"Time of My Life" is currently at #86 on Mediabase's Top 40 chart with 100 spins. Mediabase tracks the number of spins at key radio stations across the country. It changes daily.

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It's at #34 on the Mainstream AC chart with 69 spins

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It's at #76 on the Hot AC chart with 55 spins

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So... over 200 spins since the release.

Call your radio station.

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He has 165 spins today.

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103 spins on Mainstream AC.

Guys, if you hear this song on your local stations, call and request it. We were sort of given the advice from mj herself on her blog last night along with some good advice from fans posting there to save our energy on the official debut single from the album since coronation songs typically fade away as quickly as they appear. That isn't unusual though. We were told that This Is My Now went away pretty quickly after it was released and plus we learned with other fanbases of other idols that getting slammed with too many calls and especially calls outside of your local listening area are 2 things that can tick DJ's off in a hurry since their bosses, the program directors, ultimately make the decisions in what is played and what isn't. Of course we are hoping that David can break the typical trend with this song so in his words, we'll see.

I've not listened to any of my AC stations in a while. Will be tuning in today to see if I hear anything

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211 spins

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Woah. He's just taking leaps and bounds up the chart

I know they played it at least ONCE on Tower 98.3 here in Toledo, Ohio. Which surprised the hell out of me, but though I'd let you know it has expanded beyond the horizons of MO and his hometown areas :]

It looks like some of the songs on the Mediabase chart that were moved to the recurrent side have pushed the song up 3 on the top 40 side this afternoon in terms of rank.

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Great news! Thanks for the updates!

Things are still looking good with the single.

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242 spins

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143 spins

Things are still going in the up direction with the spins.

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298 spins

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Is his single qualified in the Billboard Charts?

After it reaches a certain point with building airplay and sales it does, but I'm not sure at what point it will happen but I think it will.


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i am the program/music director of a station here in kentucky...

and i added david's single to our playlist today! i was psyched to get it!

awesome! Welcome to the forum!

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WINK 96.9 FM here in Fort Myers, FL has played him! I have XM, but I checked the radio station's playlist and sure enough, he was there! YAY!!

The spin count dropped dramatically overnight, but at least we can say this song has done better than This Is My Now ever did.

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Someone refresh my memory. This Is My Now only got to #15 and went down from there as well?

I'm a little paranoid about this whole thing because there wasn't a commercial single and there was a limited amount of time for the single to chart. In the two days it's dropped from the no.1 position on ITunes it's wavered between 2 and 3 (and is the no. 2 ringtone) so it's obviously still selling and will be around for a bit longer before dropping out of the charts.

I'm worried about 2 things here:

1) I'm still paranoid that TPTB really wanted Archie, despite the amount of money that Cook is making for them. The press about Cook being the upset victor and Archie coming on so many interviews worries me a little. It worries me a bit that the spins are going down and this wasn't a traditional release and makes me feel that RCA isn't really promoting this as much as they can. OTOH, I have not heard any coronation single on the radio since Ruben. Is it usual to make these things low-key? Has there been a lot of radio play for the other coronation singles since the days of Clay/Ruben? The press release says there wasn't an "official launch" - does this refer to the fact that it was really only released digitally? Is that something to be worried about?

2) Someone posted that they though the media was downplaying the Billboards records story. I've found a lot of articles about it, quite a few of them dismissive, but this is making news. (It's more an anti AI spin than anything, but it is mind-boggling. I read somewhere that Cook was responsible for 15% of all DLs this week. Insane). A few of those articles point out that the RIAA might not like this, and I wonder, for those in the know: could there be so much resentment that this might have hurt Cook's radio play in the past few days, and might it hurt him in the future? If the recording industry is in such dire straits right now, wouldn't they be encouraged by someone who looks to be clearly bankable? (Even the dismissive articles point out that Cook will probably sell lots of records based on the evidence so far). Is it even possible they just won't accept payola for the singles, or that RCA wouldn't want to push someone who made AI nearly $1 mil in a single week?

