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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 18, 2015 5:18:00 GMT -5
I don't really get the title. Is "crushin' it" an existing term that has some meaning I'm not aware of?
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 18, 2015 10:38:33 GMT -5
I don't really get the title. Is "crushin' it" an existing term that has some meaning I'm not aware of?
I don't believe so. Just a way of saying the narrator may not be the best at many things in life but he knows how to drink and have a good time come the weekend. Perhaps it can be perceived as a play on "Workin' It", though that isn't exactly a household term either.
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Post by someguy on Mar 18, 2015 10:49:17 GMT -5
I don't really get the title. Is "crushin' it" an existing term that has some meaning I'm not aware of? It's a term that just means to be doing really well at something. It's been around for a little while.
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Post by carriekins on Mar 18, 2015 12:06:02 GMT -5
I don't really get the title. Is "crushin' it" an existing term that has some meaning I'm not aware of? It's a term that just means to be doing really well at something. It's been around for a little while. Kinda like "killing it." As in "I just crushed/killed my workout."
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 18, 2015 13:25:10 GMT -5
It's a term that just means to be doing really well at something. It's been around for a little while. Kinda like "killing it." As in "I just crushed/killed my workout." I usually just say I need to "pound out" a 40 minute run or workout. I don't think I've ever heard somebody refer to a finished workout as "killed it". I know sometimes people use that in reference to a great performance, like he/she "killed" that song live or that was a "killer" show. But perhaps that's just me (most likely, just me).
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Post by carriekins on Mar 18, 2015 13:45:59 GMT -5
Kinda like "killing it." As in "I just crushed/killed my workout." I usually just say I need to "pound out" a 40 minute run or workout. I don't think I've ever heard somebody refer to a finished workout as "killed it". I know sometimes people use that in reference to a great performance, like he/she "killed" that song live or that was a "killer" show. But perhaps that's just me (most likely, just me). It's said allllllll the time in my fitness community.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 18, 2015 14:42:30 GMT -5
I usually just say I need to "pound out" a 40 minute run or workout. I don't think I've ever heard somebody refer to a finished workout as "killed it". I know sometimes people use that in reference to a great performance, like he/she "killed" that song live or that was a "killer" show. But perhaps that's just me (most likely, just me). It's said allllllll the time in my fitness community. Ah, that must be why. I don't really belong to a fitness community. I usually run alone and most of my friends and family aren't as into eating right and exercising as I am, lol.
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Post by trustypepper on Mar 18, 2015 14:48:50 GMT -5
I find myself singing this song all the time, especially the "every week has a weekend" line (some motivation to get through the day ). I love this era so far.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 18, 2015 15:06:34 GMT -5
"Crushin' it" is also a clever play on what he's doing to his beer can once he's finished with it. It's basically a double entendre.
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Post by Marv on Mar 18, 2015 15:06:46 GMT -5
I do expect this to wind up being a smash, even if it takes 15+ weeks to complete its chart run as will the current singles by other superstars such as Kenny, Carrie & Tim if recent history repeats itself.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 15:48:13 GMT -5
Yeah, the phrase "crushin' it" is pretty popular, and Brad works it brilliantly into this song. It's the equivalent to "killed it" or "nailed it", which are both lyrics right away in the first verse. I also hear "he crushed that one!" a lot when somebody does something really good in baseball (usually a home run, lol), and so it's fitting that Brad incorporated the cracking sound of a baseball bat hitting a ball in the first verse of this song as well.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 18, 2015 15:59:11 GMT -5
It's the equivalent to "nailed it", That's the one I most associate with someone who accomplished something efficiently.
