Talk:Double A-side

This article has survived a VFD nomination with the result of keep. --FCYTravis 07:11, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Why does the article call We Will Rock You a B-side, when it is, as according to the definition given, part of a double A-side?

--This page is utter crap. A double A-Side refers to a single that has two songs which are both top ten hits, as opposed to some of these singles by bands that have done nothing significant, let alone make a double A-side. Nick Cave and the whatevers having three?? That's ridiculous. The term was intended for such monster hits as Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out, not most of this garbage.


 * I disagree. Chart success should have nothing to do with the terminology here; both songs being a top ten hit is by no means a requirement for the use of the term "double A-side", rather, it's all in the way the single is marketed, that both songs as equal, rather than a distinct "A" and "B" separation. John5008 | talk to me 04:23, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

And chart success usually denotes how well those two A-sides were marketed you ninny ;-). Some of the songs on this list look like double B-sides
 * There's really no need for that sort of tone, please remember WP:CIVIL, even with a smiley that tone sounds abusive. Also, don't forget to sign your talk posts with ~ . That said, I think this article would benefit from some cites, especially for the term itself and for some of the singles placed on the list. It doesn't matter how they did on chart for the purpose of whether they were or were not Double A, but it does for the purpose of deciding whether to keep them on this list, only significant ones (charting, practice, cultural relevance, all are sorts of significance) should be retained, in my view.  + + Lar: t/c 12:53, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Promotion
Double-A sides are promoted as Double-A sides. It is not a retrospective designation (except in the case of Elvis, as mentioned). One of the strategies of marketing in the record bussiness is to give programmers a choice of songs from which to promote. In the case of Depeche Mode's "Blaspemous Rumours/Somebody" the idea was to allow programmers at Radio 1 to opt out of the more controversial single ("Rumours") and play the more benign ballad, "Somebody." While this campaign ulitimately failed (neither song received much airplay although "Rumours" has popular recurrent status on many AAA stations), the point is that the double-A side strategy is contrived well in advance of release rather than in retrospect. 72.132.36.31 23:15, 19 May 2006 (UTC)