Rihanna & Kanye West & Paull McCartney - "FourFiveSeconds"

[Glove Slap]

This has been really growing on me over the past few days.

[Nicolexo]

Rih can never seem to do any wrong when it comes to the charts. Slay, girl!

[suttonplace]

really dislike the recorded version of this song but totally enjoyed it live on the grammys last night...for me, it just works better live

[NeRD]

WE FOUND LOVE
"The universal appeal is massive. This will be her biggest digital solo single"
DIAMONDS

Sept 26, 2012 7:18:56 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Oh, wow. I f**king love it. Flawless. Really. Just WOW.


Crossover smash. :'(

THE MONSTER

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FOURFIVESECONDS

Jan 25, 2015 3:11:22 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Jan 24, 2015 23:24:27 GMT -5 Kurt said:

Sent basically everywhere through Play MPE - label listed as Roc Nation, FYI.

By that you mean Urban, Rhythmic, Pop, HAC, and AC?

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Either way, it took some big balls to release this so regardless of how it does, my respect for her as an artist has grown even more.

Still, regardless of the negative reactions, I still believe this song will be a big hit.

:'(

[hitseeker.]

It's #2 again. Ed just passed it cause they must be really close :'(

[xykes]

Honestly, it doesn't even matter if it's 1 or 2 or 3.

The fact is that A LOT of people are buying it.

Clearly the song is resonating.

Now, all I need is for this to chart high, and a little bit of my faith will be restored in the music industry...

[KissMyAxe]

I had mixed feelings towards this song when it was released, now Im in LOVE with it
Rihanna's voice is so haunting here, and she did really well at the Grammys last night

[hitseeker.]

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Urban:
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iTunes: #1

[hitseeker.]

This is really in a battle with Ed's TOL atop US iTunes. FFS spends a few minutes at #1, Ed passes it, FFS passes TOL... :kii:

[josh]

Curious to see how "Uptown Funk" does after the Grammys effect goes away It's peaked on pop but is still gaining big elsewhere, and it's already passed 3 million sales, so I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't regain #1, but wouldn't be surprised if it does, either.

[nikkominaj]

My bae is still smashing the charts! <3

[divasummer]

Is Urban playing the remix or original?

[Flip]

YAS #1 on iTunes!!! Next stop: #1 on Spotify. Oh, wait...

[hitseeker.]

Adds this week:

12 CHR/Pop
11 Hot AC
9 CHR/Rhythmic
6 Urban
1 AC

:)

[$uperb@tDuDe]

Nice updates

[wavey.]

FourFiveSeconds from Numbah 1.

[hitseeker.]

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Urban:
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iTunes: #1

[Stefan85]

I know this is the pop forum, but it was so surreal to hear Kanye's voice come out of my AC station this morning.

[trustypepper]

Leaps from No. 15 to No. 6 on the Hot 100!!

[jjose712]

6 on billboard hot 100

[trustypepper]

Paul McCartney first reached the Top 10 with The Beatles in 1964. It's now 2015. Remarkable.

[hitseeker.]

YASS @ that climb; way higher than I expected!

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The week's other notable highlights in the top center on the region's two new entrants, led by Rihanna, West and McCartney's "FourFiveSeconds," which vaults 15-6. Helping fuel the song's surge: the premiere of its official video on Feb. 3 and the trio's performance of it on the 57th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday (Feb. 8) (which likely swelled sales further just before the closing of the Nielsen tracking week that night; following a full week of sales, ending Feb. 15, the track should continue to gain in downloads).

"FourFiveSeconds" jumps 4-3 on Digital Songs (181,000, up 31 percent) and 36-22 on Radio Songs (46 million, up 33 percent) and enters Streaming Songs at No. 34 (3.8 million, up 830 percent, good for top Streaming Gainer honors on the Hot 100).

With the song's Hot 100 advance, McCartney makes history: he returns to the chart's top 10 after more than 29 years, ending the longest break between top 10s in the Hot 100's 56-year archives. He'd last graced the top 10 with "Spies Like Us" (the title theme from the Chevy Chase/Dan Aykroyd spoof), which reached No. 7 in 1986. McCartney passes Santana, who waited more than 28 years between top 10s from 1971 to 1999.

