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Re: Could the tide be turning
17-23 november 2008 101.600
24-30 november 2008 677.600
01-12 december 2008 275.500
08-14 december 2008 214.500
15-21 december 2008 221.100
22-28 december 2008 208.200
29-04 january 2009 89.200
04-11 january 2009 59.700
12-18 january 2009 42.700
19-25 january 2009 23.900
accordıng to unıversal official report more than 2.6 million copies sold at the end of january 2009
I imagine this is as close to accurate as we have for worldwide sales at the time
Re: Could the tide be turning
James Lofton wrote:The freefall was occurring as forum fans claimed the Better single was 'gaining MASSIVE steam'....
The Better single should've and would've gained 'massive steam' but it wasn't promoted by anyone at all.
When is the last time anything that sounded remotely like Better charted well? I even liked the less cluttered leak versions of the song, but it was never going to drive anything.
Re: Could the tide be turning
when is the last time that anything, other than sweet child o' mine itself, sounded remotely like sweet child and charted well?......
never
whether it is the best single or not, like axlin said way back in another thread, the public likes what it is told to like - what is pushed and promoted.
had it been released right after cd song with a video it might have done much better and the album may not have dropped at that point.
the question/s then is:
was better the right second single?
or was this a coincidence and the drop was a residual effect and it was cd that was a bad first single?
were they both bad singles?
personally, i think they should have first released twat or catcher - which sound more like the gnr people grew up to.
if you are trying to reinvent your sound then you release something that sounds more modern.
Re: Could the tide be turning
twat is their best song and should have been the lead single.....
I love the song, but I don't think it would've worked as a single given it's length and more complex structure than the traditional radio-friendly song.
I still think "Better" should've been the first single.
Ali
Re: Could the tide be turning
a LOT of you poo-poo it, but for me IRS was the first single
told the story of CD, but with more humour apparent than elsewhere on the album. uptempo, got loadsa squealing guitars & a killer axl scream.
