We must admit that the debut single for Same Difference (‘We R One’) was a guilty little pleasure when it was released back in 2008. The unfortunate thing about it, though, was that it was about eight years too late. Even the album, which featured quite possibly the most colourful cover image since ‘The Dulux Dog Sings Doris Day’ (this does not exist), was about ten years too late, with production that would’ve sounded more appropriate around the time that Steps was dominating the chart.
So Sean & Sarah have gone back to the drawing board for their brand new single ‘Shine On Forever (Photo Frame)’. The great news about it is that the sound’s been updated, and their image has grown up from the bubblegum pop of yesterday to a slightly retro-cool look today.
The only thing is the song’s out now for all to hear. BUT it’s not digitally released until late August.
NOTE TO RECORD COMPANIES : This is the digital age. If people want a song, they want it now. They don’t want to wait NINE weeks for it. If it’s not available, people who do want it will download it illegally. Then by the time the song is released proper, those who’ve wanted it will already have it and most everyone else will probably be completely sick of it.
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Anonymous says
The Dulux Dog Sings Doris Day? Wtf
Anonymous says
Kylie’s “All The Lovers” isn’t underperforming because of the time between its release to radio and its digital release. It just hasn’t struck as much of a chord with the public as her previous material did. It never took off at radio (it peaked in the 20s, which is unheard of for a lead single from Kylie since she resurged with “Light Years” a decade ago) and it plummeted down the digital charts. In the UK, it had the same release pattern and yet it moved back up to #3 this week (improving on its debut position of #4 two weeks ago), with an increase in digital sales. If illegal downloads made such a difference in Australia, how come they seem to have had negligible impact in the UK? I do agree that having too much of a gap between the radio and commercial release of a track is detrimental to its chances of success, but I don’t really think it’s made much of a difference to Kylie’s single (as evidenced by its impressive performance in the UK).
Paul K says
Agree wholeheatedly with your comments on record companies and digital releases. When a song is released to radio etc it should also immediately be avaiable for legal download. The gap creates this culture of illegal downloads, the wait between radio release and digital has detrimental effect on sales (cough cough, Kylie, cough, All The Lovers, cough cough).
outoutout says
I completely agree. In the age of instant media access, record companies are only contributing to the pirating culture by holding back the official release. I predict a not-so-stellar chart placing for this one (if it does, in fact, chart).