I just checked the US Top 200 singles sales this week, a record week, the best ever for digital sales with the #200 song selling over 20,000, while the #200 album barely reached 4,000 copies.

At #129, we see Paint It Black, it sold almost 30,000 copies only in a week!
When was the last time that a Stones song sold 30,000 copies in a week in U.S?
1978 or 1981?

Anyway, the popularity of Paint It Black is impressive among young people, by far most popular than any other Stones song. Almost 400,000 paid downloads in U.S so far since early 2005.

While the album sales are worse every week the whole Itunes thing seems to be the way to go.


Here's this week Top 200 singles sales in U.S

lw - tw - artist - song - tw sales - % - lw sales - total
1 1 FLO RIDA LOW 467149 163 177518 1551766
3 2 TIMBALAND FEAT. ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE 318843 170 118209 2370921
7 3 BROWN*CHRIS KISS KISS 277144 233 83225 1454485
11 4 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) 271132 299 68007 2909263
4 5 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE 269261 161 103231 1740300
2 6 BAREILLES*SARA LOVE SONG 268936 123 120788 625491
6 7 FINGER ELEVEN PARALYZER 242258 189 83693 1354790
5 8 FERGIE CLUMSY 229600 168 85692 1012615
10 9 CAILLAT*COLBIE BUBBLY 220682 214 70200 1842189
9 10 SPARKS*JORDIN TATTOO 219837 200 73350 859883
8 11 JEAN*WYCLEF FEATURING AKON, LI SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) 190661 152 75649 720266
12 12 BABY BASH FEATURING T-PAIN CYCLONE 183195 223 56755 1330947
13 13 KINGSTON*SEAN TAKE YOU THERE 148141 180 52922 483051
20 14 WEST*KANYE STRONGER 144234 248 41410 2327981
23 15 SWIFT*TAYLOR OUR SONG 133506 248 38371 708468
31 16 NICKELBACK ROCKSTAR 131178 302 32593 1912985
18 17 GOOD CHARLOTTE I DON'T WANNA BE IN LOVE (DANC 129726 184 45756 728517
16 18 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA FEATURING LOVE LIKE THIS 128463 167 48026 505543
24 19 SWIFT*TAYLOR TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR 124091 224 38260 1011702
15 20 BROWN*CHRIS WITH YOU 123909 152 49168 289884
25 21 MATCHBOX TWENTY HOW FAR WE'VE COME 119558 227 36550 1122310
14 22 SPEARS*BRITNEY PIECE OF ME 114869 131 49824 362192
27 23 WEST*KANYE FEAT. T-PAIN GOOD LIFE 111367 220 34806 801021
32 24 PARAMORE MISERY BUSINESS 105510 231 31867 757387
40 25 FERGIE BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY 105077 273 28199 2524542
21 26 LINKIN PARK SHADOW OF THE DAY 103829 151 41302 331241
33 27 RIHANNA HATE THAT I LOVE YOU 102213 222 31776 760534
34 28 PLIES FEATURING AKON HYPNOTIZED 99988 218 31402 437809
57 29 JONAS BROTHERS S.O.S. 99410 374 20984 704851
22 30 SANTANA FEATURING CHAD KROEGER INTO THE NIGHT 98587 145 40280 489902
26 31 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC 91642 153 36265 332460
37 32 BOYS LIKE GIRLS HERO/HEROINE 89597 193 30546 310904
46 33 DJ KHALED;T-PAIN;TRICK DADDY I'M SO HOOD 89115 256 25051 529966
49 34 PLAIN WHITE T'S HEY THERE DELILAH 88310 273 23680 2565954
35 35 TIMBALAND FT. KERI HILSON & JO WAY I ARE 86779 182 30798 1943354
48 36 DAUGHTRY OVER YOU 85531 247 24628 704714
47 37 RIHANNA UMBRELLA 83937 238 24814 2358721
42 38 MAROON 5 WAKE UP CALL 80326 201 26675 711100
41 39 CYRUS*MILEY SEE YOU AGAIN 77997 185 27402 223547
43 40 BIRDMAN POP BOTTLES 77893 203 25694 279093
45 41 PARAMORE CRUSHCRUSHCRUSH 76297 203 25202 243383
50 42 CYRUS*BILLY RAY READY, SET, DON'T GO 75228 220 23508 365268
36 43 BUCKCHERRY SORRY 72985 138 30679 222105
