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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 16:51:29 GMT -5
Yeah, this has been a shockingly impressive "comeback album" for Randy Houser, and sort of reminds me of Jake Owen's Barefoot Blue Jean Night era. I can count on a single hand the number of B-listers who have been able to get four or even three top 10 singles from the same album lately and the charts have been getting even tougher for non-lead singles over the past year, so it's really quite an accomplishment for Randy Houser to pull this off. I'm not sure "Like a Cowboy" will go all the way to #1 since he'll be going up at the same time as Florida Georgia Line and big stars Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, and Blake Shelton will likely also enter the top 10 a few weeks after Randy, but Stoney Creek should certainly at least be able to get this a top 3 finish.
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Post by tonyei31 on Dec 8, 2014 17:50:48 GMT -5
For the fourth single (a traditional one, nonetheless) from an artist who really hasn't done much for radio prior to this album, this is outstanding. Randy's got a top-notch voice and he is a great performer on top of it. If he sticks to his roots on his next album, he could be very big one day. The only thing going against him is his age. But I think the nature of country radio is about to shift and that may not be such a problem. While I am a FGL fan, glad to see that this excellent song is making a fight to jump Sun Daze and find it's way into the top 10! It's been awesome to see the Rise of Randy Houser. He is one of the best voices in Nashville. I am extremely surprised that after the "failure" of Anything Goes they gave him a second single that set the wheels in motion. That isn't like the UMG umbrella to do that with top tier talents. They usually allow them a release and if it fails you are lucky to get a second release and sometimes you have no clue when that will be (see Canaan Smith as a prime example). Houser was extremely lucky to latch on with Stoney Creek and a true business model for a record label. It's worked wonders for his career. In regards to FGL, I can unequivocally say I dislike them to no end but "Sun Daze" is the worst single they have ever released. As a "hater" of all things FGL this says alot. To me it's that bad of a song that I would prefer hearing "Cruise" or "THis is how we roll"
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 8, 2014 18:27:05 GMT -5
For the fourth single (a traditional one, nonetheless) from an artist who really hasn't done much for radio prior to this album, this is outstanding. Randy's got a top-notch voice and he is a great performer on top of it. If he sticks to his roots on his next album, he could be very big one day. The only thing going against him is his age. But I think the nature of country radio is about to shift and that may not be such a problem. While I am a FGL fan, glad to see that this excellent song is making a fight to jump Sun Daze and find it's way into the top 10! It's been awesome to see the Rise of Randy Houser. He is one of the best voices in Nashville. I am extremely surprised that after the "failure" of Anything Goes they gave him a second single that set the wheels in motion. That isn't like the UMG umbrella to do that with top tier talents. They usually allow them a release and if it fails you are lucky to get a second release and sometimes you have no clue when that will be (see Canaan Smith as a prime example). Houser was extremely lucky to latch on with Stoney Creek and a true business model for a record label. It's worked wonders for his career. In regards to FGL, I can unequivocally say I dislike them to no end but "Sun Daze" is the worst single they have ever released. As a "hater" of all things FGL this says alot. To me it's that bad of a song that I would prefer hearing "Cruise" or "THis is how we roll" "Anything Goes" was not a failure, as it peaked at #16 on MB and allowed the release of his debut album of the same name which yielded a top 5 hit ("Boots On"). From there it went downhill fairly quick and resulted in Randy switching to Show Dog Universal and getting no top 40's. I do agree on Houser being extremely fortunate in Stoney Creek signing him and fortunate that "How Country Feels" broke through to be a huge single. Let's say that song never escapes the 30's or 40's - we could very well not even be discussing Randy and his success of "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", "Goodnight Kiss" and "Like A Cowboy". He has some serious pipes and talent so it's awesome to see him get rewarded for his hard work with Stoney Creek.
