Seems to be taking over S. Florida. Playing in heavy rotation at WPOW - WYHI also playing on WLDI - and WMGE
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Bob Sinclair - World Hold On
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great song.
Actually, most stations didn't start playing the remix to Everything But The Girl's "Missing" until months, or even a year after it was released. Then the following year it took months and months for most stations to jump on "Macarena".
This is the first Dance records in ages to go Top 10 at Power 96. That says something to me.
This is the first Dance records in ages to go Top 10 at Power 96. That says something to me.
CHRles said:Actually, most stations didn't start playing the remix to Everything But The Girl's "Missing" until months, or even a year after it was released. Then the following year it took months and months for most stations to jump on "Macarena".
This is the first Dance records in ages to go Top 10 at Power 96. That says something to me.
The fact that it is Top 10 at Power 96 is the reason i posted this. In fact if you look at the playlist of CHR Rhythmic stations now, it includes alot of Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani, Pussycat Dolls, Gym Class Heroes etc etc these musicians are not the same hip hop that we have been hearin for the last several years.
No, but they are the same pop stars that we've been hearing for the past decade, and they're mostly scoring with Timberland's hip hop based beats(at least Timberlake, PussyCat Dolls, and Furtado are, and Madonna has fled the "Confessions" game plan; Timberlake and Timberland will be working with her on her next album.)
For a while there, Power 106 in La was airing this song in there Five O'clock traffic jam mix. But sister station (Movin 93-9) seems to be playing it alot more now during the movin workout at noon and 5 o'clock mix. Movin also has mixes on friday and saturday nights, which they play that song alot too.
i've seen songs that have been out 2 years come around and become hits. either there wasn't a budget to promote it properly, or it was put out at the incorrect time and got buried by whatever other 'big-name' artists had songs come out at the same time. it happens. if it's good enough, it will stick around long enough for the right ears to notice.
my $0.02
my $0.02
this is all about context;
there has to be a 'wave' that sweeps in to really connect, especially where CHR is concerned;otherwise, the usual lone suspect winds up being a 'sore thumb/novelty',and when it stops getting play, the CHR/Top 40 universe barely notices...
you need ****STARS****,and a wave of songs, which is how disco broke,and how the initial wave of the early Deborah Cox/Amber/Reina/Venga Boys, etc songs swept in
there has to be a 'wave' that sweeps in to really connect, especially where CHR is concerned;otherwise, the usual lone suspect winds up being a 'sore thumb/novelty',and when it stops getting play, the CHR/Top 40 universe barely notices...
you need ****STARS****,and a wave of songs, which is how disco broke,and how the initial wave of the early Deborah Cox/Amber/Reina/Venga Boys, etc songs swept in
Hey lumia? Im sure they were saying that back in the 90s as well.... so Justin Timberlake is the trend for today but in 10 years where the heck will he be???? I would say just where the artists that you stated are today.......
Im impressed you know of deborah cox/Amber/Reina/venga Boys... just goes to show dance isnt dead because you thought of those artists. Thats why when I do my show, I play the classics... people remember them. It ends up eduating the masses who arent familiar, but theres something magical about hearing a gold selection on the radio (no matter what medium) that makes you think and go ouuuuuu ahhhhhh
Im impressed you know of deborah cox/Amber/Reina/venga Boys... just goes to show dance isnt dead because you thought of those artists. Thats why when I do my show, I play the classics... people remember them. It ends up eduating the masses who arent familiar, but theres something magical about hearing a gold selection on the radio (no matter what medium) that makes you think and go ouuuuuu ahhhhhh
know of them? I hrelped break many of those records in the gays clubs in the NY/LI area, and helped chart them as a Billboard Soundscan 12 inch Vinyl Dance Reporter..
then, everything became about bOOM BOOM BOOM, BAM BAM BAM< no lyrics, and that was the end of THAT!
(but, in related news, I did hear "World Hold On' this very weekend, being tested on Z 100 (not on a mix show) and being intro'ed as 'new music'...so, ya never know
for that matter "The anthem" from 2003 is still getting me fan mail from around the world, four years later
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then, everything became about bOOM BOOM BOOM, BAM BAM BAM< no lyrics, and that was the end of THAT!
