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Post by sabre14 on Apr 29, 2015 14:01:56 GMT -5
This from Jimmy Harnen of Republic Nashville, plugging EYB's new single on twitter:
"Turn It On" is really not doing great though. It has a bad start to this week and has lost 12 spins and 170k in audience since Sunday. They landed at #41 on this week's MB chart, but they've since been passed by Thomas Rhett, Kacey Musgraves and even Austin Webb. ZBB's "Homegrown" and Miranda's "Little Red Wagon" are going recurrent this Sunday evening, but it looks as if EYB might have to wait a little longer to get a MB top 40 finish.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 30, 2015 8:34:26 GMT -5
I've said before that my main problem with EYB releases is that they usually have really good songs, but they've never felt like a band to me, just Mike Eli solo. There's almost no vocal harmony or distinctive instrumentation most of the time, and the constantly overbearing production does them no favors. ("Dust" was probably their tightest and best-produced in my opinion.) This song is radically different, but not in a good way, and it STILL feels like a Mike Eli solo effort.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2015 8:59:15 GMT -5
This from Jimmy Harnen of Republic Nashville, plugging EYB's new single on twitter: Maybe the key is making a song that has more to say about it than a "WAY UPTEMPO SONG FOR SPRING" As most of us pointed out earlier in the thread, this is not EYB by a long-stretch and it's no surprise that this song has been stuck in the cellar. Established acts with established fans cannot be trend-chasers.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Apr 30, 2015 17:47:14 GMT -5
Not saying it's great, but I have to say this song is growing on me. Sure it's not what I want from EYB, but that chorus is so catchy it's insane.
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Post by rsmatto on May 1, 2015 11:40:21 GMT -5
Not saying it's great, but I have to say this song is growing on me. Sure it's not what I want from EYB, but that chorus is so catchy it's insane. I felt it would be a decent hit for them, it's certainly not just a "me too" song from them but maybe the vocal changes from Mike Eli are noticeable here?
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Post by sabre14 on May 1, 2015 12:24:57 GMT -5
Not saying it's great, but I have to say this song is growing on me. Sure it's not what I want from EYB, but that chorus is so catchy it's insane. I felt it would be a decent hit for them, it's certainly not just a "me too" song from them but maybe the vocal changes from Mike Eli are noticeable here?That's a big problem I have with this song. Forget the fact that it's a trend chaser (which is difficult for me to see from them), but the vocals from Mike are just way too different. They're also quite grating. Every time the chorus comes on it gives me headaches with the "Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on."It's definitely catchy and the melody is decent but that's all I like about this song.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 1, 2015 12:35:11 GMT -5
^ I've always thought Eli had an incredibly vanilla voice, so I'll take any attempt for him to sound different. With the possible exception of T-Pain levels of Auto-Tune.
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Post by sabre14 on May 1, 2015 12:42:41 GMT -5
^ I've always thought Eli had an incredibly vanilla voice, so I'll take any attempt for him to sound different. With the possible exception of T-Pain levels of Auto-Tune. To each his own, I think Mike's voice is unique and I instantly know when I'm listening to a EYB song. Is it a great voice? No. I have always enjoyed it though. Amazing how we could have such different opinions on that. :)
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 15:58:41 GMT -5
I think this'll just be one of those songs that takes time to grow. I could easily see "Turn It On" managing a slow and steady climb into the top 10. Everyone has been mentioning how congested the charts are right now, so it's not shocking at all for a B-list band that doesn't really have much momentum to start off slowly. I haven't really seen any consistently negative or troubling updates, though, other than 111k loss this had on Billboard last week, which I think may have simply been this losing some inflated gains it had the previous week. A 40-week chart run similar to what "One Hell of an Amen" may experience seems like a highly plausible scenario here. That being said, I don't expect this to be one of those hits with "staying power" that gets much airplay once it goes off the charts. "Your Place or Mine," though, sounds like a much bigger hit and it'd be great to see that released next.
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Post by goodsoul81 on May 5, 2015 10:27:28 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on May 28, 2015 22:01:14 GMT -5
I've heard this way too many times for some reason. Both WYRK and The Highway play it and I always seem to be in the car when it comes on. My fears were realized too...this song gets worse with every listen. The grating chorus really gets under my skin. I gave this song the old college try and allowed some time for it to grow on me but it didn't work.
