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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 25, 2023 0:46:17 GMT -5
I think this is gonna flop... or at least comparatively to the big success of his last few singles. This is a huge step back for him, and it's already showing signs of being a weaker hit.
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 25, 2023 1:03:22 GMT -5
Eh, I don't think this will be as big as his last 3 singles (all of which made the year end Hot 100 for 2021 or 2022) but this is doing perfectly fine so far. 4 weeks on Billboard and it's already at #32 radio wise which considering how much of a logjam the charts are lately and the recurrent airplay of "She Had Me At Heads Carolina", is a really great pace.
I will say for me personally, this song is such a grower for me as the chorus melody is just awesome and so catchy. Still would have preferred "How Is She" at the end of the day, but this song is fine for radio.
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Post by Carriefan1190 on Feb 25, 2023 12:01:20 GMT -5
This song is atrocious. Almost as bad as Lee Brice’s “Soul”
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Post by someguy on Mar 4, 2023 2:48:18 GMT -5
This appears to be really struggling, especially after the success of his last few singles. I would certainly welcome a switch to "How Is She" at any moment.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2023 17:17:41 GMT -5
This appears to be really struggling, especially after the success of his last few singles. I would certainly welcome a switch to "How Is She" at any moment. It’s only been out a little over a month lol. It will pick up once stations cool off on “Heads Carolina”.
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Post by raylatch98 on Mar 4, 2023 17:22:19 GMT -5
Yeah, like I said before, while this is nowhere near any of his last 2 singles pace it is still doing fine (5 weeks on the chart and at #33 on Billboard) also the charts are completely logjammed right now and "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" is still at Top 10 airplay levels. Is it lighting the charts on fire? No. But I do think it is doing fine.
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Post by dwindeezy on Mar 4, 2023 17:27:57 GMT -5
I’m not sure if it’s been on the hot country playlist the whole time but I just noticed it today so I’m kinda assuming it hasn’t been on there until now. Interested in seeing if now that it’s on HC playlist, how it’s streams will react as it’s been definitely underwhelming on that front.
For some reason I kinda compare this song (and to an extent, their careers) to Dustin Lynch and Stars In Confetti bc they have GREAT melodies (a strength of Dustin and Coles singles IMO) but kinda fluff in a way, but I would choose that over this if I were giving my support to them.
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Post by dajross6 on Mar 6, 2023 16:18:49 GMT -5
The Highway has been spinning Stereotype for a couple months, and hit #1 on the countdown this past week. It's a great song so I was surprised that wasn't actually released to radio after hearing it so much. Drinkaby is fine for what is, which is an uptempo drinking song that isn't really meant for me and trying to draw in the pop/rock crowd like much of Ronkty Honk is nowadays. It's just a thing.
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Post by countryfan43 on Apr 25, 2023 6:24:07 GMT -5
Yeah, like I said before, while this is nowhere near any of his last 2 singles pace it is still doing fine (5 weeks on the chart and at #33 on Billboard) also the charts are completely logjammed right now and "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" is still at Top 10 airplay levels. Is it lighting the charts on fire? No. But I do think it is doing fine. I was thinking you were right but a month later and this is still really struggling. I think it will be okay but it’s a huge step down for him in my opinion and I think even getting to the top with this will take a long time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2023 10:22:18 GMT -5
Yeah, like I said before, while this is nowhere near any of his last 2 singles pace it is still doing fine (5 weeks on the chart and at #33 on Billboard) also the charts are completely logjammed right now and "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" is still at Top 10 airplay levels. Is it lighting the charts on fire? No. But I do think it is doing fine. I was thinking you were right but a month later and this is still really struggling. I think it will be okay but it’s a huge step down for him in my opinion and I think even getting to the top with this will take a long time. This song is already in the 20’s after only 3 months. This is doing great for an artist like Cole. He’s not Wallen or Combs….His singles are gonna take 6-9 months to peak which is almost every artist nowadays.
