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Post by sabre14 on May 26, 2020 0:55:05 GMT -5
Artist: Runaway June Single: "We Were Rich" Writers: Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon, Ashley Gorley Album: Blue Roses Label: Wheelhouse Records/BBRMG Impact Date: June 29th, 2020
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 26, 2020 1:16:07 GMT -5
Still sad and a little perplexed that "Heels" failed to do anything for them, but I'm even more surprised to see they're going to go ahead and take the risk with releasing this as a single. I could see this being a surprise hit for them, or totally going nowhere, just as easily. Obviously I hope it's the former though, as this is yet another stellar track from these ladies. The descriptive lyrics coupled with the traditional harmonies and production make this song a home run. Not that Hannah's presence is notable or anything since she wasn't the lead vocalist, but it also feels a bit odd that they're releasing another single from the current album since the lineup has changed (that news made me think they'd move on sooner to new music). I'm not complaining though, because I'd love to see this be a hit! I really felt like "Heels" was the next likeliest smash of the album after "Drinks," but maybe "Rich" will fare better by way of going the more critical acclaim route.
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Post by jhomes87 on May 26, 2020 1:31:26 GMT -5
Still sad and a little perplexed that "Heels" failed to do anything for them, but I'm even more surprised to see they're going to go ahead and take the risk with releasing this as a single. I could see this being a surprise hit for them, or totally going nowhere, just as easily. Obviously I hope it's the former though, as this is yet another stellar track from these ladies. The descriptive lyrics coupled with the traditional harmonies and production make this song a home run. Not that Hannah's presence is notable or anything since she wasn't the lead vocalist, but it also feels a bit odd that they're releasing another single from the current album since the lineup has changed (that news made me think they'd move on sooner to new music). I'm not complaining though, because I'd love to see this be a hit! I really felt like "Heels" was the next likeliest smash of the album after "Drinks," but maybe "Rich" will fare better by way of going the more critical acclaim route. I’ve heard that they re-recorded this with Natalie in place of Hannah. I’m not 100% sure that that’s the case but I got the info from a pretty reliable source.
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Post by sabre14 on May 26, 2020 11:36:51 GMT -5
Still sad and a little perplexed that "Heels" failed to do anything for them, but I'm even more surprised to see they're going to go ahead and take the risk with releasing this as a single. I could see this being a surprise hit for them, or totally going nowhere, just as easily. Obviously I hope it's the former though, as this is yet another stellar track from these ladies. The descriptive lyrics coupled with the traditional harmonies and production make this song a home run. Not that Hannah's presence is notable or anything since she wasn't the lead vocalist, but it also feels a bit odd that they're releasing another single from the current album since the lineup has changed (that news made me think they'd move on sooner to new music). I'm not complaining though, because I'd love to see this be a hit! I really felt like "Heels" was the next likeliest smash of the album after "Drinks," but maybe "Rich" will fare better by way of going the more critical acclaim route. I’ve heard that they re-recorded this with Natalie in place of Hannah. I’m not 100% sure that that’s the case but I got the info from a pretty reliable source. That is 100% accurate. They also added fiddle to the recording, with Natalie on board. I was trying to save that as a surprise when it was officially announced as the single but oh well lol.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 26, 2020 13:09:23 GMT -5
Well that seems like a good move, especially if it meant still getting this as a single and not having them just move on to new music instead. Can't wait to hear the new version and yas @ the fiddle!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 18:10:14 GMT -5
I’m glad they opted to re-record this song with Natalie‘s vocals. Not only should their next single represent their revamped artistry, but it would be disingenuous to ship the original to country radio with the intention of it charting well and knowing that—aside from any eventual royalties—Hannah would have contributed to something she’d only receive credit for behind-the-scenes. It would do nothing to advance any solo project she may be working on or provide name recognition.
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Post by bigd79 on May 26, 2020 18:11:19 GMT -5
Well, i may never understand why radio didn't care about Head Over Heels but here's hoping this can at least get these ladies back into the top end of the charts and give them some momentum heading into their next era as these ladies are simply too talented and too good to not become (at least) a moderate staple of country radio.
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Post by tryexp on May 29, 2020 15:43:32 GMT -5
Glad they are releasing this, it's my favourite on their album (with Blue Roses a close second) and I can't wait to hear the new version!
