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GUNS N' ROSES's 'Chinese Democracy' Single Is A Radio Smash - Oct. 24, 2008

According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, between 5:00 a.m. EST on October 22 and 5:00 a.m. EST on 23, GUNS N' ROSES new single, "Chinese Democracy", was played 683 times on all BDS-monitored terrestrial and satellite radio stations. WAAF-FM in Boston and WHJY-FM in Providence both played it 18 times during that time period. WBSX-FM in Wilkes-Barre was next with 17 spins. By comparison, the #1 song on the Billboard Mainstream Rock radio chart was spun 322 times on October 22, with 526 spins overall.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107607

WOW, impressive! But, i think we kinda expected it  : ok:

 :o  That is AWESOME!

Fock in Hell!!!  :beer: :smoking: :beer:

this shit's gonna be the shit of the fucking decade  :hihi:

Hell yeah, I'm waiting to hear if my local rock radio st will play it and give me feedback, well just this dj, its been played quite a lot on the station but this old boy I havnt heard his opinion. He is the only guy I respect - its on nooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww
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http://www.rockradioscotland.co.uk/listen_live/

I love how we all get to see this finally together.  We used to act like lil bitches and bicker, now we are FINALLY all on same page!  SAWEET!

I guess democracy brings people together.

We are gonna get the feedback from Tom, Rocking or Shocking! I emailed him earlier asking to play it and he just did, he's a legend, hope he doesnt dissapoint :-\

keep us posted dude! I txted btw!

i was the one who made the phone call to Paul and Al over at 94.1 whjy in Providence wedsday. They didn't even know it was out till i told them. 10 mins later itwas played for the 1st time. And they loved it. And all day long they were getting calls for it. SO much that they were telling people to go on there site to hear it lol.

great news to hear! - Let's keep it up gunners!!! :beer:

Well, I'm a bit disapointed Tom never responded, I dont know if its a stationwide survey regarding the song... so the rocking or shocking has not been judged yet...but you can email the show and contact the idiot Billy Rankin who was broadcasting to the nation in whole hearted truth and honesty that CD proved that Axl had no singing ability anymore and could only sing in  a low register.....what a fanny, I think he was trying to be amusing but send him in your opinions of that and try to keep them high brow to confuse the doss cunt!

http://www.rockradioscotland.co.uk/rock_jocks/billy_rankin/contact/

What a way to start!

Good work everyone! Let's keep requesting it.

Maybe its well worth the wait for Axl because Oh My God didn't get this kind of attention back in '99. 

Thats awesome news.  : ok:     .Cant wait to see the video if there is one.  :peace:

 : ok:

Some artists can stay away almost two decades and come roaring back with hits. Take Axl Rose. The title track from the new Guns N' Roses album hit radio on Wednesday and within a day it was already getting more airplay than the No. 1 song on Billboard's Mainstream Rock radio chart.

http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/oct/25GNRs_Chinese_Democracy_A_Radio_Hit.shtml

Guns n' Roses Rule the Radio

After just 24 hours, the band?s reps report that it got a whopping 683 full-length spins on the radio Chinese Democracy, as we told you, will hit Best Buy stores on November 23rd.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/22/guns-n-roses-return-to-radio-with-chinese-democracy/

Nice!

Keep it up!

Click Here (http://"http://www.edge.ca/Blogs/Feedback/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10011679") to make sure it gets played on radio in Toronto. Mix it up with 'Like it', because 'Love it' is winning by a huge margin  :hihi:  :peace:

So this is going to at least hit #1 on the Billboard rock charts, right?

Yeah keep requesting it. Nice to read it did well it's 1st day on the radio.  : ok:

When doing the charts, is it strictly on airplay or do other things factor in?


Number 1 debuting single and it isn't even close to being the best song on the album

This fucking thing is gonna be a runaway sensation!

As I've said man, this album is going to spawn 4 or 5 singles, with at least 3 being major hits

Better is going to be a smash on rock and pop radio.  The Blues could be a Top 40 one.  If The World could be big on pop radio. 

Then there's the infamous This I Love.  I mean, put two and two together.  Patti Hood who plays harp on the song and is obviously a classical music person said that This I Love is one of the most beautiful songs she's ever heard.  Ron made a statement about his favorite song on the album being one that hadn't been heard yet but was a beautiful piece.  Without even hearing the song I have high hopes.  It could be the crossover hit

And then there's Sorry, which sounds incredible just from the promo with Axl and Bach's wailing harmonies.  Scraped, the song with "Don't you try and stop us now" on it.  No doubt in my mind that CD is going to win over the skeptics.  Fucking A man, in 2002 I thought Chinese was just an alright song.  The final cut is a foot stomping, ass kicking beast.  Can't wait to hear the final versions of IRS, Better, and Rhiad. 

Then you think about how much IRS and TWAT have improved since the 1999 versions.  Imagine Catcher.  This album is going to be a monster

The funny thing is that CD isn't the most accessible song for the general public. Just wait to see how people react once a song like Better hits the airwaves.

I don't know what's up, but I guess the reaction has not been the same on KSHE 95 in St. Louis.  They played the song 3 times the evening of the 22nd, and haven't played it since.  I haven't gotten through to their request line yet, but I want to hear from them what the reason is it hasn't been back on.  There's only one other station in town (105.7 KPNT) that would play it that I know of, and I heard it on there once the morning of the 22nd, but they don't have a listing of all the songs they play online like KSHE does . . .

In all fairness, it's been 15 years since there's been new material from GN'R.  A lot of the attention the single's getting has to be from the curious, not necessarily those in love with the song!

It's getting many many requests and good reviews however.

Thats encouraging!   

