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Originally posted by goldsoundz
"Love On The Brain" is the multiple format smash hit, and "Needed Me" will be like "Work" (Urban radio play), but at least it will get a lot of Urban and Rhythmic radio play, and with a good video, could be a smash.
I can't see Urban radio playing "Kiss It Better" much at all as it doesn't fit in on the format, and since it's pretty slow, the same goes for Pop -- although it is slightly more pop friendly. Not to mention, the best part of the song will be censored awkwardly, the second verse is repeated, and it's four minutes long. She would be better off saving it for the last single so she doesn't kill the momentum and has the opportunity to release the singles that have the widest appeal first.
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Hmm. Kiss It Better is very, very difficult to guess. It's rare that songs that are the best from an artist are their biggest singles, but I just feel like it's infectious. However, the chorus is very hazy and that may not carry very well on the radio. She'd need either a controversial video, a remix, a radio edit that changes the beat etc, or a mixture of all of them to make it catch on. Once it hooks you in though, you're sold. Not to mention Good For You and Same Old Love fared very well and they were very 'lowkey' so to speak.
Needed Me kind of needs to be single 2 thinking about it. If she doesn't release it, it will run out of steam, or it'll overshadow what she does release. It's difficult though again because I'm not sure how mainstream radio - and Europe - will react to it.
Who knew that her best album would be the hardest to actually market?