Danielle Bradbery - "A Special Place"

[recordyear]

Artist: Danielle Bradbery
Single: A Special Place
Album: TBA
Label: Big Machine Records
Impact Date: February 13th, 2023 (AllAccess)
Writers: Jimmy Robbins, Sasha Alex Sloan, Shane McAnally, Maren Morris

Newest radio single since Never Have I Ever more than two years ago.

[raylatch98]

Not an awful song but I doubt it does much at radio like most of her stuff does. I still wish that Big Machine would have sent "Stop Dragging Your Boots" to radio as that was lowkey kind of catchy and seemed to connect somewhat well. 

[.indulgecountry]

Finally! This song SLAPS. Definitely one of my favorite things she's done to date. So catchy and while she struggles at radio, she has had a strong streaming presence, so one of these days something surely has to connect.

[bboat11]

Yes! Like I said in the New Releases Rankdown that this was in last month, this song has big Maddie & Tae energy, which I feel is a positive move for Danielle Bradbery to make at this point in her career.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

I wasn't impressed when I heard it for New Release RD, but it kinda grew on me since then. It's a solid jam, and I'd be happy to see her coming back to score another radio hit with this tune. 

[austin]

Maren should have kept this for herself instead of whatever Humble Quest became. This is pretty good, Maren would have killed it.

[.indulgecountry]

Dec 17, 2022 20:30:56 GMT -5 austin said:

Maren should have kept this for herself instead of whatever Humble Quest became. This is pretty good, Maren would have killed it.

I hadn't paid attention before to see that Maren had authored this one, and now that I know that, I can definitely hear her on it! That said, Danielle threw down with them wailed high notes on the chorus (which give me this delicious throwback vibe to the days of Lee Ann Womack that I LOVE) and I can't imagine the song any other way as a result, and Maren would not have sold the song that way. I'm sure she would've made it fun in her own way though and we wouldn't have known what we were missing out on with the choral range, but the song was clearly too fun for Humble Nap so her loss is Danielle's win.

[raylatch98]

Second most added song with 26 adds and 27 total stations by add date.

[.indulgecountry]

Solid start! I was anxious to see how many adds this one would pull in since they haven't tried her at mainstream country radio in several years.

[romo]

My station added this to rotation and it’s a fun listen, sounds great on the radio

[dwindeezy]

I have a feeling this is gonna flop and she’ll get lost in the shuffle. She streams solidly (though that may be due to her strong editorial playlisting) but she seems to just not be connecting with radio and idk how long Big Machine will hold on to her. TBH, I wasn’t a huge fan of this single and was kinda disappointed it was the one they promoted to radio but idk if anything she sends to radio will hit. Her last era felt like a re-introduction in a sense but still hasn’t been able to build momentum off it.

In this weird way tho I gotta say, I feel like i know NOTHING about her when I think about it. Like she’s just there and kinda blends tho she has a very strong voice. Don’t know much about her personality, background, relationships/ personal life (not that it’s our biz), story behind any of her songs someone could relate to, brand, lifestyle etc. other than she won The Voice. I wonder if she’s not connecting because people don’t know anything about the person behind the voice so they struggle to connect?

[Gideon | 1/2 US Radio Updater]

Apr 13, 2023 23:49:21 GMT -5 dwindeezy said:

I have a feeling this is gonna flop and she’ll get lost in the shuffle. She streams solidly (though that may be due to her strong editorial playlisting) but she seems to just not be connecting with radio and idk how long Big Machine will hold on to her. TBH, I wasn’t a huge fan of this single and was kinda disappointed it was the one they promoted to radio but idk if anything she sends to radio will hit. Her last era felt like a re-introduction in a sense but still hasn’t been able to build momentum off it.

In this weird way tho I gotta say, I feel like i know NOTHING about her when I think about it. Like she’s just there and kinda blends tho she has a very strong voice. Don’t know much about her personality, background, relationships/ personal life (not that it’s our biz), story behind any of her songs someone could relate to, brand, lifestyle etc. other than she won The Voice. I wonder if she’s not connecting because people don’t know anything about the person behind the voice so they struggle to connect?

I very much agree w this. It's a good song, but I def think Stop Draggin' Your Boots should've been sent in 2021. This song would've been a good follow-up to that imo once her name is a bit more established

[.indulgecountry]

^ I'm not sure what to expect for this one in the long-run, but it did pick up another 7 adds this week, after being out for two months, so there's definitely still promise that this one at least charts in the coming future.

[countryfan43]

Debuts at 57 on Billboard airplay this week

[Kanenrá:ke]

Happy to see this one chart, not holding hope for higher but it’s a start!

[sapphire]

Apr 28, 2023 20:53:41 GMT -5 Kanenrá:ke said:

Happy to see this one chart, not holding hope for higher but it’s a start!

I agree. I'm just happy to see this finally chart. 

She released a new song last Friday:

[.indulgecountry]

Glad she finally charted! Not that optimistic for a major hit here given her track record, but I'm happy it at least cracked the chart. She'll probably at least make it into the 40s, which is where her songs usually end up reaching a ceiling historically.

Also, "Monster" is another stunning song. Her vocals >

[raylatch98]

Yep, this song is done it seems as it has hardly any leaders on AllAccess and hasn't picked up an add the last 5 weeks.

Not shocked this flopped, but I kind of thought it could have at least made the Top 50 on either chart.