Rolling Stones Fight for Radio Play

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conservatives will call it a triumph against the anti-bush song, but honestly, the album kind stinks. i love the stones and was eager to buy it, but it's one of their 5 worst - right up there with the 80s stuff

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168754,00.html#2

Rolling Stones Fight for Radio Play, Hire Expert

It’s not easy being the world’s greatest rock and roll band. The Rolling Stones, currently on tour and selling tickets for $450 a pop, are having so much trouble getting their new single played on the radio that they’ve even hired a specialist to help them.

“Rough Justice,” a song with just enough salacious bite in the lyrics to get someone’s attention, would have benefited from being banned. Unfortunately, its double entendres haven’t sparked enough interest one way or another. The result is an uphill battle to get played on stations that are crowded with younger acts — many of whom owe their existence to the Stones.

As of last week, “Rough Justice” did not register on the mainstream airplay charts on the Billboard Radio Monitor at all.

On that chart, the No. 1 single, “Listen to Your Heart,” a sterile remake of a pretty bad 1989 Roxette single, had 7,666 “spins” or plays. The No. 2 single, Mariah Carey’s blockbuster “We Belong Together,” was not far behind with 7,507.

By contrast, “Rough Justice” had been played a total of 407 times at all the stations that were playing it all. And that number wasn’t very high. The upside is that it’s 33 times more than the week before, but that isn’t saying much.