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Post by mikerivera on Aug 27, 2021 16:34:54 GMT -5
Since what songs are considered “defining” is completely subjective, I want to get people’s inputs. The best way to make this “objective” is to find the consensus opinion. I’ll create a series of polls by year to determine this
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Post by mikerivera on Aug 27, 2021 17:08:25 GMT -5
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Aug 27, 2021 17:09:44 GMT -5
I voted other (I Kissed a Girl) |
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Post by mikerivera on Aug 27, 2021 17:34:02 GMT -5
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Aug 27, 2021 17:37:11 GMT -5
Foolish is my choice. This was the toughest one so far to pick a defining song. |
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Post by mikerivera on Aug 27, 2021 17:40:17 GMT -5
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Post by mikerivera on Aug 27, 2021 17:53:37 GMT -5
The 1999 poll strawpoll.com/cwzv3dcab This is about as far back as I want to go for right now. Also the year I was born. And is it just me, or are the songs from this year WAY more ubiquitous today than anything from 2000 or 2001? |
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Aug 27, 2021 17:59:32 GMT -5
If you did one more year, you’d get a clear cut year defining smash (The Boy is Mine).
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Post by Limited Edition on Aug 27, 2021 18:55:05 GMT -5
What's so defining about Sicko Mode? I mean it's a cool song with all the different beat switches but when I think of 2018, Perfect is the first song that comes to mind. It's been so ridiculously successful that it's somehow still at #46 on Billboard Global 200. It's currently a bigger song than Rapstar and Leave Before You Love Me for example lol |
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Post by mikerivera on Aug 27, 2021 19:10:36 GMT -5
I’d say it’s because 2018 was defined by the oversaturation of trap on the charts, and Sicko Mode is usually cited as both the best song and the most creative song to get popular that year from that genre. And remember that being the most successful song from a year doesn’t make you the “defining” song. Keep in mind that I love Perfect, as do a lot of people, but acoustic love ballads will rarely if ever be considered the “defining” song of a year. Those kinds of songs have been made since the acoustic guitar was invented, and it’s hard to either pin one down to defining a specific year or for a song like that to carve out a specific identity as pop culture icon.
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Post by Limited Edition on Aug 27, 2021 19:14:15 GMT -5
2012 is vey hard to answer. Gangnam Style, Call Me Maybe and Somebody That I Used To Know all very valid answers |
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Post by Limited Edition on Aug 27, 2021 19:17:22 GMT -5
I’d say it’s because 2018 was defined by the oversaturation of trap on the charts, and Sicko Mode is usually cited as both the best song and the most creative song to get popular that year from that genre. And remember that being the most successful song from a year doesn’t make you the “defining” song. Keep in mind that I love Perfect, as do a lot of people, but acoustic love ballads will rarely if ever be considered the “defining” song of a year. Those kinds of songs have been made since the acoustic guitar was invented, and it’s hard to either pin one down to defining a specific year or for a song like that to carve out a specific identity as pop culture icon. Well yeah I guess. When I think of 2018, that's the first song that comes to mind. If it's not Perfect, then it's between God's Plan and Havana for me |
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Aug 27, 2021 19:42:49 GMT -5
The thing about Sicko Mode was that its run was evenly split in 2018 and 2019 for it to be considered a defining hit for either year.
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