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[hazuki]

What do you guys think? Will Columbia send 'Touch Me' to CHR/Mainstream radio for adds?

They should. Radio would eat it up. Thoughts?

Oh, and lets tweet some Columbia people; maybe they can answer our question...

[Kevin]

I wanna say yes, but I don't know why they haven't by now.. so i kinda doubt it?

[VSW]

We really should start doing something about Touch Me. I know our last efforts haven't really worked but maybe we can tweet Columbia and start a free gifting Twitter campaign for it? This could very well easily take off.

[Just Breathe]

Question: Will they send Touch Me to radio?

A+B=C

Let A= Professionals of music management
Let B= Sending songs with immense potential to radio
Let C= Career boost for Katharine McPhee

A is not equal to B, therefore the end result of C can not occur.

Explanation:
Sending Touch Me to radio would be a logical move on Smash's/Kat's label (whom ever is in charge of it) part. History has shown that Kat does not work with logically sound "professionals," as they disregard potentinal in her music (See Terrified for further research).Therefore, Touch Me will not be sent to radio.

[Joffrey Baratheon]

They haven't made any effort to promote the ALBUM, what makes you think they're gonna release this to radio? I think they're just aiming to sell what they can while spending as little as possible.

[Camila Cabello]

oxi

[Mew]

Yes, it is the song of the summer tbh.

[dalki]

No they won't. They never said they would, even if it would make sense to help promote the album.

Besides its Christmas songs, have any Glee songs been sent to radio? They probably don't need to though since the albums generally sell well.

Edited by dalki, 02 May 2012 - 08:25 PM.

[Just Breathe]

I think the frustrating part of this situation, and even the Terrified one, was that there was obvious potential in both songs. If you remember, Didi sang the the song for 30 seconds and it made a bit of a dent on iTunes, imagine if they put 1/8 the energy they did in Had It All and released it to radio, simply as a test run. People clearly noticed it.

And now with Touch Me, its one of the highest (if not the highest) downloaded off of the soundtrack. It just seems to make sense that by releasing it to radio, it can only help Kat AND Smash.

I'm sorry, but to me, this radio thing is not that big of a deal, ESPECIALLY when there is clear interest in the song, and that is not just including the fan base. However, Dalki was right when she said maybe the song was just meant for the show and nothing more. Idk.

[Camila Cabello]

No they won't. They never said they would, even if it would make sense to help promote the album.

Besides its Christmas songs, have any Glee songs been sent to radio? They probably don't need to though since the albums generally sell well.

Glee only does covers though. They had two (crappy) original songs last year though, but those weren't really radio friendly.

[Corey]

Glee only does covers though. They had two (crappy) original songs last year though, but those weren't really radio friendly.

Glee has had quite a few original songs, produced by Tedder & Max Martin I think? That were pretty current tbh. "Get It Right" being one of them

[Camila Cabello]

Glee has had quite a few original songs, produced by Tedder & Max Martin I think? That were pretty current tbh. "Get It Right" being one of them

Ummm...they only had the two that they did at regionals last season though?? Loser Like Me and that Rachel ballad. And then that one at the finale at Nationals, which I forgot about, the one that had Finn and Rachel making it on stage.

[this is sick]

Glee did release a song to pop radio. It was called "Loser Like Me." It was so awful

[dalki]

Just Breathe, it costs money to send a song to radio (and probably a lot of money for pop and Hot AC) and maybe Columbia doesn't think it's worth the expense given the return they've gotten so far on the Smash songs. And as far as Terrified went, I think Verve looked into releasing it to radio but it wasn't selling at a pace that interested the Hot AC and Pop radio people. Verve was a tiny label and Hot AC and Pop radio doesn't care about small and independent labels unless a song is selling really well (probably a substantial amount) on its own.

[zembla]

It's shame to see this song go to waste and peak in the 60s on Itunes. Radio could've made it a legit summer hit.

[VSW]

It's shame to see this song go to waste and peak in the 60s on Itunes. Radio could've made it a legit summer hit.

This.

It didn't even reach Top 50 on iTunes. And it's annoying cos we know that if this was sent to radio, this could easily be a hit.

[Will1111]

This.

It didn't even reach Top 50 on iTunes. And it's annoying cos we know that if this was sent to radio, this could easily be a hit.

it lost steam from not being released right after the episode. they certainly didnt strike the iron while it was hot.

[VSW]

It wouldn't have lost steam if they actually backed the song now. I remember me and others saying we wouldn't be mad with Columbia's decision not to release TM to iTunes right after the episode if they actually pretended the song to be the Soundtrack's official single, send it to radio, promote it and all that. Well, nothing happened, sadly.

[Chanandler_Bong]

Just Breathe, it costs money to send a song to radio (and probably a lot of money for pop and Hot AC) and maybe Columbia doesn't think it's worth the expense given the return they've gotten so far on the Smash songs. And as far as Terrified went, I think Verve looked into releasing it to radio but it wasn't selling at a pace that interested the Hot AC and Pop radio people. Verve was a tiny label and Hot AC and Pop radio doesn't care about small and independent labels unless a song is selling really well (probably a substantial amount) on its own.

If there's no such thing as payola what exactly are the expenses involved in releasing a single to radio?

[dalki]

If there's no such thing as payola what exactly are the expenses involved in releasing a single to radio?

Promotion, schmoozing the radio stations, promotional help. "Payola" without the actual wads of cash being given.

And it's likely they never intended to send a single to radio, no matter how the music sold, but the low sales probably didn't help.

[Just Breathe]

Personally, I wouldn't sign an artist if I didn't have the $ to send his or her music to radio.

[dalki]

Personally, I wouldn't sign an artist if I didn't have the $ to send his or her music to radio.

Not all labels are radio-centric, especially small labels. And small labels tend to get ignored by the radio guys on Hot AC and Pop.