March 30, 201114 yr Solange - I Decided :(I'll go one better and raise you 'Sandcastle Disco'! That really should have been her breakthrough smash imo. 'I Decided' was a great buzz track though. Ones that spring to mind are: VV Brown 'Shark In The Water' <---- What on Earth happened here? It had Massive summer top 5 hit written across it. Radio 1 playlisted, but went in at a very disappointing #34 and lasted a whopping, 5 weeks Top 75 :nocheer: Lady Sovereign 'So Human' <---- WTF? Pretty much like the above, it had decent Radio 1 airplay/playlisted and support, but went to spend 2 weeks top 40 (both at #38) and just 4 weeks top 75!! Keri Hilson (Anything other than 'Knock You Down' which was a big hit!) <---- Biased, maybe. But some/most of her releases deserved better! (Notably 'Pretty Girl Rock' & 'Energy'!) The King Blues 'Headbutt' <---- Deserved top 40, at LEAST. Was pleased to see it on Radio 1's playlist, but it managed to limp into the top 75 at #72. Disgusting, for such a good track! Ashley Tisdale 'It's Alright, It's OK' <---- Should have gone Top 40 at the very least. Wasn't expecting much, considering it's Ashley Tisdale, but I thought it'd go Top 40 at least! :( Beverly Knight 'Beautiful Night' <---- Such a beautiful, slow tempo RnB ballad. Very contemporary. I thought it'd go top 20/30 at least. How wrong was I? Ciara featuring. Missy Elliott 'Work' <---- UGH. So much better than the decent 'Love, Sex, Magic'! How did this flop at an abysmal #52?? Fugative 'Crush' & 'Bad Girl' <---- He's basically a white Chipmunk, these sounded like massive hits to me, but they flopped, horribly. Also, anything by FrankMusik! Particularly '3 Little Words'! There are also a couple I wanted to mention but weren't from 2009... Little Jackie 'The World Should Revolve Around Me', Artists Stand up to Cancer 'Stand Up' (The best charity single of all time, imo), OneRepublic 'Say (All I Need)' So many more!!
March 30, 201114 yr Eva Simons - Silly Boy has to be the ultimate one. I thought it would be a HUGE number 1 hit - but nope, it peaked at a paltry 149 :mellow: It didn't have terrible airplay tbh, really can't see why it flopped so hard! :( Not true at all, I didn't even so much as hear of that track outside of the internet. It had no support whatsoever. Also agreeing with Jonjo on 'Sandcastle Disco', 'I Decided' was an average track but 'Sandcastle Disco' truly was something else with a genius video. :wub: Also Ciara's 'Work', although Radio 1 for some bizarre reason chose not to playlist it after 'Love Sex Magic's success.
March 30, 201114 yr Kaci - Crazy Possessive Inna - 10 Minutes Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk (although Surveillance was a bigger crime!) Shakira - Waka Waka Edward Maya - This Is My Life Gathania - Blame It On You Keri Hilson - Energy and I Like Owl City - Umbrella Beach and a billion more I can't think of right now
March 30, 201114 yr For me, it has to be Delta Goodrem's 'Believe Again' - radio 2 listeners would have loved it, and it could have been a massive hit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSF2S2SXodg
March 30, 201114 yr Usher/ More this should have charted higher Britney Spears/ Radar The Fray/ You Found Me MGMT/ Time To Pretend James Morrison/ Please Don't Stop The Rain Bat For Lashes/ Daniel Green Day/ Know Your Enemy Kelly Clarkson/ I Do Not Hook Up Friendly Fires/ Jump In The Pool Lenka/ The Show Starpilots/ In The Heat Of The Night Beyonce/ Diva The Saturdays/ Work
March 30, 201114 yr But that was never released as a single here, was it? :unsure: Whether a song is officially released as a single is irrelevant nowadays, though...
March 30, 201114 yr A predictable response from me but it wouldn't hurt Radio and the music channels to support the Eurovision winner every now and then. I see no reason as to why Alexander Rybak's Fairytale and Lena's Satellite couldn't have been FAR bigger hits here than the flash in the pan wonders that they ultimately were :( Other countries play ESC songs post-contest just like any other songs, and they result in big chart hits in the continent - Jessy Matador's Allez Ola Ole is another that could have been big here with continued support, it managed to do quite well on iTunes here (top 40?) just off the back of the ESC performance and it could have been a big summer hit. Agree with Dre on Waka Waka too, #21 was a horrible peak here for what was easily the biggest hit of the year across much of the world. But I don't recall EVER hearing it on the radio :/ Obviously I'd have loved Believe Again to be a big smash here but it's had zero exposure in the UK. A song needs some sort of push to get it into the charts, be it a TV show, an advert, a performance, or a single release whatever...but it can't get off the ground with nothing at all.
