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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jul 10, 2015 22:44:06 GMT -5
This is taking of much slower than I thought it would, I wouldn't be shocked if your "Bourbon In Kentucky" theory pans out, but it's still early enough to not worry yet.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 14, 2015 0:02:10 GMT -5
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 16, 2015 6:39:32 GMT -5
I think this is my second favorite single from him, only behind "Hello Goodbye".
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 16, 2015 11:23:54 GMT -5
I think this is my second favorite single from him, only behind "Hello Goodbye". Both have massive, passionate vocals. What's funny is that sonically, they're very far apart.
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Post by sgtoddball on Jul 16, 2015 11:24:21 GMT -5
This is looking like it's not even going to take off despite having quite a bit of buzz on twitter and getting lots of activity on shazam. It is reminding me of the "Bourbon in Kentucky" situation and that's a shame because Tyler Farr seems to be trying to release singles that distance him from the rest of the trend chasers.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 16, 2015 11:43:42 GMT -5
This is looking like it's not even going to take off despite having quite a bit of buzz on twitter and getting lots of activity on shazam. It is reminding me of the "Bourbon in Kentucky" situation and that's a shame because Tyler Farr seems to be trying to release singles that distance him from the rest of the trend chasers. The song only charted for the first time this week. It's WAY too early to say this is "not even going to take off" yet.
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Post by sgtoddball on Jul 16, 2015 11:50:53 GMT -5
This is looking like it's not even going to take off despite having quite a bit of buzz on twitter and getting lots of activity on shazam. It is reminding me of the "Bourbon in Kentucky" situation and that's a shame because Tyler Farr seems to be trying to release singles that distance him from the rest of the trend chasers. The song only charted for the first time this week. It's WAY too early to say this is "not even going to take off" yet. I don't think I'm the only one in this thread with some concern over this one. This is getting very few spins and it's been out to radio for a while now. This is slow even by Tyler Farr Standards.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 16, 2015 12:54:24 GMT -5
While I do agree that it's still early to make any determination on whether or not "Withdrawals" will be a big hit, it's extremely noticeable how lackluster this single is taking off compared to Tyler's previous two singles.
"Whiskey In My Water" at the four week mark of when it went for adds, had 564 spins and over 2.4 million in audience. "A Guy Walks Into A Bar" had 538 spins and over 3.0 million in audience. "Withdrawals" at the four week mark has just 306 spins and 820k in total audience -- a far cry from his back to back #1 singles (#1 on MB for "Whiskey In My Water"). All of those being Billboard Airplay numbers.
Columbia is very used to long, painstaking climbs in regards to Tyler's singles, but there is a reason why some people are worried about "Withdrawals." Like I said though, it is only four weeks.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 16, 2015 15:46:47 GMT -5
His voice sounds a lot different on this one.
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Post by zjames on Jul 27, 2015 16:50:30 GMT -5
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 27, 2015 16:59:59 GMT -5
Sounds like it's possible that they've punted "Withdrawals" because of radio not wanting to play it, which is a shame because it's a GREAT song.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 27, 2015 17:06:55 GMT -5
Are you kidding me? They're going to pull "Withdrawals" for "Better In Boots"? What a joke. The album is fantastic, yet they choose one of the worst songs on the album for a single. "Damn Good Friends" is an absolute hit in the making, "Suffer In Peace" is a masterpiece, and "Raised To Pray" and "Poor Boy" are radio friendly but at least have some substance. So frustrating.
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Post by zjames on Jul 27, 2015 17:10:51 GMT -5
Are you kidding me? They're going to pull "Withdrawals" for "Better In Boots"? What a joke. The album is fantastic, yet they choose one of the worst songs on the album for a single. "Damn Good Friends" is an absolute hit in the making, "Suffer In Peace" is a masterpiece, and "Raised To Pray" and "Poor Boy" are radio friendly but at least have some substance. So frustrating. If the label wasn't willing to stick out a riskier choice like "Withdrawals", why wouldn't they just release a guaranteed hit in "Damn Good Friends" as the second single?
