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6 decades in a row? Does Elton have any from the 10's?
I guess he has one from the 00's if you count the 2Pac hit.
High (2018) has 76m streams. From the 00s he also has Are You Ready For Love, a 2003 remix of a 1979 song, and a close one with the Blue version of Sorry Seems To Be (66.5m).
If we look at total streams by decade MJ would probably win that contest, 5 decades with 800m+ streams including 4 in a row 😎
Ah, features, samples, remixes and re-makes. Hard to keep up with!
I just heard "High". Not really a new Elton John song. A rapper sampling Rocket Man, but ok, it's a feature, so I suppose technically you're right.
It's about 4 years ago I looked at AC/DC’s least streamed tracks. Has anything changed? Here’s the bottom 20 – not including B-sides and rarities:
1 (1) Brainshake 1066K (FOTS)
2 (4) Some Sin for Nuthin’ 1095K (BUYV)
3 (2) Send for the Man 1139K (FOTW)
4 (3) Deep in the Hole 1266K (FOTS)
5 (11) Ruff Stuff 1328K (BUYV)
6 (13) Go Zone 1339K (BUYV)
7 (12) Nick of Time 1353K (BUYV)
8 (6) Hell or High Water 1376K (FOTW)
9 (14) Meanstreak 1431K (BUYV)
10 (5) Stand Up 1459K (FOTW)
11 (8) Landslide 1529K (FOTS)
12 (7) Bedlam in Belgium 1535K (FOTS)
13 (10) Playing With Girls 1573K (FOTW)
14 (16) Kissing Dynamite 1575K (BUYV)
15 (15) Two’s Up 1600K (BUVY)
16 (9) Badlands 1603K (FOTS)
17 (19) This Means War 1641K (BUYV)
18 (18) Breaking the Rules 1944K (FTATR)
19 (28) Love Bomb 2164K (Ballbreaker)
20 (17) Danger 2171K (FOTW)
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21 (30) Caught With Your Pants Down 2272K (Ballbreaker)
22 (22) You Ain't Got a Hold on Me 2307K (74JB)
23 (21) Snowballed 2327K (FTATR)
24 (20) Spellbound 2366K (FTATR)
So, the three mid 80s albums (Flick of the Switch '83, Fly On The Wall '85 and Blow Up Your Video '88) are still dominating the bottom 20 with a total of 18 tracks.
Spellbound has escaped the bottom 20, leaving just one track from For Those About To Rock '81. "New" entry is Love Bomb from Ballbreaker '95. Love Bomb has gone from #28-19! And Caught With Your Pants Down also from Ballbreaker has gone from #30-21! So it seems Ballbreaker has dropped in popularity.
FOTS on the other hand has gained in popularity. It still has 5 songs in the bottom 20, but this time only 2 in the bottom 10. Four years ago all 5 were in the bottom 10.
Almost the same story for FOTW. Still 5 songs in the bottom 20, but all 5 have gained places.
That means BUYV has taken a fall. It has gone from bad to worse. Still 8 songs on the list, but in stead of just one song in the bottom 10 it now has 5 songs in the bottom 10! In fact there's now a 300K gap between #17 and #18 - and the 8 BUYV tracks are all in the bottom 17! If it wasn't for the hit singles Heatseeker and That's the Way I Wanna RnR BUYV would easily be their least popular album.
They need to avoid calling any future recordings, a title that begins with S, ends with D, has two Ls, one O, one E, one N and one B, in it and has exactly ten letters! lol
Personally, I don't really rate anything post Back In Black. I've enjoyed a handful of tracks that were contemporary to me, such as Who Made Who, That's The Way..., Heatseeker, Thunderstruck and Rock N Roll Train but not one of their post BIB albums (and I've owned them all, since the late 80s) has left any kind of lasting impression on me. I did enjoy Black Ice initially, but I haven't listened to it since it came out. The rest, I haven't listened to in over 30 years or since they came out but then again, I'm am quite staunchly a Bon Scott era man.
Snowballed and Spellbound? LOL!
Bon was something else. There's a reaon no Bon songs are in the bottom 20.
But as you know, I'm a fan of both frontmen.
Inspired by the comments from Martin and myself I thought it would make sense to look at the bottom Bon Scott era tracks too.
B-sides and rarities excluded. From an international point of view that is. For example. "Love Song" and "Soul Stripper" are both on the Australian debut album (1975), "Soul Stripper" was then included on the 5 song EP "74Jailbreak" (1984), "Love Song" was not. So internationally "Love Song" remained a rarity (now available on the "Backtracks" boxset).
I'll start by posting the list as of Jan 2019, the time I posted the old list of Brian tracks.
1 You Ain't Got a Hold on Me 873K (74JB)
2 Soul Stripper 924K (74JB)
3 Show Business 1050K (74JB)
4 Up To My Neck in You 1124K (Powerage)
5 Kicked in the Teeth 1131K (Powerage)
6 Overdose 1319K (LTBR)
7 Baby, Please Don't Go 1348K (74JB)
8 Gimme a Bullet 1350K (Powerage)
9 Squealer 1503K (DDDDC)
10 Down Payment Blues 1522K (Poweage)
11 There's Gonna Be Some Rockin' 1568K (DDDDC)
12 Love At First Feel 1627K (DDDDC)
13 What's Next to the Moon 1631K (Powerage)
14 Go Down 1649K (LTBR)
15 Ain't NoFun 1905K (DDDDC)
16 Little Lover 2110K (HV)
17 She's Got Balls 2370K (HV)
18 Bad Boy Boogie 2451K (LTBR)
19 Cold Hearted Man 2541K (Powerage)
20 Can I Sit Next to You Girl 2863K (HV)
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21 Love Hungry Man 3153K (HTH)
So that's 4 songs from '74 Jailbreak
3 songs from High Voltage
4 songs from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
3 songs from Let There Be Rock
6 songs from Powerage
0 songs from Highway to Hell
Obviously HTH is the biggest Bon album. Love Hungry Man at #21 was about 300K on the safe side in 2019.
