Not Alone (Linkin Park)

[(Artie Ziff)]

Out to radio next week from Billboard. Not sure if this the second release from the upcoming demo album, or what. Haven't heard yet and less than 10 detections the last 24 hours.

[metalfan87]

that song was used for the Hope for Haiti album

[(Artie Ziff)]

Ok, makes sense. XM played a Hoobastank song from an earthquake album too, but I don't see a radio date yet.

[metalfan87]

Strange. they should give a radio date for the Hoobastank song, which is called We Are One

[Shadows in the Dark]

Another non-album Linkin Park song? Wow.

[The Party Captain]

Agreed. By the time, they finally release an album, people will want them to go away for a while.

Too much flooding of your sound makes people less interested.

[(Artie Ziff)]

Agreed for the most part. But all of the recent artists putting out 7 - 10 singles an album doesn't seem to be hurting them too much.

[The Party Captain]

^Usually they don't send more than 5 singles to the same market. I know Daughtry had 7 singles off his self-titled, but 2 of them just went to rock stations and not Hot AC or CHR. Most of his big hits haven't gone to rock radio.

[metalfan87]

Jan 27, 2010 20:01:00 GMT -5 The Party Captain said:

^Usually they don't send more than 5 singles to the same market. I know Daughtry had 7 singles off his self-titled, but 2 of them just went to rock stations and not alternative. Most of his big hits haven't gone to rock radio.

actually 3

[(Artie Ziff)]

I hadn't even thought of them. But I've only heard three of their songs myself.

[Cody]

This is gonna flop, really it's actually weaker than Dead By Sunrise's "Let Down"

[(Artie Ziff)]

Well considering it may be their version of We Are The World, I'm not sure they were trying to blow rock radio away. Still have not heard it though.

[lockebox]

Jan 27, 2010 23:04:11 GMT -5 Cody said:

This is gonna flop, really it's actually weaker than Dead By Sunrise's "Let Down"

Well, it won't flop because it won't get an adds date and won't get released. Artie started a similiar thread for "Across the Line" awhile back. And yes this is real weak. But it gets across what was intended. A nice sentiment.

[Rich P.]

You don't think this one's going to be played even without an adds date? Because this is Linkin Park, and because there's no new studio material to play, I'm guessing however this sounds it'll be top 5 in no time.

[(Artie Ziff)]

It's +83 over the last three days. I agree that just because it's them and the meaning behind the song will get it tons of early airplay at least. Hope it is a good one.

[Mega248]

Meh, I was kind of hoping they'd go away until 2012 or so. Not that I dislike them; I just need a break from them.

[(Artie Ziff)]

I would not object to that. If my math is right, Nielsen shows this will be the 27th single to chart in 10 years for Linkin Park or any of its side bands. Talk about overkill.

[lockebox]

I think radio has had enough of Bennington's voice. As the recent Dead By Sunrise singles possibly showed. All this on top of five "Minutes to Midnight" singles + "New Divide". All in relatively quick succession.

[pen]

Hard to believe it's actually been almost three years since Minutes To Midnight.

[Shadows in the Dark]

And they're planning on releasing a follow up sometime this year.

[(Artie Ziff)]

Maybe somebody will get them the message about burnout. Let's hope they wait a bit longer.

[PHOBES]

I would actually love a new LP album, three year gaps are more than enough for me.

[My Life Is A Stereo]

I don't buy the burnout argument. If a band releases quality material they can go ahead and release as often as they like. Three years is more than enough time for an album as long as they are creatively ready for it. If we get a garbage album for money reasons then its a waste. Linkin Park has yet to release a horrible album.

[American Idiot]

I wouldn't mind either if they made a brand new fresh album. It just seems because most of their singles have so much longevity and then the release of "New Divide," that it hasn't been anywhere near that long. I had to think back to when I heard "What I've Done," which I remember hearing towards the end of my college days, which yes indeed was almost three years ago.

[onefrayedrepublic]

I need a new LP album. How many singles has Nickelback released recently... burnout isn't an issue if people are still liking it.

[jvandyck87]

Well the nickelback singles aren't doing as well as they used to. And it seems like radio stations play them more because they know nickelback singles are a safe bet. I doubt any of the Dark Horse singles will go down in history as among Nickelback's biggest hits. And it's the first album since The State for which that could be said.

[onefrayedrepublic]

LP singles are a similarly safe bet. What I've Done is likely to be the only recent LP single that ends up among people's favorites when we look back later.

[PHOBES]

"Leave Out all the Rest" is a classic IMO, I was actually really let down by the blandness of "What I've Done."

[metalfan87]

I was mad when they put LOATR on the Twilight soundtrack.

[onefrayedrepublic]

Leave Out All The Rest didn't do anything -- which is a great crime! I will never understand why Shadow of the Day was released ahead of it. In the average person's mind, LOATR will be forgotten, though it is indubitably the best song on the album.