Chase Bryant - "Little Bit Of You"

[sabre14]

Artist: Chase Bryant

Single: "Little Bit Of You"

Writers: Chase Bryant, Derek George, Ashley Gorley

Label: Red Bow Records

Add Date: March 30th, 2015

Source: Play Mpe

[LBTrocks]

Oh good, he finally has a new song out. I would take anything that isn't "Take It On Back" at this point. I liked it at first, but I got so sick of it because radio was playing it every time I turned around.

I love this song, by the way. If radio plays this nearly as much as they played "Take It On Back" I will be happy. This is the perfect song going into spring/summer. It's light and catchy, but not at all bro sounding, which is a refreshing change. I just checked his EP out and it's really good, but this is definitely the best song on it IMO.

[rbundy1987]

Songwriters: Chase Bryant, Derek George, Ashley Gorley

Source: www.lyricshall.com/lyrics/Chase+Bryant/Little+Bit+Of+You/

[.indulgecountry]

This is fantastic. Reminds me a bit of vintage Rascal Flatts, mostly from the high notes during the chorus and the melody overall. I loved his debut single, but this one is every bit as good and I can see this being a big radio hit, hopefully bigger than "Take It on Back." This is so catchy and enjoyable, and his voice is great. I'd like to see him get a debut album out there this year, because I'm practically sold on it already.

[dm2081]

This is much better than "Take It On Back", which I found to be completely vanilla. This one is pretty catchy, and I can get behind this. His voice isn't that distinct to my ears, but the production is what really makes this song fly.

[zaclord 🌈]

I didn't care for "Take It On Back" because it was just so bland, but this is really catchy! I hope this becomes a bigger hit than TIOB was!

[Deleted]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict that this will be Chase's first #1 hit and will at least go Gold. This one is really catchy and it reminds me quite a bit of Randy Houser's "Runnin' Outta Moonlight". Also, every time he hits the word "I" in the chorus, the progression really sounds like Rascal Flatts' "Why Wait" (specifically, the "why wait another minute..." lyric).

[wilbur]

Love this a lot more than the first single! Reminds me of late Bryan White. I guess its the Derek George connection.

[Kat5Kind]

This has been stuck in my head since I heard it last night. I really love this song and I'm glad Take It On Back is done- good song, but hearing it so much burned me out on it. It was being played like a top 5 single usually is (or at least it seemed like it) by my local stations.

[sabre14]

Chase said on The Highway (interviewed in Australia) that the label wanted an upbeat for the spring/summer and that "Change Your Name" will be the third single.

[sabre14]

When I first heard this song it didn't click right away - I mean I enjoyed it but I wasn't sure if that was just because it was simply not "Take It On Back", lol. If I never hear that song again it'll be too soon as radio absolutely massacred it with the repeat button. This song however I love and I like it better with each listen.

I actually am not overly optimistic about Chase's long term radio viability (granted I need to see how a song not aided by OTV does and have legit sales, in order to make a better determination), but I know that I will be enjoying this one when it comes on the radio, that's for sure.

[Markus Meyer]

I really like this one. I enjoyed TIOB but this one is way better and is one of my favorites right now. Charts are a bloodbath right now so I'm not sure if this'll be a hit, but I damn sure hope it is.

[Deleted]

Looks like this song I don't see being a hit and if it is it'll have to be in it for the long-haul. Chase just entered the Top 50 and I'd imagine it'll be a good month before he gets in the Top 40. I do like the song but it's gonna have to be in it for a long-time.

[sabre14]

This song is doing fine so far, all things considered. I knew that "Little Bit Of You" would take while to get off the ground with the timing of its release and the fact Chase is still a new artist that doesn't have the benefit of OTV this go around. Its been on the Airplay chart for 7 weeks and is just on the cusp of the MB top 50. "Little Bit Of You" got 3 adds this week, including WPGB in Pittsburgh (25th ranked market station) and WQYK in Tampa (18th ranked market station).

I'm a little worried about Chase's long term outlook since "Take It On Back" really did not sell well at all and it took a sizable effort just to achieve a top 10 single. He seems to be a newcomer that radio does enjoy but the fans haven't gotten quite on board (for whatever reason) as I think radio and Red Bow would like. Like you mentioned though, this one will take a while if it becomes a hit, so there's no reason to get doom and gloom just yet.

On a personal note, I like this song much, much better than "Take It On Back."

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Jun 2, 2015 12:32:06 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

This song is doing fine so far, all things considered. I knew that "Little Bit Of You" would take while to get off the ground with the timing of its release and the fact Chase is still a new artist that doesn't have the benefit of OTV this go around. Its been on the Airplay chart for 7 weeks and is just on the cusp of the MB top 50. "Little Bit Of You" got 3 adds this week, including WPGB in Pittsburgh (25th ranked market station) and WQYK in Tampa (18th ranked market station).

