Thrown Down/Steal your Heart Away Singles!

[diamondsnake]

Were these singles a bust or what? I never heard either of them on the radio. It is so sad. People really don't seem to give a fig about FM's new stuff because meanwhile I am hearing Gypsy three times a day on the radio! And I think Thrown Down, at least, is just as good.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
Were these singles a bust or what? I never heard either of them on the radio.Out of the gate, "Steal Your Heart Away" had more adds (radio stations that picked it up) than "Thrown Down," but in their second week of release, "SYHA" didn't receive any additional adds, while "Thrown Down" did. Overall, giving it more airplay than "SYHA" was receiving.

However, they were released right as most stations were switching over to their All-Christmas-Music format for the holidays (which seem to start earlier and earlier every year), and by the time playlists returned to normal in January, FM's latest singles were pretty much forgotten.

That'll probably be it for singles from 'SYW,' I doubt they'll bother to release any other tracks now.
Not sure why Warners chose to release them when they did.... they should have held them until a month or so before the next leg of the US tour starts.

[princessblair]

Recently, my work switched over to regular satellite music (from muzac) and I hear Thrown Down and Steal Your Heart Away all the time!!! I've also heard new Sheryl Crow tunes like First Cut and Light in Your Eyes, but it's so cool to hear Thrown Down on speakers :)

[Lala]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
Were these singles a bust or what? I never heard either of them on the radio. It is so sad. People really don't seem to give a fig about FM's new stuff because meanwhile I am hearing Gypsy three times a day on the radio! And I think Thrown Down, at least, is just as good.

Gypsy!? Wow...that would be nice. I hear GYOW and YMLF, which I love...but I would be happier to ehar Gypsy on the radio.

[ryan8472]

I did hear Thrown Down on the radio once, in an IHOP. That's the only time though. And I too hear Gypsy the most of anything (mainly on 95.9 around here).

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I heard Edge of Seventeen at work today (which wasnt much of a surprise) but I also heard Talk to Me ...which i loved hearing...I dont hear it much considering how big of a single it was

Chris

[GypsySorcerer]

I heard Thrown Down once on the radio. I've never heard SYHA.

[ryan8472]

Also, it was the album version of Thrown Down that I heard. Not the Wall of Sound/Single version, as some have reported hearing.

[EricBliss12345]

I don't blame radio for not touching this stuff. It's no good.

Thrown Down is one of the most boring songs they've done. Not only does it go nowhere fast musically but it is just not catchy, something FM songs are supposed to be. It also doesn't help that it's a totally inferior rewrite of Gypsy.

The same goes for Steal Your Heart Away. Yeah, it's not a terrible song, but it's no better than the bland adult contemporary pop stuff. The best I can say about it is that it's kinda nice.

I think the production and delivery on the whole album is rather bland (exempting a few choice spots), to be quite honest. I think they did an excellent job picking the first singles from the album, I was way late to get Say You Will and these were the only two songs that immidiately spoke to me and I didn't even know they were singles. The music is great in both and they have really catchy choruses.

I'm dumbfounded as to why they haven't released Miranda as a single!

[joe]

I heard " i can't wait" at shop-rite last week. i was shocked to hell.

[Livia]

I heard SYHA at Bed, Bath and Beyond. I've heard it on the radio a couple times, before it was an official single. I've never heard Thrown Down on the radio...:confused:

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Originally posted by EricBliss12345
It also doesn't help that it's a totally inferior rewrite of Gypsy.



How do you get that?

Randy

[dissention]

Originally posted by EricBliss12345
I don't blame radio for not touching this stuff. It's no good.

Thrown Down is one of the most boring songs they've done. Not only does it go nowhere fast musically but it is just not catchy, something FM songs are supposed to be. It also doesn't help that it's a totally inferior rewrite of Gypsy.

I'm dumbfounded as to why they haven't released Miranda as a single!

EXACTLY!!!!!! :D

Dude, we are in total agreement on this one. :nod:

[misterbug]

i feel miranda was a real sleeper on the album. i'll never know why it was not released as a single, if not the first single. the chorus is one of the catchiest i have heard. it's probably in my FM top 10 songs.

i have yet to hear syha or td on the radio, except the one time i heard syha on one of our am stations long before it was released as a single (and long after the album came out).

it seems though that their tours are doing wonderfully despite lack of radio time for the new stuff. tourwise, they beat out j. timberlake & christina who have garbage on the radio all the time.

