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Whitney Duncan - "Skinny Dippin"
By: Matt Bjorke

Sometimes, no check that, most of the time, it's hard to understand how some songs become hits while others have a hard time finding favor among radio personnel/fans. I used to think that I had good enough ears to pick out songs that were no doubters, the kind of song that radio would have to play, no matter who was singing the song. Somewhere along the way corporations tightened radio and instead of keeping people interested in giving people quality music or at least catchy, hit tunes from a wide variety of people, corporations were instead focusing on keeping their listeners long enough to stay for commercials instead of giving great radio. So, with me still thinking that radio would give people like Whitney Duncan a shot, I reviewed her first two singles -"When I Said I would" and "The Bed That You Made")- and proclaimed that Whitney Duncan had that something special to stand out from the pack. Sadly, radio disagreed but Warner Brothers Records Nashville obviously disagrees for they've released "Skinny Dippin'," a song Whitney first sang on Nashville Star a long while back, to radio and, like those two previously mentioned singles, the song feels like a hit.
Using an instantly memorable and melodic structure that recalls summery hits of the past, "Skinny Dippin'" is the perfect summertime single and while the lyrics are nothing remarkable, they are stronger than many current chart-topping 'summer' songs that are out right now and that should be enough to get Warner Brothers strong newcomer the hit she deserves.



READER'S COMMENTS
Rick says:
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It is sooo hard for new female artists to break into Top 40 country radio and get embraced that most who try will fail. Women artists usually comprise less that 25% of the Top 40 song roster, so its three to four times harder for them to break through than male artists. Whitney is just another talented female newcomer that country radio will ignore like most of the rest regardless of how good their single releases may be.
Matt B. says:
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Lisa, Warner Music Group Corporate, not WB Nashville, removed all the videos from Youtube earlier this year for some reason. They should still be at places like Yahoo and CMT, etc.
Lisa Jeffries says:
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Well, in all fairness, Warner Brothers really isn't trying that hard, either. When you take all of the marketable content (the official music videos), etc. off the internet, you're sacrificing the ability her already hooked fans have to share her talent among their networks. Local radio won't play her songs to save their life (so clearly WB isn't putting their weight behind it there)... the only place I hear here is occasionally on XM. I personally love her, but unless WB gets it together, she needs a new label. (PS - I booked her here in Raleigh and her booking agent was the only one who helped get it together. WB dropped the ball in the biggest way and we had a really, really low turnout.)
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