I'm a little worried about Chase's long term outlook since "Take It On Back" really did not sell well at all and it took a sizable effort just to achieve a top 10 single. He seems to be a newcomer that radio does enjoy but the fans haven't gotten quite on board (for whatever reason) as I think radio and Red Bow would like. Like you mentioned though, this one will take a while if it becomes a hit, so there's no reason to get doom and gloom just yet.

On a personal note, I like this song much, much better than "Take It On Back."

Oh Take It On Back got on my nerves pretty quickly. I would just figure to bring this thread back well if Chase can start going to the Top 40 that to me is the real test because by then the digital sales will need to show up for it.

[sabre14]

This song breaks the MB top 40, at #40 this week.

[.indulgecountry]

Slow progress, but I do hope this one can continue plugging its way up the chart, even if it takes a long time, as I love this and think it's easily one of the better male country singles released this year thus far.

[sabre14]

Just as this one reached the top 40 on MB, its starting to find some legs. "Little Bit Of You" (benefiting from countdown spins) is up 236 spins and nearly 1.2 million in audience the past nine days on MB (700k of that audience since Sunday). Chase also got 10 new adds the past two weeks.

Red Bow will continue to work this for a long climb but despite lackluster sales (that have recently picked up), "Little Bit Of You" is doing much better than it was a few weeks back.

[Deleted]

I really am glad to see this doing well out of all the male newcomers Chase Bryant has that thing that makes me really like his music. I do hope for a music video that could really help the sales. I am scared though as jhomes87 pointed out in the Mo Pitney thread the onslaught of releases from Luke, Carrie, Tim, Jason, and The Band Perry and I can definitley see Chase getting lost in the shuffle like Kacey Musgraves did early this year with Biscuits. But still hoping for the best.

[sabre14]

Great add week for Chase as "Little Bit Of You" is the fifth most added song on MB with 15 adds (117 total monitored stations). Chase also saw his best week of gains as this song picked up four spots to #35 and increased 750 points and nearly 900k in audience.

The sales have been flat out terrible but country radio is showing they would like to support Chase's music and Red Bow has done a very good job promoting this single thus far.

[sabre14]

Usually when a song has a chart run "Little Bit Of You" has and gets 12-15 adds one week, that usually means one thing and sure enough, the Cumulus block added "Little Bit Of You."

[.indulgecountry]

I'm glad this is slowly but surely starting to take off. I really want to see this be at least another Top 20 hit for him, but I'd love another Top 10. I'm starting to think though that at least Top 20 is certainly attainable and I do hope that it sees the release of his debut album. I still think releasing it at around the peak of "Take It on Back" would've been ideal, but luckily his follow-up doesn't look to be tanking, so I have faith that it will see a release soon enough.

[sabre14]

I heard this on the radio (The Highway's "On The Horizon" show) for the first time today. :)

"Little Bit Of You" took a nasty hit today in its spins update, as Chase lost 75 spins. It's lost 22 spins and nearly 100k in audience over the past six days, though today is the real reason this song is in the negatives in both departments.

I'm expecting Red Bow to keep fighting for airplay and I still think this one can get to the top 20, though the sales have been pretty terrible.

[defying gravity]

Does anybody else think that the chorus of this song sounds really similar to the chorus of "Why Wait" by Rascal Flatts? Just me? Ok bye lol

UPDATE: Disregard this. I didn't see that someone already posted about this. 

[smokebreak]

Sept 2, 2015 21:40:13 GMT -5 defying gravity said:

Does anybody else think that the chorus of this song sounds really similar to the chorus of "Why Wait" by Rascal Flatts? Just me? Ok bye lol

UPDATE: Disregard this. I didn't see that someone already posted about this. 

OMG it does...

[sabre14]

I finally heard this on The Highway yesterday (during the weekday, lol). I've heard it maybe two times when it was allocated to their weekend show 'On The Horizon' (as I mentioned earlier in the thread) but they finally added it to their regular rotation. I honestly can't remember the last time I've heard a top 30 single that's been out for as long as this one has, only three total times on the radio, lol.

I think Red Bow will push this as long as humanly possible. It's sales have been pretty bad for most of its chart run and the research is showing this to be a song that doesn't really move the needle either way...but it is catchy and being pushed by a label group that has a history of long chart runs. This is another example of how the country radio landscape has changed in recent years. 10 years ago, this one would have died around the top 40, but a 24 week journey to the top 30 is just another day at the office for this genre in 2015.

[.indulgecountry]

Oct 6, 2015 22:02:45 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

This is another example of how the country radio landscape has changed in recent years. 10 years ago, this one would have died around the top 40, but a 24 week journey to the top 30 is just another day at the office for this genre in 2015.

I've seen this mentioned before and I don't completely agree with this logic. This song sounds to me like something that actually could've been a bigger hit 10 years ago than today. I mean, it sounds like something Rascal Flatts would've recorded in their heyday and turned into a smash, easily. It isn't going over that well in today's marketplace but it has a throwback feel to it that doesn't lend itself to the demographics country radio has been trying to appeal to the past couple years, plus I just think in general that Chase Bryant seems like a total unknown. Like I wouldn't be surprised if most of the general population still has no idea who he is. He just doesn't have that kind of recognition yet.