[Lala]

Hmm...I like Thrown Down and Steal Your Heart Away...but I think Running Through the Garden would be awesome as a single.

[Cristian]

Around these parts of the world there was never a 'proper' single so to speak. The few radio stations who chose to play parts of the Say You Will album were 'free' to pick up whatever they wanted to play.

All of them chose "Thrown Down", and that's really everything that sounded from Say You Will around here.


Song of the moment - Just Crazy Love

[Cristian]

By the way, if they were going to release anything as a single, I pretty much disagree with some of the opinions here... "Thrown Down" and "Steal Your Heart Away" are the most radio-friendly tracks of the album; much more so than "Peacekeeper" or the title track, which were chosen before, and than the other stuff. JMHO.

[Johnny Stew]

"Thrown Down" and "Steal Your Heart Away" were not bad choices for singles at all... they just played it a bit too safe by releasing those two tracks.

If they really wanted to perk up people's ears, they should have released "Everybody Finds Out" and "Miranda" (which has dark subject matter in an irresistable pop/rock setting, much like Shawn Colvin's ultra-successful "Sunny Came Home").

[GypsySorcerer]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Johnny Stew
"Thrown Down" and "Steal Your Heart Away" were not bad choices for singles at all... they just played it a bit too safe by releasing those two tracks.

If they really wanted to perk up people's ears, they should have released "Everybody Finds Out" and "Miranda" (which has dark subject matter in an irresistable pop/rock setting, much like Shawn Colvin's ultra-successful "Sunny Came Home").



I think that they chose the proper singles; I just disagree with the order. I would not have released "Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will" first. I would have done "Thrown Down" and "Steal You Heart Away" as the first two singles.

I don't think EFO would have done well on the pop charts or the AC. The dance, charts, maybe.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by GypsySorcerer
I don't think EFO would have done well on the pop charts or the AC. The dance, charts, maybe. Oh, I agree.
I was thinking beyond AC... I think "Everybody Finds Out" could have actually had some Adult Top 40 success (not to be confused with the standard Top 40 stations), and definitely dance chart success.

Of course, I'm playing armchair quarterback here, so it's easy for me to say what the right course of action would have been. :)

[ryan8472]

Originally posted by Lala
Hmm...I like Thrown Down and Steal Your Heart Away...but I think Running Through the Garden would be awesome as a single.

I agree :nod:

By the way, I heard Thrown Down again tonight, this time in JC Pennies. Album version as usual.

[goldustboi]

From what I read on this board, I cant believe just how much FM are played on the radio in the USA. In the UK, to hear a FM song on the radio is about as likely as hearing Pink on Classical FM - although, having said that, on the rare occasion I do hear FM on the radio, its on the very rare occasion that Im listening to Radio2 so maybe they're played quite frequently on this station - would any UK FM/Radio2 fans care to enlightne me on this? Whilst in a taxi once I heard Say You Will (the song) which made my night(prior to this I was having a pretty crappy night)

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[ricohv]

I can't beleive they didn't have EFO remixed and sent to clubs, etc. like Planets of The Universe. Sometimes these older singers or groups won't get much airplay but will get constantly remixed and heard at clubs giving them sort of a new hipness. I know it's not the same as if they were still cracking the top 10 pop charts, but I think if it keeps them in peoples minds and lets people know they still recording, then great! Because there are a whole lot of people -some even moderate fans- who never knew TISL was released and who don't know about SYW! I think this is really surprising considering how well POTU did on the dance charts. #1!
Let Stevie be known as a DanceDiva or whatever, who cares as long as they are getting exposure. And I can guarantee you if they did another Madonna Vs. Stevie dance mix song with EFO and one of the new Madonna songs, Stevie would stomp all over Madonna's pastey white a_ _!!!!!
JMO, Ricoh

[ryan8472]

Actually, I change my mind, I think Destiny Rules would make a perfect single! :nod: Too bad they didn't release it!!!

(Oh, and I agree, I've always thought EFO is the perfect dance hit)

[iamstevienicks]

Ive heard FM on Century once or twice, but never any of the new stuff :( All we get is what Radio 2 plays no other stations will play them!!