Really, I'm glad its finally coming out and GnR is on the airwaves right now, thats what matters.   Success is icing on the cake.   These songs are already classics in my mind because I've known and loved some of them for so many years.   I think its safe to say at least a few of these songs will be classics when people look back 20+ years from now.

Chinese Democracy Is A Hit At Radio

by Paul Cashmere - October 25 2008

US radio stations jumped all over the new Guns n` Roses song `Chinese Democracy` when it was released on Wednesday.

683 full plays of the song were registered by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) over a 24-hour period from 5am on November 22 until 5am on November 23.

Listeners to WAAF-FM in Boston and WHJY-FM in Providence played the song a total of 18 times each over that time. WBSX-FM in Wilkes-Barre was second with 17 spins.

`Chinese Democracy`, the album will be released on November 22 in Australia and November 23 in the USA.

http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=6642

we all did expect this right? it just means that there is more of our thoughts as to  how good CD would do will come true in the future.


CHINESE DEMOCRACY HAS JUST BEGUN! :headbanger:

Those are some great numbers!!!!   I can only imagine how the big guns on this album will do.   : ok:

Chinese Democracy is a hit :beer: :beer:

You guys are lucky, they only played the song once here in fuckin' Belgium.  :no: When the first Metallica and AC/DC single was released these were played constantly on Studio Brussels.

Almost same thing in Finland, attention is mostly on AC/DC. However, things will propably change in next two weeks and hype for Guns N Roses starts to gear up.
By the way, most listeners who called the radio and gave their opinion, told to DJ that this isn't going to be biggest thing  from the album  ;)

The problem with countries besides the US is that most dj's have no idea the album is coming out and the ones that have heard something don't believe it till they see it.

I talked to 2 people yesterday from the biggest rock stations in my town and they had no idea. And these guys like GN'R as they are today.

I would have let them know earlier but the problem is that I'm setting up a new business and I've been running like fuckin crazy for that.

What I will do is send 500-600 text messages to all the mobiles of the database I have so they'll know the album is coming...

Hopefully that will wake up some people...

They must be horrible in doing their job then.

The GNR news is all over, if they didn't pick up on it I would suggest they take a little time off to actually think about how well they are paying attention to things.

If they like GNR as they are today they would have known, period.

The recordstores I've been to here in Sweden are totally unaware of any album or single. On Universal music Swedens homepage...nothing. Hopefully they are gearing up for some proper full scale promtotion in the week or weeks to come. Maybe just in time for christmas shopping season. I hope they do for their own sake! Or I'll have to go there myself and kick some serious fuckin ass!!! Radio likewise I heaven't heart shit! Ok I don't listen that much to radio anyway.  All we got is bad reviews from clueless fuckheads in the tabloids. One jive ass motherfucker even missed the singles name so people had to google it to know what the moaning was about :rant:

it feels great as a guns fan who's been on the ass end of jokes and cynicism for the past 6 years because of who my favorite band is to be able to turn on WBAB or KROCK on the way to work first thing in the morning and hear Chinese Democracy playing, with the words "GUNS N' ROSES - CHINESE DEMOCRACY" scrolling by on my cd player and the song ending with the DJ saying "Playing this one early on before I start getting BOMBARDED with text messages again asking for it"

and  hearing people call up, everyone absolutely STOKED about the album and how it sounds.. i haven't smiled as much as i did in the past few days since i was little. :)

Liking the band as it is today is a totally different thing from being a loyal fan, logging every day on the forums and learning the news.

These people should have learned about it from the Greek subsidiary of Universal music and not the internet.

Cause they've read so many times crap about it on the internet that they won't believe it anymore, as they didn't when I told them.

It is Universal's job to make it official, like they did in the UK with the full page advert...

But since I don't see them doing such a great job, I guess I'll have to take the lead here and do what I've been doing for the past 5 years in Greece...

Let people know that GN'R are alive and kicking asses...

Text messages have already been sent and I added the song from imeem on my site for them to listen to.

Promotion in Greece starts NOW!!!  ;D

what's the frequency for studio brussel ?
how can you request a song in there?
and is it flemish only or french too ? cause I don't speak flemish butI used to listen to studio brussel when I still thought the radio wasn't something from the middle ages  ;D

More or less the same problem here in Poland, unfortunatelly


I tried to call the lady responsible for Guns at Universal Music Poland on Friday early afternoon and she was out of her office. They told me to call back on Monday!!!  :confused: Yeah, they work hard on the promotion  :no:

Also Universal Music Poland didn't give on time official single to the stations. That's why they can strat play it just on Monday morning:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eskarock.pl%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dnews_eska_rock%26ph_tresc_glowna_start%3Dshow%26cmn_id%3D29897&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&sl=pl&tl=en

Such awesome news!  :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: I always knew that Chinese Democracy would rock the world!

Here's todays latest Media Base 24/7 US Radio chart from www.allaccess.com for Oct 18 - Oct 24

Active Rock
21 GUNS N' ROSES Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
13 GUNS N' ROSES Chinese Democracy

It keeps moving up and getting solid plays!!!! It will easily be in the Top10 in Mainstream, and Active Top15 by end of the weekend.

It's weird, I haven't heard it on the radio since Tuesday... nor have I heard it on Sirius... but then again I"m listening for like 30 min at a time

lol that might be why.

Polish radio promo about ChD single on Monday :)

http://www.wrzuta.pl/audio/3snDOO4qk8/

I noticed the exact same thing.  Plus all of the d.j.s comment on how "we waited 15 years for this?"  But I am glad that it is getting airplay in other parts of the country. 

I'm still hearing it daily on a rock station here in vegas and I only listen when i'm in my car.