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Post by tonyei31 on Dec 11, 2014 21:15:58 GMT -5
It's been awesome to see the Rise of Randy Houser. He is one of the best voices in Nashville. I am extremely surprised that after the "failure" of Anything Goes they gave him a second single that set the wheels in motion. That isn't like the UMG umbrella to do that with top tier talents. They usually allow them a release and if it fails you are lucky to get a second release and sometimes you have no clue when that will be (see Canaan Smith as a prime example). Houser was extremely lucky to latch on with Stoney Creek and a true business model for a record label. It's worked wonders for his career. In regards to FGL, I can unequivocally say I dislike them to no end but "Sun Daze" is the worst single they have ever released. As a "hater" of all things FGL this says alot. To me it's that bad of a song that I would prefer hearing "Cruise" or "THis is how we roll" "Anything Goes" was not a failure, as it peaked at #16 on MB and allowed the release of his debut album of the same name which yielded a top 5 hit ("Boots On"). From there it went downhill fairly quick and resulted in Randy switching to Show Dog Universal and getting no top 40's. I do agree on Houser being extremely fortunate in Stoney Creek signing him and fortunate that "How Country Feels" broke through to be a huge single. Let's say that song never escapes the 30's or 40's - we could very well not even be discussing Randy and his success of "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", "Goodnight Kiss" and "Like A Cowboy". He has some serious pipes and talent so it's awesome to see him get rewarded for his hard work with Stoney Creek. It was kind of my poke at UMG and how they handled Greg Bates. Nevermind had my labels mixed up
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 2:38:42 GMT -5
It was kind of my poke at UMG and how they handled Greg Bates. Nevermind had my labels mixed up Randy was with Universal South during his "Anything Goes" days though, and Greg Bates was with Republic Nashville. Both labels were distributed by UMG but were not otherwise a part of UMG Nashville. Universal South merged with Toby Keith's Show Dog label in 2009 to form Show Dog-Universal. So I don't think the decision to not release Greg Bates' album really had anything to do with UMG -- it was likely all on Borchetta and the team at BMLG/Republic. And UMG Nashville as we know it today likely didn't play much of a role at all in Randy's career during his time with Universal South and Show Dog. Anyway, I'm glad to see "Like A Cowboy" doing so well. It could hit #10 in tomorrow's MB update already, as both Big & Rich and Scotty McCreery are now falling. Scotty might stay ahead for another day but at the very least it looks like Randy should finish the week at #10.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 14, 2014 13:55:40 GMT -5
After going for adds in May, "Like A Cowboy" finally cracks the top 10 on MB this week, landing at #10.
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 14, 2014 15:59:21 GMT -5
After going for adds in May, "Like A Cowboy" finally cracks the top 10 on MB this week, landing at #10. I love it. A May-December song. It 'may' take until December to hit the top ten. Now, #1 in 2015.
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Post by surfy on Dec 22, 2014 22:01:52 GMT -5
I haven't really liked anything from Randy except for "Runnin' Out Of Moonlight" (and that was just barely)
This song is nice, but it just doesn't stand out to me for some reason.
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Post by dm2081 on Jan 25, 2015 20:50:51 GMT -5
This song has quietly made it to the top 10, up to #7 on MB, although it really racked up the weeks to do so. With the sales on this one picking up a bit with the improved airplay, I was wondering what the thoughts are about where this one will peak ( jhomes87, sabre14, @daydrinker)? I'm afraid a #1 peak is too much to ask for, especially considering Thomas Rhett has passed on MB, and Blake and Jason should soon as well. I'm thinking if this song could hold on for another 5 weeks or so, it could reach a peak in between the 4-2 range, which wouldn't be too shabby considering all the weeks this one wasted in the 40's and 30's early on in it's chart run. But I just don't see how it could wait out all the big guns ahead of it: Luke, Fla Ga Line, Blake, Jason, and even Thomas. Thoughts?
