Is it being used in a sped up version for a tiktok meme?haha a key question indeed
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 06:55 (eleven months ago) link
Bowie's been mentioned: most of his signature songs didn't chart as well as you'd expect (and lots of huge hits have all but vanished from popular memory).
His second most-played song on Spotify is "Starman" (#10 UK, #65 US), the third-most played is "Heroes" (a borderline flop that actually hit most of its chart peaks in 2016 after Bowie died), then there's "Rebel Rebel" (#5 UK, #64 US), "Space Oddity" (#1 UK, but with a complicated release history, hitting its high-water mark five years after it first appeared), and "Moonage Daydream" (never released as a single, at least not under the Bowie name).
Not present are "Dancing in the Streets" (#1 UK, #7 US), "China Girl" (#2 UK, #10 US) "Ashes to Ashes" (#1 UK), "Fame" (#17 UK, #1 US), "The Jean Genie" (#2 UK, #71 US), "Golden Years" (#8 UK, #10 US), "Blue Jean" (#6 UK, #8 US).
(His most-played song by a huge margin is "Under Pressure", which I'm ignoring because of crosstalk with the Queen name/brand).
― Coagulopath, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 07:37 (eleven months ago) link
And for what it's worth "Breathe"/"Firestarter"/"SMBU" are all basically neck and neck on Spotify.
― Coagulopath, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 07:39 (eleven months ago) link
I mean, there's no way that happened because people actively chose to listen to it.
I get the impression there's plenty of genuine affection for the song. eg. there was a live cover of it on an TV program recently on my side of the world, in a segment that leans towards to safe, tasteful choices, if not outright 'standards'.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 09:03 (eleven months ago) link
In my Spotify ignorance, how popular are Spotify-generated playlists? And do record labels push Spotify to put focus tracks on their Playlist?
Essentially streaming stats are a combination of the old sales charts and airplay charts. Only the streaming sites themselves know how the numbers break down of course.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 09:30 (eleven months ago) link
The fourth highest played track on Spotify by the Lovin' Spoonful is "(Till I) Run With You", the sorta title track from their post-Sebastian album.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 16:29 (eleven months ago) link
Essentially streaming stats are a combination of the old sales charts
if you remove all aspects of sales and remuneration
― serving bundt (sic), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 16:50 (eleven months ago) link
xpost Used in a tv show last year, I guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjfbZtP9uHU
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 16:52 (eleven months ago) link
streaming stats are a different animal entirely because, to my understanding, it's the total number of times a song's been played since the day the streaming service started tracking streams. maybe some of the services reset or baseline the numbers occasionally, but I haven't heard of it
so sales charts tracking how many copies an album's sold since the day it was released might be a point of comparison, but that's still off. radio charts are plays per what, a week/month/year, and nearly all songs that were released as singles?
― mh, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:00 (eleven months ago) link
I mean a combination of sales as in, something activey initiated by the listener, and airplay as in, something pushed onto the listener.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 21:45 (eleven months ago) link
a really cool spotify mod/feature would be if you could change the default artist view from highlighting most streamed songs to highlighting "best" songs, as in, songs preferred by fans most acquainted with said artists catalog (or smth)
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 07:24 (eleven months ago) link
with over 62m streams "when the sun hits" is slowdive's biggest song on spotify, beating "alison" handily.
― meg white's superior technique. (Austin), Friday, 7 July 2023 02:57 (eleven months ago) link
Not sure that counts, as such. Slowdive never had any hits. More than 99% of people would never have heard of them, and of those (like me) who are/were fans, I don't think many would be able to confidently say "*this* is their biggest tune" about any of them. I would have had absolutely no idea what the number one would have been.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 9 July 2023 21:02 (eleven months ago) link
Strangely enough it seems Renegade is the big audience favourite rather than Come Sail Away or Mr Roboto or whatever, certainly at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Read this with disbelief and went straight to Apple Music, where, indeed, Renegade is Styx's most streamed song! What on earth? I wouldn't have guessed it was in the top 5.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:03 (ten months ago) link
(oh sorry that post is from the Kansas thread, not this one)
"Renegade" was/is a huge Classic Rock radio staple, mainly because it's one of the only big Styx songs in hat actually rocks out.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:18 (ten months ago) link
The opening lines are like the definition of Classic Rock
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 23:19 (ten months ago) link
It hits this spot right in the middle of Queen and Bon Jovi
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 23:20 (ten months ago) link
Honestly yeah the inbred-looking extended family of Wisconsonites in the row in front of us all went "yissss!", pumped their fists and began filming on their phones when Tommy Shaw sang the opening lines.
