The "Figured You Out" Theory

[singingsparrow]

As I have already hinted in another thread, "Figured You Out" has become a Top 5 hit on 61 stations alone. With 81 stations representing Alternative, "Figured You Out" only represented 75% of the panel.

However, Nickelback have just lost their bullet at #5 after matching their #4 peak with "Someday".

My question is:

"Had "Figured You Out" gotten play from the other 20 stations, would it have been a #1 hit?

Considering they reached the 2000 spin mark in a week for Alternative, and averaged about 34 spins for the single per station (2000/61), had the same average been applied to the other twenty stations not picking the single up, they would have reached a peak week of 2700 spins.

"Megalomaniac" is the only current single that has produced over 2700 spins since last week.

Thoughts on this?

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[Mega248]

According to R&R, at least 63 stations are playing the song.

[EvanJ]

The station that are and aren't play the big Active Rock and Rock hit shows that with the rock formats Alternative station X could have more in common with Active Rock station Y than with Alternative station Z (X and Y would represent stations playing "Figured You Out" and Z would be a station not playing it).

[Matt4319]

???

[singingsparrow]

Mega248 said:

According to R&R, at least 63 stations are playing the song.

Three stations only just added the song (San Jose, Monmouth Ocean, Denver)

17 still haven't added it.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[jond7699]

I would bet that if those other 17 stations were playing "Figured You Out" that it would peak at #1. It's really too bad this is among my favorite Nickelback songs.

[singingsparrow]

jond7699 said:

I would bet that if those other 17 stations were playing "Figured You Out" that it would peak at #1.  It's really too bad this is among my favorite Nickelback songs.

Though lyrically it is kind of a perverted song, I think it's one of their best-sounding singles yet. I can easily see why the Rock fans are happy seeing Nickelback is not abandoning their base despite hitting it big mainstream.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton