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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 10:10:00 GMT -5
I'm sure we'd all be equally as impressed if "Lips Are Movin'" was high up on the all-genre iTunes too, had it been released to country radio.
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Post by sapphire on Feb 25, 2015 10:16:23 GMT -5
Happy surprise to see this now at #15 on iTunes all-genre! This is looking like it'll be a bigger hit than "Leave The Night On" in terms of sales (and that one was a platinum hit). It's only #13 on airplay and no music video yet, so there's still room for growth. Went here to post this too, then I saw your post. This is definitely blowing up. We should be getting the music video soon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 16:25:18 GMT -5
I'm sure we'd all be equally as impressed if "Lips Are Movin'" was high up on the all-genre iTunes too, had it been released to country radio. kml567's point was that this song is higher on iTunes than any country radio hits (notice I didn't say "country songs") typically get. It is performing on iTunes very much like a Pop single does. Weekly sales for "Take Your Time" are currently on par (or very close to par) with sales for Taylor Swift's "Style" and "Blank Space", Pitbull and Ne-Yo's "Time Of Our Lives", and Hozier's "Take Me To Church", and Sam's even ahead of the latest hit singles from Nicki Minaj and Fall Out Boy. Comparing it to only country radio releases now...on the most recent available country singles sales chart (week of February 9-15), "Take Your Time" sold 52,000 copies, up to 438,000 total. The next best-selling country song that week was Miranda Lambert's "Little Red Wagon" (and note that it was performed on the Grammys February 8), which sold 31,000. Thomas Rhett's "Make Me Wanna" (28,000), Blake Shelton's "Lonely Tonight" (27,000), Zac Brown Band's "Homegrown" (26,000), Luke Bryan's "I See You" (25,000), Florida Georgia Line's "Sun Daze" (24,000), and Cole Swindell's "Ain't Worth The Whiskey" (23,000) were the next highest-selling country singles. Now the gap between Sam and everybody else is even bigger. "Take Your Time" is currently at #14 on iTunes. The next best-selling country song, Little Big Town's "Girl Crush", is at #32. That one has been selling very well (especially considering its low level of airplay), but it must have gotten performed somewhere yesterday, or was used on a TV show somewhere, because it had been in the 75-95 range until today when it suddenly shot up to #32. After LBT, you have to go down to #55 on the iTunes chart to find another country song (ZBB's "Homegrown"). There are actually a couple of other country tracks that are up there a bit right now--a Sawyer Fredericks performance of "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow" from The Voice, a Pete Scobell Band** collaboration with Wynonna, and a couple of instant-grat tracks ("Games" and "Spring Breakdown") that are available from Luke Bryan's upcoming Spring Break project. But these will all drop down in the next day or two since they aren't getting any airplay. There's no way that Sam's sales are being driven this high by primarily country listeners. A lot of my friends are obsessed with Sam and they don't even listen to country music. **I just looked up Pete Scobell now, apparently he is a former US Navy SEAL Lieutenant. His song that's selling well, "Hearts I Leave Behind", is in honor of Chris Kyle (the American Sniper). Kid Rock and a few other big names tweeted for fans to go and buy Scobell's song.
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Post by carriekins on Feb 25, 2015 16:57:04 GMT -5
LBT were on Ellen yesterday.
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Post by sapphire on Feb 25, 2015 23:40:59 GMT -5
Sam Hunt is performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.
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Post by newpower99 on Feb 27, 2015 9:00:40 GMT -5
New peak on itunes (all genre) this morning . Take your Time - #13
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Post by kml567 on Mar 2, 2015 8:43:57 GMT -5
Sam performed "Leave The Night On", "Take Your Time", "House Party" and "Break Up In A Small Town" at CRS2015. Congrats Sam on being voted as finalist for CRS!
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Post by mylifeback on Mar 2, 2015 21:39:08 GMT -5
I'm absolutely obsessed with this album; it really holds up for me & I find myself listening at my desk on Spotify over & over, every day.
This song is just amazing and I seem to love it the more I hear it. Thought the Jimmy Kimmel performance of this was impressive & hope I get to see him live this year.
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 6, 2015 22:49:41 GMT -5
This is a good song, but what on Earth is up with that fast talk/rap part in the verse? It completely messes up the flow of the song for me and it doesn't sound good at all. The chorus is great though. I hear it on the radio quite a bit. This guy has really taken off, hasn't he? I liked "Leave The Night On" for the most part, but sometimes it was hit and miss for me. I don't think I'm familiar with his other music. I may have previewed a song or two on iTunes before, but nothing stuck with me. I'm curious what his overall sound is like, so I'll probably give his album a listen one of these days.
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Post by cws3030 on Mar 7, 2015 15:02:55 GMT -5
I wonder at what point they work this song to Top-40.