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 25, 2015 21:19:39 GMT -5
36 weeks is quite a long time, but I still actually think that this has an outside shot for a MB #1 (a Billboard variety for now I don't envision). Eric and Carrie will be out of the way over the next two weeks and I think Luke is far enough ahead that he shouldn't be a threat to block. The biggest reasons why Stoney Creek will lose out on a #1 is what's behind Randy, with Blake and Jason. Let's not forget that Stoney Creek got "Close Your Eyes" to last 48 bulleted weeks on Billboard and 45 when it achieved its top 3 peak in December. "Like A Cowboy's" gains hasn't gotten to the point where I feel that its running out of steam, yet. I think that Randy would need to wait 5 weeks to reach #1 if there wasn't a threat behind him, but unfortunately there is. Jason's on the same label group so perhaps if we get far enough down the road, there can be some sort of split, but again that's too far ahead to forecast. "Like A Cowboy" has garnered 6.7 million in audience over the past two weeks on MB and hasn't had a week less than 1.3 million in audience gains since before Thanksgiving, so I think that Stoney Creek is not finished here and they will fight for as high a peak as possible. The competition is the biggest reason why Randy might not reach #1 and settle for a top 5 peak. 36 weeks or not, this song is not running on fumes just yet. Edit: jhomes87 brought up a good point with how they want to approach this and there's a chance they decide to cut it off at a top 5 finish and stop putting money into its chart run, but I still think that they like to chance it for at least a couple weeks and see how this top 5 shakes out :).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 21:20:32 GMT -5
This song has quietly made it to the top 10, up to #7 on MB, although it really racked up the weeks to do so. With the sales on this one picking up a bit with the improved airplay, I was wondering what the thoughts are about where this one will peak ( jhomes87, sabre14, @daydrinker)? I'm afraid a #1 peak is too much to ask for, especially considering Thomas Rhett has passed on MB, and Blake and Jason should soon as well. I'm thinking if this song could hold on for another 5 weeks or so, it could reach a peak in between the 4-2 range, which wouldn't be too shabby considering all the weeks this one wasted in the 40's and 30's early on in it's chart run. But I just don't see how it could wait out all the big guns ahead of it: Luke, Fla Ga Line, Blake, Jason, and even Thomas. Thoughts? I think Randy still has a chance at maybe getting up to #1, but yeah, it's tough to guess. Some of these older songs are unpredictable for virtually their entire chart runs. I just posted my Billboard projections and I've got Randy coming in at either #6 or #7 tomorrow. Rhett passed him on Mediabase but it's gonna be close on Billboard, maybe less than 200k separating them for the 6 and 7 spots. If Randy keeps climbing for at least one more week, that will probably give him a good chance of securing at least a #5 peak, since Kenny will drop below him this week, and maybe Carrie as well. Or he could temporarily re-pass Rhett and grab the #5 spot. Maybe the label will decide that one more week and a #5 peak is good enough, but if they're willing to commit another handful of weeks to this one, then I don't see why it can' get up to the top 3, maybe even snagging a week at #1 at some point. That'd be a chart run of more than 40 weeks, but that's not exactly unusual anymore for "B" or "C"-list artists. And for a 4th single that would be pretty dang good, too. Actually, even if it peaked where it is now that'd be one heck of an album 'era' for Houser. In short, I think it could get to #1 yet, but it'll depend on the label's plans (and, as sabre14 noted, the competition, but Aldean actually isn't looking that impressive right now, and his sales are only so-so at best given his star caliber. I'm certainly not saying that Jason won't get to #1, but right now Thomas and Blake are definitely looking 'stronger' than Jason's song is).
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 25, 2015 22:43:22 GMT -5
I'd love to see this get to No. 1 because this is far and away the best thing Randy's ever done imo and I absolutely love this tune, but even if it doesn't get there, it's done exceptionally well, especially considering how slow this one was moving for awhile when it was in the 30s. I'm just glad that a great country song like this should at least reach the Top 5.
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Post by kirkw on Jan 26, 2015 16:24:45 GMT -5
Amazing to me why this has taken so long for this to climb its way toward the top. I'm obviously out of the loop and things have passed me by as I reach toward 60, but I thought this release would be a game changer when it came out last Summer.
I'm equally surprised it took Chris Young's "Lonely Eyes" to flounder around as long as it did.
I guess it's still true though that cream still rises to the top, no matter how long it takes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 16:44:35 GMT -5
Amazing to me why this has taken so long for this to climb its way toward the top. I'm obviously out of the loop and things have passed me by as I reach toward 60, but I thought this release would be a game changer when it came out last Summer. I'm equally surprised it took Chris Young's "Lonely Eyes" to flounder around as long as it did. I guess it's still true though that cream still rises to the top, no matter how long it takes. This is the 4th single from Randy's album, and he's not that big of a star (although 4 consecutive big hits really helps), so it's not that surprising that it still takes his singles a while to climb. LAC sold fairly well early on, but right now, out of the top 20 songs at country radio, "Cowboy" is one of the lower-ranked ones on iTunes.
