Yeah, I think its resurgence can be traced back to 2004 when it was used in the most memorable scene of Shaun of the Dead.
― triggercut, Thursday, 30 August 2018 06:11 (five years ago) link
I had never heard "A Million Reasons" before checking Lady Gaga's Spotify profile, but it seems it's her... most streamed song?
unfortunately it's an overwrought, schmaltzy ballad - a missed opportunity
― niels, Monday, 22 October 2018 11:20 (five years ago) link
I wonder how much that has to do with the song having only been released after Spotify became one of the primary ways people hear new music, as opposed to e.g. the diamond-certified "Poker Face". (I've never knowingly heard it before either.)
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
yeah, that was my first thought too
― niels, Monday, 22 October 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
Ugh, one that just occurred to me as a very real likelihood: Todd Rundgren - 'Bang the Drum All Day'
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 October 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
At 2.7M + 1.6M (for two different versions that appear in his 10 most streamed songs), Spotify thankfully has its play count well below "I Saw the Light" (10.8M) and "Hello It's Me" (5.7M + 4.7M for two different versions), although that's still higher than it should be.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
ITunes store also seems to rank it #3.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 13:04 (five years ago) link
yeah, gaga is one of those where songs from 2008 got bought on iTunes, not streamed on spotify. but bear in mind that spotify's ranking algorithm includes some recency/hotness special sauce, not just raw play count - if you dig in it looks like this:
Million Reasons 259mBad Romance 250mPoker Face 249mThe Cure (??) 233mApplause 187m Telephone 182mJust Dance 159mBorn This Way 130mDo What U Want 117mPaparazzi 101m
that still suggests some kind of VERY intense marketing on that last album that nonetheless completely escaped me. has she stayed huge in some region of the world whose pop charts don't align with the US's? but also comports perfectly with her peak stardom being pre-Spotify. her legacy songs, and the ones anybody would sing if you prompted them to produce a lady gaga numberb are all from 2008-2011.
"bang the drum" not being rundgren's really surprises me. it's the only thing by him you will ever hear on the radio at least in the US. my gut says it's a case of "song wasn't added to spotify until recently" but maybe "i saw the light" was on a soundtrack or something?
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 22 October 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
"bang the drum" not being rundgren's really surprises me. it's the only thing by him you will ever hear on the radio at least in the US.
I still hear "Hello, It's Me" and "I Saw The Light" frequently on the oldies station.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 22 October 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I don't really trust Spotify play counts either, which is a reason I also checked iTunes for Rundgren.
I know I heard "Hello It's Me" a lot growing up without seeking it out but idk about recent oldies/AC formats. It's also been in a bunch of shows and movies.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
how representative is iTunes though? I know a handful of people who purchased files there, personally always found it a bit of a joke... maybe bigger in the states
and yes, there must have been some kind of massive promotion for the latest gaga album that completely escaped me
― niels, Monday, 22 October 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
(I actually didn't know that song was called "I Saw The Light" until now.)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 22 October 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
iTunes was reported as accounting for 63% of the online music market and 29% of all music retail in 2012: https://www.cepro.com/article/itunes_dominates_download_market_streaming_audio_grows/
65-70% of the declining download market in 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/26/spotify-music-download-apple-itunes-streaming-vinyl
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 22 October 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
wow
I gotta say, it's amazing to me that people will pay for Lady Gaga mp3s
― niels, Monday, 22 October 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
"A Million Reasons" is terrific, GTF out!
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Monday, 22 October 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
here in Wisconsin "Bang on the Drum" is by far his most popular song but for other reasons. I don't know if I've ever actually heard it on the radio. "I Saw the Light", on the other hand...
― frogbs, Monday, 22 October 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
bang on the drum was all over tv in carnival cruise ads for at least a decade
― voodoo chili, Monday, 22 October 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
I thought it was an afternoon drive time staple. The whistle blows, you punch the clock, you get in your Chevy and roar down the highway smackin the console to that funky beat ol Todd is throwin down.
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 October 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
I don't know if they've been mentioned already but Public Enemy biggest song on Spotify is "Harder Than You Think"... I don't even know that song !And their biggest hit is "Give It Up" apparently.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:02 (five years ago) link
A bit like Tricky - the only thing I ever heard on the radio was "Black Steel"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:09 (five years ago) link
Still, it did lead to http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/07/black-steel-in-the-hour-of-chaos/ which is probably the best thing, ever.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
I guess The Grateful Dead are too obvious for something like this? "Friend of the Devil" and "Casey Jones" both have a lot more Spotify streams than "Touch of Grey" (their only top 40 hit).
