Posted November 8, 201212 yr Here's the first of two mini threads for you before the year end, a rather light hearted look at some of the least successful "follow up" singles over the course of the last 22 years. So to the criteria...... 1) These will be the follow up singles to Number one hits only. 2) The single must not have reached the top 20 3) The years covered will be 1990-2012 4) Since roughly 2008 the concept of "follow up" has been rather blurred so I've had to make a judgement call- I might be wrong and if so I apologise- I tried my best! 5) Only the main artist in any "featured" collabration will be counted in terms of where their "follow up" charted, i.e main credit to main credit. You are of course asked to contribute your own thoughts on the tracks and why they "flopped" or perhaps you don't even think they flopped at all, or what OUGHT to have been released instead, anyway 95 examples are coming up of how NOT To follow up a No 1 (take a note Gotye)- I hope you enjoy.
November 8, 201212 yr Is this going to be a proper countdown or a random list of examples? Great idea for a thread! :D
November 8, 201212 yr 2) The single must not have reached the top 20 Are you counting songs which didn't even chart in the Top 200? I know it sounds daft, but you know.. :P
November 8, 201212 yr Author Are you counting songs which didn't even chart in the Top 200? I know it sounds daft, but you know.. :P They will all be counted as long as it features as an official follow up, but as I state after 2008 this becomes slightly contestable.
November 8, 201212 yr Author CHARLIE BROWN- COLDPLAY http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Coldplay_Charlie_Brown.jpeg PEAKED: 22 SALES: 144K FOLLOW UP TO: PARADISE So to our "least floppiest flop" and poor old Coldplay- singles were never really their forte and they appear twice on this rundown- first up is “Charlie Brown” the official follow up to “Paradise” but couldn’t replicate that success. Evidently all they needed was to rope in Rihanna and normal top 10 service was resumed Was it the wrong choice of single? Written originally with a reference to the Snoopy character in it, the lyric was removed but the band couldn’t think of another name for the song so they kept this one. MORAL OF THE STORY: When your album sells one million copies in its first month there’s no need to release anything else. Figure may be incorrect. zTFBJgnNgU4
November 8, 201212 yr Author CHAMPAGNE SHOWERS- LMFAO http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/ChampagneShowers.jpg PEAK POSITION: 32 SALES: 101K FOLLOW UP TO: PARTY ROCK ANTHEM Proving that autotune can’t salvage everything! Moving on from “28 days later” to “Blade” for video inspiration perhaps this was case of same idea taken too far, mind you you could say that about “Sexy And I Know It” but that at least has some kind of comedic value (only the first time you see the video obviously). Anyway whatever happened it wasn’t entirely a success. MORAL OF THE STORY: If you’re going to “mine” a sound make sure you start out with an absolute classic! oMBWnU3BdVI
November 8, 201212 yr Author RAIN OVER ME- PITBULL http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Pitbull_featuring_Marc_Anthony_-_Rain_Over_Me.jpg PEAK POSITION: 28 SALES: 83K FOLLOW UP TO: GIVE ME EVERYTHING With some collaboration Ho’s it’s a bit difficult to tell exactly what a “follow” up release is, fortunately for me Pitbull made it easy in 2011 with this “contribution”. With help from ex- Mr Jennifer Lopez this only just made the top 30, it’s your typical Pitbull fair, even the magic of Red One here can’t improve its fortunes though his ability to appear on every third track in the chart remains undiminished. MORAL OF THE STORY: IT’S FAR EASIER MONEY TO “TURN UP FOR A RAP” AND COLLECT YOUR CASH. SmM0653YvXU
November 8, 201212 yr Poor LMFAO :( Champagne Showers and Sorry For Party Rocking deserved to be massive top 5 hits rather than massive flops! Of course they're not as good as PRA and SAIKI but I was really into them at the time. And with Coldplay they obviously released that single so that they could wait for Paradise to die down before releasing the obvious smash-hit Princess Of China. I'm loving this thread!
November 8, 201212 yr I hate Charlie Brown, I'm a massive fan of Coldplay and that's one of their worst songs ever. :puke2: Great countdown, a lot of recent songs so far though! :o
November 8, 201212 yr It wouldn't have been as bad if Coldplay's Charlie Brown had actually stuck around following its exit from the Top 40 (I was shocked to see it fall 33-47-OUT). Watching them perform Charlie Brown live on X Factor Final was epic! I quite liked LMFAO's Champagne Showers, nowhere near as good as Party Rock Anthem, but I still enjoyed it. Unlike Coldplay, they managed to stick around outside the Top 40 (6 weeks between #41-#50). Only really enjoy Marc Anthony's vocals on Rain Over Me (well, it is usually the guest artist who makes the song what it is! :P). I'm sure all these songs were reduced to 59p in order to reach their peaks! :P
November 8, 201212 yr Random aside: There is NO WAY that Pitbull is 31. I'm betting on 40 at the very least.
November 8, 201212 yr Random aside: There is NO WAY that Pitbull is 31. I'm betting on 40 at the very least. I would have thought 40s too! :o
November 8, 201212 yr Random aside: There is NO WAY that Pitbull is 31. I'm betting on 40 at the very least. I've always said that, a few years ago I said he's got to be at least 45. No way on earth is he 31.
November 8, 201212 yr I don't care how old he is, I still would. :lol: embarrassing crush much? One of my friends at school said she would too! He's got to be the most unattractive man that people still seem to fancy ever!
November 8, 201212 yr One of my friends at school said she would too! He's got to be the most unattractive man that people still seem to fancy ever! Well my taste in men has never been that good :P Pitbull fits right in.
November 8, 201212 yr The unfortunate thing is that a lot of these are going to be better songs than their more successful follow-up. I don't mind "Rain Over Me" while "International Love" is awful (although neither do anything to disprove the idea that the rather enjoyable "Give Me Everything" was a complete fluke), although not in the case of "Champagne Showers". Both "Charlie Brown" and "Princess of China" pale in comparison to "Hurts Like Heaven" anyway.
November 8, 201212 yr Great thread, Can't wait to see how well No Other One by Taio Cruz does, that was an AWFUL flop
November 8, 201212 yr I thought it was interesting how 'International Love' became a big hit in the UK even though 'Rain Over Me' flopped. Both are pretty similar.
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