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Post by zjames on Jan 31, 2015 20:39:05 GMT -5
Before this came on WXTU, the radio personality congratulated Randy Houser for "Like A Cowboy" becoming triple platinum. I know obviously the song hasn't sold anywhere near that. Did he mean "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", I don't think that's sold even close to that either, or was he just completely wrong?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 20:51:30 GMT -5
Before this came on WXTU, the radio personality congratulated Randy Houser for "Like A Cowboy" becoming triple platinum. I know obviously the song hasn't sold anywhere near that. Did he mean "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", I don't think that's sold even close to that either, or was he just completely wrong? He misspoke, haha. He was talking about digital singles sold from the How Country Feels album. Alanna Conaway did a write-up on it for Roughstock yesterday, although even her article is poorly-titled - it makes it sound as if the album has sold 3 million, but it's the digital sales of all the singles that, when added up, have now surpassed 3 million. roughstock.com/news/2015/01/32457-randy-housers-country-feels-surpasses-3-million-sales/
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 2:33:46 GMT -5
Randy posted a video of himself on his Facebook page tonight. It said "new music coming!!!" and you could hear what sounded like the very end of a song. Not really any details to describe because you could hear so little of it. But I did get the impression that they are quite far along on his next record (the little song clip that played sounded fully mixed and everything, ready to go).
This is the first week that "Like A Cowboy" finally showed some sign of fatigue, as its bullet is under 100 now and its audience increase was less than 400k over the last 6 days on Mediabase. It'll spend a 2nd week at #5 on both MB and BB, but it's hard to see how it'll get any higher this week unless Luke Bryan absolutely collapses. The gap between Luke and Randy will probably be around 10 million on Billboard, though, and even if Luke starts falling, I doubt he'll fall all that fast. So that means Randy will need to keep gaining for at least 2 more weeks (starting now) if he wants to keep climbing, but that would probably only advance him to #4 or #3 (depending on how quickly FGL peaks and starts falling). And with Aldean closing in fast, there's no guarantee that Randy would even be able to move to #4, since Jason could leapfrog him before Luke drops below.
I'm not sure if this will start falling just yet but I think it'll need to keep climbing for another 1-2 weeks just to move past #5, so we'll have to wait and see if Stoney Creek thinks it's worth it or if they'll be content with a #5 peak.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 9, 2015 20:41:39 GMT -5
I think Randy and his team should be pretty happy about a top 5 peak with this song, especially after it burned so many weeks stuck in the 40s and 30s. Sales were never too strong for this one, so I think it signals that listeners are ready for something new from Randy. I think just about every country listener has heard this song multiple times, so there's no need to spend the extra money to fight for 5+ more weeks to get a #1 or #2 peak. It was a great album cycle from Randy, and I'm curious to hear what his new material will sound like. Will we get something more traditional like LAC, will we get some more energetic bro-lite, or will we get something totally unexpected from him?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 20:52:44 GMT -5
Wow, it looks like Stoney Creek is going to try to keep this one alive through the end of the month. From Country Aircheck: It's been pretty clear over the last week or two that this one has reached its natural peak--it's stalled out on the main Mediabase and Billboard charts with very minimal gains and it's now decreasing in spins on the secondary charts. But it looks like the label is going for max spins (perhaps a big Mediabase #1 push?) during the week of CRS. The problem? Thomas Rhett and Blake Shelton. Those two are still ahead of Houser and even if Stoney Creek could pull off a pretty big push, I think it'll be tough for them to get this one past #2. "Make Me Wanna" should peak sometime this week (it'll be #1 on MB this Sunday, and #1 on Billboard next Monday), and then it would seem as if "Lonely Tonight" is the clear front-runner to top the March 1st Mediabase chart and the Billboard chart to be released on March 2. If Randy can stay ahead of label-mate Jason Aldean, then "Like A Cowboy" should be able to finish this week at #3 (both Luke and FGL will drop below). And then Thomas Rhett will probably fall below by the time CRS rolls around (26th-28th), leaving only Blake to stand in Randy's way.