Lets Keep requesting this and get this in the top 10  : ok:
I wish i could here this on the radio in Australia. :peace:

I requested it in Indiana 4 times and didnt get anything. It might have not helped that the fourth time I used an asian accent and requested Chinese Democracy.

They are not playing it that much in 93rock.com in south Florida.. The fist day, every hour .. But now maybe once or twice per day... I ve called and emailed.. let's see if it does something...  :-[

Yesterday, I heard the ending on KROQ, and today I heard the WHOLE thing.

I can't wait to see the chart published on Tuesday.   :drool:

It's getting no love in Maryland at all.  Metallica is getting the hell played out of their new song, which sounds like every other Metallica song.   No LOVE for GNR = perfect advertisement to get Sirius.

I'm Seattle bound and I have heard the new song every single time I get in the car,they are also playing the heck out of previous catalogue. KISW 99.9 8)

Same here in Western Australia.  One fucking play and the DJ is not interested in playing it again.

Heard it this morning on K-Rock in NY (92.3)...probably the 4th time I've heard it on the radio since it's release...although, I only listen to the radio when I'm in the truck and since I work from home, that's not too often.

So nice to hear some 'new' GN'R on the radio!  : ok:

Ever since Chinese Democracy single was released, at least one doctor interrupts rounds to ask me if I was happy about Chinese Democracy! I think that's cool that we are discussing critically ill children and people appreciate my love of GNR that much!

683 plays the first day...does anyone know what the number has been for each subsequent day?  I'm guessing a huge drop off.  This song is just not bowling people over.  Sure we love it, but the genral public doesn't think it's anything special.  I would guess the raidio play is now below 200 a day and I don't see it going up.  Just saying.

Ive heard it plenty of times on the radio here in NYC. Friends of mine who arent into GnR have heard it, so its definatley out there. Radio and sattelite are playing the tune, ,to good reviews also!!

I listened to Octane (Sirius?) in my rental car off and on for about 5 hours yesterday and didn't hear it once. I even flipped between the other rock stations and the closest I got was Estranged and Paradise City. What station do I need to be listening to?

Estranged on the radio? wow.

Yeah, satellite radio. They love to play songs that you don't hear on the regular radio. It was pretty cool to hear Estranged on the radio though.

Radio Rock in Finland plays regularly songs like One in the million, Get in the ring and Estranged ! I hope Chinese Democracy tracks goes also into heavy rotation.

That's awesome. I remember someone requested it on the station I listened to on the "request show" and the dude is like, "you know this show is only 30 minutes long right" haha

This song is a hard, quick hitting rocker.  It's better and more exposive then another rock song that has come out recently.

They're playing it on Octane Sirius, I just heard it about 30 minutes ago.  The DJ invited listeners to phone-in and/or email with your comments on the song. 

haha they do the same for the station I listen to. Most like it.

Yeah, I happened to be driving it around when I heard it this time. The DJ on Octane said something like "It's been 17 years since their last song, and no song can live up to that amount of time, but don't don't judge based upon that."

nicely played.

http://www.eskarock.pl/index.php?page=eska_rock

click on the left "ESKA ROCK słuchaj on-line" for live stream. Chinese Democracy Polish premiere in a few min.  :beer:

edit: they didn't play it yet. DJs are teasing the listeners with clips of the intro & outro. They are also making fun: for example they said that our prime minister Donald Tusk went to China to listen to "Chinese Democracy" and he's looking aroud for it at Tiananmen place not knowing they've got the single  :hihi:

edit2: So it's done! They played the song like 3 times. First time - all the time coming on the air saying "Dear Listeners you are listening to the song which we don't interupt"  :hihi: After a second play (more or less without any dissturbing), they said that they like the ending of the song quoting our former prime minister of the socialist goverment "that it's not important how a man begins, but how he ends"  :hihi: The DJs were messing around saying some stupid things as well like: there's Duff playing, but nowadays he has just one hand  ??? or that Axl hired his musicians from a polish rock band called Myslovitz - so they'll finaly make an international career  ::) Then there was a coment during the news, that the Polish premiere of Chinese Democracy is already behind us, and the girl who just reads the news on the air, said that the song isn't a smash after all those years of waiting... Whatever, who would bother what things some girl, who just reads the news on the radio  :hihi: I just hope they'll play "Chinese Democracy" quite often here : ok:

X048-FM (XM) is playing it mainly from the pm through the evening hours. It is currently the 50th played Active Rock song on this station.

2020-FM (Sirius) is playing it mainly from mid-day through the evening hours. Being played twice as often as on XM.  It is currently the 23rd played Active Rock song on this station.

Here's the latest MediaBase 24/7 radio charts for Chinese source from allaccess.com
Week of 10/20 to 10/26 updated on Oct 27, 2008 @ 4:19 AM (PT)
Rolling Chart (update with daily spins)

Active Rock
17         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy 
Those results are on a rolling chart that is updated on a daily basis.

That is fucking awesome for less than a week of spins!

On the published charts (compiling the entire week)

For the week of 10/20 to 10/26 published on 10/25/08

Active Rock
19         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
11         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy


Chinese is #1 for the Taking Off category, and also #1 on the Spincrease category.

Those numbers again are compiled by MediaBase 24/7
The Billboard and Nielsen radio numbers will probably be out later this week for last weeks radio plays.

Again very good for less than a week of radio play!! It has made the moves to easily go #1. I get all of this information from www.allaccess.com, you must join the site but its free for radio people.

Thanks for posting!

That's hilarious !  :hihi:

I still have yet to hear it on local radio since the day it was released, nor have I heard it on Sirius radio... I hope I just have bad timing

Maybe your local station had a web site where you can request it?

And if you post the link, maybe others here will help you out by doing the same...




