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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 21:32:31 GMT -5
I am extremely relieved that the headlights in question turn out to be on the car. Montgomery Gentry has bundled this single with a "Check Your Headlights" t-shirt on GhostTunes, with all profits going to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer initiative of the American Cancer Society. www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134238/montgomery-gentry-teams-with-ghosttunes-for-check-So even though the song might be about car headlights...they are still thinking about other headlights, lol.
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Post by jesster on Oct 9, 2014 17:50:30 GMT -5
Dang, I knew it :O
Good cause at least.
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 29, 2014 15:31:35 GMT -5
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 2, 2014 12:28:55 GMT -5
I'm hoping this does well enough to get a release date for their new album, expected in early 2015...right now I'm not so sure it can survive December with Christmas songs coming soon. Hopefully it gets top 40 at least.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Nov 4, 2014 0:51:49 GMT -5
I hope it does well enough! Would like to see them at least at number 35 by the end of this year.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Dec 24, 2014 21:39:36 GMT -5
Top 40 on Billboard:
40 42 18 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Headlights BLASTER 2.865 -0.077 785 plays 18 weeks on chart
Source:http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=4
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Post by Zazie on Dec 25, 2014 10:13:19 GMT -5
Down in audience, down in spins, but at least they made the top 40 in chart week 18. They have half the audience they need in order to reach #30, at least they would based on #30 this week. Can they double their audience given another 18 weeks? I don't think so. But it will be fun to see them try.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 25, 2014 14:12:22 GMT -5
Down in audience, down in spins, but at least they made the top 40 in chart week 18. They have half the audience they need in order to reach #30, at least they would based on #30 this week. Can they double their audience given another 18 weeks? I don't think so. But it will be fun to see them try. Their down more today with the Christmas holiday taking their full effect now. If you go back to the four "regular" weeks before this week on MB, "Headlights" is up only 636k in audience over those four weeks and just 56 total spins. This song really has been spinning its wheels in the 40's for a while and I really don't think that it's in the cards this time for MG with this song. The absolute highest I see this getting is as high as "I'll Keep The Kids" got in early 2013 which is about the excitement country radio as given this song as well. Can it pull a +30 weeks chart run and crack the top 30? Well anything's possible. But I need to see way more in terms of audience and spins increases before making a prediction like that. Blaster has proven that a top 40 finish is as high a position as they can achieve right now - Aaron Lewis being the standard.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 11, 2015 22:20:26 GMT -5
Top 40 on Mediabase:
42 40 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Headlights 831 828 3 3.436
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Post by someguy on Jan 12, 2015 22:40:34 GMT -5
This got a grace week, so unless it starts gaining again, it's done. I'm expecting it to go recurrent next week, but it did well enough. I didn't expect "Headlights" to last on the charts for 21 weeks.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 12, 2015 22:48:51 GMT -5
This got a grace week, so unless it starts gaining again, it's done. I'm expecting it to go recurrent next week, but it did well enough. I didn't expect "Headlights" to last on the charts for 21 weeks. It hasn't shown signs of collapsing but I agree this won't be doing much of anything from here on. It lost another 137k in audience today on MB as well. This is actually about the chart run I expected for MG and "Headlights" - similar to "I'll Keep The Kids" back in early 2013. Like I've mentioned, their on Blaster now and that means these chart runs are the norm for this record company. I'm sure they will get their album out there at some point no matter how these songs perform. Most likely with the second single whenever that may be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 0:22:24 GMT -5
This got a grace week, so unless it starts gaining again, it's done. I'm expecting it to go recurrent next week, but it did well enough. I didn't expect "Headlights" to last on the charts for 21 weeks. I suppose this could go recurrent on Monday's Billboard, but it moved 42-40 on Mediabase last week, which means it'll get a decent boost from Bob Kingsley's countdown this coming weekend. Even if it does stay on the chart, though, I don't foresee this one climbing much higher or lasting much longer.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 16, 2015 14:21:30 GMT -5
Like jhomes87 said, those Kingsley countdown spins should help "Headlights" on Billboard in terms of being sent recurrent, but it's still going to be a chore staying on. It's lost now over 400k in audience on MB since Sunday and 67 total spins. Even if it survives one more week on Billboard, I'm quite certain that this one is finished.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 19:26:57 GMT -5
Hate to say it but I'm glad this is near finished. I enjoyed it to an extent, but it was just a blatant attempt for MG to regain relevance. I'm eager to hear what the rest of their new stuff sounds like. Honestly, with the many changes that are occurring within the genre, now seems like the best time for MG to send out a song that is less "bro" and more "show". They most likely will never have a hit again but hey, anythings possible.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 16, 2015 20:30:12 GMT -5
I actually liked this one. I don't know if it's cause I missed hearing new stuff from them that I liked it as much as I did but nevertheless I was rooting for this one to do good.
I guess top 40 is decent considering their label situation. I still feel like they fell off their hit making streak very quickly.
