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Post by WamuFive on May 31, 2007 13:54:26 GMT -5
Source: Tim's official website.
NASHVILLE- May 30, 2007- The response of the entire country to Tim McGraw’s Academy of Country Music Awards show performance on May 15, 2007 of his co-penned song, “If You’re Reading This,” has been nothing short of stunning.
Comments posted on the internet in response to McGraw’s tribute to the families of fallen heroes have been as heart felt and emotional as the performance itself.
“The response of the people; to see in their words how this song has touched them, is so inspiring,” said McGraw.
As a result of country radio stations playing the televised version, it debuted at number 35 on the country singles chart last week. “I want to let everyone know we are working with Tim and his label to address the fact we don’t have a studio recorded version of this song,” said manager Scott Siman, rpm management Nashville. “Tim and The Warren Brothers wrote this song only a few weeks ago and it was only a matter of days before the ACM Awards that Tim made the decision to debut this song on the show because he was so incredibly moved by its message – and what an incredible moment it was.”
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I think there is a very good possibility we will see a studio recorded version of this song, hopefully soon. I guarantee the song will explode when that happens. The song is currently #21 in AI's on the Mediabase chart. It has accrued half the AI's as "I Need You" and as of yet, shows no sign of slowing down.
I am still curious to see what will happen with "I Need You". Could simultaneous singles actually be a reality? ???
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Post by rowdawg21 on May 31, 2007 14:01:15 GMT -5
Right now it looks like it could move up to #21 or #22 next week. Looks like I was right on with this prediction. Hit Predictor lists "If You're Reading This" at #23, but with "Stand" and "Don't Make Me" going recurrent it will move up to #21.
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Post by Jonsolo on Jun 2, 2007 14:01:30 GMT -5
This one's audience dropped 400K overnight on Mediabase (8.939 to 8.546 this morning), while it's still up 2.4 million for the week since Monday morning. However, as we go through the weekend, I suppose that gain will decrease a little more, as the Memorial weekend spins get taken out of the equation. It should still move up to #23 or #24 on next weekend's Billboard chart. The real interesting update will come on Tuesday, after the Memorial Day spins get taken completely out, and then we'll see what aspirations this one has as an non-released single. With no promotion from the label (as their focus is supposedly on I Need You), I'd say top 15 at best (similar to the Flatts' Life Is A Highway). If the label decides to start pushing it a little, then we'll see.
But I wonder if some irrevocable damage has been done to I Need You, with all these distractions the last three weeks. It's currently only up 0.8 mill for the week on Mediabase, after having an unspectacular gain on Billboard last week of 1.2 mill. Without You're Reading This in the picture, it should have been keeping pace with the Urban song, about a week behind Told You So's audience totals, but now it's running the risk of having Rodney Atkins pass it, and possibly then followed by Martina and Reba/Kelly, if it slows down to a one-mill gained per week pace. That 7 to 8 million in audience for You're Reading This is fine and dandy, but how much more helpful would it be to Need You if it were to be transferred over to its total?
I have to believe that, with such strong tunes, Timmy and the label would be morons if they're unable to get at least one #1 out of these two songs. But they're running the risk of doing just that, with radio's attention being divided like this.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jun 3, 2007 20:19:44 GMT -5
If a studio version of this track is recorded, and officially released, this will undoubtedly soar to #1.
It should come to no surprise why this track, despite it being a live-version and not included on a studio album, has made an amazing impact on the airplay chart; it tenderly encapsulates the intense emotions not just soldiers and military families, but all other Americans, are experiencing right now as more of our young men and women in uniform are serving overseas, quite a few on their third and even fourth tours, and in result, despite the immense support and relational empathy we undoubtedly all share with them, being distant from them for so long also generates a sort of foggy climate for us all, where we think of our young men and women all the time yet we rarely get to hear back from them, thus communication is distant and seldom.
That's where songs like this come in; to offer a sort of bridge of solace from soldier to family, or at least a small window. And especially as our young men and women continue to serve honorably and valiantly in two wars currently, regardless of our personal views on it and the handling of it politically, these intense emotions are shared by all of us.
There's no doubt in my mind this WILL hit #1 if offered an official treatment. And I hope that will be the case, as though "I Need You" is lovely itself, I admit I'd prefer this track of the two.
Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Marv on Jun 3, 2007 22:38:56 GMT -5
'I Need You' continues to gain spins at a rate nearly identical to 'I Told You So', but both songs are in the build mode, as opposed into going into 'power rotation mode' at radio so far.
I'm sure that Tim, the Warren Brothers & his label will decide what to do shortly.
If both songs make the top five but neither makes #1 (pretty unlikely, given the squeamishness of the vast majority of country PDs these days), I'd be pretty surprised.
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Post by WamuFive on Jun 4, 2007 13:31:27 GMT -5
It looks as though this song is starting to cool off and I suspect that after tomorrow, we will see the song really level off until radio has an official word on what the label plans to do. I presume that since "I Need You" is beginning to pick up airplay again, Curb will continue to push I Need You as the official single.
If "I Need You" continues its course in an uninterupted manner, it should finish its run sometime in August. If IYRT is released soon thereafter, it would coincide nicely with Veteran's Day this fall. I know many people were hoping for an official release to coincide with Memorial Day, but we could also hope for Veteran's Day. I don't think this would be a bad idea. I do wonder, however, if the song would still have the legs to hit #1 since so many stations are playing the song in medium rotation now. This would make for quite a chart run: debuting at #35 with unsolicited airplay, cracking the top 25, dropping down, and rebounding to hit the top spot. Not many songs have the power to do this.
On another note, I know some people feel as though Curb and/or Tim botched an opportunity to have 2 #1's from these songs and due to their simultaneous airplay, they may have taken each other out of the running for a #1 finish so that none of them hit #1. Maybe chart-wise and statistically speaking, Tim should have waited until INY finished its chart run and released this song afterwards, maybe singing at the CMA's or waiting until next year's ACM's. But I also think Tim is at a point in his career where he is above the statistics and what looks good on paper. It's the music that matters and, in my opinion, he's put out a lot of good music lately for fans to enjoy. I say to Curb, release a digital single for IYRT and let us just enjoy the music and let the chips fall where they may. People remember the music much more so than they do the numbers. If IYRT never hits #1, it doesn't make it any less of a great song.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jun 4, 2007 13:42:09 GMT -5
Right now it looks like it could move up to #21 or #22 next week. Looks like I was right on with this prediction. Hit Predictor lists "If You're Reading This" at #23, but with "Stand" and "Don't Make Me" going recurrent it will move up to #21.
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Post by Jonsolo on Jun 5, 2007 7:28:15 GMT -5
As expected, this one takes a big hit on Mediabase overnight, with the Memorial Day spins being taken out, dropping from 8.45 mill yesterday to 7.26 mill this morning. So now we should get a better idea of what this one is going to do, if it actually will make some noise in the top 20 or top 15 or not.
I think there will be a good couple dozen or so stations that will continue for the time being having it in medium rotation, 20 spins a week, so it will at least stay level, eating up over 7 or 8 mill a week. How much that hurts I Need You, we'll have to see, as it's only up 0.15 overnight. Kenny's new one will blow right on by, but it might have a bit of a fight trying to keep Covington and Atkins from passing on by.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Jun 7, 2007 12:25:00 GMT -5
I'm confused, did everyone just stop playing this song or was it pulled from stations?
I never really came in this thread then I looked at mediabase and I couldn't find it anywhere.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jun 7, 2007 12:28:18 GMT -5
I'm confused, did everyone just stop playing this song or was it pulled from stations? I never really came in this thread then I looked at mediabase and I couldn't find it anywhere. I think most stations are playing it a lot less now that Memorial Day has passed.
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Post by dm72 on Jun 11, 2007 17:57:27 GMT -5
From Tim's Official Website
NewsNewsMCGRAW'S "IF YOU'RE READING THIS" RELEASED TO RADIO 6/11/07 NASHVILLE- June 11, 2007- Tim McGraw’s moving tribute to families of fallen hero’s, “If You’re Reading This,” is being released immediately as a remixed and newly mastered recording from his show-stopping performance on this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Simultaneously Curb Records will continue to work McGraw’s hit duet single with Faith Hill, “I Need You,” which currently is bulleted at number 14 on the country radio charts.
“I want to thank dick clark productions, the Academy of Country Music and Curb Records for working with us to make this happen. It’s clear that all Americans have responded to this song and it is fitting that we were all able to work together quickly to release this record,” said manager Scott Siman. “I have had a lot of industry people ask why Tim would choose to do something other than his current single on an awards show. I think it takes a true artist with vision to look beyond the status quo and see what might exist by stretching the boundaries.”
