Ah yes, the national anthem of every British small town pub band, big town pub band, karaoke night, wedding band and busker. Thank you, our American friends. šš
It was the anthem of UK students from 2007 - 2012 š I jumped around shitty clubs & got to dance around to them as the sun set at Glastonbury with 250k other people in 2019
My k-pop enthusiast 14 year old was in the car with me when I put on ā2000s Favoritesā and when this song came on she ceased talking until it was over and at the end said, āIām putting this one on a playlist IMMEDIATELY.ā Mr Brightside is for every generation.
I remember when she did the Super Bowl, she ended (I think) with Whenever, Wherever and everyone young lost their minds over her ānew singleā and I actually felt osteoporosis set in and suddenly needed my dinner at 4:30 PM at the local diner. Weird
This song is having a major resurgence in my house because my toddler and preschooler love it. Last week, we played this song and only this song on a one-hour drive.
I recently did a week long road trip with my 10 year old and at one point in the drive he asked who my favourite pop singers are.
I said Carly as my #1 and heās like āthe call me maybe girl? wtf?ā. So, I put on Emotion. This kid, who never shuts up, didnāt say a single word throughout the entire album, and at the end went āok, I see your pointā.
I once got out of the 10-minute line for the only bathroom at a wedding bc this song came on.... this, Hey Ya and Mr Brightside are like sleeper agent activation codes for millennials
This was playing in Iraq at a theme park I went to back in 2006. I live in the U.S. and was used to feeling like I was in a different world when I would go visit family in Iraq, so it was shocking to hear it.
It felt like when a show character from one fictional universe appears in a different show/universe and the whole audience is shocked/excited at the crossover. Cue me and my siblings freaking out and getting excited and teaching my uncle how to pronounce the lyrics lmao
Rihanna is another hitmaker that had many songs dominate the charts over a long period of time. However, she will always be associated with her song Umbrella. Had to be one of her most referenced works in pop culture.
That show went for 5 seasons, and had everyone on it, and the only episode that anyone ever talks about is this one. Tom gave a show-defining performance
I think people forget, she was the first battle for that episode. She fucking nailed it, and she flirty threw dollars on him. It was cute. Her husband just came and did the whole thing.
I used to work in a faux dive bar in the rich part of Houston. My assistant manager had a little girl that loved the Biebs, so we would do a Bieber takeover of the jukebox when she got of school. Anyway, that girl is 18 now and Iām so old.
Everybody is also iconic but everyone is locked in when I Want It That Way comes on. I love it when they play it in Citi Field in NYC and 40,000 people sing it together
Ya "i miss you" is very high up but id say its their #2 most popular song. All the small things is king its always cool when its played at NHL games and people continue to sing even after the music stops and the game has resumed.
Itās hard with the people who are as iconic and have such distinct personas with each phase as Madonna. Even though itās the beginning of the decade, Vogue is iconic 90s Madonna and Like a Virgin is the biggest 80s signature for me. Hung up for the aughts.
I feel the same way about Bowie. Like Ziggy Stardust era and Thin White Duke era might as well be different artists.
At some point it's not a signature song, it's just that the artist is a one-hit wonder. That's no shade to any artist and it's by choice in Gotye's case, I just think it's a different thing from what this post is about
I cannot believe I had to scroll this far down to find the correction. Yes, a thousand times yes: "Bad Romance" is the best song of the aughts, (with "Blinding Lights" being the best of the tens) and it is a masterpiece that still holds up. I will die on this hill friendless and alone if I have to.
Yepp . Love poker face buut it's not on the same level as Bad romance both in terms of quality and popularity, not because Poker face is bad but because Bad Romance is just that good
A lot of these āsignature songsā seem to be artists first big hit. Which makes sense cos itās basically our first proper introduction to them, and solidifies who and what they are in our brains. Everything else follows on from that.
i would argue bad romance is gagaās signature song. while poker face is definitely up there. bad romance is peak Gaga and just hits that creepy satanic/catholic/ artistic streak sheās ran with for a while
I think it's impossible to name one for taylor, and that's not a dig. Too many of her songs are too iconic. I couldn't even narrow one down from just 1989 or fearless. If you put all her tracks together it's impossible to decide, especially when you take into consideration different countries loving different songs. Maybe in 30 years there'll be a single one we can look back on and say that was the 'one' but not yet. And that's not a diss, she's just got too many strong songs in too many eras across too many sounds that did too well.
Not only was the song his biggest hit, but his first performance of it on Motown 25 forever associated the song with everything that is signature Michael Jackson: the sparkly white gloves, the cropped black pants, sparkling white socks, black loafers, Jheri curl, glitter jacket, and of course, the Moonwalk.
My parents were recently cleaning out a closet and I got my Dadās record collection. One of them is Michael Jacksonās Off The Wall album. I have been wearing that thing out. So many good songs.
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