/jarmo

you can vote for CD on the request link at www.98online.com

it's only on the "C list" on radio one in the UK right now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/

i guess if a few more people were asking for it then it would be pushed up higher? can't seem to find anywhere on the site to request though  ???

Yeah they're definitely playing it on Sirius Octane.  It was number one on their top five the first 2 nights it was out last week.  I didn't catch the countdown on Friday or tonight.  I've got it set to record starting tomorrow so I'll report how it does on a nightly basis.  I can't find it listed on the website at all.  They also had the Rock 20 on Sunday, which I also missed and hasn't been updated on the website, not sure if the song made it on there.  It says the list is updated every Monday, but apparently they lie.

Awesome!  : ok:

Was last updated the 22nd. Hopefully it's still been getting requests this week and will get bumped up a bit.

the new GnR single is already #1 here - http://www.cidadewebrock.com.br/
It's a really known online rock radio station  over here. :)

thats a blatent lie on their part gnr were not on there on the 22nd or the 23rd.

I'm very pleased to see that it's doing so well.

http://www.971rqq.com/

go here to request it! I haven't heard it played here yet.

Here is my daily update on the Rock charts.

Mediabase 24/7 according to www.allaccess.com for the week of 10/21 to 10/27 updated on Oct 28, 2008 @ 4:09 AM (PT) this is the rolling 7 day chart report.

Active Rock
13         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

KEEPS MOVING UP! That is very impressive with air play of only a week!! It is more than likely going #1 in a matter of time.

C-List ain't bad for radio 1 really - I'm just pleased it made the playlist - they're VERY picky about what gets playlisted.
Never expect a GNR song (or other rock song) to go more than B list on radio 1 tho.

It's also on the Alternative charts at #36.

This is great. Please keep visiting the Radio Stations thread and sending those quick emails to the various stations! I am adding more stations to the great list that was put up there. We keep requesting, the DJ's will keep it spinning.

E-mail the following radio personalities who centralize their spins on rock music and request Axl's masterpiece!

zane.lowe@bbc.co.uk
fearneandreggie@bbc.co.uk
rock.show@bbc.co.uk
chris.moyles@bbc.co.uk
scott.mills@bbc.co.uk
nick.grimshaw@bbc.co.uk
colin.murray@bbc.co.uk
jo.whiley@bbc.co.uk

Technically, it's less than a week of airplay since the song didn't start playing until the 22nd.  Hopefully it will hit #1.

Ali

Thanks very much for your updates.

I just heard it again on WRIF in Detroit and they actually mentioned that even though it's on demand "people won't stop calling for it".

Good to hear Motown giving it some love.

Whenever I think of Detroit, I think of "DE-TROIT BAS-KET-BALL"  :hihi:

Now, I can think of Detroit as having good taste in rock music  : ok:

Ali

haha nice to see people besides us are getting a chance to hear this and can't get enough.

Chinese Democracy has been #1 on the Hard Drive at 5 (most requested songs of the day) on KLQ 107.3 for 4 days in a row!! It was #2 the day it was released. People in Grand Rpaids are digging it!

http://www.waaf.com/pages/425794.php
WAAF Playlist
 
Rank
 Artist
 Song
 
01
 Guns N Roses
 Chinese Democracy
 
02
 Disturbed
 Inside The Fire
 
03
 3 Doors Down
 Train
 
04
 Metallica
 The Day The Never Comes
 
05
 AC DC
 Rock N Roll Train
 
06
 Tool
 The Pot
 
07
 Dropkick Murphys
 State of Massachusetts
 
08
 Weezer
 Troublemaker
 
09
 Saving Abel
 Addicted
 
10
 Theory of a Deadman
 Girlfriend
 
11
 Offspring
 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
 
12
 Apocalyptica
 I Don't Care
 
13
 Three Days Grace
 Never Too Late
 
14
 Smashing Pumpkins
 G.L.O.W.
 
15
 AC DC
 Big Jack
 
16
 AC DC
 Spoilin' for a fight
 
17
 Slipknot
 Psychosocial
 
18
 Shinedown
 Second Chance
 
19
 White Stripes
 Icky Thump
 
20
 Mudvayne
 Do What You Do
 
 

Looks like WBCN and WAAF are giving the song airplay.  Good to see.

Ali

WAAF led the Nation in plays with 18 on day of release...AXL, Mistress Carrie would love to interview you!

Alternative

Top Adds

22 GUNS N' ROSES - Chinese Democracy
8 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS - You Better Pray

Taking off this week

ARTIST	TITLE	NEW STATIONS	NEW SPINS
GUNS N' ROSES	Chinese Democracy	17	292

The #2 song got 50 new spins.
         
Spincrease this week

ARTIST	TITLE	MOVE
GUNS N' ROSES	Chinese Democracy	+474

#2 spincrease was at +194



Rock

Top Adds   

61   GUNS N' ROSES - Chinese Democracy
17   SALIVA - Family Reunion

Taking off this week

ARTIST	TITLE	NEW STATIONS	NEW SPINS
GUNS N' ROSES	Chinese Democracy	44	855

The #2 song got 112 new spins.


Spincrease this week

ARTIST	TITLE	MOVE
GUNS N' ROSES	Chinese Democracy	+1056

#2 spincrease was at +246



/jarmo

Here are todays Media Base 24/7 charts for the week of Oct 22 - Oct 28 updated on Oct 29, 2008 @ 4:33 AM from www.allaccess.com

Active
11         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Alternative
31         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy


Also released was the Nielsen chart for the week. www.radioandrecords.com chart for 10-31-08
ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY
7         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

ACTIVE ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY
15         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

VERY IMPRESSIVE! I am surprised there is not very much buzz around the forums, about how well Chinese is doing.

I keep checking if the Swedes play it and today it was on just before noon.

