List of Songs We Hardly Hear Anymore

[radiolives]

Songs that are hardly played on some CHR's anymore, and I bet there are more we can add.

Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

What If - Jason Derulo

Who Dat Girl - Flo Rida feat. Akon

Do You Remember - Jay Sean feat. Lil Jon & Sean Paul

Down - Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne

Too Little Too Late - JoJo

Leave Get Out - JoJo

Whats My Name - Rihanna feat. Drake

Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna

Airplanes - B.O.B. feat Hayley Williams

Crush - David Archuleta

Day N Nite - Kid Cudi

OMG - Usher

Knock You Down - Keri Kilson feat Kanye West, Ne Yo

I Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna

Forever Young - Jay-Z feat. Mr Hudson

I Love College - Ashon Roth

Down On Me - Jeremih feat. 50 Cent

Not Afraid - Eminem

Imma Star - Jeremih

I'm Coming Home - Diddy Dirty Money

Like A G6 - Far East Movement

Rocketeer - Far East Movement feat Ryan Tedder

Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta

Just A Dream - Nelly

Bow Chicka Wow Wow - Mike Posner feat. Lil Wayne

Check It Out - Nicki Minaj feat Will I am

Mad - Ne Yo

Some Kesha songs

Replay - Sean Kingston

Fire Burning On The Dance Floor - Sean Kingston

I Hate This Part Right Here - The Pussycat Dolls

Walk Away - Paula De Anda

Hotel Room Service - Pitbull

I Know You Want Me - Pitbull

Sugar - Flo Rida

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Na Na Na Na - Akon

Beautiful - Akon

 

[atlantaboy]

Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna

Airplanes - B.O.B. feat Hayley Williams

Just A Dream - Nelly

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Q100 plays these all the time

 

[anthonydt06]

And I couldn't be more thankful. CHR is a current based format and should therefore continuously push new hot music. A lot of these songs listed aren't even from this decade. They are, and should be, forever retired from any kind of substantial rotation.

 

[radiolives]

Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna

Airplanes - B.O.B. feat Hayley Williams

Just A Dream - Nelly

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Q100 plays these all the time

Would rather hear those songs instead of any of these songs below.
(took these old songs from the Clear Channel CHR playlist)

702 - Where My Girls At

Shaggy / Ricardo 'rikrok' Ducent - It Wasn't Me

Pras Michel/ Ol' Dirty Bastard/ Mya - Ghetto Superstar

Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back

'n Sync - Bye, Bye, Bye

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

No Doubt - Don't Speak

John Mayer - Daughters

Matchbox 20 - 3 Am

Sugar Ray - Fly

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

 

[atlantaboy]

Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna

Airplanes - B.O.B. feat Hayley Williams

Just A Dream - Nelly

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Q100 plays these all the time

Would rather hear those songs instead of any of these songs below.
(took these old songs from the Clear Channel CHR playlist)

'n Sync - Bye, Bye, Bye

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

John Mayer - Daughters

Matchbox 20 - 3 Am

Sugar Ray - Fly

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

What CHR is playing these?

 

[radiolives]

KC 101 in New Haven

And I think you could have guessed its a Clear Channel station because of the song "Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back"

 

[bchristi]

And I couldn't be more thankful. CHR is a current based format and should therefore continuously push new hot music. A lot of these songs listed aren't even from this decade. They are, and should be, forever retired from any kind of substantial rotation.

Agreed. A lot of smaller-market stations are still very heavy on a lot of these songs, and quite frankly it just sounds bad. If you want to listen to them, load them up on your iPod, CHR should be currents.

 

[the marv]

Sometimes those recurrents are better than hearing the same current song every hour and forty five minutes.

 

[atlantaboy]

KC101 plays those songs cause there's no Hot AC in New Haven CT - same with G105/Raleigh, WKZL/Greensboro, etc.

BChristi - The reason small market stations tend to play older songs is cause they're covering both the CHR and the Hot AC audience in one station - and usually, they end up near or at the top of their market

 

[sdh483]

KC101 plays those songs cause there's no Hot AC in New Haven CT - same with G105/Raleigh, WKZL/Greensboro, etc.

BChristi - The reason small market stations tend to play older songs is cause they're covering both the CHR and the Hot AC audience in one station - and usually, they end up near or at the top of their market

Small town stations, especially CHRs usually don't play by the rules of big city CHRs. Aside from what was stated above, those stations are also listener-based. It's easier to meet the wants and needs of the population in creating playlists for the stations. It's the same thing with rock and country: you'll hear a block of new stuff then some older tunes thrown in, going as far back as the 60s. My experience with small town ACs are that they sound a bit dated and are still heavy on Michael Bolton and Celine Dion like it's 1992 all over again.

As for the songs on the list, my reaction to those not getting much air play is "oh well." That's the life of CHR. Stay current, heavy spins and toss them off the list for new contenders. Maybe the local hot ACs have picked up some of those songs.

 

[wdb2003]

Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna

Airplanes - B.O.B. feat Hayley Williams

Just A Dream - Nelly

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Q100 plays these all the time

Would rather hear those songs instead of any of these songs below.
(took these old songs from the Clear Channel CHR playlist)

'n Sync - Bye, Bye, Bye

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

John Mayer - Daughters

Matchbox 20 - 3 Am

Sugar Ray - Fly

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

What CHR is playing these?

Sounds like a Clear Channel GenX playlist to me since some of them play early 2000's music.

 

[firepoint525]

And I couldn't be more thankful. CHR is a current based format and should therefore continuously push new hot music. A lot of these songs listed aren't even from this decade. They are, and should be, forever retired from any kind of substantial rotation.

Given that this decade is less than two years old, that might be limiting it somewhat. I would say, however, that a CHR shouldn't reach back more than about five years, and definitely no more than 10. And even when they do, it should be very light. Not more than once or twice per hour.

 

[new_friends_gr]

Here's a few more forgotten CHR songs:

"Imma Be" by Black Eyed Peas
"Greenlight" by John Legend & Andre 3000
"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" by Kevin Rudolf
"9 in the Afternoon" by Panic at the Disco
"Untouched" by the Veronicas
"Here In Your Arms" by Hellogoodbye

What the heck happened to these?

 

[new_friends_gr]

Here's a couple more:

"Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance
"Angels on the Moon" by Thriving Ivory

What happened to these ones?

 

[atlantaboy]

"Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance

My Alternative station plays this a lot

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo

Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna

Airplanes - B.O.B. feat Hayley Williams

Just A Dream - Nelly

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Q100 plays these all the time

Would rather hear those songs instead of any of these songs below.
(took these old songs from the Clear Channel CHR playlist)

702 - Where My Girls At

Shaggy / Ricardo 'rikrok' Ducent - It Wasn't Me

Pras Michel/ Ol' Dirty Bastard/ Mya - Ghetto Superstar

Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back

'n Sync - Bye, Bye, Bye

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

No Doubt - Don't Speak

John Mayer - Daughters

Matchbox 20 - 3 Am

Sugar Ray - Fly

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

Just heard Breakfast At Tiffany's yesterday on a grocery store's music service.

 

[viper452]

Ghetto Superstar is a cool song

 

[sdh483]

If you miss those songs so much, buy them on iTunes. A CHR isn't going to go heavy on songs over two years old because their format is supposed to reflect the current trends in pop music. You might hear a handfull of those songs in a day. Not even hot AC is going to go heavy on those songs.

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

Haven't read any mention of Bing Crosby, or Doris Day.................. Oh, wait................ Sorry, wrong thread....