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Post by phil1996 on Jan 16, 2015 21:06:54 GMT -5
Yeah...at this point I don't care how they do singles-wise, I just want another album. Hopefully the March 24 date sticks.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 16, 2015 21:19:24 GMT -5
Yeah...at this point I don't care how they do singles-wise, I just want another album. Hopefully the March 24 date sticks. I think it will since their on Blaster now. Expect a new single by the time the album drops.
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Post by someguy on Jan 20, 2015 21:44:06 GMT -5
Despite losing more AI and dropping 42-45 in week 22, this avoids going recurrent because it gained 10 spins. I still expect it go next week though, as part of a mini-housekeeping that should also include Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, The Band Perry, and possibly David Nail.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 21:57:26 GMT -5
Despite losing more AI and dropping 42-45 in week 22, this avoids going recurrent because it gained 10 spins. I still expect it go next week though, as part of a mini-housekeeping that should also include Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, The Band Perry, and possibly David Nail. The spins don't matter at all, though. This is what Billboard's rule says about bullets: So this should have gone recurrent, because Billboard lists it without a bullet (the #45 isn't in a dark circle). I suppose they could've just forgotten to darken the #45 (indicating a bullet), but I don't think that's the case. "Headlights" was bullet-less in week 21 and now bullet-less in week 22. It should have been sent recurrent tonight--spins don't have an affect on whether or not a song receives a bullet on Billboard. Now obviously, in most cases, when a song posts a gain in spins, that's probably enough to keep its audience loss small enough so that it won't go recurrent. But here, MG still lost nearly 200k and that was enough to keep them bullet-less, which in turn should have sent them recurrent. Ugh. I'm so frustrated with both BB and MB right now and their incorrect calls on sending songs recurrent or not.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 20, 2015 22:01:35 GMT -5
Despite losing more AI and dropping 42-45 in week 22, this avoids going recurrent because it gained 10 spins. I still expect it go next week though, as part of a mini-housekeeping that should also include Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, The Band Perry, and possibly David Nail. This still should have gone recurrent, though. It may have gained spins but Billboard lists it without a bullet (the #45 isn't in a dark circle). So either they forgot to darken the #45 (indicating a bullet), or this should have gone recurrent. It was bullet-less in week 21 and now bullet-less in week 22. Billboard's rule about bullets doesn't say anything about spins: There is no part of the rule that says a spins gain can be the sole reason a song is awarded a bullet. Now obviously, in most cases, when a song posts a gain in spins, that's probably enough to keep its audience loss small enough so that it won't go recurrent, but here, MG still lost nearly 200k and that should have sent them recurrent. Ugh. I'm so frustrated with both BB and MB right now and their incorrect calls on sending songs recurrent or not. Billboard did the same thing to Justin Moore's "Home Sweet Home" last year right?
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 22, 2015 7:14:26 GMT -5
44 47 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Headlights 711 787 -76 2.962
With such a huge loss in spins, I think Billboard will send this recurrent next week.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2015 10:33:59 GMT -5
44 47 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Headlights 711 787 -76 2.962 With such a huge loss in spins, I think Billboard will send this recurrent next week. Going out on a limb hey? ;) For real though, this should have been sent recurrent this past week on Billboard. "Headlights" has lost audience and spins for many days in a row here with another 39 spins and .066 in audience today. It will spend one more unbulleted week on MB then be officially sent recurrent on February 1st, but should be out of the top 50 by then.
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Post by 1wxrld on Jan 22, 2015 11:41:37 GMT -5
Agreed that this "Headlights' song will get them nowhere. Remember the saying "You're as good as your last record". Well me I take a performer's overall performance to remember them by. For me for example Montgomery Gentry's "My Town" from 2002 is an all time favourite country song for me as it captured the essence of small towns in America. I particularly liked when in the song Montgomery says to his partner: "And maybe later, me and 'T-roy' will show you around... Our town" pointing to Troy Gentry. YouTube
I am also very fond of their cover version "Some People Change" YouTube and it's superb use of a church choir. The song was originally recorded by Kenny Chesney YouTube . But somehow Montgomery Gentry's version made such an impression on me.
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Post by Zazie on Jan 22, 2015 21:15:17 GMT -5
Let me go over the part of the BB recurrent rule that refers to spins. Unless I invented this in one of my nightmares:
if a song GAINS in spins, even if it drops in audience it can still be awarded a bullet. That can happen AS LONG AS its loss in audience does not amount to more than 3% of its total audience.
MG had 2.795 million in audience. Add in the loss of 193k for a total of 2.988 mill on last week's total. (I didn't look up MG's actual total from last week, because sometimes the previous week's totals get adjusted, but it's this week's total loss that is important to work out.) 1% of that is .02988 mill, or 30k. So 3% of that is about 90k and the song lost a lot more than that.
Unless my math is wrong somewhere, there WAS a spins factor to consider, but it shouldn't have resulted in a bullet, because the song's audience loss was too great.
This rule is generally posted somewhere in the Monday (well, Tuesday) update. I'll look around for it.
Summarizing: there is a way for spin gains to factor in, but I'm just being obsessive in mentioning it, because the conditions to trigger its use in creating a bullet did not happen. The bullet shouldn't have happened, and the song, as far as I can see, should not have charted at all, as y'all have said.
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