ColinOr Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Are there any songs off Green Day's albums that you think had potential to be bigger hits than the singles released off those albums? A few examples for me: Nimrod: I think Uptight could've been a much bigger hit than Redundant, King For A Day could've been a much bigger hit than Hitchin' A Ride and Scattered could have been a much bigger hit than Nice Guys Finish Last. To me, those 3 songs have the "hit single factor" alot more so than the singles released. Warning: I think Castaway could've been a much bigger hit than Warning. The rest of the album's singles gave maximum potential. So state any songs you think would've been bigger hits than the singles.
Android153 Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 EJN from 21st instead of LOTAG I also agree on Castaway
ColinOr Posted September 2, 2012 Author Posted September 2, 2012 EJN from 21st instead of LOTAG I also agree on Castaway East Jesus Nowhere AND Last Of The American Girls were singles.
Panji x_X Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Ha ha you're dead and letterbomb those two song could be a big hits.
Jax Teller Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Peacemaker instead Last of the American Girls(I love both songs)
InvaderPhantom Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 MOTHERFUCKING SCATTERED instead of Redundant. Seriously, Scattered is such an awesome song and is also loved by the fanbase. Being a single would give the band a solid excuse to actually play the damn song once in a while. Even though Redundant was a single and it's also never played... uh... Oh yeah Castaway is also my favorite from Warning, and I think it would have been more successfull than releasing the song Warning as a single (it's a cool song but not single material). Also another excuse to play the song live. And even though I love Jesus of Suburbia to death and it's probably their best song, they shouldn't have released it as a single because it just isn't single material at all. It's nearly 10 minutes long and the 6 minute radio edit just isn't the same. Also even the 6 minute version was too long to be played by radio stations. Letterbomb or Whatsername would have been better singles for American Idiot (even though nobody can complain about the lack of awesome singles on AI).
iRun Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Viva La Gloria instead of Know Your Enemy Which one?
Vespertine Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Even though I prefer Scattered over Nice Guys Finish Last, I don't think the former would have been a hit single. Back to the original question, to this day I still can't understand why they chose Last Of The American Girls as the fifth single from 21CB. There are way better songs in that album, some of which are probably even more radio-friendly, like Viva La Gloria.
Undómiel Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 I don't really think this is thread worthy. Will take to the mods and if they disagree we'll reopen.
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