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Post by someguy on Mar 7, 2015 15:08:46 GMT -5
This is a good song, but what on Earth is up with that fast talk/rap part in the verse? It completely messes up the flow of the song for me and it doesn't sound good at all. The chorus is great though. I hear it on the radio quite a bit. This guy has really taken off, hasn't he? I liked "Leave The Night On" for the most part, but sometimes it was hit and miss for me. I don't think I'm familiar with his other music. I may have previewed a song or two on iTunes before, but nothing stuck with me. I'm curious what his overall sound is like, so I'll probably give his album a listen one of these days. I would definitely recommend checking out his album. It's one of my favourites from the last couple of years.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 9, 2015 1:03:08 GMT -5
I wonder at what point they work this song to Top-40. Leave the Night On would have smashed at top 40, but they never sent that so I'm guessing this won't get sent there either
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 14:06:50 GMT -5
I wonder at what point they work this song to Top-40. Leave the Night On would have smashed at top 40, but they never sent that so I'm guessing this won't get sent there either I agree that "Leave The Night On" could have been a pretty big hit at CHR, but I don't think the fact that it wasn't sent there automatically means that "Take Your Time" won't get sent there. "Take Your Time" has been flirting with the top 10 all-genre on iTunes over the past week, and Sam's cross-over appeal is undeniable. I think it's only a matter of time until one of Sam's big country radio hits starts getting worked to multiple formats as well. My guess is that MCA Nashville wants to establish him as a "country radio artist" first by getting him 2 big chart-toppers...and then, perhaps after "Take Your Time" peaks at country radio, Universal will go for the multi-format cross-over hit. So I think that there's actually a really high chance that this song (or maybe his next single) will get worked to other radio formats as well. In my opinion, it would be foolish if Sam's team doesn't at least consider it.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 9, 2015 15:02:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sure "Leave the Night On" would've done pretty well, but this song would totally smash on CHR. I hope they go for the crossover hit with this because it'd be such a waste not to. It has all the makings of being a multi-format smash and if he's going to keep releasing "country" music that sounds like this, I can't imagine why they wouldn't go for crossover success. Judging by the sales for this song, it's already being bought up by non-country fans because it's not selling on par with any other country hits out there right now (save for "Homegrown").
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Post by mylifeback on Mar 9, 2015 21:46:10 GMT -5
This song has a much better vibe for Pop radio than Leave The Night On & I hope they do cross it over. I think it would really break Sam out to a wider audience.
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Post by newpower99 on Mar 11, 2015 8:51:53 GMT -5
Per Sam's Twitter , the Take Your Time video will be up on Friday.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 13, 2015 8:03:43 GMT -5
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Post by dm2081 on Mar 13, 2015 9:15:17 GMT -5
Wow that's a great music video. I imagine this is going to be very popular, and will help propel this song to a huge run on the Hot Country Songs chart.
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Post by rsmatto on Mar 13, 2015 10:57:08 GMT -5
That video director is going to be filming movies before long. This video is as cinematic as the PR made it out to be.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 13, 2015 15:24:11 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 13, 2015 15:30:55 GMT -5
That video director is going to be filming movies before long. This video is as cinematic as the PR made it out to be. Here's an article about the music video from Music Row. "MCA Nashville’s Sam Hunt released the music video today (Friday March 13) for his current single “Take Your Time.” The video was directed by Tim Mattia and is described as a “multi-layered, cinematic piece” that highlights the issue of domestic violence. The video reveals the life of a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship. Meanwhile Hunt, as the narrator, portrays a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation." Music Row
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 13, 2015 15:34:17 GMT -5
That video director is going to be filming movies before long. This video is as cinematic as the PR made it out to be. Here's an article about the music video from Music Row. "MCA Nashville’s Sam Hunt released the music video today (Friday March 13) for his current single “Take Your Time.” The video was directed by Tim Mattia and is described as a “multi-layered, cinematic piece” that highlights the issue of domestic violence. The video reveals the life of a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship. Meanwhile Hunt, as the narrator, portrays a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation." Music RowWell, I agree that the video is very very well done, however how does "a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship" and Hunt acting as "a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation" have anything to do with the song here?
