| October 18th, 2004 01:33 AM |
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| Soldatti |
While the Airplay to date on US for the new Mick single is very small (500 spins on three weeks) on UK the song is doing very well and this week debuted #36 on the UK Top 100 Airplay, the 2nd best entry of the week.
For the record Don't Stop peaked at #33 on the UK Airplay chart (#36 on sales) and Sympathy For The Devil #28 (#14 on sales).
The song is being played on Radio 2 and is currently on the A list there as one of the Top 20 songs.
The single will be released there next Monday (Oct. 25) and based on the Airplay is expected to be a very solid Top 40 single, the first for Mick there since Sweet Thing.
This is the single tracklist:
1. Old Habits Die Hard
2. New York Hustle
3. Old Habits Die Hard [LA Acoustic Version]
4. Exclusive Abbey Road Footage Of Mick And Dave Recording 'Old Habits Die Hard'
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| October 18th, 2004 02:46 AM |
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| glencar |
Is it Sheryl Crow who took it to the top? |
| October 18th, 2004 09:04 AM |
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| Madafaka |
Thanx for the info! |
| October 18th, 2004 09:49 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
glencar wrote:
Is it Sheryl Crow who took it to the top?
I doubt it. The film is getting a lot of publicity here and any music from it released as a single should do very well. I think the film only opens this week, so it should hopefully do even better when people actually get to hear it more. |
| October 18th, 2004 10:44 AM |
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| glencar |
The film posters are plastered all over Manhattan but that is not going to help the song get airplay. Some of our biggest movie songs are from films that bombed. |
| October 18th, 2004 10:47 AM |
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| Joey |
" Some of our biggest movie songs are from films that bombed. "
<------------- Agreed Blue ! Case in Point ! : Steely Dan's " FM " .
W- W- W- W- What ?!?! ...............Oh , sure :
FM (1978)
( Becker / Fagen / Santos )
" Worry the bottle Steelie, it's grapefruit wine
Kick off your high heel sneakers, it's party time
The girls don't seem to care what's on
As long as it plays till dawn
Nothin' but blues and Elvis
And somebody else's favorite song
Give her some funked up music, she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right
FM - no static at all
Give her some funked up music she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right
FM - no static at all .........."
" Stones Rule You Bastards ! "
Jacky Dan !
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| October 18th, 2004 11:00 AM |
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| glencar |
Prime example. The movie bombed, the song sucked & yet a hit single was born. |
| October 18th, 2004 11:51 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
glencar wrote:
The film posters are plastered all over Manhattan but that is not going to help the song get airplay. Some of our biggest movie songs are from films that bombed.
I'm sure you're right but it seems to work differently over here. Its a remake of a classic 60's Brit film with a mostly British cast (and a youthful one) and should do well here, even if it probably wont do so well in the US. Spin offs (such as the soundtracks or singles released from it) from successful and high profile British films tend to do very well commercially (eg all the Richard Curtis/Hugh Grant type collaborations like "love actually", "Four weddings and a funeral" etc), I'd be very surprised if the single doesnt reach the top twenty at least. |
| October 18th, 2004 01:02 PM |
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| glencar |
Good for Mick! I was in a theater the other night & they announced the song & then started to play it but after Mick's first verse, they started the upcoming attractions trailers. BTW I saw Team America. Hilarious. |
| October 18th, 2004 09:33 PM |
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| Soldatti |
The most curious thing here is that only three acts on the Top 100 are from the 70's or before: Tina Turner (#35), Mick (#36) and Elton John (#38).
Great to see Mick doing well on his country. |
| October 19th, 2004 07:16 AM |
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| Gazza |
Soldatti
Most artists over the age of about 30 dont release singles in Britain anymore. And a lot of even the major record labels dont release many singles either for most of their artists.
The average age of the singles-buyer in Britain is about 12-14..that has been the case for about the last 15 years.
