Christina Aguilera - Your Body

[Mike]

Yeah, it does seem to have stabilized in the 38-43 range over the past week or so. Something has got to change with radio or else it's going to lose its bullet in a matter of days.

[hitseeker.]

This can't peak now

[Deleted]

She needs to perform this somewhere! I mean Kelly just released her new song and we have a live performance video on youtube. Also Leona has been promoting Trouble a lot. She needs an aggressive campaign to pop up in the sea of new releases.

[remix]

It's sad that she's not using a show as big as the Voice to promote.

[Deleted]

I don't even know what Christina could do to get a hit at this point. I mean if she can't get a hit with a Max Martin song...

[dbhmr]

I do think the empowerment anthem is the most viable option. A ballad will flop--people don't care that she can sing (otherwise the lovely You Lost Me would have seen a blip of success; though I suppose it wasn't the most radio-friendly ballad, either). It's by no means a guarantee, but the public has responded with decided apathy to her sexually charged material. They need to find a "Stronger"-like song, wrap it up in a few more guitars so it's different enough and she can boast about how she's the world's greatest rock star now, and see what it does. If that doesn't work out for her, I think her only chance at future Pop success is to be featured on something great.

[Cerbius]

I don't know why she hasn't performed this anywhere or did a radio promo tour; it's been nearly a month since release! Did they want to wait until the song is dead on radio before starting the promo train? Sigh...

Assuming this flops then an upbeat, empowering track in the manner of something like "Army of Me" which she describes as "Fighter 2.0" could work in her favour.

[dbhmr]

Oh yeah, and she needs to perform it. A lot. Nothing from her is just going to fly up on its own, and it was foolish to ever think so. But the public isn't on her side so it better not be a hard song to sing--the last thing she needs is for the public to finally latch onto the fact that her voice has deteriorated quite a bit.

[KMJ1]

Oct 12, 2012 8:03:21 GMT -5 Revelry said:

I really don't understand why this is flopping. Its actually a really catchy song. She should do a remix with Adam Levine, maybe that'll spark some interest

simple as abc/123. as it's been said ump-teen times, its NOT the song ;) lol.

Such a waste, cause I like the song, actually really like it but just don't like WHO is singing it and that affects my enthusiasm and acts as deterrent as I feel like I'm supporting someone I don't like as person. If virtually any other pop diva sang this or even an unknown/newer singer was doing the vocals I have NO doubt this would at least be a solid top 20/10 at the min. on radio and iTunes.

[NeRD]

Well damn....


This is such a great song too so its quality can't be the reason. It's clearly deeper than that.

[wavey.]

Is she being lazy? It's like she got this song release out of the way, but now shes appearing here and there without a performance, or word of YB

[upsidedown]

Oct 12, 2012 8:49:14 GMT -5 Taylor. said:

I think it was just released at the wrong time. All the big releases overshadowed her and took whatever hype she had away from her.

but the fact that the song couldn't overpower the new releases says a lot. if the song was that good and it clicked, the big releases wouldn't of killed it the way they did.

[MusicJunkie]

I don't understand how people think it's NOT the song. Look what the RIGHT song did to J.Lo, Enrique Iglesias, Mariah Carey during Emancipation era, and Pink during the I'm Not Dead era. They say it all the time in all these singing competitions...SONG CHOICE. Your Body is not the right song.

"All I wanna do is love your body, oh oh oh oh oh ohhhh" After a massive flop era, these are the lyrics that signal her comeback? Listeners know that the heavyweights of today, Gaga, Adele, Katy can write a better and more creative hook than that. Combine that with the fact that her name is no longer a big draw, her personality sucks, and people never dug her sexual songs anyways and we have a recipe for disaster. If Rihanna, Katy, or Gaga sang this, it'd be a hit. But listeners are naturally picky with Xtina because of her current stance as a pop star. She can't get away with "okay" songs, she needs something more innovative to get noticed again. If she had the right song that people can relate to and consider a quality song, they won't give a crap if they like Xtina or not because they will have a great song to jam out to! J.Lo hardly promoted On The Floor in the beginning after years without a big hit, yet it became a smash on its own through iTunes sales, radio noticed people actually liked it and BAM! J.Lo was back with her biggest hit in years.

Look at Nicki Minaj. Her image is in the gutter with her latest album yet it still went platinum on the strength of its lead single breaking a record for most weeks in the top 10 for a non-#1. Why? Because people enjoyed Starships regardless of the drama Nicki was a part of. RIGHT SONG CHOICE.

Why did this song plunge into the 40's-50's on iTunes soon after its release? People aren't really feeling the song. Period.

[Ace]

It's bizarre. There has GOT to be some sort of contractual agreement with The Voice as far as performances, because I don't know why else she wouldn't be out there pimping this until she couldn't speak. She performed NMT quite a bit, if I recall correctly, and she's gone so far as to give up her chair for a season because she WANTS to do music. She's a showboat and loves performing live, there's no reason other than label politics why she'd just let this sink.

