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Post by julianxs on Aug 20, 2014 4:12:34 GMT -5
Audio: Souncloud audioWritten by: Will Hoge, Jessi Alexander, Tommy Lee James Produced by: Marshall Altman Lyrics: Middle of America lyricsHow this guy isn't a household name yet is beyond me, but I hope this will make him heard. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 4:45:41 GMT -5
Please see the country forum rules: 5) Starting New Threads. This is a singles-based forum, but the single release needs to be officially confirmed before a thread can be created. I will be locking any thread that does not have a source. There must be a source confirming that the song is going to country radio, otherwise please don't start a thread. If there is a source for this potential release, please PM me, and I will unlock the thread. Thanks. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 14:13:42 GMT -5
Confirmed as a single by Daily Play MPE (thanks to zjames for the heads up). "Middle of America" is the first single from a forthcoming album. The single will be promoted to radio by New Revolution Entertainment. |
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Post by rsmatto on Aug 29, 2014 15:03:06 GMT -5
It's a very good single too. Hopefully New Revolution can get it to Top 40 at the very lest.
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Post by tvoss20 on Aug 29, 2014 17:22:17 GMT -5
Super good song, just downloaded this this past week.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Aug 29, 2014 18:38:00 GMT -5
Great song, and wouldn't be shocked if it made the top 40 as it's rather radio friendly.
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 5, 2014 14:29:45 GMT -5
Cover Art:  All Access has the audio up as well now. |
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Post by rsmatto on Sept 5, 2014 14:30:58 GMT -5
Yep, New Revolution is on this, Hopefully that means it'll scrape the Top 40 at least though it could sneak a Top 30 result. Either way, it's a good lead single from his next project.
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 26, 2014 22:38:29 GMT -5
Official Lyric Video:
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Post by zjames on Oct 27, 2014 20:11:53 GMT -5
This sounds great. I've been hoping for a Will Hoge breakthrough and this seems like the right song for it to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 22:36:57 GMT -5
Will is absolutely incredible. This song showcases everything that is great about rural America without being too stereotypical. The lyrics have some nice details to them and yet they are definitely relatable. It sort of reminds me of Kenny's "American Kids" crossed with Eli Young Band's "10,000 Towns".
I really hope that New Revolution can get this on the chart and that it can at least go top 40.
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Post by zjames on Oct 31, 2014 11:20:52 GMT -5
According to Will's Twitter, the music video will premiere on CMT on November 12.
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Post by someguy on Nov 3, 2014 20:24:44 GMT -5
I just heard this for the first time tonight, and I like it a lot. I agree it sounds a little like "American Kids", and to me it also has a John Mellencamp feel to it. It starts its run at #60 on tonight's Billboard Country Airplay chart.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 12, 2014 23:16:21 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 16, 2014 12:13:04 GMT -5
Well, New Revolution was able to pull in 14 adds for "Middle Of America" this week, many of them being iHeartMedia stations (Clear Channel). WYRK here in Buffalo was also one of the 14.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 11, 2015 22:23:51 GMT -5
Top 50 on Mediabase:
52 50 WILL HOGE Middle Of America 417 396 21 1.485
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Post by trailing on Jan 22, 2015 11:48:56 GMT -5
Heard it on the radio on my way too school, crazy good. How can it not have more than 30 000 views on YT? Also radio friendly.
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Post by trailing on Jan 22, 2015 11:50:10 GMT -5
I just heard this for the first time tonight, and I like it a lot. I agree it sounds a little like "American Kids", and to me it also has a John Mellencamp feel to it. It starts its run at #60 on tonight's Billboard Country Airplay chart. What resemblance to American Kids do you hear? |
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2015 12:24:05 GMT -5
How can it not have more than 30 000 views on YT?
Probably because he's mostly unknown to many country fans outside of Texas and the song currently sits at #53 on MB and #55 on Billboard.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 13:10:56 GMT -5
This is such a great song. I know I've seen it bulletless a couple times, but I can't exactly remember when. What are the odds of this one sticking around and catching on?
I can't believe radio hasn't picked this one up. Five years ago this could have been a #1 (albeit perhaps from a better-known artist).
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2015 13:38:26 GMT -5
This is such a great song. I know I've seen it bulletless a couple times, but I can't exactly remember when. What are the odds of this one sticking around and catching on? I can't believe radio hasn't picked this one up. Five years ago this could have been a #1 (albeit perhaps from a better-known artist).
Its been charting for 11 weeks on Billboard and has cracked the top 50 on MB (#50) last week but slid down to #53 this week. It is currently without a bullet on Billboard.
I don't really expect this to do any better than "Strong" did, which was peak in the 40's( #41 to be exact). New Revolution is having a difficult time right now with the influx of new music and Will still isn't a household name for most radio stations. Right now its basically hanging in there.
I agree though, this song is radio-friendly and has real potential - if Will was on a stronger label.
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Post by rsmatto on Jan 22, 2015 14:19:03 GMT -5
This is such a great song. I know I've seen it bulletless a couple times, but I can't exactly remember when. What are the odds of this one sticking around and catching on? I can't believe radio hasn't picked this one up. Five years ago this could have been a #1 (albeit perhaps from a better-known artist).
Its been charting for 11 weeks on Billboard and has cracked the top 50 on MB (#50) last week but slid down to #53 this week. It is currently without a bullet on Billboard.
I don't really expect this to do any better than "Strong" did, which was peak in the 40's( #41 to be exact). New Revolution is having a difficult time right now with the influx of new music and Will still isn't a household name for most radio stations. Right now its basically hanging in there.
I agree though, this song is radio-friendly and has real potential - if Will was on a stronger label.
If I'm Eli Young Band, I'm cutting this song for my next record as soon as it's done for Will. |
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Post by someguy on Jan 22, 2015 22:04:05 GMT -5
I just heard this for the first time tonight, and I like it a lot. I agree it sounds a little like "American Kids", and to me it also has a John Mellencamp feel to it. It starts its run at #60 on tonight's Billboard Country Airplay chart. What resemblance to American Kids do you hear? I honestly don't remember. The one and only time I heard that song was the night I made that post. I'll try to listen to it again on the weekend when I'm at my computer and see if I hear the same thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 14:15:52 GMT -5
Wow, this song actually went recurrent on Billboard last night. I knew it was eligible to leave (it had been without a bullet the previous 2 weeks), but it sure looked like Will was gonna get his bullet back, based on the numbers I was tracking at AllAccess for this song.
Bummer. I really liked this song but I'm sure it's done now. I am sure that Will and his team would have needed to give New Revolution a lot of money to even get this top 40, so unless the song was going to naturally catch on at radio, it probably just wasn't worth it.
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