Love Never Felt SO Good -1. Single-Veröffentlichung Xscape-Album

Heute Morgen wieder im Radio, in etwas so.: "Der King of Pop Michael Jackson ist wieder da. L.A.Reid ging durch die Archive mit 100erten von Gesangspuren, aufgenommen zwichen Thriller und Invincible und heraugekommen ist Xscape und das ist ein richtig tolles Album. Wenn man Michael Jackson da hört, kann ich ihn so richtig vor mir sehen, so auch bei diesem Song." Und dann spielten sie LNFSG,die Soloversion .

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Ross On Radio: Why Michael Jackson Has A Hit Now
News /By Sean Ross, New York | June 02, 2014 7:20 AM EDT
And Why "This is it," Wasn't
Ross über Radio: Warum Jackson nun einen Hit hat und "This is it" keiner war

Not even the overwhelming surge of interest in Michael Jackson following his death in 2009 could make "This is it" a radio hit. Urban AC showed the most support for Jackson's first posthumous song. Top 40 supplied a mere handful of event spins. Radio might have come around if there was a sales story, but "This is it" was never released as a single, and still isn't available as a stand-alone download.
Nicht mal das überwätligende Intresse in Michael Jackson nach seinem Tod 2009 konnte "This is it" zu einem Radio-Hit machen. Urban AC zeigte die meiste Unterstützung für Jacksons ersten posthumen Song. Top 40 zeigten eine Hand voll Event-Spins. Das Radio wäre vielleicht gekommen, wenn es eine Verkaufsgeschichte gehabt hätte, aber "This is it" wurde niemals als Single veröffentlicht und ist bis heute nicht als einzelener Download verfügbar.

When "This is it" underwhelmed, I suggested in a column at the time that maybe the rumored Jackson material in the can with current hot producers would have fared better. A year later, "Hold My Hand" (feat. Akon) finally surfaced and got as far as No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequent singles from the Michael project failed to attract much notice. It seemed that the interest in Jackson had been squandered on material that only made Jackson's classics sound better by contrast.
"Hold my hand" feat Akon ein Jahr später kam schließlich auf Platz 39 der Billboard Hot 100. Nachfolgende Singles vom Michael-Projket verfehlten eine große Kenntnisnahme."

But the Jackson/Justin Timberlake duet, "Love Never Felt So Good," has already been No. 9 on the Hot 100. On the Mainstream Top 40 chart, it is up 37-34 at this writing and +485 spins. That puts the song just inside the 20 biggest gainers, but "Love" has survived a second-week bounce after its initial exposure at Clear Channel stations wore off, and is still building two weeks after the appearance of a Michael Jackson hologram on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The song is also No. 3 on Adult R&B and No. 13 at Adult Contemporary.
Aber das Jackson/Timberlake Duett "Love Never Felt So Good" war bereits auf Nummer 9 der Hot 100. In den Mainstream Top 40-Charts stieg es auf von 37 auf 34 und gerade wo ich dies schreibe hat es +485 Spins. Das macht den Song zu den größten 20 Aufsteigern, aber "Love" hat eine 2. Woche überstanden nach dem die anfängliche Air-Play durch die Clear Channels-Stationen-Deal auslief und es bildet sich weiter aus 2 Wochen nach dem Auftritt des Michael Jackson Hologramms bei den 2014 Billboard Awards. Der Song ist auch Nummer 3 in den Adut R&B-charts und 13 in den Adult Contemporary.

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Ross On Radio: Did Cumulus Just Fragment Country Radio?So Why does Jackson finally have the radio coda that was denied him at the time? In the 2009 column, WKTU New York PD Rob Miller noted that he was hoping for something along the lines of "Billie Jean" or "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)." "Love Never Felt So Good" isn't quite that. Like "This is it," it was co-written in 1983 with Paul Anka, who was working on his own solo album at the time. The song finally appeared on a Johnny Mathis album a year later.

Musically, "Love Never Felt So Good" would have been more at home on Off the Wall, and might have already sounded a little dated on the Thriller album. But because "Love Never Felt So Good" doesn't sound like the hits from Thriller, it also doesn't sound like anything from the four solo albums that followed during Jackson's lifetime. It doesn't sound like the song "Bad" sounding like the song "Thriller." It doesn't sound like "Who Is It" or "Scream" or any of the songs that tapped that formula again and wore down Jackson's musical goodwill.
LNFSG klingt nicht wie einer der Hits von Thriller. Es klingt auch nicht wie irgendetwas von den anderen 4 Solo-Alben aus Jacksons Lebenszeit. Es klingt nicht nach Bad, klingt nicht nach Thriller. Es klingt nicht nach Who Is It oder Scream oder als ein Song, der nach dieser Formel getapt wurde.

A few other things have happened since 2009. By the time "This is it" came out, Jackson had already become one of adult contemporary radio's most potent artists, a stark contrast to the period before his death when only adult R&B stations still played any of his gold in a significant way. Jackson's strength at AC has barely tapered off since, and his prominence there has only increased since that format phased out music from the '70s and relied more heavily on music of the '80s.
Ein paar andere Sachen, die passierten seit 2009. Zu der Zeit als TII herauskam war Jackson bereits einer der potensten zeitgemäßen Radio-Künstler, ein starker Kontrast zu der Periode vor seinem Tod wo nur R&B-Stationen ihn spielten ihn bedeutender Weise. Jacksons Stärke auf AC hat kaum nach gelassen dort seitdem und seine Prominenz ist nur gewachsen seitdem die Formate sich heftig auf die Musik der 80er beziehen.