McGraw worked with producer Byron Gallimore just prior to launching the “Soul2Soul 2007 Tour” to remix and master the televised performance. Country radio stations immediately began playing the televised performance turning it into one of the hottest records of the year. McGraw has been performing the song live on the tour where it has quickly become one of the concert highlights.
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Post by S4C on Jun 11, 2007 18:07:12 GMT -5
Awesome news. Can't wait to see both in top ten and prove my point. :)
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jun 11, 2007 18:10:09 GMT -5
It sounds like they didn't actually go into the studio and record a new version. I hope the remixed version sounds good.
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Post by WamuFive on Jun 11, 2007 18:10:15 GMT -5
Awesome news. Can't wait to see both in top ten and prove my point. :) I must have missed it. What was your point?
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Post by S4C on Jun 11, 2007 18:14:09 GMT -5
Awesome news. Can't wait to see both in top ten and prove my point. :) I must have missed it. What was your point? hehe, I didn't say it in case I sounded to repetitive. I don't think its studio either, but they probably did a good job of getting the screams out and making it studio-quality.
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Post by dm72 on Jun 11, 2007 18:15:32 GMT -5
My radio station said they took the live broadcast and "cleaned it up" for official release
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Post by WamuFive on Jun 11, 2007 18:27:23 GMT -5
I guess I'm happy about this... sort of. "I Need You" continues to drift ever so leisurely down the stream gently making its way towards the top 12, all the while we're not sure if it's taking the scenic route ala "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" or if it's doomed to a shockingly abrubt death. What's the deal with this song and "I Told You So"? Both songs gained less than 50 spins last week after they broke out of the gates with a fury. I wonder if it has something to do with Kenny Chesney's new single--a radio station can only play so much new music. I think Chesney's new single as well as Tracy Lawrence's single hogged all of the new spins. Any ways, just as "If You're Reading This" was starting to drift away and we get a sense of which single radio should focus on, it comes barges back into our lives again--or at least it has been made available as an official single. With Chesney's new single burning up the charts, do you really think there is room for 2 new McGraw singles? I believe Tim actually had 2 songs in the top 10 simultaneously with "My Best Friend" as it was moving up the chart and "Something Like That" as it was still lingering on the chart. See late 1999, early 2000. That was a slightly different scenario though. Could INY and IYRT really be simultaneously successful? Seven years ago I would have believed it possible. Now, Tim just doesn't measure up to the likes of Racal Flatts and Carrie Underwood in the eyes of radio. In the last 2 and a half years, he's spent a whopping total of 1 week at #1. It cracks me up when people say things like "Tim could sing the phone book and radio would play it." No they wouldn't. And, Tim wouldn't sing the phonebook. That's precisely the reason why he's been so successful--because he normally chooses excellent material (sans "Last Dollar". Hey even Babe Ruth struck out a couple times, give or take 1300). But all of this is neither here nor there. I'll just sit back and see what unfolds. Let's hope he manages one top 10 out of these two songs. I can't wait until both singles are done and I can go back to the good old days of rooting for the current single.
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Post by S4C on Jun 13, 2007 21:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jun 14, 2007 10:48:49 GMT -5
I just read on Country Standard Time that a studio version has indeed been recorded and will be released while I Need You also climbs.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jun 14, 2007 10:55:37 GMT -5
I just read on Country Standard Time that a studio version has indeed been recorded and will be released while I Need You also climbs. Yep, you're about 3 days late on that news though. And unless this is new news, it's not actually a studio version. It's a remixed and remastered version of the ACM performance.
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Post by S4C on Jun 14, 2007 20:06:00 GMT -5
What exactly was done to this??? It sounds exactly the same to me.. The crowd's still there and all that was pretty much done was that they chopped off a few seconds from the beginning...
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jun 29, 2007 18:21:46 GMT -5
Looks like this could crack the top 20 on Billboard next week.
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Post by Marv on Jun 29, 2007 20:59:07 GMT -5
The statement' that 'Tim doesn't measure up to Carrie Underwood or Rascal Flatts in the eyes of country radio' doesn't hold water.
He's in a VERY tight battle to be the #1 singles artist at country radio in 2007.
