Darryl Worley - "Have We Forgotten"

[rbundy1987]

Darryl Worley

"Have We Forgotten"

Label: Valory Music Co.

Songwriters: Darryl Worley, Wynn Varble

Impact Date: July 3, 2023 (All Access)



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[countryfan43]

Seems to me like a very strong song with a good message. I hope to see it do well.

[raylatch98]

Ugh, I hate having to be reminded of the putrid original song. I have low expectations for this as outside of maybe 1 song I have never been a fan of Darryl Worley. At least this won't do much beyond some curiosity spins

Also wow I didn't realize how old he is. 

[rbundy1987]

Jun 21, 2023 9:58:26 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

Seems to me like a very strong song with a good message. I hope to see it do well.

YEP, this is a updated version of the 2003 original "Have You Forgotten" which was a #1 for 7 weeks back in 2003 for Darryl Worley, with new lyrics that resemble the world today in 2023.

[.indulgecountry]

*sees this thread title pop up*

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

I don’t care for this sort of revival of an outdated old man who belongs to 2000s. If Valory has money to waste on this, why don’t they promote MacKenzie Carpenter instead…

[Ernesto]

No, thanks!

[gcizvolsfan]

Sorry, this is awful. I was stationed in Korea when 9/11 happened and to just change the words of a song about what happened that day is pathetic!

[big2000]

Yeah, i think i’ll sit this one out.

[jkountry]

Did he sign with Valory?

[countryfan43]

Jun 22, 2023 15:43:20 GMT -5 jkountry said:

Did he sign with Valory?

Probably they like these kinds of artists.

[jkountry]

Jun 22, 2023 16:57:21 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

Jun 22, 2023 15:43:20 GMT -5 jkountry said:

Did he sign with Valory?

Probably they like these kinds of artists.

I hope so Darryl is one of the best artists in the last 25 years a second chance at hit's would be great for him.

[raylatch98]

Jun 22, 2023 18:06:05 GMT -5 jkountry said:

Jun 22, 2023 16:57:21 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

Probably they like these kinds of artists.

I hope so Darryl is one of the best artists in the last 25 years a second chance at hit's would be great for him.

Yeah no, can't say I agree. He's had his time in the limelight and there are plenty of newer more talented artists (especially women) imo that should be promoted over a guy who hasn't had a Top 15 song in over a decade and is coming back with a song that is basically a retread of his past song and one of his worst.

Promoting this song to radio feels like a waste of money as far as I'm concerned.

[.indulgecountry]

Jun 22, 2023 18:06:05 GMT -5 jkountry said:

Jun 22, 2023 16:57:21 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

Probably they like these kinds of artists.

I hope so Darryl is one of the best artists in the last 25 years a second chance at hit's would be great for him.

[bboat11]

I mean, if he has more songs in him like "When You Need My Love", I'd be all for a comeback! That's not a standard he has been able to meet very often though, imo.

I happen to like "Have You Forgotten" quite a bit, which I know makes me a major outlier on this forum, but what the actual heck is the point of redoing it now?! This has to be one of the biggest eye-roll decisions I have ever seen, lmao. (But then again, Kimberly Perry just opened the door to this trend, so I guess this is what we get now...)

[austin]

Jun 23, 2023 3:05:18 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

I mean, if he has more songs in him like "When You Need My Love", I'd be all for a comeback! That's not a standard he has been able to meet very often though, imo.

This is the only song by him I enjoy. “I Miss My Friend” was OK but everything else is a disaster. Including this one.

[raylatch98]

Yeah "When You Need My Love" is his only good song of his as everything else just never worked for me, including this. 

[Kanenrá:ke]

I liked him well enough, but his direction the last few years is not one I like. Also his in a similar boat in his personal views that makes me not want to support him.

