SoMuchToSay
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Jul 10, 2021 14:34:58 GMT -5
Some of yāall are pretty critical of this song. Considering some the trash radio has been sending to #1 lately, this song is kind of refreshing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2021 16:16:07 GMT -5
Some of yāall are pretty critical of this song. Considering some the trash radio has been sending to #1 lately, this song is kind of refreshing. Gonna need an example of a recent trash #1 song that you think is worse than this song! Lol
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Post by 85la on Jul 10, 2021 18:20:10 GMT -5
I'm not as familiar with the country scene and how songs start on radio there, but I'm surprised why it's so slow to take off, having barely even a few spins yet, despite being the best-selling country digital song for a few weeks now and also heating up streaming. Have there been other instances of country songs starting off as huge viral hits but radio barely taking notice? You would think it would start to get some unsolicited play before its official adds date, but I guess that's not how country radio works?It's not. It is very rare for a country song to get any kind of unsolicited airplay, at least in a meaningful way (i.e. enough to chart). The closest we have is that occasionally some album cuts from an established star will get enough spins to debut (it's happened with Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen in recent history, and it used to regularly happen to artists like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, etc. back in the day), but it is not common for radio stations to just start playing something like "Fancy Like" unless it's actually sent to stations and promoted. Some will likely start to play it now, and more once it hits the adds date, but I'm not surprised with how the country format works that it hasn't gotten touched by radio yet, and it wouldn't have taken off on its own before Walker's team decided to promote it as a single. Great, that explains things a lot, thanks for the insights :)
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Post by g8erboi on Jul 10, 2021 22:24:25 GMT -5
LOVE this. Iām going to need this to smash pls. Quirky novelty songs like this are refreshing every once in a while.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Jul 11, 2021 11:27:17 GMT -5
Some of yāall are pretty critical of this song. Considering some the trash radio has been sending to #1 lately, this song is kind of refreshing. Gonna need an example of a recent trash #1 song that you think is worse than this song! Lol Isn't the #1 right now Famous Friends?
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Post by christianlarson9 on Jul 11, 2021 12:30:29 GMT -5
Some of yāall are pretty critical of this song. Considering some the trash radio has been sending to #1 lately, this song is kind of refreshing. Gonna need an example of a recent trash #1 song that you think is worse than this song! Lol "GOOD TIME" in my opinion, is the worst #1 song we've had in recent memory. I like Niko Moon as a person and I'm glad he saw huge success with "GOOD TIME", but I think the song is very bad. Personally, I prefer "Fancy Like" over it .
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Post by phil1996 on Jul 11, 2021 19:28:18 GMT -5
Yeah I literally heard this more at pools and gatherings over the past 2 weekends than any other song of any genre. People LOVE this
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2021 23:29:57 GMT -5
Gonna need an example of a recent trash #1 song that you think is worse than this song! Lol Isn't the #1 right now Famous Friends? Atleast Famous Friends sounds somewhat country by 2021 standards.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jul 12, 2021 14:07:25 GMT -5
#53 on Billboard Country Airplay!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 12, 2021 19:07:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2021 19:23:06 GMT -5
Considering he put #Ad in his post that confirms he is being paid by Applebeeās.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 12, 2021 20:05:09 GMT -5
Oh you're right, it does say it's a paid partnership with Applebee's at the top!! Smart move by the restaurant.
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Post by Naos on Jul 12, 2021 22:57:14 GMT -5
Hot 100: #20 (+14)
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2021 4:56:57 GMT -5
Gonna need an example of a recent trash #1 song that you think is worse than this song! Lol Isn't the #1 right now Famous Friends? Lmao this is definitely the first time I have ever seen someone try to insinuate that "Famous Friends" is worst-#1-in-recent-memory levels of trash... Edit: You should give some more examples of worst-songs-of-all-time, I'm trying to figure out if you're on a desolate island or a completely different planet
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Post by Enyasurvivor on Jul 14, 2021 16:55:39 GMT -5
I think Walker Hayes is such a breath of fresh air in country, which has been so stale recently. I do wish it was "You Broke Up With Me" that was getting this buzz as opposed to "Fancy Like" though
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Post by gardyfan on Jul 14, 2021 17:27:28 GMT -5
This one is okay, although IMO it's not country.
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Post by austin on Jul 14, 2021 17:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by dajross6 on Jul 15, 2021 15:56:44 GMT -5
Yeah this is going to be #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the next few months. Airplay-wise, I can definitely see it struggling to the top 30 or being a #1; I think equal chances of either. As others have said, people LOVE this song. It's catchy enough as a pop song but I won't love hearing it on country radio.
