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Old 24-09-2012, 06:46
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It struck me in one of the Now 82 polls how some artists release a really bad choice for a second single. The one that gave me the idea was One Direction's 'Gotta Be You' - a really weak song with little hook compared to the smash of 'What Makes You Beautiful'.

Another that stays with me is Mini Viva's second single 'I Wish' which I think was released in the summer - its a chill song about regrets from a dancepop female duo, following up on their dance song 'Left My Heart in Tokyo'.

Rihanna's 'You Da One' is another that comes to mind.

Basically its singles that don't seem to represent the artist, album, or their general direction very well, and can sink the album's momentum or the artist's, especially off the back of a hit lead single.

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Old 24-09-2012, 07:01
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Leona Lewis - I Got You something else should have followed Happy
Alexandra Burke - Broken Heels
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Old 24-09-2012, 08:25
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Best Example for this would be

Pixie Lott - What Do You Take Me For.
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Old 24-09-2012, 09:40
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Rihanna's 'You Da One' is another that comes to mind.
I've often wondered if most of Rihanna's tracks are released as singles such is the permanent presence she has in the singles chart!
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Old 24-09-2012, 11:31
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I dislike the majority of Rihannas 2nd singles aside from Unfaithful. You Da One, What's My Name, Rude Boy & Shut Up & Drive don't do much for me at all and are definitely not the best tracks they could have released from their albums.

Madonnas 'Give It 2 Me'
Kylies 'Wow'
Scissor Sisters 'Any Which Way'
Pet Shop Boys 'Did You See Me Coming?'
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Old 24-09-2012, 11:36
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Let It Go - Alexandra Burke....it's a good song don't get me wrong, but it did not represent the album at all, and there are way better tracks they could have picked instead of this song.
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Old 24-09-2012, 11:38
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Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah wasn't the right follow up to Tik Tok, IMO.
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Old 24-09-2012, 11:42
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'You Da One'. I mean, how did her label think THAT was to follow 'We Found Love'?

'When I Was A Youngster' was a bad choice for Rizzle Kicks too. Probably the worst song on the album.
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Old 24-09-2012, 13:06
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Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah wasn't the right follow up to Tik Tok, IMO.
yea, Your Love Is My Drug was the obvious choice.

Judas after Born This Way was terrible and messed up The Edge of Glory which is the best single of her career.

Whatever that song was Scouting For Girls followed This Ain't a Love Song with was terrible too.
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Old 24-09-2012, 13:22
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Judas. Dear god, Judas. :sleep:
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Old 24-09-2012, 13:38
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Bla Blah BlaH as follow-up to Tik Tok

Judas as a follow-up to Born This Way

Power & Control as follow-up to Primadonna
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Old 24-09-2012, 13:42
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You Da One, certainly.

Sexy Bitch/Chick after When Love Takes Over seemed a bit strange to me, David Guetta should've released One Love or Memories instead as the second single.

Good Life by Kanye West also comes to mind. Homecoming and Flashing Lights (and many other songs off that album) were far superior.
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Old 24-09-2012, 13:56
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Demi Lovato - Remember December

Emeli Sande - Daddy

Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick
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Old 24-09-2012, 14:54
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Sugababes - Change (should have been Never Gonna Dance Again)
Sugababes - No Can Do (should have been Every Heart Broken)
Alesha Dixon - Radio (should have been Baddest Chick/Colour/Cool With Me)
Cheryl Cole - The Flood (should have been Yeah Yeah)
Leona Lewis - I Got You (should have been Outta My Head)
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Old 24-09-2012, 16:14
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Agree with both Sugababes' songs mentioned above! No Can Do and Change were terrible choices. Never Gonna Dance Again deserved to be a single.
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Old 24-09-2012, 16:17
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Agree with Gotta be you, always Said it should of been Stole My Heart or Save You Tonight

