Pendulum with 'Watercolour' is actually a REALLY good example.

 

What a complete non-entity of a track comparing with some of their bigger and better ones.

I'm not sure! Watercolour is their second most streamed song on Spotify, and only 7m behind #1 (Witchcraft)

Avril would've been a perfect example of this if When You're Gone peaked 1 place higher :kink: (then again, it'd still be tied with Girlfriend)

 

I think arguments can be made for all of Complicated, Girlfriend and Sk8er Boi being her most iconic singles, I think I'd list them in the order I have in this sentence though

 

Most the ones I was thinking of have already been mentioned! Iggy Azalea could be a shout? Fancy is definitely bigger than Black Widow in terms of her lead artist hits. Maybe just because of the iconic video, but I'd also argue that it feels bigger than Problem too (though Problem has outstreamed it and did better in the year end, so I guess there's an argument either way there). Talking of Black Widow, maybe an argument for Rita Ora as well? I feel the Phoenix era singles were definitely bigger than her ORA era's #1's and I'd argue also bigger than I Will Never Let You Down

 

Alesha Dixon is another one, The Boy Does Nothing definitely feels bigger and more remembered than Breathe Slow

nah Complicated is surely better remembered than Sk8er Boi, going off Spotify & YouTube.

 

I hear 'Sk8er Boi' referenced a lot more in popular culture and even heard people say "the one who did Sk8er Boi?" when Avril gets mentioned, so I'd agree that it's more remembered than 'Complicated'.

Enya- Orinoco Flow is her number 1, but I'd say Only Time and May It Be are probably more well known now.

 

Carrie Underwood- Her only top 100 appearances in the UK are Favourite Time of Year and I Know You Won't, which are definitely not her most well known songs or even close.

Enya- Orinoco Flow is her number 1, but I'd say Only Time and May It Be are probably more well known now.

 

Possibly Caribbean Blue as well on the back of it opening and closing series 2 of Derry Girls.

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Could also make similar arguments for Fall Out Boy who made it to #2 with This Ain't a Scene but have a bunch more lower peaking singles that are better remembered.

 

'This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race' would still definitely be the first song to come to mind when thinking of Fall Out Boy hits for me :thinking: I remember that song being hard to avoid at the time and that was well before I ever even made an attempt to pay attention to music.

 

The only others that I'd say even come close are 'Sugar, We're Goin' Down', 'Dance, Dance' and maybe 'Centuries' for more recent generations.

Carrie Underwood- Her only top 100 appearances in the UK are Favourite Time of Year and I Know You Won't, which are definitely not her most well known songs or even close.

 

...and technically 'Just Stand Up!' (which is usually credited collectively to 'Artists Stand Up To Cancer' but actually credits all artists individually on download/streaming platforms) which is her only top 40 hit :magic:

'This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race' would still definitely be the first song to come to mind when thinking of Fall Out Boy hits for me :thinking: I remember that song being hard to avoid at the time and that was well before I ever even made an attempt to pay attention to music.

 

The only others that I'd say even come close are 'Sugar, We're Goin' Down', 'Dance, Dance' and maybe 'Centuries' for more recent generations.

Interestingly, it's not near to being their most streamed song on Spotify!

 

1. Centuries (691,346,703)

2. Sugar, We're Goin Down (444,565,201)

3. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (384,134,081)

4. Thnks fr th Mmrs (362,036,390)

5. Dance, Dance (281,044,344)

6. Immortals (266,881,238)

7. Uma Thurman (226,563,199)

8. The Phoenix (203,448,293)

9. Irresistable (192,484,444) *original + Demi Lovato remix combined*

10. I've Been Waiting (with Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen) (168,023,311)

11. The Last Of The Real Ones (150,332,348)

12. Alone Together (144,428,085)

13. This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (141,489,481)

 

(Martin Garrix's Summer Days is actually #3 because FOB have a tag for Patrick Stump)

Deja Vu being one of Beyonce's #1 feels weird considering its one of her more forgotten hits (tragically as I love it!), but especially when Irreplaceable was so much bigger and only peaked at #4

 

Christina Aguilera is annoyingly an example of misleading low peaks around that mid-2000s time! Candyman and Hurt were massive here but didn't even make the top 10, but have 20+ weeks on the chart which I'd guess is more than a lot of #1s from 2006/07. It's annoying when I see people (who weren't around to witness it) trying to write them off as flops here.

