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Post by tim on Nov 19, 2013 0:21:46 GMT -5
Stealth appearance on the Mediabase top 50 this morning. Hopefully it can stay on so it's a little easier to track. Saw that this morning! Glad to see it's debut on the mediabase chart. It's already up to #30 on the activator chart and hopefully we see a good 5-7 spot jump next week from it's debut today.
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Post by dajross6 on Nov 21, 2013 10:57:01 GMT -5
Debuts at #5 on the Radio Feedback survey. For those who have heard the song, they are eating it up. We're just waiting for more adds at this point I think.
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Post by tim on Nov 22, 2013 4:37:25 GMT -5
Debuts at #5 on the Radio Feedback survey. For those who have heard the song, they are eating it up. We're just waiting for more adds at this point I think. I think we are going to have to be patient with this one, at least through the end of this year. Most of the promotion for this will likely come in the beginning of the new year, especially with the tour kicking off in January. Let's look at it this way..."I Got A Car" is officially going to be the single taking us through most of George's last tour. I have no doubt MCA wants to get this to the top of the charts.
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Post by straitfan87 on Nov 24, 2013 16:10:04 GMT -5
#45 on country airplay
Hope this really begins to take off, really love this song and hope it does well
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 24, 2013 16:14:54 GMT -5
#45 on country airplay Hope this really begins to take off, really love this song and hope it does well I hope so, too. I would love to see I Got A Car become the 98th top 40 hit for George Strait. He would be seven back of third place holder, Johnny Cash at 105. P.S.: Did you get much snow in your part of W.N.Y.?
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 24, 2013 16:21:56 GMT -5
#45 on country airplay Hope this really begins to take off, really love this song and hope it does well I hope so, too. I would love to see I Got A Car become the 98th top 40 hit for George Strait. He would be seven back of third place holder, Johnny Cash at 105. P.S.: Did you get much snow in your part of W.N.Y.? I've become optimistic on "I Got A Car's" chances. Just one more big hit is all I ask for. And I can't speak for straitfan87, but we got nothing in Cheektowaga. Just a bunch of bologna about 3 to 8 inches. Lol
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 24, 2013 16:24:56 GMT -5
I hope so, too. I would love to see I Got A Car become the 98th top 40 hit for George Strait. He would be seven back of third place holder, Johnny Cash at 105. P.S.: Did you get much snow in your part of W.N.Y.? I've become optimistic on "I Got A Car's" chances. Just one more big hit is all I ask for. And I can't speak for straitfan87, but we got nothing in Cheektowaga. Just a bunch of bologna about 3 to 8 inches. Lol Wardynski's, I hope. Really? Snowing bologna in the land of the pink flamingo? Anyway, let us hope the afterglow of the C.M.A.s can keep the momentum going for I Got A Car.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 24, 2013 16:32:05 GMT -5
I've become optimistic on "I Got A Car's" chances. Just one more big hit is all I ask for. And I can't speak for straitfan87, but we got nothing in Cheektowaga. Just a bunch of bologna about 3 to 8 inches. Lol Wardynski's, I hope. Really? Snowing bologna in the land of the pink flamingo? Anyway, let us hope the afterglow of the C.M.A.s can keep the momentum going for I Got A Car. Lol'd!!! I've always been a Sahlens guy myself.....Everyone probably has NO IDEA what were talking about...LOL
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Post by churchchoir on Nov 24, 2013 19:41:50 GMT -5
This debuts at #48 on Mediabase for the week, only up 60 spins since last Sunday. Of course MCA wants to get this to the top of the charts...every label wants to get every song to the top of the charts, but that doesn't mean such an accomplishment is remotely feasible. George Strait is definitely not going to pull off a 40-45 week chart run. I simply don't see how anyone could see this as a surefire top 10 hit. Just as soon as George starts to take advantage of the chart clean-out going on over the next few weeks, we will have another major mess on the charts when the Christmas songs start to take over the bottom tier, and then by the time that infestation is dealt with, it will be January and I'm sure a lot of new artists will be sending out new music to start off a new year. This is a great song, but it's way too traditional and I think radio is about ready to stop playing George's music. I see the Entertainer of the Year award as sort of a "parting gift" for George. I guess it's possible that this song could make it into the top 30 since, as tim said, this will likely be the single that takes us through the end of George's last tour, but there just doesn't seem to be any room for George on today's country radio stations, especially not with the way this past year in particular has seen such a drastic "chart climate" change in that many older artists have been experiencing disappointing chart runs and a ton of new artists have gotten breakout hits.
