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Post by crash46 on Aug 21, 2010 14:37:00 GMT -5
It isn't exactly something to brag about, but if I had never seen it on the chart, I never would have even known it existed. The buzz about this song didn't begin here until it hit the top 50. That's when I sought it out and it immediately became a song to pull for, and the pulling intensified the farther it moved up the chart because unlikely success stories like this one hardly ever happen to the songs I want them to happen to anymore.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Aug 22, 2010 18:13:31 GMT -5
^That depends where you live and what radio stations you have access to buddy. I think part of why my tastes have evolved to favor active rock over alternative is because my alternative station plays the current top 10 and a heavy dose of recurrents and golds (though the top 10 right now might as well have recurrents as well). My local active station, while playing a lot of music I hate, at least exposes me to nearly anything that goes top 40 on active and a handful of songs below that mark as well. I like crash46 wouldn't have known about it unless I followed the alternative radio chart. My local alt station finally added the song last week as it approached the top 10, and even still, only on overnight rotation. When it hits top 10, they'll probably take the daypart limitations off the song.
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Post by Pipa on Aug 22, 2010 23:06:34 GMT -5
Hundreds of listens later, and I'm still not a fan of it, but the reasons for that are down to one: I still can't get over how out of place the f-bomb sounds here. I don't mind the word per se, but here they just throw it into this almost cutesie Riverdance-sounding song with a totally banal relationship subject matter. It's like they just put it in to give it alternative cred. If it wasn't for that it probably would have grown on me by now. I have the radio edit, if you're interested.
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Post by Minor Scratch on Aug 22, 2010 23:09:14 GMT -5
I've been listening to Mumford for a while and was very surprised to see an indie folk record rising on the Alternative radio chart. I'm happy for their success stateside and I hope they eventually release 'The Cave' here. Not sure if it will have the impact of this track, but its definitely one my favorites off the album.
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Post by crash46 on Aug 23, 2010 17:53:32 GMT -5
^That depends where you live and what radio stations you have access to buddy. I think part of why my tastes have evolved to favor active rock over alternative is because my alternative station plays the current top 10 and a heavy dose of recurrents and golds (though the top 10 right now might as well have recurrents as well). My local active station, while playing a lot of music I hate, at least exposes me to nearly anything that goes top 40 on active and a handful of songs below that mark as well. I like crash46 wouldn't have known about it unless I followed the alternative radio chart. My local alt station finally added the song last week as it approached the top 10, and even still, only on overnight rotation. When it hits top 10, they'll probably take the daypart limitations off the song. Right; there's so many radio stations out there (mine included) that just take a look at the charts and that's how they decide what they play. I could listen to mine all night and I bet I wouldn't hear any more than one current song that is in the 31-50 range (or lower) on the chart right now. It was so much better in the days where a radio station's playlist might include some songs that weren't necessarily going to be national hits, but they'd get some local exposure just because they tested well. Shame that just a handful of people decide what our radio hits are going to be now. So many songs to choose from yet so few of them getting any spin. Only 150 plays on Alternative, or 350 plays on CHR, and you're on the chart. WTF.
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Post by mcbrearty on Aug 23, 2010 18:11:34 GMT -5
Massive hit in my neck of the woods.
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Post by when the pawn... on Aug 23, 2010 18:40:04 GMT -5
Top 10 on real time Alt. It was #11 on this week's VH1 Top 20 Countdown and their album is a now a staple on the iTunes Top 10 on the front page.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2010 8:55:58 GMT -5
Top 10!
15 9 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man RED/Glassnote 2009 886 796 90
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Post by crash46 on Aug 26, 2010 19:02:56 GMT -5
Secondhand gossip here, but I heard this song was being played on Sirius Hits? I mean, they are decent enough to play some Stone Sour and Paper Tongues on their current playlist when it's a Top 40 station, but...they're sayin' that one minute they're playing a cover song vomitoria by the cast of Glee, and five minutes later they could be recovering by playing "Little Lion Man"? I love it!
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Post by Devin on Aug 31, 2010 17:50:09 GMT -5
WooHoo! Massive crossover hit! That would be awesome, but doubtful it'll ever happen.... shame
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Post by Minor Scratch on Aug 31, 2010 17:55:49 GMT -5
I think this has a chance on Hot AC, and maybe sporadic airplay on CHR.
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Post by Devin on Sept 11, 2010 19:12:35 GMT -5
Love this song. I think I may buy the CD now because of this, "The Cave" and "Winter Winds". "The Cave" should be the next single. I bought the album after. As you can see from my avatar and signature, I love Mumford & Sons now. I would even say they are my favorite band! After throughly listening to the album, I recommend "The Cave" or "Thistle & Winds" for the next single. But for now, I hope "Little Lion Man" can make it to #1 on alternative, hit the active rock chart, make dents on HAC and pop charts, and have a long run on all these charts.