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Post by KanenrĆ”:ke on Jul 15, 2021 21:44:31 GMT -5
This is a hard pass for me, not because it's not very country, but I just don't like the sound of his voice on here. Plus the lyrics don't click with me. I know it's not trying to be deep and there's a place for dumb fun songs (I loved "Merry Go Round" by The JaneDear Girls after all), but this just misses the mark.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 15, 2021 22:14:34 GMT -5
Surprisingly I kind of like this. Itās really fun and is catchy, I can see why it a catching on. Just seems so out of blue though, at first I thought this was a new artist or something. Didnāt realize this was the same guy who put out a couple singles already.
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Post by someguy on Jul 16, 2021 1:56:27 GMT -5
I like this. It's silly, but hardly the worst thing out there. I think this guy is really talented; he just needs the right song to connect. "You Broke Up With Me" was fantastic, and so were many of the songs from his 8 Tracks. Most of them just didn't really translate all that well when re-recorded for his Boom album. I would have loved to see how they would have done in their original form.
This one is already a hit, no matter what else happens, but it would be nice to see it become a genuine airplay hit as well.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 16, 2021 2:07:03 GMT -5
I literally assumed this was a commercial for Applebeeās the first time I heard this lol.
Absolutely massive seller and streamer and itās a smart rollout letting it take off digitally and giving it an impact date a month out after hitting radio. Iām sure Monument will hype up how many stations added it ābyā the impact date.
I donāt think this is country melodically and was a bit jarring at first, but weāre so past the point of return from pop songs played at the country format, I think this will still be played (and is). I think itāll get love from programmers, such as Audacy, which hopped on the song before it was even officially a radio single, but Iām sure thereās going to be resistance here ā which makes it hard for me to forecast exactly how this does long term. I think āFancy Likeā makes the top 25-30 on MB/Billboard Airplay because of how itās performed digitally and the fact it has gotten so many early adds so far, but Iām not ready to say for sure it can break through and be played 10 times a day in top 5 rotation. I wouldnāt say Iād be surprised though.
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Post by austin on Jul 16, 2021 9:44:33 GMT -5
I like this. It's silly, but hardly the worst thing out there. I think this guy is really talented; he just needs the right song to connect. "You Broke Up With Me" was fantastic, and so were many of the songs from his 8 Tracks. Most of them just didn't really translate all that well when re-recorded for his Boom album. I would have loved to see how they would have done in their original form. This one is already a hit, no matter what else happens, but it would be nice to see it become a genuine airplay hit as well. This is a good point, I love this guy (even his more mainstream debut country album) but my favorite tracks are all 8Tracks, and I actually think its the production on boom. "Don't Let Her" was amazing, though, and I am surprised it didnt go higher.
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Post by someguy on Jul 19, 2021 19:28:50 GMT -5
Up 53-38* on country AirPlay, and #1 on Hot Country Songs.
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Post by gardyfan on Jul 19, 2021 19:40:23 GMT -5
This is the bonus track on this weeks RadioTraks National survey.
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Post by CoJoFan on Jul 20, 2021 12:01:44 GMT -5
Another hideous song thatās probably gonna hit #1. This song makes Niko Moonās āGood Timeā look like a gem!
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Post by zaclord š on Jul 20, 2021 13:02:44 GMT -5
So happy for Walker!!! Who would've thought he'd have a #1 song on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2021!? This song is fun and catchy as all get out so I'm happy to see it connecting so well! Hard to believe it hasn't even gone for adds yet and it's already his second biggest hit of his career. Radio plays much, much worse than this regularly so I think this could definitely out-peak "You Broke Up With Me" in the end if it continues to connect in this big of a way.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 20, 2021 14:08:32 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of this (it's alright) or him, but I am somewhere in the middle where I also don't actively dislike him and everything he puts out like so many on this forum seem to (lol), and it is pretty cool seeing just how this has blown up into what will go down as one of the biggest hits of 2021, after it was looking like Walker Hayes would be *lucky* to even scrape the top 40 of the airplay charts with anything ever again. It's nice to see these examples of the traditional path through country radio to hit status disrupted a bit. I hope that continues to happen with the country genre more and more because these slow as hell chart climbs are getting so stale; seeing this hit top 40 in week #2 on the airplay charts is fun to see.
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Post by bdrm87 on Jul 20, 2021 16:16:58 GMT -5
Another hideous song thatās probably gonna hit #1. This song makes Niko Moonās āGood Timeā look like a gem! I would rather listen to this song 1000 times in a row before ever hearing āGood Timeā again.
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Post by raylatch98 on Jul 20, 2021 16:39:53 GMT -5
Eh, I mean at least "Good Time" Niko Moon is at least sounding like he is having fun, even if no one else is, where as this? Yeah no. Walker Hayes style of 'country' music is not my cup of tea at all. I am sure he is an absolute gem of a person and nice guy, but his music is just not my style. Sorry
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