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Post by austin on Apr 9, 2019 8:33:07 GMT -5
I don't think this is anything adventurous for him AT ALL like some of the posters above but its a total guilty pleasure. I will be rooting for this one!
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Post by seak05 on Apr 17, 2019 18:01:56 GMT -5
This is gaining fine, but for a new Luke single it seems to be slow?
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Post by straitouttanashville on Apr 26, 2019 11:14:58 GMT -5
I just feel like Luke never evolves, just same low grade lyrics and terrible songs, again & again. I know I am probably in the minority here, but Luke seems like a 43 year old singer stuck in high school, its kinda of embarrassing in my humble opinion. Luke Bryan can't go away fast enough for me. This song has the same feel as a TV station running out of ideas so they bring back old shows like American Idol, weird? Idol is like 100 years old and its played, just like Luke Bryan. No thanks.
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Post by recordyear on May 6, 2019 20:00:36 GMT -5
Hot 100: #94 (debut) Country Airplay: #21 (+2) Country Sales: #7 (=)
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Post by dm2081 on May 14, 2019 22:40:08 GMT -5
This one has had a rather slow start for Luke, which is a little odd since this seems like the type of song radio would salivate over. The truth is though that this is easily his biggest hit since maybe "Kick The Dust Up"? I imagine this will receive heavier conversions once some of these big hits in the top 10 clear out.
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Post by seak05 on May 15, 2019 5:31:59 GMT -5
This one has had a rather slow start for Luke, which is a little odd since this seems like the type of song radio would salivate over. The truth is though that this is easily his biggest hit since maybe "Kick The Dust Up"? I imagine this will receive heavier conversions once some of these big hits in the top 10 clear out. Yeah the chart run for this has me baffled, especially since it’s selling well
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 15, 2019 6:01:01 GMT -5
Personally I just think it got a little overshadowed by being released the same day as "God's Country," which is clearly the bigger impact single of the two. I really don't think "Knockin' Boots" is having a bad run so far. It seems like its consistently been gaining just fine, it just hasn't screamed up the chart in record time... but I think chart runs like those are becoming harder to come by for even the bigger stars as the chart continues to always be crammed and so slow-moving in general.
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Post by countryisking on May 15, 2019 7:50:02 GMT -5
Seems to be moving just fine in my eyes. While I will 100% take this song over "Light it Up," "Strip it Down," "Home Alone Tonight" and similar garbage Luke has put out in the past few years, I still haven't gotten into this.
I'm a huge fan of his early stuff, even through the Crash My Party album and half of Kill the Lights. But lyrically this is just terrible. It has a great melody but that's about it.
I love that it is not over-produced, but it actually is a little too toned-down for me. There is barely anything going on instrumentally and it sounds like it was mixed on a Mac in someone's basement over a 3-day weekend.
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Post by Naos on May 15, 2019 13:40:34 GMT -5
Hot 100: #84 (+10) Country Airplay: #20 (+1) Country Songs: #15 (+2)
Canadian Hot 100: #51 (+7)
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Post by Wackadoodle on May 15, 2019 17:15:44 GMT -5
I actually do think this is an under-performer by Luke's standards. Sales are fine for a lead single, although certainly not out of the park for a Luke Bryan lead, but clearly radio enthusiasm and research aren't up to speed with Luke Bryan's usual bar, as this is being way out-paced by new lead singles from other A-listers Blake Shelton and Luke Combs. I agree that the radio charts are just all around slower these days and so if this song were to be just entering the top 10 around week 10 or 11, that wouldn't be too bad, but it's going slow even by today's standards and as .indulgecountry noted, it's being way out-shined by "God's Country." I still think Capitol can push this to a top 5 finish, but this will definitely be quickly forgotten about and remembered as one of Luke Bryan's softer hits. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end for Luke's career, or he'll start producing better music in response to diminishing returns from radio. On a side note, Universal is still the only major country label to not have had a single number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart yet this year. Maybe this or "Some of It" could break the drought, but it's definitely a slower year for the label. Who knows? Maybe Columbia or some other label could knock Capitol out of the #1 label spot on the year-end charts.
