The way to look at this?

The song wasn't his best ever, but it was credible EDM and it got ok airplay with little fanfare and no album out. It proves that he could have hits if he did things more conventionally and released the first single of an album with a video and had it promoted to death like everyone else.

Whatever he's trying to do, I still enjoy the 3EG stuff way more -- this song was fun but I'm more into his rock and funk side.

Aerogram said:

The way to look at this?

The song wasn't his best ever, but it was credible EDM and it got ok airplay with little fanfare and no album out. It proves that he could have hits if he did things more conventionally and released the first single of an album with a video and had it promoted to death like everyone else.

Whatever he's trying to do, I still enjoy the 3EG stuff way more -- this song was fun but I'm more into his rock and funk side.

Amen to that. a perfect epitaph to this thread.

the end.

Dandroppedadime said:

Aerogram said:

The way to look at this?

The song wasn't his best ever, but it was credible EDM and it got ok airplay with little fanfare and no album out. It proves that he could have hits if he did things more conventionally and released the first single of an album with a video and had it promoted to death like everyone else.

Whatever he's trying to do, I still enjoy the 3EG stuff way more -- this song was fun but I'm more into his rock and funk side.

Amen to that. a perfect epitaph to this thread.

the end.

Just because the song has fallen to 508 on Amazon sales chart does not mean we should be writing any epitaphs. Oh to hell with it, I am going to go back to taking care of my MyTalkingTom. I tried, Prince. Last one out turn out the lights.

[Edited 4/7/14 18:40pm]

aaah, i feel bad now! if the song keeps climbing then there's no reason to stop posting

Alexandernvrmind said:

fantasticjoy said:

Pharrell introduced his song Happy last year, but no one caught on. Now into another year it's all over the radio. Two different songs, but there's always that slight chance Fallinluv2nite may eventually catch on.

No... There is no chance. Happy is actually a good record and makes people get up and move. It's inspiring. Fallinlove is...well I'll be nice. Not very good

Agreed. Furthermore, "Happy" was also helped by an innovative yet daring (though successful) concept of the 24-hour video...

Prince used to say "I don't follow trends, they just follow me"... I'll leave that one in the same place as Fallinlove2night.

P. Release P.E for Pete's sake!!!!

'dre

In this YouTube dominated age, a music video would certainly help the song do well.

Spotify most viral chart:

UNITED STATES

1. The Black Keys, "Fever" (Nonesuch Records)

2. Big Scary, "Twin Rivers" (Barsuk Records)

3. Sylvan Esso, "Coffee" (Partisan Records)

4. 3LAU, "How You Love Me" (Casablanca Records)

5. Tune-Yards, "Water Fountain" (4AD)

6. Bleachers, "I Wanna Get Better" (RCA Records)

7. Future Islands, "Seasons (Waiting On You)" (4AD)

8. Prince, "FALLINLOVE2NITE" (Epic)

9. MØ, "Say You'll Be There" (Chess Club/RCA Victor)

10. Shakira, "Medicine" (RCA Records)

UNITED KINGDOM

1. The Black Keys, "Fever" (Nonesuch Records)

2. Kiesza, "Hideaway" (Universal Music Ltd.)

3. Faul & Wad Ad, Pnau, "Changes" (Four Music Productions)

4. Future Islands, "Seasons (Waiting On You)" (4AD)

5. Milky Chance, "Down By The River" (Ignition Records)

6. Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey, "Going Back Home" (Universal Music Ltd.)

7. The War On Drugs, "Red Eyes" (Secretly Canadian)

8. Tove Lo, "Stay High - Habits Remix" (Universal Music AB)

9. Prince, "FALLINLOVE2NITE" (Epic)

10. Royal Blood, "Little Monster" (Warner Music UK Ltd.)

GottaLetitgo said:

lastdecember said:

Can we please stop trying to latch on to someone else's chart hit with the thinking "IF ONLY HE" we have been doing this since prince's last crossover hit 20 years ago which was "Most Beautiful Girl" sorry people PRINCE's last cross over hit single was two decades ago, when Kurt Cobain was still alive, Mariah Carey was still recording songs that mattered, Cd's actually were selling, the internet was a baby, and music and radio was still an importance to people. So stop saying this song can be a hit with Promotion and catch fire just like Pharrell did, stop trying to make PRINCE into the next "fluke" hit, give it up, whats next, "Oh Prince can sell if he does a record with Adele, then goes on Oprah and does a special, then does a week on Jimmy Fallon, then does a give away at radio etc...." LET IT GO. He releases music and it goes where it goes case closed, you are talking about a 55 year old man that does not care about some kind of "fluke" hit again, if he did, he'd do PURPLE RAIN 2 the movie, release it same day, release the soundtrack same day, do a world tour with those artists, get in the bath tub again and do "When Doves Cry (2014)mix" let it go, its never gonna happen.

