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Post by weirdo on Jan 2, 2020 20:07:16 GMT -5
Handclap by Fitz & The Tantrums Actually i remember this one pretty well. I think it will be one of those songs that didnt peak high but will still be very well remembered
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Jan 2, 2020 20:10:25 GMT -5
This is a really subjective thing as different songs will be remembered differently depending on who you ask. One can be 'forgetful' and not remember whatever they don't want to remember so... :sip2:
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Post by weirdo on Jan 2, 2020 20:31:12 GMT -5
Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga Lighters - Bruno Mars Good Life - OneRepublic Part Of Me - Katy Perry Glad You Came - The Wanted Scream & Shout - Britney Spears & Will I Am Daylight - Maroon 5 Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton Love Somebody - Maroon 5 Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor FourFiveSeconds - Paul MacCartney, Rihanna & Kanye West Welcome To My House - Flo Rida Drag Me Down - One Direction Locked Away - Adam Levine Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift Cake By The Ocean - DNCE Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 Mercy - Shawn Mendez Just Like Fire - Pink Water Under The Bridge - Adele Cold - Maroon 5 Side To Side - Ariana Grande I'm The One - DJ Khaled Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith
Not going any further then 2017 for now, because songs from 2018 and 2019 arent old enough yet and may not br forgotten now but they will be later on. When it comes to songs i think will be forgotten in the future: Wait by Maroon 5, Heaven by Kane Brown, Lights Down Low by IMAX, Breathin' by Ariana Grande, If I Can't Have You by Shawn Mendez, Goodbyes by Post Malone, Only Human by Jonas Brothers & Beautoful People by Ed Sheeran all seem very possible. If i think of more between 2010 and 2017 i will post them here
EDIT: Oops, added Cold by Maroon 5 twice by accident. Gonna remove that and pretend it didnt happen
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Jan 2, 2020 20:45:20 GMT -5
Side To Side - Ariana Grande out of all her 2013-2016 hits, you chose Side To Side? This song is probably her biggest hit before TUN era. Other than Side To Side, and Cake By The Ocean, I agree with this list.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 20:57:36 GMT -5
90% of the 2010s hits will be forgotten by 2025 - no shade to the 2010s, that's just how it goes in the hitmaking world. It would have been easier to ask what will be most remembered. "OMG" feels forgotten for a 4-week-#1 hit. and "Imma Be" as well How did America let the embarrassing "OMG" become a 4-week #1 hit is beyond me, especially when the much superior and better remembered "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" barely cracked the top 3 at the time. OMG isn't embarrassing at all! I just bopped to it the other day while doing Devil Marlena Nylund's Rankdown of the Decade. (That said, I remember it being extremely divisive even when it was first released so I wouldn't be surprised to find that it is still divisive now.) Regardless, to the extent that it will be remembered, it will be more remembered than DJGUFIL if for no other reason than that it was Usher's last #1. DJ is a Rihanna reject and is the song that really started getting his urban fans in their feelings about him supposedly pandering too much to pop. But then, we're really comparing one speck of dust to another here. Usher will be largely seen as a '90s-00s success so I doubt either of these songs would be strongly remembered due to his much stronger hits preceding them. R&B fans will be more likely to recall that he was still around fora bit in the '10s, but they'll pay both OMG and DJ dust in favor of big non-crossover hits like Hey Daddy and Climax.
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Post by avatar on Jan 2, 2020 23:02:44 GMT -5
Want U Back by Cher Lloyd
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 23:10:58 GMT -5
Everything from teenage dream
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Post by weirdo on Jan 2, 2020 23:28:08 GMT -5
Everything from teenage dream WHAT?. "Teenage Dream" and "California Gurls" are two of the most iconic songs of the early 2010s. Last Friday Night is slightly more debatable but even that is more well-remembered then something like Your Love Is My Drug or Good Life, both from simillar time periods
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Post by insen_13 on Jan 3, 2020 0:14:00 GMT -5
I’ll give one from each year from 2010-2017 2010: Say Aah - Trey Songz ft. Fabulous. Peaked at #9 2011: Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) - Pitbull ft. T-Pain. Peaked at #7 2012: I Won’t Give Up - Jason Mraz. Peaked at #82013: Holy Grail - Jay Z ft. Justin Timberlake. Peaked at #4 2014: Don’t Tell ‘Em - Jeremih ft. YG. Peaked at #6 2015: Somebody - Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih. Peaked at #10 2016: Cold Water - Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ. Peaked at #2! 2017 Fake Love - Drake. Peaked at #8 Even though Cold Water peaked at #2 And was just 3 years ago I can not for the life of me tell you any of the lyrics or how it sounds like. I wouldn’t even know the song existed if I didn’t follow the charts. The rest of these I remember growing up but you just never hear them anymore. Pretty much all of these except the highlighted one. I still hear people sing this. And this is one of my go-to karaoke songs.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 0:16:33 GMT -5
Everything from teenage dream WHAT?. "Teenage Dream" and "California Gurls" are two of the most iconic songs of the early 2010s. Last Friday Night is slightly more debatable but even that is more well-remembered then something like Your Love Is My Drug or Good Life, both from simillar time periods You're crAzy
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Post by anorable on Jan 3, 2020 1:03:57 GMT -5
WHAT?. "Teenage Dream" and "California Gurls" are two of the most iconic songs of the early 2010s. Last Friday Night is slightly more debatable but even that is more well-remembered then something like Your Love Is My Drug or Good Life, both from simillar time periods You're crAzy Teenage Dream era Katy Perry influenced early 10s pop in a similar fashion to how Pure Heroine era Lorde influenced mid to late 10s pop, I think those singles will be remembered myself.
