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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 1, 2015 15:09:42 GMT -5
I make a big deal out of Sam because he's a big reason I listen to radio again. I was so tired of hearing all of the artists played that all sound the same and when Stay With Me came out I knew right away he'd be an artist I'd love because his voice is a very rare talent in this day and age of studio-made, electronic junk. He's actually made me enjoy hearing radio again just to hear his songs so I really hope LIC does something.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 2, 2015 15:30:28 GMT -5
Right now it has 11 more adds at pop and 8 at hot AC
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 2, 2015 16:29:18 GMT -5
Right now it has 11 more adds at pop and 8 at hot AC I can't wait to hear this song during the day on either my local pop or Hot AC. This is one if the gems on his cd and to hear it on the radio actually makes me very happy. It's just not getting any airplay for daytime and Im not sure if it's even been added at my local Pop station, Z107.7 in St. Louis. Being added and played are 2 different things How do I put images on this page ?
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 3, 2015 4:34:38 GMT -5
21 adds on pop this week. Really good.
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 3, 2015 20:37:13 GMT -5
21 adds on pop this week. Really good. Adding a song and playing it are 2 different things. Lots of stations add songs and never play them.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 4, 2015 5:49:58 GMT -5
21 adds on pop this week. Really good. Adding a song and playing it are 2 different things. Lots of stations add songs and never play them. That's true, and Madonna knows about that, but we are talking about Sam Smith whose album is near two millions, and with a number one, a top 5 and a top 20 as previous singles, there's absolutely no reason to be negative, at least not now
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 4, 2015 7:40:13 GMT -5
Adding a song and playing it are 2 different things. Lots of stations add songs and never play them. That's true, and Madonna knows about that, but we are talking about Sam Smith whose album is near two millions, and with a number one, a top 5 and a top 20 as previous singles, there's absolutely no reason to be negative, at least not now No stations here, not even pop station Z107.7.St. Louis are spinning it and the one that is, is only spinning it once or twice overnight. Lay Me Down was the worst thing that could have been released but I figured LIC would be released an an auto shoe-in.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 7, 2015 15:22:42 GMT -5
It seems he is fully recovered from the surgery and his voice is perfect again, so probably he will do some promo (or at least i hope he'll do)
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 7, 2015 16:26:06 GMT -5
It seems he is fully recovered from the surgery and his voice is perfect again, so probably he will do some promo (or at least i hope he'll do) Yes he for sure needs to be doing promo but he can't start singing again for another few weeks but he can talk. Even if he didn't peform on the Billboards, great songs will always speak for themselves without a performance. It also looks like according to his Instagram that he's spending lots of time having fun and woth family, but hopefully he's using some of that time to make up for lost time promoting LIC. That's what a smart artist would be doing.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 14, 2015 20:12:12 GMT -5
Top 40 on Pop:
42 39 SAM SMITH Like I Can 1236 963 273 5.361
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Post by jred on Jun 15, 2015 8:16:15 GMT -5
It's clear radio is being reluctant on this, seeing how the bullet has been very small but stable. I think this could at least go top 20, top 15 at best.
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Post by soul2soul on Jun 15, 2015 8:33:24 GMT -5
MOMM was a big #1 smash in the UK. And it's not like the UK/ house sound is not doing well on US radio in recent years...Even his tracks with Disclosure and Naughty Boy were top 20 hits, so it's really odd how they skipped over MOMM in favour of LIC and LMD which are clearly not doing much for him on the radio. Very odd label choices.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 15, 2015 8:39:43 GMT -5
I think it's too soon to know, unlike his other songs he is not promoting this (because he can't), and the song is very low on itunes (but responding quite well to the small airplay).
LMD was not a big hit on pop radio (or in other formats). It peaked at 30 on radio songs when his other singles were 1 and 2. This is not pushed by the label either, so it will take some time to know.
MOMM is a very polarizing single. It was big in UK because he had a lot of buzz around him back then, but it flopped in a good bunch of european countries. LIC is a way better single for the US market than MOMM. It was the perfect third single, but the label messed up.