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Post by rsmatto on Mar 18, 2015 19:03:58 GMT -5
 It's the equivalent to "nailed it", That's the one I most associate with someone who accomplished something efficiently. Maybe this confusion is why it's not selling.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 18, 2015 20:58:52 GMT -5
Wow, I thought "crushin' it" was a pretty universal saying haha. Maybe its more well-known to a certain demographic such as an age group or a certain region of the country, but I would be pretty shocked if I said "crushed it" and a friend asked what that meant... Also, there's this reference that everyone should know, or else you're sincerely missing out: {Spoiler}
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 18, 2015 22:57:44 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm pretty surprised that there's confusion around the line because for me it couldn't be more straightforward. At any rate though, I highly doubt that's the reason sales are lagging for this. Sales are down in general and Brad Paisley just hasn't been a hot seller lately like he used to (he used to be a regular in the Top 40 of the Hot 100, and he's only made it there twice in the last 5 years with "Old Alabama" and "Remind Me" being his last).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 7:29:47 GMT -5
The sales numbers for this one do concern me, as I thought it would be a bigger hit with listeners. Everyone who I "shared" this one with prior to its release just loved it, leading me to believe it would catch on quickly.
As a note of comparison, "Crushin' It" is at 303 on iTunes all-genre in its 46th chart day. On the same chart day, "River Bank" was at 98 and "Perfect Storm" was at 82. I think both benefited a bit from being "new" as RB was the debut single (played on ACMs) and PS was the first single after the album release (also people tend to buy up Brad's ballads more). Once he played PS on the CMAs, it jumped 45 iTunes places overnight from 77 to 32.
I'm assuming Brad will play CI at the ACMs even though he has not been announced as a performer. His performance on Jimmmy Kimmel did not noticeably help sales.
Another point to note (as indulge said) is that sales are down across the board. A quick look at the top 30 charting songs on iTunes show the average all-genre positions at the following dates, being the 46th chart day in each of Brad's songs (plus this day last year):
May 20, 2014: 110.5 Oct 21, 2014: 157.9 Mar 18, 2015: 171.9 Mar 18, 2014: 113.6
Aside from its relation to Brad, could this mean that less people are listening to country? That more people are listening to XM radio and buying those songs (most of which are not in the top 30)? That people are saving money? More people using Spotify?
To address Spotify, the current stream count for the following songs released around the same time shows as: Crushin' It: 2,182,946 Diamond Rings and Old Barstools: 1,438,184 Fly: 2,248,791 I'm to Blame: 1,013,934 Wild Child: 1,345,099
Brad's is right behind Maddie & Tae, but all of the songs are pretty close.
Another thing to note is that radio audience *may* be a little lower than when Brad's other songs were in this spot on the chart (although a definitive conclusion would require more analysis than my time permits). In each song's 8th chart week, the #1 song on the chart and the top 15 average had the following Billboard audiences:
May 27, 2014: 49,045 (#1) / 33.544 (average) Oct 20, 2014: 48.663 (#1) / 33.912 (average) Mar 16, 2015: 44.799 (#1) / 31.794 (average)
This may mean nothing, but audiences ARE down a little bit it seems.
Anyways, I hope this song does not falter like his 3rd and 4th from his last album. That would be a shame as I think this is much better material. The 4th single from this album (which I'm assuming is "Country Nation") should be an across-the-board hit, both at radio and digitally. But nothing would surprise me at this point.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 11:51:19 GMT -5
Much like the Jimmy Kimmel performance, the ACM performance of this song has had a very minimal effect on its iTunes sales. Before the performance, "Crushin' It" was in the 130's on iTunes, and after the performance it moved in to the 100's, still one of the worst sellers in the airplay chart's top 20. Given that 16 million people watched the ACM show, it seems almost embarrassing for Brad's song to still be selling so poorly. I think this song is just really uninteresting and too generic for anyone to take much notice of. There really isn't anything catchy about it and the production may come across as a bit irritating, so I can see why people just aren't buying the song. Brad's more of an album seller than a single seller, but I'd say these sales are still pretty inexcusable the week after an ACM performance.
