"Mess of Me" starting to spread; Switchfoot debuts "Free" live

Great work yesterday on the video, friends! We surpassed 4000 comments last night, which is INCREDIBLE for a first-day video. To put it all into perspective, the video for "Awakening" has 5,991 comments – TOTAL.

Also, just right now, I found that we have reached the goals we set out for the first day of this here video:

- 2000 comments (CHECK)
- 500 ratings (CHECK)
- 25,000 views (CHECK!)

~high fives all around~ Switchfoot would be proud of you all!

Over the last two days, we've amassed quite the array of honors. Always a good sign we're getting close to going viral:

#7 - Most Discussed (Today)
#1 - Most Discussed (Today) - Music
#70 - Most Discussed (This Week)
#8 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Music
#51 - Most Discussed (This Month) - Music
#70 - Most Viewed (Today) - Australia
#41 - Most Viewed (Today) - New Zealand
#81 - Most Viewed (Today)
#72 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Germany
#10 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Australia
#10 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Canada
#57 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - United Kingdom
#22 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - India
#7 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - New Zealand
#8 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music
#52 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Mexico
#44 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Netherlands
#44 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Brazil
#30 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music - Czech Republic
#16 - Top Favorited (Today)
#4 - Top Favorited (Today) - Music
#66 - Top Favorited (This Week) - Music
#46 - Top Rated (Today)
#5 - Top Rated (Today) - Music
#20 - Top Rated

Also, it can now be seen on the second page if you click on the "Videos" tab at the top of Youtube.com!



^That is some major damage done! We've accomplished so much, and the video has amassed over 4000 comments and over 1000 ratings. Today is the last day our video will be eligible for the "Today" honors, but we can go for "Monthly" honors!

Also, part of getting a video to go viral is to spread the song like a virus ourselves! Keep sharing it with your friends, tweeting about it, posting it on Facebook and Myspace, and just saturating your surroundings with the sounds of Switchfoot! We can do it! We need to give the song as much momentum as we can before it gets sent to radio (sometime this week).



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MissAnnaBee was at the 99x Radio Event that Switchfoot apparently played yesterday in Atlanta. Look what she got on tape! "Free," live and acoustic for the first time ever. ENJOY:



^thanks so much MissAnnaBee!

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Paste Magazine has a new feature on Switchfoot's new album, "Hello Hurricane." Much of it is what we already have known and heard, but they have a schnazzy new press photo:



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Radio News

- "Mess of Me" has been added to the Albany, NY Alternative station, WEQX!

We'll keep you updated as more adds start to come in. It's officially available for adds at Alternative/Modern Rock and Active Rock radio this week.

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And last, but certainly not least, our newest writer Bleah makes her debut with this FootColumn she wrote up! Give her a big round of applause guys!

Go HERE to read it! YOU ROCK BLEAH!