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I'm Happy To see madonna on the list, but i still think that her streamin it's so fucking low
Almost two years ago I posted a list of 59 songs released BEFORE the year 2000 with at least 200M plays on Spotify (live versions, single versions etc incl). It was led by Oasis "Wonderwall" at 413M - the only one at 400M+
I've finally updated this list as of January 2nd 2020. Now there are the 53 songs with at least 400M plays on Spotify:
Rank. (Rank Feb18). Artist. Track. Plays.
1 (3) QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody - 1153M
2 (1) OASIS - Wonderwall - 834M
3 (15) QUEEN - Don't Stop Me Now - 799M
4 (2) JOURNEY - Don't Stop Believin' - 757M
5 (5) MARIAH CAREY - All I Want for Christmas - 749M
6 (26) QUEEN - Another One Bites the Dust - 708M
7 (12) TOTO - Africa - 708M
8 (4) NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit - 687M
9 (6) GUNS N ROSES - Sweet Child O Mine - 674M
10 (13) AHA - Take On Me - 662M
11 (9) EARTH, WIND & FIRE - September - 648M
12 (28) QUEEN - Under Pressure - 630M
13 (7) MICHAEL JACKSON - Billie Jean - 624M
14 (14) THE EAGLES - Hotel California - 623M
15 (11) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Under the Bridge - 568M
16 (36) THE POLICE - Every Breath You Take - 560M
17 (10) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Californication - 548M
18 (16) GOO GOO DOLLS - Iris - 534M
19 (18) LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Sweet Home Alabama - 528M
20 (37) AC/DC - Back In Black - 514M
21 (new) QUEEN - We Will Rock You - 513M
22 (48) BACKSTREET BOYS - I Want It That Way - 510M
23 (58) AC/DC - Highway To Hell - 510M
24 (23) EURYTHMICS - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 509M
25 (20) SMASH MOUTH - All Star - 501M
26 (8) BOB MARLEY - Is This Love - 497M
27 (30) BON JOVI - Livin' On A Prayer - 493M
28 (17) DR. DRE - Still DRE - 489M
29 (47) AC/DC - Thunderstruck - 485M
30 (33) WHAM - Last Christmas - 484M
31 (25) RADIOHEAD - Creep - 473M
32 (27) MARVIN GAYE - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 471M
33 (21) SURVIVOR - Eye of the Tiger - 465M
34 (32) METALLICA - Enter Sandman - 459M
35 (19) FOO FIGHTERS - Everlong - 449M
36 (34) GUNS N ROSES - Welcome To the Jungle - 441M
37 (52) METALLICA - Nothing Else Matters - 434M
38 (31) R.E.M. - Losing My Religion - 433M
39 (new) QUEEN - I Want to Break Free - 432M
40 (43) DIRE STRAITS - Sultans of Swing - 431M
41 (42) TLC - No Scrubs - 426M
42 (54) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Have You Ever Seen the Rain - 426M
43 (44) SPICE GIRLS - Wannabe - 424M
44 (24) NIRVANA - Come As You Are - 421M
45 (40) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Fortunate Son - 418M
46 (41) THE VERVE - Bitterswet Symphony - 416M
47 (new) WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Wanna Dance With Somebody - 415M
48 (51) AEROSMITH - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - 414M
49 (39) THE JACKSON 5 - I Want You Back - 412M
50 (new) BRYAN ADAMS - Summer of '69 - 408M
51 (new) THE BEATLES - Here Comes the Sun - 405M
52 (55) GUNS N ROSES - Paradise City - 404M
53 (new) COOLIO - Gangsta's Paradise - 403M
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- (new) LED ZEPPELIN - Stairway to Heaven - 399M
- (38) GREEN DAY - Basket Case - 397M
- (22) DR. DRE - The Next Episode - 396M
- (35) BLINK-182 - All The Smalls Things - 394M
- (new) QUEEN - Somebody To Love - 393M
- (50) ROLLING STONES - Paint It Black - 391M
- (57) U2 - With Or Without You - 390M
- (56) VAN MORRSION - Brown Eyed Girl - 387M
- (53) MICHAEL JACKSON - Beat It - 385M
Marvin Gaye "Sexual Healing" (#29 in feb18), Blackstreet "No Diggity" (#45), Bob Marley "Three Little Birds" (#46), Stevie Wonder "Superstition" (#49), Red Hot Chili Peppers "Otherside" (#59) also dropped out of the list.
