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Post by sabre14 on Apr 2, 2017 2:09:31 GMT -5
What have been your favorite songs that weren't promoted singles but charted on Billboard/R&R/Mediabase?
George Strait - "Stars On The Water" (I would also put "Texas" here but that was a Texas single, technically)
Sugarland - "Stand Back Up" (a station or two played it a week or two in September of 2005 for some telethon or charity event)
Carrie Underwood - "The More Boys I Meet"
Tim McGraw - "I've Got Friends That Do"
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Post by someguy on Apr 2, 2017 5:26:02 GMT -5
Reba McEntire - "If I Had Only Known"
Sara Evans - "Missin' Missouri" (probably my favourite SE song)
Carrie Underwood - "The More Boys I Meet"
Carrie Underwood - "Songs Like This"
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 2, 2017 9:35:02 GMT -5
I rarely heard any local stations play non-album singles that charted other than "Life Is a Highway". Which is odd since WATZ is no stranger to album cuts.
Alan Jackson with George Strait - "Designated Drinker" is the first one that came to mind. That would have been huge if it were a single
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 2, 2017 12:27:07 GMT -5
Reba McEntire - "If I Had Only Known" Sara Evans - "Missin' Missouri" (probably my favourite SE song) Carrie Underwood - "The More Boys I Meet" Carrie Underwood - "Songs Like This" Forgot "Missing Missouri." Great song. |
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Post by The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 on Apr 2, 2017 13:12:16 GMT -5
"Sin Wagon" by the Dixie Chicks is the first one that comes to mind! Love that song and it should've become a single!
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Post by countrymusicjunkie on Apr 2, 2017 23:23:12 GMT -5
Tim McGraw-"Things Change"
George Strait and Alan Jackson-"Murder On Music Row"
Alan Jackson and George Strait-"Designated Drinker"
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Post by tim on Apr 2, 2017 23:46:01 GMT -5
Clint Black - "Desperado"
Alan Jackson - "Tequila Sunrise" (I think this and the above counts since other than the video for "Take It Easy" there was no official single for this album)
Reba McEntire - "If I Had Only Known"
Tim McGraw - "City Lights"
George Strait - "You Haven't Left Me Yet"
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 3, 2017 0:07:36 GMT -5
Clint Black - "Desperado" Ugh. I get that this is an iconic song, to many fans of different genres, but for some strange reason, WYRK played this all the time as an all-time favorite when I was a kid and it just turned me off because I never thought it was a great song to begin with then overkill sealed my negative sentiments towards it. lol |
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Post by tim on Apr 3, 2017 0:15:00 GMT -5
Clint Black - "Desperado" Ugh. I get that this is an iconic song, to many fans of different genres, but for some strange reason, WYRK played this all the time as an all-time favorite when I was a kid and it just turned me off because I never thought it was a great song to begin with then overkill sealed my negative sentiments towards it. lol Clint's version of "Desperado" was certainly a favorite by many country stations back when the Common Thread album came out and I agree it was likely overplayed. It's an opposite emotion for me as Clint's version takes me back to my childhood and memories of 1993 when I was just starting to discover country music. |
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 3, 2017 0:23:07 GMT -5
Ugh. I get that this is an iconic song, to many fans of different genres, but for some strange reason, WYRK played this all the time as an all-time favorite when I was a kid and it just turned me off because I never thought it was a great song to begin with then overkill sealed my negative sentiments towards it. lol Clint's version of "Desperado" was certainly a favorite by many country stations back when the Common Thread album came out and I agree it was likely overplayed. It's an opposite emotion for me as Clint's version takes me back to my childhood and memories of 1993 when I was just starting to discover country music. It's weird. I should have your sentiments, since I heard the song as a kid. Maybe it was just old childhood stubbornness. |
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Post by dm2081 on Apr 3, 2017 0:33:06 GMT -5
Jake Owen - Summer Jam f/ Florida Georgia Line
Should have been a single, would have been a career song for Jake.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 3, 2017 0:45:17 GMT -5
"Missing Missouri" is my fave ofc.  "Life in a Northern Town" by Sugarland, Little Big Town, and Jake Owen was another good one that hasn't been mentioned so far. |
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Post by gonecountry on Apr 10, 2017 9:27:38 GMT -5
Til the Last Shot's Fired - Trace Adkins
Too Country - Brad Paisley
I've Got Friends That Do and Things Change - Tim McGraw
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Post by gardyfan on Apr 10, 2017 15:35:44 GMT -5
Long Slow Beautiful Dance by Rascal Flatts could have been a huge hit.
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Post by recjus85 on Apr 16, 2017 2:25:24 GMT -5
"Murder On Music Row" definitely.
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Post by CoJoFan on Apr 16, 2017 7:43:42 GMT -5
Garth Brooks - "The Red Strokes"
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 16, 2017 12:15:37 GMT -5
I still hear "Desperado" all the damn time. Why does a song that only got to #54 have recurrent airplay that rivals freakin' "Friends in Low Places" or "Boot Scootin' Boogie"?
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Post by someguy on Apr 17, 2017 0:55:54 GMT -5
I still hear "Desperado" all the damn time. Why does a song that only got to #54 have recurrent airplay that rivals freakin' "Friends in Low Places" or "Boot Scootin' Boogie"? Listener familiarity, I would say. I bet any listener polled would recognize it just as much as any huge hit from the 90s (despite neither version being a single). |
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Post by phil1996 on Apr 17, 2017 17:18:19 GMT -5
Jake Owen - Summer Jam f/ Florida Georgia Line Should have been a single, would have been a career song for Jake. True that. He'd be in Luke Bryan level territory. Even though I don't love the song, it would've turned him into an A-lister |
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 12, 2019 15:18:57 GMT -5
Trent Willmon's "The Good Life" was interesting. I charted for almost 20 weeks before it was supposedly a single but the most stations it ever got on the R&R panel was 9, which doesn't add up. 99.5 in Dallas played it 60-70 times a week, which is why it charted for all those weeks and then other Texas stations jumped on by the end of "Home Sweet Holiday Inn's" chart run. I think what might've happened is Columbia sent it to radio but put zero promotion behind it. I always considered it a song that charted high (#38 on Billboard/#41 on R&R) despite not being a single. This song showed just how powerful big time Texas stations were for your song.
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Post by phil1996 on Mar 13, 2019 9:30:55 GMT -5
Eric Church: “Roller Coaster Ride”
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Post by BlueShades874 on Mar 13, 2019 10:35:07 GMT -5
Wow, I had no idea until now that Desperado was never released as a single. I remember hearing that on radio ALL THE TIME when I was a kid. I just always assumed it was a huge hit single all this time.
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