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Post by Golden Bluebird on Jul 29, 2017 2:49:22 GMT -5
In this thread, I want to ask you what songs that you were baffled became hits? What songs made you go WTF when they become hits?
For me, probably the song ever to become a hit in this decade that baffle me the most as to why it became a hit has to definitely be "Take Me to Church", mostly because of how f**king dark it sounds by mainstream music standards. I mean, I love the song and all, but the fact it reached as high as #2 continues to baffle me to this day.
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Post by Sherane Lamar on Jul 29, 2017 5:31:18 GMT -5
When Fetty Wap hit the Top 10 for the first time, I was at a point in my life when I wasn't following the charts as closely as I had previously been. I didn't check out new songs until they hit the Top 10.
My immediate thought when I heard "Trap Queen" was "Ok, what meme or viral trend has this curtailed in order to make it all the way to the Top 10?" But alas, there wasn't any. Trap Queen got there solely based on its own merits and appeal. The first time a truly Urban song had done so since Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow".
That was a big surprise, and it's generally why I see Trap Queen as the beginning of the current era of urban domination that we are currently seeing.
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Post by kacpe3 on Jul 29, 2017 6:21:32 GMT -5
Need You Now. Not because it was a hit, but because it was such a HUGE hit.
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Post by Harx on Jul 29, 2017 6:53:47 GMT -5
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Post by .It'sGriffin on Jul 29, 2017 7:04:58 GMT -5
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Post by Troublemaker on Jul 29, 2017 7:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by M1tchD on Jul 29, 2017 9:58:02 GMT -5
Don't Wanna Know. Easily Maroon 5's worst single to date. I expected a run more like "Cold."
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Post by leonagwen on Jul 29, 2017 11:05:16 GMT -5
Halsey- "Now or Never". This song is ok but how the heck is it #3 on mediabase?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2017 14:17:38 GMT -5
Despacito
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Post by ilikemusic on Jul 29, 2017 16:22:06 GMT -5
Halsey- "Now or Never". This song is ok but how the heck is it #3 on mediabase? Agreed. It's really boring and sounds like a poor man's "Needed Me". She has better songs on her album as well I didn't think "Strip that Down" or "Slow Hands" would be doing as well as they have been. "Sorry Not Sorry" by Demi is shaping up to be a hit and I thought it would be performing more like Selena Gomez's recent offerings, which I'm actually surprised are kind of tanking. "Million Reasons" was probably one of the slowest ascents ever and I'm surprised that actually worked considering how reluctant radio was at first
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Post by superdroid73 on Jul 29, 2017 16:55:54 GMT -5
D4L's Laffy Taffy. I know that was at the point where rap dance hits were a thing, but I will never get how this got to #1, especially since it's the worst out all of the ringtone rap hits. I'm still scratching my head as to why it was a #1 hit.
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Post by superdroid73 on Jul 29, 2017 17:55:46 GMT -5
I have several others, every year has one of those hits where you're either pleasantly or disappointingly surprised at how big they became, but I'm gonna mention my most notable ones from the past few years:
Gorillaz-Feel Good Inc.: I was floored when I found out this became as big a hit as it. This sounded so out of left-field from what pop radio was playing at the time and Gorillaz were never all that radio friendly, but I was pleasantly surprised and for good reason because this song is a masterpiece. Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone-Ridin': looking back, a song about police discrimination with competent rapping by an unknown outside of his home state doesn't really fit in with everything else in hip hop that was popular in 2006, that it's definitely surprising how it became a pop crossover hit that went to #1 on the charts. Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain-Low: when I first heard this, I originally dismissed this as just another club rap song from some future one-hit wonder featuring T-Pain (which looking back at how successful Flo-Rida became, it's really funny to think that) that would do well on the charts. I did not expect this to be this monster hit it became. The fact that it was a 10-week #1 hit that was also the biggest song of 2008 as well as the 2000's decade was very surprising to me to say the least. That's what the power of T-Pain and a very infectuous melody can do. Adele-Rolling In The Deep: if you have told anyone when this song first charted that it would have become as big as it did and turn Adele into one of the biggest pop stars of the 2010's, I don't think anyone would believe you. It was very surprising considering what was popular around it. It definitely fell out