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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 18:28:45 GMT -5
Kip Moore - "Drive Me Crazy". MCA announced this as a single but I don't believe it ever got sent out to radio. They switched it to "Beer Money" at the last minute.
Thompson Square - "Let's Fight". Keifer and Shawna have actually been in Nashville for a long time and put out some music before they were with Stoney Creek (there are even 1 or 2 old Pulse threads for 'singles' of theirs from way back in the day). But anyway, "Let's Fight" was their official debut single for Stoney Creek Records. The label pulled it after just a few weeks, apparently because programmers liked "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" better after TS had wrapped up their radio tour.
Alan Jackson - "It's Alright To Be A Redneck". This one had just begun its chart climb when it was pulled in favor of "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)?"..."Redneck" was released in November 2001 but just a few weeks later, Jackson finished writing "Where Were You" so they pulled "Redneck" and its official peak was #53, the lowest-charting single of his entire career.
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Post by sabre14 on May 21, 2014 18:39:12 GMT -5
Changed Singles
"Overrated" - Lee Brice (changed to "She Ain't Right" as his debut in 2007)
"Freedom Feels Like Lonely" - Joe Nichols (changed to "I'll Wait For You" in June of 2006. Billy Currington who co-wrote this song was told according to him by Joe's label that it would in fact be the third single)
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Pulled Singles
"Chicken Fried" - Lost Trailers (pulled in the spring of 2006 when Zac Brown changed his mind and asked the song be pulled)
"Hank - Mark Wills (pulled by Equity after the negative reaction from radio stations)
"Country Star" - Pat Green (pulled by BNA due to the overwhelming reaction to "What I'm For")
"Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" - Keith Anderson f/Steven Tyler (pulled by Arista right away after radio basically rejected it. Then put promotion back into "Every Time I Hear Your Name" for a couple more weeks)
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Post by someguy on May 21, 2014 18:44:19 GMT -5
"I've Loved Enough To Know" was originally supposed to be Deana Carter's debut single.
"Lonely Alone" was supposed to be the follow-up to Reba McEntire's "Forever Love" but they (unfortunately) changed it to "Wrong Night".
Faith Hill's "Stealing Kisses" was supposed to be the follow-up to "The Lucky One". It ended up being a single later on, though.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 21, 2014 18:44:20 GMT -5
"Free Bird" was originally announced as the second single from Joey + Rory's debut album, The Life of a Song, but it was changed to "Play the Song" at the last minute.
"What Have I Done" was originally intended to go to radio as the lead single from LeAnn Rimes' Spitfire, but they switched it to "Borrowed."
Sara Evans said in an interview around the time of the Stronger release that "Alone" would be the third single. That was before "My Heart Can't Tell You No" had even been released and evidently the underwhelming showing for that single deterred her label from putting out "Alone," though they botched the release of "Anywhere" anyway so it didn't really matter what came third.
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Post by someguy on May 21, 2014 18:46:32 GMT -5
Speaking of Sara Evans, "Niagra" was initially supposed to be the follow-up to "Perfect", but was changed to "Suds On The Bucket".
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Post by sabre14 on May 21, 2014 18:50:26 GMT -5
Speaking of Sara Evans, "Niagra" was initially supposed to be the follow-up to "Perfect", but was changed to "Suds On The Bucket". Sara once said that "Suds In The Bucket" almost didn't make the record initially. I still think "Tonight" was a bad single choice and it should have been "Rockin Horse". Luckily it didn't kill her momentum as "A Real Fine Place To Start" had smooth sailing to #1.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 21, 2014 18:53:06 GMT -5
I'm glad "Niagara" wasn't released after "Perfect." I think that song would've performed on par with "Tonight," and obviously we see just how well "Suds" did for her. Much as I love "Tonight" and "Niagara," neither were single material and "Rockin' Horse" not being released as the fourth single is the only mistake from that album era.
