Disappointing lead singles?

[David]

We've all had those lead singles we were waiting for and waiting for, anticipating their release, and then when they're released we feel disappointed. So, what are some lead singles that you couldn't wait for and kind of fell flat for you?

I will have to come back to this...

[Mack]

Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' comes to mind. Her debut is one of my favorite albums and I played it to death 2006-2008, so I was beyond excited for the lead single from her second record. I love the song now, but I was pretty disappointed when I first heard it. It just wasn't what I was expecting at all.

[Typo]

I was pretty disappointed with So Small at the time of its release.

[Cerbius]

Sept 11, 2010 21:22:48 GMT -5 Typo said:

I was pretty disappointed with So Small at the time of its release.

This. I played "Some Hearts" to death in the summer of 2007 in anticipating of Carrie's second album. "So Small" was a big let-down.

"Not Myself Tonight" was also extremely disappointing for a comeback single after a 4-year hiatus.

[dbt88]

Disappointing lead singles that come to my mind:

Deja Vu
Me Against The Music
Womanizer -- I was really disappointed when I heard it first and was like WTF?! then I saw the music video and made me LOVE it
A Public Affair
Russian Roulette
Never Again
Girlfriend
Wind It Up

[Au$tin]

Sept 11, 2010 21:34:51 GMT -5 @dbt88 said:

Russian Roulette
Never Again
Girlfriend
Wind It Up

Really?! :o I loved all of these on first listen! "Wind It Up" is one of my mom's favorite Gwen Stefani songs.

Hm... for me, I guess...
Shakira "Loca" (Still waiting for it to grow on me.)
The Ting Tings "Hands" (Hoping it grows on me.)
JoJo "In the Dark" (This one did eventually grow on me.)
Christina Aguilera "Not Myself Tonight" (It did grow on me, but I'm now burnt out on it.)
Taylor Swift "Mine" (I like it, but I wasn't in love with it. It did grow on me a lot. The video really made me love it.)

I'm sure there's more I just can't think of right now.

[Deleted]

Kelly Clarkson- Never Again

[Dammn Baby]

Janet's "Just A Little While" - though I enjoy it now.

[Rurry]

Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
Kelly Clarkson - Never Again (I grew to like it, though)
Daughtry - No Surprise (Grew to like it but it was never anything great for me, and I loved their first album)
Jesse McCartney - Shake

[Joe1240]

Britney Spears-Gimme More
Christina Aguilera-Not Myself Tonight
Rihanna-Russian Roulette

[ClevelandRox]

LMAO at people putting like five songs that leaked last week LOLZ

[hitseeker.]

definitely Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything, it sounds just like No One to me, ad in my opinion, she didn't know how to step away from that kind of sound that brought her so much success the era before and do something different within R&B

[God]

1. Doesn't Mean Anything - Alicia Keys
2. Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilera
3. Womanizer - Britney Spears
4. Only Girl - Rihanna
5. Just a Little While - Janet Jackson
6. Hey Baby - No Doubt
7. Misery - Maroon 5
8. Yerbatero - Juanes
9. For the First Time - The Script
10. Sex Therapy - Robin Thicke

[Gravity.]

Only Girl
Not Myself Tonight
Who Says (but I liked it for a little while)

[Minimalism]

"4 Minutes", Madonna
"All I Wanna Do", Sugarland
"Cowboy Casanova", Carrie Underwood
"Deja Vu", Beyonce (the video is hella entertaining though)
"Horchata", Vampire Weekend
"I Saw God Today", George Strait
"My Life Would Suck Without You", Kelly Clarkson
"Me Against The Music", Britney Spears
"Not Myself Tonight", Christina Aguilera
"Only Girl", Rihanna
"Our Love Was Saved By Spacemen", The Pipettes
"Russian Roulette", Rihanna
"Then", Brad Paisley
"There Is A God", Lee Ann Womack
"This Song's For You", Joey + Rory
"Turn On The Radio", Reba

... and many more, I'm sure.

[llires]

Loca - Shakira
Flash Delirium - MGMT
Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilera
Love Drunk - Boys Like Girls
No Surprise - Daughtry

[beach1]

The lead single for Cut Copy's upcoming album. It sounds like they took a cue from MGMT - Flash Delirium trading their previous album's electro/synth pop sound for a "surf rock" type of sound. How disappointing. D:

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Kayz...

• Only Girl - Rihanna
  
• Mine - Taylor Swift
  
• Misery - Maroon 5
  
• No Surprise - Daughtry
  
• Ignorance - Paramore

...all I got for now.

[llires]

Sept 13, 2010 17:27:32 GMT -5 beach1 said:

The lead single for Cut Copy's upcoming album. It sounds like they took a cue from MGMT - Flash Delirium trading their previous album's electro/synth pop sound for a "surf rock" type of sound. How disappointing. D:

Damn it! I loved their last album, I must hear this new single soon.

