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Post by onebuffalo on May 4, 2016 10:19:42 GMT -5
#1 in Canada!
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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2016 11:59:49 GMT -5
Hope Billboard follows suit, just for carriekins: 2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY Somewhere On A Beach 8975 8504 471 62.748
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Post by dm2081 on May 8, 2016 12:01:51 GMT -5
I really hope they push this one for another week. It's been a huge hit for Dierks and I'd much prefer multiple weeks for this one then "SnapBack" steal a week at #1.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 12:18:43 GMT -5
I honestly don't think Old Dominion has much of a shot at #1 as if my Billboard estimations are correct "Snapback" will be about 5 million in audience behind Dierks. It's also worth noting that Old Dominion has been in the MB Top 5 now for four weeks with "Snapback" and now might be in the Top 2 tomorrow for BB (depending on how far Chris & Cassadee fall). Also I feel like "Snapback" and "Mind Reader" for that matter haven't been nearly the hit that "Somewhere On A Beach" has been as Dierks is spending his third week at the top of the mongrel chart while "Snapback" is at #4 (not bad but I'd rather not see that song hit the top) and more embarrassingly is "Mind Reader" is #10 on the Mongrel chart. So this is definitely a case where the bigger hit song should spend a few weeks at the top.
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Post by carriekins on May 8, 2016 12:29:22 GMT -5
In the past, Capitol has shown reluctance to cede the #1 song when their song is the obvious "bigger" song (and sometimes when it's not), so I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them try to hold SOAB for a second week. The surge SOAB has had the past couple of days would make it that much more difficult for Old Dominion to overcome - though nothing is impossible.
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Post by sabre14 on May 8, 2016 14:35:04 GMT -5
BTW: The 8975 spins for "Somewhere On A Beach" this week is a new record on Mediabase.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 8, 2016 14:48:17 GMT -5
BTW: The 8975 spins for "Somewhere On A Beach" this week is a new record on Mediabase. When we get final numbers tomorrow, is it possible Dierks Bentley will have at least 9000 spins?
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Post by sabre14 on May 8, 2016 14:49:23 GMT -5
BTW: The 8975 spins for "Somewhere On A Beach" this week is a new record on Mediabase. When we get final numbers tomorrow, is it possible Dierks Bentley will have at least 9000 spins? Yes, it's possible. The finalized chart will reflect today's numbers though.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 15:05:39 GMT -5
It's so sad this song is #1. It is easily the worst song on the charts right now. Disappointing from Dierks, but it will be over at least.
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on May 9, 2016 10:10:49 GMT -5
9087 spins on Mediabase! :o
Congrats to Dierks on such a great accomplishment.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 9, 2016 16:28:08 GMT -5
Final numbers. Just 21 spins shy of 9000:
2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY Somewhere On A Beach 8979 8504 475 62.765
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Post by carriekins on May 9, 2016 20:57:00 GMT -5
I noticed there was no "thanks, country radio" ad in Aircheck or Billboard. May indicate their play for a 2nd week. Pretty sizeable gap back to Old Dominion, so I feel like it's theirs if they want it.
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Post by sabre14 on May 9, 2016 20:59:43 GMT -5
I noticed there was no "thanks, country radio" ad in Aircheck or Billboard. May indicate their play for a 2nd week. Pretty sizeable gap back to Old Dominion, so I feel like it's theirs if they want it. They'll definitely try for it.
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Post by bksouthga on May 9, 2016 22:49:19 GMT -5
9087 spins on Mediabase! :o Congrats to Dierks on such a great accomplishment. With radio's lack of variety and tendency to overplay songs that I hear so much about on these forums, I am not ready to celebrate this "accomplishment".
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Post by onebuffalo on May 10, 2016 14:56:03 GMT -5
Still above the 9000 spin mark:
2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY Somewhere On A Beach 9073 8594 479 64.25
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Post by countryboy79 on May 11, 2016 2:36:08 GMT -5
This single was certificated GOLD on RIAA site - 4 may 2016. Last week was near 400k sold (only digital download).
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Post by carriekins on May 11, 2016 8:31:14 GMT -5
I can't believe this is still gaining. I know it will level off soon, but GEEZ.
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Post by Marv on May 11, 2016 13:21:08 GMT -5
It's really unfortunate that country radio adopted the top 40 practice of playing their 'powers' 70+ times per week (although top 40 stations routinely players their over 100 times a week as they did when I was in high school in the late 1960s) simultaneously with the eruption of the 'bro-country' stuff and a noticeable downturn in the listenability of lots of country stations out there.
