Thursday, September 30, 2010
IF YOU SEEK BRITNEY: One of the reasons artists like to have their songs featured on Glee is that in addition to whatever royalty they get from the Glee cast version downloads (I'm not sure how much that winds up being for performers who do not have writing credits, though) is that it juices downloads of the original versions. Interestingly, though, even though Gleeified Britney occupies the #2, #12, #15, #16, and #20 slots on iTunes right now (with another 7 Glee songs on the Hot 200), the highest ranking original Britney song? "Toxic" at #80 ("Stronger" is at #163 and "Slave 4 U" at #167). On the other hand? Paramore's "The Only Exception" (the one non-Britney song in Tuesday's episode) might be top 10 if all versions were considered (the single version is at #47, and the album version at #25), and "Billionaire" is still at #67 (explicit) and #143 (clean), with the Glee version at #55. Is this because folks already owned the Britney songs or because people just didn't give a damn about having her original versions?
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I would imagine it has to be some of both. I would say 35% have 65% don't care. Based on the very scientific method of totally guessing.
ReplyDeleteI tend to think the people that want Britney's versions already have them, whereas "The Only Exception" and "Billionaire" are newer releases. Also, Paramore is currently touring and promoting their single, and I assume Travis McCoy is still promoting his, though I don't know about touring.
ReplyDeleteThat sort of explains things, but "Don't Stop Believin'" (the Journey version) has been a fixture of the Top 200 for 4+ years, courtesy of the various media uses (Laguna Beach, Family Guy, Sopranos, Glee), and one would think that there wouldn't be huge new exposure.
ReplyDeleteWait, people buy the Glee versions of songs? Weird.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's amazing how the audience for autotuned covers has just exploded.
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