[Mariano]

A song doesn't have to top the charts to be extremely successful

Bad Romance didn't top the Hot 100 yet it's bigger than 90% of the number 1s...

Crazy in Love is huge and iconic smash.

Edit: Toxic and Umbrella are obviously huge smashes as well.

[Superpower]

Lol not at all.
The song launched her career to highs still not matched by her peers.
It's definitely one of the most iconic and best songs ever.
The same can't be said about Toxic which is now forgotten and Umbrella which didn't age well.
Crazy In Love isn't Bey's best seller but it's still bigger. And if you knew anything about songs and charts, you would know that it has sold 2M, not 1.6M and that it was released way before the digital downloads.

[lonnie]

Originally posted by Kisuke

A never promoted song vs a bonus song we already had when the album came out ?

both songs received videos and videophone got a high profile remix so
is that not promo enough?
and it should be noted that videophone the remix with Gaga was coming off the telephone success, what's more the song was done by two big popstars and reached no success.

[Lein]

Originally posted by Superpower

Lol not at all.
The song launched her career to highs still not matched by her peers.
It's definitely one of the most iconic and best songs ever.
The same can't be said about Toxic which is now forgotten and Umbrella which didn't age well.
Crazy In Love isn't Bey's best seller but it's still bigger. And if you knew anything about songs and charts, you would know that it has sold 2M, not 1.6M and that it was released way before the digital downloads.

The song is great, but it wasn't that big WW. Yes is a classic, but why it sold 2M(?) in US while Lose Yourself sold 6M digital copies and they were released about the same time?

[Vintage Slaydrian]

Originally posted by lonnie

The fact that the song went no.1 in three countries and top ten in only 11 other countries yet umbrella went no. 1 in over twenty countries and toxic went no.1 in 5 countries and top 10 in 15 just shows how overrated the success of CiL is.

The song will be remembered for decades to come, whether you believe it or not. The chorus alone is iconic and the fact the the 'uh oh' dance is attached to the song, guarantees the song will forever be remembered, something the other two songs cant say.

[Pikachu]

Originally posted by Superpower

Lol not at all.
The song launched her career to highs still not matched by her peers.
It's definitely one of the most iconic and best songs ever.
The same can't be said about Toxic which is now forgotten and Umbrella which didn't age well.
Crazy In Love isn't Bey's best seller but it's still bigger. And if you knew anything about songs and charts, you would know that it has sold 2M, not 1.6M and that it was released way before the digital downloads.

lol. Play Toxic, Umbrella, or even CIL to anyone now and they would still remember/ know it. Defend your fave but give credit where it is due.

[JessPop]

Originally posted by QueenBeyoncé

Crazy in Love came before 1 thing & Get Right. Poor man version.

I'm well aware of when both were released. Thanks. Doesn't change the fact that Amerie walked away with the better song between the two.

[Kisuke]

Originally posted by lonnie

both songs received videos and videophone got a high profile remix so
is that not promo enough?

Compared to performing it on award shows :bibio: every song on Bday had videos that does not.
Make them promoted

[DG1]

Originally posted by Fenty The Great

CIL is Beyonce's biggest song? With 1.5 million sales?

It's at 2M. And digital sales weren't big in 2003. But u knew that

[lonnie]

Originally posted by Kisuke

Compared to performing it on award shows :bibio: every song on Bday had videos that does not.
Make them promoted

telephone was never perfomed but look at the success it got, and it was done by the same artists.
These excuses don't make sense

[Superpower]

Originally posted by lonnie

both songs received videos and videophone got a high profile remix so
is that not promo enough?
and it should be noted that videophone the remix with Gaga was coming off the telephone success, what's more the song was done by two big popstars and reached no success.

GGGB had If I Ever See Your Face Again which is comparable to Video Phone remix.
GGGB had Take A Bow and Disturbia which are not comparable to anything else on IASF re-release.
So yeah, GGGB re-release had more promo and a bigger posh that IASF rerelease.

[Superpower]

Originally posted by lonnie

telephone was never perfomed but look at the success it got, and it was done by the same artists.
These excuses don't make sense

These are not excuses. They are facts. GGGB had 3 singles (more than some albums) and IASF had 1, actually I should say 0.5 because it's a remix of an album track, not a brand new song.

[lonnie]

Originally posted by Superpower

GGGB had If I Ever See Your Face Again which is comparable to Video Phone remix.
GGGB had Take A Bow and Disturbia which are not comparable to anything else on IASF re-release.
So yeah, GGGB re-release had more promo and a bigger posh that IASF rerelease.

no one is claiming it didn't have any promo (Good Girl Gone Bad) but the IASF re-release did have some promo go into it, it might not have had numerous perfomances but it did have some promo.

[seanttz]

Originally posted by DG1

It's at 2M. And digital sales weren't big in 2003. But u knew that

Eminem - Lose Yourself
Released : 28 October 2012
Sales : 6,113,000+

Now take some tissue paper and wipe the **** that's coming out of your mouth.

[QueenBeyoncé]

Originally posted by JessPop

I'm well aware of when both were released. Thanks. Doesn't change the fact that Amerie walked away with the better song between the two.

While Beyonce walked away with the Grammys

[Brinny Baby]

Originally posted by Superpower

Lol not at all.
The song launched her career to highs still not matched by her peers..

Huh? Her debut was nothing of a phenomenon.

Originally posted by Superpower

Lol not at all.
The same can't be said about Toxic which is now forgotten.

LMAO. Toxic get's recurrent airplay.Maybe not as much as CiL, but since when does getting less recurrent airplay to such a big and defining song means it's forgotten Toxic has comparable digital sales, Spotify streams and Youtube streams to CiL. Not too shabby imo.

[umich]

Originally posted by seanttz

Eminem - Lose Yourself
Released : 28 October 2012
Sales : 6,113,000+

Now take some tissue paper and wipe the **** that's coming out of your mouth.

A huge chunk of those digital sales came well after 2003, though.

[seanttz]

Originally posted by umich

A huge chunk of those digital sales came well after 2003, though.

Well with CiL's impact and amazing legendary status. It should have followed suit.

[QueenBeyoncé]

Originally posted by Lein

The song is great, but it wasn't that big WW. Yes is a classic, but why it sold 2M(?) in US while Lose Yourself sold 6M digital copies and they were released about the same time?

Crazy In Love

Australia (ARIA) 2
Austria 8
Belgium 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 10
Canada 2
Germany 6
Denmark 5
Hungary 3
Ireland 1
Italy 5
Netherlands 2
New Zealand 2
Norway 2
Spain 2
Sweden 4
Switzerland 2
UK 1
US 1

[DG1]

Originally posted by seanttz

Eminem - Lose Yourself
Released : 28 October 2012
Sales : 6,113,000+

Now take some tissue paper and wipe the **** that's coming out of your mouth.

Ok, that's an exception and it had good catalog sales. Are u tryna say digital sales was big in 2003? I stand by my point.