Songs you want to see "Running Up That Hill"-ed

[trustypepper]

2022 has been the year of the resurgence. Most obviously with Kate Bush's now-smash hit, but even songs like Sia's "Unstoppable" and The Weeknd's "Die For You" have now become hits years after their initial release.

The question is, which songs do you dream could receive the same treatment and become a hit years, or even decades, later? Whether they are realistic or not does not matter because who the hell knows what can happen in today's music industry.

Name one, a few, or a whole list of underappreciated gems.

[Zeebz]

Robyn - “Dancing On My Own”
Carly Rae Jepsen - “Run Away With Me”

Both smash hits in my heart but let’s make it fact thx

[jamatthews83]

The Dreaming
Babooshka
Breathing
Get Out Of My House
James And The Cold Gun
Violin
The Wedding List
Heads We're Dancing
And Dream Of Sheep
The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)

[Daenerys]

It's hard to think of another situation like Running Up That Hill happening again, it's unique due to the layers it has. The age is just one aspect. There's also that it's initial run didn't exactly flop, but didn't hit quite strong either. It went top 30 originally, and the label re-released it at least once in 2012 before it hit again in 2022. It also wasn't sampled very widely, unless I am mistaken, which helped in the song not becoming diluted overtime as it wasn't baked into other hit songs.

It's sort of like imagining a single from Janet Jackson's first record climbing the charts now.

[taylor]

It wasn’t a single but “Cruel Summer” is Taylor Swift’s career-definer that got away. That could’ve spent the entirety of May-August 2019 at the top of the Hot 100 as the lead to Lover, and would’ve given the album the legs to hold up against the likes of 1989.

I still want it as a single to this day.

[Nasarati]

Any and all singles from Carly Rae Jepsen's pop masterpiece, Emotion.

[M5AGTS]

Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift for sure. That got robbed. But I will say that one actually is pretty reasonable ngl. It could happen. Definitely more likely than the other ones I want.

One being Payphone. This seriously got blocked by Carly Rae f**king Jepsen of all people. That angers me. This needs justice.

Anyway the one I really want to see is Dakiti by Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez. It's my favorite song of all time for starters, but the main reason is because it never had its true time to shine cause of Christmas music, which absolutely frustrates me to no end. Also the radio never exactly got on board, cause Bad Bunny's team apparently has the inability to promote his songs onto radio. It should've been a number one smash.

Also Touch It by Ariana Grande. Do I even need to explain why?

Also I feel like Maroon 5 could easily get on everyone's good side if Leaving California gets released as a single. It's a fan favorite that pretty much no one knows, and I think some people would change their mind about Maroon 5 after hearing it.

[jasper0102]

Colder Weather
Run Away With Me
False Alarm
King Kunta
21 Guns
Forget Me Too

[kcdawg13]

"Run Away With Me" deserves a redemption, it's probably the best pop song of the century next to "Blinding Lights" for me

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Sept 27, 2022 18:52:41 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

One being Payphone. This seriously got blocked by Carly Rae f**king Jepsen of all people. That angers me. This needs justice.

you want justice for a 7x platinum song that peaked at #2, was #4 on a YE chart, #77 on a decade-end chart, and has 1,2 billion streams? 

also, what's wrong with CRJ? 

[✨ 𝑔𝓋 ✨]

Mine's is definitely "Cruel Summer" by Taylor Swift. My thought is basically what taylor said + maybe it had a better chance on knocking down "Old Town Road" by a peg or two than any of the songs that peaked #2 in mid-2019 that was behind the 19-week domination (as much as I love the fact that "ME!" and the thought of Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie collaborating exists)

Another would be The Weeknd's "False Alarm", definitely the most underrated song of his that has the potential to be a hit.

[dbhmr]

Justice for "Love So Soft"

[sadchild]

Here are some suggestions more like the Kate Bush scenario (released pre-2000 being discovered by a whole new generation).
Songs that deserve a resurgence IMO. Not sure anyone here has heard many (or any) of them...?

Big Country "In A Big Country"
Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"
Concrete Blonde "Tomorrow, Wendy"
Cure "Fascination Street"
Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl"
Depeche Mode "Blasphemous Rumors"
Dream Theater "Pull Me Under"
Eddie Grant "Electric Avenue"
Escape Club "I'll Be There"
Frankie Smith "Double Dutch Bus" ("hizzay gizzirls!")
Gary Numan "Cars"
Modern English "I Melt With You"
Nine Inch Nails "Hurt"
Peter Gabriel "Red Rain"
Planet P "Why Me"
Robert Palmer "Every Kinda People"
Romantics "What I Like About You"
Tom Petty "You Got Lucky"
XTC "Dear God"


Here are some songs that "Running Up That Hill"'ed way back in the day (were hits in the 60s or 70s, then had a resurgence in the 80s or 90s). Usually thanks to a popular film using the old song.

Beatles "Twist & Shout" (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Ben E King "Stand By Me" (Stand By Me)
Bob Seger "Old Time Rock 'N Roll" (Risky Business)
Contours "Do You Love Me" (Dirty Dancing)
Prince "1999" (not a film, just the year 1999 arriving)
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Wayne's World)

These had a resurgence more recently:

Journey "Don't Stop Believin'" (Glee)
Metallica "Master Of Puppets" (Stranger Things)
Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities" (a commercial)

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Sept 27, 2022 18:52:41 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

One being Payphone. 

