[RUMOR] NEW Single On Apple iTunes in November

[V]

I just got word that the new G N' R single will not be released in stores, but on iTunes in November for only $0.99!!! I will have more info in the coming weeks!

 


Edit by Will: RUMOR added to the title of the thread.

If you believe that bullshit i have a truck of it to sell you.

[Will]

Do bands even release singles in the USA anymore? Seems like many times US fans are buying the European singles for the bonus tracks.

Sure, they still release singles. US fans usually buy European singles because like you said of the bonus tracks. Sometimes record companies add a live version, a rare track, etc.

Check out Billboard's Singles Chart: http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/hot100.jsp

I just don't believe GN'R is gonna choose the iTunes thing exclusively. I tend to think it's gonna be a commercial CD single + an iTune track. Even U2 is gonna launch a commercial single for their new album.

[jarmo]

Sure, they still release singles. US fans usually buy European singles because like you said of the bonus tracks. Sometimes record companies add a live version, a rare track, etc.

Check out Billboard's Singles Chart: http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/hot100.jsp

At the bottom of that page it says: The most popular singles and tracks, according to radio audience impressions measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, and playlists from select non-monitored radio stations.

Seems like the singles chart is based on radio play rather than sold singles in record stores.


/jarmo

[Will]

Sure, you're right about that! I didn't see most of the singles being sold here in the US are actually imports!

I still believe it will be released as a single outside the US though!

[jarmo]

The questions still remains. Can you people in the USA go into a record store and buy a CD single with maybe 2-4 tracks on it or do you have to go to some independent store to buy imported singles from Japan/Europe?

The reason I'm asking is because I remember reading about the single market being dead in the USA.....



/jarmo

[C0ma]

I think record stores still have a singles section, but there isn't a large selection of released singles in there.
Of course I just think that because the last "single" I bought at a record store was Sympathy for The Devil.

[Neemo]

you can, but you don't see it that many of them, usually if the song is "anticipated" to be huge or the record company is promoting the shit out of the album. you can usually order anything you like though as an import if you are willing to dish out the cash.

[budnc6921]

For the most part jarmo unless you go to an insanely big record store they don't sell singles and if they do they only have like maybe 3 artists.

[Will]

You can find them in stores but you can order anything on Amazon.com as an import. The singles section is now pretty small in usual stores, even if the Tower Records near where I live has a lot of them.

[DemocracyRose]

it aint happening, tommy said the record is being mastered during that time....so a? single is unlikely...and a single only on iTunes is even more unlikely....and a single without a video is further more unlikely....basically its the same roundabout where the GNR car has been stuck in for a long time regarding news!
we have nothing but "insider" info....and according to a few of them chinese D has been released atleast 10 times in the past 2-3 years..
aargh! im going mad

Maybe some of the songs are finished....

[Cowboy Buddha]

SLCPUNK that is a great avatar. 

[Buddha_Master]

This makes A LOT of sense. itunes is a fucking monster. I would dig it if this was true. It would make for a lot of good press, and avoid a lot of the bullshit conventions that every dumbass band makes.

Listen we are in the year 2004. Apple is on the forefront now with its latest technologies. GNR should be on the forefront of todays technology too.

GNR, if you are not doing this...you may want to seriously consider it.

Great marketing idea. It wouldn't cost much to do it...plus the rewards would be off the charts.

[DemocracyRose]

At least we only have to wait a couple of month to find out if Sticky F. is a lier....

[HoldenCaulfield]

It's very possible, but making that the exclusive medium would be alienation. The first new song in 5 years, and you can only get it off a pay-to-download program? While it's entirely possible, I wouldn't count on it...

[Will]

Yeah that's basically my point. I'm not saying it does not make sense or it's impossible, I'm just saying I would tend to believe iTunes is gonna be one of the mediums, but not the only one.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

It does not matter if the whole album is mastered yet they can still release a single.
All they have to do is master the song that is going to be the first single first.

[Jizzo]

Bands don't release singles in cd form any more in america. Most cd singles are imports. And this would be a great idea, anyone who wants it can buy it, and it can be advertised on the main itunes page

[ppbebe]

So, to sum up, the most practical means to release a new Single today is
1)alternative mediums like iTunes in US
2)CDs in other countries
right?

[AdZ]

SLCPUNK that is a great avatar. 

That has nothing to do with the topic, stick to the topic or take it to PMs.

[AxlFink]

It would be cool cause it would probably become the most downloaded song ever.... it could be good press..... but I dont think there's a chance in hell this is gonna happen.

without a video and some promotion it will end up like oh my god.  this isnt the right way to start CD off.  They need to start in a much bigger way.

But it really wont take long to master CD so a single couild be ready in a week