61 44 LINKIN PARK WHAT I'VE DONE 72026 265 19740 1370576
74 45 BOYS LIKE GIRLS GREAT ESCAPE 71327 327 16696 1073316
71 46 TISDALE*ASHLEY HE SAID, SHE SAID 70753 317 16959 362616
75 47 KINGSTON*SEAN BEAUTIFUL GIRLS 69660 320 16593 1385737
54 48 SPEARS*BRITNEY GIMME MORE 67653 205 22195 927575
79 49 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM SOULJA GIRL 67087 311 16312 296559
29 50 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE 66291 94 34201 236812
56 51 PLAYAZ CIRCLE DUFFLE BAG BOY 66152 215 21033 370280
58 52 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS WITCH DOCTOR 63637 210 20509 93940
30 53 FEIST 1234 62859 85 34020 697774
51 54 SUGARLAND STAY 62643 168 23387 385385
28 55 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS CHIPMUNK SONG (CHRISTMAS DON'T 60931 75 34792 119859
66 56 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS BAD DAY 59949 232 18084 87693
68 57 LINKIN PARK BLEED IT OUT 59927 239 17652 560283
98 58 LAVIGNE*AVRIL GIRLFRIEND 59642 362 12911 2415159
44 59 DJ FELLI FEL FEAT. DIDDY,AKON, GET BUCK IN HERE 59019 131 25585 257574
19 60 JOHNSON*JACK IF I HAD EYES 57748 32 43782 132014
77 61 THREE DAYS GRACE NEVER TOO LATE 57642 250 16485 414782
63 62 FOO FIGHTERS PRETENDER 55705 197 18764 449305
100 63 FALL OUT BOY THNKS FR TH MMRS 55530 337 12713 1331269
82 64 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SO SMALL 54379 246 15729 484655
60 65 SEETHER FAKE IT 53237 170 19741 258697
109 66 SHOP BOYZ PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR 53133 343 11982 1836972
88 67 BROWN*CHRIS WALL TO WALL 52108 243 15178 263776
115 68 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BEFORE HE CHEATS 51434 343 11599 2018864
83 69 LIFEHOUSE FIRST TIME 51428 231 15538 815924
112 70 FERGIE FT. LUDACRIS GLAMOROUS 50688 333 11712 2168978
55 71 MAROON 5 WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU 50311 133 21563 145519
38 72 FIASCO*LUPE FEATURING MATT SAN SUPERSTAR 49726 67 29836 161633
59 73 SNOOP DOGG SENSUAL SEDUCTION 47876 141 19880 102644
90 74 CHESNEY*KENNY DON'T BLINK 47676 228 14554 327464
87 75 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE 47409 210 15308 92250
105 76 DAUGHTRY HOME 45861 273 12284 1227073
126 77 MONTANA*HANNAH NOBODY'S PERFECT 45698 344 10303 559529
122 78 T-PAIN BARTENDER 44840 325 10558 1044171
104 79 50 CENT FT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AYO TECHNOLOGY 44301 256 12460 954658
89 80 PINK WHO KNEW 44079 200 14691 944503
86 81 BOW WOW & OMARION GIRLFRIEND 43556 183 15380 149485
65 82 WEST*KANYE FLASHING LIGHTS 43550 138 18290 136550
154 83 FERGIE FERGALICIOUS 43353 398 8700 2364125
95 84 J. HOLIDAY SUFFOCATE 42512 208 13791 143026
93 85 LAST GOODNIGHT*THE PICTURES OF YOU 42358 199 14177 251478
169 86 ALY & AJ POTENTIAL BREAKUP SONG 42099 416 8162 717387
116 87 MAROON 5 MAKES ME WONDER 42063 263 11589 1849250
106 88 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS FUNKYTOWN 41606 240 12254 63494
133 89 RIHANNA SHUT UP AND DRIVE 41235 319 9853 972628
187 90 JONAS BROTHERS HOLD ON 40647 438 7549 382039
128 91 STEFANI*GWEN SWEET ESCAPE 40390 300 10108 2294138
158 92 GUNS N'ROSES WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE 40078 371 8507 789086
73 93 PITBULL GO GIRL 39394 136 16713 108397
114 94 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FEATURING TI SEXYBACK 38756 234 11608 2608592
-- 95 DRAGONFORCE THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES 37825 283 9867 170278
