It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man

[mcgarnicle19]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already... i didn't see it anywhere. I haven't seen anything official on the net yet, but at the radio station i work at we just got it sent to us! To me that would mean its the next single. I'm gonna play it this afternoon. I'm excited.

[Mouko]

Damn good choice it is, too.

[Jay]

I love it, anything that gets more folks to hear it is fine by me.

[Sparq]

Hm...I'd hoped for In Love With a Bad Idea...ah well, it's not like any of them are bad.

[X-Rated Truffle Pig]

what happened to Empty Road or Bad Idea

 

this is still a good song, but i'd much rather see the above to

 

but heck this is my opinion and since when does it matter

[Lauren]

unnfortunately, it doesn't haha

jeremy, do you have any say in how much rotation it gets?

[mcgarnicle19]

jeremy, do you have any say in how much rotation it gets?

Not really. I'll try and play it a fair bit, but it'll get put in high rotation anyways so i wouldn't worry about it not getting much airplay.

[Jay]

That Jeremy thing confused me...

[Lauren]

jeremy's spoken..

i don't usually use people's user names if i can find their real names..

except mr chips. thats a pretty sweet user name.

edit: i just realized your name was jeremy too. haha goodness..

Edited August 22, 2004 by Lauren_Atmore

[running4home]

wooo i'm gonna try and call in to 97 tomorrow and see if they have it yet

[no yu begin wher i end]

They probably will. Just after the album came out, they played 'North American For Life' and 'In Love With A Bad Idea' on Off The Charts.

[Mr.Domino]

seems to be a pattern in the releases made by mg lately, first he has an uptempo one come out, followed by a slower, mid tempo-ish one, followed by another uptempo one

 

White Light - Alert Status Red, It's Been A While, .... guessing Buffalo Seven

Avalanche - Weapon, In A World Called Catastrophe, Near Fantastica

AOB - ummm doesn't follow the theory lol

Beautiful Midnight - Hello Time Bomb, Strange Days, Load Me Up ( i think thats right ?)

Underdogs - Everything Is Automatic, Apparitions, Rico

LOTGA - hahah not sure which ones were singles, twas before my days...

[Lauren]

i love rico.

[Poprocks]

Actually in Beautiful Midnight, it went Time Bomb, Load Me Up, Strange Days, X-Rated

 

But if you modified your theory to say that he usually sandwiches slower songs in between more uptempo songs, I think you'd be absolutely right.

 

The only time that doesn't really work is Ghetto Astronauts where it goes Alabama, Symbolistic, Haven't Slept in Years... none of those are exactly slow, but Alabama's probably the most mid-tempo-ish.

[Crusader]

So wait... it's been a while is the single now? Thank god. I love that song.

[timmys]

been awhile is a good song.. but i don't think it is for the radio.. doubt it would work out well.. fine by me.. radio kills music sometimes.

[thewickernightmare]

You know, I like 'It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man' a lot, but it seems like an awful choice as a second single. It's good as an album track but I can't see people wanting to go out and buy the cd because of that song. 'In Love With A Bad Idea' is a much better choice. It's a lot more catchy and doesn't alienate any fans like a personal song like It's Been Awhile might.

[insane_child]

oh... i immediately thought of the staind song.... "it's been a while... since i've gone and fucked things up... just like i always do..."

[Crusader]

Hey there,

 

Sorry for the confusion, but the new single is In Love With With A Bad Idea. 

 

Take care.

 

www.edge.ca

 

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[Mr.Domino]

ummmmm so which one is it exactly? ;)

[Crusader]

I'm not sure... but I'd like to believe it's going to be It's been a While.

[Poprocks]

I personally hope it is not It's Been A While... I think Bad Idea would get much more airplay, especially on alternative/rock stations.

[lcpja]

i like it's been awhile better. But for the sake of radio play and increasing the sales of the record, In love with a bad idea is a better choice.

[Sparq]

Victory is mine!

 

...I think.

[Crusader]

A note from MG:

 

Reasons to know what the next "single" is when you already own the record and thus all of the potential "singles":

 

1] You are being held captive by guerrillas who are refusing to release you and ten other aid workers unless information pertaining to the next single is released to them.

 

2] Your dealer refuses to extend you a “line of credit” unless you either blow him or cough up the title of the next single.

 

3] You are a super being from another galaxy who has come to earth to save mankind from an unknown parasite invader. The only way to defeat this alien parasite scum? Blast them with the “new” single as soon as possible.