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Post by straitfan87 on Nov 25, 2013 17:47:11 GMT -5
Wardynski's, I hope. Really? Snowing bologna in the land of the pink flamingo? Anyway, let us hope the afterglow of the C.M.A.s can keep the momentum going for I Got A Car. Lol'd!!! I've always been a Sahlens guy myself.....Everyone probably has NO IDEA what were talking about...LOL I do! I'm partial to Sahlens tho. I hope IGAC will continue with its momentum and become another hit for such a great song.
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Post by Zazie on Nov 26, 2013 0:29:34 GMT -5
I remember Sahlen's from 40 years ago -- glad they're still around. But IGAC isn't keeping its momentum -- the song gains only 170k in audience on Billboard, climbing 2 positions to #43. It had a great shot at the top 40 this week but didn't get there.
One good strong week, that's all it would take. A few hundred spins gained, a million in audience, and the momentum would be back on IGAC's side. Can that happen this coming week? Or do we have to wait until January?
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Post by tim on Nov 26, 2013 2:25:30 GMT -5
I remember Sahlen's from 40 years ago -- glad they're still around. But IGAC isn't keeping its momentum -- the song gains only 170k in audience on Billboard, climbing 2 positions to #43. It had a great shot at the top 40 this week but didn't get there. One good strong week, that's all it would take. A few hundred spins gained, a million in audience, and the momentum would be back on IGAC's side. Can that happen this coming week? Or do we have to wait until January? I am with you in anxiously anticipating to see a week where this lights up, but I just don't think it's gonna happen till after January. As we have all discussed before, some of us see this as a top 10 hit for sure, while we have those who believe radio is truly down and out so to speak with George. I don't buy into that thought for several reasons. George's previous two "flops" at radio, Drinkin' Man and I Believe, were DOA. We all knew they didn't have a chance at radio and truth be told MCA and George probably did as well. Looking back George never had a chance to release the great I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore probably for the same reasons, but if then was now and he released it that same song wouldn't fare any better. I'm just saying we can't look at the past couple of releases and say radio has given up on George. Besides, don't a big chunk of the CMA members consist of people in the country music radio biz? I have full faith in this song and see no reason radio giving up on George while he treks across the country next year on his final tour.
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Post by Zazie on Nov 26, 2013 13:47:50 GMT -5
Today was good, up 192k on MB. That doesn't mean he'll keep posting good numbers, but he could easily slip past 3 songs to qualify for the top 40 on Billboard next week. That won't get him countdown spins but at least it will be something -- top 40 is better than falling short.
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Post by straitfan87 on Nov 26, 2013 16:56:53 GMT -5
I remember Sahlen's from 40 years ago -- glad they're still around. But IGAC isn't keeping its momentum -- the song gains only 170k in audience on Billboard, climbing 2 positions to #43. It had a great shot at the top 40 this week but didn't get there. One good strong week, that's all it would take. A few hundred spins gained, a million in audience, and the momentum would be back on IGAC's side. Can that happen this coming week? Or do we have to wait until January? I am with you in anxiously anticipating to see a week where this lights up, but I just don't think it's gonna happen till after January. As we have all discussed before, some of us see this as a top 10 hit for sure, while we have those who believe radio is truly down and out so to speak with George. I don't buy into that thought for several reasons. George's previous two "flops" at radio, Drinkin' Man and I Believe, were DOA. We all knew they didn't have a chance at radio and truth be told MCA and George probably did as well. Looking back George never had a chance to release the great I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore probably for the same reasons, but if then was now and he released it that same song wouldn't fare any better. I'm just saying we can't look at the past couple of releases and say radio has given up on George. Besides, don't a big chunk of the CMA members consist of people in the country music radio biz? I have full faith in this song and see no reason radio giving up on George while he treks across the country next year on his final tour. I too really loved I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore, and that can be said about so many of George's songs over the years. It Just Comes Natural was a solid album. Back to IGAC, hopefully it gets into the top 40 next week as Zazie says.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 26, 2013 17:02:19 GMT -5
Where The Sidewalk Ends from Pure Country would have been a #1 in 1993. I will say that until hell freezes over.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 27, 2013 19:29:06 GMT -5
George Strait still picking up stations and spins:
JASON ALDEAN When She Says Baby 6 86 KIP MOORE Young Love 3 57 LUKE BRYAN Drink A Beer 2 36 GEORGE STRAIT I Got A Car 2 28 LEAH TURNER Take The Keys 1 25
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 29, 2013 10:48:08 GMT -5
Debuts at #50 on the mongrel chart.
