Among the debut singles from Idol winners, one outshone the others in IDOL LIVE's most recent edition of the poll of the week series.
David Cook's underrated single "Light On" easily trounced the seven other singles from fellow winners, including Kris Allen's brand new single "Live Like We're Dying." Cook's single took in 150 votes, or 67% of the 223 total votes cast. Kris' single garnered 26 votes (11%), good for second.
Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent" (19 votes, 8%) narrowly defeated Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (17 votes, 7%), and two singles failed to receive a single vote. Ruben Studdard's "Sorry 2004" and Fantasia's "Truth Is" were scoreless in this round.
In this week's edition of the poll of the week, readers are asked which debut single from an Idol fourth-place finalist is their favorite. Voting will be open for exactly one week.
Miss Independent (Kelly Clarkson) 19 (8%)
Sorry 2004 (Ruben Studdard) 0 (0%)
Truth Is (Fantasia) 0 (0%)
Jesus, Take the Wheel (Carrie Underwood) 17 (7%)
Just to Feel That Way (Taylor Hicks) 1 (0%)
Tattoo (Jordin Sparks) 10 (4%)
Light On (David Cook) 150 (67%)
Live Like We're Dying (Kris Allen) 26 (11%)
Total votes: 223
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Poll of the week: "Light On" blinds fellow winners' singles
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
'Idol' Hot 100: "My Life Would Suck Without You" #8 (2/28/09)
Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You" continued its steady decline on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, as it once again led all Idol-related entries for the chart week of Feb. 28.
MLWSWY dropped four spots, marking its fifth week in the Top 10 and sixth week on the chart overall. David Cook's "Light On" was next, as it slipped #43-47, followed by Carrie Underwood's "I Told You So," which finally debuted at #92.
On the Bubbling Under front, two Jennifer Hudson tracks finally made appearances. Her second single, "If This Isn't Love," was first at #11, while "You Pulled Me Through" followed five spots behind at #16.
Full chart positions courtesy of bks over on Pulse are posted below:
Hot 100
08 04 Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
47 43 David Cook, "Light On"
92 -- Carrie Underwood, "I Told You So"
Bubbling Under
11 -- Jennifer Hudson, "If This Isn't Love"
16 -- Jennifer Hudson, "You Pulled Me Through"
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Cook's "Permanent" draws tears at FSU
David Cook kicked his solo tour off with a bang at Florida State University on Friday, where he pleased many fans with performances of both his original tracks and a few covers to boot. Things got a little emotional during his performance of "Permanent," which was written for his brother that has cancer. Watch the performance below:
Cook then went on to play at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Ms., where he covered Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" and sang "Light On" among other songs. Tonight he takes on Ole Miss in Oxford, Ms., which should generate a great deal of reviews, fan footage and photos.
It looks as if Cook's tour is off to a great start.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
'Idol' Hot 100: "My Life Would Suck Without You" (2/14/09)
"My Life Would Suck Without You" spent another week at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for the week of Feb. 14. Kelly Clarkson's comeback single is now the first track by an Idol alum to spend consecutive weeks at #1 on the chart.
The only other track by an alum that made the published portion of the chart was David Cook's "Light On," which slipped 10 spots to #39.
On the Bubbling Under chart, Carrie Underwood's next single "I Told You So" made its first appearance at #18. Look for continuing growth in the next few weeks.
Full chart positions courtesy of bks over on Pulse are posted below:
Hot 100
01 01 Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
39 29 David Cook, "Light On"
Bubbling Under
14 -- Carrie Underwood, "I Told You So"
Digital sales roundup: "My Life Would Suck Without You" #1 (1/30/09)
Kelly Clarkson managed to hold atop Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart for the week with another impressive take. Her single "My Life Would Suck Without You" led all other Idol tracks with a weekly gain of 216.3k downloads, down only 23%. That puts her two week tally at 495.9k, virtually gold.
This signals that the track will in fact remain at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, which will be made public later today.
Following Kelly was David Cook's "Light On," which fell a startling 14 spots to #39 thanks to a 30% sales dip. It took in 34.7k for the week, pushing its total to 676.6k and still going.
The only alum to have two songs featured on the chart based on the published figures was David Archuleta, whose "Crush" continued its steady journey down the chart despite rising #46-44 for the week. Its total was virtually unchaged from last week's, as 24 fewer tracks were purchased for the week. "Crush" sold 33.2k downloads for a total of 1.516 million. Arch also finally saw his second single, "A Little Too Not Over You," make the chart. It sold 8.6k downloads to reemerge back onto the chart at #196, pushing its total to 83.4k.
Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows:
001 001 Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You" 216,283 -23% 279,605 495,888
039 025 David Cook, "Light On" 34,737 -30% 49,488 676,581
044 046 David Archuleta, "Crush" 33,234 0% 33,258 1,515,581
196 --- David Archuleta, "A Little Too Not Over You" 8,611 11% 7,736 83,421
Total sales are in bold.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Cook's video for "Light On"
David Cook's music video for "Light On" premiered Monday morning at 12 a.m. on iHeartMusic.com. It is the third music video to be released by a finalist from Season 7. Watch it below:
The video is like an early Daughtry video - confusing plot, boring performance scenes and poor editing. To be fair, however, this is only Cook's first music video, so all things considered it is not that bad. But there is definitely room for improvement.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
RCA won't let "Light On" go out
Although many have already jumped what seemed to be the sinking S.S. "Light On," RCA Records is steadfast in its support of the single. A nice surprise for David Cook's fans was found on the main page of iTunes this morning, as a great big huge banner allowing fans to pre-order Cook's debut album was put front and center (or more like to the immediate right of center). It also can be found on the main page of the Pop section (this time on the immediate left).
The ability to pre-order the album and receive "Light On" as a bonus is a very smart move on the record company's part, and it is already proving to be successful. After hitting a low chart ranking of #98 on iTunes Top 100 overall songs chart on Oct. 19, "Light On" has rebounded to #38 at the present time, a 60-spot improvement in only two days. To add to the good news, Cook's album is already sitting at #6 on iTunes' Top 100 overall albums chart based on pre-sales alone, just one spot behind Beyonce's upcoming I Am...Sasha Fierce, which also hits stores on Nov. 18 and was made available for pre-order on iTunes today.
If this was RCA's plan all along, then it deserves credit especially considering its erratic behavior earlier this month. But it should be suggested that the label should have staved off the digital release of "Light On" until it was able to attain a substantial amount of airplay, and then add it as part of a special pre-order deal on iTunes. Be this as it may, playing Monday morning quarterback is pretty much futile at this point.
To add to things, the following was included in iTunes' "New Music Tuesday" e-mail sent out today:
"The Battle of the Davids" was one of American Idol's fiercest competitions ever, as David Cook ultimately outlasted his younger competitor to win it all. With his self-titled debut, the rock-oriented vocalist is out to prove that viewers made the right choice. Pre-order the album on iTunes and get the pre-order-only track "My Last Request" when the album is released on November 18 and the single "Light On" will begin to download immediately.Way to put down the Archies, RCA.
But all that matters is that RCA finally has its act together, and combining this new approach with Cook's appearance as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live on Nov. 1, things are definitely looking up.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Cook's album cover
David Cook's cover for his upcoming self-titled album was revealed via e-mail from his official mailing list this evening along with an official tracklisting, which is posted below:
01) "Declaration"
02) "Heroes"
03) "Light On"
04) "Come Back to Me"
05) "Life on the Moon"
06) "Bar-ba-sol"
07) "Mr. Sensitive"
08) "Lie"
09) "I Did It for You"
10) "Avalanche"
11) "Permanent"
12) "A Daily Anthem"
Bonus track:
13) "The Time of My Life"
It looks like the tracklisting is more exciting than the album cover (Kellie Pickler already did the black 'n white thing this year). The track titles are kind of giving off a Bo Bice vibe from the The Real Thing era, but the songs themselves are already promising to be leaps and bounds higher quality than the aforementioned ones.
It's good to see "The Time of My Life" hanging in there. It definitely has proved itself, especially since it is nearing the 1 million downloads sold mark. If "Light On" (currently #57 on iTunes) cannot recover in the next few weeks, hopefully one of the above tracks can propel Cook to the next chapter of his career.
And if "Bar-ba-sol" turns out to be a jingle for shaving cream sung in the style of the candy cane-striped barbershop singers of old, that itself will make the album.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Analysis: "Light On" doesn't meet high expectations
David Cook's opening week sales of 109,035 for his second single, "Light On," are underwhelming. There's no way of getting around it considering Cook's upcoming release is one of the most highly anticipated from an Idol in a long time. But before you Word Nerds jump in defense, consider the following: this is only because some are choosing to make the release into a competition, which is nothing new in the Idol world. By establishing this climate of competition with David Archuleta, whose "Crush" opened with 166,247, it was almost impossible for expectations to be met, which is the reason the sales do in fact seem underwhelming. And this goes both ways of course, as with any battle.
