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 (nine months ago) link
Do Metallica belong here now, post Stranger Things?
― chap, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 00:15 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
It’s a bit catchier
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 02:22 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
I would have bet on "Johannesburg."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 01:29 (nine months ago) link
(re: GSH)
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 01:31 (nine months ago) link
Article about when this happens due to TikTok
Weird with Ladytron cause I woudn't have guessed Destroy Everything You Touch was previously their biggest streamer, and Seventeen has always been their biggest song for me personally
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/11/viral-hit-tiktok-gen-z-mother-ladytron-keane-miguel
― Alba, Monday, 11 December 2023 21:13 (nine months ago) link
lol "Forgotten bands" like Miguel
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:16 (nine months ago) link
though--wow--"Sure Thing" has three times as many streams as "Adorn"
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:18 (nine months ago) link
I've heard "Sure Thing" on pop radio way more often than I ever did "Adorn" in 2012
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:22 (nine months ago) link
They both hit #1 on R&B, but Adorn made it to #17 on the Pop chart and "Sure Thing" was #36.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:24 (nine months ago) link
In my experience, I heard Adorn on the radio far more
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:26 (nine months ago) link
"sure thing" reached #11 on the hot 100 last year
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:40 (nine months ago) link
this year!
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:43 (nine months ago) link
That's what I meant by my first comment if it wasn't clear.
Ah, I see. I had no idea it was re-released.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:45 (nine months ago) link
was it this year? damn
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Monday, 11 December 2023 21:58 (nine months ago) link
I don't have the proof, but I'm pretty sure "Seventeen" was always the biggest Ladytron song, and certainly (even before the Tik Tok thing) the track they're best known for in the US.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 December 2023 22:07 (nine months ago) link
I read that article earlier this evening and had exactly the same response: I always thought Seventeen was one of their biggest tracks.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 11 December 2023 22:15 (nine months ago) link
it's the only Ladytron song I know tbh
classic too
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 07:33 (nine months ago) link
"famous because of a tiktok glitch" articles are kind of getting to the point of OMG, People Buy Records? Vinyl In The News Thread
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 07:34 (nine months ago) link
tbh I would've thought Playgirl and Destroy Everything You Touch would've been bigger, which wasn't a bad guess since they are 2nd and 3rd
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 13:57 (nine months ago) link
not too surprised re: Ladytron, I know singles from their first two releases (in 2001/2002!) were probably their ILM peak, but they regularly knocked out albums for another decade with a pretty healthy fanbase
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 15:14 (nine months ago) link
Little Richard's 3rd biggest track on Spotify (behind "Tutti Frutti" & "Long Tall Sally") is "Little Richard's Boogie", a Johnny Otis Collab from Richard's pre-Specialty period that is sourced from an early '90s Duke-Peacock Blues v/a comp.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:10 (nine months ago) link
"little dark age" by mgmt is on its way to become their #1 on spotify which makes no sense at all to me
those three oracular spectacular songs were everywhere back then, can't say I ever heard something from subsequent albums in the wild (although "me and michael" is my personal jam)
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 16 December 2023 12:03 (nine months ago) link
In late 2020, it experienced a resurgence in popularity due to a viral TikTok trend where hundreds of thousands utilized the song.[7] A report published in August 2021 by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue found that "Little Dark Age" was "by far the most popular Sound among extremist creators on TikTok" and was central to videos promoting "Hyperborea and a wider trend of esoteric Nazism."[8] The song has also been used in social media video edits glamourizing the Nazi Party and US Army
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Saturday, 16 December 2023 13:06 (nine months ago) link
well then
― jaymc, Saturday, 16 December 2023 14:17 (nine months ago) link
They Might Be Giants' Istanbul is their most-streamed song on Spotify, 93.7m to Birdhouse's 39.5m. Afaict heavy licensing to TV and film is behind its popularity?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 16 December 2023 14:44 (nine months ago) link
That one isn't too surprising to me. I think a lot of people know that song who might not otherwise be familiar with TMBG, especially since it is a cover. It feels like a standard, whereas "Birdhouse" feels rooted in early '90s college rock.
― jaymc, Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:37 (nine months ago) link
I heard a pop radio station play "Sure Thing" twice within an hour a couple months ago
― c u (crüt), Saturday, 16 December 2023 16:05 (nine months ago) link
Without checking any charts I would have guessed Istanbul is TMBG’s best known song. I remember MTV playing that video heavily in the early 90s.
― o. nate, Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:22 (eight months ago) link
"Hit The Road Jack" is the top Spotify track for Ray Charles, with over 100 million more spins than "I Got A Woman", which in itself shouldn't be surprising...other than that the former's only been available on the service since the late summer of 2021.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:52 (eight months ago) link
From the CVS thread:
Same place, today got "Heading For The Light" and whatever that Jim Croce song is about him walking to Georgia.― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:29 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink"Walking Back To Georgia", surprisingly.― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:30 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkHis third biggest Spotify track for some reason.― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:31 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkwow. maybe on some Georgia playlists or something.― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Saturday, February 3, 2024 7:40 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:29 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
"Walking Back To Georgia", surprisingly.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:30 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
His third biggest Spotify track for some reason.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:31 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
wow. maybe on some Georgia playlists or something.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Saturday, February 3, 2024 7:40 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 4 February 2024 01:46 (seven months ago) link
That one wasn’t even a single.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Sunday, 4 February 2024 01:56 (seven months ago) link
More streams than “Operator”!
Huh, wow - that's not the way it feels at all.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 4 February 2024 01:59 (seven months ago) link
when did “althea” become one of the most popular grateful dead songs? it’s not on a major album or any of the greatest hits, not one of the 50 most played according to jerrybase. yet it has 20 million more streams on spotify than “sugar magnolia.” what gives? is it a john mayer thing?
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 03:31 (seven months ago) link
I just noticed that Love & Rockets'second most streamed song on Spotify after "So Alive" isn't "No New Tale To Tell", "Ball Of Confusion", or "All In My Mind", but a B-Side from the "Kundalini Express" single called "Holiday On The Moon". Anybody know where it got it's popularity from ?
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 26 April 2024 20:36 (four months ago) link
Not sure. It was covered by that guy from Tool in his band Puscifer though.
― Never fight uphill 'o me, boys! (President Keyes), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:42 (four months ago) link
That must be it, thanks !
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 26 April 2024 21:13 (four months ago) link
I wonder what's caused this surge for Got My Mind Sey on You Those kids and their TikToks? Funny how George now rules the roost for both Beatles and post-Beatles work https://x.com/beatlesspotify/status/1788743397454250087?s=46
― Alba, Friday, 10 May 2024 08:23 (four months ago) link
It was featured in the "Fishes" episode of The Bear last year (the episode everyone talked about) so may have snowballed from there?
― groovypanda, Friday, 10 May 2024 10:50 (four months ago) link
common's "invocation" is his top track on spotify. it was a single b-side for like the third single from the album it originally appeared on. it's a sick jimmy ponder smooth jazz guitar loop + the one where he says 'on a quest for love like the proceed drummer' but otherwise - HUH!? how did that get to be so popular??
(i mean i used to put that beat on at least 90% of my mixtapes back in the day, so maybe that affinty has carried over? it's not a song i'd quite call a deep cut, but again: it wasn't even a single and it's beating out stuff like "the light" and "go")
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 20:22 (four months ago) link