I heard Diva on Radio 1 the other day, is that being released too? -_-

 

I heard Natalie Imbruglia's Torn on the radio. Is that being re-released :P Doesn't work, does it? :lol:

We havent seen any pop bars in a while, but plan B must be closing in if the sales gap on the mids is only 2%

I heard Greg James say that earlier, but he was actually referring to the gap between She Said and Telephone.

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There's only one religious themed song that should have been chosen to front this campaign - somebody who truly deserves a UK breakthrough;

 

Carrie Underwood - Jesus Take The Wheel

 

gorgeous song with a story behind the lyrics...

There's only one religious themed song that should have been chosen to front this campaign - somebody who truly deserves a UK breakthrough;

 

Carrie Underwood - Jesus Take The Wheel

 

gorgeous song with a story behind the lyrics...

 

Thev problem is the lyrics are not exactly ideal for Easter.

 

'She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati

On a snow white Christmas Eve

Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat

Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline

It'd been a long hard year

She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention

she was going way too fast

Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass ...'

 

Christmas might be a better idea.

 

 

Nah, if you want a religious themed song at Easter, it has to be this track.

 

Prince - The Cross

i :wub: 'Jesus Take The Wheel' - very emotional song & she sang it well :)

Yeah, I have to say I'm not loving History Maker having just listened to it. It's alright but there are 100's of other indie tracks that have been released this year which have deserved to do better. It's for a good cause but it's really average to me, particularly production wise - very dated.

 

Well it is from 1997 :P

 

As for Delirious? themselves, they officially disbanded at the end of 2009, so in a way this is good as it means they get to go out on a high.

Well it is from 1997 :P

 

As for Delirious? themselves, they officially disbanded at the end of 2009, so in a way this is good as it means they get to go out on a high.

 

Oh is it? :lol: I thought it was one of their final recorded tracks or something! Maybe they even performed it when I saw them live in 2000 - it was that memorable!

Thev problem is the lyrics are not exactly ideal for Easter.

Christmas might be a better idea.

 

True, maybe I should suggest this as the next campaign for this Facebook group, in 8 months from now. See if they can stop Cheryl Cole-approved X Factor winner 3.0 from scoring the xmas #1 2010 and get a song with true religious meaning to #1 for the second most religious time of the year!

Well it is from 1997 :P

 

As for Delirious? themselves, they officially disbanded at the end of 2009, so in a way this is good as it means they get to go out on a high.

 

 

Yep - the original recording (the one @ #4) was made in '97 as an unsigned band for thier first album... so it does sound dated. The live version the band played upto their disbandment last year sounds a lot more modern and is generally recorded a lot better. You can hear a 4 min radio edit version on youtube - just search for

"Delirious? History Maker - Farewell Show" (can't post links as a newbee)

 

or have a look on youtube for the longer full versions - sometimes they played this track live over 10-12 mins...

 

(and yes I am a newbee here and am not really objective on this track.. - drawn mainly as i browsed for info for my involvement in the d: campaign - but I am very impressed by the data setup you have here and will probably be around for a while.. )

 

 

Yep - the original recording (the one @ #4) was made in '97 as an unsigned band for thier first album... so it does sound dated. The live version the band played upto their disbandment last year sounds a lot more modern and is generally recorded a lot better. You can hear a 4 min radio edit version on youtube - just search for

"Delirious? History Maker - Farewell Show" (can't post links as a newbee)

 

or have a look on youtube for the longer full versions - sometimes they played this track live over 10-12 mins...

 

(and yes I am a newbee here and am not really objective on this track.. - drawn mainly as i browsed for info for my involvement in the d: campaign - but I am very impressed by the data setup you have here and will probably be around for a while.. )

 

The version at #4 is the official single release, released on Sunday 27th March [2010].

The version at #4 is the official single release, released on Sunday 27th March [2010].

 

correct - but the track originally was an album track from "king of fools", which was top 20 back in '97 for a few weeks. The "studio" single that they released for this campaign has only been released as a single because a group of fans requested it to be. The track itself is identical to the '97 original.