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Post by countryfan43 on Apr 25, 2023 10:41:25 GMT -5
I was thinking you were right but a month later and this is still really struggling. I think it will be okay but it’s a huge step down for him in my opinion and I think even getting to the top with this will take a long time. This song is already in the 20’s after only 3 months. This is doing great for an artist like Cole. He’s not Wallen or Combs….His singles are gonna take 6-9 months to peak which is almost every artist nowadays. Right but “She had me at heads Carolina” is by far a bigger hit. I think he will make the top of the charts but he had better options for a single that might have climbed faster.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2023 10:53:04 GMT -5
This song is already in the 20’s after only 3 months. This is doing great for an artist like Cole. He’s not Wallen or Combs….His singles are gonna take 6-9 months to peak which is almost every artist nowadays. Right but “She had me at heads Carolina” is by far a bigger hit. I think he will make the top of the charts but he had better options for a single that might have climbed faster. “She had me at heads Carolina” was arguably the biggest song in all of country music and by far the biggest fluke hit of his career. I’m not knock img Cole at all but he’s not a big star in the genre. He’s 10 years in and is opening for Thomas Rhett right now.
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Post by countryfan43 on Apr 25, 2023 11:10:09 GMT -5
Right but “She had me at heads Carolina” is by far a bigger hit. I think he will make the top of the charts but he had better options for a single that might have climbed faster. “She had me at heads Carolina” was arguably the biggest song in all of country music and by far the biggest fluke hit of his career. I’m not knock img Cole at all but he’s not a big star in the genre. He’s 10 years in and is opening for Thomas Rhett right now. Yeah it looks like he will at least get a headlining tour in the fall. He never has been elite but he’s been consistent in his career so I can agree with you he’s not a big star but he has been a consistent artist with a few significant songs.
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Post by raylatch98 on Apr 25, 2023 12:17:15 GMT -5
It is also important to note this is the 4th single from his last album, and the Stereotype album era started in June of 2020. Yes this is part of a deluxe edition but it's still at the end of the day part of the same album cycle. Not to mention this is still competing with airplay from "Carolina" as that still at Top 15 airplay levels nearly half a year after it peaked. That and Cole Swindell has never been an artist pegged for A-list similarly to Dustin Lynch, when they get a big hit, it'll be absolutely massive but that doesn't automatically lead to the followup being treated like a fast moving single.
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Post by dm2081 on Apr 25, 2023 17:48:31 GMT -5
This has been a huge failure already, even if it manages to peak at #1. There’s no buzz or interest, and they passed on some guaranteed hits off Stereotype to promote this instead. Coming off his career hit, he really needed something to keep his momentum going, but instead it seems this has fumbled that opportunity. They’ll probably have to move on to a new album cycle once this finally peaks.
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Post by raylatch98 on Apr 25, 2023 17:59:43 GMT -5
This has been a huge failure already, even if it manages to peak at #1. There’s no buzz or interest, and they passed on some guaranteed hits off Stereotype to promote this instead. Coming off his career hit, he really needed something to keep his momentum going, but instead it seems this has fumbled that opportunity. They’ll probably have to move on to a new album cycle once this finally peaks. Huh? I mean like I said the album cycle has started for a while now. That and this song while not having much buzz is doing okay buzz wise for a song in the Top 30 (it is selling as well as Scotty McCreery's latest on iTunes and according to streaming on MMI it is at the same level as Tim McGraw's latest). I do agree that they probably should have done a single off Sterotype ("How Is She" is robbed) but this is probably just to pad out until a new lead single regardless. This will probably be a flop compared to his past 3 singles, but should get the job done as a placeholder. Also in 2023 being in the Top 30 in 12 weeks on the chart is a solid pace imo.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2023 21:06:58 GMT -5
This has been a huge failure already, even if it manages to peak at #1. There’s no buzz or interest, and they passed on some guaranteed hits off Stereotype to promote this instead. Coming off his career hit, he really needed something to keep his momentum going, but instead it seems this has fumbled that opportunity. They’ll probably have to move on to a new album cycle once this finally peaks. Lol not even close. Anytime you can get a song to the top of the charts no matter how little buzz or interest it’s anything but a failure. Even Brett Young’s “you didn’t” which has little buzz and took 17 months to get top 5 is not a failure. If you want to see a recent example of failure look no further than Midland Ft. Jon Pardi- “ Longneck Way To Go”. That is what you can consider a failure.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 25, 2023 21:21:35 GMT -5
