Rob Thomas - "Hold On Forever"

[Kyle]

Insta-grat from the preorder of The Great Unknown, which comes out August 21st, 2015.

[Robert J]

It's not perfect, but I like it way more than the single.

[No Brake$]

This would have been the safe choice for the first single, but I have a feeling this is "Give Me The Meltdown", a solid buzz single that won't get released to please the fans. To be honest though, I think this could have been pretty huge at Hot AC and even cracked CHR\POP.

Trust You...I don't even understand the plan for that.

[LBTrocks]

I do like this and I know it will continue to be a grower, but it doesn't blow me away either. I much prefer edgy Rob, and this is more "light" than I'd like his music to be.

[Kurt]

[funguy10]

Picks up 3 adds today.

[someguy]

Very good choice, probably the best they could have picked from the album. If "Trust You" couldn't make the top 10 (being the lead single and all), I'm not super confident that this will, but a song like this is his best shot, I think.

[intrinsicthoughts]

I noticed this is picking up big adds already like WBMX, WOMX and KBIG! WOMX in Orlando played it 32x this week. Everyone i let hear it likes it and can't deny it's sweet little catchy tune that gets stuck in your head. I'm gonna make a bold prediction with my fingers crossed lol. This goes Top 10 at Hot AC and turns the era around enough for "Pieces" & "Heaven Help Me" to see light of day. I think if "I Think We'd Feel Good Together" was the 1st single, the CD would've went #1 and "ITWFGT" would've went those extra few spots and made the Top 10 at Hot AC. "Trust You" just didn't sound like Rob! Does anyone know where it peaked? I remember seeing it as high as #12 during the week but by weeks end i think it was peak of #13 but i could be wrong.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Sept 8, 2015 23:27:11 GMT -5 intrinsicthoughts said:

"Trust You" just didn't sound like Rob! Does anyone know where it peaked? I remember seeing it as high as #12 during the week but by weeks end i think it was peak of #13 but i could be wrong.

Yes, "Trust You" officially peaked at #13.

[Adam (UTR)]

Sunday night update:
62 52 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 155 90 65 0.871

[intrinsicthoughts]

Sept 14, 2015 15:59:06 GMT -5 Adam (UTR) said:

Sunday night update:
62 52 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 155 90 65 0.871

This also received 11 more add this weeks without an official adds date yet. Does anyone know when it goes for adds? I was also just thinking of all that even though i hated "Trust You" as the lead single after hearing the whole cd, it didn't really flop in the way people were making it out. I mean that as in he's too old or hot ac radio is done with him kind of way. I loved the "Shots" song by Imagine Dragons and i don't think it peaked any higher and they are a very popular modern band. A lot of songs peak at #13 that aren't flops i hope or why monitor 40 songs just the Top 10. A lot of it has to do with timing too, the top 10 was stale with the same songs that were keeping "Trust you" out of the Top 10 as well as Kelly's "Invincible" that are just now starting to fall out of Top 10. Plus he's doing all this in his 40s with almost no promotion. I think Rob Thomas will always be the little engine that could. Anyways in all my rambling i think he's still relevant on Hot AC just needs that SMASH which i am hoping is "Hold On Forever".

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 50 on Hot AC:

62 50 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 175 99 76 0.895

[Kyle]

Lyric Video out now, shooting of the music video next week!

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 40 on Hot AC:

50 38 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 382 206 176 1.448

Hoping this can go top 20.

[No Brake$]

This should have been first release, and now it has a +200 bullet on only 25% of the panel, more or less, this is has the most momentum of any song on the board. This could be a surprise hit for the fourth quarter, won't be surprised if this goes Top 5 and crosses over.

The whole Trust You release still will never make sense of me.

I hope,this blows up like it looks like,it is,

[Kyle]

Happy to see he is finally having some success this era

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 30 on Hot AC:

33 30 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 760 531 229 2.704

[intrinsicthoughts]

Up +111 on 80 stations now sitting at #25 with "Marvin Gaye" falling -842 at #24 and few songs are about to go recurrent. Looks like a Top 20! Question, I posted in a M20 fan club on October 12th after 7 adds that week mediabase had it listed on 57. Now 2 weeks later it's on 80 with 2 adds this week. My ? is the last 2 weeks i think mediabase showed like 5 adds and maybe 3 the next and now 2. How did it get on 80 stations without adds? Every few days i see a few more stations on it, but every monday it's always way less than i count. Just curious if anyone knows?

[Rumors]

I wish I could answer the question above but I have no clue either. Glad to see that this isn't dead in the water. I wonder where the official video is....taking way too much time to get it out. Looks like Rob is doing a lot of radio Christmas shows so maybe they'll show the song a little love over the next couple of months.

[Rumors]

The new video is up on Rob's Facebook page. I really like it. It enhances the song which is what any good video should do. The video isn't anything earth shattering but it goes along with this being a nice, fun, lively little pop song.

[Kyle]

I actually really love the video, reminded me a lot like the video Overjoyed had.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 20 on Hot AC:

23 20 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 1375 1368 7 5.878

[Daryl the Beryl]

Well, it's official, this hit top 20 on Billboard, so he has another top 20 Hot AC hit.

[Rumors]

Dec 9, 2015 5:52:05 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

Well, it's official, this hit top 20 on Billboard, so he has another top 20 Hot AC hit.

How may songs does that give him that hit the top 20 including hits with Matchbox? I think he was the leader in this category just a few years ago but I bet Maroon 5, Pink, and Kelly Clarkson may have overtaken him now.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Dec 13, 2015 12:28:44 GMT -5 Rumors said:

Dec 9, 2015 5:52:05 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

Well, it's official, this hit top 20 on Billboard, so he has another top 20 Hot AC hit.

How may songs does that give him that hit the top 20 including hits with Matchbox? I think he was the leader in this category just a few years ago but I bet Maroon 5, Pink, and Kelly Clarkson may have overtaken him now.

Counting MB20 and his solo hits, Rob has reached the top 20 on 27 occasions. That's still the record.

Maroon 5: 21 times (adding Adam's solo appearances brings him to 23 top 20 hits)
Pink: 15 top 20 hits
Kelly Clarkson: 19 top 20 hits

Others:
Taylor Swift: 16
Train: 17 (Pat Monahan had 2 additional top 20 for a total of 19)
Goo Goo Dolls: 17

[Rumors]

Thanks for that information. I'm actually pleasantly surprised he is still #1 in that category at least for a few more years. :)

[intrinsicthoughts]

On a positive note "Hold On Forever" has also picked up 4 adds over the last few days up from 78 to 82 stations with a bullet of +148. That's the highest bullet it has had in a while and shows this song has some legs now that it has hit top 20 2 weeks in a row.

[Daryl the Beryl]

This appears to be done.

22 21 ROB THOMAS Hold On Forever 1657 1844 -187 7.086

Well, at least it went top 20.

[No Brake$]

Big RT/M20 fan, but between this and the last Matchbox album, can we say complete disaster? They had a lot of momentum after Cradlesong and I can't put together what the hell happened.

I almost feel bad for Rob, from day one that we heard Trust You, we all knew this whole thing would be a great disappointment, then the train wreck of a video came out for it, it's too bad, this album has a few good tracks.

Why Rob went for pop instead of AAA/Americana like Cradlesong, getting good praise, keeping a great reputation, for this mess, it just sucks. As a fan I was expecting something quality, this, bad, just so bad. Trust You...maybe the worst song of last year,

[idolman88]

From Rob Thomas's Twitter: "Pieces" is being discussed as the 3rd single!