So far they've been playing the song once every day.

Not bad at all for a non-rock station.





/jarmo

Hopefully the song will go higher than #5 on Mainstream Rock.  It was at that point yesterday, too.  It did move up a couple of slots on the Active list though.

Ali

my bro said Chris Moyles played it today on Radio 1

Wow! My first post on HTGTH. I've used this site to find out the latest GnR news since about 2000 so its nice to finally contribute at this fantastic time. Always used another site to post my views but am sick of the negative comments some have been making, some people are never happy unless they're moaning.

Jarmo just want to say thank you for keeping me in the loop so well over the years, this site is a credit to you. Anyway on topic,

Fern Cotton played CD today on Radio One, was around lunch time so plenty will of heard it.

this song is really taking off!  my friends all called me to say they heard it on the radio!!!  this is the moment we've been waiting for!

so when does the actual 'single' come out?  like so you can buy it and it has a video and everything.  that's how we know it's really a real single right?  and those are the things that help it climb the charts and take over teh world.

Anyone here hear it played in the Midwest or on the LOOP - Chicago's rock station? I have been waiting since it has been released and played by other radio stations and I haven't even heard it mentioned. I spend a lot of time in my car commuting to work so I listen to the radio a fair amount unless I am just missing it? Is it being played in New York and LA? Sorry I haven't read the whole thread. I see some east coast and such but just seeing if I need to light a fire under someone's ass!  :peace:

Which channel? P3?

Yeah. Once a day on P3.

More than once per day on their rock oriented online station P3 Rockster.



/jarmo

Even though we don't have any good station here in Finland, CD has been played occasionally on Radio Rock. Many people have called the station and given the song thumbs up! Some guy called in and said that if people like this, they will love Better and Madagascar (based on the live versions). The same station played the whole UYI I album two days ago.. II and AFD are coming too.

this is what i posted the other day. In the UK (its my understanding) it is only a song that peole buy that can chart as a single.

I may be wrong though. It seems weird that something that no one actually paid for can chart.

Yeah he did, at half 8. Awesome exposure cos everyone would have been stuck in traffic listening! Chris Moyles said, "That's my first listen and....it's actually ok........think i'll need to listen to it some more though".

The charts posted here are based on radio play in the USA.




/jarmo

jarmo wake up it's time to play  ;D

From allaccess.com Media Base 24/7
Rolling Chart (based on daily spins) for the week of Oct 23 - Oct 29  Last updated on: Oct 30, 2008 @ 4:06 AM (PT)

Active Rock
12         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

That is impressive, not very many songs rank that well so early.

Sorry I was not able to provide any chart updates over the weekend but here are the current Media Base 24/7 Rolling Music Charts.
Week of Oct 26 - Nov 1 updated on Nov 2, 2008 @ 2:45 PM (PT)

Active Rock
10         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Alternative
35         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

We should have published numbers tomorrow or Tuesday from Media Base. Media Base is based off radio station plays only! As you can see, Chinese has the potential to go #1 on both Rock Charts. For Guns to have such a impact on the charts in just a short time is very positive. If you live in the US and are in a large market, keep requesting the song!!

Lets get it up to 1.

Thanks as always mega_music, I love seeing your updates.

I heard CD on the radio Friday night/Saturday morning, I am so glad that they don't cut out the intro.

Keep requesting the song folks!

I've heard it used as an intro song on 95.5 klos in LA, that was very cool!

Norway's largest music oriented radio (P3) has put CD on their B-list: http://www2.nrk.no/spillelister40/sending.aspx?prog=667&tid=2008-10-30%2000:00:00Z

Maybe the A-list next week?  :peace:

Chinese keeps moving up!! Here are the latest numbers for Media Base 24/7 from www.allaccess.com
(This is US charts, based entirely on radio airplay only)
Rolling Chart week of 10/27/08 to 11/02/08 Last updated on: Nov 3, 2008 @ 4:13 AM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Stayed the same in Mainstream Rock but the spins are increasing)

Also released were the Published Media Base Charts this is based off a entire week of plays.
Week of Oct 27 - Nov 2 Published on: Nov 1, 2008

Active Rock
10         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
That is up from #19 last week

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
That is up from #11 last week


It keeps moving up and that is positive on both charts. Keep calling your local station and requesting it!!

fuck that's awesome^

here's to the song  :beer:

Very cool that it's doing well on so many different charts. Can't wait till the itunes download/maybe video comes out.

Here are todays numbers from Media Base 24/7 from www.allaccess.com
Rolling Charts
Week of Oct 28 - Nov 3 Last updated on: Nov 4, 2008 @ 4:10 AM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Now nothing has changed on the chart ranking over the last couple of days. The number of spins keep going up. Come on people call and keep requesting it with your local stations. We are so close to #1!!!

If your interested I'll post who are ahead of us on the charts.

Active Rock
1         METALLICA     The Day That Never C...
2         APOCALYPTICA     I Don't Care
3         AC/DC     Rock 'n Roll Train     
4         THEORY OF A DEADMAN     Bad Girlfriend
5         DISTURBED     Indestructible
6         MUDVAYNE     Do What You Do
7         SHINEDOWN     Second Chance
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
1         AC/DC     Rock 'n Roll Train
2         THEORY OF A DEADMAN     Bad Girlfriend
3         METALLICA     The Day That Never C...
4         NICKELBACK     Gotta Be Somebody
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

If you notice the songs above Chinese have been on the charts, for a several weeks. (source http://www.radioandrecords.com) They will be losing some momentum this is good news. It is actually legit that Chinese can and will go to #1. We just gotta keep on the request lines.

Thanks for these updates mega_music.

It's awesome to see GNR on these charts and doing well.

I honestly hate that this is the first single. I think Better should be. Or Catcher in the Rye.

