Michael Buble's "Just Haven't Met You Yet" - what happened to it?

[new_friends_gr]

We heard this song a lot in the first few months of 2010, but all of a sudden I hardly hear it anymore. What gives?

 

[carolinaradio]

I still hear it, but not to the extent like "Hey Soul Sister", "Need You Now", and "Fallin' For You"....except for "Home", M. Buble's songs don't seem to become staples even if they are hits. Not much decent new material for AC right now except for the songs I mentioned. Everything outside of the top 10 isn't going to get that far, I don't think.

 

[semoochie]

It's moved over to Hot AC and CHR/Pop.

 

[new_friends_gr]

It's moved over to Hot AC and CHR/Pop.

Seriously? Do you have an example of a Hot AC or CHR station that's playing this now? Michael Buble on CHR? That sounds strange.

 

[carolinaradio]

It's moved over to Hot AC and CHR/Pop.

Seriously? Do you have an example of a Hot AC or CHR station that's playing this now? Michael Buble on CHR? That sounds strange.

Re: semoochie: usually it's the other way around.

Actually, it is climbing up the charts I think. I just can't see Michael Buble on AC. However, some Modern AC stations are playing the song. WZPT/Pittsburgh and WMC/Nashville are playing it I know.

 

[Jazz_Kat]

Smooth Jazz stations are playing it as well.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Standards plays it, which is unfortunate. When I heard it, I thought it was one of those songs like "Bad Day" that I'm sick of hearing about.

Most of his music IS standards, though "Everything" has become a mainstay on standards radio. And there was another AC-sounding song he did ... what was it?

 

[satech]

All the AC stations within my listening range are still playing it (NYC, central NJ, Allentown PA).

And as for Standards playing it, why not? He's an established Standards artist, and old people like to get up and dance a little too. I'd much rather hear it than hear Rod Stewart's miserable attempts at crooner ballads, anyway.

I think the biggest crossover in recent history, though, was Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why". At one point I was hearing it contemporaneously on Standards, Smooth Jazz, Soft AC, mainstream AC, Hot AC, Adult CHR, mainstream CHR, and even Urban CHR. And it's still a mainstay of AC playlists today!

 

[new_friends_gr]

Most of his music IS standards, though "Everything" has become a mainstay on standards radio. And there was another AC-sounding song he did ... what was it?

"Home", "Save the Last Dance For Me", and "Lost" were his other AC hits.

 

[new_friends_gr]

I think the biggest crossover in recent history, though, was Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why". At one point I was hearing it contemporaneously on Standards, Smooth Jazz, Soft AC, mainstream AC, Hot AC, Adult CHR, mainstream CHR, and even Urban CHR. And it's still a mainstay of AC playlists today!

Wow! That's pretty impressive. I didn't realize that song had such a wide appeal. What's the difference between Adult CHR and mainstream CHR?

 

[the golden boy]

I think the biggest crossover in recent history, though, was Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why". At one point I was hearing it contemporaneously on Standards, Smooth Jazz, Soft AC, mainstream AC, Hot AC, Adult CHR, mainstream CHR, and even Urban CHR. And it's still a mainstay of AC playlists today!

Wow! That's pretty impressive. I didn't realize that song had such a wide appeal. What's the difference between Adult CHR and mainstream CHR?

Adult CHRs tend to stay away from rap and hip-hop (like Star 94 Atlanta). Mainstream can play it all.

 

[semoochie]

"Seriously? Do you have an example of a Hot AC or CHR station that's playing this now? Michael Buble on CHR? That sounds strange." It seems to have peaked at #25 on the Hot 100. Adult Pop, which I assume is the Hot AC chart showed it peaking at #9. I couldn't find a figure for CHR/Pop. In Portland, CHR Z100 and Hot AC The Buzz both seem to have it in regular rotation and AC K103 is still playing it regularly.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I'd much rather hear it than hear Rod Stewart's miserable attempts at crooner ballads, anyway.

Hey, now, Rod Stewart does a great job with those songs. It took some gettting used to, but he sounds right and his backup musicians are the best.

I think the biggest crossover in recent history, though, was Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why". At one point I was hearing it contemporaneously on Standards, Smooth Jazz, Soft AC, mainstream AC, Hot AC, Adult CHR, mainstream CHR, and even Urban CHR. And it's still a mainstay of AC playlists today!

Yeah, this one was amazing. I once heard it on a so-called soft rock station that played Creed.

