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Post by austin on Apr 9, 2018 22:19:32 GMT -5
This is going pretty well. Nothing too surprising yet. Her Top 20 should be fun.
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Post by someguy on Apr 9, 2018 22:32:05 GMT -5
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 9, 2018 23:29:37 GMT -5
"Real Live Woman" is an excellent song that probably shouldn't have been a single. In fact that album is one of her best but it was not radio friendly whatsoever. I'm glad for it though as the previous album was her worst imo.
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Post by someguy on Apr 9, 2018 23:42:08 GMT -5
"Real Live Woman" is an excellent song that probably shouldn't have been a single. In fact that album is one of her best but it was not radio friendly whatsoever. I'm glad for it though as the previous album was her worst imo. Yeah I agree. I always think of the Real Live Woman album as the point in her career where she stopped really trying to have mainstream hits. Had something like Jasper County or Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love come out then instead, I think that her radio career would have been extended by a few years. "Come Back When It Ain't Raining" is probably the most radio friendly song on the album, but it's not even that radio friendly compared to her previous singles.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 9, 2018 23:44:41 GMT -5
"Real Live Woman" is an excellent song that probably shouldn't have been a single. In fact that album is one of her best but it was not radio friendly whatsoever. I'm glad for it though as the previous album was her worst imo. Yeah I agree. I always think of the Real Live Woman album as the point in her career where she stopped really trying to have mainstream hits. Had something like Jasper County or Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love come out then instead, I think that her radio career would have been extended by a few years. "Come Back When It Ain't Raining" is probably the most radio friendly song on the album, but it's not even that radio friendly compared to her previous singles. I always personally wanted "I Did" as a single, though it would've done only as well as the others at the very best. I wonder if they lead with "Where Are You Now" if it would've done better than it did?
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Post by someguy on Apr 9, 2018 23:48:57 GMT -5
Yeah I agree. I always think of the Real Live Woman album as the point in her career where she stopped really trying to have mainstream hits. Had something like Jasper County or Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love come out then instead, I think that her radio career would have been extended by a few years. "Come Back When It Ain't Raining" is probably the most radio friendly song on the album, but it's not even that radio friendly compared to her previous singles. I always personally wanted "I Did" as a single, though it would've done only as well as the others at the very best. I wonder if they lead with "Where Are You Now" if it would've done better than it did? I think whatever she released as the lead single probably would have gone top 20, considering the momentum she was still riding from Songbook and Where Your Road Leads. I definitely think "Where Are You Now" would have gone top 20 had it been the lead single, but then I still wonder if the second single would have struggled regardless. Her best case radio scenario would have been, I think: 1. Come Back When It Ain't Raining 2. Where Are You Now 3. Sad Eyes 4. Real Live Woman But even still, I wonder if the follow up singles would have ended up struggling regardless. I really do like the album, but it was a complete step in the opposite direction from what country radio was playing in 2000.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 9, 2018 23:53:19 GMT -5
I always personally wanted "I Did" as a single, though it would've done only as well as the others at the very best. I wonder if they lead with "Where Are You Now" if it would've done better than it did? I think whatever she released as the lead single probably would have gone top 20, considering the momentum she was still riding from Songbook and Where Your Road Leads. I definitely think "Where Are You Now" would have gone top 20 had it been the lead single, but then I still wonder if the second single would have struggled regardless. Her best case radio scenario would have been, I think: 1. Come Back When It Ain't Raining 2. Where Are You Now 3. Sad Eyes 4. Real Live Woman But even still, I wonder if the follow up singles would have ended up struggling regardless. I really do like the album, but it was a complete step in the opposite direction from what country radio was playing in 2000. I'm listening to the album right now and for it's time it really was against the grain. I don't know about "Sad Eyes" as a single, it's what's playing right now and I don't know if I hear it as something that would work. (Again knowing almost nothing really would lol)
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Apr 10, 2018 9:10:12 GMT -5
You Can Sleep While I Drive is beautiful - I'm a little disappointed that it's out already.