"Turn It On" is going on 14 weeks charting on Billboard and still stuck in the 40's. It's lost 120k in audience on MB this week and has managed over 600k in audience gains the past five weeks. It had one really good week back on the April 13th issued chart week where it gained 1.0 million in audience, but other than that it hasn't done too much over the past two months. There's one station that is far and away the leader for "Turn It On"; KSCS in Dallas. They have contributed for 945k of EYB's audience the past week and have spun "Turn It On" 30 more times than the next closest station. It of course is the only station with this song in heavy rotation. The fact it's a Texas based station is no surprise but that's quite the difference of audience from the other spin leaders for this song.
I do think "Turn It On" can chug along for a top 25 peak or so but that's about it. I know we've seen other songs ('Love You Like That") that have gone on for ridiculously long runs into the top 10, and this chart is really crowded right now, but this song's sales just haven't been anything to write home about and it doesn't strike me as having a ton of lasting power.
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Post by drummerman2009 on Jun 8, 2015 18:46:52 GMT -5
I think "Turn It On" is just about finished and I wouldn't be too surprised if it went recurrent on tonight's Country Update. As much as I like EYB I think that they should have waited on "Turn It On" and should have released "Prayer For The Road" instead. Kind of surprised that they just released two songs from "10,000 Towns" as "Prayer For The Road" would have done a lot better than "Turn It On".
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 8, 2015 19:06:04 GMT -5
I think "Turn It On" is just about finished and I wouldn't be too surprised if it went recurrent on tonight's Country Update. As much as I like EYB I think that they should have waited on "Turn It On" and should have released "Prayer For The Road" instead. Kind of surprised that they just released two songs from "10,000 Towns" as "Prayer For The Road" would have done a lot better than "Turn It On". I don't think this will be going recurrent tonight on Billboard. It kept its bullet last week and I see a grace week coming in tonight's issue. That being said, "Turn It On" is definitely near the end. It lost over 500k in audience on MB this week and another 147k in today's update. EYB has lost 84 spins and 2.2 million the past four weeks on MB and KSCS in Dallas contributed significantly to "Turn It On's" audience losses this past week. The slim hope of cracking the MB top 40 died when Jana Kramer leaped them for the #40 spot (though "Turn It On" made the Billboard top 40 at #39 last week, but that doesn't help with countdown spins). I actually supported moving on from 10,000 Towns, as "Dust" took a very long time to just get a top 15 peak and I wasn't as confident as others were about a third single reaching that part of the chart, or selling very well. If this doesn't do anymore (likely), then I would like to say I'm sad since I have been a huge EYB fan over the years, but this single is head and shoulders my least favorite from them and I really don't think it was a wise move to change up their sound.
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Post by rsmatto on Jun 8, 2015 20:26:13 GMT -5
I would expect them to release a new single from a new EP. They may just move completely on from this project. Honestly, they should work with Dave Cobb for whatever's next. He did wonders with A Thousand Horses and might be able to balance the indie tendencies of this band with their mainstream wants pretty nicely. Cobb may overtake Jay Joyce as my favorite producer of the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 20:58:42 GMT -5
I think "Turn It On" is just about finished and I wouldn't be too surprised if it went recurrent on tonight's Country Update. As much as I like EYB I think that they should have waited on "Turn It On" and should have released "Prayer For The Road" instead. Kind of surprised that they just released two songs from "10,000 Towns" as "Prayer For The Road" would have done a lot better than "Turn It On". This can't go recurrent yet. It had a bullet last week, and it'll only be 15 weeks old on tonight's Billboard chart. It's guaranteed a 16th week, but if it fails to bullet in week 16 AND week 17, then it would go recurrent. Also, sabre14, this one's Billboard peak is #37. Here's its chart run so far (not including tonight's position): 58-50-43-44-44-46-45-37-43-41-40-41-42-39 It got up to #37 back on Monday April 20 (chart dated 05/02).