of place with the Katy Perrys, LMFAO and Pitbull club songs it was sharing the spotlight with. As a matter of fact, this song was so big, it was very influential in practically ending the club movement as there would be more ballads and the scene would begin to drastically change about a year later. Gotye feat. Kimbra-Somebody That I Used To Know: Glee aside, I still don't know how this became a huge #1 hit considering it was still left field from everything else that was popular. Not to mention this song lacked any star power. This was also partly influential in the indie movement that would arrive that same year it was popular. Also, it (thankfully) beat out Call Me Maybe as the #1 song of 2012. Lorde-Royals: did not expect a minimalistic song by a then unknown young female act talking against all the tropes in popular music to top the charts. Maroon 5-One More Night: I still don't get how a run-of-the-mill, bland, practically inessential Maroon 5 song managed to hit #1 for as long as it did and beat out Gangnam Style on a weekly basis. It's still mind-boggling to me that this is one of Maroon 5's biggest hits yet it's not even the first song people think of when they think Maroon 5. Wiz Khalifa-Black and Yellow: Super Bowl aside, I'm still surprised at how this non-pop radio friendly rap song managed to hit #1 during this time period and during the club movement. Hozier-Take Me To Church: I'm still pleasantly surprised at how this completely out-of-left field song reached as high as #2 on the charts. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis-Thrift Shop/Same Love: While Thrift Shop did sound radio friendly, I did not expect this song to be this huge #1 hit. Same Love is another song I was surprised to see do as well as it did because while Macklemore was coming off 2 huge singles, I didn't except this song to be a hit considering the kind of topic it was hitting. The Weeknd-The Hills: even with two successful singles, I did not expect this song to be a #1 hit. It wasn't radio friendly and it was pretty dark. I think this song may have had some influence on why there would be so many dour songs the year after. twenty one pilots-Stressed Out: I did not expect this song, or any 21 P to have become as big as it did. That caught me off guard. Lupe Fiasco-The Show Goes On: this was an uplifting lyrical rap song by a conscious rapper in 2011 that ended up being a top 10 hit. That in itself was quite an accomplishment. Kendrick Lamar-HUMBLE.: never in my wildest dreams did I think Kendrick would get a solo #1. The guy is my favorite current rapper and the fact that his feature on Bad Blood was his biggest hit was very disappointing to me. So to heard that he was able to get a solo #1 hit with HUMBLE. was a huge celebration for me. Kendrick Lamar-DNA.: normally, these type of rap songs don't do well. It's not radio friendly and it's too raw for any type of mainstream attention. So the fact that it debuted a #4 and will end up making the year end chart was the same way I felt with HUMBLE., a huge cause for celebration. I can thank Kendrick's star power and the buzz-worthy video for it's success. Childish Gambino-Redbone: I understand it got famous thank to memes and being included in Get Out, but it's success still surprises me. But it's defintely a pleasant one as that because I really like Donald Glover and Childish Gambino.
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Post by boysilver400 on Jul 29, 2017 18:32:14 GMT -5
Bad and Boujee. I didn't know about the 'rain drop droptop' meme until it hit #1.
Panda, the dude literally came out of nowhere, at first listen I didn't even think it was a real song and I thought it was a parody lol.
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Post by MilesW1998 on Jul 29, 2017 22:31:27 GMT -5
Panda: Future never in his life, got his own #1 hit, but some mumble rapper wannabe Future did. It boggles my mind how bad 2016 was for music.
Black Beatles/Bad & Boujee: Normally I hate when songs get to the top or chart high because of a meme/challenge or viral trend, with some exceptions. BB is one of those rare exceptions, but a Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane song. But B&B is worse, because it's Miogs' triplet flow, and Lil Uzi Vert is generic as all get out.
Tunnel Vision: Have I mentioned I hate when songs get popular because of any sort of controversy, because I really fucking hate this! This only got popular because of the rape controversy, and possibly the music video which is just fucking horrendous. This became a top 10 hit by the way, WHY AMERICA, WHY?!?!
Stressed Out: I've heard Tear In My Heart on satellite pop radio, but never thought that anything else from 21P could actually cross into the mainstream, but oh boy was I wrong.
Fetty Wap in general: At the time I hated Fetty, now I just don't care anymore. I was shocked Trap Queen hit #2, but now I feel like I'm immune when rap crosses the Hot 100 nowadays, and this started the trend. Also I consider him to be 2015's one year wonder.
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Post by truemusicreviews on Jul 29, 2017 23:17:20 GMT -5
As much as I love the song, "Redbone" being a Top 20 hit still amazes me.