I get why you draw the comparison you do between the landscape of chart runs then vs. now in terms of length and such, but I don't think it's always that cut-and-dry.

[sabre14]

Oct 12, 2015 23:39:47 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Oct 6, 2015 22:02:45 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

This is another example of how the country radio landscape has changed in recent years. 10 years ago, this one would have died around the top 40, but a 24 week journey to the top 30 is just another day at the office for this genre in 2015.

I've seen this mentioned before and I don't completely agree with this logic. This song sounds to me like something that actually could've been a bigger hit 10 years ago than today. I mean, it sounds like something Rascal Flatts would've recorded in their heyday and turned into a smash, easily. It isn't going over that well in today's marketplace but it has a throwback feel to it that doesn't lend itself to the demographics country radio has been trying to appeal to the past couple years, plus I just think in general that Chase Bryant seems like a total unknown. Like I wouldn't be surprised if most of the general population still has no idea who he is. He just doesn't have that kind of recognition yet.

I get why you draw the comparison you do between the landscape of chart runs then vs. now in terms of length and such, but I don't think it's always that cut-and-dry.

It really has zero to do with the song itself or Chase as an artist, honestly. I watched the chart religiously ten years ago and songs did not take 24 weeks to reach the top 30...like, at all. If a song did reach the top 30 after 20 weeks, 95% of the time they would die then and there. When "Baby Girl" took 40 weeks to reach #2, that was a phenomenon. So many singles these days are kept in low rotation towards the bottom portion of the top 60, while the top 15 has songs are spun 70-80 times a week. It's just natural for long chart runs since labels are content of having these slow climb because they're confident that their song will continue to work its way up, especially since many listeners haven't heard the song yet. When many songs speed up the chart like it was ten years ago and before, labels would naturally cut the chord on singles after a certain amount of weeks (10-15). Now since nearly every song moves at a snails pace, a song spending over 20 weeks to reach the top 30 is the norm.

My post was more of a sarcastic outlook on the singles charts nowadays rather than trying to make a correlation between Chase/LBOY and the length of this chart run. I don't think this song would have lasted this long if it was released in March of 2005 rather than March of 2015 and it has nothing to do with the kind of song "Little Bit Of You" is, or the label for that matter (even if its BBMG).

[bamafan2102]

Love this song and the Bryan White vibe. Definitely have to give the album a listen.

[.indulgecountry]

Oct 13, 2015 0:32:25 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Oct 12, 2015 23:39:47 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

I've seen this mentioned before and I don't completely agree with this logic. This song sounds to me like something that actually could've been a bigger hit 10 years ago than today. I mean, it sounds like something Rascal Flatts would've recorded in their heyday and turned into a smash, easily. It isn't going over that well in today's marketplace but it has a throwback feel to it that doesn't lend itself to the demographics country radio has been trying to appeal to the past couple years, plus I just think in general that Chase Bryant seems like a total unknown. Like I wouldn't be surprised if most of the general population still has no idea who he is. He just doesn't have that kind of recognition yet.

I get why you draw the comparison you do between the landscape of chart runs then vs. now in terms of length and such, but I don't think it's always that cut-and-dry.

It really has zero to do with the song itself or Chase as an artist, honestly. I watched the chart religiously ten years ago and songs did not take 24 weeks to reach the top 30...like, at all. If a song did reach the top 30 after 20 weeks, 95% of the time they would die then and there. When "Baby Girl" took 40 weeks to reach #2, that was a phenomenon. So many singles these days are kept in low rotation towards the bottom portion of the top 60, while the top 15 has songs are spun 70-80 times a week. It's just natural for long chart runs since labels are content of having these slow climb because they're confident that their song will continue to work its way up, especially since many listeners haven't heard the song yet. When many songs speed up the chart like it was ten years ago and before, labels would naturally cut the chord on singles after a certain amount of weeks (10-15). Now since nearly every song moves at a snails pace, a song spending over 20 weeks to reach the top 30 is the norm.

My post was more of a sarcastic outlook on the singles charts nowadays rather than trying to make a correlation between Chase/LBOY and the length of this chart run. I don't think this song would have lasted this long if it was released in March of 2005 rather than March of 2015 and it has nothing to do with the kind of song "Little Bit Of You" is, or the label for that matter (even if its BBMG).

I don't really disagree with you, but I think it's just as likely that 10 years ago this would've had a 20-week chart run to the Top 10 or so, whereas you were implying it would've surely had an equally short chart run... but peaked right around the Top 40. Basically I agree that things used to go up and down much, much faster, but I don't think that necessarily means this song would've underperformed which is what you seemed to imply in the original statement that I responded to. There's no doubt that this one would've had an abbreviated chart run if it were released 10 years ago, I just don't think that means it would've been an unfavorable one. It's just like I know "Better Than You Left Me" probably would've been a big hit around the time of songs like "There Is No Arizona" and "What I Really Meant to Say," for instance.