It's a change of sound to previous singles so that explains why radio is reluctant too
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 15, 2015 14:21:34 GMT -5
I think it's too soon to know, unlike his other songs he is not promoting this (because he can't), and the song is very low on itunes (but responding quite well to the small airplay). LMD was not a big hit on pop radio (or in other formats). It peaked at 30 on radio songs when his other singles were 1 and 2. This is not pushed by the label either, so it will take some time to know. MOMM is a very polarizing single. It was big in UK because he had a lot of buzz around him back then, but it flopped in a good bunch of european countries. LIC is a way better single for the US market than MOMM. It was the perfect third single, but the label messed up. It's a change of sound to previous singles so that explains why radio is reluctant too I think the fact that LIC sounds way different doesn't matter. Look at Mumford and Sons. They totally changed their sound from sounding like a unique, streetcorner band to this huge band that now sounds like every other artist on the radio, so that fact that LIC has a different sound shouldn't matter at all.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 15, 2015 14:57:57 GMT -5
I think it's too soon to know, unlike his other songs he is not promoting this (because he can't), and the song is very low on itunes (but responding quite well to the small airplay). LMD was not a big hit on pop radio (or in other formats). It peaked at 30 on radio songs when his other singles were 1 and 2. This is not pushed by the label either, so it will take some time to know. MOMM is a very polarizing single. It was big in UK because he had a lot of buzz around him back then, but it flopped in a good bunch of european countries. LIC is a way better single for the US market than MOMM. It was the perfect third single, but the label messed up. It's a change of sound to previous singles so that explains why radio is reluctant too I think the fact that LIC sounds way different doesn't matter. Look at Mumford and Sons. They totally changed their sound from sounding like a unique, streetcorner band to this huge band that now sounds like every other artist on the radio, so that fact that LIC has a different sound shouldn't matter at all. Mumford and sons are played at alt, they played big bands no matter what they release. LIC is the fourth single of an album that is near 2 million in sales. The change of sound is needed (he can't continue to release ballad after ballad, in UK 2 of his 5 singles are uptempos), but LMD killed the buzz on radio, LIC starts from zero and the song was outside top 600 on itunes when it was released to radio. Right now is almost top 150 on itunes, so the song is reacted well to the little airplay. And frankly what it's good for an artist is not necesarily good for other. For some take a risk could mean the end of their careers, for other it's releasing the same sound what it kills their careers. Sam's music goes beyond the ballads, but that doesn't mean radio has to react with enthusiasm just because he release an uptempo. The song didn't stalled, so in my opinion it's all perfectly ok. If he is able to promote it, i think the song will be a hit, anyway it's not that important right now because his first era was very successful anyway
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 15, 2015 15:13:52 GMT -5
I find it so strange however, I tend to check out playlists from all over the US and some stations still have all 3 of his previous singles in pretty heavy rotation, some are playing LIC a few x a day, mine here only plays LIC in the mid of the night and plays his other 2 huge hits during the day but doesn't play LMD. It's so strange how all of his songs are getting airplay. Nothing....regular.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 22, 2015 4:05:32 GMT -5
The airplay is far from great but even with that the song is getting nearer top 100 on itunes, so as long as this won't getting negative updates i think the song will have a chance, and if he is able to do some promo when he recovers, i won't be surprised if it ends performing well
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 22, 2015 18:31:39 GMT -5
According to his Facebook and Instagram pages he's now promoing some new, exciting news that he's working on a new tune or tunes with Disclosure...aka Latch.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 22, 2015 19:23:01 GMT -5
He tweeted a few days ago about how Like I Can was his new single in North America but I heard about the potential Disclosure collab. Looking forward to it!
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 22, 2015 19:55:46 GMT -5
He tweeted a few days ago about how Like I Can was his new single in North America but I heard about the potential Disclosure collab. Looking forward to it! According to him it's not potential but there's will be a collab which I can't wait for if it will be as awesome as Latch it will be amazing and I hope it does very well on radio !
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 23, 2015 5:03:09 GMT -5
10 new adds on Hot AC.
