September 29, 201410 yr In 2000, it was fairly easy for a song not reaching #1 to sell more than the dozens who did it. But although most of the songs you mentioned sold well and are remembered, I think that only Who Let The Dogs Out and maybe Reach fit the high status that I'm thinking of. I don't know, I came into this thread thinking of 'The Bad Touch' and 'Sandstorm' with regards to 2000 at least if we were thinking of songs people might think had been a #1. Both are very significant I'd say, more than 3/4s of the #1s that year, I doubt anyone doesn't know the former even if they only know it as the 'Discovery Channel one', while the latter has the below + the soundtrack to every workout mix ever: There's a silly joke on youtube which I don't get where if you ask what the name of any song is this Darude song gets mentioned. *.* Love that meme. Makes the comments on the actual Sandstorm video one of the most entertaining comments sections on Youtube. The rest of Eric's 2000 list I would say no to, with the possible exception of Freestyler.
September 29, 201410 yr 'Fancy' is the most recent one for me. How on Earth did it only manage to get to #5?
September 29, 201410 yr Bauuer - You Can Do The Harlem Shake  Does anyone remember how that goes, even 18 months on?
September 29, 201410 yr Does anyone remember how that goes, even 18 months on? COORYOH PAHHLA VITA du du du du du dudu dudu dudu dudu dudu du du du du du dudu dudu dudu dudu dudu du du du du du dudu dudu dudu dudu dudu du du du du du dududududu AND DO THE HARLEM SHAKE Repeat until bored.
September 29, 201410 yr Fairytale of New York for 1987 surely? Admittedly, a lot of it's reputation comes from not getting to number 1, but it's undeniably outlived most number 1s from that year.
September 30, 201410 yr Does anyone remember how that goes, even 18 months on? Colo tela rita ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta you can do the harlem shake (electronic instrumental)  en colo tela rita  ROAR!!!!! (lion's roar) Â
September 30, 201410 yr Author Colo tela rita ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta you can do the harlem shake (electronic instrumental)  en colo tela rita  ROAR!!!!! (lion's roar) :lol:  It's actually "Con los terroristas"! I've heard that although that voice sounds female, it may be actually from a male raggaton rapper, though Baauer himself doesn't know where does the sample that he got come from.
September 30, 201410 yr :lol:  It's actually "Con los terroristas"! I've heard that although that voice sounds female, it may be actually from a male raggaton rapper, though Baauer himself doesn't know where does the sample that he got come from. It was confirmed to be Héctor Delgado who is indeed male. I was surprised there was never a big outrage that there was a big hit (#1 for 5 weeks in the US!) which had a hook that is literally someone saying 'with the terrorists', albeit in Spanish.
September 30, 201410 yr Harlem Shake didn't sell more than the #1s of last year though? :unsure: It certainly didn't spend that long in the charts anyway (only 8 weeks top 40)Â on an aside note I really do hope we get another song blowing up from being featured on a viral internet video/trend soon, it was unbelievably amazing seeing an underground trap song in the UK top 3!
September 30, 201410 yr It was confirmed to be Héctor Delgado who is indeed male. I was surprised there was never a big outrage that there was a big hit (#1 for 5 weeks in the US!) which had a hook that is literally someone saying 'with the terrorists', albeit in Spanish. Probably because barely anyone knew those were the actual lyrics...
September 30, 201410 yr Probably because barely anyone knew those were the actual lyrics... It would potentially only take one person to make a big deal out of it.
October 1, 201410 yr Venus bananarama & katrina's walking in sunshine both #8 smashes if memory serves
October 1, 201410 yr 'Fancy' is the most recent one for me. How on Earth did it only manage to get to #5? Because it grew in popularity after it was released and was a slow burning hit?
October 1, 201410 yr Exactly, a song's peak itself is seldom the best indicator of it's success/longevity. Obvious case in point Me And My Broken Heart vs. Fancy/All Of Me
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