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Post by someguy on May 21, 2014 19:07:40 GMT -5
I definitely agree that they made the right call on the first thee singles from the album (well, the second and third for sure. "Backseat..." maybe shouldn't have been the lead single). "Tonight" was a terrible single choice, and "Rocking Horse" was definitely the hit that was left on the album.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 21, 2014 19:15:07 GMT -5
"Lonely Alone" was supposed to be the follow-up to Reba McEntire's "Forever Love" but they (unfortunately) changed it to "Wrong Night". As someone who hates "Forever Love" but loves "Wrong Night", I fail to see the problem here. Jypsi's debut single was supposed to be "Love Is a Drug", which was even repoted in Country Weekly, but I don't think it ever got any promotion. Their chart run for "I Don't Love You Like That" was baffling: it hit Top 40 in only its third week, and completely flatlined in airplay after that. It fell out of the Top 40 three times before they finally gave up. Sara Evans has had more botched singles. I think RCA completely failed to promote "Coalmine" in any way. And then I believe "Love You with All My Heart" was supposed to be the third single off her Greatest Hits, but it didn't do anything. Someone else told me that "You Ain't Woman Enough" was supposed to be the third single off Martina McBride's Timeless, but it didn't pan out. Jerrod Niemann and Travis Tritt both had second singles for Category 5 that were pulled when the label closed. Jerrod's was called "The One That Got Away" and Travis's was "Something Stronger Than Me". The latter got a review in Billboard. Tracy Byrd had a promo single in 2003 with "Lately (Been Dreamin' 'Bout Babies)", which was the followup to "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo". Given that it only spent a single week at #38, I get the feeling that it was never seriously pushed as a single. Same thing with Blake Shelton's "When Somebody Knows You That Well" debuting at #44ish, falling out entirely for several weeks, re-entering, then fizzling out quickly at #37 — probably not promoted at all. The sticker for Restless Heart's "Still Restless" listed "Makin' Hay" and "Every Fire" as the second and third singles, but neither got released due to Audium closing after "Feel My Way to You". Similarly, "Tell Me" and "Ocean" were supposed to be the second and third singles off Hanna-McEuen's album, but neither really saw the light of day due to DreamWorks closing.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 19:21:24 GMT -5
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson had recorded "A Lot Like You" for Reba Duets, and they even performed the song for the CMT Crossroads taping, but that recording and the song were both scrapped when Narvel saw them perform "Because of You." He felt that was better suited for the two of them, and they recorded and released that instead. I really enjoy "Because of You," but "A Lot Like You" sounds rather fun from the live recording that leaked.
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Post by someguy on May 21, 2014 19:22:10 GMT -5
Oh, I thought Martina's "You Ain't Woman Enough" was released, but totally bombed.
A couple more:
Trisha Yearwood's "Who Invented The Wheel" was supposed to be the final single from Jasper County.
"Truth No. 2" was supposed to be the follow-up to the Dixie Chicks' "Travelin' Soldier", but after the 'incident', they scrapped it, took a break, and then went with "Godspeed".
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on May 21, 2014 20:22:40 GMT -5
"A Tough Goodbye" was wisely changed to digital sales powerhouse "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" to bring Gary Allan back to relevance last year.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 20:45:49 GMT -5
I love "Truth No. 2" and "Godspeed," but the latter is one of their best songs ever. Also, I didn't know "Tough Goodbye" was chosen over "Every Storm," but I was surprised the former was never a single for Gary.
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on May 21, 2014 20:53:03 GMT -5
Katrina Elam released Flat On The Floor but the song was pulled back. Months later, it appeared on Carrie's album Carnival Ride.
Once I read that Rebecca Lynn Howard had a single called Soon, but I can't find anything about it, anywhere.
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Post by kw9461 on May 21, 2014 21:57:43 GMT -5
Tracy Byrd had a promo single in 2003 with "Lately (Been Dreamin' 'Bout Babies)", which was the followup to "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo". Given that it only spent a single week at #38, I get the feeling that it was never seriously pushed as a single. Same thing with Blake Shelton's "When Somebody Knows You That Well" debuting at #44ish, falling out entirely for several weeks, re-entering, then fizzling out quickly at #37 — probably not promoted at all. Lately (Been Dreamin' 'Bout Babies) spent 16 total weeks on the chart, so I think it was given a legit push. They probably just chose not to include it on Truth About Men because of how poorly it performed. I remember hearing the song on ACC and liking it, and I think that was the only time I ever heard it.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 21, 2014 22:04:43 GMT -5
^ Then I wonder why it struggled so badly on the heels of a #1 hit? Just not what radio wanted I guess?
