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Title Wave: New Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood Single Crashes Into Parmalee’s Plan
When it comes to songs with similar titles, country radio programmers often handle the perceived problem without stressing about it.
When Warner Music Nashville released Cody Johnson ‘s collaboration with Carrie Underwood, excited programmers took note, giving the ballad enough first-week spins that it debuted at No. A gold title losing a single spin wouldn’t hurt anyone’s chart position and was unlikely to make much difference in Stevens’ royalties as a songwriter. It wasn’t the original game plan — consumption spurred WMN to send Braden’s “Devil” to radio — but programming partners didn’t protest the move.
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