Please Buy Kris Allen's "Live Like We're Dying"

I don't understand why Kris Allen's new single "Live Like We're Dying" isn't selling that well on iTunes or Amazon.com. Is it really a bad first single? I think it is catchy -- even though it's unsingable after a first listen. (Can anybody really memorize the lyrics on one pass?)

The cynical part of me says: "Well if his fans weren't busy attacking a certain blogger on Twitter and promoted the single a bit more maybe we could see better download numbers." (Wink)

However... I'm just perplexed right now, and very sad.

For one thing, the single is not part of the Kris Allen iTunes Pass which was made available to fans after the finale. Are Kris Allen fans holding out for their copy and not buying the single? Or did most of them buy the single and it's just not catching on to the general public?

If you are one of these people holding out, I think shelling out an extra $1.29 to help generate buzz for Kris on the charts shouldn't be too much of a burden. I've been tracking the single on iTunes since it was released, and the highest it ever reached was #28 and right now it is at #66.

By comparison, and no this is not unfair. David Archuleta's first single "Crush" climbed as high as #1 on iTunes. David Archuleta is on Jive Records just like Kris Allen. Similarly, David Cook's first single "Light On" (and admittedly not as catchy as "Crush") reached #3 on iTunes. David Cook won American Idol just like Kris Allen. "Crush" and "Light On" didn't need any extra radio airplay to push them to the top of the charts.

Jordin Sparks' first single "Tattoo" had about a month of radio airplay before it arrived on iTunes. The archives say it reached #18, but it could have been better. Kris Allen is more popular than Jordin right?

Is this all recession related? Are the Davids just more popular than the winner of Season 8? What's going on? I'm so confused.

Personally, I think 19E should put Kris Allen's face on one of the banners on top of iTunes. This will give the single a huge push. I don't understand why they aren't promoting Kris' single a bit more.

11 more days and the album is finished! So exciting!

Live Like We're DyingImage: (Amazon.com)
Live Like We're Dying (iTunes)