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Post by Hook on Jun 16, 2010 8:39:30 GMT -5
Impacting Hot AC July 12 :o The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nBU9VR2X5gI'm about freaking out right now. I had no idea Hedley was going to release in the US again!!! According to AllAccess, apparently they have signed with Island and will be releasing "Perfect" as the first single. For those of you who don't know, they're a big Canadian band. They put out a single a few years ago in the US which didn't really do anything, but they've had lots of hits in Canada since then and are playing arenas across the country.
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Post by Adam (UTR) on Jun 16, 2010 9:23:18 GMT -5
This definitely has a better chance of doing something than "On My Own" did back on Pop in the fall of '06, but I'm not sure if it'll be a hit. I get a "Two Is Better Than One" meets "All The Right Moves" kind of vibe from it, and that could help its performance.
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Post by Hook on Jun 16, 2010 9:38:02 GMT -5
I feel like there's a chance it could be a smash hit that ends up on CHR too. Maybe I'm just hoping for that.
The video is nominated for a bunch of MuchMusic awards and they're airing in the US for the first time Sunday, so that'll be cool. Hopefully Fuse will pick up the video soon after.
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Post by Hook on Jul 14, 2010 17:27:45 GMT -5
Adds date was pushed back to July 26. AllAccess has finally added a stream of the song though: mms://wm.allaccess.com/allaccess/hedlperf.wma A couple of the guys are doing radio promo in the states for this song. I really hope it takes off.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2010 17:43:42 GMT -5
Perfect is definetely a nice song but I'm not sure how it will do stateside, Katy Perry does approve though
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Post by studio57 on Jul 15, 2010 15:45:26 GMT -5
This song is STILL not available on Itunes. Anyone know when it will be? I have been looking to download it since the MM Awards. Down With Webster was available but not this one.
Love the song Old School by them. Why that never went anywhere here is beyond me
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Post by Hook on Jul 15, 2010 17:38:06 GMT -5
I haven't heard when it'll be available for download. My guess is that they're gonna try and build a little bit of buzz and get some radio adds before releasing it.
I'm pretty sure Old School wasn't released by a major label, so that would be why it didn't do anything. They're now with Island for this release.
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Post by erzo01 on Aug 29, 2010 19:51:40 GMT -5
Top 50 in Hot AC!
52 50 HEDLEY Perfect 162 135 27 0.705
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 29, 2010 20:44:02 GMT -5
Downloaded it off iTunes the other day after hearing it on my Hot AC station. I think this has autumn smash written all over it.
I think it will be this year's "Breakeven."
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Post by Hook on Aug 30, 2010 19:36:06 GMT -5
I think it will be this year's "Breakeven." I sure hope you're right about that. I love Hedley. It's up to #48 today. 52 48 HEDLEY Perfect 170 139 31 0.687 I've requested it at my local HAC a few times and am being told that it's coming but other songs are first. Something like that.
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Post by reidster on Sept 4, 2010 11:11:47 GMT -5
I really liked Heldey's first two albums ("Hedley" and "Famous Last Words"), but I really didn't like this new one. If they do eventually get to the stage of releasing an album in America I think they should take the majority of songs from the first two CDs. I actually bought the first two physical CDs. This new one is just way too gimmicky for me. Hopefully if this does well, they can release "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (their best single release to date) right around Christmas time.
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Post by Hook on Sept 4, 2010 14:37:42 GMT -5
They're already scheduled to release The Show Must Go on October 12th. www.amazon.com/Show-Must-Go-Hedley/dp/B003ZYJS7Y/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1283628887&sr=8-8They took off two songs from the Canadian version and replaced them with possibly new songs. One is for sure new. The other one, there's rumors that it could be "For The Nights" with a different title. It's called "I Do, Wanna Love You" which is a direct line in that song. I think Famous Last Words is their best album, but I like a lot of the songs on this one.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 5, 2010 19:42:45 GMT -5
Downloaded it on youtube, but it didn't really do much for me - I remember likin the song Old School (think it came out last year)
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Post by Devin on Sept 11, 2010 22:07:54 GMT -5
How is "Perfect" doing now?