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:00:30 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:12:27 GMT -5
#23 – “Where Are You Now”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #45 Highest Ranking: #1 sbp17 Lowest Ranking : #34 Troublemaker BackwoodsBarbie Total Points: 367 Average Rank: 22.9375 sbp17 – 1 Kanenrá:ke – 3 bboat11 – 11 LBTrocks – 14 DistrictTwelve – 16 tim – 22 someguy – 23 .indulgecountry – 26 Cody Wants Out... – 26 fearlessarrow – 28 austin – 31 toomuchboy – 32 sabre14 – 33 castleoblivion26 – 33 BackwoodsBarbie – 34 Troublemaker – 34 Following: dubAnd with that, the Real Live Woman album is gone, and is our first studio album to lose all of its singles. Of course, it was at a disadvantage with only having two singles, neither of which making the top 15. We also see our first #1 loss from sbp17 and Kanenrá:ke loses a top 3 as well. This song actually started out strong, but then received some low rankers during the middle of the submission process. For a single that missed the top 40, it did very well here though. It was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kim Richey, and definitely has a feel similar to some of their music. Clue explanation: A lot of the music video takes place on tour with Trisha, including performing live and also on her tour bus.
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:13:45 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:25:52 GMT -5
#22 – “Inside Out”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #31 Highest Ranking: #6 castleoblivion26Lowest Ranking : #38 sabre14 Total Points: 362 Average Rank: 22.625 castleoblivion26 – 6 austin – 10 Kanenrá:ke – 13 DistrictTwelve – 13 BackwoodsBarbie – 15 LBTrocks – 17 fearlessarrow – 18 tim – 20 sbp17 – 22 .indulgecountry – 25 someguy – 30 toomuchboy – 31 Cody Wants Out... – 33 bboat11 – 34 Troublemaker – 37 sabre14 – 38 Following: dubWritten by Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters, “Inside Out” was first released as a single by Bryan in 2000, where it reached #17 in Canada. Trisha’s version is her second single and third song to feature Don Henley, after “Walkaway Joe” and “Hearts In Armor” from 1992’s Hearts In Armor. The song served as the title track to her 2001 studio album, and was released as the album’s second single, barely missing the top 31 by peaking at #31. I’ve always liked both versions of the song, and thought at the time that it was a good choice for a single. Unfortunately, radio didn’t necessarily agree. Here, it was always in the middle of the pack, and #22 seems like a fitting place for it to leave us, though three final top 20 rankings did boost it a little at the end.
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:28:20 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:40:25 GMT -5
#21 – “I Wanna Go Too Far”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #9 Highest Ranking: #8 timLowest Ranking : #40 TroublemakerTotal Points: 358 Average Rank: 22.375 tim – 8 someguy – 11 BackwoodsBarbie – 13 fearlessarrow – 13 austin – 15 Cody Wants Out... – 16 bboat11 – 20 LBTrocks – 20 .indulgecountry – 22 Kanenrá:ke – 25 sabre14 – 26 DistrictTwelve – 28 castleoblivion26 – 29 sbp17 – 35 toomuchboy – 37 Troublemaker – 40 Following: dub“I Wanna Go Too Far” was the fourth single from Thinkin’ About You, peaking at #9 in the fall of 1995. This has always felt like a bit of a forgotten single to me, which is too bad because it is one of my absolute favourites of hers. It’s one that has not received much recurrent play at all since it fell off of the charts. It started off doing quite well here, but some low ranks in the middle of the submission process, including a last place ranking from Troublemaker pushed it down, and it ended up falling out of the top 20. It rallied a little at the end, but not enough to make it back in. Clue explanation: I’m gonna roar too loud, I’m gonna be that way lyric in the chorus.
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Post by someguy on Apr 10, 2018 18:47:41 GMT -5
And that takes us to the top 20! Which is (in chronological order): She's In Love With The Boy The Woman Before Me Wrong Side Of Memphis Walkaway Joe The Song Remembers When XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl) Thinkin' About You On A Bus To St. Cloud Believe Me Baby I Lied Everybody Knows How Do I Live Perfect Love There Goes My Baby Where Your Road Leads I'll Still Love You More I Would've Loved You Anyway I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners Georgia Rain Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love This Is Me You're Talking To That's it for tonight (time to go watch Roseanne, The Middle and Schitt's Creek in a minute, haha). The rest of the week is pretty crazy, so I won't be able to get back to this until Friday or (most likely) Saturday. Before the break though, a couple questions: Are you surprised by any of the songs that made the top 20? Are you surprised by any of the songs that didn't make the top 20? Which song do you think will be the next to go? someguy Kanenrá:ke tim bboat11 austin toomuchboy Troublemaker Cody Wants Out... fearlessarrow .indulgecountry sbp17 castleoblivion26 sabre14 DistrictTwelve BackwoodsBarbie LBTrocks dub
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Post by toomuchboy on Apr 11, 2018 3:59:41 GMT -5
I'm only really surprised about "In Another's Eyes." I'm not even really a fan of that one, I just expected it would make the top 20.
