Billy Currington- “Don’t”

Another Billy Currington song, another one that won’t get the play it deserves.  After getting “Good Directions” to #1, Billy struggled to get the lead single to his third album Complicated Man to get to #30.  Why?  Everyone was still playing “Good Directions” like it was his current single.  As a matter of fact, I still here it at least once a week.  I think that this song is not as good as “Tangled Up” was, and I think it may have the same trouble getting up the charts.  It’ll get a lot of new airplay at first, but it will eventually level off and probably stall in the Top 30, a little higher than “Tangled Up”

Radio needs to move onto the new music like it would do in the 90s.  There’s plenty of airtime to play a song a few times a week that everyone likes.  “Tangled Up” was one of a growing number of songs that don’t get airplay because everyone is still obsessed with the previous single.  Examples:  Big & Rich’s “Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace” was never really accepted because “Lost In This Moment” was still getting a ton of play; “You Still Own Me” by Emerson Drive was overshadowed by “Moments”;  “‘Til I Was A Daddy, Too” by Tracy Lawrence was overshadowed by “Find Out Who You Friends Are”; the list goes on and on.  All of these songs never were given a chance to survive on the charts because many markets were still playing their previous song without giving the next single a fighting chance to make it into their rotations.

Single Prediction- Top 30

To hear a portion of “Don’t,” visit Billy’s MySpace page.