The Next U2 Single? - Page 2

ultraviolet353 · 08-20-2005, 11:53 AM

OOTS is in my Top 3 on HTDAAB, but they are crazy if MD is not released as a single. This is by far the most accessible song on the album--all of my non-U2 friends cite it as their favorite track. Having said that, IMO, U2 has made many poor choices with respect to single choice, and the sequence of those choices.

claytons edge · 08-20-2005, 11:59 AM

Miracle drug would be best,but U2 don't seem to go with what would be best,hence they seem to fuck thing's up or a least their management do,it's one or the other i can't decide

fitz · 08-20-2005, 12:20 PM

In Europe is the next single ABOY (release date October)

financeguy · 08-20-2005, 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by STING2
To sum up, the only thing the band did not do for ZOOROPA that they did do for Achtung Baby is launch a full tour for it. At the end of 1993, the album was at the 1.8 million mark according to soundscan and was certified for 2 million in sales from RIAA. Even if the band had toured for the album, I doubt sales would have improved much more for it.

I realise you are looking mainly at US sales, however even though they didn't tour the US for the Zooropa album, they did 56 shows in 1993 in Europe/Asia/Australia many of them after the release of the Zooropa album.

Coming back to the single release debate, I would agree with people who have said A Man and A Woman would be a good choice.

Miracle Drug is a fine song but sounds rather similar to COBL in sound, the market would just think 'oh, another U2 single. Big deal' whereas A Man and A Woman is sufficiently different to cause people to sit up and take notice.

Then and only then shoud they procede and hit them with the sucker punch of Miracle Drug - which would make a idea singe in the run up to Xmas. Not that they'll listen to any of this.

financeguy · 08-20-2005, 01:58 PM

Sorry for repeating myself but the more I think of it the more I think Miracle Drug is the perfect pre-Christmas single. So releasing it in August/September is too early in my view.

As regards the risks of over-promotion, I agree with Sting2 on this, doing TV adverts before every single is a recipe for over exposure.

fedeu2 · 08-20-2005, 06:06 PM

What a joke.
This has to be the worst U2´s marketing decision ever.

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Originally posted by fitz
In Europe is the next single ABOY (release date October)

Popmartijn · 08-20-2005, 11:46 PM

Why?
Because it's a great song?

ybird3k · 08-21-2005, 01:30 AM

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Originally posted by fedeu2
What a joke.
This has to be the worst U2´s marketing decision ever.

i agree, next single should be Miracle Drug, then OOTS. but i'd rather see love and peace as a single than ABOY.

the highest ABOY is likely to get in the UK is top5, whereas miracle drug or OOTS would make the top 2 for definate. and again if europe is getting ABOY, what is the next single in the US?, and we've already seen that the strategy of releasing diffrent singles in different countries at the same time is a poor one.

LyricalDrug · 08-21-2005, 01:46 AM

Remember how, after "Pop", U2 looked back at the commercial problems with that album, and realized that "Staring at the Sun" should have been a massive single, but that they never mixed it right?

It's the same thing this time around with "Original of the Species." When the album came out, Bono was hyping this as a huge hit. But they haven't figured out how to play it right live, and it hasn't been played much at all this tour, and now they band is re-recording it for a new single.

Does anyone else thing they "blew it" with this song?

08-20-2005, 11:53 AM	#21
ultraviolet353 War Child Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 507 Local Time: 08:57 AM	OOTS is in my Top 3 on HTDAAB, but they are crazy if MD is not released as a single. This is by far the most accessible song on the album--all of my non-U2 friends cite it as their favorite track. Having said that, IMO, U2 has made many poor choices with respect to single choice, and the sequence of those choices. __________________

08-20-2005, 11:59 AM	#22
claytons edge The Fly Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: dublin Posts: 166 Local Time: 03:57 PM	Miracle drug would be best,but U2 don't seem to go with what would be best,hence they seem to fuck thing's up or a least their management do,it's one or the other i can't decide __________________

08-21-2005, 01:46 AM	#29
LyricalDrug Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 3,236 Local Time: 07:57 AM	Remember how, after "Pop", U2 looked back at the commercial problems with that album, and realized that "Staring at the Sun" should have been a massive single, but that they never mixed it right? It's the same thing this time around with "Original of the Species." When the album came out, Bono was hyping this as a huge hit. But they haven't figured out how to play it right live, and it hasn't been played much at all this tour, and now they band is re-recording it for a new single. Does anyone else thing they "blew it" with this song? __________________

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08-20-2005, 12:20 PM	#23
fitz Acrobat Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Munich / Germany Posts: 402 Local Time: 05:57 PM	In Europe is the next single ABOY (release date October)

08-20-2005, 01:58 PM	#25
financeguy ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 10,122 Local Time: 04:57 PM	Sorry for repeating myself but the more I think of it the more I think Miracle Drug is the perfect pre-Christmas single. So releasing it in August/September is too early in my view. As regards the risks of over-promotion, I agree with Sting2 on this, doing TV adverts before every single is a recipe for over exposure.

08-20-2005, 11:46 PM	#27
Popmartijn Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 32,853 Local Time: 05:57 PM	Why? Because it's a great song?