Porter Robinson's "Language" debuted at #9, but his most streamed song by far is Shelter w/ Madeon, and on Spotify, he has 6 songs that have more streams than Language

I know one - Laura Branigan reached number 5 with Self Control but Gloria was the better known, peaking at No.6 in Jan/Feb 1983 (just before I was born)

Porter Robinson's "Language" debuted at #9, but his most streamed song by far is Shelter w/ Madeon, and on Spotify, he has 6 songs that have more streams than Language

 

I choose to believe this is just Spotify users having bad taste.

 

('Shelter' is probably his 2nd best song tbf but it's a very, very, very distant 2nd)

if Language came out in a time where Spotify was more popular, it would probably have at least double the streaming count it has now, that was a huge song in EDM culture at the time. although Shelter probably is the more remembered of his songs now at least amongst Porter’s fan base.

 

Radio 1 spammed the hell out of Langahge though so that may still be the more remembered of his in this country.

I'm sure Wake Me Up Before You Go Go was Wham's most famous song for many years after it topped the charts, but Last Christmas is more well known these days especially in the streaming era despite only reaching number 2 originally.

Taylor Swift come to my mind first for this thread so not surprised to see others say her.

 

So many other hits of hers deserved #1 and she finally got a #1 with a meh song (but with a fantastic video)

 

With Amy Winehouse, I’d say Rehab and Back to Black feel more deserving of being her highest peaker unsure what people would say is her signature though as Valerie is a bit of a staple and many people from the GP will think it’s her own song as well.

 

I’d say Rita Ora kinda qualifies for this she’s had 4 #1 singles but I think Your Song and inpaticular Anywhere all feel much bigger than all her chart toppers (apologies if this has already been mentioned).

Maybe the search function is off but I'm surprised none of us mentioned Duke Dumont who had 2 #1 Hits and 5 top 40 Hits, but none of them are his most streamed song Ocean Drive which peaked at #42, I Got U might be bigger locally but worldwide Ocean Drive is bigger

Ocean Drive definitely qualifies as a song that feels a lot bigger than it's chart peak. But I think both of his #1s are well remembered from his discography as well.

I mean you could say that 'Teenagers' by My Chemical Romance is bigger than 'Welcome To The Black Parade' due to the spotify streams but i still firmly believe that the latter is better know.

I think Sound of the Underground and The Promise are very much their two signature hits and speaking from the GP's perspective, I'd say I'll Stand By You is probably quite well remembered too (certainly as far as their covers go)!

 

 

I'd say Love machine is their signature hit now tbh, probs more so than either SOTU and TP.

Maybe the search function is off but I'm surprised none of us mentioned Duke Dumont who had 2 #1 Hits and 5 top 40 Hits, but none of them are his most streamed song Ocean Drive which peaked at #42, I Got U might be bigger locally but worldwide Ocean Drive is bigger

 

Yeah I think in this country his most famous song is I Got U (unfortunately, the song's OK but he has sooooo much better ones).

 

Ocean Drive's success seemed so random, because it was kind of a "flop" single at first here, but then I go on Youtube a couple of years later to listen to the song and it has hundreds of millions of views and I couldn't wrap my head around it. :lol:

 

According to Wikipedia it was a year-end #1 in Poland and year-end top 10 in Ukraine and Hungary, also a smash hit in Russia, Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Belarus, etc. I don't know how this happened exactly. I guess maybe there's some record label subsidiary for Central and Eastern Europe which decided to push the song hard and it did really well. So I assume that's why it's got massive streams, and the places where it was a massive hit, it's probably his highest charting song.

 

Here it's probably more well-known now than The Giver and Real Life (and maybe Won't Look Back), but I think his most famous ones in the UK are the #1s tbh.

I'd say Love machine is their signature hit now tbh, probs more so than either SOTU and TP.

 

Sadly yes, it's been hijacked by the locals and overused in sofa adverts.

Erasure: highest peaking ‘Abbaesque’ (1) best known ‘A Little Respect’ (4)

 

I'm sure Sometimes used to be their best known song for many years.

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I'd say Love machine is their signature hit now tbh, probs more so than either SOTU and TP.

 

Nope. People remember Underground, Promise, Stand By You, and Long Hot Summer.

Nope. People remember Underground, Promise, Stand By You, and Long Hot Summer.

 

Hmmm, I'm gonna go with no. 'Love Machine' is (unfortunately) the one I hear the most these days.

Yeah, definitely Love Machine

I said it last time but I definitely maintain that Sound of the Underground is seen as their signature song! Going by what I've heard more casual music listeners talk about.

If Dance The Night gets #2 or #1, I feel like that will definetly end up feeling like a misleading peak

Likewise as much as I love 'What Was I Made For?' and want it to go to #1, I think it'd end up being weird to look back on her first 2 #1s both being film soundtrack songs while nothing got there from her first 2 albums (3 including 'dont smile at me').

I think Billie already qualifies whether WWIMF makes it to the top or not. No Time To Die is lovely but it's in no way one of her signature hits.

 

Even going deeper, I would say the title track feels like the biggest thing from the Happier Than Ever but is outpeaked by Therefore I Am which already feels pretty forgotten.