Here in Holland the radio played Kosheen's 'Hide U' every day and they reached the top of the charts without a massive promotional campaign. There wasn't even a video from 'Hide U'. Kosheen had a big hit with this tracj over here, everybody knew this song. SO i do think it is possible for a track to reach the top of the charts but they do need airplay from some radio/tv station.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned this yet but > 'Jaguar' debuted at > number 43 in the UK pop chart on sunday, much much lower > than I personally > expected. Anyone got any thoughts on why? > > Maybe the fact that the release date was put back a week had > something to do > with it? (It was originally scheduled for Oct 3rd, then went > back to Oct > 9th) > > Another possible reason might be that the promotion wasn't > adequate. For > example, it was handled in the UK by a company called > Sainted PR, who, > whilst a big music PR company, aren't exactly known for their techno > activities - they usually do guitar bands and dance pop etc. > My man Jonas > Stone at Phuture Trax did the UR party a couple of years > back, and does all > the Tresor and Mills releases etc, so I (and he, actually) would have > thought he should have been the obvious choice. Apparently > Sainted got it as > a result of the distribution deal 430 West/UR hooked up. > Mind you, there > have been plenty of Rolando interviews in the last crop of > music mags her, > so... > > Also, there was no real advertising to speak of. Azzido Da > Bass 'Doom's > Night' was also released last week and that has entered the > chart at about > number 6. The difference is that they have a massive > promotional campaign > behind them - Nottingham, where I live, is covered with > flyposters, just as > it was for the release of Zombie Nation's 'Kernkraft 400'. > > Anyone got any thoughts on this? Whatever, I guess it's > unlikely ot go much > higher. Records don't tend to climb the chart slowly these > days like they > used to. Instead they tend to enter, then slide downwards. > > Tom MF > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