4 songs from the 5-track '74 Jailbreak in the bottom 7. I suppose they might be considered B-sides to the track Jailbreak?
With 6 tracks in the bottom 20 (and the 2 smallest non-74JB tracks) Powerage is the least popular proper Bon Scott album.
With no songs in the bottom 15, High Voltage is the 2nd most popular Bon album (after HTH).
And here's the bottom 20 Bon Scott era songs on Spotify as of 2/2/2023:
1 (1) You Ain’t Got a Hold on Me 2307K (74JB)
2 (2) Soul Stripper 2825K (74JB)
3 (3) Show Business 2846K (74JB)
4 (4) Up To My Neck in You 3430K (Powerage)
5 (5) Kicked in the Teeth 3653K (Powerage)
6 (6) Overdose 4027K (LTBR)
7 (8) Gimme a Bullet 4219K (Powerage)
8 (9) Squealer 4296K (DDDDC)
9 (11) There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’ 4301K (DDDDC)
10 (12) Love At First Feel 4374K (DDDDC)
11 (7) Baby, Please Don’t Go 4634K (74JB)
12 (10) Down Payment Blues 4736K (Poweage)
13 (14) Go Down 4987K (LTBR)
14 (13) What’s Next to the Moon 5056K (Powerage)
15 (15) Ain’t No Fun 5255K (DDDDC)
16 (19) Cold Hearted Man 5632K (Powerage)
17 (16) Little Lover 6060K (HV)
18 (17) She’s Got Balls 6463K (HV)
19 (18) Bad Boy Boogie 7280K (LTBR)
20 (20) Can I Sit Next to You Girl 8350K (HV)
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21 (22) Get It Hot 9555K (HTH)
Still no HTH songs in the bottom 20. This time Get It Hot is about 1200K on the safe side. Meanwhile Love Hungry Man (16764K) has climbed #21-26!
So it's the same 20 songs on the list, but in slightly different order. Most have roughly tripled in plays, or close.
Baby, Please Don't Go has done better and climbed #7-11.
Cold Hearted Man has done a bit worse and dropped #19-16.
Apart from that there are only minor changes.
Powerage is without doubt my favourite album of theirs. Not sure exactly, why its tracks are so unloved in general, maybe because it doesn't have any hugely popular tracks on it, to bring people to it. I've read a few forums etc, where a lot of people and AC/DC fans, also claimed it to be their best.
Powerage is indeed the typical fan choice. I've read that a lot too.
I"ve been an AC/DC fan as long as I can remember. Since way before I learned any English. And I love Powerage too. It's more consistant to me than DDDDC. Maybe more than High Voltage too. And Sin City & Riff Raff should have been HUGE imo. However, I always preferred the Let There Be Rock & Highway to Hell albums. Still do. Those are even more consistant and have better top tracks imo.
Btw. I probably should have included the demo version for Get it Hot. New total 9936K (#21).
I'm not sure I had any of their albums prior to buying That's The Way I Wanna Rock and Roll but that was definitely the first contemporary record I bought by them, a 12" picture disc, with Angus on it, if I remember correctly lol. So I guess I've been a fan since at least early 88.
I'm pretty sure Back In Black and Highway To Hell, were the first two I got into, BIB first, then HTH. I then picked up tons of their albums over the next few years, in 2nd hand shops, charity shops, 2nd hand record shops, usually for 50p or £1! HTH was definitely my go to DC album in the late 80s and early 90s. Powerage just slowly grew on me, until one day I realised it was clearly the album of theirs I was going to most often. I absolutely love High Voltage as well, it's hard to choose between HTH and it, which is my next favourite. BIB next, then Dirty Deeds and sadly, your favourite is my least favourite of their albums that I listen to.
Interesting. Well, mindblowing actually. I can't find a single weak spot on LTBR! Well, each to their own.
I do agree with you on Beating Around the Bush. It's my least fave on HTH.
HTH, Touch Too Much and Shot Down in Flames being my top 3 on that album. Incredible album.
DDDDC is my least fave Bon album. The title track is great, but maybe not as great as it's reputation. Big Balls is more funny than good. Rocker was never my cup of tea. And There's Gonna Be Some Rockin' is possibly my least fave Bon tune ever.
I love Ride On and Squealer though. And Problem Child is pretty damned good. Jailbreak was on the Aussie version of course. Being an all time fave of mine that one would have lifted my thoughts on DDDDC considerably!
I just reworded my reply, so your reply might look odd now!
Yeah, I'm just the exact opposite to you with LTBR, even Rosie doesn't work for me as a studio version...I need to hear "Angus"..."Angus". For me, there's just nothing standout on it and I've never been a big fan of the actual track LTBR, I actually think there are a few weak/filler tunes on it. Sorry lol