That's great to know.  I listen to KLOS, KROQ and 98.7 in LA every day for about an hour total and I have only heard CD twice since the release.  Once it was on KROQ and once on 98.7.  I've never heard CD or the mentioning of CD on KLOS.

Here are Wednesdays update charts. From Media Base 24/7 found at www.allaccess.com
Rolling Chart for week of 10/29/08 to 11/4/08 Last updated on: Nov 5, 2008 @ 4:04 AM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Still gaining spints)

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Seems to be stalling no increased spins)
Again those numbers were based off of Media Base 24/7 Rolling Chart.

Also released were Radio and Records radio charts these charts are ranked by Nielsen, based on radio plays.
ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY Issue Date:11/7/2008
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
Gained most increased plays!
http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Rock_Chart.asp

ACTIVE ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY  Issue Date:11/7/2008
9         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
Gained most increased plays!
http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/AR_Chart.asp


Keep bugging and requesting your local stations.  Each monitored radio spin helps Chinese's position. I can't help but wonder how well some of the other songs off of Chinese are going to do. I am shocked on the awesome response of Chinese and we know there are better songs on the album.

KEEP REQUESTING! :peace:

I've heard two complete versions and I caught it once halfway through.

Twice on KROQ and once on STAR for me.

KLOS is never going to play it.  They are so anti-Axl you wouldn't believe it.  They even have SLASH in their top friends...

Uncle Joe needs to be rubbed out.  He takes every opportunity to say something nasty about Axl.  If someone were to show him the picture of Axl visiting kids in the hospital in England, he would find some way to belittle Axl.

The KROQ DJ's always try to crack jokes about how long it took this thing to come out, but they all say it rocks so that's good I guess.

Also to add to the chart numbers:
Billboard's chart.
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Issue Date: 2008-11-08
12   Guns N' Roses   Chinese Democracy
It also received the Air Power for the chart.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+Mainstream+Rock+Tracks&pageNumber=Top+11-20&g=Singles

Awesome!! Impressive based off radio plays only!

Was it on yahoo music before?

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8458/77752193ec9.png) (http://imageshack.us)

seriously ... is it really that fuckin difficult for the yahoo peoples to find and use a CURRENT pic of Axl?  :rant:


but thanks for posting that anyways leatherebel  :)

In all honesty, that's a great fkn picture.  ;)

I don't get that either. Maybe Axl needs to put out a press kit to media with some pics so that they use something more recent than shots that are 15 years old!

The song is getting no love in Maryland.

This is from last week... the chart gets updated tomorrow

At least Duff and Steven aren't in the pic  :rofl:

The fact that the song is stalling on Mainstream Rock is a little disconcerting, honestly.  But, it's good that its still gaining increased spins on Active Rock.

I wonder if the stalling on Mainstream Rock will make a difference as to when the second single is released.

Ali

I think we all know that there are going to be much better, much bigger singles off of this album

CD is a classic buzz single, released to announce that the album is coming and create awareness of that.  I don't think it was ever expected to be a runaway, smash hit that stayed at # for 2 months.  There are other songs on the album for that  8)

I thought CD was a great idea for a first single to announce the album, because it's aggressive and fairly short.  But it's not really a radio friendly crossover tune.  I always figured they would release another single within a few weeks of the album's release, probably Better or one of the unheard songs

Here are the latest charts for Thursday from Media Base 24/7 from www.allaccess.com
Rolling Chart
Week Of 10/30/08 to 11/5/08 Last updated on: Nov 6, 2008 @ 1:05 PM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Has increasing radio plays)

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Has increasing radio plays)

Things have stayed the same on the charts for the last couple days, but don't panic! Chinese has soared up to the current position. Usually it takes a few weeks just to get into the top 10. We can't give up we gotta keep requesting it on all of your local stations.

ive been calling and texting K rock all the time to play it but im hardly hearing it now....but when the dj announced they were playing it last night they were like (we are getting flooded with calls and requests for Chinese Democracy)  then play it!!!!

I heard something complimentary about GN'R today on KLOS.

Cynthia Fox asked some caller if he had played the new Guns N' Roses track "Shackler's Revenge" on Rock Band 2.  The guy said "no" and she told him to go play it, it's a brilliant song!

I requested the song on their MySpaces and I had my friends call in and request it.  I hope they will break down soon and play some current GN'R!

the song is still getting regular airplay on Vegas 107.5 and the DJs rave about it  :peace:

this 48 year old dude from work said he heard the song on the radio the other day on KC's 98.9 the rock, and said that the song doesn't sound like 14 years good whatsoever, and said that it was just medicore at best. I have to agree im sorry  :confused:

Thanks for sharing what the "48 year old dude from work" thinks about the song.  I'll sleep better knowing that  :hihi:

Oh, and what is "14 years good" anyway?  What song fits that bill?

It's not like they took 14 years writing that song, anyway.

Ali

It has nothing to do with how long it took.   We don't know how much actual time was spent on this, and in addition we do know there was upwards of 30 songs recorded.    The track fucking rocks, sorry.

Idiots like that also discount the merits of classical music.

Don't want to start a new topic, but as far as past singles, strangely Garden of Eden is one of the most watched on You Tube today

I loved the Garden of Eden video. Simple but fun.

Hopefully the one for CD will be equally as good.

Yesterday, they played Love Is a Bitchslap on XM.

It said: Sebastian Bach feat. Axl Rose

TODAY, in the morning they played Chinese Democracy!  First time I had heard it on XM.

The Boneyard is the channel they played it on. 

Here in Brasil:

http://www.cidadewebrock.com.br/

Chinese is #1 since it came out (about two weeks ago). You can check at the bottom

Very nice! :beer:

I agree, Ali...