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Post by taylor on May 29, 2020 20:05:11 GMT -5
I love this song! I still haven't heard their debut album (please don't yell .indulgecountry lol) but this one is great! I hope this one brings them back to success because they definitely deserve it.
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Post by austin on May 29, 2020 20:09:38 GMT -5
This should have been the single after Buy My Own Drinks! Such a strong song and way more memorable than their last single. I can see this doing really well if their last single (and the member swap) didn’t mess up their momentum.
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Post by lipe on May 29, 2020 23:23:52 GMT -5
This should have been the single after Buy My Own Drinks! Such a strong song and way more memorable than their last single. I can see this doing really well if their last single (and the member swap) didn’t mess up their momentum. If anything, I think the member swap brings up more hype? Like, Head Over Heels was going to fail anyway, so releasing this after a single that didn't work out wouldn't be a good momentum (like you said), and it was also the 3rd single from the album. But with a new member, new direction, I think people won't even realize which song this is a follow-up to, because they'd just look at it as the first single with a new member. Well, I hope so.
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Post by ericNY2002 on May 30, 2020 11:05:50 GMT -5
This should have been the single after Buy My Own Drinks! Such a strong song and way more memorable than their last single. I can see this doing really well if their last single (and the member swap) didn’t mess up their momentum. The single after Buy My Own Drinks probably would’ve struggled on the chart regardless of which one was next. Strong recurrent play of Buy My Own Drinks on the stations adding it late in its run and changing members would’ve probably led to the label throwing in the towel on whichever song (We Were Rich or Head Over Heels)was currently the single at the time. Lonestar had a similar situation was John Rich left the group in 1998. The next and final single off of their Crazy Nights album, “Everything’s Changed” was recut with John’s vocals taken out and the volume of the instruments greatly enhanced for the video and single for radio. The end result, “Everything’s Changed” went to to #1 on R&R and #2 on Billboard. Hopefully We Were Rich can achieve similar success.
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Post by CoJoFan on May 30, 2020 12:23:55 GMT -5
This should have been the single after Buy My Own Drinks! Such a strong song and way more memorable than their last single. I can see this doing really well if their last single (and the member swap) didn’t mess up their momentum. The single after Buy My Own Drinks probably would’ve struggled on the chart regardless of which one was next. Strong recurrent play of Buy My Own Drinks on the stations adding it late in its run and changing members would’ve probably led to the label throwing in the towel on whichever song (We Were Rich or Head Over Heels)was currently the single at the time. Lonestar had a similar situation was John Rich left the group in 1998. The next and final single off of their Crazy Nights album, “Everything’s Changed” was recut with John’s vocals taken out and the volume of the instruments greatly enhanced for the video and single for radio. The end result, “Everything’s Changed” went to to #1 on R&R and #2 on Billboard. Hopefully We Were Rich can achieve similar success. Asking about the Lonestar comment, is their an actual recording somewhere of John Rich on “Everything’s Changed”? I think John’s voice would not sound right on it. Also if I’m not mistaken Richie sang lead on all there hits anyways.
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Post by ericNY2002 on May 30, 2020 12:52:44 GMT -5
The single after Buy My Own Drinks probably would’ve struggled on the chart regardless of which one was next. Strong recurrent play of Buy My Own Drinks on the stations adding it late in its run and changing members would’ve probably led to the label throwing in the towel on whichever song (We Were Rich or Head Over Heels)was currently the single at the time. Lonestar had a similar situation was John Rich left the group in 1998. The next and final single off of their Crazy Nights album, “Everything’s Changed” was recut with John’s vocals taken out and the volume of the instruments greatly enhanced for the video and single for radio. The end result, “Everything’s Changed” went to to #1 on R&R and #2 on Billboard. Hopefully We Were Rich can achieve similar success. Asking about the Lonestar comment, is their an actual recording somewhere of John Rich on “Everything’s Changed”? I think John’s voice would not sound right on it. Also if I’m not mistaken Richie sang lead on all there hits anyways. Richie does losing lead on Everything’s Changed but you can hear John on background vocals on the album version. The video for the song has the recut version after John left. Kinda hard to catch the difference at first, but can notice John missing in the 2nd verse. I liked the louder sound for the music on the this version as opposed to the album cut youtu.be/nm9_xiNgM9Q Album version youtu.be/noR_rRudcU4 Single/video version
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2020 14:17:35 GMT -5
I agree that any song would’ve had a hard time working its way up the chart after “Buy My Own Drinks” but that single (“Buy My Own Drinks”) didn’t have strong recurrent play. Majority of stations dropped it immediately after Wheelhouse stopped promoting it.