This has been a huge failure already, even if it manages to peak at #1. There’s no buzz or interest, and they passed on some guaranteed hits off Stereotype to promote this instead. Coming off his career hit, he really needed something to keep his momentum going, but instead it seems this has fumbled that opportunity. They’ll probably have to move on to a new album cycle once this finally peaks. Lol not even close. Anytime you can get a song to the top of the charts no matter how little buzz or interest it’s anything but a failure. Even Brett Young’s “you didn’t” which has little buzz and took 17 months to get top 5 is not a failure. If you want to see a recent example of failure look no further than Midland Ft. Jon Pardi- “ Longneck Way To Go”. That is what you can consider a failure. Failure is relative. If you have one of the biggest smash hits on country radio in the past 5-10 years, then you wanna capitalize on that and keep the momentum going with another major success. "Drinkaby" is failing to do that, and even if it limps to the top or close to it, it's already looking like a step back for him career-wise. He fumbled a few years back and it took several years for him to 'recover' and get back to doing well on the charts, and this is another misstep. This isn't moving the needle and it's not doing all that well at country radio thus far -- it had an over-inflated debut that got it off to a technically good start, but there are dozens of country songs that debuted in the top 20 or 30 over the years that wound up flopping by comparison. Also I don't fully understand the argument some are making above that we should be treating this like a 4th single from a very old album cycle. The album literally JUST turned one year old a couple weeks ago, and "Single Saturday Night" coming out 2 years before the record means virtually nothing because it didn't launch the album campaign -- "Never Say Never" did that -- and it struggled up the charts and was looking like it would be a flop multiple times during its chart run before it finally took off. Furthermore, "Drinkaby" is a BRAND NEW song. Yes, it was tacked on as a 'deluxe edition bonus track' to Stereotype, but it had a big splashy debut on the charts because it was something totally new for radio that hadn't already been released. It doesn't really matter whether they just slapped this on his last record or called this a new lead single to album #5, because radio would've responded differently if a random year-old album cut from the record had been issued instead.
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Post by dm2081 on Apr 25, 2023 21:53:40 GMT -5
Lol not even close. Anytime you can get a song to the top of the charts no matter how little buzz or interest it’s anything but a failure. Even Brett Young’s “you didn’t” which has little buzz and took 17 months to get top 5 is not a failure. If you want to see a recent example of failure look no further than Midland Ft. Jon Pardi- “ Longneck Way To Go”. That is what you can consider a failure. Failure is relative. If you have one of the biggest smash hits on country radio in the past 5-10 years, then you wanna capitalize on that and keep the momentum going with another major success. "Drinkaby" is failing to do that, and even if it limps to the top or close to it, it's already looking like a step back for him career-wise. He fumbled a few years back and it took several years for him to 'recover' and get back to doing well on the charts, and this is another misstep. This isn't moving the needle and it's not doing all that well at country radio thus far -- it had an over-inflated debut that got it off to a technically good start, but there are dozens of country songs that debuted in the top 20 or 30 over the years that wound up flopping by comparison. Also I don't fully understand the argument some are making above that we should be treating this like a 4th single from a very old album cycle. The album literally JUST turned one year old a couple weeks ago, and "Single Saturday Night" coming out 2 years before the record means virtually nothing because it didn't launch the album campaign -- "Never Say Never" did that -- and it struggled up the charts and was looking like it would be a flop multiple times during its chart run before it finally took off. Furthermore, "Drinkaby" is a BRAND NEW song. Yes, it was tacked on as a 'deluxe edition bonus track' to Stereotype, but it had a big splashy debut on the charts because it was something totally new for radio that hadn't already been released. It doesn't really matter whether they just slapped this on his last record or called this a new lead single to album #5, because radio would've responded differently if a random year-old album cut from the record had been issued instead. You basically summed up my thoughts exactly. Failure is definitely an objective term here, and what the others are saying are true in a vacuum. But like you said, this was Cole’s chance to earn himself a bigger star. He’s never going to be a Luke Bryan or Morgan Wallen caliber A-list star, but I think if he had the right follow-up to “Carolina”, and maybe got one more big lead single, I think he could have risen to maybe a Dierks Bentley level, where you can be the main act on a tour and just become a bigger draw in general. For Cole, the bar should be higher than simply a 40 week top 5 hit with mediocre at best metrics. It just feels like a squandered opportunity. Reminds me of Jake Owen and Chris Young, guys who if picked better songs or just had better timing with the right singles could have become even bigger stars imo.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2023 6:06:54 GMT -5
