Dirty Heads song "Lay Me Down" made history this week officially tying the chart record set at Alternative radio, spending nine consecutive weeks at no 1.The last independently released single to spend as much time at #1 was "What It's Like" (Everlast), released on Tommy Boy over a decade ago in 1998.
Additionally, "Lay Me Down" currently holds the #2 spot on Billboard's Rock Songs chart, following its debut over 18 weeks ago and has sold over 150,000 downloads.
"We have been very fortunate to have surrounded ourselves with a team of seasoned industry pro's that truly dedicated themselves from day one and tied together a remarkable campaign. Spearheaded by Sky Daniels at Fontana/UMG with Land Shark Promotion Studio and In2uneMusic, not only did we reach this amazing record, but we did it in 12 weeks! To all the stations that really took a chance on an unknown band and label, we thank you!" said Jacob Capricciuolo, President of Executive Music Group.
"We are very happy for The Dirty Heads and Rome. They both have a long future ahead of them. As for Executive Music Group, we are excited to begin introducing our other artists, The McClymonts (country), Portable Payback (Hip Hop), ZACPOOR (Pop), Shane Harper (Pop), Zoo Seven (Rock), BBSR (Rap) and of course a new single from the Dirty Heads!" said Jimmy Swan, Vice President of Executive Music Group.
Last week, the music video debut of The Dirty Heads hit single "Lay Me Down" made its official video premiere exclusively on the MTV Networks