They need a single that connects and if this one doesn’t than nothing will. I think a re-recording and member change could help get them back on programmers minds. The response for this song has been large on social media and from their peers. Hopefully radio programmers and listeners feel the same.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jun 12, 2020 9:30:01 GMT -5
Impacts radio June 29th Single Cover
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Post by Tylerjamesnerd on Jun 12, 2020 12:19:11 GMT -5
Impacts radio June 29th Single Cover Not sure about that cover though...lol Love the song and message though. Hope it's a smash.
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Post by CoJoFan on Jun 12, 2020 12:19:35 GMT -5
So is this gonna be a re-recorded version with Natalie Stovall? Also I wonder if they’ll re-release the album with new versions of the songs with Natalie?
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Post by raylatch98 on Jun 12, 2020 12:21:07 GMT -5
So is this gonna be a re-recorded version with Natalie Stovall? Also I wonder if they’ll re-release the album with new versions of the songs with Natalie? I think this song will be, but I am unsure on the latter since they are probably done with this era after this single so it wouldn't make much sense to re-release and re-record songs for the album if you are just gonna move onto new music once this is done
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 12, 2020 12:29:40 GMT -5
I've heard the new radio version and it sounds like the reworked the track but the vocals from Naomi and music sound the same, except for the addition of fiddle, which is subtle but added to the right parts of the song. You can tell the backing vocals are different too, with Natalie on board.
For those fearing it would sound radically different from the first version, this is very good news. This song still pops out of the speakers -- immediately grabs your attention.
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Post by bigd79 on Jun 14, 2020 10:25:57 GMT -5
So is this gonna be a re-recorded version with Natalie Stovall? Also I wonder if they’ll re-release the album with new versions of the songs with Natalie? I think this song will be, but I am unsure on the latter since they are probably done with this era after this single so it wouldn't make much sense to re-release and re-record songs for the album if you are just gonna move onto new music once this is done I would think its much more likely that this new version winds up on their next album, which at the earliest is probably at least a year away(probably longer....maybe by the end of 2021?) So really we can probably just kind of consider this the lead single. I just hope it does well so Runaway June can stick around, we need more female groups(or groups with females like Gone West, etc) that can get somewhat consistent radio airplay, I would love for these 2 groups to become the next Dixie Chicks/Lady A/Little Big Town with their previous success. Might not ever get to be that big but hopefully at least to a good level of what their success has been. Hope the new version comes out this next week so we can all stream/buy the song! For sure by the end of the month i would have to think since it impacts on the 29th?
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jun 22, 2020 23:23:59 GMT -5
It's HERE!!!
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Post by austin on Jun 25, 2020 9:17:30 GMT -5
This is a great song. I hope it does really well for them. This stands out so much more than their last single, and even their big hit.
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Post by raylatch98 on Jun 29, 2020 14:31:06 GMT -5
Second most added song with 33 adds on add week and 34 total stations. Very solid start especially since this is following a huge flop in "Head Over Heels" and I have a good feeling country radio is more excited about this than "Head Over Heels".
Got to hear this on Big Time with Whitney Allan last Friday night and it sounds just so soothing on the radio. Fingers crossed this can at least do as well as "Lipstick".
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Post by davidj on Jun 29, 2020 18:03:52 GMT -5
Love this song!
Is the new version a re-recording of the lead vocal? I hear no difference myself.
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Post by Tylerjamesnerd on Jun 29, 2020 22:12:54 GMT -5
Love this song! Is the new version a re-recording of the lead vocal? I hear no difference myself. It's a rerecording of some back up vocals and they added some instrumentation.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 30, 2020 17:07:07 GMT -5
Saw in the BBCU that one of the stations in Wichita added this one and I already heard it on the radio! Granted, it was an overnight spin around midnight, but the fact that this just came out and I immediately came across it on the radio within a day made me so happy, lol. It just sounded amazing, too. I'm sad that "Heels" flopped, but I'm cautiously optimistic this one will do much better.
