Marina and The Diamonds - Radioactive

by **Vindrag** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:45 am

The remix is great!!!! I was listening to The Family Jewels yesterday and felt that the new songs lack something, that little extra which made Marina so special.

Fear And Loathing is much better than this single. However - with Radio 1's support, I really hope she'll peak inside top 10!

by **alxx** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:17 pm

This is one of my favourite tracks this year.

by **SholasBoy** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:02 pm

Really enjoying this one at the mo, so glad she's back with new material so soon!

by **alxx** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:47 pm

Radio 1 B-List

by **BLover** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:27 pm

This song is fan-tas-tic.
Hopefully she gets her first major hit with this one.
I know she's kinda selling out but IDGAF.

She needs to eat too. :lol:

by **Thriller** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:18 pm

Pleased that it's gone up, really hope it ends up on the A-List. Heard it yesterday morning on the radio and it just sounded so right 8-)

by **SholasBoy** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:28 pm

Seems to be a bit of a buzz around this track at the moment, I wonder if she'll actually outperform Florence this time around.

by **JimJim** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:35 pm

This really doesn't sound like a hit to me, I'd be very surprised if she cracks the Aussie market with this, after the much superior 'Shampain' flopped.

Website · by **Cactuar** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:25 am

I wonder... the lyrics to the song are so cliched. It feels like she got so exasperated that she just threw some random, trashy lines together. And this is why I really like the song, it's like one huge disguised satire, and it seems to be proving a point by getting playlisted.

Lying on a fake beach,
You'll never get a tan.
Baby, I'm gonna leave you drowning,
Until you reach for my hand.

In the night your heart is full
And by the morning empty.
But baby, I'm the one who left you,
You're not the one who left me.

Like how does this even make sense, it's all over the place especially when she gets to "I'm the one who left you". :lol:

by **Benjamin** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:20 pm

^ I love those lyrics. Espeiclaly the line about the fake beach

by **Vindrag** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:45 pm

alxx wrote:Radio 1 B-List

I thought I was over this track a week ago, but I'm not! Fingers crossed for a top 10!

by **joiPrince_JO** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:55 pm

Gosh, when is this finally being released????

by **Blondini** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:59 pm

joiPrince_JO wrote:Gosh, when is this finally being released????

October 3rd. At least it's not Sugababes' Freedom which has been promoted for 3 months!

by **joiPrince_JO** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:59 am

Blondini wrote:
joiPrince_JO wrote:Gosh, when is this finally being released????
October 3rd. At least it's not Sugababes' Freedom which has been promoted for 3 months!

Why is she releasing the song so late? Is this usual in the UK?

by **Fan** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:30 pm

It's not that late, is it? I can't remember exactly when it first premiered but it's not that long ago.

by **joiPrince_JO** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:37 pm

It premiered over three weeks ago. Yet three more weeks until it is being released.

by **Fan** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:58 pm

So that makes it 6 weeks, which is not unusual at all.
All About Tonight premiered in the beginning of July and was only released two weeks ago. And most songs premiere 6/7 weeks before they go on sale.

by **joiPrince_JO** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:00 pm

Fan wrote:So that makes it 6 weeks, which is not unusual at all.
All About Tonight premiered in the beginning of July and was only released two weeks ago. And most songs premiere 6/7 weeks before they go on sale.

Maybe in the UK but nothing like this ever happened in the US, right?

by **Vindrag** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:54 pm

A-Listed on BBC Radio 1!!

Now just release the single for download!

by **BLover** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:52 pm

by **Blondini** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:55 pm

joiPrince_JO wrote:
Fan wrote:So that makes it 6 weeks, which is not unusual at all.
All About Tonight premiered in the beginning of July and was only released two weeks ago. And most songs premiere 6/7 weeks before they go on sale.
Maybe in the UK but nothing like this ever happened in the US, right?

The US used to delay releases over a decade ago - but it's different there as radio is such a factor in the charts. So a song is released to radio first - and a big deal is made of this. This is partly why the physical single ceased to exist over there. Radio could make a hit, rather than sales. That's not the case here - we have always geared marketing towards a sales date when people are familiar with a song - this maximises the song's chart position. The on air/ on sale thing has been semi-abandoned after a few notable disasters. Though the likes of Coldplay are carrying on with it.

by **Thriller** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:32 pm

I'll be sooo happy if this goes Top 10!

by **Vindrag** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:00 pm

Do you think it will? I'm beginning to believe she has a chance. This is so good!!!

by **glamdoll** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:13 pm

Love this song!!! 8-)

by **Vindrag** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:24 am

Just made a thread for her in the Analysis forum, I'm really excited for Radioactive's release on monday!