[beebee]

- Hidden Away - Josh Groban
- Me Against The Music - Britney & Madonna
- Womanizer - Britney
- Only Girl - Rihanna
- Two Hearts - Kylie Minogue
- Ten Paciencia - Thalía
- Don't Bother - Shakira
- Not Myself Tonight - Xtina

[MaterialGirl]

Ciara - "Go Girl"
Ciara - "Promise"
Chris Brown - "Kiss Kiss", "I Can Transform Ya"
Rihanna - "Only Girl", "Russian Roulette","Umbrella"
Beyonce - "Deja Vu","Single Ladies"

I was disappointed with all these on first listen. "Promise" was too polarizing for me at that time, "Single Ladies" just sounded horrible, "Umbrella" sounded meh/weird, and"Kiss Kiss" sounded boring.

In the end, all of these songs grew on me. "Umbrella" & "Promise" turned out to be my favorite singles from them and "Single Ladies" turned out amazing as well.

[beach1]

Sept 13, 2010 17:53:11 GMT -5 llires said:

Sept 13, 2010 17:27:32 GMT -5 beach1 said:

The lead single for Cut Copy's upcoming album. It sounds like they took a cue from MGMT - Flash Delirium trading their previous album's electro/synth pop sound for a "surf rock" type of sound. How disappointing. D:

Damn it! I loved their last album, I must hear this new single soon.

You can hear it (Where I'm Going) here.
www.myspace.com/cutcopy

Listening to it again now, maybe "surf rock" isn't the most accurate description of it (or maybe it is? lol I dunno) but it certainly sounds 60s/70s-ish. It's growing on me I guess. It's not bad, just a big departure from their last album's stuff. Maybe there will be some good electro remixes of it.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Great topic! I'll reply later (again) when I'm not at work.

[jumpb4uthink]

Not myself tonight
California girls
obsessed
kiss kiss
Gimme more

[franklin]

Falling Down - Selena Gomez
Not Myself Tonight - Xtina
Light On - David Cook (I eventually liked it)
Stupid Girls - P!nk
She Wolf - Shakira
Not Afraid - Eminem

[Illusions]

Everything - Alanis (Like the song, but it's not lead single material)
Stupid Girls - P!nk
California Gurls - Katy Perry
Light On - David Cook

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

When I think about this topic, I'll mostly refer to acts that I expected a better lead single from based on past material.

Some initial examples:

Tegan and Sara - Hell
MGMT - Flash Delirium
Abril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Gwen Stefani - second album lead single

I'll get more later.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

Beyonce - Deja Vu
Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
Chris Brown - Deuces
Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight
Flo Rida - Sugar
Jay Sean - 2012
Ke$ha - Tik Tok
Madonna - 4 Minutes
Mariah Carey - Loverboy
Mariah Carey - Obsessed
Mariah Carey - Through The Rain
Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire
Usher - Love In This Club
Usher - Papers

[sadchild]

Sept 13, 2010 17:53:11 GMT -5 llires said:

Sept 13, 2010 17:27:32 GMT -5 beach1 said:

The lead single for Cut Copy's upcoming album. It sounds like they took a cue from MGMT - Flash Delirium trading their previous album's electro/synth pop sound for a "surf rock" type of sound. How disappointing. D:

Damn it! I loved their last album, I must hear this new single soon.

uh oh. now i'm all bummed out.

from my "best songs of 2008" article:

#14 Cut Copy – Lights and Music
DANCE, POP
Cut Copy delivered a true modern-day synth classic in 2008 with their incredibly catchy single "Lights and Music." In the vein of classic dance numbers like "People are People" and "West End Girls," the music is bright and bouncy but the lyrics are melancholy and bleak, relating a story about somebody who fills their time with the company of others yet yearns for someone who is unobtainable. Be sure to add this song to your collection if you "just can't get enough" of bands like Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, ABC, OMD, Erasure, Psychedelic Furs, et al.

but moving past that.....

Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator

Alice In Chains - No Excuses

Anouk - Girl

Billy Idol - To Be A Lover

Counting Crows - You Can't Count On Me

Cure - The 13th (it grew on me later)

Deftones - Minerva

Depeche Mode - I Feel You

Disturbed - Believe

Eminem - Not Afraid
Eminem - Crack A Bottle

Godsmack - Whiskey Hangover/Cryin' Like A Bitch
Godsmack - Speak

Kid Rock - American Bad Ass
Kid Rock - So Hott

Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong

Live - Lakini's Juice

LL Cool J - How I'm Comin
LL Cool J - Luv U Better
LL Cool J - Baby

Machine Head - Take My Scars

MGMT - Flash Delirium

Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away/We're In This Together Now
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism

Ozzy - Perry Mason
Ozzy - I Don't Wanna Stop

Poison - Unskinny Bop

Queensryche - I Am I

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Ratt - Dance

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warped

REM - What's The Frequency Kenneth
REM - E-Bow The Letter

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Put 'Em On The Glass

Soul Asylum - Misery

Static-X - I'm The One
Static-X - Stingwray

System Of A Down - Hypnotize

Tori Amos - God

Twisted Sister - Leader Of The Pack (i shudder to think of it)

Van Halen - When It's Love
Van Halen - Poundcake

White Zombie - More Human Than Human

Will Smith - Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)
Will Smith - Switch

[Envoirment]

Leona lewis - Happy. I liked it, but wasn't a good choice for a lead single and fell flat