Just bought my first online digital song

[Webbo MFI]

http://www.depechemode.com/precious/

 

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surprise surprise!

[gertcha EFM]

I'll buy my first one when I get home tonight !

[Webbo MFI]

a snip at 79p!

 

quality song!

[gertcha EFM]

Just got it. It is very good. Pretty instant I reckon, their first number one beckons.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Unless the single is released in the shops this week too, that's pretty unlikely.

 

My guess is that all the fans will download it this week, when it's unavailable for chart entry.

 

Well done in the snooker tonight, mate. Your first frame in match snooker!!

 

Gertcha lost 1-3, and I won mine 3-2.

 

I reckon Gertcha's first win is just round the corner!

[YELLOW]

When's it released? If it's Monday it doesn't stand a chance.

[gertcha EFM]

If Art Brut can make 41 DM must have a chance.

 

Yeah, well chuffed tonight. Trouble is everyoneis back next week so doubt I'll get a game !

 

Well played though YB941. It was a great game to watch, thought you were going to lose the decider at one point to !

[Tommy Collins]

I buy most of my stuff at gigs, I emjoy the band the singer comes round with a box of CDRs and I'm in there.

 

It gives my music some source, some soul.

 

The last time I went to a shop to buy music was a trip to Rough Trade to get the Art Brut coloured vinyl release of their album. And that wasn't for listening pleasure but a deeper, darker satisfaction.

[Webbo MFI]

Not released till October if I remember rightly

 

On CDUK this Saturday apparently!

[Electric ~soul~]

That's the problem - it's why Coldplay's single flopped the same way.

 

Whilst it is only being sold on the net, downloads to not count towards chart positions.

 

Once it's finally released in October, most people who want it will already have downloaded it.

 

Sure, there are the nutter completists like Gertcha who buy everything they do, but again, that's never been enough to catapult them to the top in the past.

[gertcha EFM]

I doubt they will ever have a number one.

 

Are their specific rules on how downloads count ?

 

Could I just use some of my spare cash to download it half a million times in October when the single is released so that it hits the number one spot ?

[Electric ~soul~]

Downloads only count once the record is on sale in the shops too.

[Webbo MFI]

so why have Mute released the track early (other than the fact the single was leaked a few weeks ago)?

[Electric ~soul~]

I'm not sure, though this appears to be happening more and more. I guess with an established band like Depeche Mode though, chart positions are not too important.

 

I guess they consider they're looking after the fans.