The impact of the motion picture "Bohemian Rhapsody" is immense. Not only is the title track now #1 on the list - far ahead of #2 - Queen 3 songs in the top 5 and 6 songs above the 400M mark (and one more very close).
Besides Queen we see new top 10 entries by Toto and Aha. Other big climbers include The Police, 3 AC/DC tracks and the Backstreet Boys! Bryan Adams and Coolio also make new entries, both were bubling under last time around.
Elsewhere we see Bob Marley, Dr. Dre, Foo Fighters and Nirvana with big drops.
Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" has the biggest drop by far, from #29 to well outside the list at 354M, due to only 128M plays since feb18.
I say only, because his other hit "Ain't No Mountain" had 240M in the same period! Back in feb18 they were allmost neck-to-neck!
The Top 20 gains since February 2018:
1 Queen - Bo Rhap - 766M
2 Queen - Don't Stop 528M
3 Queen - Another One - 473M
4 Toto - Africa - 422M
5 Oasis - Wonderwall - 422M
6 Queen - Under Pressure - 403M
7 Aha - Take On Me - 382M
8 Mariah - Xmas - 375-380M (354M without Justin)
9 Journey - Don't Stop - 360M
10 Eagles - Hotel Cali - 352M
11 Earth, Wind - September - 347M
12 Police - Breath - 342M
13 GnR - Sweet Child - 340M
14 Queen - We Will - 326M
15 Nirvana - Smells Like - 322M
16 AC/DC - Highway - 309M
17 Queen - Break Free - 308M (since jan18)
18 Backstreet Boys - I Want - 302M
19 MJ - Billie Jean - 297M
20 AC/DC - BIB - 297M
Carey was around 750m on 2nd January. Think you're missing the Carey/Bieber AIW' version, at around 59m.
You're right. I missed the duet. I believe I did back in feb18 too, so I can't be sure how much the song gained since then, but it moves to 5th place on the list.
Thanks
Thanks, just realized that actually.
I missed Whitney too. I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
Hi Thomas,
This is what I have for Careys track;
01/01/18: 365m
01/01/19: 553m (+188m)
01/01/20: 749m (+196m)
So between Feb 2018 and now, it's probably just behind Take On Me, having risen by about 375m-380m in that time frame.
But whose fault is it? Katy's team for not putting it on her page? I mean, many artists whose names appear as only a feature have those songs on their pages like Demi's Solo and the total number of streams get benefited.
I found one more. The Cranberries "Zombie" is at 430M, good enough for a spot at #44.
Led Zeppelin, Green Day and Dr. Dre have all recently passed the 400M mark, Queen's "Somebody To Love" is just a few thousand short.
Furthermore, last time I somehow missed the unplugged version of Nirvana's "Come As You Are", so it moves to #34 instead.
