Crazy update August 30
will crazy be able to enter the hot 100 on airplay alone as dont see downloads playing any significant part?
Maybe, especially if it continues to gain airplay on the Mainstream Adult Top 40 and Alternative Formats. Those are much larger than Adult Rock, where U2 seems to get played quite a bit.
This week's update from Mediabase:
Adult Rock:
LW: Aug 17-Aug 23 TW: Aug 24-Aug 30 Updated: Mon Aug 31 4:12 AM PST
Peak lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move On TW lw +/-
1 3 1 DAVID GRAY 576 489 87 30 19.2 16.3 +2.9
3 6 2 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Why I Am 502 418 84 27 18.6 15.5 +3.1
1 1 3 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 493 504 -11 29 17.0 17.4 -0.4
5 5 4 U2 I'll Go Crazy If I D... Interscope 2009 481 442 39 29 16.6 15.2 +1.3
Alternative:
Peak lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move On TW lw +/-
29 30 30 OWL CITY Fireflies 440 401 39 33 12.6 11.5 +1.1
30 32 31 U2 I'll Go Crazy If I D... 426 374 52 38 10.9 9.6 +1.3
1 28 32 GREEN DAY Know Your Enemy 397 443 -46 44 8.4 9.4 -1.0
Adult Top 40:
Peak lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move On TW lw +/-
27 29 27 U2 I'll Go Crazy If I D...525 507 18 42 11.9 11.5 +0.4
24 28 28 BLACK EYED PEAS Boom Boom Pow 500 533 -33 25 18.5 19.2 -0.7
29 30 29 HOWIE DAY Be There 495 477 18 39 12.4 11.9 +0.5
13 26 30 KELLY CLARKSON I Do Not Hook Up 455 599 -144 38 9.1 11.5 -2.4
Fuse TV (Video Airplay)
LW TW ARTIST TITLE (LABEL) TOTAL PLAYS TOTAL PLAYS LW +/-PLAYS
11 1 3OH!3 Don't Trust Me (Photo Finish/Atlantic/RRP) 22 14 8
1 2 BLACK EYED PEAS I Gotta Feeling (Interscope) 18 23 -5
26 3 THEORY OF A DEADMAN Not Meant To Be (604/Universal) 17 12 5
27 4 U2 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go... (Interscope) 17 12 5
VH-1 (Video Airplay)
LW TW ARTIST TITLE (LABEL) TOTAL PLAYS TOTAL PLAYS LW +/-PLAYS
14 16 3 DOORS DOWN Let Me Be Myself (Universal Republic) 12 13 -1
22 17 U2 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go... (Interscope) 12 10 2
39 18 UNCLE KRACKER Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic) 12 4 8
15 19 BEYONCE Sweet Dreams (Music World/Columbia) 11 13 -2
More updates when Billboard updates later this week. The Crazy Tonight music video looks like a cinch to be the most popular clip from NLOTH. The song has not moved many positions since my last update, which was less than a week ago, but it is still gaining airplay across the formats where it's getting airplay. Again this week, there are a number of playlists with multiple songs from NLOTH in the Top 20, like this one from Seattle:
KMTT-FM
Seattle (13)
rTW ARTIST TITLE SPINS TW LW
1 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 25 27
2 FRANZ FERDINAND No You Girls 25 26
3 INGRID MICHAELSON Maybe 24 23
4 ERIC HUTCHINSON Rock & Roll 17 18
5 GREEN DAY Know Your Enemy 17 15
6 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Say Hey 17 11
7 DAVID GRAY Fugitive 16 18
8 OWL CITY Fireflies 15 7
9 COLLECTIVE SOUL Staring Down 13 6
10 BRANDI CARLILE Dreams 12 7
11 U2 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go... 11 10
12 TRAIN Hey, Soul Sister 11 7
13 ADELE Right As Rain 10 17
14 PEARL JAM The Fixer 10 14
15 U2 Moment Of Surrender 10 12
16 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Why I Am 10 10
17 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours 10 8
18 PLAIN WHITE T'S 1, 2, 3, 4 10 7
19 U2 Magnificent 10 7
20 KILLERS Human 9 9
With the tour being just under two weeks away from hitting North America, I would not be surprised to see many playlists, at least from the Adult Rock Format, with multiple NLOTH tracks in the Top 20. Crazy Tonight should hold it's momentum until the tour kicks off, and after that, I really don't know. The timing for an all out push for the song and the album looks like it is going to work out perfectly with respect to the tour and the resulting publicity. It's too bad Magnificent didn't get this type of promotion, although it did end up having some staying power along with new life as a dance remix.
