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I’m not saying the labels are doing it, I’m saying that Spotify themselves are artificially inflating the streams of older songs which they can basically switch on and off as they please.

 

You can’t argue that those movements are in any way natural.

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Spotify Chart Update (01/10)

 

:right: 01 01 Sabrina Carpenter – Taste 563,781

:right: 02 02 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe! 425,883

:right: 03 03 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER 417,701

:right: 04 04 Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile 397,674

:right: 05 05 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso 350,867

:up: 06 08 Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please 307,468

:down: 07 06 Gigi Perez – Sailor Song 299,101

:down: 08 07 Sabrina Carpenter – Bed Chem 296,646

:right: 09 09 The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – Timeless (with Playboi Carti) 271,576

:right: 10 10 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 268,862

 

:up: 11 13 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) 259,061

:down: 12 11 Hozier – Too Sweet 258,719

:down: 13 12 Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! 254,531

:up: 14 15 Chase & Status, Stormzy – BACKBONE 245,680

:up: 15 16 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 244,396

:down: 16 14 BL3SS, CamrinWatsin, bbyclose – Kisses (feat. bbyclose) 244,043

:up: 17 18 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 233,715

:up: 18 19 Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I'm Sorry 233,294

:up: 19 20 Myles Smith – Stargazing 228,745

:up: 20 24 Ndotz – Embrace It 216,165

 

:down: 21 17 Charli xcx, Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish 212,890

:down: 22 21 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin') 212,418

:down: 23 22 Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine 203,677

:up: 24 25 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen) 203,338

:down: 25 23 Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club 202,419

:up: 26 27 Benson Boone – Slow It Down 191,364

:down: 27 26 Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER 188,027

:up: 28 29 Sabrina Carpenter – Juno 182,910

:up: 29 38 Addison Rae – Diet Pepsi 182,325 [*PEAK*]

:up: 30 36 Teddy Swims – The Door 176,781

 

:up: 31 41 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D – Somedays 175,469

:down: 32 30 The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 174,982

:down: 33 32 The Kid LAROI – NIGHTS LIKE THIS 170,563

:down: 34 31 Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start 170,161

:down: 35 33 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 165,514

:down: 36 35 Sabrina Carpenter – Good Graces 162,496

:up: 37 93 Vance Joy – Riptide 152,421

:up: 38 39 Linkin Park – Heavy Is the Crown 147,813

:up: 39 40 Jordan Adetunji – KEHLANI 146,945

:up: 40 44 Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso, Malachiii – Move 146,667

 

:up: 44 45 Tate McRae – It's ok I'm ok 143,510

:down: 47 37 Charli xcx – Apple 139,396

:up: 69 75 Alex Warren – Burning Down 114,218

:down: 80 66 Surf Curse – Disco 110,486

:up: 84 121 Crowded House – Don't Dream It's Over 108,738 [*PEAK*]

:down: 91 83 Hanumankind, Kalmi – Big Dawgs 104,313

 

:down: 105 91 The Weeknd – Dancing In The Flames 98,514

:down: 122 112 Nines – Going Crazy 91,683

:down: 123 108 Nines – Tony Soprano 3 91,266

:down: 124 106 Odetari – KEEP UP 91,197

:up: 131 132 Teddy Swims – Bad Dreams 89,907

:down: 133 126 Alex Warren – Carry You Home 89,382

:down: 144 113 Jimin – Who 87,008

:down: 146 133 Noah Kahan – You’re Gonna Go Far 86,877

:down: 149 146 Gracie Abrams – Close To You 86,246

:down: 157 152 Mazzy Star – Fade Into You 85,018

:up: 175 188 JADE – Angel Of My Dreams 80,605

:ne: 196 NE A$AP Rocky, Imogen Heap, Clams Casino – I Smoked Away My Brain (I'm God x Demons Mashup) (feat. Imogen Heap & Clams Casino) 76,777 [*PEAK*]

I’m not saying the labels are doing it, I’m saying that Spotify themselves are artificially inflating the streams of older songs which they can basically switch on and off as they please.

 

You can’t argue that those movements are in any way natural.

 

But why would they do that?