Anyway the one I really want to see is Dakiti by Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez. 

Why did you choose two songs that were already big smashes the first time around? That's....the opposite of what happened to RUTH back in 1986

[Groovy]

Speaking entirely from an American perspective

In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
No Lie by Sean Paul & Dua Lipa
Stan by Eminem
Teenagers by MCR
Chiquitita by ABBA
Zombie by The Cranberries
Any Little Mix or Sugababes hit

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Anyway my picks
BLEACH
Perfect Places
Hotter Than Hell
Ultimate
Dirty Harry
Loud Places
Faneto
Motion Sickness
Cocoa Butter Kisses/Angels
1999/Boys
Sunday Candy
That's What You Get
No Church in the Wild
Dreams Tonite
Heart to Break
Grindin'
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Ghosts N Stuff
So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings
Dance Macabre
Bat Country
Bark at the Moon
Children of the Grave
Mind Playing Tricks On Me
Bungle in the Jungle
Lovesong
Evil Woman

Ditto also what Zeebz said for obvious reasons

I went with songs that don't have hundreds of 300M+ of streams already because I think they're famous enough. Which is why I didn't say SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK, One More Time, Money Trees, See You Again (Tyler the Creator), etc. Same reason I didn't say alt hits like Heart-Shaped Box, Black Hole Sun, Clint Eastwood, Zombie, etc. I wanted songs that need more love pronto

[JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME]

Karissa Noel - Corrupt
Katy Perry - Walking On Air
Kim Petras - Treat Me Like A Slut
Madonna - God Control
deleted Hernandez - Bitch I'm A Bottom

[khan]

This is so difficult because it feels like TikTok just picks songs at complete random. I mean remember Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)? Yeah it was a hit back in the day, but who was thinking of it in the past decade? Or Classic by MKTO which is way more recent but still probably one of the most forgotten songs of that year. Honestly I like both of those songs but I wouldn't have pegged them as enduring enough for the TikTok age.

Considering how much TikTok likes its emo stuff I'll say that a resurgence of something by Nine Inch Nails seems possible someday. I think my real dream come true would be a full reappraisal of Janet Jackson, though. I know that her name's been lauded more and more over the past few years but that's just in the music circles. Some resurgence of popularity that finally brings her streaming era numbers up to where they should have always been would be sweet, and she has so many timeless songs that could totally catch on in current year like RUTH did.

[Joe1240]

Taylor Swift-Enchanted-When Speak Now TV comes it has a good chance to make a comeback perhaps her most underrated album track.

Christina Aguilera-Your Body/Let There Be Love
Carly Rae Jepsen-Run Away With Me
Mandy Moore-In My Pocket

[jodakyellow]

These are the criteria I'm thinking about for this (and none of these are meant to be shade toward the picks other users made; it's totally valid for people to have different approaches and interpretations to the questions):

*The song sounds like a hit. It's catchy or memorable, and there's a "big"-ness or excitement to at least some elements of its sound.
*The song, by any objective measure, was not a major mainstream hit in its time.
*The artist is neither obscure nor a major hitmaker. No undiscovered gems from CDBaby-exclusive releases, and no Taylor Swift deep cuts that deserved a bigger platform. (Besides, Swift's fanbase does an excellent job keeping at least one non-singles from her catalog "trending" at all times.)
*The song has to be mainstream pop adjacent, but not a straight-up pop song. Pop-leaning rock, pop-leaning alternative, pop-leaning country... you get the idea.

My initial pics:

— "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor
— "Cough Syrup" by Young the Giant
— "Uh Huh" by Julia Michaels
— "Shake it Out" by Florence + The Machine
— "Hook" by Blues Traveler
— "Houdini" by Foster the People

[jodakyellow]

Sept 28, 2022 10:39:32 GMT -5 sadchild said:

Songs that deserve a resurgence IMO. Not sure anyone here has heard many (or any) of them...?

Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"
Modern English "I Melt With You"
Romantics "What I Like About You"

Any chance you're a fan of the excellent "Hit Parade" podcast? The most recent episode on "Legacy Hits" addresses all three of these songs in particular. I think everyone who's ever been alive knows these songs, despite the fact that they weren't hits in their day.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Sept 28, 2022 17:04:26 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

These are the criteria I'm thinking about for this (and none of these are meant to be shade toward the picks other users made; it's totally valid for people to have different approaches and interpretations to the questions):

*The song sounds like a hit. It's catchy or memorable, and there's a "big"-ness or excitement to at least some elements of its sound.
*The song, by any objective measure, was not a major mainstream hit in its time.
*The artist is neither obscure nor a major hitmaker. No undiscovered gems from CDBaby-exclusive releases, and no Taylor Swift deep cuts that deserved a bigger platform. (Besides, Swift's fanbase does an excellent job keeping at least one non-singles from her catalog "trending" at all times.)
*The song has to be mainstream pop adjacent, but not a straight-up pop song. Pop-leaning rock, pop-leaning alternative, pop-leaning country... you get the idea.