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Post by dm2081 on Apr 22, 2015 12:18:45 GMT -5
Can't speak for everybody else, but this song always seemed like a good album track, but not a single for radio. I like the song, but it loses it's novelty when you hear it a 1000x on the radio, much like "Red Solo Cup" did. I always thought "Limes" sounded like a better radio single. Luckily they still have "Country Nation" left because I think that could be a decent hit on the radio. I imagine this one will work it's way into the top 10, and then drop out. Still not a terrible performance for Brad though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 15:42:44 GMT -5
I agree that the sales for this one are horrible, especially after a performance on Jimmy Kimmel and the ACMs. Granted, Brad was shoved in the final half hour of the show after a chunk of the 16 million had tuned out and probably some of the rest of them had fallen asleep.
As you said, Brad's never been a great single-seller.
I think this one is still young enough (13 weeks) that it can get to the top 10 or even top 5 just by the fact that songs ahead will continue to peak and drop off. This one *is* still gaining, albeit very slowly. It hasn't had very many loss days, which leaves me mildly optimistic.
I disagree that this one being "generic" is hurting it when you look at songs like "Don't It", "Sippin' on Fire", "Love Me Like You Mean It" and "Love You Like That" posting huge daily gains on a regular basis.
In fact, it's the unique songs (ones like "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools", "She Don't Love You", "Little Red Wagon", "Riot", "Like a Wrecking Ball") that are consistently struggling right now.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 22, 2015 15:59:30 GMT -5
I agree that the sales for this one are horrible, especially after a performance on Jimmy Kimmel and the ACMs. Granted, Brad was shoved in the final half hour of the show after a chunk of the 16 million had tuned out and probably some of the rest of them had fallen asleep. As you said, Brad's never been a great single-seller. I think this one is still young enough (13 weeks) that it can get to the top 10 or even top 5 just by the fact that songs ahead will continue to peak and drop off. This one *is* still gaining, albeit very slowly. It hasn't had very many loss days, which leaves me mildly optimistic. I disagree that this one being "generic" is hurting it when you look at songs like "Don't It", "Sippin' on Fire", "Love Me Like You Mean It" and "Love You Like That" posting huge daily gains on a regular basis. In fact, it's the unique songs (ones like "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools", "She Don't Love You", "Little Red Wagon", "Riot", "Like a Wrecking Ball") that are consistently struggling right now. #30 selling single at 11,000. Together, 70,000 were sold.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 26, 2015 13:12:02 GMT -5
I love this song but this chart run has been very uneventful thus far. In fact, I can't remember a quieter top 15 hit for Brad, save for "Camouflage", which barely cracked the top 15. "Crushin' It" is up just 163 spins and 693k in audience this week. After just 2.0 million in total gains the previous two weeks. There's no music video (yet), and it's sales have been pretty lackluster, which has been pointed out many times already in this thread (currently #153 on the all-genre chart). I think this will make the top 10 but no guarantees beyond that. Just for reference, "River Bank" was at #11 at the 13 week mark on MB, while "Perfect Storm" was at all the way at #4 at the 13 week mark. "Crushin' It" sits at #15 at the 13 week MB mark, with roughly 18 million less in audience than "Perfect Storm". I know this is a third single, but that's a pretty staggering difference in chart runs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 14:10:25 GMT -5
I too am a little worried about it, but as you said he's not in a horrible position for a third single. Also Brad isn't exactly today's Luke Bryan or Jason Aldean anymore.