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 11, 2010 22:10:51 GMT -5
^Hasn't shown up in the HAC Top 40 yet
The CHR forum gets a Mediabase list of somethin like the Top 250 songs - just wondering why we don't have access to that kind of info over here
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2010 22:25:24 GMT -5
47 47 HEDLEY Perfect 203 193 10 0.657 Off of All Access
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Post by someguy on Sept 11, 2010 23:06:47 GMT -5
I like Hedley, but this is one of my least favourite singles of theirs. It does sound like a good fit for HotAC though, so hopefully with some promo this can be a hit. The Show Must Go is also my least favourite of their albums, so it's too bad that it looks it will be their American debut. While I do still enjoy it, I think that Famous Last Words (the album with "For The Nights I Can't Remember" and "Old School") is much better, and would be a better introduction of the in the US.
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Post by Hook on Sept 13, 2010 9:59:18 GMT -5
They already released Famous Last Words in the US with the title "Never Too Late." But it wasn't through the major label that they're with now.
Personally I think a compilation would have worked. Take the best songs off of those two albums and release it in the US. All of their Canadian hits could have been on it.
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Post by someguy on Sept 13, 2010 21:14:46 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't realize that Famous Last Words got released in the US. I knew that a release date was scheduled, but I didn't know that it ended up coming out. I agree that a compilation album would have been their best bet at a first American release.
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Post by Pipa on Sept 13, 2010 22:05:40 GMT -5
I've always found this a tad obnoxious. Their current Canadian single, "Hands Up", however, is great.
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Post by Hook on Sept 19, 2010 10:00:13 GMT -5
This has been steadily climbing over the past week. It gained 20 spins in the past two days. :)
47 43 HEDLEY Perfect 273 215 58 1.05
Hopefully it shouldn't be long before it reaches Top 40. It's actually Top 40 based on audience.
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Post by someguy on Sept 19, 2010 22:13:05 GMT -5
This has been steadily climbing over the past week. It gained 20 spins in the past two days. :) 47 43 HEDLEY Perfect 273 215 58 1.05 Hopefully it shouldn't be long before it reaches Top 40. It's actually Top 40 based on audience. It's there tonight, after the removal of recurrents. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that it's made it this far already.
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Post by erzo01 on Sept 20, 2010 1:33:21 GMT -5
Top 40 in Hot AC!
47 40 HEDLEY Perfect 273 215 58 1.05
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Post by Hook on Sept 20, 2010 9:55:13 GMT -5
Gah, I knew you were going to beat me to it. I'm so happy. The video channels need to pick this up. I don't know why MTV Hits isn't playing it yet.
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Post by erzo01 on Sept 20, 2010 10:17:30 GMT -5
^ Hehehe, maybe it's the luxury of being ahead in terms of time zone. ;) It's Monday early afternoon here by the time the Sunday night updates roll in.
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Post by Devin on Sept 23, 2010 20:49:46 GMT -5
Top 40 in Hot AC! 47 40 HEDLEY Perfect 273 215 58 1.05 Finlly, I hope Hedley gets their big break in the U.S.! They deserve it.
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Post by Hook on Sept 27, 2010 9:42:33 GMT -5
So they dropped a spot to #41 today, but they gained 14 spins in a day. That's good news. :) I really hope they get some adds tomorrow. That'd help the song out a lot. The US tour is starting in a week! Pontiac, MI is first.
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Post by Hook on Sept 27, 2010 21:34:09 GMT -5
The album release has been pushed back. It was 10/12, now Amazon is showing December 21st. The label must think this song has a good chance of getting up there on the chart in the next few months.
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Post by Hook on Oct 17, 2010 21:42:34 GMT -5
40 39 HEDLEY Perfect Island/IDJMG 2009 382 339 43
This has been hanging around #s 39-41 for the past few weeks and actually lost its bullet earlier this week. But this weekend, it gained something like 35 spins. Still hoping it has a chance to take off soon. :)
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Post by Renzokuken on Oct 18, 2010 6:08:27 GMT -5
This song deserves more spins. It reminds me of Secondhand Serenade only so much better.
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