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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2015 2:17:59 GMT -5
I expect that "Talladega" was the big tent-pole single for this album and will get the most recurrent airplay of all the singles, but there's no reason why this shouldn't be another solid #1. I expect "Roller Coaster Ride" to be released after this, although a censored version of "That's Damn Rock N' Roll" wouldn't be surprising for an Eric Church single either.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 16, 2015 23:14:55 GMT -5
I think this is one song that would really benefit from a well done music video. If they made something a little edgy or steamy, and maybe pushed the limit just a tad bit, I could see this one exploding on the Hot Country Songs chart (Kind of similar to the reaction Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" had). The song is already at #69 currently on iTunes Country genre chart, which is really impressive since I haven't heard anything about this song receiving any spins yet.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 23, 2015 22:11:56 GMT -5
Pretty nice start here for "Like A Wrecking Ball" getting 21 adds two weeks before the impact date and debuting at #55 on Billboard's chart. "Talladega" is still the most played recurrent by a large margin, which could hinder this song early on but I don't foresee that happening here. The momentum from the success of "Talladega" will help though, and already has. The production is something that you can't find anywhere else on the radio right now but I hope this promising start can help get this song into at least the top 10.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 13:47:35 GMT -5
This is blowing up on iTunes, already up to #15 on iTunes country and #80 on iTunes all-genre with under 5 million audience impressions on the Mediabase panel country chart. This is already in the company of top 10 songs "Drinking Class," "Lonely Eyes," "Mean to Me," and "Make Me Wanna." By the time this does get to the top 10, I could see it being as huge as Sam Hunt's "Take Your Time." Is it possible that the hype has anything to do with the popularity of the Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" song?
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Post by someguy on Mar 7, 2015 15:11:46 GMT -5
I would think that Miley's song was so long ago that it wouldn't really have an effect now, but who knows for sure. This is really growing on me - from just liking it as an album track, I'm really loving it now that I'm hearing it more. I had previously thought that it would perform similarly to "Cold One" (or maybe just a little better), but I could see it being a bigger hit now.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 7, 2015 15:17:02 GMT -5
The biggest reason IMO that this song is doing well out of the gate, is that it just stands out so much on country radio - there's nothing else like its production. "Like A Wrecking Ball" is up 1.8 million in audience this week with one day remaining on MB. Like @daydrinker said, this song's iTunes sales are astonishing. At this rate, we very well might get two more singles from The Outsiders.
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 7, 2015 15:31:45 GMT -5
I heard this on the radio yesterday and couldn't believe what I was listening to. I guess I'm in the minority, but I think it's atrocious. The song is an absolute bore and the vocals are terrible. Maybe I'd be more tolerable of it if his voice wasn't so processed. Maybe it's supposed to add to the vibe and throwback style of the song, but I really hate it.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 7, 2015 15:33:45 GMT -5
This is blowing up on iTunes, already up to #15 on iTunes country and #80 on iTunes all-genre with under 5 million audience impressions on the Mediabase panel country chart. This is already in the company of top 10 songs "Drinking Class," "Lonely Eyes," "Mean to Me," and "Make Me Wanna." By the time this does get to the top 10, I could see it being as huge as Sam Hunt's "Take Your Time." Is it possible that the hype has anything to do with the popularity of the Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" song? Maybe Eric Church's next single should be Like A Party In The USA!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 1:51:34 GMT -5
^I'm not sure if replicating any popular Top 40 title would lead to a hit, but it just surprises me that this is already hitting this big on iTunes especially in a time where iTunes sales are trending a bit lower for country songs than pop songs. I just remember "Wrecking Ball" being a career-defining hit for Miley Cyrus and it was pretty recent, so to see sales for an Eric Church country song this high right out of the gate makes me wonder if it isn't just his usual country fan base interested in this. (For example, "Talladega" was in the 300's when it was receiving as much airplay as "Like a Wrecking Ball" is now.)
I guess I'd be inclined to just go with sabre14's explanation for the great sales. This does sound pretty different, which is consistent with the other great sellers on the country chart, "Take Your Time" and "Girl Crush," which are also very different-sounding. This makes more sense than Miley Cyrus' fans downloading a country song just because it has the same title as one of her songs.
One line that stands out to me in this song as a bit awkward is the final line of the song, "Take it right there baby, like a wrecking ball." Maybe others won't agree, but I can't think of many interpretations of what the "it" can be referring to, and this line just might make some listeners uncomfortable or squeamish. Not trying to sound like a prude, but it might possibly be a wise idea to create a radio version that doesn't include this. It came across as just a bit strange to me, sort of like some of the lines from "The Outsiders."