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Apr 11, 2018 7:22:29 GMT -5
Inside Out - When I first heard this song I thought that it was a huge hit because it just sounds like one. And I was really surprised when I saw that it only peaked at #31. Anyway, It's a great song.
I Wanna Go Too Far - I like this song a lot, especially lyrics.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 11, 2018 10:24:36 GMT -5
I was always shocked that “Inside Out” flopped. To me it sounds like a huge hit. Btw it’s written by Gretchen Peters not Wilson 😋.
“Where Are You Now” is so gorgeous in pretty much every way to me, but I totally get why it didn’t work as a single. Still not everything needs to be commercial and I’m glad it got its chance.
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Post by austin on Apr 11, 2018 12:32:15 GMT -5
Agree with everything above. I absolutely love "Inside Out"! Definitely an example of radio dropping the ball.
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Post by someguy on Apr 11, 2018 19:16:04 GMT -5
I was always shocked that “Inside Out” flopped. To me it sounds like a huge hit. Btw it’s written by Gretchen Peters not Wilson 😋. Sorry I knew that! I don't know why I typed Wilson, lol.
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Post by someguy on Apr 13, 2018 22:39:16 GMT -5
Clue for #20: Back to revealing tomorrow
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Post by toomuchboy on Apr 14, 2018 0:23:39 GMT -5
I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners?
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 13:12:19 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 13:27:05 GMT -5
#19 – “Where Your Road Leads”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #18 Highest Ranking: #6 DistrictTwelve Troublemaker Lowest Ranking : #39 LBTrocks Total Points: 337 Average Rank: 21.0625 DistrictTwelve – 6 Troublemaker – 6 castleoblivion26 – 12 bboat11 – 13 someguy – 14 BackwoodsBarbie – 19 austin – 20 Cody Wants Out... – 20 fearlessarrow – 20 sabre14 – 20 sbp17 – 26 toomuchboy – 26 tim – 28 .indulgecountry – 30 Kanenrá:ke – 38 LBTrocks – 39 Following: dub“Where Your Road Leads” was the second single from the album of the same name, peaking at #18 in 1998. It is the highest placing out of all of her Garth Brooks collaborations on this rankdown. It was always around the middle of the pack here, with only two top 10 or bottom 10 rankings. I’ve always liked the song, and was surprised when it stalled out so quickly on the charts, especially considering the wave of momentum that Trisha was riding at the time. Clue explanation: Opening lyrics - I believe in miracles I believe in signs; And I believe that mountains move one prayer at a time
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 14, 2018 13:28:31 GMT -5
I love "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners", and I think I prefer Trisha's version over Rebecca's original. I wish it had become a hit for either of them as it's a stunning song.
Also it was Rebecca's 3rd single and peaked at #71.
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 13:30:23 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 14:05:18 GMT -5
#18 – “I’ll Still Love You More”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #10 Highest Ranking: #9 Troublemaker Lowest Ranking : #31 bboat11 tim Total Points: 333 Average Rank: 20.8125 Troublemaker – 9 castleoblivion26 – 10 LBTrocks – 10 .indulgecountry – 11 austin – 12 DistrictTwelve – 17 Cody Wants Out... – 21 toomuchboy – 22 sbp17 – 23 Kanenrá:ke – 24 fearlessarrow – 26 BackwoodsBarbie – 28 someguy – 29 sabre14 – 29 bboat11 – 31 tim – 31 Following: dub“I’ll Still Love You More” was the fourth and final single from Where Your Road Leads, peaking at #10 in 1999. It was her second of three ballads released as singles in the late 1990s written by Diane Warren (following “How Do I Live”, and followed by “You’re Where I Belong”). While it was a hit, it didn’t reach the same heights as “How Do I Live” two years prior. It started off closer to the bottom of the pack here, but as the rankings came in, it rose. There were only two bottom 10 rankings, both at #31, which allowed “I’ll Still Love You More” to place solidly in the top 20. Clue explanation: The video takes places in two settings – Trisha is outside at night on a dock, and she is also sitting inside on a white chair like the one posted in the picture for the remainder of the video.
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 14:07:37 GMT -5
The next two songs tied in points, and also tied in highest ranking. I had to go to second highest ranking in order to break the tie. I'll come back to post them later on this afternoon/evening.
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