I think it's still young enough but if it doesn't continue to at least show moderate gains, other songs will start passing this one. Video is coming soon.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 26, 2015 19:46:51 GMT -5
Comparing this to "Perfect Storm"'s performance is a little unfair. #4 after 13 weeks is phenomenal for any artist, especially for Brad after the lackluster success he had at radio with the whole Wheelhouse mess. I still think that being inside the top 15 after 13 weeks is doing pretty decent for 3rd single from Brad. I don't expect this to become a #1 hit for Brad, maybe not even a top 5, but I think Brad is past the point of his career where every one of his singles is going to be a contender for #1. This never screamed huge hit to me, so seeing where it's at now is about how I imagined it going.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 26, 2015 20:05:48 GMT -5
Comparing this to "Perfect Storm"'s performance is a little unfair. #4 after 13 weeks is phenomenal for any artist, especially for Brad after the lackluster success he had at radio with the whole Wheelhouse mess. I still think that being inside the top 15 after 13 weeks is doing pretty decent for 3rd single from Brad. I don't expect this to become a #1 hit for Brad, maybe not even a top 5, but I think Brad is past the point of his career where every one of his singles is going to be a contender for #1. This never screamed huge hit to me, so seeing where it's at now is about how I imagined it going. I don't think it's unfair at all. "Perfect Storm" was a pretty big hit but the fact that the drop off was so drastic is something to point out IMO. I also don't regard anything from Wheelhouse having any sort of meaningful impact on his radio endeavors now. I think everyone knew, including Brad, that radio success was going to be a challenge after "Beat This Summer", just because that album was so different from anything he's ever done before. I wasn't surprised at all in the chart runs of "I Can't Change The World" or "The Mona Lisa." I do agree about Brad being past his ultimate prime. He's been releasing singles since 1999 - that's 16 years at country radio...that's a long time. An artist's career can slow down after that amount of time. Alan Jackson in 2005 was at his 16 year mark and started having his fair share of under performing radio singles by then ("The Talkin' Song Repair Blues", "USA Today", "Like Red On A Rose"). By the 20 year mark, his career was all but over at radio and to be honest I see Brad having similar results. I know it's been said many times before, but not everyone can be George or Reba, lol. He's definitely going to score a few more big hits, but I think it's fair to predict that slower climbs than he's accustomed to, like "Crushin' It" is the norm now, whereas chart runs like "Perfect Storm" will become fewer and farther between for him. Now of course, everyone's career is different and perhaps Brad can continue to be a mainstay on radio for another decade, but it will most certainly have less success than he had 5-10 years ago. I see at least one more single from this era before they move on, and the longer that "Crushin' It" can last, the more of a great opportunity they have to release "Country Nation."
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 26, 2015 20:18:19 GMT -5
Comparing this to "Perfect Storm"'s performance is a little unfair. #4 after 13 weeks is phenomenal for any artist, especially for Brad after the lackluster success he had at radio with the whole Wheelhouse mess. I still think that being inside the top 15 after 13 weeks is doing pretty decent for 3rd single from Brad. I don't expect this to become a #1 hit for Brad, maybe not even a top 5, but I think Brad is past the point of his career where every one of his singles is going to be a contender for #1. This never screamed huge hit to me, so seeing where it's at now is about how I imagined it going. I don't think it's unfair at all. "Perfect Storm" was a pretty big hit but the fact that the drop off was so drastic is something to point out IMO. I also don't regard anything from Wheelhouse having any sort of meaningful impact on his radio endeavors now. I think everyone knew, including Brad, that radio success was going to be a challenge after "Beat This Summer", just because that album was so different from anything he's ever done before. I wasn't surprised at all in the chart runs of "I Can't Change The World" or "The Mona Lisa." I do agree about Brad being past his ultimate prime. He's been releasing singles since 1999 - that's 16 years at country radio...that's a long time. An artist's career can slow down after that amount of time. Alan Jackson in 2005 was at his 16 year mark and started having his fair share of under performing radio singles by then ("The Talkin' Song Repair Blues", "USA Today", "Like Red On A Rose"). By the 20 year mark, his career was all but over at radio and to be honest I see Brad having similar results. I know it's been said many times before, but not everyone can be George or Reba, lol. He's definitely going to score a few more big hits, but I think it's fair to predict that slower climbs than he's accustomed to, like "Crushin' It" is the norm now, whereas chart runs like "Perfect Storm" will become fewer and farther between for him. Now of course, everyone's career is different and perhaps Brad can continue to be a mainstay on radio for another decade, but it will most certainly have less success than he had 5-10 years ago. I see at least one more single from this era before they move on, and the longer that "Crushin' It" can last, the more of a great opportunity they have to release "Country Nation." Well if you look at where "River Bank" was at week 13, #11, combined with the fact that it was a first single, I think seeing "Perfect Storm" all the way at #4 at week 13 looks more like the anomaly here than "Crushin' It" does. "Crushin' It" is only 4 spots below where "River Bank" was at week 13. But I do agree that his chart performances will start to look more like CI's than PS's with his future releases. I too was not surprised at all by the lack of success of the last two singles from Wheelhouse. I'm a huge Brad fan, but that album was atrocious. There isn't one song on there that I would miss if that album never existed. I do think this one will have some life left in it though. A lot of singles slow down right outside the top 10 and have to wait their turn to enter, so I think CI can still get there in the next month or two. I don't think it will do much more than that though, but if it can hold on through July, "Country Nation" could help pick back up the momentum for him. I agree with you on that as well. I personally would love to see "High Life" released as its classic funny Brad, but I think that may have missed its shot at being a single with the release of this song. Regardless, I think there are several choices for a 4th single that will result in another solid top 10/15 hit for Brad.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 21:27:25 GMT -5
I'd agree with both of you. I forget just how well "Perfect Storm" did at radio, and it was even able to sustain high audience levels through the Christmas break and for two weeks up at #1.