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Post by Wackadoodle on May 18, 2019 21:56:18 GMT -5
Update on this. "Knockin' Boots" has lost 33 spins and 227k audience since Sunday on the Mediabase panel. There's no way a Luke Bryan lead single should be doing anywhere near this poorly in the 20s. This isn't just a slight under-performer for Luke Bryan. It's a massive flop. Is it still possible Universal can revive this and use their radio promotion resources to push this a little higher up the charts? Sure, but right now it's definitely looking like this could just fizzle out really quickly with a peak way outside the top 10. It appears this just wasn't the right lead single, and maybe Luke's team will quickly realize that the response is abysmal, pull it early, and release something else in a few weeks and forget this song entirely rather than kill all his momentum for the new album cycle by dragging this chart run out another few months. Either way, this is a huge embarrassment for Luke Bryan and Capitol Nashville. I could see this being like Brad Paisley's "Without a Fight" where the song just doesn't even make the album and the label attempts to get everyone to quickly forget the whole thing ever happened by releasing something else as the lead single. Clearly people just don't like this song. Another failure for Capitol Nashville in what is turning out to be a surprisingly poor year for them.
I'm thrilled that this is flopping. Luke Bryan has been releasing awful music for so long and continuing to have massive success with weak material just because of name recognition and the backing of a huge corporate label while artists with less money and higher quality music struggle to gain traction at radio. This is exactly the sort of humbling experience Luke and Universal Music Nashville need. It's time for UMG to start pushing its artists to release better product that actually resonates with listeners rather than just throwing any old crap out there and using a ton of corporate money to force radio to play it. Will this be a turning point for radio? It's way too early to tell. However, I've been pleasantly surprised to see that lately it seems radio is being a little bit tougher on the A-listers and actually judging each song by its own merits rather than just blasting every song by an act with lots of name recognition to #1. FGL, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, and now Luke Bryan have all been forced to take a look at the material they're releasing and work harder to find decent content in order to be successful. We're living in a time of revolution against the machine, and it's quite frankly beautiful. People are starting to demand better from the big players.
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Post by bamaefule on May 18, 2019 22:01:14 GMT -5
Yeah, this one just isn’t doing it for me. It’s sounds a little too low key but not in an interesting way haha. He always has a good hit or two in him so I look forward to whatever he has next.
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Post by g8erboi on May 18, 2019 22:04:35 GMT -5
His lead singles almost always suck ass, but they always do really well, so I’m really shocked at how radio is treating this. The sales are pretty strong though, so it’s connecting in some way.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 18, 2019 22:08:38 GMT -5
I will say guys we have had 3 iHeartMedia debuts within the past 2 weeks (Luke Combs, Keith Urban, and Lady Antebellum) so those songs are going to eat up a lot of spins and slow a lot of other songs.
I do think this song is moving slow, but I also think this is plenty young enough to stick around at least for a Top 3 peak.
