This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Billboard looked at what kind of bump Jimmy Eat World got from the Taylor Swift Apple Music ad. For their second act, Swift queued up Jimmy Eat World’s hit “The Middle,” (No. 5 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 Alternative Songs in 2002) a track on her “Getting Ready to Go Out” playlist that, she says, she “used to listen to in middle school.” The tune’s bump was even larger than “Jumpman”: between the week before the ad’s April 18 debut and the week after, “The Middle” soared 298 percent in sales and 49 percent in U.S. streams (from 3,000 downloads sold to 12,000; from 614,000 clicks to 916,000) and led to a surprise appearance on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart at No. 16. Expand - View Original
In my mind I really thought this was a standard record for people, it's just like something you have like arms or legs
What is the average split on a major label deal once the record is paid back? $3000 a week just for The Middle digital sales is pretty good. I wonder how much other similar songs make
Super cool to see. Never been a Taylor Swift fan but it's awesome that she is giving JEW publicity to a newer generation.
Surprised she never got them to be a special guest on a 1989 gig. There's pics of her with Clarity album lyrics scrawled on her body isn't there?
To a lot of people, JEW is 'that one band with that one song from a long time ago.' So hopefully a lot of people dive into the best back catalog of any band on the planet because of this and discover they're a whole lot more than one song. Regardless, I like my favorite bands making money, and this had to be a nice bump for them all.