Singles

[GD]

What do you exactly mean by singles?

[Juan]

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=singles+music+wiki

[GD]

I always thought singles were the more popular tracks from the album. Wanted a very non wiki reply btw.

[Juan]

lol sorry

[Penner]

Ones that have a video with them?

[The Mackem]

Singles to me are the individual songs that get released into the chart and are on general sale.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

They are used to promote an album. Though with the internet and MP3's, I don't know how long that will continue.

[GD]

Can you consider "I kissed a girl" as a hit single?

[ron the dial]

i think that pretty much personifies "hit single"

[thedamndest]

The basic parameters of the music single were established in the late 1800s, when the gramophone record (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record) began to supersede phonograph cylinders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_cylinder) in commercial music. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of playback speeds (from 16 rpm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_per_minute) to 78 rpm) and in several sizes (including 12" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch)). By around 1910, however, the 10-inch 78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format.