It obviously worked for Katy since her whole album is generic/radio friendly.
Pink's songs represent the album pretty well and Try/JGMAR are definitely not generic.
And let's not get into 2002, the business was much different back then, those songs were actually trendsetting back then.

HTNGU is not only generic, but also really dated, basic, autotuned/pitched and forgettable and that's why radios ain't here for it.

She is doing the same mistake Xtina did with Your Body.

I don't even know why this site uses the term generic to describe nearly every song. It means that something is common. In 2013, HTNGU isn't common at all production-wise.

My strategy doesn't mean release every generic song as a single...did you misread it? I said release the most radio friendly song on the album even if it's generic (the trend) as the lead. I said the 2nd single should be a bit more risky and represent the album as a whole and the 3rd should be the best song on the album no matter how risky it is.

ATRL has some kind of love for the word generic, which again means common or trendy. I wouldn't even say Katy's TD was too generic. Radio friendly? Yes, for sure. Did it follow the trend? Not exactly. If you look back at the #1's from 2010, they were all very electronic. Her music was basically pure pop.

Try & JGMAR are definitely not trendy but I never said they were...they just follow my strategy well.

In 2002, Let Go was very different but it still followed the strategy. Complicated is the most radio friendly song on the album, SB is more risky, IWY is (IMO) the best song on the album

Lastly, Your Body isn't the same, Christina actually tried to follow the electronic trend, it just failed. If you want, you can call HTNGU outdated but Avril isn't really following any trend production-wise.

A negative radio update. Should not have came in here I'm getting worried.

#24 up 3 spots since yesterday.

Don't be Radio has been dropping hints everywhere

It will explode during the Summer

Not in mood to replying to all of this but I'm gonna say
Being trendsetting > Not being trendsetting but taking the music career further in terms of sound > Early trend spotting > Following trends > Staying on the same level > Going back to releasing 2007 leftover songs

I don't think HTNGU is a 2007 leftover, though. It sounds fresh to me

It's good to see that someone stil believe in this going to smash .

The Everybody Hurts snub.

nnn;;; my crush just posted HTNGU video on his FB with "♥" ...He never posts videos. Such a big Avril stan! Need to kidnap him

I get where you're coming from in terms of thinking it's outdated because it does sound like a song that would fit somewhere between 2002 - 2007. That is a good thing to me personally because I liked that style way more than EDM

It sounds fresh to me too after all the EDM songs of the last 4 years. EDM was cool between 2008 & 2010 but now that sound has become the outdated one for me. HTNGU is a great change of pace

Her classic smash

It's true, every interview she has with a radio station says "This sounds like a graduation anthem" or "This sounds like it'll be a huge Summer hit" Radio is likely waiting for Epic's word and then they will play the crap out of it!

Two of my Facebook friends just posted this on their Facebook walls... is this song finally taking off?

I'm not even sure if that's is the case , but i hope it's true that Epic is waiting until summer to push this song harder on radio and itunes

If "taking off" means flopping than yes!!

Wait i saw this on Bandaid:

I'm not sure of it either but I just have a feeling, this song will explode for the Summer

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Does anyone else think that they will re-release the video later on? The video doesn't have a Vevo tag and the song isn't being played by MTV or VH1 probably due to the explicit words.

I think they might be planning to re-release it later for an extra push. Anyone else think about this yet? Surely, Epic would want the video to be played for more exposure.

The summer comes in 1 month... I don't see the song lasting a whole month, it's about do die on radio.