What singles would you have released if you had been in charge..

Jondalar · #1 09-14-2018, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

If I Were You should have been the third single from RAL..it could have been a hit in `1986 no question..instead HAEWAFU was the first of her solo single to fail to hit the top 40.

I agree with you. If I Were You was radio friendly. HAWFY was too slow.

ahafan02 · #2 09-15-2018, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I agree with you. If I Were You was radio friendly. HAWFY was too slow.

If I Were You is a very good song and could have worked as a single...albeit maybe slightly remixed.

Macfan4life · #3 09-15-2018, 10:36 AM

HAWFY is a beautiful song but definitely not a radio single. Its for more hardcore Stevie fans. It was my gut belief in 1986 and 1983 that the 3rd single from both Wild Heart and RAL was purposely selected to kill the album. Almost as if, the tour is over or about to be over, we don't want to make anymore videos, the album already peaked, lets just release something and call it a day

Both Nightbird and HAWFY are deeply personal to Stevie. Its almost as if they were released for artistic reasons other than sustaining the life of the album. Most important is that it was almost impossible to have a hit song in the 1980s without a video on MTV. Clearly Stevie and her crew must have known the songs are not worth promoting.
What happened in 1989? Rooms on Fire was a hit and a HUGE video on MTV. The second single tanked...no video. Then the third single had a video. Not smart for a record company. Its clear Stevie was so out of it that she probably did not want to make a video or they could not wake her up long enough to make a video

pryderi · #4 09-15-2018, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

HAWFY is a beautiful song but definitely not a radio single. Its for more hardcore Stevie fans. It was my gut belief in 1986 and 1983 that the 3rd single from both Wild Heart and RAL was purposely selected to kill the album. Almost as if, the tour is over or about to be over, we don't want to make anymore videos, the album already peaked, lets just release something and call it a day

Both Nightbird and HAWFY are deeply personal to Stevie. Its almost as if they were released for artistic reasons other than sustaining the life of the album. Most important is that it was almost impossible to have a hit song in the 1980s without a video on MTV. Clearly Stevie and her crew must have known the songs are not worth promoting.
What happened in 1989? Rooms on Fire was a hit and a HUGE video on MTV. The second single tanked...no video. Then the third single had a video. Not smart for a record company. Its clear Stevie was so out of it that she probably did not want to make a video or they could not wake her up long enough to make a video

I totally agree with this.

Jondalar · #5 09-15-2018, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

HAWFY is a beautiful song but definitely not a radio single. Its for more hardcore Stevie fans. It was my gut belief in 1986 and 1983 that the 3rd single from both Wild Heart and RAL was purposely selected to kill the album. Almost as if, the tour is over or about to be over, we don't want to make anymore videos, the album already peaked, lets just release something and call it a day

Both Nightbird and HAWFY are deeply personal to Stevie. Its almost as if they were released for artistic reasons other than sustaining the life of the album. Most important is that it was almost impossible to have a hit song in the 1980s without a video on MTV. Clearly Stevie and her crew must have known the songs are not worth promoting.
What happened in 1989? Rooms on Fire was a hit and a HUGE video on MTV. The second single tanked...no video. Then the third single had a video. Not smart for a record company. Its clear Stevie was so out of it that she probably did not want to make a video or they could not wake her up long enough to make a video

Nightbird worked as a single. The other did not.

JohnL · #6 09-18-2018, 10:37 AM

I know a lot of folks won’t agree with this but I believe they should have released Wide Sargasso Sea as a single. It may have needed to be cut down a bit but the end is truly rockin. I think it would’ve been successful on radio.

sodascouts · #7 09-18-2018, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnL

I know a lot of folks won’t agree with this but I believe they should have released Wide Sargasso Sea as a single. It may have needed to be cut down a bit but the end is truly rockin. I think it would’ve been successful on radio.

Agreed. It's my favorite off of the album.

StevieandChris · #8 09-18-2018, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Agreed. It's my favorite off of the album.

I wish we could see the video for Wide Sargasso Sea, or at least it looked like they created one from what we saw of In Your Dreams promos/documentary. It’s not my favorite song but she looked amazing with those special effects/Fire, etc.