Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California"

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Yeah, and MTV is making a huge deal out of this video too. I wonder though if they even plan on sending this to Pop radio. I think it could do well there (well, Top 25), but I remember they refused to send "By The Way" for Pop adds despite interest anyway. They're really big on nurturing their Alternative base.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

#35 iTunes... and this is before the video premiered.

[mike]

This is now on my Myspace as my profile song... I could not get this out of my head all day.. AMAZING song.

[tozion]

#18 on iTunes

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

After TWO days at Alternative radio, this is already #22 and +807.

At Active Rock, #29 and +368. At Rock, #27 and +133.

Also added on 10 AAA and 6 HAC stations.

[tozion]

#16 on iTunes

[tozion]

Most added at Alternative with 70 adds.
Most added at Active Rock with 50 adds.
Most added at Triple A with 11 adds.

[tozion]

#14 on iTunes

[tozion]

Pitchfork gave it 1/5 stars.

Wow, the Red Hot Chili Peppers doing a song about California? You don't say! Ah, but it's a trick: This single isn't about the home state RHCP has used as bottomless muse for more than 20 years, but about a character with a coincidental last name. So don't fret when Anthony Kiedis proclaims "California, rest in peace" in the chorus; the band isn't declaring the demise of West Coast culture, they're merely mourning the death of a thinly sketched Bonnie-without-a-Clyde. A similar bait-and-switch is performed with the Peppers' sound, which only retains Kiedis' now-infuriating Hollywood scat while neutering the raucous rhythm section that once powered their bratty white kid funk. All that's left is barre-chord blandness and 12-step solos-- a band just as desperate to survive as their song's main character. [Rob Mitchum]

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

1 out of 5 stars? I agree that it's not nearly as good as their previous two lead singles (I'd give 4/5 instead of 5/5 the past two times), but how on earth is this part of the bottom 20% of radio? Bullsh*t.

[tozion]

#13 on iTunes now! I hope it rockets right up after the video premiere tonight!

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

tozion said:

#13 on iTunes now! I hope it rockets right up after the video premiere tonight!

Oops, my mistake because I know yeserday I said the video would premiere "tomorrow." It actually premiered last night at 11pm.

[zak]

Pitchfork is a little weird. They find good music sometimes, but it seems they like to buck convential though just for the fun of it

[tozion]

zak said:

Pitchfork is a little weird. They find good music sometimes, but it seems they like to buck convential though just for the fun of it

Without a doubt. They're a good example of exactly the type of people I knew wouldn't like this. Snobs were basically expecting the Chili Peppers song to end all Chili Peppers songs at this point, and something like this was exactly what they were just waiting to tear apart.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

#11 iTunes! I hope to wake up to this being in the Top 10!

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

DAY 3 OUTLOOK:

Alternative: #11, +1155 (if it keeps up at this pace, it will DEFINITELY debut at #1)

[tozion]

Top 10 iTunes.

[tozion]

Alternative
Position: #11
Spins: 1156
Bullet: +1156

Active Rock
Position: #22
Spins: 571
Bullet: +571

Rock
Position: #17
Spins: 190
Bullet: +190

Hot AC
Spins: 43
Bullet: +43

CHR/Pop
Spins: 4
Bullet: +4

Triple A
Spins: 96
Bullet: +96

Audience: 16.055

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Thanks for the full update. 16 million audience for an Alternative song in just 3 days is like

[RedDragon]

I LOVE this. I've been hearing a lot this on the radio lately and it sounds hot. I think I like more than "By The Way".

[RedDragon]

And the video is crazy. Funny and not "funny" like the Eminem's video.s

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

DAY 4!:

#4 Alternative, +1,513

[tozion]

Billboard review:

Dani California
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Producer(s): Rick Rubin
Genre: ROCK
Label: Warner Bros. (videoclip)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers return with a killer lead from upcoming double disc "Stadium Arcadium," their first studio release in four years. In typical Chili fashion, the verse finds frontman Anthony Kiedis rhyming "black bandana" with "sweet Louisiana" over stripped-down guitar funk, while bassist extraordinaire Flea and drummer Chad Smith work up an outrageous groove. "Dani California" boasts a monster punk-infused riff that makes U2's "Vertigo" look like a stick figure penciled on a Post-it note—a wild showcase of concentrated power and mature songwriting. While millennial hits "Scar Tissue" (1999) and "By the Way" (2002) chased pop nuggets with restraint, here the Peppers launch their career's biggest radio hook without sacrificing energy. —Sven Philipp

[tozion]

#8 on iTunes

Alternative
Position: #4
Spins: 1513
Bullet: +1513

Active Rock
Position: #15
Spins: 769
Bullet: +769

Rock
Position: #10
Spins: 260
Bullet: +260

Hot AC
Spins: 49
Bullet: +49

CHR/Pop
Position: #239
Spins: 10
Bullet: +10

Triple A
Spins: 135
Bullet: +135

Audience: 20.619

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I hear this ALL the time now.... MTV in the morning, my local rock station, satellite radio, BBC... it's everywhere.