As of Jan 23rd:
1 (3) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1173M
2 (1) OASIS – Wonderwall – 847M
3 (15) QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 814M
4 (2) JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 768M
5 (5) MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 753M
6 (26) QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 721M
7 (12) TOTO – Africa – 720M
8 (4) NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 698M
9 (6) GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 686M
10 (13) AHA – Take On Me – 674M
11 (9) EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 658M
12 (28) QUEEN – Under Pressure – 643M
13 (14) THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 635M
14 (7) MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 632M
15 (11) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 576M
16 (36) THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 573M
17 (10) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 556M
18 (16) GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 542M
19 (18) LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 537M
20 (37) AC/DC – Back In Black – 524M
21 (new) QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 523M
22 (58) AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 520M
23 (48) BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 520M
24 (23) EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 517M
25 (20) SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 508M
26 (30) BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 503M
27 (8) BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 503M
28 (17) DR. DRE – Still DRE – 496M
29 (47) AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 494M
30 (33) WHAM – Last Christmas – 487M
31 (25) RADIOHEAD – Creep – 482M
32 (27) MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 478M
33 (21) SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 473M
34 (24) NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 472M
35 (32) METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 468M
36 (19) FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 455M
37 (34) GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 448M
38 (52) METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 443M
39 (31) R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 441M
40 (new) QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 441M
41 (43) DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 439M
42 (54) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 434M
43 (42) TLC – No Scrubs – 432M
44 (new) THE CRANBERRIES - Zombie - 430M
45 (44) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 429M
46 (40) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 425M
47 (41) THE VERVE – Bitterswet Symphony – 422M
48 (new) WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 421M
49 (51) AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – 421M
50 (39) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 418M
51 (new) BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 415M
52 (new) THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 413M
53 (55) GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 411M
54 (new) COOLIO – Gangsta’s Paradise – 410M
55 (new) LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 406M
56 (38) GREEN DAY – Basket Case – 402M
57 (22) DR. DRE – The Next Episode – 400M
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– (new) QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 400M
– (35) BLINK-182 – All The Smalls Things – 399M
– (57) U2 – With Or Without You – 398M
– (50) ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 396M
– (56) VAN MORRSION – Brown Eyed Girl – 392M
– (53) MICHAEL JACKSON – Beat It – 391M
– (new) BON JOVI – You Give Love A Bad Name – 390M
– (46) BOB MARLEY – Three Little Birds – 386M
– (45) BLACKSTREET – No Diggity – 386M
Why not include songs from the 2000s ? Lose Yourself (2002) is clearly a catalog song, so is Mr Brightside (2004). I'm pretty sure Martin posted a list of pre-2010 songs somewhere, I'd definitely like to see an updated version of that.
You're probably right. Same goes for Linkin Park "In the End" (2000) and System of a Down "Chop Suey" (2001).
My concern is maybe songs from the latter part of the 00's have an advantage over older songs.
But maybe I'll include them next time around...
I started looking for 00's songs with 400M+ streams on Spotify. Even without adding live versions, remixes etc I found 42 songs so far. I believe that goes to show they do have an advantage over older songs. To include them in the list above would flood that list. A seperate list might be in order.
42 songs doesn't seem that much when you consider there are 25 songs from the 90s and... 4 songs from the 60s. The more recent a song is, the more likely it is to be still popular, it's just the nature of things.
I just thought it was supposed to be like your wonderful thread on UKMIX for catalog albums, where as you know about half of the albums were from the 80s. Spotify started in 2011 but only became big around 2014 or so, I think a 2009 song can be considered a "catalog" song in that context.
Could you make a list of radio airplay in this way? If you visit this site, you can check the figures on a yearly basis.
https://app.soundcharts.com/app/search
Even if "all-time" list is hard, It would be good to post it "last year"
TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 60s:
(As of 23/3/2020)
(I probably forgot a bunch, please let me know 🙂 )
1 MARVIN GAYE – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 499.3M
2 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son – 445.5M
3 THE BEATLES – Here Comes the Sun – 440.9M
4 THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back – 431.0M
5 ROLLING STONES – Paint It Black – 416.1M
6 VAN MORRSION – Brown Eyed Girl – 406.3M
7 THE ANIMALS - House of the Rising Sun - 380.4M
8 THE TEMPTATIONS - My Girl - 370.7M
9 BEN E. KING - Stand By Me - 366.7M
10 JIMI HENDRIX - All Along the Watchtower - 324.8M
11 ELVIS PRESLEY - Can't Help Falling in Love - 313.5M
12 ROLLING STONES – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - 298.8M
13 THE BEATLES – Come Together - 294.3M
14 SIMON & GARFUNKEL - The Sound of Silence - 280.1M
15 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad Moon Rising - 275.5M
Marvin Gaye rules with almost 500M. The Beatles, Rolling Stones and CCR each have two tracks on the list.
I'd like to extend it to a top 20, but suspect I'm missing some in the 300M-400M range?
"Here Comes the Sun" was the biggest track since the last update 2 months ago with 27.8M, followed by "Ain't No Mountain" with 21.3M.
The Beatles classic has moved past "I Want You Back" and is on course to overtake "Fortunate Son" as well.
I intend to follow up with the 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s later.
TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 70s:
(As of 24/3/2020)
(Let me know if I forgot any🙂)
1 QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1231.0M
2 QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 856.7M
3 EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 686.1M
4 THE EAGLES – Hotel California – 670.2M
5 LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Sweet Home Alabama – 562.1M
6 AC/DC – Highway To Hell – 551.6M
7 QUEEN – We Will Rock You – 551.3M
8 BOB MARLEY – Is This Love – 521.1M
9 DIRE STRAITS – Sultans of Swing – 461.1M
10 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Have You Ever Seen the Rain – 458.1M
11 LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven – 427.2M
12 QUEEN – Somebody To Love – 420.8M
13 BOB MARLEY – Three Little Birds – 408.9M
14 ELTON JOHN - Rocket Man - 397.1M
15 QUEEN - We Are the Champions - 386.3M
16 STEVIE WONDER - Superstition - 385.6M
17 PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here - 385.6M
18 BEE GEES - Stayin' Alive - 380.8M
19 FLEETWOOD MAC - Dreams - 379.1M
20 AEROSMITH - Dream On - 378.5M
Not surprisingly Queen are the "Kings" of the 70s!
The top two tracks are far ahead of the pack and they've got 5 tracks in the top 20!
Bob Marley is the only other artist with more than one track on the list. Fleetwood Mac is close though, with "Go Your Own Way" at #21 with 377.7M.
The Biggest mover since the last update was easily "Bohemian Rhapsody" with an incredible 58.4M followed by "Don't Stop Me Now" with 42.6M. "Hotel California" (35.2M) and "Highway to Hell" (31.3M) are the only other here to top 30M.
So the Freddie biopic is still having an effect, but it is slightly fading. "We Will Rock You" was actually recently overtaken by HTH. And "Somebody to Love" isn't gaining on "Stairway to Heaven" either.
"Rocket Man" is still helped by Elton's movie though. At 25.2M it is the biggest mover of the bottom half of the list (8th. overall).
Slowest mover? "Superstition" with a moderate 13M. Likely to be overtaken by several tracks these coming months.
TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 80s:
(As of 24/3/2020)
(Let me know if I forgot any🙂)
1 JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 803.8M
2 QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 760.3M
3 TOTO – Africa – 754.7M
4 GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 720.3M
5 AHA – Take On Me – 709.5M
6 QUEEN – Under Pressure – 679.4M
7 MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean – 657.3M
8 THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take – 610.4M
9 AC/DC – Back In Black – 555.0M
10 EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – 541.8M
11 BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer – 535.5M
12 SURVIVOR – Eye of the Tiger – 497.6M
13 WHAM – Last Christmas – 492.5M
14 GUNS N ROSES – Welcome To the Jungle – 470.5M
15 QUEEN – I Want to Break Free – 465.0M
16 WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 443.5M
17 BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69 – 438.2M
18 GUNS N ROSES – Paradise City – 431.8M
19 U2 – With Or Without You – 419.6M
20 BON JOVI – You Give Love A Bad Name – 410.5M
Journey holds off Queen at #1 of the 80s!
Though not quite as dominant as in the 70s, Queen still have 3 tracks in the top 20! And so does Guns 'n Roses - from the same album even!
Bon Jovi also manages to put two tracks on the list, keeping two other giants from a 2nd entry. (MJ's "Beat It" at #21 with 407.1M, and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" at #22 with 386.7M)
"Another One Bites the Dust" was the biggest track these past two months with 38.8M. But it was closely followed by no less than 8 more tracks with 30M+ plays. A sign that the "Bohemian" biopic effect is slowly fading. "Every Breath You Take" is actually 2nd with 37.9M.
"You Give Love a Bad Name" was the smallest non-Xmas track since the last update. But still with a healthy 20.3M.
TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 90s:
(As of 24/3/2020)
(As always, please let me know if I forgot any🙂)
1 OASIS – Wonderwall – 883.8M
2 MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 756.9M
3 NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 730.2M
4 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under the Bridge – 601.6M
5 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Californication – 580.6M
6 GOO GOO DOLLS – Iris – 566.3M
7 BACKSTREET BOYS – I Want It That Way – 551.8M
8 SMASH MOUTH – All Star – 530.6M
9 AC/DC – Thunderstruck – 522.9M
10 DR. DRE – Still DRE – 519.6M
11 RADIOHEAD – Creep – 510.1M
12 NIRVANA – Come As You Are – 496.2M
13 METALLICA – Enter Sandman – 495.6M
14 FOO FIGHTERS – Everlong – 474.2M
15 METALLICA – Nothing Else Matters – 469.2M
16 R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – 464.4M
17 THE CRANBERRIES - Zombie - 452.9M
18 TLC – No Scrubs – 450.5M
19 SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe – 447.3M
20 AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – 442.5M
Oasis have the biggest song of the 90s, 2nd only to "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the previous millennium.
Depending on the season Mariah Carey or Nirvana are runner-up.
Nirvana are likely gonna take 2nd place before summertime, however chances are Mariah will reclaim the 2nd spot during Xmas 2020.
Nirvana have two entries, and so does Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica.
AC/DC makes the list for a 3rd straight decade (and all 3 entries in the top 10). They are the only artist to make 3 of these lists.
At 440.9M "Bitterswet Symphony" by the Verve is narrowly topped by the huge Aerosmith ballad from the "Armageddon" movie.
Aerosmith also narrowly made the 70s list (with a 0.8M margin over Fleetwood Mac). So they actually made it to two of these list, but could just as well have been absent from both!
With 36.9M "Wonderwall" was also the biggest track of the past two months. Only two more tracks topped 30M, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (32.5M) and "I Want It That Way" (32.1M). The latter boosted by the DNA album and tour.
The smallest non-Xmas track was "Wannabe" with 17.9M. "Everlong" (19.3M) and "No Scrubs" (18.5M) were also below 20M.
TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS OF 00s:
(As of 24/3/2020)
(This list is new to me, let me know if I forgot any🙂)
1 JASON MRAZ – I'm Yours – 949.4M
2 EMINEM – Lose Yourself– 890.5M
3 THE KILLERS – Mr. Brightside – 870.0M
4 COLDPLAY – The Scientist – 837.3M
5 EMINEM – Till I Collapse – 819.3M
6 MAROON 5 – She Will Be Loved – 776.1M
7 BEYONCÉ – Halo – 770.4M
8 LINKIN PARK – In the End – 743.6M
9 COLDPLAY – Viva La Vida – 725.9M
10 KANYE WEST – Stronger – 660.7M
11 THE WHITE STRIPES – Seven Nation Army – 657.7M
12 COLDPLAY – Fix You – 652.9M
13 COLDPLAY – Yellow – 636.7M
14 LINKIN PARK – Numb – 631.9M
15 TRAIN – Hey, Soul Sister – 609.0M
16 BEYONCÉ – Crazy in Love – 598.1M
17 THE FRAY - How to Save a Life - 596.2M
18 EMINEM – Without Me – 586.1M
19 SNOW PATROL – Chasing Cars – 577.3M
20 SHAKIRA – Hips Don't Lie – 574.4M
The 00s was the decade of Eminem and Coldplay. The former has 3 entries - incl. two 800M+ tracks in the top 5! And the latter have 4 entries!
But Jason Mraz tops them all. "I'm Yours" is on course to become the 2nd pre-2010 track to pass 1B plays (after "Bohemian Rhapsody").
Beyoncé and Linkin Park both have 2 entries. Linkin Park's "Numb" would actually be #1, if the "Numb / Encore" mash-up with Jay Z was added for a total of 1093.8M plays.
TOP SPOTIFY TRACKS PRE-2010:
(As of 24/3/2020)
1 QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody – 1231.0M
2 JASON MRAZ – I’m Yours – 949.4M
3 EMINEM – Lose Yourself– 890.5M
4 OASIS – Wonderwall – 883.8M
5 THE KILLERS – Mr. Brightside – 870.0M
6 QUEEN – Don’t Stop Me Now – 856.7M
7 COLDPLAY – The Scientist – 837.3M
8 EMINEM – Till I Collapse – 819.3M
9 JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 803.8M
10 MAROON 5 – She Will Be Loved – 776.1M
11 BEYONCÉ – Halo – 770.4M
12 QUEEN – Another One Bites the Dust – 760.3M
13 MARIAH CAREY – All I Want for Christmas – 756.9M
14 TOTO – Africa – 754.7M
15 LINKIN PARK – In the End – 743.6M
16 COLDPLAY – Viva La Vida – 725.9M
17 NIRVANA – Smells Like Teen Spirit – 730.2M
18 GUNS N ROSES – Sweet Child O Mine – 720.3M
19 AHA – Take On Me – 709.5M
20 EARTH, WIND & FIRE – September – 686.1M
Almost half (9) of the tracks are from the 00s. Incl. 7 of the top 11. Makes sense as they were still pretty recent when Spotify started.