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Jul 29, 2017 23:32:13 GMT -5
All of the Chainsmokers singles that didn't flop
Most if not all of those Rap songs that got attention from the Vines.
Most if not all Bro-Country songs.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Jul 30, 2017 0:44:09 GMT -5
Somebody That I Used To Know. The song is so not pop it's unbelievable that it was the #1 song of 2012.
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Post by Sherane Lamar on Jul 30, 2017 4:24:42 GMT -5
Panda: Future never in his life, got his own #1 hit, but some mumble rapper wannabe Future did. It boggles my mind how bad 2016 was for music. Black Beatles/Bad & Boujee: Normally I hate when songs get to the top or chart high because of a meme/challenge or viral trend, with some exceptions. BB is one of those rare exceptions, but a Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane song. But B&B is worse, because it's Miogs' triplet flow, and Lil Uzi Vert is generic as all get out. Tunnel Vision: Have I mentioned I hate when songs get popular because of any sort of controversy, because I really f**king hate this! This only got popular because of the rape controversy, and possibly the music video which is just f**king horrendous. This became a top 10 hit by the way, WHY AMERICA, WHY?!?! Stressed Out: I've heard Tear In My Heart on satellite pop radio, but never thought that anything else from 21P could actually cross into the mainstream, but oh boy was I wrong. Fetty Wap in general: At the time I hated Fetty, now I just don't care anymore. I was shocked Trap Queen hit #2, but now I feel like I'm immune when rap crosses the Hot 100 nowadays, and this started the trend. Also I consider him to be 2015's one year wonder. WTF are you talking about? Rape controversy? You think millions of people tune into a song because of a rape controversy? Like people said to themselves "Hey, some random up and coming C-list rapper from Florida got hit with a rape charge." "What? A rape charge? I need to check out what his music sounds like, we need to make a star out of this dude." Some of you people really reach for every excuse you can to explain away why people like rap music. Nah dude. It's just a hit song. A catchy song. A song that was able to appeal to a big chunk of the general listening public by sounding good (crazy, right?). Same with Bad and Boujee. People reach sooo hard because they can't handle the idea that general audiences are loving the music simply for the sake of the music. People's excuses for B&B were... some cartoon meme with 500,000 views on YT... and people writing "raindrop drop top" memes on Twitter.
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Post by .It'sGriffin on Jul 30, 2017 6:01:14 GMT -5
Panda: Future never in his life, got his own #1 hit, but some mumble rapper wannabe Future did. It boggles my mind how bad 2016 was for music. Black Beatles/Bad & Boujee: Normally I hate when songs get to the top or chart high because of a meme/challenge or viral trend, with some exceptions. BB is one of those rare exceptions, but a Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane song. But B&B is worse, because it's Miogs' triplet flow, and Lil Uzi Vert is generic as all get out. Tunnel Vision: Have I mentioned I hate when songs get popular because of any sort of controversy, because I really f**king hate this! This only got popular because of the rape controversy, and possibly the music video which is just f**king horrendous. This became a top 10 hit by the way, WHY AMERICA, WHY?!?! Stressed Out: I've heard Tear In My Heart on satellite pop radio, but never thought that anything else from 21P could actually cross into the mainstream, but oh boy was I wrong. Fetty Wap in general: At the time I hated Fetty, now I just don't care anymore. I was shocked Trap Queen hit #2, but now I feel like I'm immune when rap crosses the Hot 100 nowadays, and this started the trend. Also I consider him to be 2015's one year wonder. WTF are you talking about? Rape controversy? You think millions of people tune into a song because of a rape controversy? Like people said to themselves "Hey, some random up and coming C-list rapper from Florida got hit with a rape charge." "What? A rape charge? I need to check out what his music sounds like, we need to make a star out of this dude." Some of you people really reach for every excuse you can to explain away why people like rap music. Nah dude. It's just a hit song. A catchy song. A song that was able to appeal to a big chunk of the general listening public by sounding good (crazy, right?). Same with Bad and Boujee. People reach sooo hard because they can't handle the idea that general audiences are loving the music simply for the sake of the music. People's excuses for B&B were... some cartoon meme with 500,000 views on YT... and people writing "raindrop drop top" memes on Twitter. Actually, that is a very valid explanation. The identifiable victim effect powered by the ambiguity effect and apathy effect. Bad & Boujee was already popular, and would hit the top 10 without the meme, although I doubt that it would enter the top 5. The meme made more people know about the song.
