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Can't Touch This Werewolf: Kid Rock Brings Back The Sales-Free Chart Hit [100 And Single]
Posted on July 11, 2008
A front-line act with a months-old album decides to push his most obvious hit-bound song to radio a song heavily reliant on a prominent sample of a deathless pop hit. But, bucking the day's prevalent trend, he decides not to release the song on the most popular singles medium, forcing most customers to buy his album.It's a risky move, because the Billboard Hot 100 is dominated by songs that scale the chart by amassing sales as well as airplay. But the song is so mindlessly catchy, the act's people figure it'll be a big chart hit anyway with radio alone.I could be talking about M.C. Hammer's ...
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