Is Drivers License most forgotten 2x + number 1 hit in 2020s

[ilikemilk]

Is Drivers License the most forgotten multi number 1 hit this decade?

I think so, it came and went fast and got overshadowed by her other hits.

You don't hear this song anymore, even though I do like it, and it's not that memorable, I have trouble remembering how it sounds like sometimes.

Is this the most forgotten song this decade that hit number 1 for more than 1 week or is there another?

[dremolus - solarpunk]

This is still one of the top streamed songs globally on Spotify right now

So no

[#brayden]

No. There is another.

[ilikemilk]

I never thought streaming plays a big effect on it. People can stream songs all the time. You don't hear the song in other places though.

[M5AGTS]

I would actually say it's Rapstar. Driver's License I think is #2 tho, with Rockstar at #3 and Dynamite at #4.

[Groovy]

I don’t think it’s forgotten, if you want to know a number that 1 that is, look at Butter and Rapstar.

[Groovy]

Sept 27, 2022 13:45:01 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

I never thought streaming plays a big effect on it. People can stream songs all the time. You don't hear the song in other places though.

If people are still streaming it means they’re likely searching it up which would mean it’s not forgotten.

[jodakyellow]

Sept 27, 2022 13:45:01 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

I never thought streaming plays a big effect on it. People can stream songs all the time. You don't hear the song in other places though.

Yes, but people can only stream songs they remember. If "Driver's License" was forgotten, it wouldn't have gotten 1.1 million streams a day yesterday on Spotify, which is not only more than "Butter," "Rapstar," or "Mood," but also more than other Rodrigo hits like "Good 4 U" and "Deja Vu."

"Hearing songs in other places" is a bad measure of a song's lasting impact or legacy, imo. I hear "Drive By" by Train every time I go to Safeway, but that doesn't make it the most remembered song of 2013.

At the end of the day, though, all of this stuff is subjective. We can look at which songs people are choosing to listen to, but that won't change anyone's mind about which songs "feel" the biggest or most remembered.

[kcdawg13]

Aside from the BTS tracks, and this might be controversial but I feel like nobody really cares about Easy On Me anymore and anyone who still does won't care in 3 years. There's like 20 other Adele ballads, and I already don't hear Hello out in public like I do with Someone Like You, so I don't expect Easy On Me to be heard often either.

[Daenerys]

I don't think Driver's License is necessarily forgotten, but I do think it's a study in timing and how timing is the most important aspect of a songs chart run (along with climate).

Driver's License was number 1 for multiple weeks, but when you looked at it's year-end performance Good For You ended up being the better performing chart hit of the two, despite having a fraction of time at the summit. It makes me wonder if the release dates were swapped how they would have performed if their chart points remained the same through their runs.

I also think Good For You was just short changed because it was competing directly with BTS during most of its chart run.

[Au$tin]

"Butter" and "Rapstar" exist.

[lyhom]

[M5AGTS]

I think we can all agree that Rapstar is definitely #1 here.

[leonagwen]

Ridiculous thread, Driver's License was one of the biggest hits of 2021 which was just one year ago.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Wasnt this asked a month ago?

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

no and this topic is boring af.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Sept 27, 2022 23:53:49 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

Wasnt this asked a month ago?

Yes and it was a stupid statement then as well

[Private Dancer]

This thread should've been closed from the start

[jodakyellow]

I’m in a Cheesecake Factory and “Driver’s License” is playing. From where I’m sitting, every single family in here is sobbing and singing along.

Edit: Song just ended and, in unison, we all said, “I still love this song and spend time remembering it each day.”

[Kelly's 10th Fan]

can we, idk, let more than 30% of the decade pass before asking what the most [37 qualifiers] song of the decade is

[kimberly]

Oct 2, 2022 20:31:23 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

I’m in a Cheesecake Factory and “Driver’s License” is playing. From where I’m sitting, every single family in here is sobbing and singing along.

Edit: Song just ended and, in unison, we all said, “I still love this song and spend time remembering it each day.”

I'm laughing crying on the floor. this post is giving

[jimijoop]

Nah. Jimin - Like Crazy will probably take that title.

[Az Paynter]

Apr 10, 2023 12:23:43 GMT -5 jimijoop said:

Nah. Jimin - Like Crazy will probably take that title.

Multi-week though. As in, Hot 100 multi-week. Jimin doesn't count 'cause he only got one.

[JukeboxJacob]

now we need someone to make the "most forgotten 3x + number 1 hit of the 2020s" thread

[#LisaRinna]

"Good 4 U" overshadowed, but no it's not forgotten.

[Au$tin]

Now jimmy, we really don't need to bump *every* thread.

[mkarns]

I suspect that when early 2020s music makes its way to "classic hits" radio (or whatever it's called by then), "Drivers License" will be a staple of many of its playlists.

But before then, I don't think it's forgotten, especially if one looks at the list of big Hot 100 hits from two or three years ago. Even excluding short-lived "album bomb" type tracks, there's a number of songs that one may wonder "was that really that big a hit?" DL isn't among them.

[Forever Winter]

The world literally stopped at 2:24 and collectively agreed the new supreme was here



So no. It's not forgotten and it will forever be remembered as the first single from the Olivia Rodrigo :)