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Week-7, Fixer remains at #2 on Billboard's Rock Songs Chart

VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
edited October 2009 in The Porch
http://www.billboard.com/news#/charts/rock-songs

AIC Jumps ahead to #1, Linkin Park, who sat at #1 sinks to #3. The Fixer is stuck like a barnacle on #2.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    And yet, the only PJ songs I hear on my local rock stations continue to be Alive, Black, YL, and Betterman!! I haven't heard The Fixer played at all. :evil:
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    It also made it on the Hot 100 for the first time, at number 56.. It hasn't been on that list yet. It also moved up to the #14 on the Canadian Hot 100.. Pop stations must be starting to pick this song up... uh oh. Just wait til the Target commercial hits. lol
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It also made it on the Hot 100 for the first time, at number 56.. It hasn't been on that list yet. Pop stations must be starting to pick this song up... uh oh. lol

    No I think the Hot 100 debut is from download sales
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It also made it on the Hot 100 for the first time, at number 56.. It hasn't been on that list yet. Pop stations must be starting to pick this song up... uh oh. lol

    No I think the Hot 100 debut is from download sales
    You sure? Its been on the Canadian Hot 100 for a while now before the release.
  • bobasfeetbobasfeet Posts: 1,169
    Prob will hit number 1 after cd is released.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It also made it on the Hot 100 for the first time, at number 56.. It hasn't been on that list yet. Pop stations must be starting to pick this song up... uh oh. lol

    No I think the Hot 100 debut is from download sales
    You sure? Its been on the Canadian Hot 100 for a while now before the release.

    yeah, check out this article: http://www.billboard.com/news/pearl-jam ... 9055.story
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    yeah, check out this article: http://www.billboard.com/news/pearl-jam ... 9055.story
    Well, at least they beat Creed who entered at #71. ;)

    Kind of crazy seeing the names Pearl Jam is surrounded by. Pearl Jam is more pop than we know.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    yeah, check out this article: http://www.billboard.com/news/pearl-jam ... 9055.story
    Well, at least they beat Creed who entered at #71. ;)

    Kind of crazy seeing the names Pearl Jam is surrounded by. Pearl Jam is more pop than we know.

    nothing was sillier than when Last Kiss was getting played on pop stations. DJs would say things like "Coming up after the break we have Britany Spears, Pearl Jam, and The Backstreet Boys"
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    yeah, check out this article: http://www.billboard.com/news/pearl-jam ... 9055.story
    Well, at least they beat Creed who entered at #71. ;)

    Kind of crazy seeing the names Pearl Jam is surrounded by. Pearl Jam is more pop than we know.

    nothing was sillier than when Last Kiss was getting played on pop stations. DJs would say things like "Coming up after the break we have Britany Spears, Pearl Jam, and The Backstreet Boys"
    Still, to this day, I cannot believe Last Kiss was a pop hit. I heard the song a few times through the Ten Club, thought it was ok, but NEVER though it would be a pop hit. Ed's singing, the style, it just seemed too odd for mainstream radio.

    I don't think anyone will play this new record off of Last Kiss's success.. 10 years is a 100 years in the pop music world.
  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Still, to this day, I cannot believe Last Kiss was a pop hit. I heard the song a few times through the Ten Club, thought it was ok, but NEVER though it would be a pop hit. Ed's singing, the style, it just seemed too odd for mainstream radio.

    I don't think anyone will play this new record off of Last Kiss's success.. 10 years is a 100 years in the pop music world.

    Sometimes things just hit, and other things mysteriously don't. I remember the guy who paid $1m for a cabbage patch doll. How retarded is that? Or that whole pet-rock craze. I would have thought In My Tree would have been the huge hit off No Code and to my amazement, all the Southern California stations played Smile for months. Smile, to me isn't a bad song but doesn't hold water compared to In My Tree. Things amaze me. Just have no idea why the world doesn't see things my way ;)
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • Backspacer_BackerBackspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    DS114969 wrote:
    And yet, the only PJ songs I hear on my local rock stations continue to be Alive, Black, YL, and Betterman!! I haven't heard The Fixer played at all. :evil:


    ditto. i went back and looked at both stations here in Columbus that play PJ fairly often. They both played the fixer once in the past 4 days. jeremy, alive, and daughter all got 2 plays a piece in the same time. i don't get it.
  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Bump with week 7 info.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,052
    Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam taking the top spots of the charts...anybody think these are amazing times! :D
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  • T-Bone 82T-Bone 82 Posts: 420
    I love Alice in Chains but really don't like their new song that much.

    I was hoping "The Fixer" would hit #1 but it doesn't look like it now. Well, it was more successful then I thought it would be, considering there was no major label support. I really wonder if they will have a successful second single on this record. There really hasn't been a successful second single since "Whishlist". "Life Wasted" did okay, but not great.
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  • DH62179DH62179 Posts: 312
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    I love Alice in Chains but really don't like their new song that much.