69 96 KEYS*ALICIA LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN 37795 115 17554 151999
184 97 KILLERS*THE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG 37340 391 7598 798198
53 98 PIGG*LANDON FALLING IN LOVE AT A COFFEE SH 37295 67 22382 86557
151 99 DAUGHTRY IT'S NOT OVER 36871 319 8807 1580604
-- 100 FLYLEAF ALL AROUND ME 35783 436 6677 194275
161 101 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE TEENAGERS 35680 322 8450 599955
179 102 T-PAIN FEATURING YUNG JOC BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN' 35342 352 7824 1719300
123 103 J. HOLIDAY BED 35232 236 10490 582676
143 104 GUNS N'ROSES SWEET CHILD O' MINE 35225 280 9272 931929
164 105 KINGSTON*SEAN ME LOVE 34900 315 8400 736176
141 106 3 DOORS DOWN CITIZEN SOLDIER 34851 270 9427 44278
174 107 COSGROVE*MIRANDA FEAT DRAKE BE LEAVE IT ALL TO ME 34759 335 7986 42745
64 108 MICHAELSON*INGRID WAY I AM 34725 85 18744 336102
-- 109 TISDALE*ASHLEY/LUCAS GRABEEL FABULOUS 34038 518 5504 239200
155 110 LAVIGNE*AVRIL WHEN YOU'RE GONE 33884 294 8605 635780
156 111 AKON SORRY, BLAME IT ON ME 33782 293 8587 793955
-- 112 JONAS BROTHERS YEAR 3000 33436 453 6047 566466
131 113 RASCAL FLATTS TAKE ME THERE 33336 238 9877 294617
170 114 NICKELBACK IF EVERYONE CARED 32928 304 8157 1110819
117 115 PAISLEY*BRAD LETTER TO ME 32707 188 11354 97947
-- 116 JANET FEEDBACK 31771 999 0 31771
181 117 HURRICANE CHRIS BAY BAY 31673 307 7774 977559
-- 118 AKON SMACK THAT 31441 346 7057 2394012
-- 119 MONTANA*HANNAH TRUE FRIEND 31208 376 6556 161549
94 120 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN UNTIL THE END OF TIME 31093 124 13877 206016
178 121 PLAIN WHITE T'S OUR TIME NOW 30855 294 7826 161955
-- 122 HUDGENS*VANESSA ANNE/ZAC EFRON GOTTA GO MY OWN WAY 30664 530 4871 267734
96 123 DION*CELINE TAKING CHANCES 30585 130 13282 194033
157 124 BEYONCE IRREPLACEABLE / IRREEMPLAZABLE 30176 252 8567 2216996
102 125 WINEHOUSE*AMY REHAB 29701 138 12492 1009725
118 126 GUCCI MANE FREAKY GURL 29669 164 11226 196089
-- 127 EFRON*ZAC BET ON IT 29594 560 4487 249179
85 128 ENUR CALABRIA 2008 29490 90 15506 107227
-- 129 ROLLING STONES PAINT IT, BLACK 29455 357 6451 363622
125 130 TIMBALAND;JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE;NE GIVE IT TO ME 29417 185 10311 1466836
194 131 RASCAL FLATTS LIFE IS A HIGHWAY 29414 301 7343 1488123
130 132 CASSIDY FEATURING SWIZZ BEATZ MY DRINK N' MY 2 STEP 29389 195 9948 234437
121 133 JOURNEY DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' 29159 170 10816 1254004
-- 134 AKON DON'T MATTER 28989 329 6755 1864308
-- 135 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE JESUS, TAKE THE WHEEL 27902 388 5720 1140815
149 136 LAVIGNE*AVRIL HOT 27789 208 9026 142501
136 137 ALLAN*GARY WATCHING AIRPLANES 27754 187 9669 144904
-- 138 SWIFT*TAYLOR TIM MCGRAW 27725 341 6288 787337
-- 139 METALLICA ONE 27605 312 6701 235043
17 140 CAREY*MARIAH ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YO 27603 -42 47926 893863
199 141 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS FACE DOWN 27535 281 7223 1333179
137 142 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN WHAT GOES AROUND...COMES AROUN 27282 184 9593 1501048
124 143 THE-DREAM SHAWTY IS A 10 27206 162 10391 306740
165 144 BUCKCHERRY CRAZY b***h 26660 219 8370 999936
-- 145 NICKELBACK PHOTOGRAPH 26548 352 5877 1815798
145 146 ATKINS*RODNEY CLEANING THIS GUN (COME ON IN 26523 187 9230 102456
176 147 EMINEM LOSE YOURSELF 26279 232 7910 1369366