A collaboration with Disclosure is something both parts would benefit. For Sam it would be great if they release the song after he finish the release of singles. In his case he needs a strong second album, but it's not a good idea wait too much for it, so having a song on the radio in the meantime would be perfect
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 23, 2015 8:39:38 GMT -5
10 new adds on Hot AC. A collaboration with Disclosure is something both parts would benefit. For Sam it would be great if they release the song after he finish the release of singles. In his case he needs a strong second album, but it's not a good idea wait too much for it, so having a song on the radio in the meantime would be perfect Wow..it got more adds, which doesn't equate to airplay so lets hope this song gets a very late jump and all of those stations that added it actually play it. Also from what I've read his doctors want him to take a break inbetween his tour and making a new album to let his voice have a break.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 23, 2015 9:23:55 GMT -5
Lately the updates are not bad, if they continue and the song keep rising on itunes it could end being a decent hit.
Lay me down killed the enthusiasm on radio for sure, because this had a really low start. But the truth is apart of a couple of songs that are getting pretty impressive updates more than a half of the chart is pretty stalled
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 23, 2015 14:34:38 GMT -5
Sam Hunt and Little Big Town are starting to pick up play but LIC is still having a hard time doing anything and yes only 5-6 songs are doing great and they're pretty much what's taken ovef the airwaves now.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 23, 2015 14:49:29 GMT -5
Sam Hunt and Little big town are having crossover hits, the songs were already popular in other formats which explain why Take your time has such fantastic callout scores. In terms of pop they are new artist.
Sam is on his fourth single, Lay me down was a flop in terms of airplay (flop is maybe a harsh word, but LMD was barely top 30 on radio songs when his first two singles were 1 and 2), he is not doing promo (obviously not his fault) and the song never sell well before being a single. I know a lot of people think LIC is his Set fire to the rain, but Adele's song sold more than half million before being a single, LIC wasn't in the top 600 when it was released.
Right now the updates are decent, not great, but not bad either, and even with the little gains in audience, the song is getting nearer the top 100 on itunes.
I don't think radio will drop the song without give it a try, and if the sales keep reacting that well i think it could end exploding. It's not a polarizing song either, so the callout scores should be good
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 24, 2015 4:51:51 GMT -5
His label should have released INTOO instead of STW as his debut single then went with LIC and Rrestart. That would have been the perfect single line-up instead they totally messed him up and LIC the best song out if 3\4 of his released tracks is getting the boot.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 24, 2015 15:39:26 GMT -5
Sorry, but that's absurd. SWM was a bigger hit that INTOO everywhere, and it gave him two grammys. That song made him. INTOO was a better plan on UK, because they had MOney on my mind as first single. MOney on my mind was too polarizing and risky to be released as first single in the USA. In fact LIC could be better as second single after SWM with INTOO after that, but given the fact that INTOO was such big hit is absurd questioning anything. What it was clearly a bad idea was LMD as third single, it's a great song, but probably not single material, and not as third single after two ballads.
Anyway, he can't complain, he had 4 top 10 and 1 top 20 on pop radio and 4 top 10 and 1 top 20 on the hot 100 in a year of career.
LIC is finally top 100 on itunes. The song is doing way better than LMD on the canadian airplay charts, he always perform way worse in the airplay charts there than in the hot 100 but LMD was a total flop on airplay, i think LIC will be higher than LMD never was on pop and airplay in the next days
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 24, 2015 17:48:03 GMT -5
Mix 104.1 in Boston was playing LIC 2-3x a day they haven't played it at all or once in the last 2 days. That makes me wonder. I'm not giving up on the song because I love it and it's amazing.
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Post by jjose712 on Jun 25, 2015 5:59:43 GMT -5
You should not give up because the song is showing some promise. The audience impact is still low, but the song it's now on the top 100 of itunes and it's moving on the right direction in all fronts.
Maybe the hot 100 will be a couple of weeks without any Sam's song (Lay me down will go recurrent next week) but i don't think LIC will wait too much before impact there.
This song could be a totally different kind of hit for him, something that was build slowly and let grow on its on pace before explode.
Of course i can be wrong, but i'm feeling positive right now, in fact it's the only song that i like that it's showing some positive signals right now
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Post by jax94 on Jun 25, 2015 9:25:38 GMT -5
#97 on itunes and +51 and +.401 on pop
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