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Post by Zazie on Dec 1, 2013 11:26:14 GMT -5
After a few good gains, Car has now lost more than 500k over the last two days. Not what a top 40 push looks like. I guess I'll join the "it'll happen in January" squad.
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Post by straitbabe on Dec 1, 2013 12:37:33 GMT -5
Zazie wrote: "After a few good gains, Car has now lost more than 500k over the last two days. Not what a top 40 push looks like. I guess I'll join the "it'll happen in January" squad."
Either that, or perhaps radio really is through with George Strait's music as some have said in the past. I had high hopes for IGAC and after a few weeks, it should already be in the Top 30 at the very least, instead, it's dropping. Sad to see this.
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Post by sergio9603 on Dec 1, 2013 17:41:59 GMT -5
Wow...I guess some folks' predictions about GIAWGT being George's last hit were right...looks like his radio run is over
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Post by Zazie on Dec 2, 2013 10:55:26 GMT -5
Wow...I guess some folks' predictions about GIAWGT being George's last hit were right...looks like his radio run is over Even if this one doesn't bounce back in January -- and it lost about 200k on today's MB update but there's still time for some kind of rally -- I will wait until George's lead single from the next album has its chart run before writing him off. It doesn't look good because, as straitbabe says above, this should have been in the top 30 by the holidays. Maybe getting to 10+ million was not possible, but 6 or 7 million? That should have been an easy target, especially with the CMA honors arriving early on in Car's chart run. And Car is such a typical Strait hit, too. Doesn't require radio to do anything but give it the automatic adds, really, but we haven't seen a sign of that yet.
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Post by jdbowman on Dec 2, 2013 11:53:05 GMT -5
If "Kick It In the Sticks" can get up around the 30 mark, this should be able to. I think it picks up after January. Or at least I hope. They really made a blunder releasing "I Believe." It gave radio a chance to ignore this song. This is such a hit, if they released it after GIAWGT, no matter how pissed they were at the tactics they used it would have eventually moved up. Instead, we went months with no movement because of "I Believe."
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Post by dajross6 on Dec 2, 2013 12:31:01 GMT -5
The other side of this has to be the label or George wanting to push the single. I'm not sure what else the label is doing these days but going out to radio stations or creating an Aircheck ad wouldn't hurt in letting radio know there is a new single out and it's GOOD. I'm not expecting George to do radio interviews or the like, but even a quick snippet saying "Thanks for making me the 2013 Entertainer of the Year. Here is my new single I Got A Car!" and sending it out to stations would be better than just hoping it gets picked up. It isn't 1996 any longer, someone will need to work to get this in PDs hands.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 2, 2013 13:16:03 GMT -5
The other side of this has to be the label or George wanting to push the single. I'm not sure what else the label is doing these days but going out to radio stations or creating an Aircheck ad wouldn't hurt in letting radio know there is a new single out and it's GOOD. I'm not expecting George to do radio interviews or the like, but even a quick snippet saying "Thanks for making me the 2013 Entertainer of the Year. Here is my new single I Got A Car!" and sending it out to stations would be better than just hoping it gets picked up. It isn't 1996 any longer, someone will need to work to get this in PDs hands. I know we all love to rag on country radio (and rightfully so), but MCA has to be just as if not more accountable for "I Got A Car" not doing as well as it should. First they release "I Believe" (Now wether that was George's call or the label's is debatable, but the label still gets the last word on what the single is, cause its their money to promote it). Then after it flops, there's no single till over three months later. Performing IGAC on the CMA's would have been helpful, but there was none. And to piggy back on your point of no adds, there's been next to none. Almost seems MCA is content on GIAWGT being the milestone hit and the Entertainer of the year being the capper of a great career, and it doesn't have to be. So I think Churchchoir was right in radio finally being done with George at radio, but the label is not helping to their fullest ability, and "I Got A Car" will be one of the biggest waste of a single ever seen.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 19:14:00 GMT -5
This song has lost 5 spins at Dial Global Mainstream Country this week, and that has resulted in a drop of about 500k, so I'm not ready to write it off yet either. Maybe I'm being stubbornly hopeful, though. Obviously it's not doing well at all--anyone can see that--but I also see that the bullet, however small it is, is still in the + column. The problem, though, is that this hasn't done nearly enough to ensure that it won't get lost in the shuffle during the onslaught of holiday music and the ensuing return to normalcy by mid-January (after all the year-end countdown shows and whatnot).
