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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 20, 2014 11:36:37 GMT -5
Yeah, there is absolutely nothing special about this song at all, in fact I find it rather annoying. The intro to the song just makes me want to immediately stop listening to the song, but if I make it past that, the rest of the song has no redeeming qualities. I was never a big fan of "Friday Night", but I did enjoy his first two singles a lot more than this one. I haven't heard the rest of the album, but I really don't have any interest to after the singles thus for.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Mar 20, 2014 11:43:38 GMT -5
This is simply OK for me. Tries hard to be an anti/bro song but doesn't really get there. Would have much preferred "Never Really Wanted" which is far better and would have been a big hit IMO.
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Post by layne on Mar 20, 2014 11:56:43 GMT -5
This is simply OK for me. Tries hard to be an anti/bro song but doesn't really get there. Would have much preferred "Never Really Wanted" which is far better and would have been a big hit IMO. Once again I'm in the minority. I love this song. I just like the overall vibe it has. I thought Never Really Wanted was his first single release?
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 20, 2014 12:45:28 GMT -5
This is simply OK for me. Tries hard to be an anti/bro song but doesn't really get there. Would have much preferred "Never Really Wanted" which is far better and would have been a big hit IMO. Once again I'm in the minority. I love this song. I just like the overall vibe it has. I thought Never Really Wanted was his first single release? "Never Really Wanted" was his debut single, and peaked at #48. "If The Fish Don't Bite" was second and peaked at #58. I'm with the opinion that his first two singles were superior to his recent two singles. This one's OK I guess. Nothing special about the lyrics, subject, or melody. It will be another song I have no strong view about. I can safely say though; if I never hear "Friday Night" ever again that will be fine by me.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Mar 20, 2014 18:26:03 GMT -5
Really? I did not know that. Hoping for a re-release then I guess.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 6, 2014 16:47:11 GMT -5
I have no problems with his voice. I like the subtle meta-ness about this song. Reminds me a bit of "It Goes Like This".
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 8, 2014 11:53:41 GMT -5
In 5 weeks, this song has cracked the Top 30 (technically it did that in 4 weeks on the charts). For a new artist, this song is climbing the charts like an established star. So perhaps radio really is digging Paslay's folksy vocal style? He's certainly different than any other singers (noticeable) on the charts right now. This one's looking like a sure bet for Top 10 at the very least (though I DO expect it to slow down at some point).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2014 19:56:17 GMT -5
In 5 weeks, this song has cracked the Top 30 (technically it did that in 4 weeks on the charts). For a new artist, this song is climbing the charts like an established star. So perhaps radio really is digging Paslay's folksy vocal style? He's certainly different than any other singers (noticeable) on the charts right now. This one's looking like a sure bet for Top 10 at the very least (though I DO expect it to slow down at some point). The early callout for this is coming back quite negative, though. I definitely agree it's off to a very fast start but this just doesn't seem like a big hit to me. I wouldn't be surprised to see it flare out in the top 20.
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Post by zjames on Apr 26, 2014 20:11:42 GMT -5
This is probably my least favorite song on country radio today. Nothing really happens in the song. Eric doesn't really say anything and the melody never amounts to anything. I'm shocked at how quickly this snoozefest has moved up the charts.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 26, 2014 22:51:48 GMT -5
This is probably my least favorite song on country radio today. Nothing really happens in the song. Eric doesn't really say anything and the melody never amounts to anything. I'm shocked at how quickly this snoozefest has moved up the charts. I completely agree. I was just listening this song yesterday on The Highway. I still don't understand what this song is exactly about. He starts out saying how this song isn't about those country song cliches or stereotype subjects, but the chorus just throws out a bunch generic lyrics about a girl. I mean if you want to write a song about your girl, then actually go in depth about her. Don't spend the entire song saying how this songs about the girl and what this song isn't about. Almost like he's trying to go out of his way to be clever but ends up being even more generic. Just seems like a stupid song subject to me, and you're absolutely right about nothing happens. I would have to think that this song has to be slowing down soon. It's reaching that point on the chart (#26 currently on Mediabase) and there are other singles that are prime for passing it like Lee Brice, Dustin Lynch, and Blake Shelton. I have nothing against Eric; in fact I quite enjoyed "Never Really Wanted" and "If The Fish Don't Bite", but I never got into "Friday Night" and this song just is confusing and uninteresting.
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Post by churchchoir on Apr 27, 2014 0:41:46 GMT -5
I just don't understand how this guy can get into the top 30 so quickly while follow-ups to the two songs that peaked right around the same time as "Friday Night" are gaining fewer than 100 spins a week ("Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" and "Kiss You Tonight") with much better sales-per-spin ratios. I see SAAG jumped to #190 on iTunes according to today's "Kworb" chart update but up until a week or so ago it was selling really poorly, while Cole and David have had really strong sales for their respective amounts of airplay from the beginning. It's not like this is any more radio-friendly than HYGLT or KYT. Actually, I would have thought radio would have liked those two better than this song. Something must be going on behind the scenes that we don't know about, because there is no way Paslay seems like a bigger star than Cole Swindell or David Nail. I think someone suggested in another thread that the Bobby Bones show has thrown support behind this song. I can't confirm whether this is true because I haven't heard the show in a few weeks but that would explain this bizarre chart situation.