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Post by savage on Jul 4, 2020 12:12:51 GMT -5
Two things:
1. Am I the only one who cannot tell any difference whatsoever between this and the album version?
2. Am I also the only one who feels like “Trouble With This Town” and even “Good, Bad & Ugly” would’ve been better than “Head Over Heels” as the 2nd single?
I get that it’s creative lyrically and all, but I never saw it catching on at radio. TWTT is probably the most uptempo song on the album and seemed like it had a better chance of being a hit. GBAU is possibly my favorite on the album behind the title track, and I feel like it’s very underrated.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 4, 2020 13:01:00 GMT -5
Two things: 1. Am I the only one who cannot tell any difference whatsoever between this and the album version? 2. Am I also the only one who feels like “Trouble With This Town” and even “Good, Bad & Ugly” would’ve been better than “Head Over Heels” as the 2nd single? I get that it’s creative lyrically and all, but I never saw it catching on at radio. TWTT is probably the most uptempo song on the album and seemed like it had a better chance of being a hit. GBAU is possibly my favorite on the album behind the title track, and I feel like it’s very underrated. There wasn't any fiddle in the original version, so that's the only really noticeable difference (and you can tell if you listen for that). They swapped out Hannah's harmony vocals for Natalie's, but it isn't something that really changes the song since the lead vocal was left alone. I think "Town" could've been a hit possibly, but idk the way "Heels" flopped reminded me of how most new female acts used to do in the past decade where they score a big hit and then radio just collectively opts out of giving them another hit on the back of it and just continues playing the proven hit. "Buy My Own Drinks" didn't have a ton of recurrent play, but it was at least somewhat recognizable for the listeners, so most stations probably just reached for it instead. In other words, I get the feeling anything they put out would've struggled to take off. It feels like there's been enough time now since that single + the news of the member change is an uptick in interest in them, so maybe "Rich" is able to do something here.
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Post by raylatch98 on Jul 4, 2020 15:59:23 GMT -5
Two things: 1. Am I the only one who cannot tell any difference whatsoever between this and the album version? 2. Am I also the only one who feels like “Trouble With This Town” and even “Good, Bad & Ugly” would’ve been better than “Head Over Heels” as the 2nd single? I get that it’s creative lyrically and all, but I never saw it catching on at radio. TWTT is probably the most uptempo song on the album and seemed like it had a better chance of being a hit. GBAU is possibly my favorite on the album behind the title track, and I feel like it’s very underrated. There wasn't any fiddle in the original version, so that's the only really noticeable difference (and you can tell if you listen for that). They swapped out Hannah's harmony vocals for Natalie's, but it isn't something that really changes the song since the lead vocal was left alone. I think "Town" could've been a hit possibly, but idk the way "Heels" flopped reminded me of how most new female acts used to do in the past decade where they score a big hit and then radio just collectively opts out of giving them another hit on the back of it and just continues playing the proven hit. "Buy My Own Drinks" didn't have a ton of recurrent play, but it was at least somewhat recognizable for the listeners, so most stations probably just reached for it instead. In other words, I get the feeling anything they put out would've struggled to take off. It feels like there's been enough time now since that single + the news of the member change is an uptick in interest in them, so maybe "Rich" is able to do something here. I don't agree that whatever they would have released radio would have failed, as looking back "Head Over Heels" doesn't stand out at all to my ears and there was pretty much no buzz from the song and radio honestly let it climb higher than what it deserved. Where as this song and to a lesser extent "I Am Too" seemed to have a bit more buzz than "Head Over Heels". I get that on paper "Heels" was the right choice as it was uptempo and sounded similar to "Buy My Own Drinks", but ever since being released around a year ago, "Heels" has never generated much of any buzz. I genuinely think country radio likes Runaway June a lot more than most female acts (they are the only female act I can think of that had a hit with a song that was a rather low-key event in "Buy My Own Drinks" and in general while not having a ton of success they have seen more success with country radio than say Lindsay Ell, Raelynn, Danielle Bradbery, etc.) just that "Head Over Heels" probably had some of the least amount of buzz I have seen in a radio act, it honestly reminded me of the debut single LANco "Long Live Tonight" where country radio likes the act a lot but the sales and buzz are pretty much so non existent that country radio has no choice but to stall it out outside the Top 30. If "We Were Rich" can generate a decent amount of buzz and sales like "Buy My Own Drinks" I definitely do think it will succeed because I do think country radio really likes Runaway June
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