This is indeed one of the very few singles from Dierks that I really can't tolerate; his vocals were absolutely flawless on standout singles such as 'Home' for example, but why he's trying to imitate Steven Tyler or any other rock icon makes no sense to me.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 14:11:57 GMT -5
It's really unfortunate that country radio adopted the top 40 practice of playing their 'powers' 70+ times per week (although top 40 stations routinely players their over 100 times a week as they did when I was in high school in the late 1960s) simultaneously with the eruption of the 'bro-country' stuff and a noticeable downturn in the listenability of lots of country stations out there. Amen to that. At first I didn't like this song. Then I came around to it. Now I would be perfectly fine if I never heard it again. The stations around me play the heck out of the top 5 songs. I swear one station only plays this, "Beautiful Drug", "Little Bit of You", "You Should Be Here", anything Lady Antebellum (who hasn't been relevant in the past year) and the two most recent songs that they keep introducing as "new music" ("Real Men Love Jesus" and "Stone Cold Sober"). Are PDs clueless?
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 11, 2016 20:31:47 GMT -5
It's so sad this song is #1. It is easily the worst song on the charts right now. Really? You think this is worse than the tuneless, rhymeless, meaningless trainwreck that is "Fix", or the gratingly obnoxious "Said No One Ever"?
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on May 11, 2016 21:20:09 GMT -5
It's so sad this song is #1. It is easily the worst song on the charts right now. Really? You think this is worse than the tuneless, rhymeless, meaningless trainwreck that is "Fix", or the gratingly obnoxious "Said No One Ever"? To be fair, "Said No One Ever" is not charting at Mediabase and barely charting at Billboard, so one could be forgiven for forgetting about it/blocking it out. But for me, "Somewhere on a Beach" is worse than "Fix." For all of its flaws, "Fix" at least has a throwback soulful/funky flow to it, a catchy rhythmic variation and I think it has a much more appealing melody (such as it is) than "Somewhere on a Beach" does. I find the monotony of melody and cadence in "Somewhere on a Beach" to be incredibly grating, and the aggressive toolbaggery of the lyrical tone doesn't help. I wouldn't defend "Fix" from a lyrical standpoint but I would definitely rather listen to it than "Somewhere on a Beach," and this is as someone who thinks very highly of Dierks as an artist while not considering Chris Lane to be much of one at all. So maybe there is an extra disappointment factor involved, as well.
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Post by dm2081 on May 11, 2016 21:36:12 GMT -5
See I can't fault the lyrics in this one because I think they are intentionally meant to be immature and "deuche-like" for lack of a better word. When I listen to this song, I envision the lead singer as a male in his early twenties who tends to care about all the wrong things in his significant other (such as looks and the ability to be a party machine). I would bet the main character screwed up his past relationship and he knows it, but is still stuck in his narrow minded ways that he results to bragging about his new girl and lifestyle (the "She's got a body" line). Clearly he isn't over the prior relationship if he feels compelled to brag about it to his ex or to whomever is listening. So in this case, I think the immaturity in the lyrical tone is not only appropriate, but makes total sense.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on May 11, 2016 22:02:55 GMT -5
See I can't fault the lyrics in this one because I think they are intentionally meant to be immature and "deuche-like" for lack of a better word. When I listen to this song, I envision the lead singer as a male in his early twenties who tends to care about all the wrong things in his significant other (such as looks and the ability to be a party machine). I would bet the main character screwed up his past relationship and he knows it, but is still stuck in his narrow minded ways that he results to bragging about his new girl and lifestyle (the "She's got a body" line). Clearly he isn't over the prior relationship if he feels compelled to brag about it to his ex or to whomever is listening. So in this case, I think the immaturity in the lyrical tone is not only appropriate, but makes total sense. Oh, I think you're right on in your assessment here of what the song is meant to convey. But to dredge up the "Drunk on a Plane" comparison again, the big difference is self-awareness. The guy in "Drunk on a Plane" is acting the fool and he knows it, and both the lyrics and Dierks' performance deliver that combination of bitterness and self-loathing and sarcasm and assiness and hurt and embarrassment darn near perfectly. But "Somewhere on a Beach" is just straight-up, on-the-nose nyah-nyah bitterness minus any of the hurt or regret or embarrassment that would give it dimension, and the (lack of) melody and lack of rhythmic variation give Dierks no room to add any personality to the performance. Everything about "Somewhere on a Beach" is just underdeveloped, which is why I find its immaturity so incredibly unappealing while I defend "Drunk on a Plane" to this day as a genuinely clever, entertaining song.