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 8, 2015 21:07:33 GMT -5
I think "Turn It On" is just about finished and I wouldn't be too surprised if it went recurrent on tonight's Country Update. As much as I like EYB I think that they should have waited on "Turn It On" and should have released "Prayer For The Road" instead. Kind of surprised that they just released two songs from "10,000 Towns" as "Prayer For The Road" would have done a lot better than "Turn It On". This can't go recurrent yet. It had a bullet last week, and it'll only be 15 weeks old on tonight's Billboard chart. It's guaranteed a 16th week, but if it fails to bullet in week 16 AND week 17, then it would go recurrent. Also, sabre14, this one's Billboard peak is #37. Here's its chart run so far (not including tonight's position): 58-50-43-44-44-46-45-37-43-41-40-41-42-39 It got up to #37 back on Monday April 20 (chart dated 05/02). Thanks Jamie. Those Billboard peak positions from April are killing me, lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 21:21:02 GMT -5
Thanks Jamie. Those Billboard peak positions from April are killing me, lol. I'm right there with ya. The 05/02 chart was one of those rare weeks where there actually was a housecleaning, and EYB gained about 1 mil in audience to leap past a few other songs...but since then they've fallen back again. I just checked, and "Turn It On" was able to leap ahead of Dan + Shay, Parmalee, Kacey Musgraves, and Thomas Rhett (he had the 8th day effect that week) that week. EYB finished at #37 with 3.888 million on the 05/02 chart. Last week's #37 song, Mickey Guyton's BTYLM, had 5.684 mil. And EYB (at #39) had 4.496 mil last week...so that just goes to show how much higher the audience numbers are across the board, simply due to the plethora of new singles radio has been bombarded with dating back to CRS. I haven't seen tonight's BB chart yet, but EYB will probably be below 4 mil in audience due to the Dallas station reducing their airplay. The only reason I'm able to keep track of peak positions is because I keep my own file on my laptop that contains both BB and MB data in the same spreadsheet, and there's a peak position column that I update each week. There are a lot of artists that are just trying to get back to their BB peak positions: Lady A (#35), Mickey (#35), Big & Rich (#34), EYB (#37), Kacey (#41), Cam (#52), Drake White (#46), and Ashley Monroe (#53). Cam is probably done, Kacey is almost certainly done, Mickey probably won't go much higher...I don't expect Big & Rich to go much higher either (mostly because I expect them to keep getting passed). Lady A might go top 30 at best. And I actually don't think Drake White will be able to eclipse his #46 peak. Jana Kramer was another one...she'd gotten to #40 several weeks back, but at least it looks like she'll have set a new peak position in tonight's BB chart. I'm starting to think #37 might go down as the peak for "Turn It On".
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 10, 2015 13:56:31 GMT -5
"Turn It On" is done. It lost another 53 spins and 400k in audience today and over 800k in audience lost since Sunday. Since EYB did not have a bullet on the past two MB charts, this will go recurrent on Sunday (6/14).
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jun 10, 2015 15:12:41 GMT -5
I think this song was trying to break Jypsi's record for most re-entries into the Top 40. At least their "I Don't Love You Like That" was a GOOD song.
This is just Z-level bro that stripped what little resemblance of personality EYB had to begin with.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 16:03:22 GMT -5
I wonder if they learned anything from their horrible experiment and will decide to go back to making good music now.
Or if they will follow the trend and make an R&B funk song.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jun 10, 2015 17:33:57 GMT -5
I really hope this does well enough for them. Since I don't really think this is that great, I can retract this, right? P.S. Don't sue me if I'm late.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 10, 2015 19:54:21 GMT -5
If this is already finished, I'll take this having a lackluster run as some (small) kind of consolation for something quality like "Biscuits" doing even worse. I'm not an EYB fan at all and I wasn't even before they took this new approach with their music (I've only liked a couple of their singles to date, honestly and I'm not a fan of the band's vocalist), but this was just a bad song all around. I actually caught this on the radio for the first time the other day about halfway through the song and man did it sound annoying. I'm glad that every once in awhile the low-hanging fruit like this or "Donkey" don't always succeed at radio.
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 10, 2015 20:02:46 GMT -5
If this is already finished It is. ;) Songs don't lose 1.3 million in audience over a ten day period when they're below the top 40 (without any of that being W1 aided), and recover, lol. This song is not generating buzz. It isn't selling well. Its getting lost in the shuffle. Republic will not be able to revive this.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 20:07:28 GMT -5
Yeah, this one's definitely done. I love EYB, but this was the first single of theirs that I didn't like. It lacks personality. This song is the definition of generic.
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Post by mus1cr0w on Jun 10, 2015 21:24:18 GMT -5
Great band. Shame.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 8:00:46 GMT -5
Ok so next week it looks to not fall out but it should fall out of the Top 50 I imagine along with if Biscuits if it stays. Not gonna miss the song. Well the chart clog claimed another victim who is next?
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Post by H. on Jun 11, 2015 8:14:24 GMT -5
Where did this peak on Mediabase and BB? Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 8:24:29 GMT -5
Mb #41 Bb #37. Safe to say this was a single choice.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 11, 2015 8:36:12 GMT -5
Hopefully they return to their previous sound with their next single
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 11, 2015 12:56:33 GMT -5
Safe to say this was a single choice. I think it's safe to say that too, lol. :)
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