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Jan 3, 2020 1:14:39 GMT -5
EDIT: Oops, added Cold by Maroon 5 twice by accident. Gonna remove that and pretend it didnt happen Lmfao it’s so forgotten it’s been forgotten twice 😂 It’s a shame cuz “Cold” is one of my fav Maroon 5 tracks (out of their like 8 listenable songs)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 2:12:25 GMT -5
Teenage Dream era Katy Perry influenced early 10s pop in a similar fashion to how Pure Heroine era Lorde influenced mid to late 10s pop, I think those singles will be remembered myself. Lol let not she didn't influence shit Rihanna and gaga are who you're thinking about
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Post by Fire on Jan 3, 2020 2:27:34 GMT -5
Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 Locked Away by R City & Adam Levine Breathin by Ariana Grande Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran Anything by Nicki Minaj.
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Post by weirdo on Jan 3, 2020 13:22:23 GMT -5
Teenage Dream era Katy Perry influenced early 10s pop in a similar fashion to how Pure Heroine era Lorde influenced mid to late 10s pop, I think those singles will be remembered myself. Lol let not she didn't influence s**t Rihanna and gaga are who you're thinking about Gaga didnt influence anything in music. I like her music but Katy and Rihanna both came out and were doing electropop before Gaga. What Lady Gaga is known for is the personality and flashyness she had back then, but the music wasn't the influential part
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Post by weirdo on Jan 3, 2020 13:25:58 GMT -5
EDIT: Oops, added Cold by Maroon 5 twice by accident. Gonna remove that and pretend it didnt happen Lmfao it’s so forgotten it’s been forgotten twice 😂 It’s a shame cuz “Cold” is one of my fav Maroon 5 tracks (out of their like 8 listenable songs) Its sad how some of the best songs get forgotten
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 14:20:55 GMT -5
EDIT: Oops, added Cold by Maroon 5 twice by accident. Gonna remove that and pretend it didnt happen Lmfao it’s so forgotten it’s been forgotten twice 😂 It’s a shame cuz “Cold” is one of my fav Maroon 5 tracks (out of their like 8 listenable songs) I suggest you to check out their incredible debut album, "Songs About Jane". It's a far cry from their current material, and the songs have aged like wine. Their sophomore effort also has some great songs like "Makes Me Wonder", "If I Never See Your Face Again", "Won't Go Home Without You", and "Can't Stop". They only really started to go downhill quality-wise midway through the "V" era.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 14:27:29 GMT -5
OMG isn't embarrassing at all! I just bopped to it the other day while doing Devil Marlena Nylund 's Rankdown of the Decade. (That said, I remember it being extremely divisive even when it was first released so I wouldn't be surprised to find that it is still divisive now.) Regardless, to the extent that it will be remembered, it will be more remembered than DJGUFIL if for no other reason than that it was Usher's last #1. DJ is a Rihanna reject and is the song that really started getting his urban fans in their feelings about him supposedly pandering too much to pop. But then, we're really comparing one speck of dust to another here. Usher will be largely seen as a '90s-00s success so I doubt either of these songs would be strongly remembered due to his much stronger hits preceding them. R&B fans will be more likely to recall that he was still around fora bit in the '10s, but they'll pay both OMG and DJ dust in favor of big non-crossover hits like Hey Daddy and Climax. Lines like ' Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow' and ' Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow' beg to differ 😂 I can understand its appeal though, but I much prefer DJ, especially thanks to fond memories of the iconic Minecraft parody "Revenge". Nevertheless, it's true that Usher will definitely end up being more remembered for his late 90s-2000s hits, and rightfully so. I definitely wouldn't mind him having a comeback this decade, though, especially as RnB seems to be getting back into the mainstream.
