Adam Lambert - "Whataya Want from Me"

[lockebox]

Thought a thread might aswell be made for this as it's getting some spins on Alternative. No adds date as of yet. I could see this doing something if RCA really pushed it, much like Daughtry. This has a nice Alternative feel to it. Damn catchy melody and immaculate vocals. A sure fire winner.

[Kworb]

Huh? There's only one Alternative station playing this and it's a mislabeled HAC station.

[lockebox]

I haven't looked into it. 30+ spins on Alternative?

[Matt4319]

Yep, KUCD is pretty much pure Hot AC.

lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move Aud
4 1 OWL CITY Fireflies 61 55 6 0.1447
1 2 COLBIE CAILLAT Fallin' For You 57 57 0 0.1424
2 3 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Say Hey (I Love You) 56 55 1 0.1303
11 4 ROB THOMAS Someday 55 37 18 0.1309
12 5 JOHN MAYER Who Says 52 36 16 0.1219
7 6 SHINEDOWN If You Only Knew 52 53 -1 0.1238
3 7 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 51 55 -4 0.1274
5 8 DAUGHTRY No Surprise 44 54 -10 0.1081
16 9 UNCLE KRACKER Smile 40 34 6 0.0964
6 10 FRAY Never Say Never 38 53 -15 0.0939
24 11 NICKELBACK Never Gonna Be Alone 37 32 5 0.0907
14 12 ONEREPUBLIC All The Right Moves 36 34 2 0.0908
19 13 GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE Come On 34 32 2 0.0771
0 14 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 34 0 34 0.0774
17 15 LIFEHOUSE Halfway Gone 34 33 1 0.0818
18 16 THE SCRIPT Breakeven 34 33 1 0.0718
0 17 FIVE FOR FIGHTING Chances 33 0 33 0.0759
21 18 JOHN MAYER Heartbreak Warfare 33 32 1 0.0774
0 19 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We're Dying 32 0 32 0.0665
0 20 BOYS LIKE GIRLS Two Is Better Than One 32 0 32 0.0704
25 21 DAUGHTRY Life After You 32 28 4 0.0692
0 22 WE THE KINGS Heaven Can Wait 32 0 32 0.0698
0 23 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire 30 0 30 0.0634
0 24 ORIANTHI According To You 29 0 29 0.0683
20 25 HOTT Here For U 18 32 -14 0.0387
31 26 SAVING ABEL Addicted 18 17 1 0.037
35 27 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell 17 14 3 0.0354
41 28 CAROLINA LIAR Show Me What I'm Looking For 17 12 5 0.0416
9 29 BOYS LIKE GIRLS Love Drunk 16 40 -24 0.038
36 30 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida 16 14 2 0.0386
42 31 CRASH KINGS Mountain Man 16 12 4 0.0072
32 32 3 DOORS DOWN Let Me Be Myself 15 16 -1 0.0345
46 33 AS TALL AS LIONS In Case Of Rapture 15 11 4 0.0068
43 34 FRAY You Found Me 15 12 3 0.0323
33 35 LIFEHOUSE Broken 15 15 0 0.0318
29 36 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours 15 17 -2 0.0371
13 37 SHINEDOWN Second Chance 15 35 -20 0.0333
34 38 LINKIN PARK New Divide 14 15 -1 0.0364
23 39 NICKELBACK If Today Was Your Last Day 14 32 -18 0.0266
28 40 THEORY OF A DEADMAN Not Meant To Be 14 18 -4 0.0299
76 41 NICKELBACK Gotta Be Somebody 13 8 5 0.0325
10 42 KATY PERRY Waking Up In Vegas 13 37 -24 0.0261
70 43 PUDDLE OF MUDD Spaceship 13 9 4 0.0052
8 44 GREEN DAY 21 Guns 12 51 -39 0.0308
66 45 HOCKEY Too Fake 12 9 3 0.0048
77 46 SILVERSUN PICKUPS Substitution 12 8 4 0.0048
50 47 WEEZER I Want To 12 11 1 0.0048
61 48 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Back Against The Wall 11 9 2 0.0044
53 49 JULIAN CASABLANCAS Out Of The Blue 11 10 1 0.0044
74 50 GREEN DAY Wake Me Up When Sept. Ends 11 8 3 0.0249

[lockebox]

It's still monitored.

[Matt4319]

I will say, though, that this is surprisingly good after hearing "For Your Entertainment". If this were some random unknown band that got the proper promotion, I think it'd have a decent shot at cracking the top 40 of this chart... but since it's Adam Lambert, virtually no chance.

[Matt4319]

Dec 23, 2009 13:39:05 GMT -5 lockebox said:

It's still monitored.

The point is that if this station were listed properly (as Hot AC), "WWFM" would have 0 spins on Alternative. As it is though, it's doing decently on Pop (in the top 40) and Hot AC (in the top 50) and gaining on both.

[Nicholas2.0]

Dec 23, 2009 13:41:00 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

I will say, though, that this is surprisingly good after hearing "For Your Entertainment".

I didn't see why FYE never made the Top 40 on Pop. I liked that one and Allison Iraheta's "Friday I'll Be Over U" just fine and streamed them regularly from All Access. "Whataya Want From Me" is real good as well, probably a little better.

[WotUNeed]

Some P!nk reject on Alternative? Well, I guess with "Just Like a Pill" being the female rock performance of the decade, it could work out for him.

[lockebox]

Dec 23, 2009 13:41:00 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

If this were some random unknown band that got the proper promotion, I think it'd have a decent shot at cracking the top 40 of this chart... but since it's Adam Lambert, virtually no chance.

Well, stranger things have happened. People seem to forget that Katy Perry hit the top 30 and Jack Johnson almost scored a top 5 not all that long ago.

[Matt4319]

Dec 23, 2009 13:44:32 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

Dec 23, 2009 13:39:05 GMT -5 lockebox said:

It's still monitored.

The point is that if this station were listed properly (as Hot AC), "WWFM" would have 0 spins on Alternative. As it is though, it's doing decently on Pop (in the top 40) and Hot AC (in the top 50) and gaining on both.

Bumping this thread for three reasons:

(1) Because I listened to the song (still good);
(2) To say that Mediabase has finally moved KUCD over to the Hot AC panel;
(3) To show everyone the official KUCD logo currently on their website.



"Hawaii's New Music Alterative". Nice!

[jvandyck87]

KUCD played Sevendust - "Prodigal Son" in 2008. Only about 4 or 5 times, but they did play it. Maybe their listenership prefers their more Hot AC stuff that they play so they've leaned more and more that way. I bet there aren't a lot of rockers out there in Hawaii compared to other areas of the country.

[PHOBES]

I wasn't a fan of Lambert's on Idol (Danny Gokey FT...well third isn't bad) and I DESPISED "For Your Entertainment," so I wasn't gonna go out of my way to hear this. Well, I saw the video on vh1, and I've gotta say I really dig this song. It's nothing fantastic, but I've always enjoyed good pop rock and that's basically what this is.

But yeah, David Cook couldn't do anything with "Bar-ba-sol" and Daughtry apparently released "You Don't Belong" to considerably less than critical acclaim. So I think Chris may be the first, and only, idol to ever experience rock radio success.

[Cody]

Dec 24, 2009 3:52:20 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Some P!nk reject on Alternative? Well, I guess with "Just Like a Pill" being the female rock performance of the decade, it could work out for him.

Wow that's the first I've heard of that. IMO "Don't Let Me Get Me" could have been a legit alternative hit back in it's time though.

[The Party Captain]

Ur + Ur Hand could have done well too.