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 27, 2015 17:13:21 GMT -5
Are you kidding me? They're going to pull "Withdrawals" for "Better In Boots"? What a joke. The album is fantastic, yet they choose one of the worst songs on the album for a single. "Damn Good Friends" is an absolute hit in the making, "Suffer In Peace" is a masterpiece, and "Raised To Pray" and "Poor Boy" are radio friendly but at least have some substance. So frustrating. If the label wasn't willing to stick out a riskier choice like "Withdrawals", why wouldn't they just release a guaranteed hit in "Damn Good Friends" as the second single? Because Broken Bow probably didn't/won't allow for that. It may never be a true single. As for "Boots," it's the safest song on the album.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 17:16:43 GMT -5
Holy crap is this song really doing that bad?!? I mean what, just because it's more rock leaning instead of pop/r&b/edm that means radio is allergic to it? "Better In Boots" is the worst song on the album, "C.O.U.N.T.R.Y" aside.
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Post by gonecountry on Jul 27, 2015 18:25:27 GMT -5
Looks like Tyler now has his own "Bourbon in Kentucky".
Funny how record companies can hold onto a song for 40 plus weeks or throw in the towel after what, six weeks?
Didn't this happen with Thompson Square a few songs back? Their record co threw in the towel a bit quickly. That worked real well for them...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 19:09:00 GMT -5
If the label wasn't willing to stick out a riskier choice like "Withdrawals", why wouldn't they just release a guaranteed hit in "Damn Good Friends" as the second single? Yeah, as Matt said, the only way "Damn Good Friends" could be a radio single is if Broken Bow gives approval. A label will usually allow one of their artists to record a duet with another label's artist, but in most cases like this, the label deal (the deal between the 2 labels) doesn't allow the duet to be released as a single unless the 2nd label (in this case, BBR) gives their consent. Anyway, I have to say that I am a little surprised here, but it's not as if "Withdrawals" wasn't struggling. The song took quite a while to chart, and it really hasn't been doing anything. It barely made it above 1 million in total audience despite being at radio for a full 2 months. My guess is that Sony was getting negative feedback from radio/the fans and decided it wouldn't be worth it to invest in a long chart run. It could also be that Randy Goodman wanted to switch things up -- he did say that he and Ken Robold and Steve Hodges would sit down with the promo teams and look at each artist individually, so it's possible that they just decided to go in a different route with Tyler Farr. Also, Tyler is coming off 3 straight Mediabase #1's...at some point he's gotta pick up the pace, and yet "Withdrawals" started off way slower than his 3 big hits did. I'm sure that was definitely quite concerning for the label.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 27, 2015 21:45:54 GMT -5
Holy crap is this song really doing that bad?!? I mean what, just because it's more rock leaning instead of pop/r&b/edm that means radio is allergic to it? "Better In Boots" is the worst song on the album, "C.O.U.N.T.R.Y" aside. I doubt that it being rock-leaning would be the reason this didn't take off. We have plenty of artists who successfully release material to country radio in that vein all the time, namely Jason Aldean and Brantley Gilbert. Maybe it was just a little too 'dark' sounding though. It could've also been part of the whole logjam that had been happening over the past few months that contributed to it as well since we've had other even more established artists like Darius Rucker and Lee Brice, etc. get off to slow starts as well.
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Post by trebor on Jul 28, 2015 6:45:07 GMT -5
Was equally shocked to see the add date for "Better In Boots". I know "Withdrawals" was struggling on mainstream; but still this bothers me. Let's see how it fares on MusicRow this Thursday. "Withdrawals" was a welcome highlight in the otherwise standardized radio-friendly fare currently dished up.
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Post by carriekins on Jul 28, 2015 7:05:12 GMT -5
Was equally shocked to see the add date for "Better In Boots". I know "Withdrawals" was struggling on mainstream; but still this bothers me. Let's see how it fares on MusicRow this Thursday. "Withdrawals" was a welcome highlight in the otherwise standardized radio-friendly fare currently dished up. But there's no need to see how it fares on any chart, small-market or otherwise - the label has pulled the song, it won't be receiving any more support, and a new single has been rushed to radio.
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Post by trebor on Jul 28, 2015 7:21:41 GMT -5
Was equally shocked to see the add date for "Better In Boots". I know "Withdrawals" was struggling on mainstream; but still this bothers me. Let's see how it fares on MusicRow this Thursday. "Withdrawals" was a welcome highlight in the otherwise standardized radio-friendly fare currently dished up. But there's no need to see how it fares on any chart, small-market or otherwise - the label has pulled the song, it won't be receiving any more support, and a new single has been rushed to radio. Right. I meant whether the secondary market was already pulling the plug on this as it was doing pretty much OK. I know that the record company has taken this unfortunate decision and there's nothing that we can do about it.
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