Ms. Underwood was #3 last year at Country Aircheck, but will NOT be that high this year, although she'll be #1 among the ladies again and finish in the overall top ten.
Having spent just one week at #1 in country radio in 2 1/2 years isn't anything to worry about when you've constantly made the top ten with single after single, you have three of the ten most played 'power gold' cuts at the format, and your new CD has no shortage of future smash singles.
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Post by panther on Jul 3, 2007 9:04:17 GMT -5
Posted on Tim McGraws "MySpace" bulletin July 2nd @ 1:50 pm:
The song, “If You’re Reading This”, as performed by Tim on the ACM Awards will be available soon!
Due to an overwhelming response, the new song is being stripped into the Tim McGraw’s most recent album, Let It Go. Be on the lookout over the next couple of weeks as it will slowly hit a store near you!
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Post by gypsy on Jul 3, 2007 10:18:49 GMT -5
Posted on Tim McGraws "MySpace" bulletin July 2nd @ 1:50 pm: The song, “If You’re Reading This”, as performed by Tim on the ACM Awards will be available soon! Due to an overwhelming response, the new song is being stripped into the Tim McGraw’s most recent album, Let It Go. Be on the lookout over the next couple of weeks as it will slowly hit a store near you! No way am I buying the album again. I'll just download the song.
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Post by skipper on Jul 4, 2007 17:49:41 GMT -5
Now that "I Need You" looks to have run out of steam, you have to believe that "If You're Reading This" will pick up a portion of the twenty some million in audience that "I Need You" will begin to shed over the next few weeks. While I believe that both of these songs were #1 worthy, the latter is in my mind superior, and hopefully Tim will be rewarded for the quality of not only his newest album release but of these last two singles with a chart topper.
Edit - I see on Rowdawg's Billboard Chart Prediction thread that "I Need You" has actually increased its audience despite a decrease in spins. Apologies because I have not been able to pay close enough attention to notice that, and thanks to SGG for pointing it out. Nonetheless, my thoughts above still will stand when "I Need You" does indeed peak.
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Post by Jonsolo on Jul 4, 2007 20:54:02 GMT -5
This has certainly been an interesting situation to watch, as these two Tim songs fight for attention, and no doubt have harmed each other's potential. I Need You might be able to sneak in a week at #10 before it peaks (probably in two weeks), as Paisley and Lawrence should be going recurrent next week, and Atkins will get one open top ten spot, and Tim just has to fight Bucky Covington for the other slot (and only trailed him by 0.126 on this week's chart). But it would certainly not surprise me to see Need You start to head down, and become Tim's third top 40 song to miss the top 10 (through admittedly much different circumstances than with Drugs Or Jesus and Things Change).
So the focus would then turn to if Reading This would still have enough stamina to hit #1. I've thought from the start that it had the quality needed to be worthy. But it has already burned up 7 weeks on the chart, and there won't be all of the stations automatically dropping Need You to replace it with airplay for Reading. I wouldn't be surprised to see Need You finish out its 20-weeks in the #15 to #20 range, kind of like how RF's Life Is A Highway did last year, and continue to eat up about 10 million in audience.
Then there's also the matter of competition. Speaking of RF, their new song would probably be passing Reading This by its third week, and become the likely successor to Chesney at #1. Timmy would then fall in behind RF, but then would have to keep an eye out for a possible new single by Carrie in a month or so.
What a headache, trying to figure out what's going to happen...
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Post by flattlinesnoodle on Jul 6, 2007 19:12:33 GMT -5
LOVE this song! :)
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Post by drock89 on Jul 6, 2007 19:27:37 GMT -5
I see on Rowdawg's Billboard Chart Prediction thread that "I Need You" has actually increased its audience despite a decrease in spins. Apologies because I have not been able to pay close enough attention to notice that, and thanks to SGG for pointing it out. Nonetheless, my thoughts above still will stand when "I Need You" does indeed peak. I want to also point out that "If You're Reading This" really isn't gaining much faster, audience-wise, than "I Need You". However, if "I Need You" absorbed all of "If You're Reading This" current audience, the song would be sitting at #1 on the Mediabase chart.
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Post by PinkyD on Jul 24, 2007 0:50:40 GMT -5
Has anyone seen it on "new" versions of his current CD?? I don't wanna re-buy it, but I can't seem to find it anywhere else...
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