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Post by dm2081 on May 11, 2016 22:14:26 GMT -5
See I can't fault the lyrics in this one because I think they are intentionally meant to be immature and "deuche-like" for lack of a better word. When I listen to this song, I envision the lead singer as a male in his early twenties who tends to care about all the wrong things in his significant other (such as looks and the ability to be a party machine). I would bet the main character screwed up his past relationship and he knows it, but is still stuck in his narrow minded ways that he results to bragging about his new girl and lifestyle (the "She's got a body" line). Clearly he isn't over the prior relationship if he feels compelled to brag about it to his ex or to whomever is listening. So in this case, I think the immaturity in the lyrical tone is not only appropriate, but makes total sense. Oh, I think you're right on in your assessment here of what the song is meant to convey. But to dredge up the "Drunk on a Plane" comparison again, the big difference is self-awareness. The guy in "Drunk on a Plane" is acting the fool and he knows it, and both the lyrics and Dierks' performance deliver that combination of bitterness and self-loathing and sarcasm and assiness and hurt and embarrassment darn near perfectly. But "Somewhere on a Beach" is just straight-up, on-the-nose nyah-nyah bitterness minus any of the hurt or regret or embarrassment that would give it dimension, and the (lack of) melody and lack of rhythmic variation give Dierks no room to add any personality to the performance. Everything about "Somewhere on a Beach" is just underdeveloped, which is why I find its immaturity so incredibly unappealing while I defend "Drunk on a Plane" to this day as a genuinely clever, entertaining song. I agree that "Drunk On A Plane" is the far superior song, but again, I think its just based on preference. The character in DOAP is more mature as you said, but I think they are meant to portray separate characters. I imagine Hank Moody (David Duchovny from Californication) as the main character in DOAP whereas I imagine a Charlie Sheen wannabe in "Somewhere on a Beach" (maybe Justin Beiber? lol). I can see how the character in this one can turn some people off, but for me I can still appreciate it much like I enjoy Frank Underwood in House of Cards and Walter White in Breaking Bad. I subjectively look at them as being bad apples, but still appreciate their art if that makes sense.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 11, 2016 22:57:26 GMT -5
For all of its flaws, "Fix" at least has a throwback soulful/funky flow to it, a catchy rhythmic variation and I think it has a much more appealing melody (such as it is) than "Somewhere on a Beach" does. I wanna know what the heck you're listening to, because I just hear a completely tuneless mess that can't make up its mind what it's trying to be, and throwing random contemporary R&B elements around at complete random. All I hear is a weaksauce lead singer, a clusterf**k of randomness, Joey Moi's typical loud drumbeats and screechy guitars, and a Sarah Buxton so autotuned that I can't even tell that's her. Melodically, SoaB is a bit lacking, but it at least has more than four chords in it, which is more than can be said for most songs anymore. Also, DoaP had a lot of melodic similiarity -- nearly the entire chorus is just four notes over and over and over (the "Buying drinks for everybody..." part). Honestly, Dierks seems to get lazy on melodies a LOT -- even "Settle for a Slowdown" or "What Was I Thinkin'" have some flat parts in their melodies. I honestly don't read this song as douchey or immature or bratty or whatever. Sure, it's not as good as DoaP, and it treads some similar ground, but I like it enough.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 11, 2016 23:19:51 GMT -5
The more the character in this song gets assessed, the more I think this tune would've been tailor-made for Chase Rice, lol.
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Post by countrymusicjunkie on May 11, 2016 23:22:51 GMT -5
I know the album hasn't even been released yet, but any guesses about what the second single will be? Out of the 4 new songs I've heard (the 3 on iTunes and the live version of "Black") I like "I'll Be The Moon" by far the best, but they're obviously not going to release that as a summer single.
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Post by countryboy79 on May 12, 2016 1:48:50 GMT -5
2 week at n.1 in Canada!
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Post by carriekins on May 12, 2016 6:40:46 GMT -5
I know the album hasn't even been released yet, but any guesses about what the second single will be? Out of the 4 new songs I've heard (the 3 on iTunes and the live version of "Black") I like "I'll Be The Moon" by far the best, but they're obviously not going to release that as a summer single. Likely Black or Freedom.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2016 7:23:13 GMT -5
It's so sad this song is #1. It is easily the worst song on the charts right now. Really? You think this is worse than the tuneless, rhymeless, meaningless trainwreck that is "Fix", or the gratingly obnoxious "Said No One Ever"? Right now, for me, yes, it is absolutely the worst song on radio. There is NO flow, I can not sing along to it at all, right there that's a terrible song. And the lyrics are the absolute worst. Even if they are meant to be douchey that doesn't mean they have to be written at a third grade level, even Chase Rice manages a fifth grade level. I can not understand how Dierks thought this song was good, or how radio thought that as well. Just shows the sad state we are in right now.
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