04 - One Eyed Bastard - Song Discussion

[nowshesgone]

They are finally justifying releasing this song as a single outside of the leak

[GreenDayJunkie86]

Maybe this will explain why Green Day is alllll about OEB right now, haha. It's now a radio hit. Yayyay

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/03/24/green-day-joins-u2-and-pearl-jam-with-its-brand-new-and-also-old-radio-single/

[Montclare]

Chart update-

Alternative Airplay- 27, up from 29
Mainstream Rock Airplay- 29, up from 35
Rock and Alternative Airplay- debut at 50

[Montclare]

Chart update-

Alternative Airplay- 23, up from 27
Mainstream Rock Airplay- 25, up from 29
Rock and Alternative Airplay- 42, up from 50

[aahhhh]

This is cool to see, especially a year later. I always thought this song would be a hit. The amount of work that goes into getting anything to succeed at radio is crazy. I worked down the hall from the head of radio promotion at a rock label. He was on the phone all day with radio programmers trying to convince them to playing our artists singles. It's all about momentum. If you can manage a few weeks of radio growth, things start getting easier. The stations that didn't want the song suddenly change their minds. Sometimes it was simple and other times he was more or less begging stations to play songs. He also had his own gold record for Dookie, which was incredible