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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 11, 2018 11:32:03 GMT 10
This R&B song was a Top-10 hit in New Zealand, as well as a Top-30 hit in America, Ireland and the UK, yet it was a complete dud in Australia, where it only peaked at a measly #67. Even in places such as Brazil and France, "Do It to It" was a Top-50 hit. I don't understand why this didn't at least peak within the lower-half of the Top-50 here. Was Australia really that resistant to snap-rap, that even a song which features a reference to "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" couldn't be embraced?
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Post by Telso on Aug 15, 2018 11:02:57 GMT 10
Does this count? This British song was a massive hit in many European countries in 2008, but strangely enough it only had a moderate succes on the British charts so I'm wondering how it picked so heavily in so many other countries. And of course it was nowhere to be found out of Europe. As a side note, I absolutely love this song, it's so pretty, nostalgic and lushly arranged. I might even say it's one of my favorite songs of the 2000s 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 16, 2018 22:11:30 GMT 10
Does this count? This British song was a massive hit in many European countries in 2008, but strangely enough it only had a moderate succes on the British charts so I'm wondering how it picked so heavily in so many other countries. And of course it was nowhere to be found out of Europe. As a side note, I absolutely love this song, it's so pretty, nostalgic and lushly arranged. I might even say it's one of my favorite songs of the 2000s It's strange that "This is the Life" was only moderately successful over there, because Amy Macdonald's debut album actually topped the UK Album Chart. However, with that said, "Mr Rock 'N Roll" was released as a single before "This is the Life" and the former managed to reach a peak of #12 on the UK Singles Chart, so my guess is that "Mr Rock 'N Roll" was marketed more heavily in the UK than "This is the Life" ever was. As for the song's overwhelming success in mainland Europe, i'm not quite sure why that is the case. Maybe it's simply because "Mr Rock 'N Roll" was quite successful in the UK and other countries caught on to her music once "This is the Life" was released as a single? It's hard to say. The reason why "This is the Life" didn't chart outside of Europe, is because none of the singles were released (with the exception of "Mr Rock 'N Roll" in North America) outside of the UK/Europe.
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Post by Telso on Aug 17, 2018 7:27:26 GMT 10
It's strange that "This is the Life" was only moderately successful over there, because Amy Macdonald's debut album actually topped the UK Album Chart. However, with that said, "Mr Rock 'N Roll" was released as a single before "This is the Life" and the former managed to reach a peak of #12 on the UK Singles Chart, so my guess is that "Mr Rock 'N Roll" was marketed more heavily in the UK than "This is the Life" ever was. As for the song's overwhelming success in mainland Europe, i'm not quite sure why that is the case. Maybe it's simply because "Mr Rock 'N Roll" was quite successful in the UK and other countries caught on to her music once "This is the Life" was released as a single? It's hard to say. The reason why "This is the Life" didn't chart outside of Europe, is because none of the singles were released (with the exception of "Mr Rock 'N Roll" in North America) outside of the UK/Europe. I was aware it wasn't released in the rest of the world, that's why I hesitated to put it here in the first place. But thinking of it, it's quite a strange decision because it was around that time that the whole world fully embraced British female pop like Leona Lewis or Duffy (and made the way for Adele to destroy everything a few years later), so I think they passed down on a big potential hit, even though it didn't particularly allign with what was hip in the US at the time but could elsewhere. For the rest, I think you hit the nail with the possibility that "Mr Rock 'N Roll" simply overshadowed the next single. Still kind of weird she never reached the top 10 despite the album doing great. And that still doesn't explain that second single reaching so many tops 3 in Europe.
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Post by Telso on Aug 17, 2018 7:37:54 GMT 10
I think sharing obscure hits from Europe would be my speciality from now on This too did quite well in European charts in 2008, and not so much in the rest of the world. It's a cover by a Norwegian hip hop group of a 60s song which by the way sounds ahead of its time (it would have easily passed as a 70s song).
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 17, 2018 9:28:06 GMT 10
This was one of Nickelback's most successful and well-known hits in the US and the UK, but it did not chart in Australia at all. All I can do is thank the Australian public for rejecting this song, because I would personally consider it to be one of the worst rock songs of all time. It's awful.  I was aware it wasn't released in the rest of the world, that's why I hesitated to put it here in the first place. But thinking of it, it's quite a strange decision because it was around that time that the whole world fully embraced British female pop like Leona Lewis or Duffy (and made the way for Adele to destroy everything a few years later), so I think they passed down on a big potential hit, even though it didn't particularly allign with what was hip in the US at the time but could elsewhere. For the rest, I think you hit the nail with the possibility that "Mr Rock 'N Roll" simply overshadowed the next single. Still kind of weird she never reached the top 10 despite the album doing great. And that still doesn't explain that second single reaching so many tops 3 in Europe. I agree. I have my doubts that it would have been successful in the US (although, KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" was a hit over there, so I guess it's possible), but it would have almost certainly been a Top-10 hit in Australia and New Zealand. It's a shame that it wasn't released outside of Europe, because it's quite a good song and like you suggested, it very likely would have been a big international hit. There's nothing wrong with that, because you are introducing me to songs which I otherwise would never have known about! 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 27, 2018 14:34:38 GMT 10
For years, I was always under the impression that "Freak on a Leash" was a huge worldwide hit around Early/Mid 1999, so I was quite surprised when I researched information about the song's history on the charts last night. What came as even more of a surprise to me was how the song performed in the UK. Even though "Freak on a Leash" peaked at #24 over there, it actually completely flopped on the charts. The week it debuted onto the UK Singles Chart was the only time the song was within the Top-50 and it fell out of the Top-100 just two weeks later.