I might just have to quit listening to the radio too. I find out about new music at places like Pulse, and I listen to the music that I like. And I just don't want to imagine a future (or is it already the present?) in which the vast majority of country radio playlists are infested with bro-country and little to no music from King George and Alan Jackson, who have always been 2 of my very favorite artists as I was growing up. If Charlie Worsham and Kacey Musgraves don't see a sizable amount of success in 2014, then I will probably lose all interest in "country music". So much of today's country music is not what I know as country music. It's not all bad, but so much of it is devoid of substance..
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Dec 2, 2013 20:43:57 GMT -5
^ George and Alan can't be at it forever though. They're both almost old enough to be some of the current crop's grandparents. The bro country seems to be slipping a little, as only a couple songs in the Top 20 are unarguably "bro" ("Chillin' It" and "Days of Gold", maybe "Friday Night" too). Even if they're still making good music, the "older" generation has to get pushed off radio eventually.
In fact, this year seems very transitory to me. There are so many new artists experiencing totally unexpected success, and only a handful of them are the "bro" types. Most of the output this year has seemed like the labels are throwing things at the wall to see what'll stick — the new artists seem more varied, and the older artists seem to be shaking things up a bit. I guess you could argue that the "bro" country is an unfortunate side effect of that.
But I think the total hodgepodge that this year has been will sort out into very interesting, and hopefully "bro"-free, new things in 2014. Maybe Dan + Shay and/or Brothers Osborne will start stealing pieces of the duo pie from Florida Georgia Line. Maybe Charlie Worsham will break through in a big way with his third single the way Thomas Rhett did.
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Post by someguy on Dec 2, 2013 21:23:52 GMT -5
This barely keeps it's bullet, but slides back 5 spots to #48. I'm not saying that it's finished, but that's a pretty big setback. We'll see what happens in January, but I wouldn't be surprised if #43 ends up becoming its peak. Too bad, because I think this is the best single he has released in years.
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Post by churchchoir on Dec 2, 2013 22:03:13 GMT -5
I actually enjoy a good bit of the "bro country," but when I step back and compare the music on the charts today to the music on the charts, say, three years ago, I do feel a bit of emptiness. As much as I like the fun, catchy songs, what we need is a balance. Is it so difficult to just have a more even mix of fun and serious songs? I'm not at the point where I'm about to give up on country radio because I still find the majority of the songs at least tolerable, but there are days when I am in the mood for some "emotional fulfillment" and I look at the chart and can't find more than two or three songs that will satisfy my "craving." It's all about maintaining a balance.
George Strait's career would be nearing its end regardless of what kind of music he put out in my view, though, so I don't necessarily think that George and Alan are examples of country radio no longer playing deep songs. Toby Keith isn't getting played anymore either, yet he tried so hard to assimilate to the new climate and style of country music. I'm still confident Charlie Worsham, Easton Corbin, Greg Bates, and other traditional artists will get more hits, so even if there is a general trend of declining appreciation for deep songs by country radio, I'm not giving up on radio just yet.
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Post by tim on Dec 4, 2013 2:01:21 GMT -5
How's that Band Perry song go, something like "I never liked the taste of crow, but baby I ate it." Maybe it's just the longtime fan in me, but I truly didn't foresee radio giving up on George's last studio release in conjunction with his final tour. I thought radio would for sure give George another album of radio hits to enjoy, and following that I fully expected not much thereafter (in relation to chart success). I'm not sure if this tune is done yet, but it's not looking good. It's too bad, really, because this song is a hit.
Knowing that George signed an additional five album contract with MCA, one of those will likely be a live album encompassing the two year final tour (possibly a two disc compilation?), but besides that I'm not sure what to expect. I think we'll finally get that big band album George has long talked about (à la Frank Sinatra style), a duets album (finally we get that Reba duet!), an album of covers with some of George's favorite songs (Twist and Shout anyone?!?), and lastly maybe another Christmas album (three Christmas albums and still no "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" cover? It screams George).
"I Got a Car" is still a hard pill to swallow as it does likely mean the end of any chart success at radio.
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Post by Zazie on Dec 4, 2013 10:48:24 GMT -5
I know everybody leaves eventually. It's a combination of sadness at the impending departure and a lack of worthy successors to carry the flame. (I'm not saying there's nobody, just saying there's a terrible shortage.)
So I'm waiting to see how the lead single of the next album gets treated before I face reality. There is no requirement that country music lovers have to face reality especially early -- we get to delay it a while. I'm in "delay" mode. I'm not afraid of reality, just not in a rush for it.
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