Revolution Radio

[Chin for a Day]

3 minutes ago, Harry Potter. said:

They had Bored to Death, and Dark Necessities, respectively. They're the big singles that they play on talk shows and promote and the radio etc. And then Blink released Rabbit Hole and No Future while RHCP had The Getaway and We Turn Red, which are the promotional singles that they don't promote that much.

So are you thinking that Revolution Radio would be a promotional single???

[Christian's Inferno!]

Just now, JJ1964 said:

So are you thinking that Revolution Radio would be a promotional single???

Why would the title track only be released as a promotional single

[Dakke]

Just now, MysticManiac said:

Why would the title track only be released as a promotional single

The Getaway was only a promotional single and California wasn't even one.

[Chin for a Day]

Just now, MysticManiac said:

Why would the title track only be released as a promotional single

I don't know.  Harry Potter brought up the promotional singles so I asked the question.  As he said the title track for RHCP was a promotional single, so why not this one.  Everyone seems to think that Rev RAd will be released soon and I was just talking because I dont' understand why they would release another single when they haven't started promoting the first one.    

[Christian's Inferno!]

Just now, Dakke said:

The Getaway was only a promotional single and California wasn't even one.

Well all Green day albums that have had a title track have had the title track as a single. Warning, AI, 21CB

This might be different but just saying

Just now, JJ1964 said:

I don't know.  Harry Potter brought up the promotional singles so I asked the question.  As he said the title track for RHCP was a promotional single, so why not this one.  Everyone seems to think that Rev RAd will be released soon and I was just talking because I dont' understand why they would release another single when they haven't started promoting the first one.    

Idk why people think the next single is going to be released soon. For AI and 21CB, only 1 single was released before the album release.

Uno had 3 singles released before the album was released but that obviously didn't work out too well. 

I think the next single will be a while after the Bang Bang video is released which I think should be very soon. We don't want both singles competing with each other

[ThranaM]

Here's the tracklist with the length of all the songs if some of you haven't seen it yet 

Spoiler alert incase you don't want to know 

Spoiler

 

[Chin for a Day]

Just now, MysticManiac said:

Well all Green day albums that have had a title track have had the title track as a single. Warning, AI, 21CB

This might be different but just saying

Idk why people think the next single is going to be released soon. For AI and 21CB, only 1 single was released before the album release.

Uno had 3 singles released before the album was released but that obviously didn't work out too well. 

I think the next single will be a while after the Bang Bang video is released which I think should be very soon. We don't want both singles competing with each other

I agree 100% on this.  Someone said that they think Rev Rad is being released soon because it has a time stamp on itunes.  i brought it up because I agree with you, I don't understand why they would want two singles competing against each other.

[RedundantIdiot]

If this helps, I have listed the album release dates and any songs from that album which came out before the albums' release date. My source is Wikipedia and it took me ages to got through all of the albums......... you're welcome:

* Dookie released 1st Feb 1994 (Longview on same day as album)

* Insomniac released 10 Oct 1995; Geek Stink Breath 25th Sept

* Nimrod 14th Oct 1997; Hitchin a Ride 22nd Sept

* Warning 3rd Oct 2000; Minority 31st Aug

* American Idiot 20th Sept 2004; American Idiot 31st Aug

* 21st Century Breakdown 15th May 2009; Know Your Enemy 16th Apr

* Uno 21st Sept 2012; Oh love 16th Jul, Kill the DJ 14th Aug, Let Yourself Go 5th Sept

* Dos 9th Nov 2012; Stray Heart 15th Oct

* Tre 7th Dec 2012; The Forgotten 30th Oct

As you can see from the above, only one song from each album, with the exception of Uno, was released before the albums' release date.

[Harry Potter.]

The game is changing, so you can't give Warning or AI as examples. Some bands these days release new songs every week before an album. Green Day can release Revolution Radio as a promotional single off to the side and stick with Bang Bang as the one they'll heavily promote. And yes, the title track can easily not be an actual single. As was stated before, there were multiple instances in the past of bands releasing title tracks as promo singles or as standard album tracks.

1 minute ago, Whatsername_123 said:

If this helps, I have listed the album release dates and any songs from that album which came out before the albums' release date. My source is Wikipedia and it took me ages to got through all of the albums......... you're welcome:

As you can see from the above, only one song from each album, with the exception of Uno, was released before the albums' release date.

This doesn't tell us anything. Why do people try to predict the future by looking at the past? Just because they did something before doesn't mean they'll do it now. Especially since, as I said, the game is rapidly changing.

[RedundantIdiot]

4 minutes ago, Harry Potter. said:

This doesn't tell us anything. Why do people try to predict the future by looking at the past? Just because they did something before doesn't mean they'll do it now. Especially since, as I said, the game is rapidly changing.

I only put this up as I thought people would be interested in it.

What it does show is the timespan between the 1st singles release and the albums release. There is 8 weeks between Bang Bang being released and Revolution Radio being released. Therefore, I think there will be another single from the album before the album is released, and like you have pointed out that single may well be promotional.

[Chin for a Day]

11 minutes ago, Harry Potter. said:

The game is changing, so you can't give Warning or AI as examples. Some bands these days release new songs every week before an album. Green Day can release Revolution Radio as a promotional single off to the side and stick with Bang Bang as the one they'll heavily promote. And yes, the title track can easily not be an actual single. As was stated before, there were multiple instances in the past of bands releasing title tracks as promo singles or as standard album tracks.