 

On the other hand, Bionic has to be the best example of a misleading #1 album :P

Also surprised to find out Sade's only UK top 10 hit is her debut single, Your Love is King (never heard of it)... Smooth Operator peaked at #19 and The Sweetest Taboo #31! They were both #5 in the US but Your Love is King only #54

Machine Gun Kelly's highest charting song is Rap Devil at #15 which... felt forgotten the week after it came out :lol:

 

Since then My Ex's Best Friend has hung around for quite a while!

Maybe not the song itself but I think the whole Eminem beef is probably one of the more memorable parts of MGK's career ~

Maybe not the song itself but I think the whole Eminem beef is probably one of the more memorable parts of MGK's career ~

His pop-punk success has been pretty memorable tbf, including his first US #1 album

On the other hand, Bionic has to be the best example of a misleading #1 album :P

I feel like "misleading highest peaks" for ALBUMS would be a great thing to discuss too! Probably riddled with so many of the high peaking #1 albums of the streaming era, but I wonder if there are others that go beyond the past few years :thinking:

 

New thread alert? :kink:

There will be hundreds of examples for albums! They're even more likely to chart high in the first week as a result of well-received earlier albums which sold more slowly.

Interestingly, it's not near to being their most streamed song on Spotify!

 

1. Centuries (691,346,703)

2. Sugar, We're Goin Down (444,565,201)

3. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (384,134,081)

4. Thnks fr th Mmrs (362,036,390)

5. Dance, Dance (281,044,344)

6. Immortals (266,881,238)

7. Uma Thurman (226,563,199)

8. The Phoenix (203,448,293)

9. Irresistable (192,484,444) *original + Demi Lovato remix combined*

10. I've Been Waiting (with Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen) (168,023,311)

11. The Last Of The Real Ones (150,332,348)

12. Alone Together (144,428,085)

13. This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (141,489,481)

 

(Martin Garrix's Summer Days is actually #3 because FOB have a tag for Patrick Stump)

I was going to say that Sugar, We're Going Down seems to be their most prominent song these days... Makes sense to see it (fairly comfortably) number 2 here - assuming that Centuries had a reasonably large number from around its release (bearing in mind Sugar didn't have steaming at release), Sugar is probably catching up.

 

With that in mind, I'd say Dance, Dance was more popular at the time - and I it performed similarly, despite being a post-album single (I think...). Sugar has definitely eclipsed it...

 

My favourite single by them is This Ain't A Scene, and I don't think it was a fluke #2 (I thought it had a strong shot at beating Grace Kelly's second week)... But I guess playlists only have room for one defining song per artist...

I was going to say that Sugar, We're Going Down seems to be their most prominent song these days... Makes sense to see it (fairly comfortably) number 2 here - assuming that Centuries had a reasonably large number from around its release (bearing in mind Sugar didn't have steaming at release), Sugar is probably catching up.

I assume Centuries is still gaining more as it's #1 on the "popular" tab for them

Playlists are an interesting thing. For instance you'd think Pavement's most popular song on Spotify would be one of their well-remembered cuts from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain like Cut Your Hair or Gold Soundz, but instead it's a previously obscure b-side called Harness Your Hopes, which was of no notability for decades but scratched a certain algorithmic itch, got in a lot of auto-play queues and snowballed completely out of control. You have to wonder how much the unexpected numbers of some artists' top hits are similar cases to this.

Yeah there's a few metal bands which have random acoustic tracks as their top songs on Spotify (Sleeping With Sirens and A Day To Remember come to mind) because of those playlists :lol:

I’ve never heard of them but that reminds me of the odd case of Aphex Twin, whose apparent most popular song is Avril 14th with 124m streams, outdoing his second best by a lot but ultimately only has that many streams cos, as a short piano instrumental, its on relaxing music playlists.