[Jay]

Ever since the rumored title of the song, "F**k Your Body", came out months ago, I knew this would be a mess.

[Not Careful Enough]

Oct 12, 2012 13:31:53 GMT -5 upsidedown said:

Oct 12, 2012 8:49:14 GMT -5 Taylor. said:

I think it was just released at the wrong time. All the big releases overshadowed her and took whatever hype she had away from her.

but the fact that the song couldn't overpower the new releases says a lot. if the song was that good and it clicked, the big releases wouldn't of killed it the way they did.

Actually no. Other releases had both A LOT more hype going for them AND promo. This had a fraction of the hype and absolutely no promo. Let's not pretend every good song becomes a hit.

[HolidayGuy]

Mediabase 7-day-rolling videos charts:

Fuse: No. 2, 27 spins
MTVH: No. 26, 19 spins
VH1: No. 24, 6 spins

[Verisimilitude]

Oct 12, 2012 15:23:30 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Mediabase 7-day-rolling videos charts:

Fuse: No. 2, 27 spins

It's not top 20 on FUSE's actual top 20 video countdown, which I find a bit strange.

[upsidedown]

Oct 12, 2012 14:14:43 GMT -5 Not Careful Enough said:

Oct 12, 2012 13:31:53 GMT -5 upsidedown said:

but the fact that the song couldn't overpower the new releases says a lot. if the song was that good and it clicked, the big releases wouldn't of killed it the way they did.

Actually no. Other releases had both A LOT more hype going for them AND promo. This had a fraction of the hype and absolutely no promo. Let's not pretend every good song becomes a hit.

And there's plenty of songs that get by without a lot of promo. Let's not act like the only reason this is flopping is because a bunch of more hyped songs swooped in and made it flop. C'mon.

[Not Careful Enough]

Let's not act like Christina had nearly the amount of hype Taylor/Rihanna/Ke$ha/Bruno/Adele has. They didn't make it flop but saying they weren't a big factor is just ridiculous. Every song needs promo at some point.

[SuperTrouper]

I stopped trying to make sense of pop radio a long time ago. There's no clear pattern. They play whatever and whoever they want to play.

[Myth X]

Sometimes I think Christina should go on a more generic/safe route like Britney / Katy / Ke$ha / Rihanna.

And before someone brings Max Martin "Your Body" is not like his usual generic stuff.

[Taylor.]

Oct 12, 2012 16:00:49 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Sometimes I think Christina should go on a more generic/safe route like Britney / Katy / Ke$ha / Rihanna.

And before someone brings Max Martin "Your Body" is not like his usual generic stuff.

[NeRD]

Oct 12, 2012 16:00:49 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Sometimes I think Christina should go on a more generic/safe route like Britney / Katy / Ke$ha / Rihanna.
And before someone brings Max Martin "Your Body" is not like his usual generic stuff.

Are you serious?

[josh]

Lol this song is perfectly generic and fits in with pop perfectly. Anyone saying otherwise is on crack.

[Drozeey]

Oct 12, 2012 16:00:49 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Sometimes I think Christina should go on a more generic/safe route like Britney / Katy / Ke$ha / Rihanna.

And before someone brings Max Martin "Your Body" is not like his usual generic stuff.

The Strain stans are even more delusional than I thought lol!

[GivesYouHell]

LOL at Your Body not being generic and safe. I love the song but come off it.

And if Britney / Katy / Ke$ha / Rihanna had released this song as a lead single it'd easily be top 10 right now. I wasn't expecting a WFL sized hit but I was expecting it to do much better than it is, it's puzzling as to why it's doing so poorly.

[Myth X]

Oct 12, 2012 16:41:33 GMT -5 GivesYouHell said:

LOL at Your Body not being generic and safe. I love the song but come off it.

And if Britney / Katy / Ke$ha / Rihanna had released this song as a lead single it'd easily be top 10 right now. I wasn't expecting a WFL sized hit but I was expecting it to do much better than it is, it's puzzling as to why it's doing so poorly.

Weren't some people saying that the song was a little slow that they wish it was faster. Some people were even saying that the song was hookless or that the hook wasn't that catchy. So yeah it's not the typical generic Max Martin song.

[Philippe]

Well, I guess we all have our opinion on why this song isn't performing better. I don't see the lack of promotion being a problem. When you're around for more than 10 years, you don't need to go out there and ask people to listen to your song. Her name alone is enough to bring people attention.

That being said, there's a problem somewhere. We can blame the song, or the competition. I think the main problem is the artist itself. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate Christina as a singer but I think she lost the touch. Talent is not always enough to guarantee success. You have to have a good instinct, a golden ear and I think she lacks of it and it's her biggest weakness.

[p0isonparadise.]

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