Brad is obviously beyond his prime, unless he can have some sort of revival much like Tim and Kenny have done with their current records...to do that, he will need to look back at his prior most successful albums and put a modern twist on them. Obviously Moonshine was a much better effort than Wheelhouse, so that's a step in the right direction.
I may be biased because Brad is my favorite artist, but I think he's in a fine spot with "Crushin' It" right now. This isn't 2006 and looking at the length of time some of these songs have been on the charts, here's a quick comparison...
"Little Toy Guns" at #12 after 70 days "Diamond Rings..." at #13 after 87 days "Love Me Like You Mean it" at #14 after 166 days "Crushin' It" at #15 after 85 days "She Don't Love You" at #16 after 175 days "Love You Like That" at #18 after 203 days "Young and Crazy" at #19 after 102 days
Brad is right in line with Carrie and Tim which is pretty impressive, all things considered. I mean, Dierks is at #2 right now 187 days later. Could Brad be up at #2 in 100 days? I'd say it's possible but not likely. The way this one has been going I see it peaking around 3/4/5. It's just not connecting for whatever reason. Hopefully Arista continues pushing this one because it's VERY young and it's still too early to release "Country Nation" if they want to coincide at all with college football (and that always felt like more of a fall song anyway).
Unfortunately, it's a bad time to be stagnant as I'm assuming next week, both Canaan Smith and Blake will pass this one. I'm hoping we don't see a flame-out like "Camouflage" which lasted about 100 charting days before starting to drop.
The bottom line: I'm more than okay with where "Crushin' It" is right now. I'm just not okay with the updates I've seen in the past week and a half.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 27, 2015 9:22:02 GMT -5
Could Brad be up at #2 in 100 days? I'd say it's possible but not likely.
If Brad Paisley does peak at #2, he will be at #9 on the all-time list of those with the most #2s. Merle Haggard would get kicked out of the top ten!
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Post by bluepaisley on May 7, 2015 5:01:31 GMT -5
I hope they release the video real soon. This has not been making any impressive gains in the past weeks and it has been overtaken by songs by Blake and Canaan Smith, and soon by Little Big Town and Jason Aldean. I enjoy this song but obviously, #1 is no longer in the cards. The video will probably do little, but I hope it can help push this song to at least top 10.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 7, 2015 14:51:20 GMT -5
I haven't listened to Moonshine in the Trunk so I can't comment on any of the songs beyond the singles thus far, but I know there had to have been better options than this one on the album for single #3. I just can't get into this song and judging by its lackluster sales, I'm not the only one. This song isn't "bad" but it's just kinda "there." I do like the double entendre in the song's title and think it's fairly clever, but overall the song just kind of falls flat for me. I liked "River Bank" a lot and I loved "Perfect Storm," and I'm glad those two did pretty well for Brad, but this one doesn't look to be doing much for him.
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