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Post by bitchplease on Aug 14, 2015 21:53:01 GMT -5
looks like this song might miss top 10 on Hot AC, as it's close to peaking at #11. #10 song is dropping faster, but still about 1,000 spins ahead. =(
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2015 0:13:08 GMT -5
Heard that crappy radio version again. She almost sounds like a chipmunk, smh.
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Post by Juanca on Aug 15, 2015 9:42:01 GMT -5
Sad to see this struggling... But it never clicked with me. Actually it's the single that I have been least interested in since her two last singles of the Thankful era. I don't like the chorus at all. Miles away of the catchiness of Fight Song so I don't know why people associate both songs or blame FS for this flopping:
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Post by dbhmr on Aug 15, 2015 11:18:38 GMT -5
It's a good song and I quite like it, but this was never going to be the song to change Kelly's momentum on pop radio, and I said that from the start. They needed to either go bold (Take You High) or emotional (Piece By Piece) to get any kind of attention, and even those were not sure bets.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Aug 16, 2015 11:51:34 GMT -5
I'm wondering if they'll even push 1 more single to radio. This one just didn't connect w/ people despite some pretty high-profile performances, granted RCA made ZERO effort to push this beyond Hot AC. At this point, I feel like the only song that could do well on pop radio and re-spark the era (similar to how Already Gone did after IDNHU) is Dance With Me. It's the big catchy poppy chorus that she needs.
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Post by ILLUSION on Aug 16, 2015 12:02:56 GMT -5
They won't. The tour is already over halfway done so I don't think there's much incentive on RCA's end anymore. What a shame.
So ready for Kelly to leave RCA!
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Post by Kurt on Aug 16, 2015 13:10:56 GMT -5
I don't see why they'd bother servicing another one to pop considering they didn't do anything for this beyond the adds date. I'll hold out some hope that they'll give HAC a third single, though (and I'll hope it's either the title track or "Run Run Run").
p.s. @antigonerising, when I've heard this on SiriusXM, they play the album version - I've (apparently thankfully) never heard this sped-up radio edit. I know some stations do that for a lot of their library, though, so maybe it was a station-specific edit?
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Post by maine on Aug 16, 2015 13:47:38 GMT -5
Some stations randomly speed up their playlist for whatever reason. WKSC and WBBM do that but not all day. It's like random points they do that. It might depend on the station DJ at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 14:28:22 GMT -5
I don't see why they'd bother servicing another one to pop considering they didn't do anything for this beyond the adds date. I'll hold out some hope that they'll give HAC a third single, though (and I'll hope it's either the title track or "Run Run Run"). p.s. @antigonerising, when I've heard this on SiriusXM, they play the album version - I've (apparently thankfully) never heard this sped-up radio edit. I know some stations do that for a lot of their library, though, so maybe it was a station-specific edit? Yeah, I usually presume it's a radio station edit, but this one threw me off b/c it was an AC station that I don't think ever does that - and if it's a matter of tempo, frankly doesn't need to since most of their playlist is on the midtempo side anyway. They play a ton of Kelly recurrents all the time so I don't know why they'd feel that her latest songs needs adjustment. It's just very strange to me. Unfortunately I have not heard the song on any other stations :( but then I don't go out of my way to listen to radio that much unless I'm in my car without a CD, so who knows what the others around here are doing.
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Post by pnobelysk on Aug 17, 2015 6:54:06 GMT -5
Sad to see this struggling... But it never clicked with me. Actually it's the single that I have been least interested in since her two last singles of the Thankful era. I don't like the chorus at all. Miles away of the catchiness of Fight Song so I don't know why people associate both songs or blame FS for this flopping: Pretty sure the songs are associated because of their messages/lyrics
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Post by Marooned@Midnight on Aug 17, 2015 7:43:25 GMT -5
Piece by Piece and/or Run Run Run are my choices for the next single(s). However, she needs something to turn the tide at pop radio that would also smash at HAC and I don't think either of those songs fit that particular bill as much as Dance With Me does. We've seen pop radio shun Kelly before and come back to her when they just couldn't resist the music...maybe DWM is another opportunity for that.
Also, I'm just not ready to let go of this album. It's so good. Damn RCA for not putting a colossal radio campaign behind it. They seriously screw over all of my favorite artists. It's like they aren't satisfied until they've buried your career alive.
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Post by wonderstruck94 on Aug 17, 2015 8:31:03 GMT -5
Also, I'm just not ready to let go of this album. It's so good. Damn RCA for not putting a colossal radio campaign behind it. They seriously screw over all of my favorite artists. It's like they aren't satisfied until they've buried your career alive.
Kelly has been dealing with them for 13+ years so imagine her frustration!
If there is a worse label I'm not aware of it. RCA absolutely sucks.
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Post by Revelry on Aug 17, 2015 8:43:47 GMT -5
What bothers me more than Invincible not smashing, is that there's no sign of another single being released to salvage this era. TYH should be given a shot to turn things around. What a waste.
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Post by ¤ Matthea ¤ on Aug 17, 2015 9:49:53 GMT -5
I'm not mad at RCA. Kelly just didn't deliver a smash hit song on this album, it's as simple as that. "Heartbeat Song" was the best radio song on the album, and even that wasn't strong enough. I can't blame the label for not moving mountains for material that isn't pop radio friendly.
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Post by Au$tin on Aug 17, 2015 10:30:37 GMT -5
What bothers me more than Invincible not smashing, is that there's no sign of another single being released to salvage this era. TYH should be given a shot to turn things around. What a waste. I would not be surprised to see a third single. Remember this era is being heavily hot AC focused. "Invincible" is still #11 on hot AC and just started to fall. This was about the time "Invincible"'s adds date was announced in "Heartbeat Song"'s hot AC run.
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Post by Revelry on Aug 17, 2015 10:45:03 GMT -5
Like I said earlier in this thread, a HOT AC focused single is basically the equivalent of no single at all. Invincible made it to number 11 and it had zero impact on sales. If they're going to push something else to HOT AC, then there better atleast be a plan to have it cross-over to CHR.
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Post by getonthebus on Aug 17, 2015 13:27:49 GMT -5
Someone put this thread and era out of their misery already.
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