August 12, 20197 yr This is so true! I think they still use 'more music variety' as well, glad it's not just me who thinks that it's very inaccurate, presumably they only use 'more music variety' as a comparison to Capital! :lol: Every day I've listened to it - no matter which year - I hear the same set of songs (Miss Independent, Uptown Funk, It Feels So Good, Want To Want Me, etc), it's very boring to listen to for any longer than a few hours a year. Oh yes 'more music variety' was what I meant! It's just been too long since I've heard them use that phrase (maybe they had to drop it due to it being false advertising :P) They'd always play their little tagline saying 'more music variety' in between songs from different decades so it was pretty obvious what they were trying to do. I don't get why they play such a limited catalogue even of old hits though, there has to be hundreds and hundreds of Heart appropriate older songs but it's always the same few dozen at most they play.
August 12, 20197 yr Oh yes 'more music variety' was what I meant! It's just been too long since I've heard them use that phrase (maybe they had to drop it due to it being false advertising :P) They'd always play their little tagline saying 'more music variety' in between songs from different decades so it was pretty obvious what they were trying to do. I don't get why they play such a limited catalogue even of old hits though, there has to be hundreds and hundreds of Heart appropriate older songs but it's always the same few dozen at most they play. Yes, now we get treated to 'turn up the feel good' every couple of minutes instead. Exactly this! I don't dislike most of the songs on there but I just get so bored of them being played over and over again. I think there are so many more songs of the type that would be suitable for Heart which they could be playing as well!
August 12, 20197 yr This is their current top 30: TW LW Artist Title Label TW plays LW plays 1 2 Lewis Capaldi Hold Me While You Wait Virgin EMI 55 54 1 4 Lewis Capaldi Someone You Loved Virgin EMI 55 52 1 1 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Se�orita Virgin EMI 55 55 4 4 Tom Walker Just You And I Relentless 53 52 5 7 Pink Walk Me Home RCA 50 51 6 8 Freya Ridings Castles Good Soldier 49 37 7 4 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber I Don't Care Atlantic/Def Jam/Virgin EMI 48 52 8 2 Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man Giant Columbia 39 54 9 202 Kygo x Whitney Houston Higher Love Columbia 37 2 10 9 Sam Smith & Normani Dancing With A Stranger Capitol Records 26 25 11 119 Ava Max Sweet But Psycho Atlantic 18 7 11 11 Sigala x Paloma Faith Lullaby Ministry of Sound 18 18 13 140 Marshmello feat. CHVRCHES Here With Me Virgin EMI 17 5 13 19 Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin Don't You Worry Child Virgin Records 17 15 15 26 Dua Lipa New Rules Warner Records 16 14 15 14 Jason Derulo Want To Want Me Warner Records 16 16 15 26 Kevin Lyttle Turn Me On Atlantic 16 14 18 45 Artful Dodger Movin' Too Fast London Records 15 13 18 45 Calvin Harris + Disciples How Deep Is Your Love Columbia 15 13 18 26 David Guetta feat. Usher Without You Parlophone 15 14 18 45 Justin Timberlake Mirrors RCA 15 13 18 65 New Radicals You Get What You Give Island 15 12 18 45 Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo Afrojack & Nayer Give Me Everything RCA 15 13 18 14 Rudimental feat. James Arthur Sun Comes Up Atlantic 15 16 18 26 Taio Cruz Dynamite 4th & Broadway 15 14 26 13 Ariana Grande One Last Time Island 14 17 26 26 Avicii Hey Brother Virgin EMI 14 14 26 45 Avicii Wake Me Up Virgin EMI 14 13 26 19 Calum Scott Dancing On My Own Virgin EMI 14 15 26 19 CNCO & Little Mix Reggaetón Lento Syco 14 15
August 15, 20197 yr Oh yes 'more music variety' was what I meant! It's just been too long since I've heard them use that phrase (maybe they had to drop it due to it being false advertising :P) They'd always play their little tagline saying 'more music variety' in between songs from different decades so it was pretty obvious what they were trying to do. I don't get why they play such a limited catalogue even of old hits though, there has to be hundreds and hundreds of Heart appropriate older songs but it's always the same few dozen at most they play. Whilst I completely agree that Heart's playlist is boring and predictable, that is why they are so successful. Most people who listen to Heart are not real music fans like us, happy to hear new songs. If they hear two songs in a row they either don't know or don't like they're going to switch stations. Remember every song is "tested" regularly with a panel of listeners. A song could be a really big hit but if say, 25% of their listeners say they don't know or don't like a song, it's not getting played. That's why you end up with very safe big hits that everyone knows and likes. Difficult to defend waiting 9 months to playlist Ava Max though.
August 15, 20197 yr lets face it Heart plays established hits no matter what their marketing try to push. As Acerben says they want listeners to know what they hear so they don't turn over so the risks they take with tracks are minimal, hence Ava being added nearly a year after release.
September 1, 20197 yr Author They seem to have playlisted Never Really Over too You’re right, missed that one!
September 1, 20197 yr You’re right, missed that one! Both songs on ACR, and could certainly have done with the Heart support 8 weeks ago when they were struggling to stay/go top 10! It's funny to think Heart has more listeners than Capital, it has a huge effect on iTunes with new songs sometimes, I wish they weren't so slow.
September 1, 20197 yr Author Castles is literally the only song they've been ahead of the game with recently playlisting it the week it came out.
September 23, 20196 yr Author Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down has been added to Heart this week 3 weeks later and they've dropped it already :lol:
November 5, 20196 yr Author Going to post a regular update of the Heart playlist tracked by myself. They usually pick new stuff up on a Friday but it can be other days too, so... Heart Playlist | as of 05/11/2019 Coldplay - Orphans Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours Freya Ridings - Castles Kygo x Whitney Houston - Higher Love Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (Future Humans Remix) Maroon 5 - Memories P!nk - Walk Me Home Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep? Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita The Script - The Last Time
November 8, 20196 yr Author Heart Playlist | as of 08/11/2019 Coldplay - Orphans Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours Freya Ridings - Castles Kygo x Whitney Houston - Higher Love Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (Future Humans Remix) Maroon 5 - Memories P!nk - Walk Me Home Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep? Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita The Script - The Last Time * Tom Walker - Better Half Of Me
November 9, 20196 yr Heart Playlist | as of 08/11/2019 Coldplay - Orphans Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours Freya Ridings - Castles Kygo x Whitney Houston - Higher Love Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (Future Humans Remix) Maroon 5 - Memories P!nk - Walk Me Home Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep? Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita The Script - The Last Time * Tom Walker - Better Half Of Me I'm surprised Heart hasn't added Lewis Capaldi's Bruises to their playlist because Capital has added it recently.
November 9, 20196 yr I'm surprised Heart hasn't added Lewis Capaldi's Bruises to their playlist because Capital has added it recently. They're probably waiting for another pointless remix to take the emotion out of it so they can replace the one for Someone You Loved.
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