You da one was awful tbf

I liked Judas and it's a much better Song than the dull BTW
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Old 24-09-2012, 16:22
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Your Da One-Rihanna
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Old 24-09-2012, 16:40
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What are we going to have following up the epicness that was We Found Love?
OMG how about You Da One!!!
OMG GOOD IDEA
*Flops*
Oh no, we need an epic smash to save this campaign
OMG lets release Talk that Talk
OMG GOOD IDEA
*flops*
*manager sacked, new replacement*
Lets release Where have you Been, the second best song on the album which should of been the 2nd single
*chart success*

Should of Been
1 - We Found Love (with EPIC video)
2 - Where have you Been (with EPIC video)
<ALBUM RELEASE>
3 - Cockiness (with EPIC video)
4 - Drunk on Love (With EPIC video)
5 - Any song off of the deluxe edition

I should defo be her manager
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Old 24-09-2012, 17:00
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Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah wasn't the right follow up to Tik Tok, IMO.
I think so too, Your Love Is My Drug should've been the next single imo.
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Old 24-09-2012, 17:21
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Marina and the diamonds - Power and control
Rebecca Ferguson - Too good to lose
Leona Lewis - I Got You
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Old 24-09-2012, 17:28
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Mariah Carey followed Obsessed with a cover of I Want to know what love is! :sleep:
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Old 24-09-2012, 18:26
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What are we going to have following up the epicness that was We Found Love?
OMG how about You Da One!!!
OMG GOOD IDEA
*Flops*
Oh no, we need an epic smash to save this campaign
OMG lets release Talk that Talk
OMG GOOD IDEA
*flops*
*manager sacked, new replacement*
Lets release Where have you Been, the second best song on the album which should of been the 2nd single
*chart success*

Should of Been
1 - We Found Love (with EPIC video)
2 - Where have you Been (with EPIC video)
<ALBUM RELEASE>
3 - Cockiness (with EPIC video)
4 - Drunk on Love (With EPIC video)
5 - Any song off of the deluxe edition

I should defo be her manager
That's idiotic. You do realize We Found Love and Where Have You Been sound almost the same? You can't release them next to each other.

It should've gone something like:

1. We Found Love
2. Talk That Talk
3. Where Have You Been
4. Birthday Cake

And Where Have You Been massively underperformed. Everybody thought it would be #1, and it only got to #6!!! Who knows, even Drunk on Love, Cockiness, Farewell or Roc Me Out could've been ACTUAL big hits instead of WHYB. I guess we'll never know now.
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Old 24-09-2012, 18:49
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David Guetta, Taio & Ludacris - Little Bad Girl following Where Them Girls At :/
Akon - Lonely following Locked Up
Pink - Sober following So What!
Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up following My Life Would Suck Without You
Kelly Rowland - Lay It On Me following Down For Whatever
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Old 24-09-2012, 18:58
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David Guetta, Taio & Ludacris - Little Bad Girl following Where Them Girls At :/
Akon - Lonely following Locked Up
Pink - Sober following So What
Kelly Rowland - Lay It On Me following Down For Whatever
what's wrong with any of those?!

Talk That Talk was a great shout for a single, should have been 2nd, then Where Have You Been and then Cockiness. No other songs would have success. I think a lot of you forget that singles main function is to sell an album, so if the fourth single from an album hits number six its no biggie because its album will probably rebound back to the top ten if they've got as far as a fourth single anyway. The albums first singles chart position is the only one that really matters.
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Old 24-09-2012, 18:59
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Mariah Carey followed Obsessed with a cover of I Want to know what love is! :sleep:
Which did far better and despite not being that great was a better song than Obsessed.

Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah wasn't the right follow up to Tik Tok, IMO.
Loved Tik Tok at the time of release, this song alone stopped me from buying the album.

I dislike the majority of Rihannas 2nd singles aside from Unfaithful. You Da One, What's My Name, Rude Boy & Shut Up & Drive don't do much for me at all and are definitely not the best tracks they could have released from their albums.

Madonnas 'Give It 2 Me'
Kylies 'Wow'
Scissor Sisters 'Any Which Way'
Pet Shop Boys 'Did You See Me Coming?'
Firstly Rude Boy was the third single.

And I think Wow was a great follow up to 2 Hearts. In mY Arms should have been the lead single with The One & Wow following after.
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