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Post by Wackadoodle on May 18, 2019 22:09:23 GMT -5
His lead singles almost always suck ass, but they always do really well, so I’m really shocked at how radio is treating this. The sales are pretty strong though, so it’s connecting in some way. Are these sales even really that strong for a Luke Bryan lead single? He's supposed to be one of the top names in the format and the song is #25 on iTunes. Usually A-listers' lead singles spend most of their chart runs in the top 10 on the iTunes all-genre chart. I wouldn't say these sales are anything to write home about, and what's more important imo is that the response from radio listeners has apparently been poor.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 18, 2019 22:13:07 GMT -5
His lead singles almost always suck ass, but they always do really well, so I’m really shocked at how radio is treating this. The sales are pretty strong though, so it’s connecting in some way. Are these sales even really that strong for a Luke Bryan lead single? He's supposed to be one of the top names in the format and the song is #25 on iTunes. Usually A-listers' lead singles spend most of their chart runs in the top 10 on the iTunes all-genre chart. I wouldn't say these sales are anything to write home about, and what's more important imo is that the response from radio listeners has apparently been poor. Ok, slow your roll lol. This song is #5 when it comes to country songs on iTunes, only the latest singles from Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Lady Antebellum, and Morgan Wallen are ahead of this. That is still pretty freaking impressive sales. Especially compared to his last lead single "Light It Up" which was such a dud in pretty much every way.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on May 18, 2019 22:16:43 GMT -5
I’m sorry, but I think it’s pretty ridiculous to call this a “massive flop” just yet. 1. The charts are so congested right now that even Carrie Underwood has a paltry 167 bullet after breaking onto the chart with a 500+ bullet a few weeks ago. 2. The sales ARE strong, especially compared to lead singles from Blake (“I’ll Name the Dogs”), Carrie (“Cry Pretty” after its initial splash), and Eric Church (“Desperate Man”). 3. This has literally only struggled this week, hasn’t it? Many songs occasionally lose their bullet (“Miss Me More”, “Some of It”, “GIRL”) and they’re fine.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 18, 2019 22:20:06 GMT -5
I’m sorry, but I think it’s pretty ridiculous to call this a “massive flop” just yet. 1. The charts are so congested right now that even Carrie Underwood has a paltry 167 bullet after breaking onto the chart with a 500+ bullet a few weeks ago. 2. The sales ARE strong, especially compared to lead singles from Blake (“I’ll Name the Dogs”), Carrie (“Cry Pretty” after its initial splash), and Eric Church (“Desperate Man”). 3. This has literally only struggled this week, hasn’t it? Many songs occasionally lose their bullet (“Miss Me More”, “Some of It”, “GIRL”) and they’re fine. Yeah, give this song time. If this is still hovering around the top 20 a month from now than it can start being looked at as a potential flop. Honestly what the chart needs is a big ole housecleaning (Chase Rice, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson, Florida Georgia Line, Rodney Atkins, Morgan Evans, and although I love both of them Kacey Musgraves and Lauren Alaina as well) in the next few weeks.
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Post by Wackadoodle on May 18, 2019 22:23:31 GMT -5
I’m sorry, but I think it’s pretty ridiculous to call this a “massive flop” just yet. 1. The charts are so congested right now that even Carrie Underwood has a paltry 167 bullet after breaking onto the chart with a 500+ bullet a few weeks ago. 2. The sales ARE strong, especially compared to lead singles from Blake (“I’ll Name the Dogs”), Carrie (“Cry Pretty” after its initial splash), and Eric Church (“Desperate Man”). 3. This has literally only struggled this week, hasn’t it? Many songs occasionally lose their bullet (“Miss Me More”, “Some of It”, “GIRL”) and they’re fine.You're talking about songs from B- and C-listers, not the guy who was literally the biggest name in country music until a few months ago and should still be at least the #2 or #3 biggest name. Like I said, Capitol could pull out all the stops to revive this and push it higher up the charts if they wanted to, but I think that judging by the pace this is moving at compared to previous Luke Bryan lead singles and current lead singles from other artists of his stature, it's a pretty reasonable time to start discussing the possibility that this song just disappears pretty quickly and gets replaced by a new lead single. Anyway, I guess we'll just see what happens in the next few weeks, lol.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 19, 2019 1:26:04 GMT -5
Lol, this song isn't flopping at all. What a total overreaction. The sales have been great for this one (pretty sure it's out-performing "Light It Up" on that front) and it's had a steady rise up the country charts. I noted recently that it feels like this one was being over-shadowed by "God's Country" because the two songs launched on the same day, and it's clear that Blake's song has resonated better with fans and radio, but that doesn't mean "Knockin' Boots" is flopping. As others have said above, this one has been doing perfectly fine and its reason for not blasting up the charts at record pace has more to do with competition from other big releases and the general slowness of the country charts in 2019.