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Post by dm2081 on Apr 27, 2014 0:58:37 GMT -5
I just don't understand how this guy can get into the top 30 so quickly while follow-ups to the two songs that peaked right around the same time as "Friday Night" are gaining fewer than 100 spins a week ("Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" and "Kiss You Tonight") with much better sales-per-spin ratios. I see SAAG jumped to #190 on iTunes according to today's "Kworb" chart update but up until a week or so ago it was selling really poorly, while Cole and David have had really strong sales for their respective amounts of airplay from the beginning. It's not like this is any more radio-friendly than HYGLT or KYT. Actually, I would have thought radio would have liked those two better than this song. Something must be going on behind the scenes that we don't know about, because there is no way Paslay seems like a bigger star than Cole Swindell or David Nail. I think someone suggested in another thread that the Bobby Bones show has thrown support behind this song. I can't confirm whether this is true because I haven't heard the show in a few weeks but that would explain this bizarre chart situation. I totally agree. Who is dying to hear this song? Cole Swindell is really popular right now, and has a lot of positive momentum. His debut cd sold really well, he sells well digitally, and he had a big first hit in pretty much anyway possible. But somehow his new single is moving up the charts very slowly despite receiving pretty good praise and being very catchy. This song isn't terrible, but it does not scream being top 25 after only 8 weeks, following a debut single that took forever to peak. It does seem like radio dj's really like this song though, so I see it continuing to do well for a least a few more weeks. Dustin Lynch's new song is moving up quickly too, but at least his song has been a decent hit on iTunes so far. Song About A Girl isn't even close to selling as well.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 27, 2014 14:19:05 GMT -5
This is probably my least favorite song on country radio today. Nothing really happens in the song. Eric doesn't really say anything and the melody never amounts to anything. I'm shocked at how quickly this snoozefest has moved up the charts. Isn't that most of the country chart these days?
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 27, 2014 14:31:44 GMT -5
This is probably my least favorite song on country radio today. Nothing really happens in the song. Eric doesn't really say anything and the melody never amounts to anything. I'm shocked at how quickly this snoozefest has moved up the charts. Isn't that most of the country chart these days? Well if you look at two other artist with recent #1 singles like Cole Swindell and David Nail their follow ups are either struggling (David Nail), or not moving quite as fast as Eric's (Cole Swindell). Yet some here including me feel that "Song About A Girl" is just too uninteresting to be moving up so quickly, especially considering other comparable artists singles aren't.
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Post by layne on Apr 27, 2014 14:35:01 GMT -5
I love this. This is one of my top 5 favorites on radio right now. Love the vibe and like that it sounds totally different than anything else.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 27, 2014 14:40:49 GMT -5
Isn't that most of the country chart these days? Well if you look at two other artist with recent #1 singles like Cole Swindell and David Nail their follow ups are either struggling (David Nail), or not moving quite as fast as Eric's (Cole Swindell). Yet some here including me feel that "Song About A Girl" is just too uninteresting to be moving up so quickly, especially considering other comparable artists singles aren't. I was referring to the 'nothing really happens in the song, doesn't really say anything, the melody never amounts to anything, and snoozefest' parts of the post.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 27, 2014 14:45:00 GMT -5
Well if you look at two other artist with recent #1 singles like Cole Swindell and David Nail their follow ups are either struggling (David Nail), or not moving quite as fast as Eric's (Cole Swindell). Yet some here including me feel that "Song About A Girl" is just too uninteresting to be moving up so quickly, especially considering other comparable artists singles aren't. I was referring to the 'nothing really happens in the song, doesn't really say anything, the melody never amounts to anything, and snoozefest' parts of the post. I'm sorry. You used the word "chart", so I assumed that's what you were referring to.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Apr 27, 2014 16:02:32 GMT -5
I'm also surprised at the speed of this songs climb. Especially since "Friday Night" took forever to climb up the chart.
I don't hate this, but it is kinda boring. It's just 'ok'.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 28, 2014 14:50:18 GMT -5
I'm also surprised at the speed of this songs climb. Especially since "Friday Night" took forever to climb up the chart. I don't hate this, but it is kinda boring. It's just 'ok'. To me there's a great 80s singer/songwriter vibe to it. I think that's why it's climbing so quickly. It has fans who listen to the radio (but not necessarily buy records) excited and the PDs too. There's some nostalgia to it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 2:40:58 GMT -5
There's been a lot of talk about low sales for this one (and for good reason), but suddenly it's jumped more than 30 spots on the iTunes country chart in the last week alone. It's currently ahead of the latest from Cole Swindell, Chase Rice, Sara Evans, Craig Morgan, Craig Campbell, and The Band Perry. It's not selling in huge amounts but definitely much more like you'd expect a song in the mid-20's on the airplay chart to sell.
