tune. All are good to me, can't wait to see what Sara & RCA decide!
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Post by 7shane6 on May 8, 2014 9:51:14 GMT -5
Thought this song was over the past two weeks. I scanned the Hot Country chart this morning, and it's gone ... but back up to 17 on Country Airplay! So confused, but happy!
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Post by sabre14 on May 8, 2014 12:49:02 GMT -5
Thought this song was over the past two weeks. I scanned the Hot Country chart this morning, and it's gone ... but back up to 17 on Country Airplay! So confused, but happy! It won't be going much higher. Almost every song had a good update the past few days, but "Slow Me Down" was treading water before with slight losses and it's just been on the chart too long. It's already been past by Chris Young today on Mediabase and with Jerrod the only one to go recurrent, it will stay at #18 on Mediabase. It also looks to stay put at #17 on Billboard Airplay as well or might slip back to #18 come Sunday. In all I think peaks of #18 on Mediabase and #17 on Billboard is pretty good considering the fact it's 37 weeks old. Hopefully Sara has enough momentum to get a top 10 or two out of this album.
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Post by BlueShades874 on May 8, 2014 14:55:17 GMT -5
I was really hoping this would make it to the top ten, but I remember a while back when it seemed to be stuck for months in the 32-36 range. I thought it wasn't going to be able to crack the top 30, so I think all things considered this did pretty well. There are plenty of good options for the second single and I'd love to see her get a couple top ten hits out of this fantastic album. Unfortunately, Sara's single performance has always kind of been all over the place, so I feel like no matter what she releases next it could peak anywhere from 1 to 28 to 54.
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Post by bboat11 on May 8, 2014 22:22:50 GMT -5
It's a shame this song has not done better :( However, I think Sara and RCA can still be satisfied with a top 20 peak. Especially considering her B-list status and the fact that she had basically zero momentum coming off of her last album. I do hope that she can snag a couple top 10s from this album still as well, 'cause most of the songs are definitely worthy of that!
I've been thinking about the next single, and my vote is that it is going to be "Put My Heart Down". That one and "Slow Me Down" are the two that she was performing in her concerts before the album was released. It seems that in situations like that, the likelihood of that song becoming a single somewhere along the line is greatly increased.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 8, 2014 23:00:14 GMT -5
It's a shame this song has not done better :( However, I think Sara and RCA can still be satisfied with a top 20 peak. Especially considering her B-list status and the fact that she had basically zero momentum coming off of her last album. I do hope that she can snag a couple top 10s from this album still as well, 'cause most of the songs are definitely worthy of that! I've been thinking about the next single, and my vote is that it is going to be "Put My Heart Down". That one and "Slow Me Down" are the two that she was performing in her concerts before the album was released. It seems that in situations like that, the likelihood of that song becoming a single somewhere along the line is greatly increased. I'm content with how this has done. I really would've liked to have seen it climb a lot faster and not have burned through so many weeks to get to the Top 20 so that it could've peaked at least a little higher, but it did fairly well and the material on the album doesn't have me worried that she won't get a bigger hit than this one because there's a lot of radio potential on Slow Me Down. As for the second part, it's funny you say that because the first thing that came to my mind was how she was singing "So Easy to Do" as one of her new songs before ALBS came out and that song didn't even end up making the album, lol. I still wonder what happened to that song, because she had been performing it. But yeah, I agree that "Put My Heart Down" seems like one of the best choices and one of the more likely ones, all things considered. It would be nice to see her get a big hit with an uptempo track, something she hasn't had since "As If" way back in 2007. With the way radio is today, an uptempo track should definitely serve her well.
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Post by mylifeback on May 8, 2014 23:07:39 GMT -5
I love If I Run but I don't know if that's in single contention or not. Sweet Spot would be a fun upbeat song for summer.
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Post by rbundy1987 on May 9, 2014 1:30:11 GMT -5
Thought this song was over the past two weeks. I scanned the Hot Country chart this morning, and it's gone ... but back up to 17 on Country Airplay! So confused, but happy! It won't be going much higher. Almost every song had a good update the past few days, but "Slow Me Down" was treading water before with slight losses and it's just been on the chart too long. It's already been past by Chris Young today on Mediabase and with Jerrod the only one to go recurrent, it will stay at #18 on Mediabase. It also looks to stay put at #17 on Billboard Airplay as well or might slip back to #18 come Sunday. In all I think peaks of #18 on Mediabase and #17 on Billboard is pretty good considering the fact it's 37 weeks old. Hopefully Sara has enough momentum to get a top 10 or two out of this album. I just looked and Chuck Wicks and Charlie Worsham should both leave this Sunday as well on Mediabase since they have bulletless the last 2 weeks and been negative on points as well. So that makes Jerrod, Chuck, and Charlie all leaving this weekend on Sunday. Next week, finally say good-bye to Dan + Shay and Brantley Gilbert for Sunday the 18th. So five songs to leave in all within this weekend and next weekend.
