I'm a little annoyed at how 'Warzone' isn't getting a CD single (seems that way anyway). They haven't released artwork for it yet, so perhaps not even a digital single release.

 

Has a chart run of 64-62-85-67-80-80 so far.

As I suspected, there's no digital EP and no artwork. It's literally album download only.

 

What a weird strategy. So stupid seeing their official twitters banging on about it being "out today" when there's nothing released today, it's been out for weeks. How they expect fans to buy into this when they already have the album I don't know. Only loons would re-download it.

 

The no artwork element of this is just ridiculous. :o

Why would they film and release a video for this and then do nothing with it...

Its no26 on itunes so it's unlikely to go top10. I think they are now going to focus on a re-release of the album.

Ok so I'm new here and have been reading through everyone's posts. I simply can't believe they have released a 'single' with no individual artwork, no separate download, no physical release (<- ok now-a-days that's not too extraordinary) just a video! Is this some ploy to get people to go to itunes, find the song and think 'oh I may as well download the whole album whilst I'm here' as album sales are more economically beneficial for the management, right? Or have they simply lost their minds/can't be bothered?

Welcome! :D

 

That does seem like the most logical explanation for the decision. It's crazy that they went to New York to film such a "glossy" video but have this kind of release for it. It's currently #15 on iTunes (greatly helped along by being 59p I'd have thought), so it looks like they might scrape a Top 20 hit. A CD single and remixes surely could have given them a push for Top 10. :(

 

I suppose if we see their album high in the charts this coming Sunday (similar to their debut zooming up last year), then the tactic has worked. :unsure:

Thank you for the welcome :D

 

It's all coming together in my mind now, the song is basically free for them because it's already paid for itself on the successful album, now they have just released it with a practically free campaign and will probably get a top 20 (selling it at 59p) whereas a normal single release with all the trimmings would cost them a lot more, and I have to wonder how much better of they would be by getting a top 10 at 99p - when weighed against all the extra costs.

 

Makes sense right?

Apparently it does have a single cover now!

 

It's on the wikipedia page but I don't know if it's genuine or not!

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/The_Wanted_Warzone.JPG

Ohh so at least it has something! I can't get onto iTunes at the mo but do you know whether they have updated the store with Warzone as it's own 'album'? (<- meaning iTunes single) or does one still have to go into the album to download it?

Fairly sure the cover is fan made. It's an old picture, taken before the release of All Time Low. :lol: Suppose it's better than nothing.

 

Used for promo in magazines:

 

http://thewantedfans.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/36746_414103959274_295172174274_4462025_5115249_n.jpg

That artwork is fanmade. In fact, I'd take a guess that our very own MIKEY created it!

 

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The song itself it not brilliant, which is a shame. It feels like it's trying to recreate 'All Time Low', but failed miserably. This album really pails in comparison to the last, but even then, it was very filler-heavy.

Ahh, you never can tell with The Wanted whether artwork is official or fanmade, but generally speaking if it looks professional/well-made it's probably the fan made version ;) All the same I am looking forward to seeing it's chart position on Sunday and how it's 'only available from the album area' scheme aids Battleground sales (which I personally think is worse than their first album!)

A couple of songs sound a bit sound chasing or just fall flat in parts. 'Invincible' has some terrible lyrics especially - "just please don't tell the principle", really? The singles + 'Rocket' have to be my highlights. The album is growing on me though and I think the highlights are stronger than the debut even if the debut is stronger overall. Both have a share of filler though.

A couple of songs sound a bit sound chasing or just fall flat in parts. 'Invincible' has some terrible lyrics especially - "just please don't tell the principle", really? The singles + 'Rocket' have to be my highlights. The album is growing on me though and I think the highlights are stronger than the debut even if the debut is stronger overall. Both have a share of filler though.

 

Don't forget 'Come here right now girl! I'll make you sweat like you worked out!'' LOL. The Weekend is one of my faves from Battleground though. I totally feel what you're saying about Battleground's highlights overshadowing their first album's, yet the first being a better record over-all. Buuut I did go to the tour, and songs like let's get ugly and personal soldier got a whole new 'highlight' status for me.

That artwork is fanmade. In fact, I'd take a guess that our very own MIKEY created it!

 

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The song itself it not brilliant, which is a shame. It feels like it's trying to recreate 'All Time Low', but failed miserably. This album really pails in comparison to the last, but even then, it was very filler-heavy.

 

I think the new album is a lot better than the first one.

So 'Warzone' is 15+3 in the midweeks, and the album is 20+4. So the album is sticking at the same position it was last week.

 

Not the greatest of results really, not enough to justify the lack of effort with the single. :(

Well they are at 15, which is a top twenty despite them spending hardly anything on promo, so that's not too bad! I definitely think they should have made the effort though, they could have gotten a top 10 or even 5 single, and pulled the album up a few positions. Oh well :/

 

What will this mean for the next single? Will it get a real release or be another one of these 'go download a track off our album and we'll say it's a single' releases do you think?

What will this mean for the next single? Will it get a real release or be another one of these 'go download a track off our album and we'll say it's a single' releases do you think?

 

I actually don't think it's that bigger problem. Rihanna's Rated R era didn't have any physical or digital single releases, and the album was out before anything else. Saying that she did make single covers for them (RR, RB and TA) but the tracks themselves were only able to be downloaded from the Rated R album on UK iTunes. It really annoyed me at the time because with a little more effort, I think she could have easily got 2 #1s from that album. Warzone is similar to Te Amo I think, when the only promo is radio/music channels which push it into the 15-20 region on itunes.

Edited December 29, 201113 yr by cookie_monster

Well they are at 15

 

They're at 18 actually, it's just midweek positions here are posted as sums (i.e. 15+3) to avoid posting an official midweek. Though now I've gone against this by explaining that it's at #18. :P

 

Side note: That's true that many Rihanna singles didn't have CDs or Digital EPs released here. Thankfully for collectors, Russian Roulette, Rude Boy & Te Amo all had CD singles in Australia and/or Germany. However it's slowly becoming more frequent that a single of hers doesn't have a CD anywhere in the world - Hard & Man Down, for instance.

Ahhh so when it said 15+3 it meant 18, makes (a pinch of) sense.

 

Considering they are only a two year old band I would've expected more basically, Rihanna can afford to be chopping physical copied from one or two countries, but I'm so sure The Wanted would've done a lot better releasing it here, in their only real market.

 

On another note I just opened the evening edition of my local paper and saw two pages full of 'The Wanted & Girlfriends In Barbados' photos... so there's the real reason they aren't here promoting this :P