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Post by Sherane Lamar on Jul 30, 2017 6:32:28 GMT -5
WTF are you talking about? Rape controversy? You think millions of people tune into a song because of a rape controversy? Like people said to themselves "Hey, some random up and coming C-list rapper from Florida got hit with a rape charge." "What? A rape charge? I need to check out what his music sounds like, we need to make a star out of this dude." Some of you people really reach for every excuse you can to explain away why people like rap music. Nah dude. It's just a hit song. A catchy song. A song that was able to appeal to a big chunk of the general listening public by sounding good (crazy, right?). Same with Bad and Boujee. People reach sooo hard because they can't handle the idea that general audiences are loving the music simply for the sake of the music. People's excuses for B&B were... some cartoon meme with 500,000 views on YT... and people writing "raindrop drop top" memes on Twitter. Actually, that is a very valid explanation. The identifiable victim effect powered by the ambiguity effect and apathy effect. ???? So Kodak Black's "Tunnel Vision" got popular because he might be a rapist??? That makes so much sense. "Bad & Boujee was already popular, and would hit the top 10 without the meme, although I doubt that it would enter the top 5. The meme made more people know about the song." What meme are you even talking about? This shit? knowyourmeme.com/memes/rain-drop-drop-topSo the song is the most streamed song in the world for X many weeks, was the #1 song in February and spread to Top 40 radio, because of some random tweet from December? That just doesn't make sense. It's nonsense. Popular songs (especially popular Hip-Hop songs) are gonna have memes made after them.
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Post by Sherane Lamar on Jul 30, 2017 6:36:39 GMT -5
Also, Migos are currently the 3rd biggest artist of the year. But yeah, sure. I'm sure it's all due to some random tweet from December.
And I'm sure that Drake, Kendrick, Rae Sremmurd, Big Sean, Future, Kyle, DJ Khaled and Post Malone all have some memes that explain their success too.
And also probably a meme explaining why Lil Uzi Vert and French Montana have had the most streamed songs on Spotify for the last few weeks too.
And I'm sure it's just a complete coincidence that these memes only happen to black Hip-Hop artists and that they've all had memes cause their success in the same year. :O)
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Post by .It'sGriffin on Jul 30, 2017 7:40:25 GMT -5
Also, Migos are currently the 3rd biggest artist of the year. But yeah, sure. I'm sure it's all due to some random tweet from December. And I'm sure that Drake, Kendrick, Rae Sremmurd, Big Sean, Future, Kyle, DJ Khaled and Post Malone all have some memes that explain their success too. And also probably a meme explaining why Lil Uzi Vert and French Montana have had the most streamed songs on Spotify for the last few weeks too. And I'm sure it's just a complete coincidence that these memes only happen to black Hip-Hop artists and that they've all had memes cause their success in the same year. :O) Y r u triggered? It just so happens that no one that I know knew the song before the meme. DJ Khaled has himself and Big Sean was originally a meme rapper. The biggest song ofany of the others had memes surrounding: Lil Uzi had that weird shoulder dance for XO TOUR Llif3; Drake had the vines for Hotline Bling; Future had the Mask Off challenge; Rae Sremmurd had the Mannequin challenge for Black Beatles. Memes are a big boost for rappers, but most of their success is unrelated. To fully understand Bad & Boujee's success we have to look at Migos' new singles. They are preforming very well for a rap group; T-Shirt peaked on #18 and Slippery on #29. That memes (sorry) that they would be successful without the meme. Would the song hit #1 or the top 5 without Bad & Boujee? I doubt it. The meme made it have traction in areas where it wouldn't normally have it. The meme itself didn't help it have chart success, but further recognition. Donald Glover shouted it out. That helped it too.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Jul 30, 2017 7:55:37 GMT -5
The most baffling hit of all time has to be Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Ling".
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Post by superdroid73 on Jul 30, 2017 15:13:43 GMT -5
Actually, that is a very valid explanation. The identifiable victim effect powered by the ambiguity effect and apathy effect. ???? So Kodak Black's "Tunnel Vision" got popular because he might be a rapist??? That makes so much sense. "Bad & Boujee was already popular, and would hit the top 10 without the meme, although I doubt that it would enter the top 5. The meme made more people know about the song." What meme are you even talking about? This s**t? knowyourmeme.com/memes/rain-drop-drop-topSo the song is the most streamed song in the world for X many weeks, was the #1 song in February and spread to Top 40 radio, because of some random tweet from December? That just doesn't make sense. It's nonsense. Popular songs (especially popular Hip-Hop songs) are gonna have memes made after them. let's be real here. Without the memes and Donald Glover's shout out, there's no way Bad and Boujee would have hit #1. Top 10 at most. It was already a hit among the urban community, but that's it. The memes and the shout out exposed the song to the general public that normally don't seek out rap music.
