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Post by backintime on May 22, 2008 16:53:40 GMT -5
There's a commercial just for this song out now from Apple. It's not advertising any product, just the single. Amazing. I haven't seen the advert, but was under the impression that it was for the album
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Post by That Skipping Rope. on May 22, 2008 16:55:49 GMT -5
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Post by backintime on May 22, 2008 17:17:17 GMT -5
OK, I guess that is for the song. It really is bizarre how they insist on promoting what is essentially an album track instead of the lead single. And they can't use the 'albums artist' thing as an excuse, because they are promoting a single incredibly well with a big corporate ad campaign, they're just doing it with the wrong single.
However, the advert is amazing and the song is growing on me in leaps and bounds now.
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Post by Grenade on May 22, 2008 19:12:00 GMT -5
Goes for adds June 24.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 22, 2008 19:38:44 GMT -5
At Pop that is. The HAC adds date is still less than two weeks away. I guess this is the proper second single now... worldwide probably.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 22, 2008 19:39:45 GMT -5
OK, I guess that is for the song. It really is bizarre how they insist on promoting what is essentially an album track instead of the lead single. And they can't use the 'albums artist' thing as an excuse, because they are promoting a single incredibly well with a big corporate ad campaign, they're just doing it with the wrong single. They promoted this so well that it became the single kind of by default as the result. lol I LOVE the Apple commercial.
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Post by One More Time on May 23, 2008 10:48:06 GMT -5
Me too^ oh and this is being sent to Pop it's going for adds June 24 (via Allaccess). This is such a GREAT song, it's so epic i f**king love it.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2008 11:25:03 GMT -5
It'll probably be next on Alternative too, then. Damn. This is so obviously heavily influenced by the Arcade Fire's "Intervention."
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 23, 2008 12:37:17 GMT -5
It's really annoying that this would have been #1 on iTunes right now if it weren't the same week as the American Idol finale.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2008 12:53:58 GMT -5
It's really annoying to me that this overshadowed Violet Hill completely and that THIS is going to be the first crossover single instead of Lost!
The song is nice and all, and the ITunes commercial is awesome, but there's no way in hell that this is going to be a radio hit.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 23, 2008 13:14:51 GMT -5
It's really annoying to me that this overshadowed Violet Hill completely and that THIS is going to be the first crossover single instead of Lost! I think a lot of us Coldplay fans feel the same way. It's really annoying that the "album pre-order" lead to an album track instead of the lead single. "Violet Hill" would have been getting all of the attention right now instead. When the album comes out, they could have made "Viva La Vida" available for the first time then. They could have TWO big impact weeks and TWO songs debut in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 this era. Instead, neither did. I don't even know if "Violet Hill" will be able to outdo its peak there. This song definitely should be able to, though. Downloads skyrocketed since the commercial debuted. As for radio play, I think "Viva La Vida" is better suited for HAC and Pop than "Violet Hill" is by a long way. However, "Lost!" is the across the board smash that they'e been waiting on for their whole career- and now they're just sitting on it. As a fan, it's very annoying. But the band has made it clear that they don't want radio hits.
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Post by backintime on May 23, 2008 14:12:31 GMT -5
Link added.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 25, 2008 16:24:14 GMT -5
This fought its way through the David Cook menagerie and is back up to #2 on iTunes again. ;D
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Post by One More Time on May 25, 2008 17:33:12 GMT -5
according to it's Wikipedia page this was ineliglble to chart in the UK . info from its wiki page^
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Post by Hallows on May 25, 2008 20:09:48 GMT -5
I like everything about this. I wan't expecting much from this project but this and Violet Hill have me pumped for more.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 26, 2008 21:34:19 GMT -5
It'll be interesting to see where this lands on the Hot 100 this week. It rushed back to the near-top of iTunes so quickly that I wouldn't be surprised if it outdoes its debut and current peak.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 28, 2008 10:25:25 GMT -5
It'll be interesting to see where this lands on the Hot 100 this week. It rushed back to the near-top of iTunes so quickly that I wouldn't be surprised if it outdoes its debut and current peak. #4 in sales this week. I *think* that's higher than where it debuted two weeks ago.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 28, 2008 21:22:32 GMT -5
Jumps to #10 on the Hot 100. Best Top 10 hit of the year so far imo.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 29, 2008 9:00:16 GMT -5
7 adds at HAC this week. It's pre-impact but I was still expecting a lot more. This is the first Coldplay single available to HAC since early 2006 AND it's clearly a very popular song based on sales. It should be blowing up at radio now.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 29, 2008 12:23:00 GMT -5
#1 on iTunes
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Post by backintime on Jun 1, 2008 10:07:04 GMT -5
It's taking off at Alternative: top 50 with +114.
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Post by H.A.T.E. U on Jun 1, 2008 19:21:25 GMT -5
They're performing this on the MTV Movie Awards right now.
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Post by H.A.T.E. U on Jun 1, 2008 19:24:11 GMT -5
Ooh, they just played the Apple commercial featuring this song. Coldplay is gonna get a HUGE boost in downloads after this.
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Post by One More Time on Jun 1, 2008 19:31:58 GMT -5
i liked the performance it was pretty good the only part i didn't like is when Chris couldn't hit the high notes
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Jun 1, 2008 20:49:23 GMT -5
Ooh, they just played the Apple commercial featuring this song. Coldplay is gonna get a HUGE boost in downloads after this. That's great since it's ALREADY Top 10 on the Hot 100 before the boost. If only this went for radio adds from the start as the main lead single, Coldplay may have actually had a Hot 100 #1.
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