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Jan 3, 2020 23:21:32 GMT -5
Lmfao it’s so forgotten it’s been forgotten twice 😂 It’s a shame cuz “Cold” is one of my fav Maroon 5 tracks (out of their like 8 listenable songs) I suggest you to check out their incredible debut album, "Songs About Jane". It's a far cry from their current material, and the songs have aged like wine. Their sophomore effort also has some great songs like "Makes Me Wonder", "If I Never See Your Face Again", "Won't Go Home Without You", and "Can't Stop". They only really started to go downhill quality-wise midway through the "V" era. I didn’t like any singles from their debut but Makes Me Wonder and WGHWY are my jams 😋
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Post by theflying on Jan 5, 2020 9:40:41 GMT -5
I wish people would define how they mean “forgotten”, because some people (like drake is skinny) are just trolling.
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Post by hortensia on Jan 7, 2020 16:02:03 GMT -5
Some hits from 2013-2018 I think relatively forgotten : Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz Animals - Maroon 5 Applause - Lady Gaga Bad Things - Machine Gun Kelly feat. Camila Cabello Black Widow - Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora Breathin - Ariana Grande Burn - Ellie Goulding Castle On the Hill - Ed Sheeran Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) - OMI Finesse - Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B Feels - Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran God Is a Woman - Ariana Grande G.D.F.R. - Flo Rida Just Like Fire - Pink La La La - Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith Locked Away - R. City feat. Adam Levine Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding Love On the Brain - Rihanna Lush Life - Zara Larsson Malibu - Miley Cyrus Maps - Maroon 5 Marvin Gaye - Charlie Puth (feat. Meghan Trainor) Me and My Broken Heart - Rixton My House - Flo Rida No - Meghan Trainor Never Be the Same - Camila Cabello Paris - The Chainsmokers River - Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele Sing - Ed Sheeran feat. Pharrell Williams Stay - Zedd feat. Alessia Cara Strip That Down - Liam Payne feat. Quavo The Monster - Eminem feat. Rihanna Troublemaker - Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida What Lovers Do - Maroon 5 feat. SZA
I'd add any Selena Gomez hit too. Same for One Direction except What Makes You Beautiful then maybe Story Of My Life and Drag Me Down which we remember a little.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 11:15:38 GMT -5
I wish people would define how they mean “forgotten”, because some people (like drake is skinny) are just trolling. In my personal definition, 'forgotten' hits are songs that made it to any Billboard Year-End but haven't made any impact outside their peak period. For instance, songs like "Uptown Funk" and "Someone Like You" were massive during their peak, yet still well-remembered today by the general public, be it through think-pieces or recurrent radio play or even use in ads and background music in TV programmes. On the other hand, a song like Selena Gomez's "Come and Get It" might have gathered attention (and controversy) during its peak, but in 2020 it remains merely a footnote of the music from the era, despite peaking at #6 and being the 33rd biggest song of the 2013. That's my take on it, at least. It's all very subjective, though, especially when considering the music niche of each individual and their own personal experiences and memories associated with each given song.
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Post by nickd on Jan 8, 2020 16:02:03 GMT -5
Out of the major hits from the first few years of the decade, I'd say these are pretty forgotten by now.
LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It Usher - OMG (#5 on 2010 YE) Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (#12 on 2010 YE) The Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be (does it count? it peaked in 2010) The Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough Phillip Phillips - Home Anna Kendrick - Cups (tempting to say it doesn't count but it did spend 44 weeks on the charts...) Baauer - Harlem Shake Hunter Hayes - Wanted (modest peak at #16 but it was major country cross-over hit with 46 weeks on the Hot 100, #52 on 2012 YE, #92 on 2013 YE) Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss P!nk - Blow Me One Last Kiss (#5 hit, #37 on 2012 YE) Alex Clare - Too Close (#7 peak, 44 weeks on the charts, #30 on 2012 YE) David Guetta - Turn Me On (#4 peak, #35 on 2012 YE) Justin Bieber - Beauty and a Beat Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel... Pitbull - Hey Baby Drop It To The Floor Britney Spears - Till The World Ends Young Money - Bedrock Kesha - We R Who We R Kesha - Blow Trey Songz - Bottoms Up Trey Songz - Say Aah Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie
Not really forgotten but still not that well remembered compared to how absolutely massive they were at the time Maroon 5 - One More Night LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
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Post by nickd on Jan 8, 2020 16:27:35 GMT -5
Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga Lighters - Bruno Mars Good Life - OneRepublic Part Of Me - Katy Perry Glad You Came - The Wanted Scream & Shout - Britney Spears & Will I Am Daylight - Maroon 5 Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton Love Somebody - Maroon 5 Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor FourFiveSeconds - Paul MacCartney, Rihanna & Kanye West Welcome To My House - Flo Rida Drag Me Down - One Direction Locked Away - Adam Levine Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift Cake By The Ocean - DNCE Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 Mercy - Shawn Mendez Just Like Fire - Pink Water Under The Bridge - Adele Cold - Maroon 5 Side To Side - Ariana Grande I'm The One - DJ Khaled Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith Not going any further then 2017 for now, because songs from 2018 and 2019 arent old enough yet and may not br forgotten now but they will be later on. When it comes to songs i think will be forgotten in the future: Wait by Maroon 5, Heaven by Kane Brown, Lights Down Low by IMAX, Breathin' by Ariana Grande, If I Can't Have You by Shawn Mendez, Goodbyes by Post Malone, Only Human by Jonas Brothers & Beautoful People by Ed Sheeran all seem very possible. If i think of more between 2010 and 2017 i will post them here EDIT: Oops, added Cold by Maroon 5 twice by accident. Gonna remove that and pretend it didnt happen I'm pretty sure Wildest Dreams is still getting solid recurrents on HAC and especially AC radio, and it's getting around 1.2-1.3 million streams per week on Spotify which is pretty good for a #5 hit from 2015. Look What You Made Me Do is getting similar daily streams, it would probably be quite forgotten by now if not for the music video. I'd say Bad Blood or LWYMMD are her songs with the worst recurrent stats this decade relative to how big they were (ME! will probably join them but it's too soon to tell for now).
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Post by weirdo on Jan 8, 2020 18:33:57 GMT -5
Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga Lighters - Bruno Mars Good Life - OneRepublic Part Of Me - Katy Perry Glad You Came - The Wanted Scream & Shout - Britney Spears & Will I Am Daylight - Maroon 5 Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton Love Somebody - Maroon 5 Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor FourFiveSeconds - Paul MacCartney, Rihanna & Kanye West Welcome To My House - Flo Rida Drag Me Down - One Direction Locked Away - Adam Levine Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift Cake By The Ocean - DNCE Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 Mercy - Shawn Mendez Just Like Fire - Pink Water Under The Bridge - Adele Cold - Maroon 5 Side To Side - Ariana Grande I'm The One - DJ Khaled Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith Not going any further then 2017 for now, because songs from 2018 and 2019 arent old enough yet and may not br forgotten now but they will be later on. When it comes to songs i think will be forgotten in the future: Wait by Maroon 5, Heaven by Kane Brown, Lights Down Low by IMAX, Breathin' by Ariana Grande, If I Can't Have You by Shawn Mendez, Goodbyes by Post Malone, Only Human by Jonas Brothers & Beautoful People by Ed Sheeran all seem very possible. If i think of more between 2010 and 2017 i will post them here EDIT: Oops, added Cold by Maroon 5 twice by accident. Gonna remove that and pretend it didnt happen I'm pretty sure Wildest Dreams is still getting solid recurrents on HAC and especially AC radio, and it's getting around 1.2-1.3 million streams per week on Spotify which is pretty good for a #5 hit from 2015. Look What You Made Me Do is getting similar daily streams, it would probably be quite forgotten by now if not for the music video. I'd say Bad Blood or LWYMMD are her songs with the worst recurrent stats this decade relative to how big they were (ME! will probably join them but it's too soon to tell for now). But Bad Blood is remembered for the rivalry part and Look What You Made Me Do is remembered for beibg the start of Taylor's "edgy" era and dethroning Despacito from number one. Yeah they aren't as memorable as Shake It Off, but they're still more memorable then Wildest Dreams. Seriously, how many people remember that song?. Yeah it still gets some radio play, but it just isnt someyhing that is well remembered. At least in my opinion. Of course these kinds of threada are always subjective and what people remember is always gonna be different from person to person
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Post by nickd on Jan 8, 2020 20:41:56 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Wildest Dreams is still getting solid recurrents on HAC and especially AC radio, and it's getting around 1.2-1.3 million streams per week on Spotify which is pretty good for a #5 hit from 2015. Look What You Made Me Do is getting similar daily streams, it would probably be quite forgotten by now if not for the music video. I'd say Bad Blood or LWYMMD are her songs with the worst recurrent stats this decade relative to how big they were (ME! will probably join them but it's too soon to tell for now). But Bad Blood is remembered for the rivalry part and Look What You Made Me Do is remembered for beibg the start of Taylor's "edgy" era and dethroning Despacito from number one. Yeah they aren't as memorable as Shake It Off, but they're still more memorable then Wildest Dreams. Seriously, how many people remember that song?. Yeah it still gets some radio play, but it just isnt someyhing that is well remembered. At least in my opinion. Of course these kinds of threada are always subjective and what people remember is always gonna be different from person to person I agree there's non-musical aspects associated with Look and Bad Blood but I think a lot of people still remember Wildest Dreams as just a good song. I also don't think people remember that Look What You Made Me Do is remembered for dethroning Despacito outside of a few thousand chart following pop stans. Out of the songs from the mid-2010s, I'd agree Just Like Fire, Locked Away and Lips Are Movin are fairly forgotten, and I'd also add Honey I'm Good, Post To Be, Somebody, and maybe also Ex's and Oh's and Jealous.
