Singles Singles "Blind Guardian Plays Beach Boys" is a Blind Guardian single which contains two Beach Boys songs: ...more on Wikipedia about "Blind Guardian Plays Beach Boys"
A cassette single (also known as a "cassingle") is a music single in the form of a compact audio cassette. The format was introduced in the 1980s, when vinyl record album sales were declining in favour of cassette recordings; the cassette single was introduced to replace the 45 record in a similar way. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassette single"
A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. The format was introduced in the mid to late 1980s, but didn't gain its place in the market until the early 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "CD single"
A diamond single is a single that has reached a certain level of official sales. In the United States the program is run by the RIAA, which introduced the first award system in 1958 with an award of a diamond record for 10,000,000 copies shiped. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diamond single"
A digital download (also known as a digital single or a paid digital download) is an official legally released music single released by artists to the public. Popular legal online music store that sell digital singles and albums include Apple's iTunes and Napster ...more on Wikipedia about "Digital download"
A Digital maxi single is a series of digital downloads mostly containing remixes. Unlike a normal maxi single, tracks can be bought and sold based on preference. In terms of chart usage, even if a single had a maxi single and a digital maxi single released with the exact same content, they would still be counted differently. For instance, the maxi single would be counted as two points, while the digital maxi single (if all songs were downloaded and if the single were to contain the standard five tracks) would be counted as ten points. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digital maxi single"
A DVD single is a music single in the form of a DVD. The format was introduced in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Although many record companies refused to issue CD singles, they readily issued DVD Singles, and some popular DVD singles include Jessica Simpson's " With You" and Beyonce's " Crazy in Love". The DVD single never really caught on in the USA, and many are out of print nowadays causing some to view them as collector items. The DVD single replaced the Video single. ...more on Wikipedia about "DVD single"
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A Gold Single is a single that has passed a milestone in official sales. In the United States the program is run by the RIAA, which introduced the first award system in 1958 with an award of a Gold single for 500,000 copies sold. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gold single"
A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song). ...more on Wikipedia about "Maxi single"
In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single. ...more on Wikipedia about "One-hit wonder"
A platinum single is a single that has reached a certain level of official sales. In the United States the program is run by the RIAA, which introduced the first award system in 1958 with an award of a platinum record for 1,000,000 copies sold. ...more on Wikipedia about "Platinum single"
A promo single (short for promotional single) is a single that is released to club or radio outlets for the purpose of promotion of a song. It is not meant to be resold, but they are often sought out by collectors anyway. A promo single is usually sent to a radio station for it to play the radio version (which is often a radio edit, but can also be the original album version, or even a radio remix) of an artist's latest single. The promo single for radio stations often contains only the radio version of the song, but may also contain alternate radio edits, alterante radio remixes, or even call out hooks. Clubs often also played promotional singles (which are often released in the 12" Format) of singles with their latest remixes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Promotional single"
Runaway hit is a term used to describe a single which has not formally been released, which becomes a hit on its own. As singles before 1998, were not allowed to chart unless they had been formally released commercially, runaway hits did not exist before 1998. The most successful runaway hit is The Black Eyed Peas' " My Humps", which became the first unsolicited song to hit the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Another example of a runaway hit is Beyonce's "Dangerously in Love 2". The term is generally applied to unsolicited songs which show a relative overall chart performance, not songs which chart, but don't perform that well. Nevertheless, the term has been applied to songs of this caliber too, like Mariah Carey's "Mine Again", from The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). ...more on Wikipedia about "Runaway hit"
In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. Most singlesong, but some may have a double A-side (a famous example being Strawberry Fields Forever/ Penny Lane by the Beatles), where two tracks are given equal billing in the title of the single. Rarely, a single will not be identical in name to the featured track — such as the Nine Inch Nails single, Closer to God. ...more on Wikipedia about "Single (music)"
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is a poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron which orginated about the political and social turmoil of 1970s America. It first appeared on the 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, on which Scott-Heron was accompanied only by congas and bongo drums. A re-recorded version, this time with a full band, appeared on the 1971 album Pieces Of A Man, and on the double A-side single "Home Is Where The Hatred Is/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (all on the Flying Dutchman Productions label). The track name was used as the title to Scott-Heron's "Best of" album, in 1998, issued by RCA. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
A video single is a music single in the form of a videotape. Although the format has existed in form since the early 1980s in the form of Video 45s, the format gained higher levels of mainstream popularity when Madonna released " Justify My Love" as a video single in 1990 following the blacklisting of the video by MTV. U2 also released "Numb", the lead single from their 1993 album Zooropa as a video single. ...more on Wikipedia about "Video single"
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