So is the fact that the spins are going down a sign of resistance and/or lack of enthusiasm? The fact that there's already a CD announcement on Amazon seems to run counter to that, but I don't know how these things work. Money is money, right? The only other evidence is an irrational attachment to Archie. (And I have nothing agaisnt Archie, but it's clear he has less commercial potential right now).

Well, I don't buy all the hype about them wanting Archie to win over Cook in the end although we do know he was TCO in the beginning. The fact is, these winning singles don't do well. They never have. I don't think media is down playing the Billboard story at all. The articles about it have been everywhere! I don't buy that the RIAA doesn't like that. To me that is just downright stupid and some of it is probably fans of Archie's that are still bitter and resentful over Cook winning and some in the media that are angry he didn't win. There are a lot of them out there. Sorry, but you can't dispute the Billboard chart numbers. The winning song does not dictate an artist's future. Jordin's song did much worse than this one did. I certainly don't believe the RIAA is upset over this. The fact is some folks aren't very enthusiastic over these cheesy songs. Some of the fans weren't even crazy over it to be honest. I like it though. This song will be nothing like what will be on the rest of his album. Jordin's winning single tanked ever worse than this but Tattoo took off like a bullet within the first few weeks it was released.

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Well, I don't buy all the hype about them wanting Archie to win over Cook in the end although we do know he was TCO in the beginning. The fact is, these winning singles don't do well. They never have. I don't think media is down playing the Billboard story at all. The articles about it have been everywhere! I don't buy that the RIAA doesn't like that. To me that is just downright stupid and some of it is probably fans of Archie's that are still bitter and resentful over Cook winning and some in the media that are angry he didn't win. There are a lot of them out there. Sorry, but you can't dispute the Billboard chart numbers. The winning song does not dictate an artist's future. Jordin's song did much worse than this one did. I certainly don't believe the RIAA is upset over this. The fact is some folks aren't very enthusiastic over these cheesy songs. Some of the fans weren't even crazy over it to be honest. I like it though. This song will be nothing like what will be on the rest of his album. Jordin's winning single tanked ever worse than this but Tattoo took off like a bullet within the first few weeks it was released. The fact he is #2 on Amazon and the impressive download #'s from week 1 (which was really only 4 days worth), cannot be disputed.

What do you mean by a commercial single? This is always the way it has been done. They release a winning single and then 3-4 months later comes the first release from the CD. Jordin's winning song didn't get tons of promotion either. They never release "commercial" type singles with these winning songs. That formula will never change. The download #'s between Cook and Archie sort of speak for themselves.

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This is a typical release these days. Last time they had out hard copy actual CD's of the singles was Season 4 Inside Your Heaven. As for the articles being dismissed I don't know what your are reading but David is everywhere and people are talking about it. I really wouldn't waste time worrying that TPTB really wanted Archie. Frankly I think TPTB were hoping for David from about Parton week on. They needed him just as much as he needed them. His nearly 1 million downloads have brought some credibility back to a show that was teetering on the edge of becoming The Gong Show.

OK, thanks for answering my questions.

First of all, what I meant by a commercial single was a physical copy that could be bought at a record store. I know when the Clay and Ruben fan wars started people physically went down to the store and bought oodles of copies to make a point (yes, including me, although I only bought one copy). I didn't watch AI in seasons 3, 4, or 5 so I don't know how it worked then but it seems relatively useless to put out a single that way these days.

Also the other thing that confused me was the lack of "official launch" notated on the RCA press release. I was curious why there was not an "official launch" but that was answered somewhere else. Sorry.

And no, I'm not really worried about TPTB wanting Archie so much anymore. The mainstream media tends to ask about the surprise win a lot and it's easy to take things out of context but the majority of outlets that were paying attention to the show were pulling for Cook weeks ago. Only having watched 2 seasons of the show (2 and 6) before this I can't really say from experience but as far back as "Hello" the possibility of hit records was being discussed and it came up repeatedly, and from what I've been able to tell those kinds of statements aren't thrown around that much. Besides, record execs love nothing as much as someone who can make them lots of money.