 

[Seltzer]

I think we all need to remember it's the "song" that is what is the hit. It really doesn't matter who sings it. If AC/DC released a power ballad, there's a really good chance it would eventually end up on A/C radio. I would not have said the same thing ten years ago where programmers were still more concerned about the artist. Creed's "With Arms Wide Open" fits perfectly on a Soft Rock station.

Michael Buble's song and the Lady Antebellum song are the two biggest surprises to cross to CHR this year. But they are both really great songs.

 

[carolinaradio]

I think we all need to remember it's the "song" that is what is the hit. It really doesn't matter who sings it. If AC/DC released a power ballad, there's a really good chance it would eventually end up on A/C radio. I would not have said the same thing ten years ago where programmers were still more concerned about the artist. Creed's "With Arms Wide Open" fits perfectly on a Soft Rock station.

Michael Buble's song and the Lady Antebellum song are the two biggest surprises to cross to CHR this year. But they are both really great songs.

As much as I HATE the song, Aerosmith found AC success with "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing."

I wonder how long the Lady Antebellum song will sit on top of the AC chart. Since there isn't much new material and it has such strong success, I wouldn't be surprised to see it continue at #1 in to July. I wish the AC chart moved faster...

 

[Jay F]

CHR KUDD/Salt Lake was playing it a lot a few weeks ago when I was monitoring them, maybe they still do. I thought it fit in and sounded surprisingly good on CHR for an artist who is thought to be AC.

 

[satech]

Michael Buble's song and the Lady Antebellum song are the two biggest surprises to cross to CHR this year. But they are both really great songs.

I wouldn't really call them a surprise, since both are catchy pop-rock-based tunes (the "country" version of "Need You Now" just adds in a steel guitar). Hearing James Blunt and Norah Jones on CHR was much more of a surprise to me.

 

[new_friends_gr]

I think we all need to remember it's the "song" that is what is the hit. It really doesn't matter who sings it. If AC/DC released a power ballad, there's a really good chance it would eventually end up on A/C radio. I would not have said the same thing ten years ago where programmers were still more concerned about the artist. Creed's "With Arms Wide Open" fits perfectly on a Soft Rock station.

Michael Buble's song and the Lady Antebellum song are the two biggest surprises to cross to CHR this year. But they are both really great songs.

You make an excellent point. Nowadays it's more about the song than the artist. A good example of an artist who has songs on some formats and other songs playing on other formats is Mariah Carey. In the early '90s, Mariah Carey was strictly an AC artist. However, in the late '90s and '00s, her music evolved into more CHR, Urban AC, and R&B-type formats. Some of Mariah Carey's songs ("We Belong Together" for instance) are still solid AC hits while others ("Obsessed") will probably never appear on an AC station.

 

[Jay F]

I think we all need to remember it's the "song" that is what is the hit. It really doesn't matter who sings it. If AC/DC released a power ballad, there's a really good chance it would eventually end up on A/C radio. I would not have said the same thing ten years ago where programmers were still more concerned about the artist. Creed's "With Arms Wide Open" fits perfectly on a Soft Rock station.

Michael Buble's song and the Lady Antebellum song are the two biggest surprises to cross to CHR this year. But they are both really great songs.

You make an excellent point. Nowadays it's more about the song than the artist. A good example of an artist who has songs on some formats and other songs playing on other formats is Mariah Carey. In the early '90s, Mariah Carey was strictly an AC artist. However, in the late '90s and '00s, her music evolved into more CHR, Urban AC, and R&B-type formats. Some of Mariah Carey's songs ("We Belong Together" for instance) are still solid AC hits while others ("Obsessed") will probably never appear on an AC station.

I recall her having huge chart success right out of the gate in the early 90s in multiple formats...AC, CHR, and Urban. Songs like "Vision Of Love" and 'Emotions" hit #1 on the CHR chart. So I would have to disagree that she started AC and crossed over to CHR latter in her carrer.

 

[firepoint525]

It's moved over to Hot AC and CHR/Pop.

Seriously? Do you have an example of a Hot AC or CHR station that's playing this now? Michael Buble on CHR? That sounds strange.

Mix 92.9 (AC) and 107.5 the River (CHR) have played it here in Nashville.

But I am really surprised that no one has said what I have thought about the song: that it sounds a lot like Sara Bareilles' "Love Song." At least the backing track sounds like it was discarded from "Love Song."