Hopefully theres around 50+ songs... :)

Unfortunately in Greece, Universal is not exactly helpful with the radio stations.

I talked to the general manager of the top rock radio station in the 2nd biggest city in Greece and he said that Universal wouldn't send them the single.

So now, he refuses to play it. And the guy wants to come to our party... It's not like he doesnt like GNR.

I told him that the fact that Universal is a bunch of assholes has nothing to do with GN'R and that they shouldn't have to pay for Universal's sins.

I asked the guy I'm talking to from Universal, and he said they have orders not to do anything until the record is released. I have no idea what the fuck is going on...  ???

Little update about ChD in Polish radio stations  :)

So first of all Eska Rock has the radio patronage over release of Chinese Democracy CD and they play it quite often  : ok: They put the short sample of the single on their front page:
http://www.eskarock.pl/index.php?page=eska_rock

Secondly ChD is present at 3 radio countdowns:

1st called "Lista Przeboj?w Programu Trzeciego" (Countdown of the Programme Third) is the oldes coundown in the country. It was established during marital law times in April 1982. (When I was little me and my sis used to record on tapes our own "Countdown of the Third Floor"  :hihi: as we used to live in block of flats on the 3rd floor  ;D). Today they're running 1397th edition: G N'R @ 27th place, second week on the list, debuted on the 1.11.2008 @ 29th position
http://www.polskieradio.pl/trojka/lp3/ostatnie.aspx

2nd called "Lista Przeboj?w Marka Niedźwieckiego" (Marek Niedźwiecki's Countdown) was established this year, after Niedźwiecki separated his ways with Polish Radio - Programme Third and started to work for radio Złote Przeboje. He was the DJ who set the Countdown of the Programme Third in 1982 and is a legend of Polish radio  : ok: So at his countdown ChD debuted one week ago on the 31.10.2008 @ 22nd place, this week it was already 11th  :beer:
http://www.zloteprzeboje.pl/#/sp_audycje.xml

3rd called "Turbo Top 20" is run by Antyradio DJ Przemysław "Jah Jah" Frankowski. ChD debuted today @ 17
http://forum.antyfani.pl/Turbo-Top-20-Notowanie-94-t3333.html

That radio also anounced that ChD is their power play for this week:
http://antyfani.pl/W-tym-tygodniu-na-antenie-03-091108-news4058.html

CD isent at the australian itunes store?? ???

Here is an update on the Media Base 24/7 Radio Charts from www.allaccess.com
This is the Rolling Chart for week of 11/2/08 to 11/8/08 Last updated on: Nov 9, 2008 @ 2:49 PM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Still has gaining radio plays)

Mainstream Rock
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Also has gaining plays)

KEEP REQUESTING! The radio spins are increasing, do your part and call your rock station a few times a day and put your request in.

That blows. :(

Keep up the hard work though Christos AG! : ok:

Not to steal Mega_Music's thunder, but I just checked Media Base 24/7 and "Chinese Democracy" has moved up to #3 on Mainstream Rock! It also had the largest week to week increase in spins of any song in the top 20 of Mainstream Rock. "Chinese Democracy" is still at #8 on Active Rock, but on that chart it also has by far the largest week to week increase in spins of any song in the top 20 of the chart. "Chinese Democracy" has also climbed 10 spots from #35 to #25 on the Alternative chart.

Ali

It's been playing on Octane, on Sirius, since sometime last week.  This morning, I heard the song MENTIONED on Sirius Rewind, Buzz Saw, Classic Rock, and somewhere else...essentially, every time they intro'd a GnR song (can you tell what's in MY favorites?) they'd rave about the single and tell everyone to listen to it over on Octane.

wow, now that is strange!!! never would have guessed that in a million years!

Here are the latest Rock Radio Charts from Media Base 24/7 www.allaccess.com
Rolling Charts for week of Nov 6 - Nov 12 Last updated on: Nov 13, 2008 @ 1:02 PM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
4         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

This is proof to those who think Chinese is stalling and not getting very much radio play. On both charts Chinese Democracy has increasing plays. Also good news is that on both charts songs ranked above Chinese are getting few radio plays, or staying the same.

Here is what the charts look like with the songs above Chinese.

Active Rock
1         APOCALYPTICA     I Don't Care       Moved up from #2 to #1
2         METALLICA             The Day That Never C...  Fell From #1
3         AC/DC                     Rock 'n Roll Train  Has only increased by 28 plays
4         THEORY OF A DEAD.   Bad Girlfriend  Is losing plays fell -128 on the week
5         MUDVAYNE             Do What You Do Is up 115 plays
6         DISTURBED             Indestructible Is up 46 plays
7         SHINEDOWN             Second Chance Is up 132
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy Has increased by 138 radio plays

Mainstream Rock
1         AC/DC                     Rock 'n Roll Train Is up 6 plays
2         METALLICA             The Day That Never C. Is up 9 plays
3         THEORY OF A DEAD.   Bad Girlfriend Is down -19
4         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy Is up 31 plays

Also in Mainstream Chinese had the most play increases.

That is just proof Chinese is still getting heavy radio play. It still has the potential to go #1, normally on the Rock Charts it takes a few weeks for a song to reach its full potential.


On other radio charts: (These could be outdated or already posted)

Radio and Records based of Nielsen ratings. www.radioandrecords.com
ACTIVE ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY Issue Date:11/14/2008
8       GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY  Issue Date:11/14/2008
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
Also received Most Increased Plays

On Billboards

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
Issue Date: 2008-11-22
5         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy


I call that a pretty successful first single!!! For those wanting another single to hit radio your probably going to have to wait for Chinese to die down. Its doing very very well.