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Post by someguy on May 12, 2014 23:08:28 GMT -5
I think tonight's slide from 17-20 (although still bulleted) probably spells the end for this song. With nothing going recurrent and a few songs coming up behind her, she wasn't able to hold them off any longer. "Slow Me Down" has done well, but I think her efforts would be better spent on trying to get a second hit from her album.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 12, 2014 23:21:27 GMT -5
I think tonight's slide from 17-20 (although still bulleted) probably spells the end for this song. With nothing going recurrent and a few songs coming up behind her, she wasn't able to hold them off any longer. "Slow Me Down" has done well, but I think her efforts would be better spent on trying to get a second hit from her album. I agree. Much as I'd love to see this get higher, it just doesn't look doable at this point, so I'd really rather them just move on already and hopefully get a much bigger hit out of the next single. I imagine that a fresh single, preferably one of the many uptempo tracks, would maybe have a better chance at climbing the charts a little faster than SMD did.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2014 1:28:24 GMT -5
A big ad for this in Aircheck tonight, though: "Top 20 and climbing! Convert Now!" I don't think RCA is done with this, although I do agree a 2nd single would be nice. Still, if this can manage another 4 chart weeks or so, it might be able to make it into the 11-14 range, possibly toward #10 (but it would probably need 5-6 more weeks to challenge for the top 10), and the higher the peak, the better things bode for the 2nd single.
But let's see...who will be off the chart in 4 weeks? Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, and Brantley Gilbert are 3 for sure. Keith Urban, very likely to be recurrent. I think the FGL/Luke song will probably get 4 more chart weeks (but not go recurrent 'til 5 weeks from now) but I'll say 2 out of the 3 from among Brett, Craig, and Craig will be recurrent in 4 weeks' time as well.
That's 6 openings, which would get "Slow Me Down" up to #14...is it worth it? Hard to say. There are really no other threats from behind. I think Sara can stay ahead of Hunter and Joe, and Tim's new one is a long ways back yet.
I've only just begun to hear this one on the radio...I heard it 3 times this weekend on 3 different stations, and I hadn't heard it at all until Friday. It's not one of my favorites, although I do like her vocal and I think the verses are pretty solid. The chorus is where it falls apart for me. That said, it has been growing on me slowly (I do listen to it from time to time while I'm on my laptop).
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Post by echocountry on May 13, 2014 12:13:51 GMT -5
I really don't know what's with record labels...Remember back when Reba and Martina McBride were really big?? The label would release a single, and then the album a couple of months later, with another single out shortly after that - it just went like clockwork for the longest time!! Slow me Down was out in September, and they have yet to release a new song, it's time!!
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Post by matty005 on May 13, 2014 12:48:55 GMT -5
I really don't know what's with record labels...Remember back when Reba and Martina McBride were really big?? The label would release a single, and then the album a couple of months later, with another single out shortly after that - it just went like clockwork for the longest time!! Slow me Down was out in September, and they have yet to release a new song, it's time!! Back then singles usually didn't take so long to climb the charts. This thread was started in August of last year. If they would have released the album in November when "Slow Me Down" was barely top 40 (if that?) the album would have had 0 buzz.
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Post by T on May 13, 2014 15:06:12 GMT -5
Heard 'slow me down' a total of 4 times today on my country radio, my mom works as a purchaser for a factory so she is at her desk all day listening to radio told me Sara seems to be getting played constantly the last two weeks with 'slow me down'. I'm not entirely convinced its over yet. I think its easy to predict other songs however Sara's past chart runs indicate anything can happen. I love being a Sara fan!!! Don't count her out yet!
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Post by T on May 13, 2014 17:35:01 GMT -5
I really like this song (and a lot of other Sara Evans song) but it is time to move on. I think trying to push this even more will hurt the second single's chances a lot. I Disagree the higher this song charts the better luck the second single will have, judging by her past singles this kind of chart performance is normal for Sara. Dont get me wrong like I said previously I am ready for the 2nd single to, however if the song hasnt gone recurrent, its still in the top 20, still being promoted, then let it run its course. My theory is squeeze as much possible effort SMD can get, pulling the song off of radio now isn't going to make any difference for the second single versus waiting another 3-4 weeks to release another one.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 13, 2014 17:38:17 GMT -5
I really like this song (and a lot of other Sara Evans song) but it is time to move on. I think trying to push this even more will hurt the second single's chances a lot. Yes, but Slow Me Down is not the oldest song on the chart. That belongs to Craig Morgan's Wake Up Lovin' You at 44 weeks. Sara Evans has been on for 37 weeks. Look at Craig Campbell. He spent over a year to get a #15 peak for Outta My Head. He is on the chart with Keep Them Kisses Comin' at #11 after 22 weeks. Sure, I would love to see a housecleaning of sorts on the charts, but in the case of Evans, she has been a slow climber to start with. I think RCA should stay with this one for as long as possible. Maybe they can get a top ten hit for her.
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Post by sabre14 on May 13, 2014 17:52:37 GMT -5
I really like this song (and a lot of other Sara Evans song) but it is time to move on. I think trying to push this even more will hurt the second single's chances a lot. Yes, but Slow Me Down is not the oldest song on the chart. That belongs to Craig Morgan's Wake Up Lovin' You at 44 weeks. Sara Evans has been on for 37 weeks. Look at Craig Campbell. He spent over a year to get a #15 peak for Outta My Head. He is on the chart with Keep Them Kisses Comin' at #11 after 22 weeks. Sure, I would love to see a housecleaning of sorts on the charts, but in the case of Evans, she has been a slow climber to start with. I think RCA should stay with this one for as long as possible. Maybe they can get a top ten hit for her. I do agree with you're overall point but "Keep Them Kisses Comin'" was a top 15 hit thus far due to iHeartradio's "On The Verge". So to me there's an asterisk next to that song. Without that, I feel KTKC would have only huffed and puffed to the top 30 at best.
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Post by dm2081 on May 13, 2014 17:55:19 GMT -5
They should let this song ride out as much as they can. There's no guarantee that her second single will chart well at all, so why give up on a current hit song already? I don't see this moving up too much further, but at least it will garner more exposure, and make it seem like a bigger hit than it really was.
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