Post by friday on May 27, 2006 1:41:27 GMT -4
Haha, just as I type in the subject title, that's the next song on the radio. Not that that's really important to anyone, but still.
Anyway, does anyone else feel like this is a blatant payola job here? I mean, I don't like being "that guy" here, but it just seems like there's no other explanation. Here's an artist who had two top 5's on the format four years ago, plus a Spanish language song that nearly cracked the top 50 last year, yet somehow can't get her first single into the top 20? And now all of a sudden they want to give her her first #1? With a single that, while good, isn't truly that remarkable, less so than "Don't Bother" anyway, in my opinion. My guess is that Epic tried to promote "Don't Bother" on its merits and saw what happened, so they decided they should hedge their bets for this one and then figured to hedge it all the way to the top. But then again, (and I realize this sentiment is better reserved for the payola topic) probably so many song on the chart have at least some level of payola that such an argument is essentially rendered moot.
And I don't wish to cause the insinuation that I dislike the song, or that I don't like that it's #1. It's a good song, and it'll probably grow on me more, but it's still a real "meh" type of song. I just think every single prior to this (well, except for "The One") was more deserving of the feat.
Anyway, does anyone else feel like this is a blatant payola job here? I mean, I don't like being "that guy" here, but it just seems like there's no other explanation. Here's an artist who had two top 5's on the format four years ago, plus a Spanish language song that nearly cracked the top 50 last year, yet somehow can't get her first single into the top 20? And now all of a sudden they want to give her her first #1? With a single that, while good, isn't truly that remarkable, less so than "Don't Bother" anyway, in my opinion. My guess is that Epic tried to promote "Don't Bother" on its merits and saw what happened, so they decided they should hedge their bets for this one and then figured to hedge it all the way to the top. But then again, (and I realize this sentiment is better reserved for the payola topic) probably so many song on the chart have at least some level of payola that such an argument is essentially rendered moot.
And I don't wish to cause the insinuation that I dislike the song, or that I don't like that it's #1. It's a good song, and it'll probably grow on me more, but it's still a real "meh" type of song. I just think every single prior to this (well, except for "The One") was more deserving of the feat.
