"Wind It Up," Gwen Stefani

[mike]

To those of you who think this is going to flop:
Think again

[divaerica]

ewww, this beats 'So Excited' as the worst single release of the year

[eclectic]

ok I just listened to it and it's not THAT bad. LOL. Maybe because I read all the horrible comments before listening to it, I was expecting something really terrible.

It's definitely DIFFERENT, but I dont think that necessarily translates into it being a wreck. It's gonna either be a big hit or a flop, no in-betweens.

I actually think some parts of it are kind of hot, especially the beginning of the song. I think the video will definitely be hot and crazy, and that could really propel this song at radio.

Maybe they are going for the shock value tactic, like, Have you HEARD Gwen's new song?? It's totally crazy!

[sleepy eat pepper]

I can see myself loving this in 2 or 3 months.

[paulmcsky]

eclectic said:

I actually think some parts of it are kind of hot, especially the beginning of the song.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Just one day at radio and


KIIS-FM Los Angeles Top 40 18 0 18 0 4 5 4 5 1.058
KHTS-FM San Diego Top 40 14 0 14 0 1 5 4 4 0.193
WSTR-FM Atlanta Top 40 10 0 10 0 0 1 4 5 0.156
KHOP-FM Modesto/Stockton Top 40 8 0 8 0 0 3 2 3 0.023
WSSX-FM Charleston, SC Top 40 6 0 6 0 0 2 2 2 0.021
WXKS-FM Boston Top 40 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 3 0.144
KZZP-FM Phoenix Top 40 5 0 5 0 0 2 1 2 0.065
WGTZ-FM Dayton Top 40 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 0.024
KWYE-FM Fresno Top 40 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0.014
KBKS-FM Seattle Top 40 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0.057
KDND-FM Sacramento Top 40 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0.026
KMXV-FM Kansas City Top 40 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0.023
KJYO-FM Oklahoma City Top 40 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0.022
WEZB-FM New Orleans Top 40 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0.018
WFBC-FM Greenville, SC Top 40 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.014
WAKZ-FM Youngstown, OH Top 40 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0.007
WKSC-FM Chicago Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.055
WAKS-FM Cleveland Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.032
KDWB-FM Minneapolis Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.027
WKRZ-FM Wilkes-Barre Top 40 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0.024
WXXL-FM Orlando Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0.018
WBHT-FM Wilkes-Barre Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0.013
WFHN-FM New Bedford Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.012
WPXY-FM Rochester Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.010
KQMQ-FM Honolulu Top 40 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0.008
KZCH-FM Wichita Top 40 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.007
WAEV-FM Savannah, GA Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.006
WLDI-FM West Palm Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.006
WHKF-FM Harrisburg Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.006
WIHB-FM Charleston, SC Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0.006
WXKB-FM Ft. Myers Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.003
WRHT-FM Greenville, NC Top 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.003

MAKE IT FLOP!!!!

[eclectic]

paulmcsky said:

eclectic said:

I actually think some parts of it are kind of hot, especially the beginning of the song.

I really do... I think the beginning is hype and it can get people moving. Like, people need to get over the fact that she's "yodelling". lol..I realize it must sound ridiculous but people need to open their minds a bit. It's so different and quirky but it works with the beat.

[tozion]

Link added.

It's #88 at CHR/Pop and has a +142 bullet. That's from last night's airplay alone.

[H.A.T.E. U]

This came on that Atlanta Top 40 station while I was driving in my car. Initally, I thought it was one of those Ricola commercials because of the yodeling. LOL.

Anyways, I think the song is rubbish, and her voice sounds like Mimi Mouse on crack. I'm offended that Gwen would release this trash as the lead single. Since she's releasing a half-assed single on a half-assed album, I'm gonna be a half-assed fan and just download the record.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

#73 Pop after just 2 days...

One major advantage this song has is that there's no other big name artists dropping lead singles this Fall. If radio stations are looking for an event single, they kind of have to go to this by default

[Robert J]

The HQ version is infinitely better than the original leaked version. I don't love this song (although upon retrospect it isn't nearly as godawful as I originally thought), but it's got the annoying factor and the name behind it - it will, at the very least, do as well as "Déjà Vu" and "Ring the Alarm," and probably easily outperform them. If we're lucky, they'll come out with a remix that loses the sample, which would improve the song markedly.

[Lil' Bit]

This is decent. I heard worse singles come out recently ..... "Smack That"

[duh5]

Pitchfork gives it 1 star, LOL.

What's really awesome about this song is Pharrell Williams's evolution from "Liberace fingers" to Liberace insanity, sampling the The Sound of Music's "The Lonely Goatherd" and flipping it into the most punishingly ludicrous club jam since "The Ketchup Song". I would indict Chad Hugo, as well, but this has the stink of a Skateboard P creation á la jeans with a neon panther on the crotch. He's got Gwen yodeling and groaning all over this mess, and she will undoubtedly be backed by some horrifyingly miswardrobed Gestapo girls in the video. But her moronic "street slang" is completely secondary to the rattling beer steins and clippety-cloppety clogdancing of which the beat is almost entirely constructed. I mean, I get it, you've run out of ideas. It's the Age of Chaos and all, but in what club outside of the Epcot Biergarten would this be hot? And what numbskull outside of the lederhosened Floridians earning $7 an hour to wiggle and slap their fat asses in said Biergarten would want to dance to such a clutzy and cartoonish song? Is this Fergie's fault? Is Fergie the goatherd? Who is the goatherd?

EW also slams it on their website.

[DaveZ35]

Just listened to the HQ. I love Gwen. This song is fun and I think it will be a big download hit. I don't either hate it or love it at this point. It's just OK.

[paulmcsky]

i don't know why but i know i will end up loving this...in fact today i had stuck in my head....WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME AHHHH?!!!

[DaveZ35]

Yeah I just found myself yodoling in the bathroom (quietly, to myself of course). This song is hilarious!

[backintime]

skydk35 said:

Yeah I just found myself yodoling in the bathroom (quietly, to myself of course). This song is hilarious!

Don't be ashamed of your yodelling!

[paulmcsky]

skydk35 said:

Yeah I just found myself yodoling in the bathroom (quietly, to myself of course).

HAHAHAHA...HILARIOUS

[Vow]

That Pitchfork review is just wonderful. lmao

[hidizzyguy]

What is she trying to be.... this generation's Cyndi Lauper? Even she made better music when she was trying to be weird and different...

[Dance In The Dark]

I am loving this. I appreciate Gwen all the more for not being afraid to release this jam. I'll take this any day over songs like "Lips of An Angel" or "Money Maker."

[mike]

james2390 said:

I am loving this. I appreciate Gwen all the more for not being afraid to release this jam. I'll take this any day over songs like "Lips of An Angel" or "Money Maker." Smack That

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Still literally cracking up over the fact that she's sending yodeling mariachi for radio adds.... wow....

[Vow]

^ LOL

Although the song is awful, I'm still curious about how the album will take shape. I wonder if it'll suck as much as I'm assuming it will, or if it will actually surprise all of us and be decent. Fat chance.

[gregtheone]

I heard it this morning on NRJ. European smash!