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TOPIC: Scooch in at 5
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Re:Scooch in at 5 18 Years, 1 Month ago
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I'm afraid it looks to me like the button got pressed by the MD (Korda?) and the majors can still get a top 5 place without any real effort, being unaware that it no longer matters, does not increase sales, fails to acquire that coveted Top of the Pops slot, does not convince retail chains to order unless, with SOR, they have nothing to lose but shelf space.
In a word, 1997 thinking in 2007.
Will, I wonder, the August Scooch album release be the smallest seller of all time?
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Re:Scooch in at 5 18 Years, 1 Month ago
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A number of things.
First UK sales are quite weak, so #5 is really nothing to shout about.
Secondly the Scooch song is actually quite good in it's one hit wonder type of way. Doesn't appeal to the oldies, but it's ideal fun for the school kids. It's school kids that bought it also. Because it sold really well on the Saturday compared to the rest of the week.
Now about Eurovision. It was always going to flop. And here is why.
Firstly if your in the UK, you don't realise there is a semi-final Eurovision taking place 2 days before. The songs that qualify from the semi-final do better then the songs entering straight into the final.
Why is that? Quite simply millions of people listening to a song twice is a massive advantage of listen to a song just once. Especially as watching Eurovision is like a family thing for many and you can talk about your semi-final favourite 2 days before the final. So in short many have already choosen who they are going to vote for from a list that doesn't include those songs going straight to the final. Then combine that with the fact of a double listen of all the semi-finalists and your way ahead.
The reason the UK enter straight into the final by the way is that BBC pay a lot of money to guarantee the UK a final place.
Second reason, the song is about flying, the visuals was about flying. The UK is an island, we are used to flying. But most of Europe are not, does the average person in lativa, serbia, poland etc fly? No they don't it's rarely they fly.
Now where did Scooch gets it's vote, from the UK initially to qualify where we fly, also from Ireland another island and 12 points from MALTA! Of course, a island where they fly in any out all the time.
So there you have it. Mystery solved.
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Re:Scooch in at 5 18 Years, 1 Month ago
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I agree that it's mostly kids who bought the Scooch single, because it is a fun song.
Not sure abut the rest of your reasoning though. Most people heard most of the songs well before the semi final, via internet and other media, wherever they were in the world. I also don't think the subject of the song made too much difference. Many people across Europe do fly regularly, while I (in the UK) hardly fly at all.
I'd been in dicussions about my favourite entries weeks before the final.
My choice didn't win.  It originated too far west. 
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