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Post by someguy on May 19, 2019 1:35:10 GMT -5
Luke's is also the only major artist single released lately that has not relied on pre-arranged airplay to ensure a high debut. He's doing just fine.
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Post by Wackadoodle on May 19, 2019 2:32:37 GMT -5
Guys, something's clearly going on. A brand new Luke Bryan lead single has a bullet of 33 in the 20s. That's not normal. Even by today's standards. This is really seeming like a Truck Yeah or Feel Like a Rock Star situation.
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Post by seak05 on May 19, 2019 8:39:42 GMT -5
These two statements can both be true: This is moving oddly slowly for a Luke Bryan lead single, and this song is still fine.
Also yeah, this song is selling perfectly well, from a sales perspective it's certainly not a flop (easily outselling "light it up").
Yeah, the charts are a little packed right now, with the hourly debuts. but typically that wouldn't matter for Luke B. Also, while we've seen some big debuts, the 11-30 part of the chart is fairly soft, with no songs that are screaming hit (outside of Luke C). Realistically, we're used to seeing Luke B's lead single move more like Luke C's new lead single is currently moving. And that type of rapid movement, especially through the 20's is more typical for an A list male. Doesn't mean this song won't continue to move up, or that it's a flop, or that they should pull the plug...just means it's not moving like we've seen in the past for Luke.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on May 20, 2019 9:52:48 GMT -5
I have a feeling that this song was a lot countrier before Luke got his hands on it. The snap track sounds pretty out of place on this and the melody (?) between the chorus and verse sounds like it should be played by a fiddle and not a guitar. Even though the lyrics are still very elementary, I think "Knockin' Boots" would be a lot more enjoyable with more prominent country instrumentation.
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Post by jimmy's carhartt on May 20, 2019 13:05:51 GMT -5
I have a feeling that this song was a lot countrier before Luke got his hands on it. The snap track sounds pretty out of place on this and the melody (?) between the chorus and verse sounds like it should be played by a fiddle and not a guitar. Even though the lyrics are still very elementary, I think "Knockin' Boots" would be a lot more enjoyable with more prominent country instrumentation. It sounds like it was written with Jon Pardi in mind.
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Post by Naos on Jun 10, 2019 23:55:59 GMT -5
Hot 100: #64 (+10) I have a feeling that this song was a lot countrier before Luke got his hands on it. The snap track sounds pretty out of place on this and the melody (?) between the chorus and verse sounds like it should be played by a fiddle and not a guitar. Even though the lyrics are still very elementary, I think "Knockin' Boots" would be a lot more enjoyable with more prominent country instrumentation. It sounds like it was written with Jon Pardi in mind. Was it because it had "boots" in the title? Because Jon Pardi loves referencing boots in his titles.
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Post by someguy on Jun 10, 2019 23:59:01 GMT -5
I thought that this would have moved up quicker, but it's still doing well. 18-16* in week 11.
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Post by Wackadoodle on Jun 11, 2019 0:40:22 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say this is a flop by Luke Bryan's standards. It looks like Universal's going to push this as long as they can, but it'll only make it to #6 or 7. Super embarrassing for a Luke Bryan lead single. This just isn't connecting with listeners I guess. There's a new Luke in town, lol.
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Post by zjames on Jun 11, 2019 12:00:41 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say this is a flop by Luke Bryan's standards. It looks like Universal's going to push this as long as they can, but it'll only make it to #6 or 7. Super embarrassing for a Luke Bryan lead single. This just isn't connecting with listeners I guess. There's a new Luke in town, lol. I disagree. While it has been moving slowly on radio for Luke's standards, its sales (#17 all-genre on iTunes) and streams (#8 on Billboard Country Streaming among songs currently on the radio charts) tell me "Knockin' Boots" is connecting with listeners. I think this will end up being a decent-sized hit for him peaking in the 30s on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Jun 11, 2019 12:50:02 GMT -5
Ever since someone compared this to his to his Spring Break releases, I've been convinced that's what this was. Is there an actual new album in sight?
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