Let's take an updated look at the acts to return to the Hot 100's top 10 after the five longest gaps:

Paul McCartney, 29 years, 2 weeks
Feb. 8, 1986, "Spies Like Us"
Feb. 21, 2015, "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna and Kanye West)

Santana, 28 years, 7 months, 2 weeks
Jan. 23, 1971, "Black Magic Woman"
Sept. 4, 1999, "Smooth" (feat. Rob Thomas)

Roy Orbison, 24 years, 5 months, 2 weeks
Oct. 31, 1964, "Oh, Pretty Woman"
April 15, 1989, "You Got It"

Aaron Neville, 22 years, 9 months, 1 week
Feb. 18, 1967, "Tell It Like It Is"
Nov. 25, 1989, "Don't Know Much" (with Linda Ronstadt)

The Beatles, 19 years, 4 months, 3 weeks
Aug. 7, 1976, "Got to Get You Into My Life"
Dec. 30, 1995, "Free as a Bird"

Notably, given the last act on the list above, McCartney did make an appearance in the top 10 with The Beatles in between his last two solo top 10s: the Fab Four's "Free as a Bird" debuted at No. 10 on Dec. 30, 1995 and peaked at No. 6 the following week.

(And, a nod to a late legend who came oh-so-close to setting the record: Otis Redding peaked [posthumously] at No. 12 on the Aug. 13, 2011 Hot 100 as featured on Jay Z and Kanye West's tribute "Otis." Redding had logged his only top 10, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," which reigned for four weeks in 1968. Thus, if "Otis" had risen two notches higher, he would've closed a top 10 gap of an astounding 43 years, three months and two weeks.)

More feats for Rihanna, West and McCartney (aka, the Fab Three): "FourFiveSeconds" becomes Rihanna's 26th Hot 100 top 10, McCartney's 23rd (to go along with his 34 with the Beatles) and West's 15th. McCartney has now been an inhabitant of the Hot 100's top 10 for more than 51 years: the Beatles' breakthrough "I Want to Hold Your Hand" reached the region on Jan. 25, 1964, ahead of its seven-week run at No. 1. Counting just his solo output, McCartney rewrites yet another mark: he expands his span of solo top 10s to a record-setting 43 years, 10 months and two weeks, dating to the first week in the top 10 for his first top 10, "Another Day," in 1971. He bests Santana's 33-year, eight-month span of appearing in the top 10 (1970-2003).

Even more: with "FourFiveSeconds" in just its third week on the Hot 100, McCartney equals his fastest top 10 ascent. Another of his superstar collabs, "Ebony and Ivory," with Stevie Wonder, also blasted to No. 6 (from No. 21) in its third week in 1982. It went on to rule the Hot 100 for seven weeks, marking McCartney's longest command as a solo artist.

"FourFiveSeconds" additionally zooms 2-1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

[C.Ro]

In love with this song, Rihanna is just amazing

[Snowbeast]

Funny how em responses be positive once the song succeeding!!!!!1

[surfy]

To be fair, most of the people who hated this have left and moved on. The fans are here now. :)

[Deleted]

Feb 11, 2015 13:45:19 GMT -5 trustypepper said:

Paul McCartney first reached the Top 10 with The Beatles in 1964. It's now 2015. Remarkable.

Do we have a new record here?

[xykes]

Feb 12, 2015 0:19:47 GMT -5 Snowbeast said:

Funny how em responses be positive once the song succeeding!!!!!1

What could the haters even say at this point?

"I guess my finger wasn't on the PULSE..."

"If I were in charge, this song wouldn't have been made. It's a good thing I'm not in charge."

"B-but, what about that one station that prefers Nickelback???"

Lol, even if the song never gets a single spin from now on and dies at radio, it doesn't matter. People love the song. Worldwide. A lot.

[hitseeker.]

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Hot AC:
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Urban:
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iTunes: #1

[NeRD]

So when will we get those call out scores?

[icefire9]

Probably the best, most clear cut example of Pulse not always matching up with the general population. This song was almost universally and violently trashed on Pulse when it came out, yet it's become a huge hit that has a very good chance at #1 on the Hot 100. (Don't get me wrong, sometimes Pulse is almost prescient when it comes to future hits, but this was obviously not one of those times).