"Just Breathe" DID IT

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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,652
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    I think it was a bad idea for a single, period. Amongst The Waves or Force Of Nature would have been much better choices.

    it's doing pretty well for a bad idea.

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  • Riot_Mac
    Riot_Mac Posts: 473
    I actually think Just Breathe is starting to do really well. I hear it on XRT all the time and actually heard it on Q101 recently. After it was played on Q101 someone called up and said how great it was too. My girlfriend's friend was also asking about it, saying that she loved it. She is not a PJ fan.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Use Somebody and Boulevard of Broken Dreams are songs that build. Just Breath doesn't build at all. Stays flat. That's why I don't think it will ever catch on in a big way with staying power. It could be #2 on the rock charts now, but we won't hear it in a year like we'd hear a Nickleback #2 song.
  • thefin190
    thefin190 Posts: 918
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Use Somebody and Boulevard of Broken Dreams are songs that build. Just Breath doesn't build at all. Stays flat. That's why I don't think it will ever catch on in a big way with staying power. It could be #2 on the rock charts now, but we won't hear it in a year like we'd hear a Nickleback #2 song.
    Speaking of songs that build, I think Unthought Known definitely fits in that category. My hope is that Just Breathe has enough success to where Unthought Known can ride in on its coattails and become a bigger hit.
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Use Somebody and Boulevard of Broken Dreams are songs that build. Just Breath doesn't build at all. Stays flat. That's why I don't think it will ever catch on in a big way with staying power. It could be #2 on the rock charts now, but we won't hear it in a year like we'd hear a Nickleback #2 song.

    It builds to the chorus, "Did I say that I need you?/Did I say that I want you?/Oh, if I didn’t, I’m a fool you see/No one knows this more than me," when the strings come in. That is the song's hook-- even though it's the part that many PJ fans think is mawkish, that is the part that resonates and grabs the average listener.
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  • cippociappo
    cippociappo Posts: 692
    I love this thread, keep it up!
    Great discussion, great infos and inputs from all you guys :)
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    thefin190 wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    don't you think its a little stupid to compare Just Breathe to Use Somebody or Boulevard of Broken Dreams? those songs/bands had a marketing push behind them about 80 times greater than that of Just Breathe.
    Which would make PJ's accomplishment 80 times greater if they do manage to cross over.

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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    BF25394 wrote:
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Use Somebody and Boulevard of Broken Dreams are songs that build. Just Breath doesn't build at all. Stays flat. That's why I don't think it will ever catch on in a big way with staying power. It could be #2 on the rock charts now, but we won't hear it in a year like we'd hear a Nickleback #2 song.

    It builds to the chorus, "Did I say that I need you?/Did I say that I want you?/Oh, if I didn’t, I’m a fool you see/No one knows this more than me," when the strings come in. That is the song's hook-- even though it's the part that many PJ fans think is mawkish, that is the part that resonates and grabs the average listener.

    i love that part. i didn't realize a lot of pjammers did not like it for that reason. in fact, i would have liked them to throw that chorus in there at the end and extend the song an extra 30 seconds or so
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  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
    i liked the song when i heard it but i think the live versions are a lot better....either way it's a good singel to put out and it's obviously doin pretty decent in the charts. You can't compare a band like pearl jam to green day or kol...especially when it comes to their singles. Green day in particular is good at writing typical, simple pop "ballads" that get pushed by a big record company and are adored by 17 yr olds everywhere.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,652
    JB is now #1 on the Triple A charts and #40 on the Hot AC.
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  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    I heard this song 3 times on the radio today and I'm only in the car for about an hour....That's pretty heavy rotation, I'd think... :)
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  • vedpunk
    vedpunk Posts: 960
    Just Breathe is currently sitting at #1 on Triple A Radio and #9 on Alternative Rock Radio.

    I'd say it has been successful so far. BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • William Wallace
    William Wallace Posts: 553
    Just Breathe enters the Top 100 Charts at #99.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    To be more specific, "Just Breathe" debuts at #99 on the Hot 100. It also moves up from #130 to #111 in digital downloads. It still hasn't cracked the 75-spot Hot 100 Airplay chart.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,652
    BF25394 wrote:
    To be more specific, "Just Breathe" debuts at #99 on the Hot 100. It also moves up from #130 to #111 in digital downloads. It still hasn't cracked the 75-spot Hot 100 Airplay chart.

    Yea it's almost there. I just hope when it gets to that point. Radio stations don't decide to stop playing it. If it really wants to go to the next level. They might have to perform it on some show.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,652
    #66 on itunes. it's been in 90's most of last week.
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  • mr.pink
    mr.pink Posts: 362
    I figured out that I really, really like this song when I'm stoned. Every time I hear it in that condition, I love the shit out of it. Every time I hear it sober, its seriously just "meh" for me.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    heard it played at the super market today
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    my girlfriend likes it. always a good sign.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    igotid88 wrote:
    #66 on itunes. it's been in 90's most of last week.

    That portends another nice move up the Hot Digital Downloads chart, which will mean a corresponding move up the Hot 100.
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