Prince must care at least a little about at least getting it out there because he let Epic Records promote it. And something worked at least a little because some stations added the song and a few more out there might follow suit. I don't think the song being a hit is going to rock Prince's world THAT much...he has got the attention span of a pre-schooler who just ate a bag of Halloween Candy when it comes to projects these days. Some of us who follow the charts and miss the days when Prince had at least one Top 10 every year for a decade care more than Prince does. But IF Prince did care a lot, if he had a video out there, if he had released the song right after the Super Bowl, an IF here or there and this is the closest that Prince would have come to the Top 40 in a long time. And that does have some significance.

He did all this for Musicology to be honest, and it sold the album but none of the songs crossed over and they had video play, especially Musicology the single, it even had speciall showings and shows around it, the album sold a legit million the other 1.8 million were give aways, which was ok that was part of the rule then. But the thing is that was a decade ago when CD's still sold very well, albums were still debuting with 200-500,000 weeks now that is a "blue moon" happening, you are lucky to see a record with 100,000 sold week one and that is with promotion. So it being a decade later, also Prince does not have the benefit of what he did then, a grammy performance with Beyonce tied into the 20th anniversary of PR, there is nothing on the table for the 30th anniversary of PR, and thats a shame even if he didnt want to be part of a rerelease to at least let something out to get some light on him. But this song is going nowhere, good or bad is not relevant, even a video would not help it, Rock N Roll love affair had a video and it faded into oblivion. Screwdriver was supposed to be a big deal but outside of US here no one cared. This year marks the 20th year since Prince's last crossover hit "Most Beautiful Girl" nothing since has come close to having that kind of impact across the board regardless of the "game" he was playing, Emancipation and all of its Promo had nothing to show for it single wise, barely getting RB play with "somebody" and "betcha by", "Holy River" went nowhere at Top 40. And sure there was RB play, "Call my Name" "Satisfied" "Future Baby Mama" etc...but these were far from Hit singles that got him any notice. Im just saying that its a different world now, Prince should be looking more at "albums" at this point, i know he prefers them, he said it on "arsenio" that he is old school in a singles market.

I just feel that everyone is latching onto something that isnt gonna happen, been there done that, we gotta accept reality of who he is and what the music world is like. We cant all complain and say charts dont matter and then cry when prince doesnt have a chart hit, well which is it? we care or we don't, if the album is good at least we got it from him, if it's not good and sells a few million what is the difference?

As I come to grips with the aftermath and the realization that Fallinlove2nite (currently number 540 on Amazon) is not going to be a hit I, with great hesitation, ask this question. Would a guest rap from Pitbull have helped. He could have called Prince Mr. 612, maybe tried to rhyme Pitbull with "adorkable". Threw the Spanish word for purple or funky in there. Was this a missed opportunity and is it too late? I am under the impression that Mr. Bull would read the phone book if the money was right.

lastdecember said:

GottaLetitgo said:

Prince must care at least a little about at least getting it out there because he let Epic Records promote it. And something worked at least a little because some stations added the song and a few more out there might follow suit. I don't think the song being a hit is going to rock Prince's world THAT much...he has got the attention span of a pre-schooler who just ate a bag of Halloween Candy when it comes to projects these days. Some of us who follow the charts and miss the days when Prince had at least one Top 10 every year for a decade care more than Prince does. But IF Prince did care a lot, if he had a video out there, if he had released the song right after the Super Bowl, an IF here or there and this is the closest that Prince would have come to the Top 40 in a long time. And that does have some significance.

He did all this for Musicology to be honest, and it sold the album but none of the songs crossed over and they had video play, especially Musicology the single, it even had speciall showings and shows around it, the album sold a legit million the other 1.8 million were give aways, which was ok that was part of the rule then. But the thing is that was a decade ago when CD's still sold very well, albums were still debuting with 200-500,000 weeks now that is a "blue moon" happening, you are lucky to see a record with 100,000 sold week one and that is with promotion. So it being a decade later, also Prince does not have the benefit of what he did then, a grammy performance with Beyonce tied into the 20th anniversary of PR, there is nothing on the table for the 30th anniversary of PR, and thats a shame even if he didnt want to be part of a rerelease to at least let something out to get some light on him. But this song is going nowhere, good or bad is not relevant, even a video would not help it, Rock N Roll love affair had a video and it faded into oblivion. Screwdriver was supposed to be a big deal but outside of US here no one cared. This year marks the 20th year since Prince's last crossover hit "Most Beautiful Girl" nothing since has come close to having that kind of impact across the board regardless of the "game" he was playing, Emancipation and all of its Promo had nothing to show for it single wise, barely getting RB play with "somebody" and "betcha by", "Holy River" went nowhere at Top 40. And sure there was RB play, "Call my Name" "Satisfied" "Future Baby Mama" etc...but these were far from Hit singles that got him any notice. Im just saying that its a different world now, Prince should be looking more at "albums" at this point, i know he prefers them, he said it on "arsenio" that he is old school in a singles market.