I find the song's lack of success in the country to be interesting, because the UK was generally quite embracing of Nu-Metal. Was "Freak on a Leash" simply too bizarre and "out there" for the UK public to accept? Who knows. In fact, the only country "Freak on a Leash" was a massive hit in was Australia, which is where it coincidentally also achieved it's highest chart placement (#22). Incredibly, the song managed to stay within the ARIA Top-50 for 18 weeks!
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Post by aja675 on Oct 27, 2018 19:52:03 GMT 10
This dance song by Belgian singer Lara Fabian was a worldwide smash in 2000, even becoming a top 40 hit in the dance-resistant United States. However, it was an enormous flop in the UK in particular, peaking only at a dinky #63 on the UK Singles Chart. It was recently covered by British pop group Steps, who were at their commercial height back when the original was released, but the song’s underperformance in the British Isles is nonetheless quite strange. I had only heard this song before seeing that video. (And her Eurovision song too, but I forgot how that one sounds.)
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 17, 2018 21:05:19 GMT 10
This uptempto pop song by Danish duo S.O.A.P was a Top-10 hit across Europe and Oceania and was even certified platinum in Australia, but it only reached a lacklustre peak of #36 in the UK. I really don't understand why it wasn't a bigger hit over there. It has production and stylistic qualities which would have appealed to UK listeners at the time of release; it's bubbly, upbeat and has a catchy chorus (well, I personally don't think it's catchy, but plenty of other people would). I assume you're familiar with this song #Infinity ?
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Post by #Infinity on Nov 18, 2018 2:35:58 GMT 10
This uptempto pop song by Danish duo S.O.A.P was a Top-10 hit across Europe and Oceania and was even certified platinum in Australia, but it only reached a lacklustre peak of #36 in the UK. I really don't understand why it wasn't a bigger hit over there. It has production and stylistic qualities which would have appealed to UK listeners at the time of release; it's bubbly, upbeat and has a catchy chorus (well, I personally don't think it's catchy, but plenty of other people would). I assume you're familiar with this song #Infinity ? Yep! I do know the song and consider it an explosive rush of post-new jack swing sugar! In America, the song was distributed by Crave Records, which was a short-lived sub label of Sony founded by Mariah Carey. Out here, it wasn't huge either, but it did get to #21 on the Mainstream Top 40, which isn't bad for an imported pop act.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 18, 2018 22:58:25 GMT 10
Yep! I do know the song and consider it an explosive rush of post-new jack swing sugar! In America, the song was distributed by Crave Records, which was a short-lived sub label of Sony founded by Mariah Carey. Out here, it wasn't huge either, but it did get to #21 on the Mainstream Top 40, which isn't bad for an imported pop act. I thought you would. That's interesting to hear about. From what I understand, it also peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, which like you mentioned, isn't a bad result for an imported European pop act.
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Post by #Infinity on Dec 11, 2018 18:04:14 GMT 10
This song was an absolute monster hit across mainland Europe, Oceania, and North America in 1979. In the UK, however, it only made it as high as #50, which is even worse than a #50 peak in most other countries, where the charts move less quickly and therefore have less room for new songs. Bizarrely, Kiss' biggest UK hit by far was this, of all things. They were notoriously unsuccessful throughout the 1980s, despite seeming like the most ideal band possible to adapt to that decade's trends, so it's pretty hilarious that "Crazy Crazy Nights" was their one claim to fame in Britain, aside from "God Gave Rock and Roll to You II" in 1992. Both songs reached #4, but neither are anywhere near their most famous tracks otherwise, especially the former, which only reached #65 here in the US.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 18:46:18 GMT 10
Darude's "Sandstorm" was a trance song that was successful across Europe, peaking at the top 10 in many European countries. It became popular again when it became a popular comment reply trolling meme for people asking "what's the song at x:x?" or something like that. In Australia, not very much, peaking at no. 40 on the charts (also the US, where it peaked at 83).
EDIT: On another note, "Feel The Beat" charted at no.20 and "Out Of Control (Back For More)" charted at no.45.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 20:21:14 GMT 10
An odd reverse example, two of the biggest EDM songs from early 2014 gained top 20 statues in Australia, but little-to-no airplay
I posted this because a episode of Countdown (the UK Letters and Numbers) has a cutaway reference to the first song (Turn Down for What) at one point.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 22, 2019 20:26:14 GMT 10
An odd reverse example, two of the biggest EDM songs from early 2014 gained top 20 statues in Australia, but little-to-no airplay "Turn Down For What" was still a massive hit in Australia though. I was in Year 9 when that song was popular and heaps of people in my year group played that song obsessively.
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