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Post by fran182 on Mar 19, 2009 17:58:29 GMT -5
"I've Got Friends" is the first single from Manchester Orchestra's upcoming album "Mean Everything To Nothing" that comes out on April 21st.
Went for adds to Alternative/Modern Rock on March 10th.
Source: FMQB.
Today, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Alternative:
72 49 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA I've Got Friends 173 82 91 0.396
34 stations playing.
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Post by American Idiot on Mar 19, 2009 18:13:01 GMT -5
I don't think this is as good as "Wolves At Night," which for some reason seemed to get a ton of airplay on my local station down here, but it's decent.
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Post by fran182 on Mar 24, 2009 14:07:41 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:
53 40 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA I've Got Friends 223 147 76 0.466
36 stations playing.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 25, 2009 1:08:36 GMT -5
I have no idea why they're experiencing sudden out of the box success with the lead single from their upcoming album, but Jesse Lacey (if not all of Brand New) is tight with them, and this song reminds me of Modest Mouse, so I'll take it. Oh yeah, and feel free to help yourselves to a 320 kbps mp3 of this song.
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Post by Ron57 on Mar 25, 2009 16:54:39 GMT -5
I really like this song for some reason. I remember downloading it for free somewhere, Absolute Punk gave me some site for it lol.
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Post by halo19 on Apr 6, 2009 12:09:33 GMT -5
Hearing this song finally make me wonder why I never got the chance to hear the singles from the band's previous album, especially with it suddenly getting as much play.
Not that I don't think they deserve it. Although as far as I'm concerned they're still on the same label as always.
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Post by Matt4319 on May 4, 2009 14:22:13 GMT -5
I have no idea why they're experiencing sudden out of the box success with the lead single from their upcoming album, but Jesse Lacey (if not all of Brand New) is tight with them, and this song reminds me of Modest Mouse, so I'll take it. Oh yeah, and feel free to help yourselves to a 320 kbps mp3 of this song. I get a The Used vibe myself. 29 27 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA I've Got Friends 487 433 54
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 6, 2009 2:17:10 GMT -5
I get a The Used vibe myself. Really? Hmm. I'll have to keep them in mind the next time I listen to this. Ultimately, I didn't end up liking this as much as I thought I would at first.
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Post by Matt4319 on May 6, 2009 10:39:05 GMT -5
I get a The Used vibe myself. Really? Hmm. I'll have to keep them in mind the next time I listen to this. Ultimately, I didn't end up liking this as much as I thought I would at first. Some of the instrumentation (especially the first 15 seconds), the singer's voice at times (when it becomes higher-pitched), and the overall feel of the song (a bit spooky) remind me of "The Bird and the Worm".
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Post by pen on May 6, 2009 10:51:11 GMT -5
I agree with Nick on the Modest Mouse comparison, except I am really liking this band.
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Post by fran182 on May 18, 2009 10:29:55 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 20 on Mediabase Alternative:
22 20 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA I've Got Friends 688 612 76 1.840
61 stations playing.
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Post by fran182 on Jul 1, 2009 16:55:42 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 10 on Mediabase Alternative:
14 10 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA I've Got Friends 1049 942 107 3.686
63 stations playing.
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Post by crash46 on Jul 2, 2009 0:49:34 GMT -5
This has become one of my favorite songs on the chart right now. Good for them.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 2, 2009 1:16:31 GMT -5
Really? Hmm. I'll have to keep them in mind the next time I listen to this. Ultimately, I didn't end up liking this as much as I thought I would at first. Some of the instrumentation (especially the first 15 seconds), the singer's voice at times (when it becomes higher-pitched), and the overall feel of the song (a bit spooky) remind me of "The Bird and the Worm". Yeah, I can hear that a bit. But not the rest of their stuff, just this song imo.
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