Yep - the original recording (the one @ #4) was made in '97 as an unsigned band for thier first album... so it does sound dated. The live version the band played upto their disbandment last year sounds a lot more modern and is generally recorded a lot better. You can hear a 4 min radio edit version on youtube - just search for

"Delirious? History Maker - Farewell Show" (can't post links as a newbee)

 

or have a look on youtube for the longer full versions - sometimes they played this track live over 10-12 mins...

 

(and yes I am a newbee here and am not really objective on this track.. - drawn mainly as i browsed for info for my involvement in the d: campaign - but I am very impressed by the data setup you have here and will probably be around for a while.. )

 

Yes it may be a primitive version made as an unsigned band but it's still the best known version. I personally think the production is great.

Yes it may be a primitive version made as an unsigned band but it's still the best known version. I personally think the production is great.

 

/agreed - whatever you think of the rights and wrongs of this campaign the fact that a 15 year old recording can still sound "ok" alongside new releases is testiment to how well it was made back then.

 

A number one placing does not look likely unless we get a massive influx of new people/dloads over the weekend and/or our lead @ HMV/Amazon is very substantial and shifts the norm of iTunes dominance of the dload market. However it is not beyond the realms of possibility and not a bad result either way to get as high as we can with practically zero airplay.

 

Andrew

/agreed - whatever you think of the rights and wrongs of this campaign the fact that a 15 year old recording can still sound "ok" alongside new releases is testiment to how well it was made back then.

 

A number one placing does not look likely unless we get a massive influx of new people/dloads over the weekend and/or our lead @ HMV/Amazon is very substantial and shifts the norm of iTunes dominance of the dload market. However it is not beyond the realms of possibility and not a bad result either way to get as high as we can with practically zero airplay.

 

Andrew

 

Now I know it's a 15 year old song by a then unsigned act it does seem very impressive, when I said it was dated, I meant in a 2005 sort of way, not realising then that it would have been almost 10 years ahead of its time production wise :lol: I still can't say I love the song but I definitely support the cause.

Has anyone got pop.bars? Haven't been posted all day. :o

I'm going to hazard a guess that the pop bars will make quite disappointing reading for Delirious? supporters :(

Now I know it's a 15 year old song by a then unsigned act it does seem very impressive, when I said it was dated, I meant in a 2005 sort of way, not realising then that it would have been almost 10 years ahead of its time production wise :lol: I still can't say I love the song but I definitely support the cause.

 

The only reason it has been released is due to fan pressure - the band themselves never aimed to release it and if I'm honest it is far from thier best song. It is ironic that in a week that they will score thier highest chart position ever (previous best was #16 in '99) the lead singer is on holiday with his family in the states and even the guy who set up this campaign in the first place is away @ centerparks. The media interviews they have done have been dodging in and out of family commitments - come to think of it its amazing that the campaign is working at all.....

 

the band themselves are donating all of the proceeds from the sales to charity.

 

Delirious themselves never signed to a major label in the UK - they set up thier own one.. (furious records) and as a result never got any airplay on any national radio network throughout thier careers. there was wild celebration over ont he FB group when radio one actually played the single this afternoon - twas the first time ever that a delirious track had been played on national radio outside of a top 40 countdown.

 

We are a pationate lot over there - but are trying to keep this campaign within the rules and within the spirit of the rules - were activily discouraging people downloading more than 3 versions for themselves and trying to do this through weight of numbers rather than through gaming the system.

 

Andrew

Where's Brit when you need her. :lol:

UK iTunes Popularity Bars

 

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3443/ukpopbars1004010218.jpg

UK iTunes Popularity Bars

 

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3443/ukpopbars1004010218.jpg

 

 

thanks for the bars :)

 

this will be a lot closer than the bars show - History maker is about 50% of SFG.. but has 2 versions

 

right now Itunes has one of the mischarted.. the LIVE version is showing in the top 10 of the Album chart... so should be doing a lot better than the 26th it shows here as far as we can tell..