"Green Light" for go, new single from Lorde, available from tomorrow at some point.

Interested to see how it does, she definitely couldn't have chosen a more competitive first week.

 

7PM UK time. After almost 4 years she choose the worst week of all time (After Adele?) to release, don't get it but I love her and I think it will be big anyway.

First week doesn't really matter as much anymore, of course it's not ideal when you release on the week that Ed Sheeran will take up god knows how much of the top 20 but songs take a while to build anyway so in a few weeks time when it's picking up airplay and it's risen on spotify it won't matter that 3 weeks ago Ed Sheeran took up the top 20.

Coldplay's new nonsingle

Hypnotised

At @40

How did 'Word Up' flop when it charted at #6?

 

 

How did 'Word Up' flop when it charted at #6?

 

Probably by not even selling 100k in total.

Probably by not even selling 100k in total.

 

Wasn't it just propped up by the Comic Relief or whatever charity it was for tag and then completely bombed out the charts subsequently.

 

 

It depends what you are looking to get out of a single, it was for charity so looked good for them, went top 10 and kept them firmly in the public eye.

 

No one bar the few on here will know it sold only 100k.

It went 6-18-43-60-OUT, not exactly great for the biggest girlband of the current generation, although it was only a promotional single for charity and didn't have any negative effect on their career. I'd still call it a flop though.

Word Up! got let off quite lightly really with the fact it was just a cover for charity, it's easily swept under the rug. Top 10 is good but it was an underperformance for sure.

It went 6-18-43-60-OUT, not exactly great for the biggest girlband of the current generation, although it was only a promotional single for charity and didn't have any negative effect on their career. I'd still call it a flop though.

Yeah, I don't know why people are using the charity label to justify its underperformance -- if anything, that should have bolstered its sales. It was a definite flop, but it wasn't exactly well received so it was hardly a shock. I'd consider it their only flop really; 'How Ya Doin', 'Little Me' and 'Change Your Life' didn't do great, but they weren't nearly as big back then, and their swift chart runs weren't anything out of the ordinary back in 2013.

How did 'Word Up' flop when it charted at #6?

 

Loads of songs can chart in the Top 10 yet still be considered a flop. It depends on longevity and impressive sales, neither of which Word Up had.

Edited March 2, 20178 yr by andeeeeyhart

Until Black magic

Little Mix were a 2nd division band

Releasing second rate songs

Now they are on the 1st division

But not when Salute came out

Until Black magic

Little Mix were a 2nd division band

Releasing second rate songs

Now they are on the 1st division

But not when Salute came out

 

 

Absolutely this!!!

 

Salute and DnA are literally their only two good songs in a bunch of Simpn Cowell pop crap.

 

They had to copy the Spice Girls' 1990s sound to create such cheap pastiche like Black Magic to become relevant.

 

Tis true but they were a great singles act in general. Now they're great all round.

Until Black magic

Little Mix were a 2nd division band

Releasing second rate songs

Now they are on the 1st division

But not when Salute came out

 

Exactly (though Move isn't a 2nd rate song) at the time they struggled a lot to get top 10 hits, especially after the first single off an album. Word Up was a means to an end, made them look a big act getting a charity song gig and look good doing something for charity and got them a top 10.

77. Macklemore - Downtown

 

????????

Absolutely this!!!

 

Salute and DnA are literally their only two good songs in a bunch of Simpn Cowell pop crap.

 

They had to copy the Spice Girls' 1990s sound to create such cheap pastiche like Black Magic to become relevant.

 

Shout Out To My Ex is heavily influenced by GRL, whereas Touch is kind of Beyoncé influenced, especially the bit with the group singing 'Wait So Long'.

 

Change Your Life is my favourite Little Mix song.

Edited March 2, 20178 yr by The Wise Sultan

Pre-predicta predictions, then? Do tell me if there're any tracks to add to this list...

 

iTunes / officially

xx / xx | Little Mix ft Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs

xx / xx | Coldplay - Hypnotised

xx / xx | Cash Cash ft ROZES - Matches

xx / xx | Lorde - Green Light

xx / xx | offaiah - Run

 

(excluding the Ed Sheeran songs)

Edited March 2, 20178 yr by mdh

Touch is nothing like a Beyoncé song. I get comparisons to Sorry, Work From Home etc. though

Pre-predicta predictions, then? Do tell me if there're any tracks to add to this list...

 

iTunes / officially

xx / xx | Little Mix ft Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs

xx / xx | Coldplay - Hypnotised

xx / xx | Cash Cash ft ROZES - Matches

xx / xx | Lorde - Green Light

xx / xx | offaiah - Run

 

(excluding the Ed Sheeran songs)

 

Hope Matches and Run do well, they both sound great from the small previews. Matches is actually the first future bass song I have ever liked judging by the preview, definitely sounds much livelier than The Chainsmokers or Martin Garrix's new songs. :dance:

 

Matches - maybe about #65 officially (maybe #20-25 on iTunes if lucky) and offaiah may just make top 100 officially (low top 40 on iTunes if lucky). Both will hopefully be playlisted by Radio 1. Little Mix and Machine Gun Kelly should easily go top 10 on iTunes quite quickly of course and should be in line for a top 30 official entry. Lorde I am not sure, probably will make top 20 on iTunes and may make about #55 officially.

Edited March 2, 20178 yr by The Wise Sultan