    I was hoping "The Fixer" would hit #1 but it doesn't look like it now. Well, it was more successful then I thought it would be, considering there was no major label support. I really wonder if they will have a successful second single on this record. There really hasn't been a successful second single since "Whishlist". "Life Wasted" did okay, but not great.

    I wonder what the next single will be...Amongst the Waves? Sounds like that may be a radio friendly one as well.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    DH62179 wrote:
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    I love Alice in Chains but really don't like their new song that much.

    I was hoping "The Fixer" would hit #1 but it doesn't look like it now. Well, it was more successful then I thought it would be, considering there was no major label support. I really wonder if they will have a successful second single on this record. There really hasn't been a successful second single since "Whishlist". "Life Wasted" did okay, but not great.

    I wonder what the next single will be...Amongst the Waves? Sounds like that may be a radio friendly one as well.

    I think Got Some is the most logical choice....but logic has never really been high on the list of Pearl Jam's interests when it comes to releasing singles so who knows?
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:

    I think Got Some is the most logical choice....but logic has never really been high on the list of Pearl Jam's interests when it comes to releasing singles so who knows?

    I think I saw on some Target propaganda something saying Backspacer includes the hit singles The Fixer and Got Some. That may be an insight. Also, 10c originally had Got Some as B-side for 7" vinyl Fixer single. Then, that got changed in a day or so. That might also provide some insight.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • McNairnMcNairn Posts: 284
    the Fixer is played every hour in Toronto on the radio and has been since it came out
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:

    I think Got Some is the most logical choice....but logic has never really been high on the list of Pearl Jam's interests when it comes to releasing singles so who knows?

    I think I saw on some Target propaganda something saying Backspacer includes the hit singles The Fixer and Got Some. That may be an insight. Also, 10c originally had Got Some as B-side for 7" vinyl Fixer single. Then, that got changed in a day or so. That might also provide some insight.

    yeah I think it's gonna be Got Some. It's been heard on Conan and has had pretty good response. They'd be smart to release it to radio right around the time of the album release. After The Fixer's success on the radio (and Got Some being a far superior song in my humble, humble opinion), I'd suspect Got Some could do pretty good. Sportscenter anchor Neil Everett said "Got Some if ya need it" this morning during some baseball highlight...but he's a good man whose always referencing Pearl Jam and The Big Lebowski.
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,189
    It's now # 3 in the Rock Songs Chart. And #9 in the Alternative charts. And it's still in the Top 100 in its 4th week at #76. Up from last week's 84th spot.

    WWS lasted 6 weeks on there.
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  • pjfanmanpjfanman Posts: 84
    igotid88 wrote:
    It's now # 3 in the Rock Songs Chart. And #9 in the Alternative charts. And it's still in the Top 100 in its 4th week at #76. Up from last week's 84th spot.

    WWS lasted 6 weeks on there.

    The Fixer has lasted in the top 10 for 9 weeks now on the alt. charts. It might not have got as many spins as WWS when it initially came our previous to the s/t release, but it has been a more successful single overall.

    I imagine that if Backspacer had the promotion that s/t did, it would have topped 300k in sales. I think the Target distribution might have hurt them a bit in terms of overall sales, but in the long run it will be better for the band.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,786
    "Pop" just means popular. Anything could end up as a pop hit. The Grateful Dead had a top ten hit. Ryuichi Sakamoto had a #1 song. So did Right Said Fred. So did The Singing Nun. Christmas songs have been hits, as have country-and-western songs.

    Anyway, the fact that "The Fixer" is on the Hot 100 is entirely a function of downloads. "The Fixer" is getting virtually no airplay at CHR/Top 40 radio. The rock radio stations that are playing the track do not report to the Hot 100. They report to the Rock Songs chart.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Veddernarian wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Still, to this day, I cannot believe Last Kiss was a pop hit. I heard the song a few times through the Ten Club, thought it was ok, but NEVER though it would be a pop hit. Ed's singing, the style, it just seemed too odd for mainstream radio.

    I don't think anyone will play this new record off of Last Kiss's success.. 10 years is a 100 years in the pop music world.

    Sometimes things just hit, and other things mysteriously don't. I remember the guy who paid $1m for a cabbage patch doll. How retarded is that? Or that whole pet-rock craze. I would have thought In My Tree would have been the huge hit off No Code and to my amazement, all the Southern California stations played Smile for months. Smile, to me isn't a bad song but doesn't hold water compared to In My Tree. Things amaze me. Just have no idea why the world doesn't see things my way ;)



    hahaha, that really made me laugh.

    the fixer is one of my least liked tunes on backspacer, lyrics annoy me, so it does not surprise me in the least that it is popular. :lol: it is a running joke with my husband that if i really like something, tis the kiss of death usually. can't tell you how many of my fave restaurant meals, furniture, clothes, etc.....have gotten discontinued. so if i don't like it, sure to be a huge hit! :mrgreen:
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,189
    On the Hot 100 it went from 76-56
    #4 Rock songs
    #11 Alternative
    #40 Digital songs
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