Failure is relative. If you have one of the biggest smash hits on country radio in the past 5-10 years, then you wanna capitalize on that and keep the momentum going with another major success. "Drinkaby" is failing to do that, and even if it limps to the top or close to it, it's already looking like a step back for him career-wise. He fumbled a few years back and it took several years for him to 'recover' and get back to doing well on the charts, and this is another misstep. This isn't moving the needle and it's not doing all that well at country radio thus far -- it had an over-inflated debut that got it off to a technically good start, but there are dozens of country songs that debuted in the top 20 or 30 over the years that wound up flopping by comparison. Also I don't fully understand the argument some are making above that we should be treating this like a 4th single from a very old album cycle. The album literally JUST turned one year old a couple weeks ago, and "Single Saturday Night" coming out 2 years before the record means virtually nothing because it didn't launch the album campaign -- "Never Say Never" did that -- and it struggled up the charts and was looking like it would be a flop multiple times during its chart run before it finally took off. Furthermore, "Drinkaby" is a BRAND NEW song. Yes, it was tacked on as a 'deluxe edition bonus track' to Stereotype, but it had a big splashy debut on the charts because it was something totally new for radio that hadn't already been released. It doesn't really matter whether they just slapped this on his last record or called this a new lead single to album #5, because radio would've responded differently if a random year-old album cut from the record had been issued instead. You basically summed up my thoughts exactly. Failure is definitely an objective term here, and what the others are saying are true in a vacuum. But like you said, this was Cole’s chance to earn himself a bigger star. He’s never going to be a Luke Bryan or Morgan Wallen caliber A-list star, but I think if he had the right follow-up to “Carolina”, and maybe got one more big lead single, I think he could have risen to maybe a Dierks Bentley level, where you can be the main act on a tour and just become a bigger draw in general. For Cole, the bar should be higher than simply a 40 week top 5 hit with mediocre at best metrics. It just feels like a squandered opportunity. Reminds me of Jake Owen and Chris Young, guys who if picked better songs or just had better timing with the right singles could have become even bigger stars imo. You say “If he had the right follow up to Carolina” like it’s super easy to predict what will and what won’t be a hit song. “Drinkaby” imo has a super catchy chorus and sounds like something radio would be all over. Considering “Carolina” is still receiving top 15 airplay spins that is what is taking away from “Drinkaby” ….Even thou “Drinkaby” is still doing ok for an artist of Cole’s standing after only 3 months on the charts.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 28, 2023 15:19:48 GMT -5
Up to #19 on Mediabase entering the Top 20 this week gaining 291 spins. While this song is not blazing the chart I still think it's doing fine since it is competing with the recurrent airplay of "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" which is still at Top 10 levels a half year after peaking on country radio. This song will probably not do much for Cole Swindell either way, but I don't think it will hut him either.
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Post by recordyear on May 31, 2023 5:00:11 GMT -5
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Post by recordyear on Aug 10, 2023 23:50:55 GMT -5
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Post by zdm1998 on Sept 4, 2023 6:33:14 GMT -5
This has seen some relatively large losses over the past three days, might need another day or two to confirm, but it looks like this one might be done. Happy to see another song is done, as the chart has been really gridlocked over the past few months. I'm pretty impartial to this song; I don't love or hate it, but it has been a relatively quiet single, probably being overshadowed by "She Had Me at Heads Carolina."
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Post by countryfan43 on Sept 4, 2023 7:07:12 GMT -5
This has been one of the most boring songs for me on the charts so seeing it go isn’t upsetting. Hopefully Cole can get a more memorable song out next.
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Post by raylatch98 on Sept 4, 2023 10:52:54 GMT -5
I have grown to like this song and would have loved to see this do a bit better as this is very catchy. But this song hasn't been a big hit at all so it's not a huge loss for me.
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Post by diamondinmypocket on Sept 4, 2023 14:22:54 GMT -5
This is a decent song. Fun, uptempo. I understand why they chose it. Only issue it also prevented “How Is She” “Every Beer” and “Stereotype” from seeing the light of day at radio, which are all much better songs. I really hope Cole and Warner knock the next one outta the park
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 4, 2023 21:47:43 GMT -5
I think this is gonna flop... or at least comparatively to the big success of his last few singles. This is a huge step back for him, and it's already showing signs of being a weaker hit. Nailed it.
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Post by winstonmurdock on Sept 7, 2023 21:11:41 GMT -5
I don't think it flopped. Was going against constant recurrent of "Heads Carolina". In hindsight, probably should have gone with "How Is She" but it still reached Top 10. Just decided to move on, next one is special I promise ya.
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Post by someguy on Sept 8, 2023 18:18:42 GMT -5
This goes recurrent after 31 weeks, peaking at #13. In doing so, it becomes only his second single to miss the top 2. A major disappointment after following what is arguably the biggest hit of his career.
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