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 14th August 2019, 11:35 AM
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The Official Top 10 biggest '60s songs of the digital era
POS TITLE ARTIST CHART SALES 1 I WANT YOU BACK JACKSON 5 842,000 2 BROWN EYED GIRL VAN MORRISON 830,000 3 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL 753,000 4 STAND BY ME BEN E KING 742,000 5 PAINT IT BLACK ROLLING STONES 679,000 6 HERE COMES THE SUN BEATLES 632,000 7 (SITTIN' ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY OTIS REDDING 623,000 8 SWEET CAROLINE NEIL DIAMOND 617,000 9 GIMME SHELTER ROLLING STONES 568,000 10 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 566,000 ©2019 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. *Taking in downloads, audio and video streams from Week 1 2004 to Week 30 2019 |
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14th August 2019, 12:09 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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I am surprised there’s no Dusty Springfield here, maybe she’d be Top 20 ish
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14th August 2019, 12:13 PM
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Found it strange (though used to it now) that Here Comes The Sun has become the most popular Beatles track of the streaming era. In most polls of best songs or best Beatles songs before about 2009 it would rarely feature at all, instead you would see Hey Jude, Let It Be, etc.
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14th August 2019, 12:29 PM
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Same for The Rolling Stones. Gimme shelter but not Satisfaction.
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14th August 2019, 12:29 PM
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And where is You'll never walk alone?
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14th August 2019, 12:39 PM
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Gimme Shelter and Here Comes the Sun have simply aged better than other big songs of theirs and appeal more to younger audiences.
Hey Jude and Let It Be are very overrated in my opinion anyway so HCTS can stay as The Beatles top seller of the modern era. |
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14th August 2019, 01:15 PM
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Interesting how a lot of these songs weren't initially big hits. 'Stand By Me' was only a small hit to begin with, 'My Girl' had a couple of small chart entries before charting at #2 in 1992 and 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough',
'I Want You Back' sold 290k in 1970 and another 140k in 1988, so 1.272m in total. 'Stand By Me' sold 25k in 1961 and 530k in 1987 (thanks to the film of the same name), so 1.297m in total. Unsure of the 60s sales for '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' but it was a #3 hit so probably not far off 1m sales. Likewise, I'm not sure what 'Sweet Caroline' sold in 1971 when it reached #8, but maybe ~800k in total. 'My Girl' sold 268k in 1992, plus a small amount of sales from the 1965 and 1986 releases, so at least 834k in total. These are 2018's most streamed songs by year of release from the 60s, so presumably the ones that haven't been mentioned won't be far off the list either: 1969 I WANT YOU BACK THE JACKSON 5 1968 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY OTIS REDDING 1967 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL 1966 PAINT IT BLACK THE ROLLING STONES 1965 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF THE FOUR TOPS 1964 MY GIRL THE TEMPTATIONS 1963 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME ANDY WILLIAMS 1962 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME SAM COOKE 1961 STAND BY ME BEN E KING 1960 AT LAST ETTA JAMES And from 2017's list: 1968 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - JIMI HENDRIX EDIT: Turns out 'Paint It Black' was a #1 in 1966, I just didn't notice it as the OCC credits the number one version as 'Paint It, Black' with a comma. It sold 280k in 1966 and an additional 10k in 1990, so 969k all together. Also, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' sold 240k in 1968 (863k in total) and 'Sweet Caroline' sold 160k in 1971 (777k in total). A revised total of 217k for 'My Girl' in 1992 plus 5k from 1965 puts it on 788k to date. |
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14th August 2019, 01:35 PM
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That is not a great list !!
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14th August 2019, 03:14 PM
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Only one Beatles song? And I've never understood why Paint It Black's more popular than ICGNS
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14th August 2019, 06:54 PM
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Beatles digital downloads only began on 16.11.2010 and Beatles streaming began in December 2015.
Let it be has just passed 400,000 digital sales plus streams. So give it time to improve. |
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15th August 2019, 05:06 PM
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Surprised that Marvin and Tammi's version of Ain't No Mountain High Enough has done that well considering Diana's was the bigger hit.
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15th August 2019, 05:30 PM
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I didn't realise until I was playing the Yesterday soundtrack the other day and my little niece knew Here Comes The Sun, that it's been featured in a couple of big kids movies in recent years apparently. Must have something to do with it.
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15th August 2019, 11:09 PM
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Surely Hey Jude sold a lot round the Olympics etc?
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16th August 2019, 11:34 AM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 15 2019, 11:09 PM)  Surely Hey Jude sold a lot round the Olympics etc? It is their #2 most streamed anyway https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...d-songs__26794/ Another thing that might have given Here Comes The Sun a boost was that it wasn't on their 3 million selling compilation "1". This post has been edited by AcerBen: 16th August 2019, 11:35 AM |
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16th August 2019, 03:33 PM
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QUOTE(danG @ Aug 14 2019, 01:39 PM) Gimme Shelter and Here Comes the Sun have simply aged better than other big songs of theirs and appeal more to younger audiences. Both 'Gimme Shelter' and 'Here Comes The Sun' have also benefitted from being available to download / stream. Prior to the digital age both were popular songs with the older generation but there was no way of buying either without buying an album. And their availability as downloads / streams has helped bring them to the attention of a younger audience who possibly weren't previously aware of either track.Hey Jude and Let It Be are very overrated in my opinion anyway so HCTS can stay as The Beatles top seller of the modern era. I've never really liked 'Hey Jude' - it goes on far too long - and can only listen to 'Let It Be' in small doses. This post has been edited by Robbie: 16th August 2019, 03:35 PM |
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