― I fell asleep at kabuki (Matt #2), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 23:45 (ten months ago) link
Also the 3rd best utilization of Styx on Freaks and Geeks.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 00:10 (ten months ago) link
Tony Bennett's top Spotify track is his duet w/Amy Winehouse on "Body and Soul".
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 21 July 2023 14:44 (ten months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/gmco70l.jpg
― Alba, Friday, 21 July 2023 14:48 (ten months ago) link
lol
"Entourage" star Tony Bennett dies at 96.
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Friday, 21 July 2023 14:52 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, for most people with a detectable pulse, he is the guy who did duets with Lady Gaga and Billy Joel and he may have been in an Austin Powers movie. Sorry.
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 21 July 2023 15:23 (ten months ago) link
Interestingly enough, the 2nd biggest Bennett track on Spotify is a version of "The Way You Look Tonight" from a 2012 rarities collection, a recording I assume blew up because of a movie/tv synch or something.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 July 2023 00:21 (ten months ago) link
^^My Best Friend's Wedding
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 23 July 2023 00:21 (ten months ago) link
This is a funny one: "Let's Twist Again" is Chubby Checker's top Spotify song, beating "The Twist" by around 40 million spins.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 24 July 2023 03:07 (ten months ago) link
you can only Twist once, but you can Twist Again many times
― frogbs, Monday, 24 July 2023 03:09 (ten months ago) link
“The Twist” plays are vote-split btw the Checker, Fat Boys, and Hank Ballard & The Midnighters versions.
― Empty Tushy Fills (morrisp), Monday, 24 July 2023 03:34 (ten months ago) link
is this a safe space to admit that i actually really love the Fat Boys version
― frogbs, Monday, 24 July 2023 03:37 (ten months ago) link
Am I right that "Let's Twist Again" was technically the bigger hit, by some metrics? It's certainly the one I heard more as an oldie growing up.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Monday, 24 July 2023 03:49 (ten months ago) link
Seems it was in the UK.
― Empty Tushy Fills (morrisp), Monday, 24 July 2023 03:56 (ten months ago) link
It's certainly the one I heard more as an oldie growing up.
Same here, going back to the days when they had to play those tracks off tapes because they weren't on CD yet.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 24 July 2023 04:33 (ten months ago) link
I can even remember a period when the local station would only play "Let's Twist Again" and "Limbo Rock" from him.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 24 July 2023 04:38 (ten months ago) link
Bread
Their biggest hits were "Make It With You" (#1) and "Baby I'm-a-Want You" (#3) but "Everything I Own" (#5) is their most streamed song by a 28 million stream margin.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:17 (six months ago) link
And yet, the first two get played on Sirius's Yacht Rock station constantly, and I've never heard the last one there (or anywhere else, really)
― active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:37 (six months ago) link
The Ken Boothe and Boy George cover versions were huge in the UK though
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 10:35 (six months ago) link
Goldfinger's "Superman" is by far their biggest song and definitely their legacy song (Thanks to THPS) even though "Here in you bedroom" I think was their biggest hot at the time.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 16:51 (six months ago) link
on further reading, I see they were mentioned already, forgot to see all messages before I did my ctrl - F
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 19:22 (six months ago) link
Do Metallica belong here now, post Stranger Things?
― chap, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 00:15 (six months ago) link
That’s an odd case, since MoP was a legacy song before they started having hits.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 00:17 (six months ago) link
I was quite surprised to see today that Gil Scott-Heron's most streamed song on Spotify is "Lady Day and John Coltrane". Granted it's basically tied with "The Revolution Will not Be Televised" but still.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 01:55 (six months ago) link
It’s a bit catchier
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 02:22 (six months ago) link
Have heard "Lady Day and John Coltrane" many times over the years out in the wild and on the radio versus hardly ever for "Revolution".
― visiting, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 02:52 (six months ago) link
I mean it’s probably on some popular Spotify playlist called “organic vibes” or something
― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 04:24 (six months ago) link
GSH on Televised:
It was the only political piece on the album.... Very few people heard 'Save the Children', 'Lady Day and John Coltrane' or 'I Think I Call It Morning'. They just missed the point. The point became one of the 11 pieces. The least inventive one on the album was the one that was the most heralded.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 04:28 (six months ago) link
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" will (please) never be Bruce Springsteen's biggest Spotify hit but... it's getting there
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 13:31 (six months ago) link
xp if "The Bottle" were on Spotify I'm pretty sure that would be GSH's most streamed track.
― henry s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 14:30 (six months ago) link
The top Doors song on spotify & itunes is "riders on the storm," with "people are strange" coming in second. Those are definitely hits, but I'm still a little surprised to see them besting "Light My Fire," which is their fourth biggest streamer on Spotify.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 7 December 2023 01:26 (six months ago) link
I would have bet on "Johannesburg."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 01:29 (six months ago) link