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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Katy Perry _ why WERE you a single?

Posted by: Josh. Jan 25 2015, 11:58 AM

Moving on from the other thread has Katy made any awful decisions?

She's mainly spot on with her choices but I guess TIHWD shouldn't have been a single despite me ending up loving it. The video was utterly fab though amd we would've missed out on that..

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jan 25 2015, 12:12 PM

Birthday
This is how we do
Teenage dream

Posted by: Sean. Jan 25 2015, 12:38 PM

I think it's a classic case of The Saturdays, not the wrong singles, just bad timing and order!

Posted by: *Tim Jan 25 2015, 02:22 PM

Birthday and Teenage Dream tbh

Teenage Dream is bloody basic and overrated

Posted by: Acidburn Jan 25 2015, 02:24 PM

This Is How We Do, why was this a single over Legendary Lovers and Walking On Air, such a bland choice. Also I don't think Birthday was a wrong choice, just released too soon, should have been the 5th or 6th type single

Posted by: JosephJamil Jan 25 2015, 02:28 PM

Y'all saying Teenage Dream was a bad choice are CRAZY, it's a great pop song and did very well too!

The only mistake IMO has been This Is How We Do - Birthday did relatively well, not amazingly well but it spent a fair amount of time in the top 40. Walking On Air should've been instead of TIHWD so it can have a big summer impact.

Posted by: AdamAloud Jan 25 2015, 05:06 PM

Well I don't think she's had a dud single yet to be honest! Like Sean said, the timing and the release strategy were what killed the majority of singles from this era.

Posted by: Wall-e Jan 25 2015, 05:23 PM

'Teenage Dream' is such bad single omg.

Slayed worldwide.

Posted by: Josh. Jan 25 2015, 05:26 PM

Lol at the idea of TD being a bad single even surfacing.

Still her best pure pop moment and blows away Roar/Cali Gurls etc. tbh

Posted by: J▲hq Jan 25 2015, 05:36 PM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Jan 25 2015, 02:22 PM) *
Teenage Dream is bloody basic and overrated


I've never seen so much truth tea

I'd agree with "This Is How We Do", very generic and a really good album track at best tbh but if it helped keep "Legendary Lovers" away then it's cool

Posted by: Atonement Jan 25 2015, 05:50 PM

'Uncontionally' definitely. It was a pretty big flop for a follow-up of a huge single (and it's awful).

Posted by: *Tim Jan 25 2015, 06:11 PM

Some of yáll need to realise that doing well =/= quality music

Posted by: ♡ Heezus Froot ♡ Jan 25 2015, 06:32 PM

I ditto everything said about Teenage Dream. It's so basic.

Posted by: mr_aly Jan 25 2015, 08:11 PM

'Teenage Dream' is brilliant and pop gold!

I don't know how it can be called 'basic' considering what it was following up...

Posted by: Jay ジ Jan 25 2015, 08:32 PM

Can we not rightly defend Teenage Dream by wrongly dragging California Gurls please. x

Posted by: TOXIC_AIR Jan 25 2015, 11:11 PM

Unconditionally

Blegh. What a shit follow up second single.

Posted by: Joe. Jan 26 2015, 02:39 PM

I don't like this This is How We Do hate.

I don't think it's sold much less than Birthday and Birthday was top 5 on airplay.

Birthday's flop is the reason for minimal support for TIHWD.

The same thing happened with Thinking Of You and Waking Up in Vegas.

(Also, This Is How We Do, has now sold just a small amount less than Birthday and quite a bit more than 'Unconditionally' despite those two songs getting way more support)

If TOU and TIHWD had swapped releases with the singles before them, i'm certain they would have both done a lot better.



Teenage Dream is a massive anthem. I actually think Firework is much more basic, though I still enjoy it.

Posted by: piano* Jan 28 2015, 06:15 AM

Part Of Me and Birthday.

Posted by: Mike Sugafan Jan 28 2015, 05:52 PM

Birthday and This Is How We Do. Should be Legendary Lovers and Walking On Air

Posted by: Doug Jan 28 2015, 05:59 PM

'waking up in vegas', 'last friday night', 'the one that got away', and 'this is how we do' spring to mind here. 'roar' as well to a lesser extent, but I can't really imagine anything else being the lead single, overplay just killed it for me quite quickly really.
'self inflicted', 'hummingbird heartbeat' and most importantly 'walking on air' should have been singles I think.

Posted by: JosephStyles Jan 28 2015, 07:01 PM

You did NOT just drag The One That Got Away ohmy.gif sad.gif

Posted by: *Tim Jan 28 2015, 07:52 PM


Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jan 28 2015, 07:54 PM

One that got away hate cry.gif

Teenage dream is so bland and overrated. I don't know how people regard it as her best (let alone anywhere near her best)

Posted by: mr_aly Jan 28 2015, 09:08 PM

I don't know how it's overrated, it seemed to be the overlooked/forgotten about single from that era at the time. I guess because 'Firework' was the follow-up and it had been so much bigger, that usually happens if that's the case.

It's gone on to become her best for me, definitely.

Posted by: Joe. Jan 28 2015, 10:33 PM

The One That Got Away is bland.

Teenage Dream is a massive anthem.

Posted by: JosephStyles Jan 28 2015, 11:16 PM

The One That Got Away is absolutely beautiful wub.gif Properly clicked on tour tbh, not gonna lie, I almost cried.

Posted by: JSG Jan 28 2015, 11:20 PM

The One That Got Away is my fave Katy song. and the video. omg. I cried the first time I watched it. It's just proper amazing tbh. I think the only song I've not really liked properly that she's released is nothing laugh.gif

Posted by: Doug Jan 29 2015, 01:52 AM

'the one that got away' is just basic for me, katy can do emotional songs really well, but it just doesn't do an awful lot for me. I think I feel the way about that song the way most feel about 'unconditionally' and vice versa. it's so much better.