But interestingly there are 5 tracks from the 80s and 3 from the 70s. But also just 3 from the 90s!
The 80s almost made it 6 (and Queen almost 4) as "Under Pressure" is #21 with 679.4M
Here are the 20 tracks of the past two moths (00s not included - I have no details):
1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - 58.4M
2 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - 42.6M
3 Queen - Another One Bites the Dust - 38.8M
4 The Police - Every Breath You Take - 37.9M
5 Oasis - Wonderwall - 36.9M
6 Queen - Under Pressure - 36.8M
7 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - 35.8M
8 Aha - Take On Me - 35.8M
9 Eagles - Hotel California - 35.2M
10 Toto - Africa - 35.1M
11 Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine - 34.8M
12 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - 32.5M
13 Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer - 32.4M
14 Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way - 32.1M
15 AC/DC - Highway to Hell - 31.3M
16 AC/DC - Back in Black - 30.9M
17 Queen - We Will Rock You You - 28.7M
18 AC/DC - Thunderstruck - 28.6M
19 Earth, Wind & Fire - September - 28.6M
20 Radiohead - Creep - 27.9M
6 from the 70s, 9 from the 80s and just 5 from the 90s. Too bad I don't have the info for the 00s. Would be interesting to compare.
The mighty Queen still have the top 3 on that list, but the rest are closing in, while "We Will Rock You" is falling (was #14 on a similar list I made in January) and "I Want To Break Free" (24.3M) is no longer in the "biggest gains" top 20.
Thanks 😉
Note that, out of the 9 songs from the 00s, only 2 of them were released after 2005 (Halo and Viva La Vida, both from 2008) which to me indicates that we're talking about truly classic songs here, as opposed to songs that benefited from being released just before Spotify or something, which is what you seem to imply 😉
"I'm Yours" was also a 2008 hit and a 2009 Grammy nominee. But I see your point. And yes, they certainly are classics. It will be interesting to see how their recent plays compare against older classics in my next update.
I might even argue that late 90s tracks initially benefitted some when Spotify started too. That effect has now weakened, hence just one track from the late 90s appear on the "recent plays" list above. And that one (I Want It That Way - 32.1M) is riding on the DNA album/tour. The four other 90s tracks on the list are from 1990-95.
The other big late 90s tracks "Californication", "Iris", "All Star" and "Still D.R.E." are all absent from the list, due to recent plays in the 22.4M-24.5M range. In fact, among the overall top 30 pre-2000 tracks these 4 songs are in the bottom 5 when it comes to recent plays (along with Bob Marley's "Is This Love" - obviously Mariah's Xmas song excluded).
Oh that's right, I'm Yours was released in 2005 but only became famous in 2008.
Martin's top 10 as of 01/01/20 :
Rank-Artist-Track-Year-Total-2019 Rise
1. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) 1,149m (485m)
2. Eminem – Lose Yourself (2002) 838m (181m)
3. Oasis – Wonderwall (1995) 832m (233m)
4. The KIllers – Mr Brightside (2003) 825m (225m)
5. Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now (1978) 796m (342m)
6. Coldplay – The Scientist (2002) 791m (196m)
7. Eminem – Til I Collapse (2002) 771m (191m)
8. Journey – Don’t Stop Believing (1981) 757m (204m)
9. Mariah Carey – All I Want… (1994) 749m (196m)
10 Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved (2002) 725 (????)
He forgot I'm Yours 😆
If Journey is any indication, the 00s songs seem to be holding their own. Maroon 5's song had 51m streams in the last 3 months (Journey's song had 47m).
