Kelly Clarkson - “I Don’t Think About You”

[Unhinged]

Track No. 11 on the Meaning of Life. This is simply stunning.

[evergreen]

This is certainly unpopular opinion here, but this is probably my least favorite on the album. I just cannot stand the "EeeEEEee" in the chorus.

[Ling-Ling]

Excellent, album highlight. Her vocal is so pretty on this. Those verses especially, just crystal clear.

[toomuchboy]

Oct 28, 2017 16:55:09 GMT -5 evergreen said:

This is certainly unpopular opinion here, but this is probably my least favorite on the album. I just cannot stand the "EeeEEEee" in the chorus.

It definitely gets irritating fast. I really hope they don't pick this for a single.

[mamaloveme]

I CAN"T WAIT this become a SINGLE

[Adam (UTR)]

[Mike]

Excited! She hasn’t performed this one live yet I think right?

[dbhmr]

I mean, clearly a lot went into this decision given all the back and forth and delays, buuuuut...idk about this one. Hopeful to be proven wrong.

That CHR isn't mentioned is interesting. Are they just not bothering, or it simply isn't lined up yet? Could they possibly try and push a different song to pop (which seems like a questionable strategy in and of itself)?

[QAF]

I'm here for this one. I love this song to pieces.

[toomuchboy]

Well, I'm sad "Medicine" has been nixed. I don't see it with this song (I'm guessing they're envisioning another PbP moment, but this song isn't even in the vicinity of Already Gone, much less PbP or BoY), but I hope it does well. ...Unless it doing badly means they'll see the writing on the wall re:her new sound and deliver "Would You Call That Love."

[Deleted]

I can see this flopping even at Hot AC, but who cares? Beautiful song.

[Focus]

Instrumental track for "I Don't Think About You"




Acapella "I Don't Think About You"

[someguy]

Excellent choice. I could see this doing really well at Hot AC. When I first got this album, this song reminded me of Adele. That's never a bad thing to send to Hot AC radio, lol.

[Focus]

www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases

[dbhmr]

I get that that date ties in with the start of The Voice nicely, but it’s so far away. It feels like it’s been forever since she’s had an active single for the album.

I am excited for what her team has in store for this. Tricky timing aside, her promo appearances have been excellent.

[Ragin]

I like most of her music. I don't like this.

[Jack]

Jan 22, 2018 10:25:37 GMT -5 dbhmr said:

I get that that date ties in with the start of The Voice nicely, but it’s so far away. It feels like it’s been forever since she’s had an active single for the album.

I am excited for what her team has in store for this. Tricky timing aside, her promo appearances have been excellent.

I also think with streaming, it's a lot easier to reverse course on an album's momentum than it was ten years ago.

As in back then, if a campaign stalls, a single underperforms, moving on to the next single and stopping the bleed (keep stock orders up in retail stores, keeping it high on iTunes) is very important.

However with streaming, which Kelly has been admittedly weak on, a song and record can be out of the Top 500 one day, and with a high profile performance/viral video/buzz worthy interview it can be in the top 10 the next day.

I imagine the discussions have been lengthy and involved ("when can we couple this with SNL, can you deliver this song live effectively, we need something pretty imaginative for the video, The Voice is coming back on air with you as its new star") and the sum of them has made this their plan of attack. I know it seems like a while, but there's probably a method to the madness.

[QAF]

It seemed odd to me to that it has an impact date more than a month away of the announcement. Can radio play it if they want though or is there some type of thing that would keep them from doing so?

[Kurt]

Jan 22, 2018 18:34:39 GMT -5 QAF said:

It seemed odd to me to that it has an impact date more than a month away of the announcement. Can radio play it if they want though or is there some type of thing that would keep them from doing so?

Radio can pretty much play whatever it wants whenever it wants, but an adds date serves as the start of an organized single campaign by the label; I imagine it's quite uncommon for a label to ask a station not to play an upcoming single until the impact date, especially given that they can use that as marketing for the single ("early airplay at WXXX! listeners are responding! look at this Shazam or sales data in their market!" etc.), though we have seen examples of labels suggesting they hold off on unsolicited non-single airplay when they're getting ready to launch a new single (or at least one: Adele's "Rumour Has It" ahead of the single release for "Set Fire To The Rain" - so to compare to this case, it'd be as if stations started playing "Heat" right now and propelled it into the top 40, thus derailing their plans for current single "I Don't Think About You" and potentially taking the wind of the sails for a planned future release of "Heat").

