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Post by leonagwen on Jan 12, 2021 4:40:12 GMT -5
Do you know any artists or groups whose most well known song is not their biggest hit?
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jan 12, 2021 5:13:54 GMT -5
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car peaked in the Top 10 but Give Me One Reason is her biggest peaking hit at #3 J. Cole - No Role Modelz made in to the Top 30 but his biggest on the charts is MIDDLE CHILD Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun only made it to #2 while her number ones are True Colors and Time After Time (which are also remembered but I think most people know GJWHF) Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You only made it to #4, which I feel has eclipsed No One and Fallin' Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot barely made it into the Top 10 at #9 while her biggest hit on the charts - Love is a Battlefield - peaked higher Chance the Rapper - he's been one features of big songs but none of them have been as well remembered as No Problem Jay-Z - 99 Problems wasn't even a Top 40 hit and yet it's one of the most iconic rap songs of the 2000s
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Jan 12, 2021 8:17:19 GMT -5
MC Hammer is a great example here.
His most well-known song is "U Can't Touch This", yet it only peaked at #8 on the Hot 100, and he had four singles peaking higher than it ("Have You Seen Her", "Pray", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Addams Groove"), all virtually forgotten these days.
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 12, 2021 8:45:20 GMT -5
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car peaked in the Top 10 but Give Me One Reason is her biggest peaking hit at #3 J. Cole - No Role Modelz made in to the Top 30 but his biggest on the charts is MIDDLE CHILD Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun only made it to #2 while her number ones are True Colors and Time After Time (which are also remembered but I think most people know GJWHF) Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You only made it to #4, which I feel has eclipsed No One and Fallin' Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot barely made it into the Top 10 at #9 while her biggest hit on the charts - Love is a Battlefield - peaked higher Chance the Rapper - he's been one features of big songs but none of them have been as well remembered as No Problem Jay-Z - 99 Problems wasn't even a Top 40 hit and yet it's one of the most iconic rap songs of the 2000s Good list but I disagree about Alicia Keys. No One is Alicia's most well known own song.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 12, 2021 9:11:58 GMT -5
How is this different than signature song? There are no parameters so of course thereβll be disagreement but theyβll have to be allowed without argument because, well, the lack of a definition.
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 12, 2021 14:55:00 GMT -5
How is this different than signature song? There are no parameters so of course thereβll be disagreement but theyβll have to be allowed without argument because, well, the lack of a definition. Its common sense. dremolus gave the types of answers that I was looking for.
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Jan 12, 2021 15:57:49 GMT -5
If we're defining "biggest hit" as "highest peak on the Hot 100" (as other members have done already in here), I remember being kinda shocked to learn that "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys and "Bye Bye Bye" by N Sync were not their highest peaks on the Billboard Hot 100, as I've always considered them as their signature songs (they peaked at #06 and #04 respectively)
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Post by mkarns on Jan 12, 2021 16:18:42 GMT -5
I might cite Queen, with "Bohemian Rhapsody" having peaked at #9 and #2 (Hot 100), while they had two #1's ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust", both still widely known in their own right). But adding together multiple chart runs may put BR on top.
Possibly Sia, whose "Cheap Thrills" is her biggest hit chartwise but "Chandelier" (and maybe even the David Guetta feature "Titanium") feel more lasting and/or iconic.
Panic! At the Disco, depending if you count "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" or "High Hopes" as their/his best known. HH wins the chart ranking battle and has been seemingly inescapable the last few years, but IWSNT has had much longer to become a "signature" song and has stuck (I heard it on my local CHR just the other day, 15 years after its original release.)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 20:45:31 GMT -5
Journey is a good example. Their most well known song is easily Don't Stop Believin', which peaked at #9, but their biggest hit was actually Open Arms, which peaked at #2 on the Hot 100.
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 13, 2021 17:12:18 GMT -5
How is this different than signature song? There are no parameters so of course thereβll be disagreement but theyβll have to be allowed without argument because, well, the lack of a definition. Answer the thread question!