My initial pics:

— "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor
— "Cough Syrup" by Young the Giant
— "Uh Huh" by Julia Michaels
— "Shake it Out" by Florence + The Machine
— "Hook" by Blues Traveler
— "Houdini" by Foster the People

Yeah I was gonna say, the possibilities for this based on what I could suggest are endless. Though “Fidelity” was one that came to mind early on, mostly because Regina is of a similar sound to Kate. Add to that something from Tori too. And Sarah Slean, though she might be too obscure but she has songs that fit a dramatic nature that could go viral in the right situation. Or “I Hate The Way” by Polly Scattergood.

“Hook” was already a pretty big hit though in 1996.

[M5AGTS]

Came back here cause I thought of another one.

[jodakyellow]

Sept 28, 2022 17:41:32 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

Sept 28, 2022 17:04:26 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

Though “Fidelity” was one that came to mind early on, mostly because Regina is of a similar sound to Kate. Add to that something from Tori too.

....

“Hook” was already a pretty big hit though in 1996.

I guess I was just too young at the time to realize "Hook" was a hit! It's certainly been overshadowed by their larger hit in the time since.

I thought about Tori as well; she's probably the most blatantly Kate Bush-influenced artist of her class. I'm not sure which of her songs would be the most likely candidate; probably "Cornflake Girl" or "Crucify."

[johnm1120]

Anything from Celine or Enya. Just to say it happened.

Also
Anggun - Snow on the Sahara
Donna Lewis & Richard Marx - At the Beginning

[wrip]

In a perfect world "Best Part" by H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar would've SMASHED on the charts   it has the streams to back it up but it so deserved to do better on the Hot 100

[✨ 𝑔𝓋 ✨]

Sept 28, 2022 19:15:43 GMT -5 wrip said:

In a perfect world "Best Part" by H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar would've SMASHED on the charts   it has the streams to back it up but it so deserved to do better on the Hot 100

Oh my God why I forgot mentioning this perfection of a song :'( Thanks for mentioning that wrip , "Best Part" is a legit hit for me

[torgojohnson]

Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley. It deserved a resurgence more than Hallelujah did.

[sadchild]

Sept 28, 2022 11:01:30 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Speaking entirely from an American perspective
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Stan by Eminem
Chiquitita by ABBA
Zombie by The Cranberries

Those songs did well back then, and are still ever-present now. Can't really "Running Up That Hill" them. They never went away.

In The Air #19
Stan #51
Chiquita #29
Zombie #18 (Mainstream Radio, didn't qualify for Hot 100)

[sadchild]

Sept 28, 2022 17:06:29 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

Sept 28, 2022 10:39:32 GMT -5 sadchild said:

Songs that deserve a resurgence IMO. Not sure anyone here has heard many (or any) of them...?

Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"
Modern English "I Melt With You"
Romantics "What I Like About You"

Any chance you're a fan of the excellent "Hit Parade" podcast? The most recent episode on "Legacy Hits" addresses all three of these songs in particular. I think everyone who's ever been alive knows these songs, despite the fact that they weren't hits in their day.

No, but maybe I should!

But I do have a big list of songs I can't believe never made the top 40:

#41
Beatles "From Me To You"
Bob Seger "Rock And Roll Never Forgets"
Cars "Good Times Roll"
Cars "It's All I Can Do"
Cars "Since You're Gone"
David Bowie "Changes"
Elton John "Tiny Dancer"
Huey Lewis & The News "Workin' For A Livin'"
Kinks "Do It Again"
Nine Inch Nails "Closer"
Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink"
Wonders "That Thing You Do"
ZZ Top "La Grange"

#42
Adam Ant "Strip"
Cranberries "Dreams"
Missing Persons "Destination Unknown"
Missing Persons "Words"
Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

#43
Bob Seger "Katmandu"
Live "Selling The Drama"

#44
10,000 Maniacs "Trouble Me"
Barenaked Ladies "It's All Been Done"
John Fogerty "Centerfield"
Rush "Tom Sawyer"

#45
Buster Poindexter "Hot Hot Hot"
Cheap Trick "If You Want My Love"
Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
Traveling Wilburys "Handle With Care"

#46
Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
Cure "Fascination Street"
Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"

#47
AC/DC "Highway To Hell"

#48
Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"

#49
Beatles "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Bonnie Raitt "Have A Heart"
James Taylor "Mexico"
La's "There She Goes"
Romantics "What I Like About You"
Squeeze "Tempted"

#50
Genesis "Taking It All Too Hard"

#51
Eminem "Stan"

#52
Bloodhound Gang "The Bad Touch"

#53
Beatles "If I Fell"
Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell"
Sheppard "Geronimo"
Split Enz "I Got You"

#54
Huey Lewis & The News "But It's Alright"
Talking Heads "And She Was"

#55
Garbage "Only Happy When It Rains"
Van Halen "Right Now

further down:

#78
Modern English "I Melt With You"

#102
Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"

And I agree with you about "Cough Syrup". Great song that didn't get its due.