(but, in related news, I did hear "World Hold On' this very weekend, being tested on Z 100 (not on a mix show) and being intro'ed as 'new music'...so, ya never know
for that matter "The anthem" from 2003 is still getting me fan mail from around the world, four years later
http://www.myspace.com/thejimilalumia
looks as though they've added World Hold On to WFHN Fairhaven (Fun 107) out of Southeast Mass/Cape Code/Providence, RI...as well as September...just last week...on a recent trip to Ft Lauderdale/Miami (May 31-June 8) World Hold On was #1 everyday on both Y 100 and Power 96 on their respective countdowns...so when i came back to hear "World hold on" here in Rhode Island, i was very happy and a little surprised
"World Hold On" got a lot of airplay on XM 81 last summer (2006).
I happened to hear it on an unidentified 102.1 a few weeks ago when I was doing a band scan in Floodwood, MN. The station (which was fighting against KEEY from the Minneapolis area) seemed to follow it up with a rock song, so I think it was KCAJ - Roseau, MN "Wild 102", a CHR station in the very northern part of Minnesota.
I happened to hear it on an unidentified 102.1 a few weeks ago when I was doing a band scan in Floodwood, MN. The station (which was fighting against KEEY from the Minneapolis area) seemed to follow it up with a rock song, so I think it was KCAJ - Roseau, MN "Wild 102", a CHR station in the very northern part of Minnesota.
All I have to say that record Industry's political affairs suck.. Im very surprised to hear that "World Hold On" is classified as "New Music" And the whole fact of the matter is its waaaay old by clubbing standards. The fact of the matter is that record reps dont have a clue, when it comes time to sign artists to their labels.... Sure we can all sit here and be critical about whats goin on where.. but when a domestic label signs artists, then you can guarantee its success. I really think these dance/CHR reps should be attending some nightclub events.. maybe they might get a bonus for signing some of these artists in advance... then the music industry wouldnt suffer the political games they play.. If they classify "world Hold on" as the standard for radio air play, then why couldnt they just come to terms with the other bombs such as Armand Van Heldons new track called NYC Beat!?!?!? The record companies need to have a wake up call and get a reps who know what they are doing so they can be the first to set the trend, then we might be able to talk.. but for now we will have to listen to old classics we all know from goin out to the bars and clubs a year n 1/2 ago. You can always look at it this way.. atleast the track is making its way to a more main stream market which sets a standard for others to follow suit and desire the same sound as "world hold on has to offer" Once again I reinterate the word IMPORT.. since before the domestic lable picked it up it was an import, and with the internet so readily available, the loss in sales to jump on a track late can either make or break a company... so who really wins?
It's a global hit. The US just doesn't get it. Global pop music isn't part of our pop culture. I don't have the stats on 'World Hold On' but I'll bet it sold quite well around the world. I wonder if whoever is at the top of the charts this week in the US outsold the Sinclar track.
Hits are relative. The song was a hit in it's genre in the US. Radio airplay charts don't determine if a song is a 'Hit', but it is part of what defines a 'Hit'. You have to include downloads, ringtones, traditional sales, airplay, club play, requests and impact on the culture to define a 'Hit'. And based on that, what works in Cleveland may not fly in Boise.
Ask anyone what is hit song to them. Then check the sales and chart data. They don't always line up.
Hits are relative. The song was a hit in it's genre in the US. Radio airplay charts don't determine if a song is a 'Hit', but it is part of what defines a 'Hit'. You have to include downloads, ringtones, traditional sales, airplay, club play, requests and impact on the culture to define a 'Hit'. And based on that, what works in Cleveland may not fly in Boise.
Ask anyone what is hit song to them. Then check the sales and chart data. They don't always line up.
ya jump the gun lumia.. just curious do you actually work in radio or do you just sit back and watch stats? I know yer a big stat watcher because in the first place this is the actual second or third week "World" has been signed to a DOMESTIC lable... if someone was ontop of it all then it would have been picked up maybe a year and a 1/2 ago... Face it... record companies are scared to promote something out of the norm... why do you think they created IPODs and Cd players... and why do you find the radio industry changing and adapting to TRY to get these people to tune in more often? Radio only offers one thing, repetitive constant rotation of the same 40 songs......lalumia said:and "World" is stiffing in the 70s on Media Base, it's hardly a 'hit"
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