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Post by collegedropout on Jan 8, 2020 21:07:58 GMT -5
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Post by gabe on Jan 8, 2020 21:26:25 GMT -5
Side To Side - Ariana Grande out of all her 2013-2016 hits, you chose Side To Side? This song is probably her biggest hit before TUN era. Other than Side To Side, and Cake By The Ocean, I agree with this list. i legit hear s2s at least twice a month on the radio
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Post by weirdo on Jan 8, 2020 23:39:26 GMT -5
But Bad Blood is remembered for the rivalry part and Look What You Made Me Do is remembered for beibg the start of Taylor's "edgy" era and dethroning Despacito from number one. Yeah they aren't as memorable as Shake It Off, but they're still more memorable then Wildest Dreams. Seriously, how many people remember that song?. Yeah it still gets some radio play, but it just isnt someyhing that is well remembered. At least in my opinion. Of course these kinds of threada are always subjective and what people remember is always gonna be different from person to person I agree there's non-musical aspects associated with Look and Bad Blood but I think a lot of people still remember Wildest Dreams as just a good song. I also don't think people remember that Look What You Made Me Do is remembered for dethroning Despacito outside of a few thousand chart following pop stans. Out of the songs from the mid-2010s, I'd agree Just Like Fire, Locked Away and Lips Are Movin are fairly forgotten, and I'd also add Honey I'm Good, Post To Be, Somebody, and maybe also Ex's and Oh's and Jealous. Its actually sad just how many 2015 songs got forgotte. To me its one of the best years for music in this decade, but yet it also had a lot of forgotten stuff. 2010 also had a lot of forgotten stuff, but to me modt music ftom that year hasnt aged well anyways, so ij can see why its forgotten
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Post by theflying on Jan 9, 2020 11:30:13 GMT -5
I met a middle-aged woman who had Anna Kendrick’s “Cups” as her ringback time just a few months ago. Too many people are far too harsh/liberal when defining “forgotten”. Cups was a huge viral thing - people would know it if you brought it up.
—— It’s very hard for hit songs to be forgotten if the artist’s personal brand is really strong. That’s why no Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, etc. song, I think, fits.
If you HAVE to pick one, I think that Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars song “Lighters” is a good example. Why? - Very far in the past, 2011 - Main artist (Bad Meets Evil) isn’t around anymore and hasn’t been heard from in years - I can’t imagine Bruno Mars has touched the song in years (someone can correct me if I’m wrong) - No current fan base remembers it really (correct me if I’m wrong Bruno stans!) - Didn’t make some crazy statement or have some insane chart peak when it was active.
Those are probably the only ways that a well performing song on the radio where a big artist with a big brand was involved could be seen as forgotten.
——- If a song helped launch a career (or were “second hits”) and the artist is still around with a fan base, it’s not gonna be forgotten: Habits (Stay High), Cake by the Ocean, Lips are Movin, Never Be The Same (??? this just appeared on one of the magazine’s best songs of the 00s and was a recent huge pop radio #1, why would it be forgotten?)
An example I can think of where a second hit by an established artist WOULD make sense is something like One Direction’s “One Thing” - Didn’t do that well - Far outshined by previous single - Probably not touched on subsequent tours - The GP probably does not strongly associate the song with the artist.
—— ——- If a song got covered on singing shows it was used in shows, that’s a sign that it wasn’t forgotten.
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