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
Those two songs were already FM radio mainstays by the time Touch of Grey came out
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
Yeah, and they’re probably included in a lot of default Spotify playlists.
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
Certainly, the concept of a 'hit' is a lot more slippery back then - songs like "Under My Thumb" and "Stairway to Heaven" were massive hits, even though they never charted.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
see nearly every Hendrix radio staple
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
Still, it did lead to http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/07/black-steel-in-the-hour-of-chaos/
it's not addressed to Mr Thaws, The Other Day, 1995
― Teasing The Big Myth (sic), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/07/black-steel-in-the-hour-of-chaos/
Roffle. This is hilarious and OTM. Fuck that song.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
take it to imgur, buddy
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
yeah, gaga is one of those where songs from 2008 got bought on iTunes, not streamed on spotify. but bear in mind that spotify's ranking algorithm includes some recency/hotness special sauce, not just raw play count - if you dig in it looks like this:Million Reasons 259mBad Romance 250mPoker Face 249mThe Cure (??) 233mApplause 187mTelephone 182mJust Dance 159mBorn This Way 130mDo What U Want 117mPaparazzi 101m
Million Reasons 259mBad Romance 250mPoker Face 249mThe Cure (??) 233mApplause 187mTelephone 182mJust Dance 159mBorn This Way 130mDo What U Want 117mPaparazzi 101m
couple things: 1) "Shallow" from A Star is Born now has 130 million Spotify plays! 2) how do you get those raw counts? and where can I get the iTunes numbers? 3) if we factor in Youtube counts we get another picture and probably we should since Youtube is actually the #1 music streaming service?
Bad Romance 982mPoker Face 554mAlejandro 347mApplause 321mJudas 313mTelephone 301m
― niels, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 11:27 (five years ago) link
in spotify, you hover the cursor over the little "cell phone reception bars" icon next to any track.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
aah I see
but then you kind of have to know what you're looking for, there's no way to sort by most plays?
― niels, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
nope, not that i know of.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
the more popular tracks have more bars
― twin sinema (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
NRBQ's "Magnet" has 2 million spins, ten times as much as the next most popular NRBQ songs.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link
Motley Crue's Kickstart My Heart has 100 million plays, which is nearly twice as any as Dr. Feelgood and Girls, Girls, Girls. Both charted in the top 10, while Kickstart peaked at #27.
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
That’s weird. I’m going to guess it’s video game related.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
i haven't checked the numbers, this is purely anecdotal/my perception, but it feels like "naive melody (this must be the place)" has become a signature talking heads song over the past ... 10 years? overtaking stuff like "psycho killer" or "burning down the house" as one of the big talking heads songs. i heard it at a major league baseball game a couple of weeks ago.
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
"home is where i want to be but i guess i'm already there"--a literal description of hitting in baseball.
― mourning joe (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
It is their Number 2 song on Spotify, above Once in a Life and BDTH, but below Psycho Killer. wtf
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
it's a great song so maybe it's just been a slow burn
genuine lol at voodoo chili's comment
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
voodoo chili, also consider that "It's like butter" is a really succinct description of margarine.
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" seems the epitome of this.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
TMBTP is also a fairly popular wedding song.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
xxp i can't believe it
― mourning joe (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
of course it's a popular wedding song, who can be unmoved by the romantic memory of david byrne dancing with a floor lamp
― na (NA), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
when i got into talking heads TMBTP was the one song, aside from once in a lifetime and road to nowhere, that i recognized from having heard it on the radio as a kid.
― visiting, Friday, 26 April 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
this is def one of the bigger shifts and weirder ones to someone like me who knew "burning down the house" from references in FoxTrot comics before i ever heard of the band. certainly knew that one and "take me to the river" and "and she was" and even "wild wild life" long before TMBTP or Psycho Killer.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 26 April 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
I posted this 6 years ago in a Talking Heads "Speaking in Tongues" Poll thread: In the continuing Great-American-Songbook-ization of "This Must Be the Place," husband-and-wife cabaret stars John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey's recent show opens with a duet/medley of "TMBTP" and the Beatles' "Two of Us."
It was the first dance for me and my wife Olive Oyl.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 27 April 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
Well blow me down
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:14 (four years ago) link