This doesn't tell us anything. Why do people try to predict the future by looking at the past? Just because they did something before doesn't mean they'll do it now. Especially since, as I said, the game is rapidly changing.

What exactly is the purpose of a promotional single?  

[Dakke]

1 minute ago, JJ1964 said:

What exactly is the purpose of a promotional single?  

Generating excitement for the record. Most bands release a promotional single before album release nowadays.

[Christian's Inferno!]

5 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Generating excitement for the record. Most bands release a promotional single before album release nowadays.

Well actual singles generally do a better job at promoting albums than promotional singles

[Chin for a Day]

5 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Generating excitement for the record. Most bands release a promotional single before album release nowadays.

But why just release a single, and not promote it?  I honestly am not sure how that helps.  The songs Blink and RHCP released did nothing to bring excitement to their albums for me.  They were both mediocre songs.  I know people have said that all rock bands are doing it, but I don't see the purpose.   

[Siddharth_471]

There is still a music video for Bang Bang to come out which may double the promotion and hype for the album and possibility for a promotional single is less in that case, though they have released it before (86 - Insomniac, The Grouch - Nimrod, Nuclear Family - Uno!).

[jengd]

Why would they release a second single when we haven't had the music video for the first one yet, which we know is in the works?  I get the point about promotional singles but still would seem nuts to me.  I hope we get the video very soon, probably before the Sep appearance.

[Hermione]

I don't really get the obsession with trying to predict exactly what they're going to release and when they're going to release it in advance. Seems like a lot of effort when we're going to find out just by waiting and seeing really soon anyway  

[Justin1]

47 minutes ago, Hermione said:

I don't really get the obsession with trying to predict exactly what they're going to release and when they're going to release it in advance. Seems like a lot of effort when we're going to find out just by waiting and seeing really soon anyway  

Because it's fun to speculate and make predictions.. Especially if you're right on occation.

I would guess September 9-15 for another song, but likely just a buzz single and not a radio single. (Like Rabbit Hole and No Future was for the new blink album). Probably Revolution Radio.

Then I'm sure they'll release Ordinary World as a second single right around the album release date. 

Maybe a third single, but really doubtful these days. 

[RedundantIdiot]

59 minutes ago, jengd said:

Why would they release a second single when we haven't had the music video for the first one yet, which we know is in the works?  I get the point about promotional singles but still would seem nuts to me.  I hope we get the video very soon, probably before the Sep appearance.

This ^

I expect the music video to be out in a week or two as it was filmed nearly two weeks ago. That, the Olympic gig and a few other promotional performances should do for us until the release of the album.

Don't forget....... we already know Bang Bang and Ordinary World, those songs are 1/6 of the album. There are a lot of fans who don't like to hear too many singles from the album before the album is released.

[Hermione]

24 minutes ago, Justin1 said:

Because it's fun to speculate and make predictions.. Especially if you're right on occation.

 

It is fun to speculate about some things, but I don't see the appeal of speculating about the exact date/order songs we haven't heard and know nothing about might be released, it's just numbers and nothing entertaining or interesting involved. Just my opinion though.

[onionbubs]

The t/t will probably come out within the next week.  Plenty of albums lately had the 2nd single come out before the lead single's music video (Rabbit Hole came out before Bored to Death's music video, Louder than the DJ came out before Afraid of Heights's music video, Doomed User came out before Prayers/Triangles's music video).  Personally, I'd like the t/t to be released just to help with the wait for this album, but it's their decision.

[Christian's Inferno!]

8 minutes ago, onionbubs said:

The t/t will probably come out within the next week.  Plenty of albums lately had the 2nd single come out before the lead single's music video (Rabbit Hole came out before Bored to Death's music video, Louder than the DJ came out before Afraid of Heights's music video, Doomed User came out before Prayers/Triangles's music video).  Personally, I'd like the t/t to be released just to help with the wait for this album, but it's their decision.

What's a t/t?

[onionbubs]

2 minutes ago, MysticManiac said:

What's a t/t?

the title track (revolution radio)

[DoodleBob]

On 9/2/2016 at 10:01 PM, nick. said:

Didn't see this mentioned anywhere yet, iTunes now shows the song duration for Revolution Radio as 3:00. This typically indicates it is set to be released next and probably soon. 

This is why I love GDC: I learn cool/interesting things every time I come on here!

Thanks for this!

[CrimsonArk]

2 hours ago, Whatsername_123 said:

This ^

I expect the music video to be out in a week or two as it was filmed nearly two weeks ago. That, the Olympic gig and a few other promotional performances should do for us until the release of the album.

Don't forget....... we already know Bang Bang and Ordinary World, those songs are 1/6 of the album. There are a lot of fans who don't like to hear too many singles from the album before the album is released.

That's kind of poor reasoning. Most people didn't listen to Ordinary World, and chances are it'll likely be arranged differently on the album (or at least, I hope it will be).

Why would they take into consideration the hardcore fanbase, instead of their general audience as a whole? People would likely prefer for more songs to be released in advance in order to get a better feel for the album.

For example, what if most of the other songs on the record end up being forgettable? If in reality they are indeed up to par then it'll only spread further good will in favor of the band, inspiring confidence in the fact that the album could actually end up being solid.

I mean, it's nice that the band are aware of the fact that the trilogy was generally considered a disappointment, but saying you've learned from it and actually displaying improvement are two different things.