Basically, if you're not in a boyband or in some kind of genre that appeals to kids that age (Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera) or not releasing some pseudo-hip hop crap, then you're wasting your time.
Once in a while, you'll get a song from a big film or TV show or something that actually crosses over and adults buy it too. Thats realistically the only way you're going to see someone like Mick Jagger in the singles charts.
Its worth mentioning how dramatically radio has also changed. BBC Radio 1 used to be the main rock and pop station in the country but it now gears itself exclusively to a youth orientated audience (it basically doesnt play any music more than a couple of years old and youd never find anyone from the Stones era on its playlists anymore).
Most of the older listeners (ie, 30 and up) who listen to rock music migrated to Radio 2 - which some years ago used to be the confines of easy listening stuff like Perry Como! Its now primarily aimed at a more mature rock and pop audience. Radio 2 is now the most listened to station, but its not listened to by people who are going to buy singles. Also with more local and specialist radio stations now, theres simply less people listening to chart music than before, and also less people buying it.
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| October 19th, 2004 07:49 AM |
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| Doxa |
"Its worth mentioning how dramatically radio has also changed. BBC Radio 1 used to be the main rock and pop station in the country but it now gears itself exclusively to a youth orientated audience (it basically doesnt play any music more than a couple of years old and youd never find anyone from the Stones era on its playlists anymore).
Most of the older listeners (ie, 30 and up) who listen to rock music migrated to Radio 2 - which some years ago used to be the confines of easy listening stuff like Perry Como! Its now primarily aimed at a more mature rock and pop audience. Radio 2 is now the most listened to station, but its not listened to by people who are going to buy singles. Also with more local and specialist radio stations now, theres simply less people listening to chart music than before, and also less people buying it."
Nicely described the changing of the times (and of generations), Gazza...
But.. has the things really changed so dramatically? I mean,
one way to look at it is to see that Radio 1 has always directed its music into kids, while Radio 2 into "more matured" people. The politics of BBC has remained the same, only the content of the used material has changed.. Nowadays The Rolling Stones is the Perry Como of the past. 
- Doxa
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| October 19th, 2004 08:05 AM |
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| bootcover |
Is it possible that someone can send me this Cd Single ?
Perhaps easy to get in your local recordstore, but can't find it here in Holland 
Will pay for all costs !!!
[email protected] |
| October 19th, 2004 08:38 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
Doxa wrote:
"Nicely described the changing of the times (and of generations), Gazza...
But.. has the things really changed so dramatically? I mean,
one way to look at it is to see that Radio 1 has always directed its music into kids, while Radio 2 into "more matured" people. The politics of BBC has remained the same, only the content of the used material has changed.. Nowadays The Rolling Stones is the Perry Como of the past.
- Doxa
Oh it HAS changed. On Radio 2 until a few years ago you simply didnt get rock music during the daytime, and rarely at night too. It really WAS easy listening stuff pretty much all the time - now, its only Sundays that still is like that. The demographic up to about 5-10 years ago would have been for people of about 50 years of age and up. Radio 1 played a greater variety of rock and pop music up to around 1990 than it does now. And most of the DJ's who were previously on Radio 1 moved to Radio 2 as they got a bit older - and generally took their audience with them.
For a few years after independent national stations like Virgin started, as well as the more popular regional ones like Capital etc, the BBC didnt really HAVE an audience for those people who were getting too old for Radio 1 but who werent into the sort of fare that you got on Radio 2. So they basically gave Radio 2 an overhaul and broadened the audience range as they were losing listeners to these stations. As a result, it now gets more listeners than Radio 1 which - ever since the launch of the music radio stations in 1967 - was ALWAYS far and away the most popular.
Radio 1 has been losing listeners by the truckload for the last 15 years. |
| October 19th, 2004 09:31 PM |
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| Soldatti |
Thanks for all the explanation Gazza, I'm still glad to see Mick or the Stones mixed there with all the new acts. |
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