I still think that the odd chart run of "When Somebody Knows You That Well", on the other hand, suggests that it was not getting a push at all.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 21, 2014 22:18:09 GMT -5
I still think that the odd chart run of "When Somebody Knows You That Well", on the other hand, suggests that it was not getting a push at all. From how you described it, it sounds like the chart run for "Dead Flowers" by Miranda Lambert. That one didn't suffer from a lack of promo, so I doubt the Blake Shelton song was receiving no push; it probably just didn't click for whatever reason, much like DF didn't. Or the debut single from Brad Cotter. Sometimes otherwise strong debuts can appear to be misleading for their longterm success. Blake also had two underperforming singles right before that one, but I guess that the lead single nature of it got radio some early interest in a new song from the artist who gave them the hits "Austin" and "The Baby" (interest that didn't stick).
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 21, 2014 22:24:18 GMT -5
^ The difference with "When Somebody Knows You That Well" is that (now that I've re-checked its run) it debuted at #55, fell out for three weeks, and re-entered way the heck up at #44. That is NOT normal chart run behavior at all, so I strongly suspect something was up with that particular release.
Blake's early career is interesting chart-wise. The super-early flameout of "Heavy Liftin'" and subsequent withdrawal for "Playboys of the Southwestern World" are also a total head-scratcher.
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Post by sabre14 on May 21, 2014 22:33:28 GMT -5
^ The difference with "When Somebody Knows You That Well" is that (now that I've re-checked its run) it debuted at #55, fell out for three weeks, and re-entered way the heck up at #44. That is NOT normal chart run behavior at all, so I strongly suspect something was up with that particular release. Blake's early career is interesting chart-wise. The super-early flameout of "Heavy Liftin'" and subsequent withdrawal for "Playboys of the Southwestern World" are also a total head-scratcher. How many weeks did "Heavy Liftin'" chart for? The only memory I have for that was CMT. WYRK did not add it and they only had lullabye Lon's countdown back then.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 21, 2014 22:43:16 GMT -5
^ "Heavy Liftin'" only charted for 13 weeks. It peaked at #32 on its 10th week before going into freefall, and "Playboys" debuted at #52 on HL's 12th week.
I don't remember hearing HL on the radio, but I remember my sister telling me that she saw a video for it, and I shot her down since I was POSITIVE it wasn't a single.
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Post by sabre14 on May 21, 2014 22:48:33 GMT -5
^ "Heavy Liftin'" only charted for 13 weeks. It peaked at #32 on its 10th week before going into freefall, and "Playboys" debuted at #52 on HL's 12th week. I don't remember hearing HL on the radio, but I remember my sister telling me that she saw a video for it, and I shot her down since I was POSITIVE it wasn't a single. Wow that is a flameout. The music video is the only thing I remember about "Heavy Liftin'" being out. I do remember hearing "Playboys Of The Southwestern World" on Thunder Road (new country music and Nascar news type show) and Country Countdown USA on my long drives to my sister's house in Gowanda those Sunday mornings which was about an hour drive.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 21, 2014 22:54:20 GMT -5
Back then I was still listening to WKJC. I would catch American Country Countdown now and then, but they tended to a.) pad out the show forever by playing a TON of things during the commercial breaks, including an entire 15-minute Paul Harvey broadcast AND a live remote, and b.) skip 40-31 if they didn't have enough time due to said padding. (I think mom told me they once played only #20 on up because they had something going on later in the day that prevented them from letting ACC run long.) I e-mailed ACC about that once and I think someone eventually asked them to stop, because I don't remember them ever skipping any portions again. (They still padded the commercial breaks, though. I remember listening to it on WKJC one time, and then giving up because it'd been about 20 minutes and they still hadn't gotten back to the show.)