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Post by Radical347 on Sept 11, 2010 21:52:18 GMT -5
I think this has a chance on Hot AC, and maybe sporadic airplay on CHR. For sure, although I really think it could get more than just sporadic airplay. They've pushed it this far on alt. and it's worked, so why not just send it all the way to pop? I'm sure the popheads'd love it just as much as any other song once it starts getting 10000+ spins/wk.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 9:33:43 GMT -5
Love this song. I think I may buy the CD now because of this, "The Cave" and "Winter Winds". "The Cave" should be the next single. I bought the album after. As you can see from my avatar and signature, I love Mumford & Sons now. I would even say they are my favorite band! After throughly listening to the album, I recommend "The Cave" or "Thistle & Winds" for the next single. But for now, I hope "Little Lion Man" can make it to #1 on alternative, hit the active rock chart, make dents on HAC and pop charts, and have a long run on all these charts. It makes me happy when other people discover the brilliancy of M&S.
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Post by Rumors on Sept 12, 2010 9:44:41 GMT -5
I'm mainly a HotAC listener and I love this song. I think it could do very well on that format.
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Post by Amnesiac on Sept 12, 2010 18:56:05 GMT -5
After throughly listening to the album, I recommend "The Cave" or "Thistle & Winds" for the next single. But for now. "The Cave" was the second single in the UK, and it did OK. I suspect that will be the next single here too. Like I said before, with Phoenix, Temper Trap and Mumford & Sons, this has sure been a good year-and-a-half for Glassnote Records (who beforehand was just a nondescript indie label owned by a former industry insider and didn't even have a Wikipedia page), hasn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 19:01:12 GMT -5
"The Cave" was actually their third single in the UK. I think it would be sensible for them to follow the same trajectory they did here. Release "Winter Winds" in time for winter and then "The Cave" during spring.
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Post by Amnesiac on Sept 12, 2010 19:07:50 GMT -5
"The Cave" was actually their third single in the UK. I think it would be sensible for them to follow the same trajectory they did here. Release "Winter Winds" in time for winter and then "The Cave" during spring. Oh yeah, "Winter Winds" was #2. "The Cave" was their second single to make the Top 40.
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Post by Devin on Sept 12, 2010 19:17:09 GMT -5
I feel like "Winter Winds" won't work as a single in the US; "The Cave" sounds as if it'll work better, since it's more radio-friendly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2010 8:28:22 GMT -5
Top 5: 8 5 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man RED/Glassnote 2009 1168 981 187 51
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2010 9:17:02 GMT -5
Song is ok; I did enjoy their latest album.
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Post by Devin on Sept 17, 2010 13:07:27 GMT -5
Top 5: 8 5 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man RED/Glassnote 2009 1168 981 187 51 YES! TOP 5! I truly believe now that they have the potential to go #1! But I'm also afraid that when they release their second American single, it may flop; hopefully not.
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Post by when the pawn... on Sept 17, 2010 18:19:40 GMT -5
On RealTime, LLM is #4 and The Cave is in the 60s. I don't think we have to worry about the second single failing.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Sept 18, 2010 14:38:38 GMT -5
Top 5: 8 5 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man RED/Glassnote 2009 1168 981 187 51 Great jorb!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2010 5:21:27 GMT -5
I wonder if this can get to #1. KoL are coming fast!
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Post by when the pawn... on Sept 21, 2010 8:30:14 GMT -5
I wonder if this can get to #1. KoL are coming fast! It's currently #2 on Real Time....minor chance it could squeeze #1 this week.
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Post by Devin on Sept 21, 2010 12:01:54 GMT -5
I wonder if this can get to #1. KoL are coming fast! Maybe KoL will do a "The Catalyst", come fast and fall fast. I think "My Best Theory" will be the next #1 after "Animal", then "Radioactive", then (fingers crossed) "Little Lion Man" will spend some time at #1. I think this song is going to have long chart run.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Sept 21, 2010 12:42:56 GMT -5
Unfortunately with KOL coming, I don't think this song will get to #1 unless it beats KOL getting there or heats up faster than Jimmy Eat World. The only other scenario I could see is this stealing #1 from KOL for a week in the middle of KOL's run, but I don't think this song will still be on the way up when KOL starts falling. And I think there is less of a negative reaction to "Radioactive" than "The Catalyst" so that's not a good metric of how long to expect KoL to last at the top. I agree LLM could have a long chart run, but I don't see it having the full format's support for more than another 5 weeks before some stations start playing it more like a recurrent. A #2 peak with a LONG run in the top 10 is what I'm expecting for this song, but #1 is certainly a possibility.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2010 7:12:30 GMT -5
It gained 25 spins on Alternative today! 1 1 NEON TREES Animal Mercury/IDJMG 2009 1386 1406 -204 7 2 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man RED/Glassnote 2009 1283 1151 132 2 4 3 JIMMY EAT WORLD My Best Theory DGC/Interscope 2010 1277 1183 94 8 8 4 BLACK KEYS Tighten Up Nonesuch/Warner Bros. 2010 1209 1083 12610 12 6 KINGS OF LEON Radioactive RCA/RMG 2010 1178 918 260
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Post by jvandyck87 on Sept 23, 2010 9:15:23 GMT -5
Passing Jimmy Eat World, now makes this song a favorite to go #1. If it can't stay ahead of Jimmy Eat World at this week's end and fails to pass it in the next few weeks, I'd say its #1 window closes significantly.
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