I just feel that everyone is latching onto something that isnt gonna happen, been there done that, we gotta accept reality of who he is and what the music world is like. We cant all complain and say charts dont matter and then cry when prince doesnt have a chart hit, well which is it? we care or we don't, if the album is good at least we got it from him, if it's not good and sells a few million what is the difference?

Does anyone think Musicology was supposed to appeal to a pop audience? Why are RnB hits not considered a measure of success. Why is having the Lotus Flower project sit on the album charts for over a year with no promotion whatsoever considered successful?

We all know the music world has changed a lot over the last decade ad the quality of music is much worst and the sales have continued to plummet. I do not expect P to have the bang up year he had with Musicology due to those conditions but writting him off completly is absurd since it has been done time and time again and he managed to prove all of his naysayers wrong. It is too early to write him off.

GottaLetitgo said:

tatocorcu said:

GottaLetitgo said:

As I come to grips with the aftermath and the realization that Fallinlove2nite (currently number 540 on Amazon) is not going to be a hit I, with great hesitation, ask this question. Would a guest rap from Pitbull have helped. He could have called Prince Mr. 612, maybe tried to rhyme Pitbull with "adorkable". Threw the Spanish word for purple or funky in there. Was this a missed opportunity and is it too late? I am under the impression that Mr. Bull would read the phone book if the money was right.

Do not give anyone ideas...

Pitbull probably not but Lil Wayne it would be #1!! CALL WEEZY!! Lol

GottaLetitgo said:

As I come to grips with the aftermath and the realization that Fallinlove2nite (currently number 540 on Amazon) is not going to be a hit I, with great hesitation, ask this question. Would a guest rap from Pitbull have helped. He could have called Prince Mr. 612, maybe tried to rhyme Pitbull with "adorkable". Threw the Spanish word for purple or funky in there. Was this a missed opportunity and is it too late? I am under the impression that Mr. Bull would read the phone book if the money was right.

J-Lo would CUT Prince if PitBull did a guest spot on one of his songs...

Debuting at Number 98 on Billboard is...well not Prince. It is some song called

Come With Me Now by KONGOS

Prince must be bubbling under.

US Airplay Top 40:

linus4000 said:

US Airplay Top 40:

1 1 WILLIAMS, PHARRELL Happy 16991 17124 -133 119.443 2 2 DERULO, JASON Talk Dirty f/2 Chainz 15862 15103 759 103.94 4 3 LEGEND, JOHN All Of Me 15719 14292 1427 112.866 3 4 PERRY, KATY Dark Horse f/Juicy J 14375 14819 -444 106.72 5 5 LORDE Team 12444 14055 -1611 87.499 6 6 BASTILLE Pompeii 11930 13772 -1842 83.471 7 7 LOVATO, DEMI Neon Lights 9599 8856 743 55.488 9 8 AMERICAN AUTHORS Best Day Of My Life 9224 8494 730 57.704 8 9 BLACC, ALOE The Man 8966 8739 227 42.723 11 10 TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN Not A Bad Thing 8669 7822 847 55.375 10 11 AVICII Hey Brother 8201 7890 311 49.003 13 12 GARRIX, MARTIN Animals 7170 6537 633 43.256 17 13 NAUGHTY BOY La La La f/Sam Smith 6329 5480 849 34.542 15 14 THE CHAINSMOKERS #SELFIE 6079 5859 220 27.892 18 15 PARAMORE Ain't It Fun 5923 5258 665 35.303 19 16 RIXTON Me And My Broken Heart 5276 4159 1117 28.437 23 17 TIESTO Red Lights 4049 3199 850 25.474 22 18 MAHONE, AUSTIN Mmm Yeah f/Pitbull 4014 3485 529 17.848 21 19 MKTO Classic 3949 3520 429 18.169 26 20 PITBULL Wild Wild Love f/GRL 3798 2836 962 26.76 16 21 CASH CASH Take Me Home f/Bebe Rexha 3792 5859 -2067 22.262 24 22 DJ SNAKE & LIL JON Turn Down For What 3521 2960 561 21.829 20 23 KID INK Show Me f/Chris Brown 3477 3870 -393 19.427 14 24 BEYONCE Drunk In Love f/Jay Z 3404 5944 -2540 19.938 28 25 EMINEM Headlights 2716 2372 344 13.933 29 26 B.O.B John Doe f/Priscilla 2375 2367 8 12.15 31 27 NEON TREES Sleeping With A Friend 2204 1816 388 10.889 30 28 DISCLOSURE Latch f/Sam Smith 2194 2016 178 8.963 36 29 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER She Looks So Perfect 2170 1067 1103 9.645 27 30 A GREAT BIG WORLD Say Something w/C. Aguilera 2139 2500 -361 12.8 34 31 HARRIS, CALVIN Summer 1967 1350 617 15.968 40 32 AZALEA, IGGY Fancy f/Charli XCX 1586 936 650 11.145 25 33 MARS, BRUNO Young Girls 1577 2840 -1263 7.974 33 34 ZEDD Find You f/M. Koma & M. Bryant 1555 1393 162 7.592 47 35 NICO & VINZ Am I Wrong 1410 387 1023 7.048 37 36 TIZ, KATY The Big Bang 1310 1056 254 8.96 35 37 HOT CHELLE RAE Don't Say Goodnight 1216 1107 109 5.28 39 38 LITTLE MIX Move 1091 1027 64 2.593 38 39 CAREY, MARIAH You're Mine (Eternal) 974 1052 -78 2.305 43 40 SHAKIRA Empire 924 572 352 6.23 41 41 NEW HOLLOW She Ain't You 915 770 145 2.688 46 42 LADY GAGA G.U.Y. 863 423 440 5.008 42 43 PERRI, CHRISTINA Human 769 663 106 2.385 --------- 44 SHEERAN, ED Sing 570 0 570 7.002 49 45 AFROJACK Ten Feet Tall f/Wrabel 535 379 156 2.364 45 46 PHANTOGRAM Fall In Love 533 460 73 2.143 59 47 PERRY, KATY Birthday 506 259 247 5.495 50 48 BROWN, CHRIS Loyal f/Lil' Wayne 478 376 102 1.544 48 49 SONGZ, TREY Na Na 464 380 84 1.405 44 50 SOMO Ride 459 544 -85 1.46 61 51 AJR I'm Ready 393 240 153 0.595 51 52 PRINCE FALLINLOVE2NITE f/Z. Deschanel 386 359 27 0.831 52 53 MENZEL, IDINA Let It Go 374 354 20 1.645

