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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 13, 2011 16:48:41 GMT -5
Lead single from solo album goes to radio in two weeks from Billboard.biz. A little surprised they're sending it while The Oracle is still putting out music.
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 16:51:08 GMT -5
Lead single from solo album goes to radio in two weeks from Billboard.biz. A little surprised they're sending it while The Oracle is still putting out music. Quoted to preserve huge glaring error. This is not the first single. The first single was "Sinner's Prayer", which went for adds in August of last year. |
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 13, 2011 16:54:57 GMT -5
Sort of. I believe Sinner's Prayer was from a movie and tacked onto his album. Or at least that's why I believe Billboard is claiming this is the lead single.
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Post by lockebox on May 13, 2011 16:56:21 GMT -5
FMQB or Allaccess never had "Sinner's Prayer" down as going for adds, but yeah this is the second single.
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 16:57:57 GMT -5
Sort of. I believe Sinner's Prayer was from a movie and tacked onto his album. Or at least that's why I believe Billboard is claiming this is the lead single. Sinner's Prayer was never put in the movie. It was meant for The Expendables but the scene was cut. It was restored in the director's cut. However, it wasn't tacked on to the album either. It was always going to make it there. |
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 16:58:38 GMT -5
Also, can we get a quote where Billboard is claiming this is the lead single?
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 13, 2011 16:59:22 GMT -5
Billboard doesn't either. So unless another song had adds, this is quite obviously the first.
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 17:01:07 GMT -5
Billboard doesn't either. So unless another song had adds, this is quite obviously the first. Sinner's Prayer was extensively marketed when Avalon came out. It has a music video, was sold separately from other tracks through digital retailers, and it was pushed as the first single. Whether or not Godsmack's promotion at the time prevented it from seeing success is neither here nor there. |
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 13, 2011 17:02:23 GMT -5
Exactly, it never was sent to radio. I think you've got it now. Regardless, I'm still a little surprised they are adding this with The Oracle still relatively young.
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 17:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 17:03:31 GMT -5
Exactly, it never was sent to radio. I think you've got it now. That's not what I said. |
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 13, 2011 17:05:47 GMT -5
No, that's what I said. This is the first song from the album to get sent to radio with an official adds date. I can't really dumb this down any more for you.
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 17:07:22 GMT -5
No, that's what I said. This is the first song from the album to get sent to radio with an official adds date. I can't really dumb this down any more for you. Seemed official to me. Or do you need this dumbed down some more? |
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Post by lockebox on May 13, 2011 17:08:57 GMT -5
Or at least that's why I believe Billboard is claiming this is the lead single. Also, can we get a quote where Billboard is claiming this is the lead single? Billboard doesn't either. Does Billboard say this is the first single or not? I think this might be the "first official radio single" from the record, but "Sinner's Prayer" would generally be viewed as the first single. May 24th is the adds date from FMQB. |
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 13, 2011 17:09:43 GMT -5
I'm sure there's a video for it. Same with White Limo. But not sent to any radio station I've heard.
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Post by lockebox on May 13, 2011 17:10:26 GMT -5
No, that's what I said. This is the first song from the album to get sent to radio with an official adds date. I can't really dumb this down any more for you. Seemed official to me. Or do you need this dumbed down some more? Nice research. I never actually saw it on the FMQB adds date page, though. I'm not sticking up for Artie at all here, btw. |
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Post by pen on May 13, 2011 17:14:24 GMT -5
Nice research. I never actually saw it on the FMQB adds date page, though. I'm not sticking up for Artie at all here, btw. Oh I know you're not. And actually I've noticed times when FMQB will mention a single in their news and then not have it on their adds list. Let's be real, for a good few months, FMQB's active rock list looked like it was coded by a third grader. I don't know how well they actually keep track of their shit. |
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Post by lockebox on May 13, 2011 17:35:16 GMT -5
Nice research. I never actually saw it on the FMQB adds date page, though. I'm not sticking up for Artie at all here, btw. Oh I know you're not. And actually I've noticed times when FMQB will mention a single in their news and then not have it on their adds list. Let's be real, for a good few months, FMQB's active rock list looked like it was coded by a third grader. I don't know how well they actually keep track of their s**t. Agreed on all. It's almost like Artie is running that page. Also, seems weird to release this just when "Saints and Sinners" is starting to rise. |
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Post by arashinclowery13 on May 14, 2011 8:41:57 GMT -5
Good choice... I'm hoping they create a video for this song
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Post by American Idiot on May 14, 2011 14:48:00 GMT -5
Not a bad song, but the bongos or whatever is being played in the background get a bit annoying. I guess that's why I never really liked "Voodoo" or "Serenity."
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 14, 2011 18:07:10 GMT -5
Agreed on Voodoo. But I always thought Serenity showed some soul that Godsmack has never shown.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2011 19:52:46 GMT -5
Agree with you Artie. "Serenity" might be my favorite song they've ever done. I do like "Whatever" too on the heavier side. It's close between those.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 16, 2011 9:12:21 GMT -5
And Whatever is my favorite Godsmack song ever. Nice parity in those two singles.
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