April 29, 20187 yr Dexton basically all of those are the previous decade :P this decade is 2010 on I was adding on to the Mr Brightside / Evergreen discussion :lol:
April 29, 20187 yr Hallelujah, Chasing Cars, Sex On Fire and Bleeding Love I imagine would be up there too. Also add Umbrella, Lose Yourself, Cry Me A River, Toxic & Feel Good Inc. maybe Perhaps it's my personal bias here as I detest this cover so much, but rlly? I don't think that's got anywhere near the amount of cultural impact as the others you mention. It was a big seller at the time, but I never hear it anymore. Perhaps in terms of representing X Factor but I wouldn't put it on the same level. For the 2010s, I would agree with the four that SKOB posted, though I would throw in Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud or Shape of You as well (edit: I'm stupid and didn't realise that was there, Thinking Out Loud it is then~) I would disagree with Blurred Lines as while it was undeniably a huge hit, I don't think it will have the lasting impact, I personally don't rlly hear of that at all and I would say a reasonable amount of what propelled it at the time was the controversy that surrounded the video and lawsuit rather than it's own merits as a track. Get Lucky's a better candidate from the same time.
April 29, 20187 yr Blurred Lines really isn't going to age well especially due to its video/lyrical content and the whole Robin/Miley gate. I like the song but it clearly isn't going to be remembered for the right reasons.
April 29, 20187 yr I agree that Blurred Lines isn't looked back upon in the best light these days. Huge at the time of course and if we only look at how big each song was during its release, it would undoubtedly be a contender, but I think it's very much waned over time. For the overall biggest I'd say it's a three-way battle between Uptown Funk, Happy and Shape of You. On a global scale I'd say Despacito probably has it due to its crossover from the Latin market but in the UK alone, Shape of You vastly outsold it last year so I'd certainly rule that out. At this stage, if I had to pick one, I'd probably say Happy as you still can't go for very long without it popping up on a TV show, but Shape of You is still relatively recent so we'll see how that holds up.
April 29, 20187 yr I think Get Lucky should be higher in your lists, culturally to me that was inescapable. Maybe not too 4 status but definitely rung below. Blurred Lines was big but then within a few months most people dropped it fast, rightly so as it propagates rape culture.
April 29, 20187 yr I think Gangnam Style is the biggest song of the decade. I can't think of any other song that has been "bigger" since then. 2nd I would say Blurred Lines, 3rd Uptown Funk, 4th probably something like Someone Like You, Despacito or Shape Of You Edited April 29, 20187 yr by Eric_Blob
April 30, 20187 yr In terms of songs everyone knows - kids, teens, grannies, dogs etc - I'd say these in this order. 1. Happy 2. Uptown Funk 3. Rather Be 4. Get Lucky 5. Shape Of You 3 and 4 especially have been really underrated in this thread so far I think.
April 30, 20187 yr Does anyone listen to BL these days though? According to Kworb, it hasn't been top 200 on ANY Spotify weekly chart since 2015 with the exception of Poland a month ago. http://kworb.net/spotify/track/6oZDct1pcrRPMnNvP0OXea.html
April 30, 20187 yr Of the ones not mentioned so far I would say Hello, Call Me Maybe & maybe like Starships or something Obviously a lot mentioned are bigger than those but I feel like they're worth a mention because of how unavoidable they were at the time, especially at parties and likewise
April 30, 20187 yr what about Shake it off? Didn't go to #1 but everybody knows it, i'd say even more than Uptoqn funk, which I think you're overestimating a lot
April 30, 20187 yr Blurred Lines was a kind of guilty pleasure I think in the same way Freaky Friday managed to get to #1. Sure FF is huge now but I highly doubt many people will go back to it in a years time. BL seems bigger but a huge chunk of that fame comes from all the controversy it caused. Between the video and the copyright scandal, it's legacy is huge but not in the way of being a very popular song.
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