"Ghost" Singles

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Bumping to say that "Always Was" by Aaron Tippin was pulled for "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly".

[travelrocks24]

Nov 7, 2015 14:32:10 GMT -5 Ten Pound Hammer said:

Thought of a few more:

Haley Georgia's "Ridiculous" was pulled because the label knew it was utter crap "rights issues".

Ronnie Milsap had a single pulled in 2009 because of rights issues. I believe it was "My First Ride".

Holly Dunn had "Maybe I Mean Yes" withdrawn because some listeners thought the song was condoning date rape.

Going way back, Ray Stevens "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon" was pulled because it used the eponymous character without permission.

Didn't Craig Wayne Boyd have a followup to "My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face" announced and then pulled because he quit the label?

I found a note somewhere saying that Joe Diffie originally released "Down in a Ditch" after "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y", but it didn't chart. I seem to recall hearing Ditch on the radio at least once, so I wonder if it got quickly swapped out for "Whole Lotta Gone"?

John Bunzow's "Easy as One, Two, Three" and 4 Runner's "That Was Him (This Is Now)" had their promotions pulled when their respective labels (Liberty and A&M) closed. Relatedly, neither album was released.

It might've been mentioned already, but "Swingin' Door" was supposed to be Edens Edge's third single, but it never got out because Hannah Blaylock quit. That's a shame, because "Amen" and "Too Good to Be True" were great songs, and I liked "Swingin' Door" since I first heard Joey Daniels sing it in 2006 (in fact, it was the only good song on her album).

I wonder if Ty Herndon's "In Your Face" was pulled quickly? It only got to #63 on the heels of songs that went to #1, #7, and #21.

Sorry, since someone bumped this thread, this is late....but LOL at "Ridiculous" being pulled.....good lord, that is one of the worst songs of the last 10 years of any genre. 

[Ten Pound Hammer]

The sticker to Archer/Park's We Got a Lot in Common album says that "I'm Not Crazy" and "You Don't Know Where This Heart's Been" were going to be the second and third singles after "Where There's Smoke". Instead, the second single was the title track, and nothing else was released.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Bumping for another example: Curtis Wright's second single for Airborne Records was supposed to be a version of Patty Loveless' "You Saved Me", which Wright wrote, but the label closed before the single could be released.

[AwayFromTheSun]

What was wrong with "Wrong Night"? I thought One Honest Heart was what they went with after Forever Love.

May 21, 2014 18:44:19 GMT -5 someguy said:

"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.

[someguy]

May 16, 2017 0:41:53 GMT -5 AwayFromTheSun said:

What was wrong with "Wrong Night"? I thought One Honest Heart was what they went with after Forever Love.

May 21, 2014 18:44:19 GMT -5 someguy said:

"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.

"One Honest Heart" was the fourth single; "Wrong Night" was third. "Wrong Night" is ok, but one of my least favourite Reba singles. "Lonely Alone" is a much stronger song, imo.

[bboat11]

OMG "Wrong Night" is one of the catchiest songs Reba's ever released! I absolutely love "Lonely Alone" too, but "Wrong Night" is a major jam for me :) The epic fiddle and steel work definitely helps it stand out!

[Ten Pound Hammer]

"Forever Love" is one of Reba's most boring songs, whereas I think "Wrong Night" is incredibly catchy and fun, and overall one of her most underrated singles.

Getting back to the original subject, what was with Cledus T. Judd's "Illegals"? It spent a single week on the charts and I can't find it anywhere.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Double post... found an early-1990 issue of Billboard stating that Billy Dean's debut single was actually "Lowdown Lonely", but it was swapped for "Only Here for a Little While" after only a few weeks.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Another one from Category 5: "All Kinds of Beautiful" by Shauna Feagan does not appear to have ever been released due to the label's closing. I'm not sure if "Wake Up Dancin'" by Odiss Kohn was ever officially released either, but it is on Amazon MP3.

Jerrod Niemann also had "The One That Got Away" lined up right as Category 5 closed.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Ragsdale was a brother-sister duo signed to Lyric Street for about four years. They had a video for a song called "I'm Glad It Was You" and the song is on iTunes, but I can't find any proof that it was actually released to radio. Billboard announced that they were going to put out another single, but it apparently never happened. After they broke up, Joshua Ragsdale wrote "Ain't Much Left of Lovin' You" for Randy Montana, but soon died of leukemia. The other member, Shi-Anne, wrote an album cut for Trick Pony.