My physical single from amazon.de just arrived. Not very spectacular, but nethertheless it's a Guns N' Roses release...  :drool:

Front:
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8604/img0093yk6.th.jpg) (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0093yk6.jpg)(http://img142.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Back:
(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5333/img0095zp0.th.jpg) (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0095zp0.jpg)(http://img118.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

CD:
(http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5156/img0096cz1.th.jpg) (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0096cz1.jpg)(http://img125.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Looks like an old 45!





/jarmo

Yeah. Haven't bought a single since at least 2000. But I could imagine this being the very standard single release nowadays.

Are there any other physical single releases?

Here are the Media Base numbers from www.allaccess.com
For the week of Nov 9 - Nov 15 Last updated on: Nov 16, 2008 @ 2:49 PM (PT)

Active Rock
8         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Still moving up in radio plays)

Mainstream Rock
3         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Has moved up 2 chart positions in the last couple of days!!!!! It has the chance to go #1!
Here are the numbers on the radio plays this week
3         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy   Spins This Week 356 Spins Last Week 331
2         METALLICA     The Day That Never Comes Spins This Week 377 Spins Last Week 380     
1         AC/DC     Rock 'n Roll Train Spins This Week 464 Spins Last Week 436

You look at the numbers we can easily take Metallica off of the #2 spot, its gonna take some work to get AC/DC to budge but KEEP REQUESTING, it can happen!

Well it did a hell of thing to move up to 3. I don't think it will overthrow those songs though. Especially with Better coming out tomorrow.

It was briefly #2 on the mainstream rock chart when I checked it at about 1 or 2 am Saturday morning.  Guess I should've taken a screenshot.

Its an awesome song..shame i havent heard it on the radio in Australia...  :peace:
Lets hope Better has a cool video..

Here are the latest Media Base 24/7 Rolling Rock Radio Charts
Week of Nov 11 - Nov 17 Last updated on: Nov 18, 2008 @ 4:19 AM (PT)

Active Rock
8 GUNS N' ROSES Chinese Democracy
(Spins are down in Active Rock by -9 plays, looks like a Top 10 hit for Active Rock then for Chinese)

Mainstream Rock
3 GUNS N' ROSES Chinese Democracy
(We are so close from taking the #2 spot from Metallica, and AC\DC has a large lead at #1)

Just because Better is starting to spread don't let that stop you from requesting Chinese Democracy. Come on everyone call your local stations and request the song. Right now every played request is positive for Guns.

Thanks for posting these regularly!

Here are today's (Thursdays) Radio Rock charts.

From Media Base 24/7 Rolling Radio Charts www.allaccess.com
Week of Nov 13 - Nov 19       Last updated on: Nov 20, 2008 @ 4:10 AM (PT)

Active Rock
7         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
3         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Only 1 radio play separates them from #2 Metallica- The Day That Never Comes)

From Radio and Records published Radio Rock Charts based off Nielsen ratings Issue Date:11/21/2008
www.radioandrecords.com

ACTIVE ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY
7         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

ROCK NATIONAL AIRPLAY
3         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

From Billboard
The Billboard Hot 100 (The chart the has everything from rap, to country)
34 Guns N' Roses   Chinese Democracy

Hot Digital Songs
20 Guns N' Roses   Chinese Democracy

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
6 Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy

THERE YOU HAVE THE LATEST! Very impressive! Please just because Better and other songs are starting to get played on the radio don't let that stop you from requesting Chinese. We are so close people! One hard push and we can easily have it at #1 on the Mainstream charts.

I can't believe GN'R went top 40 on the Hot 100.  Oddly enough, from what I saw, GN'R slid back to #6 on Mainstream Rock on Billboard.  Are you sure you saw this week's chart?

Anywho, a top 40 single in "Chinese Democracy"?  Crazy.

Ali

So close. Be nice to take that spot over now. Keep requesting guys, I don't think we'll get to number 1 but number 2 is possible!

On the website they did slide to #6 CORRECTION, good eyes man. I posted last weeks #

I was disappointed that it moved down instead of up on the Billboard chart, but pleasantly surprised that it debuted at #34 in the Hot 100.  Seriously, that is across genres and is therefore no small feat.  While it likely will not have a lot of staying power, you can say it is something of a hit.

Ali

You need to give credit to the iTunes sales for that one.... good job GN'R!

Here are todays (Fridays) numbers, from Media Base 24/7 from www.allaccess.com
Week of Nov 14 - Nov 20       Last updated on: Nov 21, 2008 @ 4:06 AM (PT)

Chinese Democracy
Active Rock
7         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy

Mainstream Rock
3         GUNS N' ROSES     Chinese Democracy
(Still stuck at #3 Come on we are on the toes of Metallica right now we have to get by them)

Better
Active Rock
42         GUNS N' ROSES     Better

Mainstream Rock
Nothing yet for Better on Mainstream Rock

Come on everyone, this week is our chance to make the big push! With the release Rock Stations should be playing the piss out of the songs. We have to do our part and call call and call. Just pick up the phone every couple of hours and phone in a request. Even if you don't listen or live in a rated market, place your votes, call in your request and get Chinese Democracy to #1!!!

"Better" is #2 in spin increases for Mainstream Rock.

Ali

Last week it was 7th and this week it's 1st  :beer:  :beer:  :beer:  :smoking:

Don't think this has been posted yet.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles

It has crossed into main stream already, it is currently #34 in the country. It just debuted yesterday I believe.

It slipped from #5 to #6 this week on the mainstream rock chart.

#34 on the main chart is a awesome debut. Love it. So it's their highest charting song since "Live and Let Die". Awesome.

Norwegian chart: "Chinese Democracy" single down to #3 from #1 in its second week.

mega_music, will you post this week's results please?