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Indeed quite an odd entry there at #196

 

The song itself was released over a year ago but is actually a mashup of two songs from 2011, of which the Clams Casino one samples an Imogen Heap song from 2005

Indeed quite an odd entry there at #196

 

The song itself was released over a year ago but is actually a mashup of two songs from 2011, of which the Clams Casino one samples an Imogen Heap song from 2005

 

Nice to see it entering!

But why would they do that?

 

Just by randomly adding and removing certain old songs from auto play at any time, I’m not even suggesting they’re actively choosing which songs are affected.

 

But you can’t look at there’s no way that 60% more people have suddenly actively chosen to stream Riptide yesterday compared to the day before, that’s just not possible.

 

 

I’m not saying the labels are doing it, I’m saying that Spotify themselves are artificially inflating the streams of older songs which they can basically switch on and off as they please.

 

You can’t argue that those movements are in any way natural.

Oh and as it were, Australia and New Zealand were completely unaffected by whatever this is, yet every other country sees this boost. "Yellow" did get a massive decline though so the two aren't necessarily one to one linked.

 

As to the reason behind it, it's possible that it's intentional, but it also might just be algorithm quirks. The sorts that can just happen by accident. I always suspect that no one intentionally made "Harness Your Hopes" by Pavement a big thing, but a Spotify algorithm made it happen.

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:left: 01. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste (582,829)

:left: 02. Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe (426,075)

:left: 04. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile (397,407)

:up: 06. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song (319,991)

:down: 10. The Weeknd - Timeless

:up: 16. Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry

:down: 21. Ndotz - Embrace It

:up: 24. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi

:down: 29. Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER

:down: 39. Linkin Park - Heavy is the Crown

:left: 44. Tate McRae - its ok i'm ok

:up: 49. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

:up: 102. The Weeknd - Dancing in the Flames

:ne: 184. Milli Vanilli - Blame it on the Rain

:ne: 193. Milli Vanilli - I'm Gonna Miss You

 

 

A Milli Vanilli revival was not on my 2024 bingo card *_*

 

I see it's related to the Netflix series about the Menendez Brothers, Monster. Not seen it but heard people talking about it at work yesterday.

I always remember the title of the Milli Vanilli song as 'Girl I'm Gonna Miss You' as that's what they sing. I'm not sure at what point the "girl" was dropped and it became 'I'm Gonna Miss You' - it really annoys me when songs change title for no apparent reason. Anyway it's a tune so I'm here for its revival *.* ('Blame It On The Rain' is also pretty good but 'Girl You Know It's True' has to be their magnum opus).

it's related to both the real life story and the movie but won't spoil you, just go watch it

 

the song is called Girl I'm Gonna Miss You. must be Spotify being useless as per usual

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the song is called Girl I'm Gonna Miss You. must be Spotify being useless as per usual

Actually it seems that was the original title when released in Europe but it was changed to 'I'm Gonna Miss You' for the US release. So Americans will only know it by that title. Spotify is obviously using the US title - although there is also a version of it on Spotify with the original title!

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it's related to both the real life story and the movie but won't spoil you, just go watch it

 

the song is called Girl I'm Gonna Miss You. must be Spotify being useless as per usual

 

I’ve watched the whole series and still don’t know the connection. :lol:

Actually it seems that was the original title when released in Europe but it was changed to 'I'm Gonna Miss You' for the US release. So Americans will only know it by that title. Spotify is obviously using the US title - although there is also a version of it on Spotify with the original title!

actually looking at discogs, the album version of the song is I'm Gonna Miss You in both UK and US

and then when they released it as single it was released as Girl I'm Gonna Miss You in both UK and US

actually looking at discogs, the album version of the song is I'm Gonna Miss You in both UK and US

and then when they released it as single it was released as Girl I'm Gonna Miss You in both UK and US

Not sure if even that's quite true because I used to have the album on CD and I'm sure it was called 'Girl I'm Gonna Miss You' on that - in fact on discogs there is a version of the 2x2 album where it's named as such: https://www.discogs.com/release/408212-Milli-Vanilli-2-x-2

 

Anyway whatever the song's called can we all just agree that it's a tune and it deserves its resurgence :D even though it turned out that Milli Vanilli weren't actually singing on it

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