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Post by kml567 on Mar 8, 2015 9:41:09 GMT -5
^I'm not sure if replicating any popular Top 40 title would lead to a hit, but it just surprises me that this is already hitting this big on iTunes especially in a time where iTunes sales are trending a bit lower for country songs than pop songs. I just remember "Wrecking Ball" being a career-defining hit for Miley Cyrus and it was pretty recent, so to see sales for an Eric Church country song this high right out of the gate makes me wonder if it isn't just his usual country fan base interested in this. (For example, "Talladega" was in the 300's when it was receiving as much airplay as "Like a Wrecking Ball" is now.) The other song that has astronomical sales/airplay ratio is Chase Rice's "Ride". Perhaps we're spotting a new trend emerging in 2015. The country-pop radio listeners are really loving these sultry ballads with a soul/R&B vibe lately. It all started with Jason Aldean's "Burnin It Down" with the dominant sales. Now it's Sam Hunt's "Take Your Time". Soon it'll be "Wrecking Ball" and possibly "Ride" (if Chase ever decides to release a radio-friendly edit). So yeah, I do agree that it's not just Eric's country fan base interested in this. I think the country-pop fans that like the sultry soul/R&B vibe lately are buying Eric's song as well. Looking at the trends of Top 40 radio, I definitely sense pop/R&B being way more popular than pop/rock in recent years. So I'm not too surprised Country-Pop radio is now more accepting of the country/pop/R&B sound (rather than just playing the country/pop/rock sound that dominated the last 5+ years).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 10:43:27 GMT -5
^ I remember Windmills Country had a tweet that said something similar to this... "Burnin' It Down, Take Your Time, Like A Wrecking Ball....country radio's slow jam era?" if Chase Rice releases Ride..... I just can't.... I'd rather have the worst of bro-country played to me on repeat than this stuff.... I grew tired of bro-country as time went on but songs like the ones mentioned above I just couldn't stand from the get-go. I like slow songs, but then again, I like them COUNTRY. This is going to be a long, painful trend I can tell....
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 8, 2015 10:53:41 GMT -5
"Ride" is getting spun a ton on The Highway. That's the real reason why that song's sales are so high, but the difference of it certainly helps it be a little higher than if it was something more "normal".
I've never heard more than 20 seconds of it though since I go straight to Y2Kountry or Prime Country if it comes on The Highway, which makes me wonder why I wasn't just listening to the other two in the first place.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 17, 2015 14:53:22 GMT -5
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Post by dm2081 on Mar 17, 2015 15:12:46 GMT -5
^Thats kind of depressing, but if he actually did start recording in the summer some time, then that would put him on track for a 2016 album release, so he's kind of on schedule to be honest.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 17, 2015 15:15:33 GMT -5
^Thats kind of depressing, but if he actually did start recording in the summer some time, then that would put him on track for a 2016 album release, so he's kind of on schedule to be honest. I said the same thing about the year when we will see the next Eric Church CD.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 20, 2015 1:55:01 GMT -5
Not bad like The Outsiders or Cold One, but also not very good.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 21, 2015 13:28:32 GMT -5
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 5, 2015 8:49:59 GMT -5
Not bad like The Outsiders or Cold One, but also not very good. Alright. Now I think this is my least favourite of the five singles of his latest album.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 9:50:58 GMT -5
Not bad like The Outsiders or Cold One, but also not very good. Alright. Now I think this is my least favourite of the five singles of his latest album. Ditto, this is my least favorite thing he's ever recorded
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Post by dm2081 on Apr 5, 2015 10:46:32 GMT -5
What's amazing to me is that this song is selling considerably better than "Talladega" did, which I thought was a lot more instant of a hit. I haven't been pleased with radio's treatment of this song do far, it definitely seems there is some resistance to this song early on. This song seems to be connecting well with listeners (though I haven't seen Callout scores yet), so I wish radio would go ahead and bump this up to medium rotation already. I know there's still a lot of time left in this chart run, but it's obvious this song won't blaze up the charts like "Talladega" did, despite some of the strongest sales of any current country single right now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 15:33:27 GMT -5
What's amazing to me is that this song is selling considerably better than "Talladega" did, which I thought was a lot more instant of a hit. I haven't been pleased with radio's treatment of this song do far, it definitely seems there is some resistance to this song early on. This song seems to be connecting well with listeners (though I haven't seen Callout scores yet), so I wish radio would go ahead and bump this up to medium rotation already. I know there's still a lot of time left in this chart run, but it's obvious this song won't blaze up the charts like "Talladega" did, despite some of the strongest sales of any current country single right now. I'm thinking that it might be moving more slowly for a few reasons, one being that it's a slower ballad, two being that it's the 5th single from the album, and three being that Eric is also climbing the charts right now with "Raise 'Em Up". I'm curious to see if this one will pick up the pace more once REU peaks. But so far I'm not really surprised by its chart run--it's moving pretty much exactly how I expected it to. I think this song has rather strange lyrics but I really like it anyway. The production is just perfect, too--I really love the organ.
