**New Single** - Secret Love

[silvasprings]

Originally Posted by Aussie W/Heart

Yeah i was also wondering if its available in Australia yet,i would love to hear Secret Love played on our Radio stations real soon, but not holding my breath.. I was thrilled & shocked at the same time when i heard WWD on the radio last month, can you believe it, that was my first time ever hearing it on the radio... I was still so excited even though ive listened to that song a million times before .

I've been looking into getting it played on some of the major Sydney stations, obviously not the top 40 ones since they won't touch it. But our radio stations don't all have twitter like the US ones. So it's more complicated to request a song. Just tonight I listened to the classic rock station just in case, And I heard Talk To Me, which was exciting because I hardly ever hear Stevie on the radio, I thought they might play it to introduce her new single, but no.

[Travis]

Can you guys request the song for me at this radio station please?

http://www.winc.fm/

Because I'm at work the page won't fully load for me but there should be a link on the main page "REQUEST A SONG", I hear them say it all the time. Also, if you don't see it, send an email directly to Paula Kidwell at [email protected]

I think the song has a good chance of being played on this station. They usually give new songs a chance.

Thanks!

[AnthonyMI]

Just downloaded Secret Love from iTunes. If you love Stevie spend the $1 or whatever and help her get on the charts!

[RockALittle250]

Right now she's ranking at #51 on iTunes under rock songs.

[mikebise]

Originally Posted by AnthonyMI

Just downloaded Secret Love from iTunes. If you love Stevie spend the $1 or whatever and help her get on the charts!

Done! I downloaded from both iTunes and Amazon!!!

[kak125]

i just bought my copy of the single too even though i had one from pre-ordering the cd. go stevie!!

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Right now she's ranking at #51 on iTunes under rock songs.

#33 now, pretty big jump right?

Although, most of the songs on the list are like, years old, so I'm not sure if it's so reliable

[Jondalar]

This song isn't even one of the featured new songs on itunes. People don't know it's even there.

[BombaySapphire3]

The fact that at her age she still has a major label contract and an album that may get decent promotion by that label is an accomplishment IMO.Some of that may be due to a percieved somewhat large(relatively speaking) fanbase and also an iconic status that most of the names mentioned in the op just don't really have.

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

This song isn't even one of the featured new songs on itunes. People don't know it's even there.

I was going to say the same thing. I'm surprised that this is the case.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

I was going to say the same thing. I'm surprised that this is the case.

Ok, it's featured now as one of the new songs of the week.

[jellyman10]

Still no sign of it in the UK iTunes. I tried to switch country, to buy it in the States, but it wouldn't accept my account.

Hope it shows up soon! I want to help create mo-ment-um!

[Artemis]

How does the chart system work in the US? Like, if she gets to #1 on the itunes rock songs, will she be number 1 on Billboard's rock songs? Cause if she achieved that, I think that's pretty much the arena she wants to compete in.

And maybe Stevie's song is getting released later in the UK? Isn't that normally the case? I know we had to wait later for Britney's new song than the rest of the world did.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Ok, it's featured now as one of the new songs of the week.

Yes it is, though it's lumped in with 77 other new songs this week towards the end of the list.

I'm somewhat conflicted about whether it was a smart move or not on WBR's part to offer a free download with In Your Dreams pre-order on Jan.13th. Almost 4 weeks before the single was official available for purchase online. For instance 99.9% of those that pre-ordered to get the song were going to buy the album anyway. And having the song now precludes the majority of those who pre-ordered to not purchase the single, where otherwise they would have, racking up probably upwards of a thousand downloads on release day and generating the excitement now when it's needed.

The YouTube leak has almost 42K hits as of today, which is not exactly a viral sensation after nearly 4 weeks. I hope Stevie puts out a wildly fantastic video in a couple of weeks that stirs the pot much more. Overall realistically I don't expect this song to be a "hit", I just want it to get a moderate amount of attention. I would have liked to see the YouTube leak generate over 100-200K views by now, that would have been promising. So unless Stevie & Warners have a better and more catchy single up their sleeve closer to the release date, I think IYD will be ballpark selling @ 10-25K copies in it's 1st week. Unfortunately that is Stevies & the record industry's new reality(unless your the latest & hottest thang.)

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by Artemis

How does the chart system work in the US? Like, if she gets to #1 on the itunes rock songs, will she be number 1 on Billboard's rock songs? Cause if she achieved that, I think that's pretty much the arena she wants to compete in.

And maybe Stevie's song is getting released later in the UK? Isn't that normally the case? I know we had to wait later for Britney's new song than the rest of the world did.

The sale of the song on itunes definitely counts towards a chart placement...not sure what chart she'd land on. I think sales and radio spins on the given radio format determine what chart she ends up on.