Awesome information. Someone has to keep this thread going until its inevitable appearance on the Billboard Top 100. I have given up for now and am currently in a tent at my local Wal-Mart lining up to be the first to buy a copy of the new PlectrumElectrum CD. I'm getting a lot of strange looks and interesting solicitations but I am undaunted in my endeavor to be the first person in Columbia, SC to own a copy of this soon to be classic.

I think "Happy" is gonna be this year's "Blurred Lines"....it just keeps getting bigger and bigger! More airplay every week.

let's face it,folks...the only way that Prince could get a huge hit single right now,is for him to let Pharrell produce the song and have Jay-Z rap on it.

m22 said:

but check this out Anne Marie Almedal - Paisley Park (live at Frogner Kino)

Thats good..

SoulAlive said:

let's face it,folks...the only way that Prince could get a huge hit single right now,is for him to let Pharrell produce the song and have Jay-Z rap on it.

This song would have done much better had it been released the night of the super bowl (inlucing the marketing campagin it acutally had when it finally was released) along with a video and a couple of followup tv appearances.

According to a charts forum the single entered the japanese single charts:

Billboard Japan

Hot100
#83 NEW FallinLove2Nite ft. Zoe Deschanel

Hot 100 airplay
#35 lw#82 FallinLove2nite ft. Zoe Deschanel -2w.o.

Adult Contemporary Airplay
#9 lw#54 FallinLove2nite ft. Zoe Deschanel

Where is the video?

@ the chart watchers.

SoulAlive said:

let's face it,folks...the only way that Prince could get a huge hit single right now,is for him to let Pharrell produce the song and have Jay-Z rap on it.

or ...

he could write a song that doesn't suck

linus4000 said:

alandail said:

anyone who wants to see the song be a decent hit, it's pretty easy. Find whatever stations near you that are playing it already, call them and request sometime during each DJ shift. I count 25 statioons above. Enough requests to get it played just one more time a day on each station would add 175 spins in a week. That may be enough momentum to get it added to a few more stations.

Reqesting it on the stations already playing it will have better results than requesting it on stations

http://spins.fm/request/Prince%20(Feat.%20Zooey%20Deschanel)%20–%20“FALLINLOVE2NITE

Maybe works in the US...

When I first checked there they didn't have the single's image on there. Now they do, not sure if that's their doing or Prince's camp.

Moving up the Urban AC charts...

33

29

PRINCE

FALLINLOVE2NITE f/Z. Deschanel

139

111

28

0.592

TrevorAyer said:

SoulAlive said:

let's face it,folks...the only way that Prince could get a huge hit single right now,is for him to let Pharrell produce the song and have Jay-Z rap on it.

or ...

he could write a song that doesn't suck