[musicfan134]

That's my birthday!!

[.indulgecountry]

Absolutely in love with this song. Far and away my favorite on the Meaning of Life album. Just stunning. I'm pleasantly surprised to see it get picked as a single because I definitely wasn't expecting to see it released. <3

[Jack]

Jan 22, 2018 18:34:39 GMT -5 QAF said:

It seemed odd to me to that it has an impact date more than a month away of the announcement. Can radio play it if they want though or is there some type of thing that would keep them from doing so?

They haven't announced it.

It was revealed by someone at Billboard on Twitter.

[tinawina]

Love the song but not sure of the fit as a single. I can only assume this is where the testing lead them. I hope HAC reacts well to this, that's really all I want.

[Focus]

Adult Contemporary Weekly Top 10 Downloads

Adult Contemporary Top 10 – Download (January 22nd, 2018)

1. Kelly Clarkson – I Don’t Think About You

(Hot AC) Atlantic Records / RRP


2. Anderson East – All On My Mind

(Hot AC) Elektra / Low Country Sound / Roadrunner Promotion

3. Rachel Kerr – Alive

(Urban, Urban AC, Christian, Christian Inspo, Gospel) Rachel Kerr Music

4. Dua Lipa – New Rules

(AC) Warner Bros. Records

5. Anya Alexandria – Black & White

(Urban AC) Anya Alexandria Music

6. Craymo – December Rain (Carol Of Love)

(AC) One Love One World Records

7. Deitrick Haddon – Glory

(Urban AC, Gospel) DH Visions / Entertainment One

8. Judah Band – For My Good

(Urban AC, Gospel) Entertainment One Nashville / Light Records

9. Kelsea Ballerini and Joey Alexander – My Favorite Things

(AC, Country, Smooth Jazz, Holiday, Christmas, Jazz, Adult Hits, Non-Commercial, NPR) Black River Entertainment

10. Various Artists – Stax 60th Anniversary

(AC, Classic Rock, Urban, Urban AC, Triple A, Smooth Jazz, College, Classic Hits, Americana, Jazz, Adult Hits, Rhythmic, Rhythmic Mixshow, Rock – Specialty, Rhythmic AC, Non-Commercial, NPR) Stax / Concord Music
daily.plaympe.com/adult-contemporary-weekly-top-10-downloads/

[Focus]

Adult Contemporary Weekly Top 10 Streams

Adult Contemporary Top 10 – Stream (January 22nd, 2018)

1. Kelly Clarkson – I Don’t Think About You

(Hot AC) Atlantic Records / RRP

2. Rachel Kerr – Alive

(Urban, Urban AC, Christian, Christian Inspo, Gospel) Rachel Kerr Music

3. Dua Lipa – New Rules

(AC) Warner Bros. Records

4. Smiley Mikey – Comfort Man (Feat. L.A. Davis, Jr.)

(AC, College, Rhythmic, Non-Commercial, NPR) Independent

5. Anya Alexandria – Black & White

(Urban AC) Anya Alexandria Music

6. Anderson East – All On My Mind

(Hot AC) Elektra / Low Country Sound / Roadrunner Promotion

7. Craymo – December Rain (Carol Of Love)

(AC) One Love One World Records

8. Greg Hudik – Back In Love With You Again

(AC, Active Rock, Triple A, Country, Americana, Mainstream Rock, AAA) Platinum Records Nashville

9. Judah Band – For My Good

(Urban AC, Gospel) Entertainment One Nashville / Light Records

10. Jonathan McReynolds – Not Lucky, I’m Loved

(Urban AC, Gospel) Entertainment One Nashville

daily.plaympe.com/adult-contemporary-weekly-top-10-streams/

[Focus]

jpsketch from ATRL heard the song on the radio. This is what he said about the edit....

I just listened. Apart from bleeping out bull****, they cut the last "WEIGHING DOWN ON MEEEEEEE... I LoOoST MA SANITYYYYYYYYYYYY"

Otherwise, the song still works!!

[Envoirment]

I'm not a big a fan of this song, but I can see it working on HAC/AC. Would've much preferred "Medicine" though.

[Focus]

#50 on mediabase Hot AC. :)

[Leo ✔]

HOT AC
79 50 KELLY CLARKSON I Don't Think About You 106 15 91 0.459

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