So I'm wondering...did he perform this somewhere? I also noticed that "She Don't Love You" is selling extremely well for a random album track. It was #175 on the iTunes country chart earlier this evening. Aside from SAAG and "Friday Night", SDLY is Paslay's only song in the top 1200 on the iTunes country chart. It is getting a bit of unsolicited airplay, but its total audience last week was only 140k and I highly, highly doubt that that's nearly enough to cause it to sell so well (for an album track). Jason Aldean is a much more popular artist than Paslay is and yet Aldean's charting album track "This Nothin' Town" isn't even in the top 1500 country songs at iTunes.
I feel like the 2 Paslay songs must've gotten exposure from somewhere.
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Post by layne on Apr 30, 2014 9:18:36 GMT -5
I could be wrong because I only saw 1 day of the televised event, but I thought he performed at the stagecoach festival this past weekend and it was televised live on AxsTv for those that have cable/directv etc. I saw Sunday night's broadcast which had Lee Brice, Fla-Ga Line, Dustin Lynch, Luke Bryan. He also performed the other song "She Don't Love You" on the Bobby Bones show live the other day.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 30, 2014 10:08:10 GMT -5
I could be wrong because I only saw 1 day of the televised event, but I thought he performed at the stagecoach festival this past weekend and it was televised live on AxsTv for those that have cable/directv etc. I saw Sunday night's broadcast which had Lee Brice, Fla-Ga Line, Dustin Lynch, Luke Bryan. He also performed the other song "She Don't Love You" on the Bobby Bones show live the other day. AXS has way too small of a footprint to do that but the Bobby Bones performance could move the needle. The song could just be rising because it's Top 30 and people notice it more now, Not uncommon. Also, his album is the ONLY album that's not "Nashville" TV show related to have a sales boost over the Easter week of sales. On digital chart, many songs had boosts this week which goes to show that Easter gift cards certainly were redeemed. Still "Song About A Girl" was one of the many to rise (though still not THAT far). I honestly would hope a song like "She Don't Love You" (the best song by a mile on that VERY GOOD album) would have a shot at radio at some point. But like I said in the Dan+Shay song post, it's something radio is really reluctant to play from newer/newish artists, a ballad, even if that one's less power and more story song (and has a 'twist' ending).
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Post by country374 on May 2, 2014 23:47:13 GMT -5
Aritst: Eric Paslay Song:"Song About A Girl" Label: EMI Nashville Add Date: 2/17Source: PlayMPe/label. First time through this record ( Eric Paslay, I pinned this as the next single. It's a GREAT song. And the "anti bro-country" song. Note: Image is a mock I came up with. It's what I'll go with for any reviews about the single at Roughstock. Great song? I think it sucks. Has a decent hook but the lyrics have no substance and say more about what the song isn't about than what the song is about. And then you have some generic lyrics about a girl. Really forgettable tune.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on May 12, 2014 19:46:47 GMT -5
The digital single for "Friday Night" has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
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Post by jferstler on Jun 11, 2014 10:21:07 GMT -5
I sincerely hope that Eric releases She Don't Love You as his next single and Jon Pardi releases That Man as his next single.
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Post by dm2081 on Jun 25, 2014 8:49:49 GMT -5
This song has surprised me. Despite lackluster sales, it has managed to climb up to #14 already in just 17 weeks, which really good for a newer artist. It had a huge gain in audience last week too. I still just have a feeling this one will stall out before the top 3. It's so vanilla and plain to me, and just doesn't contribute anything for me. Not sure how Eric has gotten this far so fast.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 17:36:02 GMT -5
This song has definitely had one of the more surprising chart runs, imo. I understand there are several people here who enjoy it (and that's completely fine) but I am not among them. I do like the production--it's got a really cool groove to it--but the lyrics are just a bunch of things he lists, and even though it's titled "Song About A Girl", we are literally told nothing about this girl, lol. The lyrics basically just say everything that this song is not about, and don't say at all what it is about. It basically reads as if it's a song about...nothing.
But I do like Eric and I think radio really does too, so that might explain the success he's having with this. "Friday Night" obviously helped and of course Eric has co-written a lot of recent big hits (Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Even If It Breaks Your Heart, Angel Eyes, Rewind) as well as several album cuts. "Song About A Girl" hasn't sold super well nor is it researching super well, so I imagine it's a combination of radio folks rooting for him and just good promotion from EMI Nashville.
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Post by carriekins on Jun 25, 2014 17:55:57 GMT -5
It's not a song about a girl. It's a chorus about a girl - and not a great one at that. The song is catchy, but that's literally the only nice thing I have to say about this song. Its success baffles me.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 21, 2014 23:11:31 GMT -5
This posted the smallest gain in audience of any of the top 30 songs on Billboard, with a +0.08. The next week should show whether this song can continue to a climb in a very competitive chart with many big names on it, or if it's near it's peak. I can't see this song out-peaking "Friday Night" at this point, or even matching it's #2 peak.
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