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 13, 2015 15:43:41 GMT -5
Here's an article about the music video from Music Row. "MCA Nashville’s Sam Hunt released the music video today (Friday March 13) for his current single “Take Your Time.” The video was directed by Tim Mattia and is described as a “multi-layered, cinematic piece” that highlights the issue of domestic violence. The video reveals the life of a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship. Meanwhile Hunt, as the narrator, portrays a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation." Music RowWell, I agree that the video is very very well done, however how does "a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship" and Hunt acting as "a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation" have anything to do with the song here? It doesn't. A different approach to the music video doesn't surprise me as those have been done many times before but I definitely agree that it has really nothing to do with the actual premise of the song. My guess is the director had a very unique treatment for the video and Sam and his label decided to go with the cinematic, different perspective approach. The video will certainly draw more interest vs. portraying the actual lyrics of the song, which I'm sure was a factor (though the way the song was selling, it didn't really need it). The video was very well done though.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 13, 2015 16:00:26 GMT -5
Well, I agree that the video is very very well done, however how does "a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship" and Hunt acting as "a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation" have anything to do with the song here? It doesn't. A different approach to the music video doesn't surprise me as those have been done many times before but I definitely agree that it has really nothing to do with the actual premise of the song. My guess is the director had a very unique treatment for the video and Sam and his label decided to go with the cinematic, different perspective approach. The video will certainly draw more interest vs. portraying the actual lyrics of the song, which I'm sure was a factor (though the way the song was selling, it didn't really need it). The video was very well done though. I'm all for allowing creative liberties in music videos to add a fresh perspective to the song (such as the "Somethin' Bad" music video), however, when these creative liberties don't make any sense with the actual premise of the song, I just don't get it. It's a great video, it just doesn't belong with "Take Your Time" in my opinion.
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Post by tsr on Mar 13, 2015 16:48:15 GMT -5
I love this song's verses, but I really wanted the chorus to go somewhere and for me, it just didn't. The bridge on the other hand is great.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2015 17:13:47 GMT -5
Wow that's a great music video. I imagine this is going to be very popular, and will help propel this song to a huge run on the Hot Country Songs chart. It's already been #1 on HCS for what, 5 weeks now? ZBB's "Homegrown" is up to #2 there but I don't see how it's going to be able to dislodge Sam from the top spot. And looking at the airplay chart, I'm trying to figure out which likely hit will have the best chance to dethrone Sam. My guess is that it'll be either "Little Toy Guns" or "Sippin' On Fire", but of course that won't happen until those songs are top 10 at radio (and after Sam has peaked at radio as well). "Girl Crush" or "Like A Wrecking Ball" would be candidates to go #1 on HCS if they could eventually make the airplay top 10, but I'm not convinced that top 10 is in the cards for either of those songs. "Take Your Time" will easily go Platinum and I wouldn't be surprised if it even makes 2x Platinum sometime this summer.
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Post by rjz on Mar 13, 2015 19:03:04 GMT -5
It doesn't. A different approach to the music video doesn't surprise me as those have been done many times before but I definitely agree that it has really nothing to do with the actual premise of the song. My guess is the director had a very unique treatment for the video and Sam and his label decided to go with the cinematic, different perspective approach. The video will certainly draw more interest vs. portraying the actual lyrics of the song, which I'm sure was a factor (though the way the song was selling, it didn't really need it). The video was very well done though. I'm all for allowing creative liberties in music videos to add a fresh perspective to the song (such as the "Somethin' Bad" music video), however, when these creative liberties don't make any sense with the actual premise of the song, I just don't get it. It's a great video, it just doesn't belong with "Take Your Time" in my opinion. I agree. I also have that little quirk-I really do like the video to have a passing resemblance to the song story line. Give Me Back My Hometown bothered me for the same reason, even if I enjoyed watching it. Still like the song and album though.
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Post by rsmatto on Mar 13, 2015 19:06:45 GMT -5
That video director is going to be filming movies before long. This video is as cinematic as the PR made it out to be. Here's an article about the music video from Music Row. "MCA Nashville’s Sam Hunt released the music video today (Friday March 13) for his current single “Take Your Time.” The video was directed by Tim Mattia and is described as a “multi-layered, cinematic piece” that highlights the issue of domestic violence. The video reveals the life of a struggling mother in a vulnerable relationship. Meanwhile Hunt, as the narrator, portrays a bystander who decides to take charge of the situation." Music RowYes, that story is on RS too.
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Post by countrymusic20 on Mar 13, 2015 20:59:43 GMT -5
Really great video. Love everything about it.
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Post by someguy on Mar 13, 2015 21:19:45 GMT -5
It doesn't. A different approach to the music video doesn't surprise me as those have been done many times before but I definitely agree that it has really nothing to do with the actual premise of the song. My guess is the director had a very unique treatment for the video and Sam and his label decided to go with the cinematic, different perspective approach. The video will certainly draw more interest vs. portraying the actual lyrics of the song, which I'm sure was a factor (though the way the song was selling, it didn't really need it). The video was very well done though. I'm all for allowing creative liberties in music videos to add a fresh perspective to the song (such as the "Somethin' Bad" music video), however, when these creative liberties don't make any sense with the actual premise of the song, I just don't get it. It's a great video, it just doesn't belong with "Take Your Time" in my opinion. My thoughts exactly. I love the song, and think that the video is great, but it's just not a good fit for the song.
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