-- 148 LINKIN PARK IN THE END 26182 278 6920 547582
197 149 METALLICA ENTER SANDMAN 25907 257 7259 445719
147 150 NIRVANA SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT! 25832 183 9115 684986
91 151 BIRDMAN I RUN THIS 25789 78 14482 55363
-- 152 CYRUS*MILEY G.N.O. (GIRL'S NIGHT OUT) 25758 431 4853 182790
138 153 WEBBIE INDEPENDENT 25729 169 9561 64477
-- 154 POWTER*DANIEL BAD DAY 25325 301 6311 2414491
-- 155 LINKIN PARK NUMB 25267 268 6861 469410
180 156 FRAY*THE HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 24771 217 7810 2496862
120 157 SPARKS*JORDIN NO AIR 24491 124 10911 65293
-- 158 PAISLEY*BRAD ONLINE 24447 280 6434 267794
-- 159 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE 24387 322 5779 1343288
-- 160 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS DANI CALIFORNIA 24340 274 6500 1769656
185 161 PINK U + UR HAND 24185 219 7590 1245141
-- 162 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL CAST EVERYDAY 23966 492 4046 208423
148 163 GOO GOO DOLLS IRIS 23844 163 9069 848057
168 164 MORGAN*CRAIG INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER 23684 189 8195 99823
153 165 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN LOVESTONED 23635 171 8729 635062
-- 166 EFRON*ZAC/VANESSA ANNE HUDGENS YOU ARE THE MUSIC IN ME 23528 441 4349 273885
173 167 FURTADO*NELLY SAY IT RIGHT 23460 190 8081 1917474
146 168 LED ZEPPELIN STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 23442 155 9206 115509
81 169 BLIGE*MARY J. WORK THAT 23386 45 16141 93106
198 170 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA UNWRITTEN 23332 223 7232 1945979
-- 171 LYNYRD SKYNYRD FREE BIRD 23314 252 6624 743267
-- 172 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS MOVE ALONG 23074 302 5746 1754934
-- 173 NICKELBACK FAR AWAY 23063 281 6050 1394901
-- 174 RASCAL FLATTS WHAT HURTS THE MOST 23011 291 5887 1338668
-- 175 MONTANA*HANNAH ONE IN A MILLION 22989 417 4443 157740
-- 176 AFI MISS MURDER 22950 400 4588 667443
-- 177 MONTANA*HANNAH LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT 22891 329 5330 295845
-- 178 QUEEN WE WILL ROCK YOU 22842 282 5985 901046
142 179 BUBLE*MICHAEL EVERYTHING 22826 145 9303 538979
196 180 TURNER*JOSH FIRECRACKER 22786 213 7290 156866
-- 181 THREE DAYS GRACE PAIN 22769 314 5504 616324
-- 182 BON JOVI WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE 22402 323 5296 641574
-- 183 YAMIN*ELLIOTT WAIT FOR YOU 22308 229 6778 836469
-- 184 HUEY POP, LOCK & DROP IT 22252 277 5901 1128234
-- 185 MONTANA*HANNAH BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 22245 262 6144 471964
-- 186 FLYLEAF FULLY ALIVE 22098 509 3631 204066
78 187 BROWN*CHRIS THIS CHRISTMAS 22092 35 16386 105057
190 188 LIL WAYNE GOSSIP 21824 193 7460 29284
-- 189 USHER YEAH 21761 241 6389 1660748
-- 190 KISS ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE 21689 454 3913 406663
-- 191 FERGIE LONDON BRIDGE 21568 355 4741 1792912
159 192 SONGZ*TREY CAN'T HELP BUT WAIT 21521 154 8469 157102
-- 193 LYNYRD SKYNYRD SWEET HOME ALABAMA 21507 252 6104 1040561
144 194 CHINGY FLY LIKE ME 21323 131 9238 46482
-- 195 FALL OUT BOY DANCE, DANCE 21265 373 4494 1520108
-- 196 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SNOW (HEY OH) 21144 223 6551 999400
-- 197 FABOLOUS BABY DON'T GO 21106 198 7076 284980
-- 198 LIL MAMA LIP GLOSS 20991 293 5335 628298
-- 199 DISTURBED DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS 20858 262 5764 591635
-- 200 OSBOURNE*OZZY CRAZY TRAIN 20846 277 5528 714003