[nncountrykid]

Should’ve just called it “Have You Forgotten (About Me)” because that’s the only point of this

[er1c612]

Based on the title, I wasn’t expecting to like this, but I gave it a listen. It wasn’t what I expected, it was better than I expected, but I can’t help but think it would’ve been better off sang by a less polarizing figure in the industry, because his recent songs and comments make this song seem really hypocritical with him singing it. I know it’s a slight tweak on his original song, and while I lean liberal myself, I can’t help but think there are less polarizing conservatives that could’ve done a better job with this, Blake Shelton comes to mind, maybe even Zac Brown Band (though I’m not sure about ZBB’s political views). Overall I think it’s a good song with a good message, I just think someone else should be singing it.

[zaclord 🌈]

Honestly, I was expecting this to be a whole lot worse lyrically. It's still bad, but less 'angry old white man' and more boring and vague just complaining about how things used to be. But LOL at this song just complaining about how all this country does is fight nowadays when the literal second line of the original version of this song is "I say there's some things worth fighting for". How tone deaf.

This isn't as problematic as songs that human garbage cans Jason Aldean and Brantley Gilbert have put out spewing conservative rhetoric, but honestly this song just pisses me off because in so many ways we have made such great progress in this nation to make things BETTER. Hearing a song about oh how we've forgotten how great we used to be as a country when we didn't fight and weren't as divided is just belittling. There wouldn't be a fight if there weren't bigoted hateful people trying to turn the country backward to what it used to be like this song is suggesting. I'll take fighting for equality and this country being politically divided any day over sitting back and letting marginalized communities suffer an endless cycle of poverty, oppression, and erasure.

This song is awful and unnecessary and I'd even say offensive to take an actual patriotic song and parody it into a pandering attempt to regain relevancy by riling up the vocal minority who have turned this country into a shitshow that it is today.
P.S. Anyone else remember Darryl's Playgirl photo shoot from way back when?! Let us not forget THAT  

[Vic]

Kill this already.

[onebuffalo]

Have You Forgotten is not only Darryl Worley's biggest hit, but the biggest hit in DreamWorks history. It was tops for seven weeks in 2003. That is followed by a pair of Toby Keith hits that topped the charts for six weeks each: Beer For My Horses with Willie Nelson (2003) and As Good As I Once Was (2005).

[gcizvolsfan]

Jun 24, 2023 18:29:01 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Have You Forgotten is not only Darryl Worley's biggest hit, but the biggest hit in DreamWorks history. It was tops for seven weeks in 2003. That is followed by a pair of Toby Keith hits that topped the charts for six weeks each: Beer For My Horses with Willie Nelson (2003) and As Good As I Once Was (2005).

Love Toby during that time frame.

[Michael Smooth]

Darryl Worley has regressed with the release of this song. With the success of "Have You Forgotten", I wanted to give this a chance; however, I had to press stop after 30 seconds of hearing it. Oh my, I hope this doesn't wreck a potential comeback, if indeed that is his end goal.    

[rbundy1987]

[onebuffalo]

Picking up stations and spins:

DARRYL WORLEY Have We Forgotten 2 33

[countryfan43]

Jul 5, 2023 18:30:08 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Picking up stations and spins:

DARRYL WORLEY Have We Forgotten 2 33

It’s weird because it didn’t get one add on impact date but seems to be doing well with daytime airplay.

[.indulgecountry]

Maybe it just got some curiosity/nostalgia spins due to the 4th of July holiday? I just can't imagine this actually doing anything at radio, but I could see where the timing of its release was opportune for at least a handful of spins.

[jhomes87]

Jul 5, 2023 19:43:32 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Maybe it just got some curiosity/nostalgia spins due to the 4th of July holiday? I just can't imagine this actually doing anything at radio, but I could see where the timing of its release was opportune for at least a handful of spins.

I would bet it got a syndicated spin on some sort of 4th of July radio program yesterday that resulted in 30-some total plays across 30-some stations. A syndicated spin on that type of show won’t usually result in a playlist add, but I could see a couple of adds if a couple stations do want to keep it in light/overnight rotation the next few weeks.