goodjeans
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It's a fine line. While artist image mattered, A&M wanted to make money, and "Sing" did very well commercially.
There was also a compounding effect of "Sing" that was beyond Carpenters' control---Clint Holmes' "Playground In My Mind" was on the charts at the same time (released a couple of weeks later), so there were two top five records with a childrens' sing-along:
I was programming radio at the time, and each song actually accelerated the burnout of the other.
Very interesting comment.