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Post by Zazie on Feb 18, 2015 0:11:57 GMT -5
Blake didn't post impressive 7-day gains on Billboard. I'm daydreaming now, but isn't it possible that Houser could get past Shelton and get a week at #1 before Blake gets there -- if not on BB, then maybe via the crazy-spins route on MB? I think it could happen. I know the recent struggles suggest otherwise, but the fact that Cowboy is less than 2 million behind Lonely after all the struggles suggests to me that the door is open. A crack. Today on MB Cowboy stayed even vs. Lonely. A preview of better days.
The spins number for the week wasn't good, I see that. But a #1 is not impossible, and I'll give this song at least a 25% chance to reach #1 on one chart or the other. It's not as if I'm trying to defend an unbroken streak of successful projections, so I'll cheerfully look silly if things don't go my way.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 20, 2015 18:18:25 GMT -5
Love the song, but WATZ seriously needs to back off a big on playing it. I swear they play it about six times a day.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 20, 2015 18:28:04 GMT -5
Love the song, but WATZ seriously needs to back off a big on playing it. I swear they play it about six times a day. Isn't that pretty standard though? I mean it's in the Top 5 and 6 plays a day would be about 40 plays a week which sounds like what I'd expect for a song in that area of the chart.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 20, 2015 18:31:22 GMT -5
I started this thread on April 17th: it's been charting for almost a whole frickin' year now, and when you add in the couple of heavy recurrent weeks it will get, this song will be so overplayed it will be unbearable (fortunately I avoid radio as much as I can).
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Feb 20, 2015 18:46:01 GMT -5
Love the song, but WATZ seriously needs to back off a big on playing it. I swear they play it about six times a day. Six spins per day over the course of a week would sum to forty-two spins for the week -- ten years ago, that was about the norm for an especially popular #1 country song. These days, it's common for stations to play their top two or three songs 65-70 times per week, which means an average of nine to ten plays per day. Some even experimented in the past couple of years with a Top-40-ish 85+ spins per week, but that trend has mercifully reversed itself of late (presumably because the music hasn't been testing as well, as noted in this column that I cited in a different thread).
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 21, 2015 0:32:40 GMT -5
Love the song, but WATZ seriously needs to back off a big on playing it. I swear they play it about six times a day. Isn't that pretty standard though? I mean it's in the Top 5 and 6 plays a day would be about 40 plays a week which sounds like what I'd expect for a song in that area of the chart. By WATZ standards, six times a day is "hyper ultra power rotation." Also all six of those times are always when I'm listening...
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 21, 2015 0:43:48 GMT -5
Isn't that pretty standard though? I mean it's in the Top 5 and 6 plays a day would be about 40 plays a week which sounds like what I'd expect for a song in that area of the chart. By WATZ standards, six times a day is "hyper ultra power rotation." Also all six of those times are always when I'm listening... You're probably listening to the radio way too much then.
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Post by jferstler on Feb 21, 2015 11:26:01 GMT -5
Personally, I think they should release Growin' Younger next. I realize it's a huge stretch trying to get another single out of this two year old album but summer will be coming and it's the perfect song. Their are still a few great radio songs left to pick from. I'm sure they'll be releasing a lead single after this though.
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Post by phil1996 on Feb 21, 2015 11:55:54 GMT -5
Yeah he's been playing new songs "Whiskeysippi River" and "That's How You Make Love" in concert, and releasing another single would be another 30+ weeks. I'd expect a new album in the fall or something.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 15:18:10 GMT -5
Yeah he's been playing new songs "Whiskeysippi River" and "That's How You Make Love" in concert, and releasing another single would be another 30+ weeks. I'd expect a new album in the fall or something. Yeesh, those 2 titles sound atrocious. I'm a big fan of the How Country Feels album, so hopefully Randy can build off of his success. I know, I know, those are only two titles, but still...they are bad/weird titles.
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