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 13, 2021 18:00:05 GMT -5
How is this different than signature song? There are no parameters so of course thereβll be disagreement but theyβll have to be allowed without argument because, well, the lack of a definition. Answer the thread question! You already responded to this post two days ago. Why are you responding to it again?
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 13, 2021 18:12:39 GMT -5
Answer the thread question! You already responded to this post two days ago. Why are you responding to it again? You didn't answer the question.
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Post by Choco on Jan 13, 2021 18:40:55 GMT -5
Journey is a good example. Their most well known song is easily Don't Stop Believin', which peaked at #9, but their biggest hit was actually Open Arms, which peaked at #2 on the Hot 100. Perfect example of why "biggest hit" =/= "highest peaking song". There's little argument that can convince me that Journey's "biggest hit" and "signature song" isn't "Don't Stop Believin'". The question is poorly worded.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 13, 2021 19:04:18 GMT -5
You already responded to this post two days ago. Why are you responding to it again? You didn't answer the question. Neither did you tho
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Post by Groovy on Jan 13, 2021 19:59:10 GMT -5
Justin Bieber, I couldn't tell you his most well known song but I doubt it's Love Yourself, it was number 1 two weeks in 2016 and topped the year end chart.
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Post by Groovy on Jan 13, 2021 20:01:34 GMT -5
Beyonce as well, I would say Crazy in Love (#1 for 8 weeks and 4 on 2003 year end) is more well known than her biggest hit, Irreplaceable (#1 for 11 weeks and topped the 2007 year end)
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jan 13, 2021 21:51:24 GMT -5
Matchbox Twenty I'd also put here. It seems that both Push and 3AM seem to be more remembered than any of their top 10 hits
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Post by mkarns on Jan 13, 2021 22:29:06 GMT -5
Matchbox Twenty I'd also put here. It seems that both Push and 3AM seem to be more remembered than any of their top 10 hits Though that's probably a Hot 100 quirk more than anything else: the fact that Billboard wouldn't count any songs not released as a physical single on the Hot 100 at that point (1997-98), so many huge hits either didn't chart at all or didn't measure up to their radio and popular presence. One perennial question is Mariah Carey: which of her many #1's can be considered her "biggest hit" versus her best known, especially as now there's the special case of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" smashing at the end of each year.
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Post by mrmike855 on Jan 13, 2021 23:23:28 GMT -5
Far more people remember The Romantics' "What I Like About You" than "Talking in Your Sleep" even as the latter peaked at #3 compared to #49
Kiss' "Beth" peaked at #7, yet it's far less remembered than "Rock and Roll all Night" which peaked at #12
"More than a Feeling" is Boston's most well known song, but it peaked at #5, while "Amanda" peaked at #1
"Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri peaked at #17, yet she's more well known for "A Thousand Years", even as it only peaked at #31.
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Post by Private Dancer on Jan 14, 2021 2:55:25 GMT -5
Mary J Blige- Family Affair peaked at #1 but people mostly remember "Be Without You"
Mariah Carey- We Belong Together is her biggest song but AIWFCIY is her most well known song
Taylor Dayne- Love Will Lead You Back is her biggest but Tell It To My Heart is her most well known
Avril Lavinge-Girlfriend #1 but Complicated #2 is her most well known
Pointer Sisters- Slow Hand #2 is their biggest but I'm So Exicted (#9) is their most well known
Destiny's Child-Independent Women is their biggest but Say My Name is better well known
Madonna's biggest hit is Like A Virgin domestically and Like A Prayer internationally but taking into consideration all generations "Material Girl" is the better known song
Lady Gaga Poker Face is her biggest but Just Dance and her recent #1 seem to be more known than Poker Face
Paula Abdul- Rush Rush is her biggest hit but Straight Up seems to be more well known.
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 14, 2021 5:57:52 GMT -5
You didn't answer the question. Neither did you tho I made the thread.