The recent popularity of Paint It, Black is no doubt related to the song being included in the Guitar Hero video game. For what it's worth Gimme Shelter is included with the companion Rock Band game. Perhaps we'll see a future spike in the popularity of GS.

Good point...
Paint It, Black is on the new Guitar Hero III.

This tune baffles me. Never liked it since day one (whiney guitar). My son fell in love with it on the Licks dvd, asked to see it first on the BB dvd, my girlfreind will not let me skip over it....what am I missing?

At least it took it's place behind three Alvin and the Chipmunks tunes.

Was this the longest post in history?

Des Wrote:
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> This tune baffles me. Never liked it since day one
> (whiney guitar). My son fell in love with it on
> the Licks dvd, asked to see it first on the BB
> dvd, my girlfreind will not let me skip over
> it....what am I missing?

is this a joke?

One of their best , thought it was played very well on the Urban Jungle tour in 1990.
A good point made by dj and Kurt about it being on Guitar Hero 111 video game my son is using it as a lever to get me to buy the game, he's have to wait a bit while finances recover from Christmas, he wants it on XBOX360 I saw a version with 2 guitar remotes for PS2 cheaper than the 1 he wanted , suggested we get the PS2 and I would play with the other guitar but to no avail.
Even the sales guy said he wished his dad would offer to do something like that.

fleabitpeanutmonkey Wrote:
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> Was this the longest post in history?


I think we've seen longer posts - but it's got to be the biggest monolith-caps-lock-block-write-up so far, gasp, cough, lol.

btw, PIB is still aired in a tv-commercial for T-com. without end it seems.

cc Wrote:
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> Des Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This tune baffles me. Never liked it since day
> one
> > (whiney guitar). My son fell in love with it on
> > the Licks dvd, asked to see it first on the BB
> > dvd, my girlfreind will not let me skip over
> > it....what am I missing?
>
> is this a joke?

it must be. unless he's the super-optimistic type who always sees the glass half-full. the song may damper his spirits.

well, at least it sounds like it's a regressive gene - that's a relief!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008-01-04 10:01 by with sssoul.

Isn't it wonderful to see how young generations can still be persuaded to listen to the greatest music of all time? There is no need to be too pessimistic about the future of this planet when young people are buying Paint it, black!

Another interesting side note that you guys might like...

I was listening to the radio this morning while getting ready for work with the kids getting ready for school. Paint It, Black comes on local Detroit Classic Rock radio and my 9 year old says, "Hey Dad, isn't this a song from my Guitar Hero game?"

I responded by telling him yes, it is. But more importantly, IT'S THE ROLLING STONES!

OK, I need pay more attention to my children's education. Maybe I should try homeschooling. They certainly aren't learning anything of value in elementary school music class!

Yep...great song...The way it comes crunching in at the end of Full Metal Jacket, is one of my favorite movie moments....aguably the greatest war movie ever.

JR

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If I remember rightly , Flaming Groovies did a cool version in the late 70's, b side to Shake Some Action 12" possibly.

the song that goes best in my bands gigs...