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Post by phil1996 on Apr 10, 2015 12:54:13 GMT -5
This is not climbing very fast at all. Seems to be selling well, but looks like it may be tough to get a top 10 out of this one
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 10, 2015 13:07:16 GMT -5
This is not climbing very fast at all. Seems to be selling well, but looks like it may be tough to get a top 10 out of this one This one's doing just fine for a fifth single. It's up nearly 1.2 million in audience so far this week on MB and hit the Billboard top 30 after just 6 weeks. It's pace will pick up eventually but Eric's inclusion on Keith's "Raise 'Em Up" isn't helping right now. The sales as you mentioned are fantastic (#56 on the all-genre chart), so I wouldn't be too worried. It won't be nearly as successful or face paced as "Talladega" but I'm not surprised by "Like A Wrecking Ball's" chart run thus far.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 5:39:04 GMT -5
This song seems to be having a similar showing to "Girl Crush" in all areas. Sales on iTunes are unusually high, but Callout scores are really, really low. I think the low Callout scores for both songs has to do with the unique production that could potentially grate on some more conventional radio listeners. Both songs have also had similar chart runs so far, with Eric's song slowing down just a bit higher up the charts than LBT's did because Eric Church is obviously a name with more momentum than Little Big Town. What EMI Nashville should try to do here is draw as much attention as they can to this so it can really catch on like "Girl Crush" did, but unfortunately there's no controversy that can be stirred up around this one, which I think really benefited "Girl Crush" in the long run. "Girl Crush" actually appears to be climbing the Callout chart lately, with a still really high percent of negative ratings, but a steadily increasing rate of overall listener passion and a low burn rate. I'm very confident something similar will happen with this song and it'll eventually climb into the top 10 on the airplay charts.
One thing I will note is that Eric Church has been featured on another single while his own was climbing the charts before, back when Jason Aldean's "The Only Way I Know" was in the top 10 on the charts just as "Like Jesus Does" was getting started at radio. Actually, not only did LJD not struggle at all until well after TOWIK was off the charts, but I seem to recall radio picked up on the new Eric Church single several weeks before its add date, so I don't know if "Raise 'Em Up" being in the top 5 is having much if any impact on this single's chart run.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 21:36:22 GMT -5
I'm very confident something similar will happen with this song and it'll eventually climb into the top 10 on the airplay charts. I'm surprised that you're so confident that this one will make the top 10. I know the song is selling well, but that doesn't always translate to big airplay. And in the case of Eric Church, his label has not been afraid to pull singles after 20 weeks (give or take a bit) and then release a new one. "Like A Wrecking Ball" has been on the chart for 11 weeks now, and it would need to double its audience just to crack the top 15. And I don't see that happening. I think this will do about what "Cold One" did, and just scrape the top 20. I just don't see an Eric Church single spending 25-30 weeks on the chart, especially when both he and the label are in favor of releasing quite a few singles per album, and have already accepted lower peaks for songs like "Smoke A Little Smoke", "The Outsiders", and "Cold One". Anyway, this Rolling Stone article/interview with Eric was posted elsewhere on the board, but I wanted to post it here as well. I found the following paragraphs to be particularly interesting.
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Post by bamafan2102 on May 5, 2015 8:33:42 GMT -5
I would love to see Devil Devil be released as a single. I think it's the best song left on the album.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 0:36:00 GMT -5
Doing very well on iTunes. It's 29th currently.
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Post by dm2081 on Jun 11, 2015 8:42:36 GMT -5
It's a shame this one is getting held back by country radio. If this one was getting top 10 or even top 5 airplay right now, I'd bet the sales would be through the roof. But country radio is scared to play something slightly different sounding :/
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Post by tim on Jun 13, 2015 0:31:16 GMT -5
It's a shame this one is getting held back by country radio. If this one was getting top 10 or even top 5 airplay right now, I'd bet the sales would be through the roof. But country radio is scared to play something slightly different sounding :/ Ironically on my way into work this morning I had the random thought of wondering whatever happened to this song on radio. I then checked Pulse and saw your post lol. I can't tell you the last time I heard this on the radio...probably not since it got released. I'm not expecting it to do much and it's easily one of my least favorite songs on the album although I do respect the different sound it has on radio. After seeing Eric live earlier this year my pick for his next single is "That's Damn Rock & Roll." I didn't appreciate that song as much as I did until the live performance...he just kills it on the stage.
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Post by rjz on Jun 13, 2015 9:38:21 GMT -5
It's a shame this one is getting held back by country radio. If this one was getting top 10 or even top 5 airplay right now, I'd bet the sales would be through the roof. But country radio is scared to play something slightly different sounding :/ Ironically on my way into work this morning I had the random thought of wondering whatever happened to this song on radio. I then checked Pulse and saw your post lol. I can't tell you the last time I heard this on the radio...probably not since it got released. I'm not expecting it to do much and it's easily one of my least favorite songs on the album although I do respect the different sound it has on radio. After seeing Eric live earlier this year my pick for his next single is "That's Damn Rock & Roll." I didn't appreciate that song as much as I did until the live performance...he just kills it on the stage. I love Wrecking Ball, but have only heard it once on my radio. I wonder if they took the organ out if radio would like it better? The problem is that much of this album isn't that radio friendly, with Talladega and Hometown excepted. I also love That's Damn Rock & Roll but that one seems more like a live performance type song vs radio. Cold One should have done much better-despite its different production (one of its charms) it was a good country story, fun, clever and unique. The only other song that could be a single IMO would be A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young which is very slow I realize, but it seems similar to She Loves Me like Jesus Does which did well. Roller Coaster might do ok; but there have been a few Roller Coaster songs and it is just meh for me in lyrics and production.
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