Posted by: gooddelta Jan 29 2015, 11:17 AM

Unconditionally is painful for me, I will never get over her dire pronunciation of the word. Most of her single choices have been spot on though. I'd have liked to have seen Self Inflicted as a single but I can't imagine it would have done that much sad.gif

Posted by: Umi Jan 29 2015, 12:24 PM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Jan 25 2015, 06:11 PM) *
Some of yáll need to realise that doing well =/= quality music

Well in a discussion about songs being singles (i.e. commercial vehicles for sales) then I think doing well should be the defining factor of what should and shouldn't have been one. For example, I really don't like 'California Gurls' at all but you'd be crazy to think that shouldn't have been a single. Same for 'Roar'.

Posted by: Liаm Jan 29 2015, 02:09 PM

The One Who Got Away is RIDICULOUSLY overrated. It is great ,but for people to consider it to be her best when she has songs like Hot N Cold, Firework, E.T., Dark Horse, Roar and Teenage Dream in her discography.... drama.gif

Posted by: Acidburn Jan 29 2015, 04:09 PM

What's with all the "Teenage Dream" hate, it's a fantastic song and definitely one of her best, most people love it and is my fave single from her, the perfect follow up to California Gurls, infact that entire era was perfect.

Also like "Unconditionally" and thought it was a great choice, but I think what went wrong was the timing, as "Roar" was still dominating everywhere at the time, and Unconditionally got lost amongst the hype and wasn't given the right push. I don't think a lot of people knew it was released and therefore got overshadowed, then after Roar started to die down, all the hype started on Dark Horse.

But still think that "Birthday" was released way too soon as well, and should have been the 5th single instead. If "Walking On Air" was released following "Dark Horse", then that would have definitely performed better and smashed worldwide, or at least made top 10 in USA and UK. Then Birthday would have probably performed about the same as it did.

Roar>>Unconditionally>>Dark Horse>>Walking On Air>>Birthday>>Legendary Lovers or By The Grace Of God. That would have been another perfect run of singles.

Posted by: Jay ジ Jan 29 2015, 07:14 PM

^ Two perfect posts from Liam/Acidburn! All my thoughts too.

The One That Got Away was good, but definitely the worst 'Teenage Dream' single. Come at me!

Posted by: mr_aly Jan 29 2015, 07:17 PM

What she should have done with Prism is release 'Walking On Air' as the 4th single and left the era at that, although 'Birthday' properly grew on me as a single and I absolutely love it.

Posted by: Acidburn Jan 30 2015, 02:55 AM

The One That Got Away is a good song, I'd admit I wasn't that keen on it at first, but when it became a single and that great music video, it all made sense to me, but still would have loved "Hummingbird Heartbeat" as a single though, during that time. BTW "Part Of Me" is probably my least fave from that era.

Posted by: JosephStyles Jan 30 2015, 08:09 AM

Part of Me is a huge jam and soooo underrated sad.gif

Posted by: Joe. Jan 30 2015, 08:53 AM

I think Prism should have gone Roar -> Dark Horse -> Walking on Air -> This is How We Do -> Birthday

Posted by: *Tim Jan 30 2015, 09:09 PM

QUOTE(JosephStyles @ Jan 30 2015, 09:09 AM) *
Part of Me is a huge jam and soooo underrated sad.gif

I'm beginning to think you are just trolling thinking.gif

Posted by: JosephStyles Jan 30 2015, 11:08 PM

! how dare you x

It just clicked so much on tour sad.gif

Posted by: Juliano Feb 16 2015, 01:06 PM

At first I didn't understand why The One That Got Away was released, because even though I love it, I didn't think it would smash. Then the only one since then that I was like "HUUUUH!?!" was This Is How We Do, but I kind of like it now.

Posted by: Beaverhousen Feb 16 2015, 04:59 PM

AcidBurn is right.

Who is actually criticising number one smash, classic famous Katy song and prob my fave Teenage Dream as a single choice? laugh.gif

Check. Yo. Ears.

Also Prism's disastrous singles choices sad.gif

Posted by: toxic_air Feb 16 2015, 06:23 PM

QUOTE(JosephStyles @ Jan 30 2015, 03:09 AM) *
Part of Me is a huge jam and soooo underrated sad.gif


This! It's too underrated on here. The beat basically samples the chords from TTWE (good ole' Luke), but it still remains fantastic.

Posted by: Beaverhousen Feb 16 2015, 10:27 PM

TTWE??

Posted by: Cody Slayberry Feb 16 2015, 11:29 PM

Just not finishing the era off with "Walking On Air" was the worst blunder to the Prism era. "This Is How We Do" was... decent... but not the best choice to end the era with.

Also... "Unconditionally" shouldn't have been the second single. It should have been "Dark Horse".

Posted by: Joe. Feb 17 2015, 04:13 PM

This is How We Do has sold 150k in the UK now, which is pretty decent considering it was probably Katy's least supported track.

Posted by: toxic_air Feb 17 2015, 06:04 PM

QUOTE(Beaverhousen @ Feb 16 2015, 05:27 PM) *
TTWE??


Till The World Ends

For example

Posted by: Euphorique Apr 25 2015, 04:56 AM

Thinking Of You
Teenage Dream
Birthday
This Is How We Do

Or basically my least fav singles from her tongue.gif TD did well but I dont care for it. Birthday and TIHWD however, were wastes of space. WOA was robbed.

Posted by: April Apr 25 2015, 08:57 AM

Thinking of You (yawn)
Part of Me (so weak)
Unconditionally (at the time - she should've saved it for 5th single)
Birthday (shit)
This Is How We Do (not single material)

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