As important, while "Love Never Felt So Good" and the other songs from Jackson's Xscape album have been built on recently cut tracks, there's not quite the same need now to make Jackson sound compatible with today's music. Today's music has been working much harder to sound compatible with Michael Jackson. MKTO invokes Jackson on "Classic." Timberlake has devoted the last 18 months to his own Off the Wall-era throwbacks. Each new public display of Bruno Mars' talent recalls anew the shock of seeing Jackson in 1983 on the Motown 25 special.
Und wichtig, während "LNFSG" und andere Songs von Jacksons Album Xscape gebildet wurden auf kürzlich geschnittene Tracks, gibt es keinen Grund um Jacksons Musik kompatibel mit der heutigen Musik zu machen. Die heutige Musik hat weit mehr daran gearbeit um kompatibel mit Jacksons Musik zu klingen. MKTO beinhaltet Jackson als "Klassiker". Timberlake hat die letzten 18 Monate darauf gewidmet seinen eigene OFF te Wall_Ära zu bilden. Jeder neue öffentlicher Display von Bruno Mars Talent erinnert erneut an den Schock Jackson im 1983er Motwon Spezial zu sehen.

Finally, "Love Never Felt So Good" is getting the concerted push from Epic that the previous posthumous Jackson singles never received. As regular "ROR" readers know, it's the rare song that radio finds of its own volition. "Thriller," already a phenomenon at the time of Motown 25, needed one TV performance to propel it into legend. "Xscape" has had two awards show tie-ins, one of them followed by the concerted Clear Channel push.
Schließlich "LNFSG" bekam den Push von Epic, die frühere posthume Jackson-Singles nicht erhielten. Jeder ROR Leser weiß, dass es selten ist, dass ein Song den Weg ins Radio alleine findet. "Thriller" hatte ein Phänomen in der Zeit von Motown 25, benötigte eine TV-Performance um es zur Legende zu machen. "Xscape" hat 2 Award-Shows-Anbindungen erhalten, eine die dem Clear Channel-Push folgte.

Three other notes, for trivia fans:

With Timberlake's participation, "Love Never Felt So Good" continues a tradition of studio duets that effectively began in fall 1978 with the official release of the Neil Diamond/Barbra Streisand version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." That song was a hit around the same time as the Jacksons' "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)," the act's biggest hit after a dry spell of several years, and the first song to define Jackson's signature sound. The first posthumous studio duet hit, which allowed Deborah Allen to sing with the late country star Jim Reeves, took place in 1979. Justin Timberlake was born two years later.

"This is it" brought with it an eerie coincidence, making Anka the author of the first posthumous releases by Buddy Holly ("It Doesn't Matter Anymore"), Elvis Presley (his version of "My Way") and Jackson. With "Love Never Felt So Good," you can modify that to "posthumous hits," and it remains true.

It is the second time that Michael Jackson has covered Johnny Mathis covering him. In 1976, Mathis had a minor AC hit with the Jackson album cut, "One Day in Your Life." In 1981, Jackson's version of that song was pulled from the Motown vaults to take advantage of the lull between Epic's "Off The Wall" and "Thriller," becoming a mid-chart record here and a bigger U.K. hit.

Das Time-Magazin hat LNFSG unter den besten 25 Songs des bisherigen Jahres aufgeführt.

Here Are the 25 Best Songs of 2014 (So Far)

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The year is only half over — but it's never too early to start rounding up the strongest tracks of 2014

Halfway through 2014, there’s already an embarrassment of riches in the realm of music — from blockbuster pop singles to epic indie ballads, ace songs from artists both new and established have provided the year with an exceptional soundtrack.

Here, TIME contributors Lily Rothman, Nolan Feeney, Megan Gibson, Jamieson Cox, Melissa Locker and Sam Lansky pick the 25 best songs of the year — so far.

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Michael Jackson, “Love Never Felt So Good”

Built around an excavated 1983 vocal demo and co-written by pop legend Paul Anka, the anchor of Jackson’s latest posthumous collection Xscape comes in three flavours: a pure, unadorned original demo, a string-studded disco rendition, and a bouncing duet with reigning pop prince Justin Timberlake. The arrangements vary, but Jackson’s incredible performance makes all of them float: swooping, swooning, simply joyous. -Jamieson Cox

Gebildet um eine usgegrabene 1983er Vocal- Demo und co-geschrieben von Pop-Legende Paul Anka , der Anker von Jacksons letztem posthumen Album Xscape kommt in 3 Geschmacksrichtungen, eine reine Orginal-Demo, eine String- besetzte Disco Wiedergabe, und ein springendes Duett mit dem amtierenden Pop-Prinz Justin Timberlake : Die Arrangements variieren, aber Jacksons unglaubliche Leistung macht sie alle schwebend , fließend , einfach fröhlich. Jamieson - Cox