I am hoping for a sales update once the vinyls have been added

Well, that's if they're added, the jury's still out on that one. We know additional Beatles formats aren't included in their weekly sales figures, and we have to wait and see when it goes silver to be able to work out if the additional formats actually contribute to the overall Beatles single total.

Kidz Bop version

 

 

also PP up to 76 on UK Itunes again

I'd say PP should be over 400k now.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/...t-songs-of-2023

 

Number 4 in the Guardian Top songs of 2023 ����

 

Number 3 on NME songs of the Year!!! https://www.nme.com/features/music-features...of-2023-3551141

 

This is brilliant. We could see Padam Padam Padamic continue into 2024

 

 

Number 41 on Pitchfork List https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-gu...est-songs-2023/

 

Edited December 4, 20231 yr by SmileyKylie

Padam Padam number 1 pop song of 2023 by Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...les-songs-2023/

 

1. Kylie Minogue, ‘Padam Padam’

 

 

There are many ways to hear “Padam Padam.” First, as Edith Piaf dancing to Kraftwerk in a loud nightclub. Then, as a virality that swiftly thumped across the wilds of TikTok. By summertime, it had become the unofficial theme song of Pride Month. Now, in hindsight, it’s a hit that makes Minogue appear as durable as Janet Jackson or Madonna. Also, here’s a fourth way to hear it: What if this song, in all its artificial sleekness, is about facial recognition software (“You look a little like somebody I know”), virtual home assistants (“I know you wanna take me home”), data scraping (“I’ll be in your head all weekend”) and digital fitness wearables (“I can hear your heart beating”)? What if, instead of singing about one human seducing another, Minogue is singing about technology’s unstoppable seduction of our species? My worried heart padams a little faster.

Edited December 5, 20231 yr by SmileyKylie

19 in the New York Times Best Songs of 2023. Didn't make the LA Times top 50 but still got a mention

 

 

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/...o-pluma-shakira

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/mus...songs-2023.html

Edited December 6, 20231 yr by SmileyKylie

https://time.com/6340132/best-songs-2023/

 

Number 5 Time Magazine Best song of 2023

I'd say PP should be over 400k now.

 

Should be but I think it must be on 370-380k atm as it hasn't gone gold yet still.

Pretty sure the cut off the year to date Top 100 is 380k and Padam Padam has just slipped out, so yeah about 375k-380k.

With promo on the way it should nudge it closer to going officially gold.

I wondered is BMG wolud have requested PP come off ACR due to her promo etc this week. I read you can do this once for a song on an album but i doubt BMG even bothered

I'm not totally sure performing it as part of a show with other songs would meet the OCC's criteria of actively promoting it, but then again this is the OCC and they make it up as they go along.

There is a performance and a Padam 'Off' with Alison Hammond. What more would they want? hahahaha

Critics' rankings of "Padam Padam"

 

Billboard The 100 Best Songs of 2023 - 41

Exclaim! Exclaim's 25 Best Songs of 2023 - 17

The Guardian The 20 best songs of 2023 - 4

The New York Times Jon Pareles's Best Songs of 2023 - 19

The New York Times Jon Caramanica's Best Songs of 2023 - 12

NME The 50 best songs of 2023 - 3

Pitchfork The 100 Best Songs of 2023 - 41

PopBuzz The best songs of 2023 - 2

Retropop The Top 10 Singles of 2023 - 1

Rolling Stone The 100 Best Songs of 2023 - 20

Time The 10 Best Songs of 2023 - 5

Time Out 45 Best Pop Songs of the 21st Century - 1

The Washington Post Best Pop Singles 2023 - 1

Its done really well, lets hope a year end finale tonight on An Audience with

Padam padam will continue picking up a couple of thousand sales each week for a while yet, i really do think it will get her another platinum single eventually.

If Padam Padam wasn't the big hit it became would fans rate the song as highly?

I still love it.

I was loving Padam Padam during the first few days when I assumed it would deliver her a 50-out chart run. The success was exciting to see happen, but it didn't make me rate the song higher just because it was a hit.

If Padam Padam wasn't the big hit it became would fans rate the song as highly?

 

She didn’t have a hit for 10+ years prior and I didn’t love those songs any more or less based on chart position, the same with PP.