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jan 14, 2021 6:06:33 GMT -5
Mary J Blige- Family Affair peaked at #1 but people mostly remember "Be Without You" Mariah Carey- We Belong Together is her biggest song but AIWFCIY is her most well known song Taylor Dayne- Love Will Lead You Back is her biggest but Tell It To My Heart is her most well known Avril Lavinge-Girlfriend #1 but Complicated #2 is her most well known Pointer Sisters- Slow Hand #2 is their biggest but I'm So Exicted (#9) is their most well known Destiny's Child-Independent Women is their biggest but Say My Name is better well known Madonna's biggest hit is Like A Virgin domestically and Like A Prayer internationally but taking into consideration all generations "Material Girl" is the better known song Lady Gaga Poker Face is her biggest but Just Dance and her recent #1 seem to be more known than Poker Face Paula Abdul- Rush Rush is her biggest hit but Straight Up seems to be more well known. Agree with all of these except for Madonna. Material Girl is remembered but not more than Like a Virgin or Like a Prayer or even Vogue. Mary J Blige as well. Family Affair has more views on Youtube and Spotify to this day
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 14, 2021 8:59:01 GMT -5
Thatβs the problem with this forum. People (Wilson, and that other troll who got banned) thinking they can start threads and never participate.
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 14, 2021 9:12:34 GMT -5
Thatβs the problem with this forum. People (Wilson, and that other troll who got banned) thinking they can start threads and never participate. I always participate in my threads. People have been giving good answers on this thread.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 14, 2021 9:31:04 GMT -5
Thatβs the problem with this forum. People (Wilson, and that other troll who got banned) thinking they can start threads and never participate. I always participate in my threads. People have been giving good answers on this thread. β€οΈ
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Post by Groovy on Jan 14, 2021 10:09:17 GMT -5
Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry is her biggest (and best) song in her career but London Bridge and really every hit off The Duchess is more well known than it.
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Post by #brayden on Jan 14, 2021 16:44:10 GMT -5
Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry is her biggest (and best) song in her career but London Bridge and really every hit off The Duchess is more well known than it. I don't completely agree. Maybe a case could be made for "Fergalicious" since it's literally tied into her name and would be the first song people associate with her for that reason alone. "Big Girls Don't Cry" is easily more well known than the other three, though.
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Post by Groovy on Jan 14, 2021 19:19:02 GMT -5
Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry is her biggest (and best) song in her career but London Bridge and really every hit off The Duchess is more well known than it. I don't completely agree. Maybe a case could be made for "Fergalicious" since it's literally tied into her name and would be the first song people associate with her for that reason alone. "Big Girls Don't Cry" is easily more well known than the other three, though. Must be me then, I don't remember ever hearing it on the radio or seeing the video on MTV/VH1 when it was a hit but I definitely remember Fergalicious, Glamorous, Clumsy and even London Bridge. Maybe it was because I was 8 at the time but I do remember the other big hits in 2007 but I don't ever remember this being a hit, which is a shame because it's by far her best hit.
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Post by Choco on Jan 14, 2021 19:34:40 GMT -5
To be honest Fergie as a whole is... kinda forgotten. For an era as big as The Dutchess was it made zero impact on the pop culture after it dropped from the charts.
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Post by Private Dancer on Jan 14, 2021 21:32:36 GMT -5
I don't completely agree. Maybe a case could be made for "Fergalicious" since it's literally tied into her name and would be the first song people associate with her for that reason alone. "Big Girls Don't Cry" is easily more well known than the other three, though. Must be me then, I don't remember ever hearing it on the radio or seeing the video on MTV/VH1 when it was a hit but I definitely remember Fergalicious, Glamorous, Clumsy and even London Bridge. Maybe it was because I was 8 at the time but I do remember the other big hits in 2007 but I don't ever remember this being a hit, which is a shame because it's by far her best hit.Β London Bridge I dont remember and Fergalicous I vaguely remember. People have forgotten about Clumsy although I remember when it was on the radio every 5 minutes in early 2008. Glamorous is known for the "if you ain't got no money" part. But I'm shocked that you dont remember BGDC. I was 5 at the time and I remember the summer of '07 when MTV/VH1 would play the video every day and I remember when that song was ALWAYS on the radio. They literally played that song every hour on the hour.
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