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Post by Sherane Lamar on Jul 30, 2017 15:37:44 GMT -5
???? So Kodak Black's "Tunnel Vision" got popular because he might be a rapist??? That makes so much sense. "Bad & Boujee was already popular, and would hit the top 10 without the meme, although I doubt that it would enter the top 5. The meme made more people know about the song." What meme are you even talking about? This s**t? knowyourmeme.com/memes/rain-drop-drop-topSo the song is the most streamed song in the world for X many weeks, was the #1 song in February and spread to Top 40 radio, because of some random tweet from December? That just doesn't make sense. It's nonsense. Popular songs (especially popular Hip-Hop songs) are gonna have memes made after them. let's be real here. Without the memes and Donald Glover's shout out, there's no way Bad and Boujee would have hit #1. Top 10 at most. It was already a hit among the urban community, but that's it. The memes and the shout out exposed the song to the general public that normally don't seek out rap music. Delusional. The general public does not know shit about that meme. It is an obscure af meme. Songs don't go #1 because somebody at the Golden Globes gives it a shout out. There are award shows like the Grammys where songs are given actual awards, plaques saying that they're the best song of the year. Do those songs go #1 because of that? No. So why the hell would a song go #1 because of Donald Glover giving it a shout out? Bad and Boujee is a banger. Came out in a time when the industry is more receptive to rap music. Same with Panda. Oh I'm sure there's some great meme involving Panda out there too that you can try to pin it on too, don't worry.
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Post by Sherane Lamar on Jul 30, 2017 15:39:57 GMT -5
I'm surprised I still haven't seen any of the peckerwoods try to claim that Kendrick Lamar only stayed in the Top 10 because of the "Humble challenge"
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jul 30, 2017 16:13:53 GMT -5
let's be real here. Without the memes and Donald Glover's shout out, there's no way Bad and Boujee would have hit #1. Top 10 at most. It was already a hit among the urban community, but that's it. The memes and the shout out exposed the song to the general public that normally don't seek out rap music. Delusional. The general public does not know s**t about that meme. It is an obscure af meme. Songs don't go #1 because somebody at the Golden Globes gives it a shout out. There are award shows like the Grammys where songs are given actual awards, plaques saying that they're the best song of the year. Do those songs go #1 because of that? No. So why the hell would a song go #1 because of Donald Glover giving it a shout out? Bad and Boujee is a banger. Came out in a time when the industry is more receptive to rap music. Same with Panda. Oh I'm sure there's some great meme involving Panda out there too that you can try to pin it on too, don't worry. There's nothing wrong with a song that gets an initial kick-off from a donald Glover tweet or a meme. Those things serve as free promo for a song which in turns get it attention. A song doesn't go to #1 BECAUSE of a shout-out or a meme (in most cases) but those things CAN and DO help get that song noticed enough and then if it's liked, THEN it can go all the way. Songs rarely hit #1 because of nothing. They need something to attract audiences to give that initial listen and that something can range from a meme, a shoutout from a celeb, being a celeb, being in a movie, receiving a first-day deal on radio, adding Justin Bieber to a remix... etc.
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Post by lyhom on Jul 30, 2017 16:15:56 GMT -5
didn't "bad and boujee" go to #1 before the golden globes shoutout though?
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Post by Golden Bluebird on Jul 30, 2017 17:45:09 GMT -5
didn't "bad and boujee" go to #1 before the golden globes shoutout though? Technically, no, but it didn't go to #1 because of that. Keep in mind that the sales and streaming tracking period for the week "Bad and Boujee" hit #1 ended before the Golden Globes took place (the ceremony took place a day before it was announced as the #1 song). That doesn't necessarily mean the Golden Globes shoutout didn't contribute to its popularity. It probably did at least a little, but it would've hit #1 regardless of that.
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Post by House Lannister on Jul 31, 2017 10:31:43 GMT -5
Baffled Hits can go both ways
Good---Royals (no way this should have caught on) Bad---Crank That (not really sure why this did?)
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