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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Nov 26, 2008 12:23:11 GMT -5
The folow up to the future #1 Sex On Fire heads to radio the week of December 14 according to Billboard.
This is not even one of my top three favorites from the CD, yet I still find it a great choice to send. The fantastic booming background vocal are chilling sometimes to me, and of course the lead vocals show painful despair. Too early to tell if it will climb as high as Sex On Fire, but I wouldn't count against it.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Nov 29, 2008 13:01:35 GMT -5
I think "Manhattan" would've made a better second single, but this is still a solid choice.
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Post by fran182 on Nov 29, 2008 14:37:26 GMT -5
Decent song just like Sex On Fire...
Imo it's a top 20 song...no more...
But after a #1 in the format...less than top 10 for this will be a flop.
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Post by Cody on Nov 30, 2008 11:35:04 GMT -5
So I dont mind this song at all, not bad. This blows Sex On Fire out of the water
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Nov 30, 2008 17:03:28 GMT -5
I'd also like to hear Manhattan instead of this. But Closer or Crawl would top even that for me.
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Post by fran182 on Nov 30, 2008 18:37:01 GMT -5
I like 17 a lot...
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Post by Ron57 on Dec 23, 2008 20:49:21 GMT -5
Really liking this song a lot. I hated Sex on Fire, so I'm hoping this one does really well, if not better than Sex on Fire (As difficult as that will be).
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Post by allow that on Jan 5, 2009 13:37:11 GMT -5
I think this will see even more crossover success than "Sex on Fire."
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Post by fran182 on Jan 5, 2009 13:59:13 GMT -5
Lol, it's not like if "Sex On Fire" did well anywhere except on alternative/rock radio. Maybe you meant crossover potential!
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Post by Ivy Leegueβ’ on Jan 5, 2009 14:30:23 GMT -5
Yeah, this COULD be a pop smash and needs to be on Grey's Anatomy and every other dramatic show in a climactic scene, just like in Gossip Girl!
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 6, 2009 18:59:28 GMT -5
Sex On Fire may eventually try to crossover. Once CHR sees it will have been on top for as long as it will, it may do some great things for pop listeners.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 7, 2009 4:14:42 GMT -5
Sex On Fire may eventually try to crossover. Once CHR sees it will have been on top for as long as it will, it may do some great things for pop listeners. Tell that to "Pork and Beans" and "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid." Not to mention all three Foo Fighters singles.
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Post by fran182 on Jan 7, 2009 14:43:13 GMT -5
Goes for adds to Modern Rock on 19-20 January.
Source: FMQB.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Jan 7, 2009 20:26:18 GMT -5
This song is slowly growing on me. Well, by slowly I guess I mean in comparison to 'Sex On Fire'. I really like 'Closer'.
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Post by K. on Jan 7, 2009 20:48:39 GMT -5
I love this song.
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Post by Taylor. on Jan 8, 2009 0:18:16 GMT -5
Me too. I like this more than SOF now. I think this could do quite well on pop too.
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Post by fran182 on Jan 8, 2009 16:19:34 GMT -5
Today, it entered on the top 50 of Mediabase Alternative.
64 49 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 199 154 45 1.105
Currently there are 30 stations playing this.
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 14, 2009 0:10:12 GMT -5
I like this so much better than Sex On Fire.
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Post by halo19 on Jan 14, 2009 3:24:04 GMT -5
On first listen I didn't care much for this at all.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 14, 2009 14:30:15 GMT -5
On first listen I didn't care much for this at all. Really. My initial impression is that I like it more than "Sex on Fire." (Never saw what all the fuss was about with that song.) But we'll see how everything shakes down over the next month or two. And that's why I hadn't offered up an opinion on it up until now.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 14, 2009 16:21:05 GMT -5
I'm not sure anybody noticed the lack of opinion, but I wonder how this will play out. Sex On Fire is still the second fastest growing single on Modern. But this is up to #8. So I'm betting a lot, if not all stations are playing both songs equally. And probably will be doing so for another month.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 14, 2009 17:03:33 GMT -5
I'm not sure anybody noticed the lack of opinion... I was just saying, is all. Thank you. There's been a topic for a month and a half now, 12 other people have weighed in already, and my post a week ago pertained to something else. Seriously, that was rather rude.
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Post by pen on Jan 14, 2009 17:15:31 GMT -5
Oh don't be too hard on him Nick, he's high.
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Post by Matt4319 on Jan 18, 2009 3:12:05 GMT -5
"Sex On Fire" had some kind of burn on me. Although I didn't (and probably won't) like this as much as I did when first hearing "SOF", it doesn't strike me as something I'd get tired of quickly. And therefore if you ask me a year from now which song I like more, odds are I'll say "Use Somebody".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2009 19:30:36 GMT -5
UK Airplay Chart 18.01.09 09 10 Kings of Leon Use Somebody
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Post by fran182 on Jan 21, 2009 15:38:36 GMT -5
Debuts on Modern Rock at #32.
It's their third charting song there.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 21, 2009 17:07:57 GMT -5
Any shot this replaces Sex On Fire at #1? Nobody else seems to be making a move.
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Post by Cody on Jan 21, 2009 17:21:30 GMT -5
Artie, a song has never been replaced at #1 by another song from the same band artist on Mod Rock, wont happen.
The closest thing to it ever happening was when Foo Fighters (All My Life) replaced Nirvana (You Know You're Right) (or it may have been the other way around, w/e) as Dave Grohl was on both tracks
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Post by Matt4319 on Jan 21, 2009 22:27:21 GMT -5
Any shot this replaces Sex On Fire at #1? Nobody else seems to be making a move. Except, you know, the 15-spot move Blue October is making.
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Post by pen on Jan 21, 2009 22:57:04 GMT -5
Any shot this replaces Sex On Fire at #1? Nobody else seems to be making a move. Except, you know, the 15-spot move Blue October is making. And let's not forget U2. No one will ever forget U2. In fact, not only U2 and Blue October, but Papa Roach and Rise Against are also moving up faster than this song.
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