Jackson Dean - "Fearless (The Echo)"

[recordyear]

Artist: Jackson Dean
Single: Fearless
Album: Greenbroke
Label: Big Machine Label Group
Impact Date: 23rd January, 2023 (AllAccess)
Writers: Luke Dick, Jackson Dean, Jonathan Scott Sherwood

Follow-up to Don't Come Lookin'.

[raylatch98]

I still think this dude is a one hit wonder with "Don't Come Lookin". But this isn't bad, I just don't get much longevity from this guy and this feels destined to get lost in the shuffle. 

[.indulgecountry]

Yeah, I'm not hearing a hit with this one, and "Don't Come Lookin'" didn't feel like a career-establishing kind of hit at all, so I can see this one not doing much of anything. I wouldn't be mad if it did well, because I do enjoy his voice and think he's like a more palatable version of Chris Stapleton vocally to my ears. That said, this song doesn't really stand out to me and I definitely prefer "Lookin'" to it.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

This is definitely an improvement from the debut single, which I disliked. I won't be sad if this flops, but I would also not mind him sticking around with this song, as after all, he has unique style, and I do like his voice. I can definitely agree with indulge when it comes to the comparison with Stapleton. His material definitely has stronger melody and vocal. 

[LBTrocks]

I really enjoy this one too, and hope it can do well for him, but I’m also skeptical. This guy is the real deal tho so I hope he can find some solid footing in the genre.

[recordyear]

A new version is released today.

[raylatch98]

Most added song with 59 stations and 60 total stations by add date.

[recordyear]

Jan 23, 2023 17:14:50 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Most added song with 59 stations and 60 total stations by add date.

Sidenote but I think your adds numbers are wrong for the songs impacting this week. (This song has 60 adds this week and 68 total historic adds for example.)

Also definitely didn't expect this to have so many adds and above Chris Young's lead single. Not my preferred single but at least he won't be one-hit wonder from radio side...?

[.indulgecountry]

This is shocking. I almost expected this guy to be another Elvie Shane. He has a nice voice though so I'm here for it, despite not loving this song.

[dwindeezy]

Jan 23, 2023 21:08:04 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

This is shocking. I almost expected this guy to be another Elvie Shane. He has a nice voice though so I'm here for it, despite not loving this song.

Me too and idk why. Maybe it’s that more country rock sound they both have. Always rooting for an artist to succeed so congrats for him and his team. Let’s see if they can keep the momentum and hype for this follow up.

[raylatch98]

Debuts at #54 on Billboard Country Airplay. Radio is definitely all in on this guy even if the consumer interest isn't too strong yet.

[recordyear]

Music video.

[cowboyduck]

Apr 3, 2023 18:40:32 GMT -5 recordyear said:

Music video.

Damn!! That new version hits even harder. More vocal forward and that ending is massive.

Are they sending The Echo version out to replace the other?

[countryfan43]

If you are referring to the radio version all I have heard is the echo version so I assume that was what they sent out orginally.

[countryfan43]

Sorry for the double post but I’m expecting this to really take off soon as it stands out a lot by being barely top 40 and having 94% of the panel on only missing 9 stations. I’m really hoping this can get him another top 10 but top 30 seems like a good short term goal after stations start increasing airplay even slightly.

[Gideon | 1/2 US Radio Updater]

May 22, 2023 21:23:20 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

Sorry for the double post but I’m expecting this to really take off soon as it stands out a lot by being barely top 40 and having 94% of the panel on only missing 9 stations. I’m really hoping this can get him another top 10 but top 30 seems like a good short term goal after stations start increasing airplay even slightly.

Will hopefully be top 30 either this week or next! (#31 on MB as of today). Not sure how far it'll go, but it's definitely building strength at a good pace as of right now.

On another note, I saw him play at CMA Fest a few weeks ago and he played a LOT of unreleased material/stuff that was only on his recent live album, and said that he just cut a bunch of those songs. Wondering if we're going to see a Greenbroke (Deluxe) in the coming future or if Big Machine is gearing up to be done with this soon to move onto the next record.

[Gideon | 1/2 US Radio Updater]

Up to #29 on the MB rolling chart today; Jason might pass him again tomorrow but should be secured in the top 30 for this week's final chart.

[countryfan43]

This is by far not having the success that "Don't Come Lookin' had but it will probably debut on the hot country chart soon and it made great gains on billboard this week. I think top 20 is probably a lock if they keep this long enough but from there it will be tough unless this really picks up buzz on the hot country chart.

[recordyear]

Tbf Don't Come Lookin doesn't even have much success to begin with. It just has a stronger than expected recurrent strwams, especially on Amazon Music.

And for some reason he has a low presence in online country discussions, but I think he is much stronger than most of the new male artists they usually talk about lol

[Gideon | 1/2 US Radio Updater]

Given that he hasn't received ANY major playlisting and it's streaming decently (7M on Spotify w both versions combined), I would definitely say this is far from done. "Don't Come Lookin'" also took a while to catch on at streaming and didn't really take off until it hit top 20/25. It's rising a bit slower than DCL but I don't think being a future number one is out of the question; at the very worst, it'll peak comfortably in the top 20

[countryfan43]

Wow looking back at this thread this hasn’t hardly moved since July. I feel like it’s time to move on to something new since this hasn’t made any gains in months.

[recordyear]

Another version is released today. This one is supposed to be a rock version.

[zdm1998]

Kinda want this one to be pulled. Low impact, been charting for almost a year, and taking up real estate.

[.indulgecountry]

Jan 5, 2024 6:02:16 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

Kinda want this one to be pulled. Low impact, been charting for almost a year, and taking up real estate.

Same. The fact that they keep releasing these random new versions of the song are comical too. Like literally what is the point?

It's scraped the top 20 which is way better than I ever expected it to do, but it's been a year now and it's time for this to just quietly go away imo.

[raylatch98]

Yeah at most get this song to Top 15 on like Mediabase and then let it go. I don't know how much life this song has left, but I am ready to see it go.

[raylatch98]

Jan 5, 2024 23:16:12 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Yeah at most get this song to Top 15 on like Mediabase and then let it go. I don't know how much life this song has left, but I am ready to see it go.

Honestly at this point I don't even think this can achieve that as this song fell back to #22 on Billboard today getting passed by singles Carly Pearce, Lainey Wilson, and Jordan Davis, and is just struggling to stay afloat on both charts with this gaining 30k on Billboard and only 9 spins on Mediabase the last week. I do think radio likes him, but it is time to move on, and I am hoping by this time next month this is freefalling.

[raylatch98]

Sorry for the now triple post.

But this did in fact make the Mediabase Top 15 at #14 with a bullet of 42. Hopefully this small milestone marks the end for this song. It's still fine enough to listen too but it is still overall spinning it's wheels chart wise.

[zdm1998]

Please pull the plug big machine

[cousingerard]

Just let this thing die already.

[ericNY2002]

“Fearless” finally sneaks into top 10 on Mediabase. I wonder if Big Machine will let it go now that the song is officially top 10.