Are there any songs on any albums that didn't become singles that you think are better than the singles? I have some non-singles that are better than than the singles.:)

Forever Your Girl-Paula Abdul

I think that the single, "Knocked Out" should have been replaced by the non-single "State Of Attraction" because it is way better than Knocked Out. To me, Knocked Out is kind of boring and only has one good part in the song. I love State Of Attraction the whole way through. Shme it didn't become a single.

Control-Janet Jackson

I think that the single, "When I Think Of You", should have been replaced by the non-single, "You Can Be Mine" becuase it is more enjoyable and more fun than WITOY. WITOY is a little annoying.

Janet-Janet Jackson

The single, Because of Love should have been replaced by the non- single This Time, because Because Of Love is not as good as the totally gutsy, angry, angsty, "This Time." This Time rocks big time! Because of Love is not that good.

janice check pms.

You've got to be kidding me. You mean that liking an album track better than a single is a rare occurance for you?

Love Will Find A Way by Lionel Richie is a more interesting song than Running With the Night, though I can understand why they issued it as the second single from Can't Slow Down after All Night Long. Running is the only other non-ballad on the album.

A House Is Not A Home from Luther Vandross' first album would have been a big hit if it had been a single instead of Don't you Know That

Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder was the B-side of I Wish in 1976 and that single came out after the album was released. Considering how enduringly popular Isn't She Lovely has been it could've done very well if it had been the first single and came out several weeks before Songs in the Key of Life. I Wish could've been the second single, followed by Sir Duke and As. I don't like the fourth single Another Star.

All I Do from Stevie Wonder's 1980 Hotter Than July album would've been a good single and so would've Happy Birthday. Better choices than I Ain't Gonna Stand for It or Lately (Lately got a lot airplay in NYC and is an OK song so I was surprised that it was such a low charting single)

I suppose a related topic would be the order of single releases. If you had your choice would you have released some single sooner or later. In some cases you might think the best single came out too late from an album or the order of releases was just wacky or illogical.

Originally posted by jamesanthony
Love Will Find A Way by Lionel Richie is a more interesting song than Running With the Night, though I can understand why they issued it as the second single from Can't Slow Down after All Night Long. Running is the only other non-ballad on the album.


Can't Slow Down is a non-ballad.

Originally posted by vashti1999
Can't Slow Down is a non-ballad.

I forgot about that one. The one forgettable filler song on that album.

Originally posted by jamesanthony
I forgot about that one. The one forgettable filler song on that album.

can't Slow Down Is the forgettable filler song on the album?:confused: It's the title track!!!!:eek: :confused:

Originally posted by Janice Johnson
can't Slow Down Is the forgettable filler song on the album?:confused: It's the title track!!!!:eek: :confused:

To me it's the dullest song on the whole album. There's nothing wrong with the title, but IMO the song is boring.

Originally posted by AKA
You've got to be kidding me. You mean that liking an album track better than a single is a rare occurance for you?


that pretty much sums up my thoughts

Originally posted by ThirteenInchEscape
that pretty much sums up my thoughts

me too. Most true fans will find as much enjoyment from the "non-single" tracks.

many truly great songs arent especially single friendly

Steve Perry should have replaced "Oh Sherrie," with a single of "Only For The Moment Girl." A Much better song.

I Survived You, No More Sad Songs over Invisible.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
me too. Most true fans will find as much enjoyment from the "non-single" tracks.

Exactly, singles are made and targeted to everyone, the rest of the songs are for the real fans. Artists know what their true fans really want.

Originally posted by SBTB Geek
Exactly, singles are made and targeted to everyone, the rest of the songs are for the real fans. Artists know what their true fans really want.

that was what I found funny when people were complaining over Madonna's "Drowned World" tour from 2001. A lot of "I own The Immaculate Collection" people were ticked off that the majority of the tour consisted of album cuts from the Ray Of Light and Music albums, tracks that were generally well-received from fans, but for those who didn't buy the album, alien to them. They were complaining over it when they saw the show on HBO... hello? The tour was intended for the diehard Madonna fans, the ones willing fork over big cash to see her live, NOT the fairweather radio fans who wanted a night out and hearing songs like Vogue and Material Girl.

She kinda came to a middle ground on this tour and did both album cuts and more singles. But I think people who complained about the last tour don't realize people going to see her are FANS, Bruce Springsteen generally shafts Born In The U.S.A. era stuff in his set all the time, and Prince generally (except for this tour) plays a 3-4 obscure album cut-to-hit single ratio in his sets. And I think it's great. I hate it when I go to a concert and the artist skips out album cuts in favor of the overplayed hits. Janet and Cher are two prime examples of this when I saw them live.

I hate when people bash songs on an album just because they didn't chart.:( :mad: They give the singles/hits great reviews but they heavily critisize the non singles/hits. Just like Madonna's Madonna(1983) They gave the 5 singles/hits glowing, good reviwews and gave the remaining 3 singles bad reviews and called them the worst songs on the album. So, that means that the singles/hits could be total crap, but if they're singles/hits, they get good reviews?

Originally posted by AKA
You've got to be kidding me. You mean that liking an album track better than a single is a rare occurance for you? :lol:!! I end up liking stuff that's not played on the radio constantly a helluva lot more than singles.

Rick Grech's "Second Generation Woman" was the single of Family's second album, released three months before the LP, and "The Weaver's Answer" kicked off the album. "Second Generation Woman" is better arranged - more of a rock and roll song - while "The Weaver's Answer" was too artsy for a single release. Plus, it's a sogn about dying. But I've come to like "The Weaver's Answer" better after hearing Family's live versions, which were always nasty and hard-rocking! On the album it was very stately. Tough call here, really. . . .

The Beatles usually had better songs on their albums than the ones that were on corresponding singles.