When are these people going to learn NOT to trust the 'test numbers' that the label shows you are just go with your gut? I mean, Days of the Week? Goodbye? Good songs, just bad choices to introduce a record.
Coma and It Doesn't Seem to Matter are the songs that should have been released instead--but all the other songs tested better. Lame.
As far as Army of Anyone goes, Goodbye's verse section is a bit grating (Yyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaahhhh I got this....) when you first here it, even though the chorus is really good with a gorgeous chord change (E Cmaj7 D A7). Still, It Doesn't Seem to Matter is just flat out the obvious, obvious first single.
As far as VR goes, I don't know what to say about SBQM. I like it, but it's not a good first single. It suffers from Goodbye syndrome. Hell, from an email Douglas Grean replied to, he says Brendan O'Brien is a great producer but seems to only 'care' about the singles during the recording process (surprising but that's what was said). He's been involved with so many great records, I'd let HIM choose my single--and before the label got the record the first single was narrowed down to She Mine,, or possibly Get Out the Door. Those would have done better.