By 2004, I was listening to the ACC broadcasts on WATZ instead, and they almost always played it 40-1 uninterrupted. Sometimes they'd take a break for parade coverage or something, but they ALWAYS got right back to it. They had another show that they would usually play after ACC was done, and if ACC ran long, they just wouldn't do the other show.
The switch also exposed me to a LOT more of the sub-#30 songs. WKJC almost never played anything below about #25 or so, so among other things, I wasn't aware for the longest time that Pinmonkey had another single off their debut after "Barbed Wire and Roses". WATZ added "Hillbillies" before it was even Top SIXTY, and my sister begged the PD of WKJC to add it for months because she liked it so much.
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Post by sabre14 on May 21, 2014 23:07:25 GMT -5
WYRK added "Hillbillies" when it got to #28 or so, which means they only played it for about two months.
WYRK only had Lon's countdown till the end of 2006 when they scrapped Thunder Road (I actually miss the stupid thing now) and moved Country Countdown USA to the evenings and added Kingsley in the mornings. Then by 2009 they replaced Lon's with Kix's (worst decision ever).
Most of the songs they would add back then would have to crack that #33 to #30 range or so with a few exceptions. One was "Dream Big" which the former PD John Paul (now at dial global) added right away because he admittedly loved the band. Another was "The Middle Of Nowhere" by Brian McComas which I really enjoyed. On the other hand there was a few exceptions the other way. Amy Dalley's "Men Don't Change" and "I Would Cry" were completely ignored. So was "Baby Doll" by Pat Green. But the two biggest snubs were "Home Sweet Home" (don't even get me started on that monstrosity) and "A Good Man" by Emerson Drive. How in the hell can a song peak at #16 on Mediabase and never get added?
I have so much more on my memory of country radio and WYRK as a kid but only so much at a time.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 22, 2014 9:10:22 GMT -5
^ He pulled it because some listeners were complaining it was too close to home for them.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 22, 2014 9:53:27 GMT -5
What happened with Trace Adkins' "Arlington"? Will be played this weekend, no doubt.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 22, 2014 11:23:31 GMT -5
Apparently never released: "C.O.U.N.T.R.Y." by LoCash Cowboys (R&J closed)
Pulled: "I Was Blown Away" by Pam Tillis (she thought the title would be insensitive to the Oklahoma City bombing victims)
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Post by onebuffalo on May 22, 2014 11:27:55 GMT -5
Apparently never released: "C.O.U.N.T.R.Y." by LoCash Cowboys (R&J closed) Pulled: "I Was Blown Away" by Pam Tillis (she thought the title would be insensitive to the Oklahoma City bombing victims) If that's the case, you can throw in Billy Joe Royal's first top ten, Burned Like A Rocket. That was pulled because of the Challenger disaster.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 22, 2014 11:30:11 GMT -5
Another ghost single: "Clancy's Tavern" was supposed to be the second single off Toby Keith's album of the same name, but radio stations started playing "Red Solo Cup" instead.
Earlier on, Toby had two other singles pulled:
* He pulled his first DreamWorks single, "When Love Fades", because it was going nowhere. He wanted the label to take a chance on releasing "How Do You Like Me Now?!", which he had previously cut at Mercury but Mercury staff didn't like the song.
* In 2003, he pulled "Rock You Baby" from #13 because a couple stations were playing "Beer for My Horses" instead.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 12:37:28 GMT -5
Also, I didn't know "Tough Goodbye" was chosen over "Every Storm," but I was surprised the former was never a single for Gary. Yep--I know Gary had been saying in concert up to a few months before "Every Storm" got released that his new single would be "Tough Goodbye". But "Tough Goodbye" was never actually released; when it came time to release the lead single, MCA selected "Every Storm" instead.
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Post by carriekins on May 22, 2014 13:25:49 GMT -5
Back in 2006 Dierks was introducing a song called "I Sing For Free" as the lead single from his upcoming album. "Free & Easy" was instead released from Long Trip Alone and "I Sing For Free" didn't make the album.
And pulled: Bourbon in Kentucky. #stillbitter
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