March 30, 201114 yr The Saturdays - Work Was a resonable hit out-selling their debut which sold more than 100k. The fact that their management pushed this as a '#1' record across their website and twitter (etc) yet landed it at #22, an embaressement.
March 30, 201114 yr Whether a song is officially released as a single is irrelevant nowadays, though...but it wasn't released now? It was on an album, about 4/5 years ago...
March 30, 201114 yr Is it me or are the same threads popping up all the time? Just with slightly different titles :lol:
March 30, 201114 yr Sabrina, Marina, Kate Nash and VV Brown should have had hits last year and with so much crap getting to No 1 it is beyond me. How Lissie and When I'm Alone did not go Top 10 is a travesty, best song of 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i7jNwv_3oc
March 30, 201114 yr Solange- I Decided (UK Peak: #27 My Chart: #2) Solange- Sandcastle Disco (UK Peak: #149 My Chart: #7) Alphabeat- What Is Happening? (UK Peak: #110 My Chart: #4) Gabriella Cilmi- Save The Lies (UK Peak: #33 My Chart: #1) Janet Jackson- Feedback (UK Peak: #114 My Chart: #1) Fergie- Clumsy (UK Peak: #62 My Chart: #4) Scouting For Girls- Famous (UK Peak: #37 My Chart: #4) Mini Viva- I Wish (UK Peak: #73 My Chart: #7) Mini Viva- One Touch (UK Peak: #114 My Chart: #1) Preston- Dressed To Kill (UK Peak: #168 My Chart: #1) Keri Hilson- Pretty Girl Rock (UK Peak: #53 My Chart: #2) Marina & The Diamonds- Oh No! (UK Peak: #38 My Chart: #1) Marina & The Diamonds- Shampain (UK Peak: #141 My Chart: #3) Jesse McCartney- Leavin' (UK Peak: #48 My Chart: #1) Agnes- I Need You Now (UK Peak: #40 My Chart: #3) Alphabeat- DJ (UK Peak: #116 My Chart: #2) 3OH!3- Double Vision (UK Peak: #133 My Chart: #2) Lady Sovereign- So Human (UK Peak: #38 My Chart: #3) Mika- Kick Ass (UK Peak: #84 My Chart: #1) Justin Bieber feat. Usher- Somebody To Love (UK Peak: #33 My Chart: #1)
March 30, 201114 yr but it wasn't released now? It was on an album, about 4/5 years ago... Was it really that long ago - it only seems like a couple of years to me? In any case, the 'since 2009' in the thread title seems a little too restrictive...
March 30, 201114 yr Empire of the Sun - "Walking on A Dream" - a lovely song, radio would have latched on to it - if the singers voice wasn't so awful. Goldfrapp - "Alive" and "Believer" - Shame she is considered too old to get any radio/video support. Not even top 200. Eliza Doolittle - "Rollerblades", "Skinny Genes" and "Mr Medicine" - What happened with these? They are great songs, played constantly by the radio. Diana Vickers - "The Boy Who Murdered Love" - really, really good. Coming from a fantastic album with so many potential hits, but radio and video channels won't catch on for some reason. "My Wicked Heart" could have done so well. It is so sad to see all her potential. Mini Viva - "I Wish" - Did not hear the follow up. This song was fantastic, lower top 100 is shocking for something so good. Ellie Goulding - Everything apart from "Your Song" and "Starry Eyed" - all catchy, lovely songs, yet they failed to sell even 100k :(. Cheryl Cole - "The Flood" - If only it had been promoted more, and not been overshadowed by the Christmas rush. this is one of the best songs ever. The fact that it was only 18 is a travesty. Still, it did sell over 100k. And also Wonderland. The problem seems to be mainly with individual artists, rather than individual songs. As I said before, it is sad to see all these possible big hits (and artists) failing to meet their potential. Edited March 30, 201114 yr by starryeyed
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