But when put into perspective, things do not look nearly as bad. Here are some comparable first week sales of opening singles for Idol champs from 2007:
Kelly Clarkson, "Never Again" 106,809 (#4 on Hot Digital Songs)
Carrie Underwood, "So Small" 70,808 (#6 on Hot Digital Songs)
Jordin Sparks, "Tattoo" 33,764 (#22 on Hot Digital Songs)
By looking at these numbers it is easy to see that "Light On" is not nearly as disappointing as some are making it out to be. Granted, RCA was probably trying its best to boost the numbers when they received early figures last week, which helps explain its behavior in choice of promotional approach. At least some dots are starting to connect.
The fact that RCA feels it needs to try its hardest to make sure the first week sales of "Light On" are in line with what many had expected just underlines the current attitude in not only the music industry, but the Idol world as well. There is no better proof than the fact that the label is milking Cook's Idol appeal for all its worth, which is not a bad thing at all, but still shows that the connection is serving an important component in his marketing as fans await his album.
Another well established factor that contributed to the lower-than-expected sales is the amount of competition the single has faced. "Light On" was one of five major digital single releases for the week, which stands as one of the busiest weeks for the 2008 calendar. In these tough economic times, there is only so much money to go around, and if it comes down to purchasing Nickelback's "Gotta Be Somebody," Christina Aguilera's "Keeps Getting Better" or "Light On," not every song is going to get the same sales as each one might have generated had there been less competition. It's not like this is the week after Christmas.
And keep in mind, "Light On" has not even gone for adds yet at any radio format (it will hit Hot AC on Mon., Oct. 13 and Top 40 and Rock next Tues., Oct. 14), so the fact that is has received 519 spins and a total audience impression of 1.838 million to date is very respectable. As for its position on iTunes at the moment (#21), that is something that will fluctuate over the next few weeks before Cook's album hits shelves. Nothing should be read into it unless it fails to stabilize by the time the single starts making substantial gains in airplay.
So for any Cook fans that are going around pouting about "Light On" selling 109k, cheer up. This is about longevity, not first week sales. Just ask Jordin Sparks. And for any Arch fans that are going around bashing Cook and making this into a competition, be careful what you wish for. Competition is all fun and good, but it is meaningless in the larger scope of things.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Cook's "Light On" premieres on PopEater
Just days after being announced, David Cook's single "Light On" debuted on AOL's PopEater entertainment blog as reported earlier on Cook's Web site. The single, which was written by Soundgarden/Audioslave lead singer Chris Cornell and Brian Howes, was produced by Rob Cavallo. Listen to it below:
Lyrics for the single are posted below:
Never really said too much
Afraid it wouldn’t be enough
Just try to keep my spirits up
When there’s no point in grieving
Doesn’t matter anyway
Words could never make me stay
Words will never take my place
When you know I’m leaving
[CHORUS]
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone
Something I rely on to get home
One I can feel at night
A naked light, a fire to keep me warm
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone
Even in the daylight, shine on
And when it’s late at night you can look inside
You won’t feel so alone
You know we’ve been down that road
What seems a thousand times before
My back to a closing door and my eyes to the seasons
That roll out underneath my heels
And you don’t know how bad it feels
To leave the only one that I have ever believed in
[CHORUS]
Sometimes it feels like we’ve run out of luck
When the signal keeps on breaking up
When the wires cross in my brain
You’ll start my heart again
When I come along
[CHORUS]
"Light On" will be available to purchase on iTunes on Tues., Sept. 30.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Cook to release single "Light On" next week
As reported earlier this afternoon on Rickey.org, David Cook has confirmed that the first single from his upcoming album will be titled "Light On" and will drop sometime next week. No word yet on whether it will be released to radio or iTunes or maybe even both, but if everything pans out the way it is supposed to, it will be available to listen to in some form by this time next week.
The news came while Cook co-hosted a meet & greet and mini-concert with David Archuleta at Ford Day at the Ford Conference and Event Center in Dearborn, Mich.
ETA: Apparently Cook sent out an e-mail earlier confirming the single's title but that there will be "more details" about it and where it can be heard next week, which suggests it will not be released to radio nor iTunes. But that does not rule out a "world premiere" on a radio station (Z100?). Best advice is to stay tuned to IDOL LIVE and DavidCookOfficial.com.
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