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« on: March 09, 2012, 01:51:06 PM » |
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Gotye "Somebody I Used to Know" is NOW TOP 40.
With the help of Adele, this type of sound should be and remain successful.
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2012, 09:09:22 PM » |
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With the help of Adele, this type of sound should be and remain successful.
Gotye and Adele have the same type of sound? Don't hear it at all... |
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2012, 09:25:50 PM » |
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The song is receiving some support from Clear Channel, but mainly on the more adult-friendly CHR's. I've heard it on Channel 96.1 in Charlotte.
I don't see many similarities to Adele in this one either, unless the fact that it's more adult/alternative sounding. I can see her songs doing better on CHR than this one, but we'll see...Foster The People had big success...
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2012, 11:44:11 PM » |
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With the help from the success of Adele's sound, Gotye shouldn't have much of a problem coming in with their own "different" chr sound. Adele's sound should open minds enough to the point where more adult / soft alternative style singing quality based music should work on chr.
Anyone notice how it seems like only soft alternative is crossing into top 40? I have yet to hear a full blown alternative rock type song make it. I believe Sick Puppies was the last one I heard with a harder sound. I'd consider Hot Chelle Rae to be "soft" and rather poppish as well.
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2012, 07:57:44 AM » |
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I think Foster the People paved the way for Gotye more than anything else.
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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2012, 01:36:05 PM » |
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You need to take into consideration that some of those stations spinning it may not be spinning the original version of the song either. There are tons of remixes of this song. We're playing both the original and a remix in GR.
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2012, 09:22:03 PM » |
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I'm also not yet 100% sure it's necessarily going to explode and go Top 5 (I don't think stations know that yet either) - the bullet's not huge, but the adds date is this Tuesday I think so this is all pre-add airplay
I hope KDM's right though, and it explodes!
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« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2012, 06:37:24 AM » |
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I don't think it's Adele or Foster the people paving the way...it's Itunes...it's already a huge hit whne looking at Itunes
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2012, 10:11:43 AM » |
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I don't see this one exploding. This is just my opinion, but its not that great of a song. There are far more worthy alternative tracks that should get their due at CHR.
Or as my friend posted on Facebook, "why is KROQ so suddenly into 80s Peter Gabriel?" This is a derivative pile of crap, and it doesn't even have the 'fun' vibe of a song like "Pumped Up Kicks" that mananged to sound poppy despite its lyrics.
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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2012, 11:02:51 AM » |
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Here in Columbus I've heard that Gotya song quite a bit on Hot AC Mix 1079 than I have on CHR WNCI.
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