This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. David Bendeth, who produced Paramore’s Riot!, sat down with Billboard to talk about the album’s 10-year anniversary: It’s funny, when we started the record, all of the songs that we thought were going to be singles, never were. “When It Rains,” I thought for sure was going to be a smash at radio. In fact, John Mayer heard it and said, ‘If that’s not a hit song, I quit the business.’ “Hallelujah,” we thought that was going to be the first single at some point when we were making the record. Even with “That’s What You Get,” which I think was the third single, the song was in 6/8. It’s very difficult to make something in 6/8 sound like a normal sound for Top 40. So, I felt like the risks that had been taken paid off. Expand - View Original
I remember John having them open for a few of his shows. I was stoked because two of my favorite worlds were colliding.
Although it's funny, the chorus of "That's What You Get" is in 4/4 anyway. The biggest 6/8 radio hit I can think of is "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls. It's more often in ballads, like "I'm with You" and "Breathe (2AM)" (though those are pretty old reference points...there must be more recent examples).
That was good, but it will never top this I remember the first time I heard Misery Business on the radio. I was 11 or 12 at the time, starting to develop my own musical tastes. This record shaped my listening habits, and I need to revisit it for the anniversary.