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Brian Earl Spilner
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2:58p, 12/10/19
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What song do you think best defines the 2010's? (And one that you particularly enjoy?)

For me it's Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. This one never gets old for me, and easily one of the most recognizable songs of the decade.

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4:07p, 12/10/19
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This is one of the most recognized songs in the world now
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In reply to IrishTxAggie • 7:33p, 12/10/19
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IrishTxAggie said:
This is one of the most recognized songs in the world now


Are you basing it solely on YT views?
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 7:43p, 12/10/19
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The entire album is good
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In reply to St Hedwig Aggie • 7:49p, 12/10/19
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No. I'm basing it on being played nonstop for almost two years and pretty sure it's still on the charts or some form or fashion. It's the Macarena of the 2010s
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7:58p, 12/10/19
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Despacito is almost definitely the most popular song of the decade, that or Old Town Road but not sure if it's the song that defines the decade.

Maybe "Follow your arrow" by Kasey Musgraves or "Royals" by Lorde.
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8:01p, 12/10/19
I'll throw this out there. It's not my favorite song, and I'm not sure it's tops on this list, but it's up there and top of kind for me now.

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8:26p, 12/10/19
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Feels to me like it has to be one of these twelve...












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In reply to bobinator • 8:26p, 12/10/19
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Per spotify it's actually Shape of You.
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:27p, 12/10/19
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... but if I had to go with just one, I think "Hello" had to be the most ubiquitous and universally loved (i.e. it wasn't popular *just* among the teen/early-20s crowd and spanned across multiple demographics. Other songs were obviously more popular in terms of views/listens, and topped the charts for longer, but for the latter part of 2015/the beginning of 2016, "Hello" captured the zeitgeist like no other song I can remember this decade.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 8:28p, 12/10/19
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That's legit surprising.
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8:40p, 12/10/19
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8:40p, 12/10/19
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If I was to pick a song that embodied the younger culture that happened in the US during the decade I would pick "We Are Young" by F.U.N.
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8:41p, 12/10/19
Ed Sheeran and Adele were the two that I initially thought of for this.
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9:03p, 12/10/19
No Gangam Style?
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 10:21p, 12/10/19
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Not gonna lie, forgot that existed. For good reason.
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10:36p, 12/10/19
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10:37p, 12/10/19
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Man...Uptown Funk is definitely in the final four...it got burned out but Bruno Mars has been pretty steady throughout the decade, this was his biggest hit, and people everywhere know it or have heard it.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 10:43p, 12/10/19
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Even factoring in the various versions of Despacito?
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10:44p, 12/10/19
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Lol at Fun.

How to go solo at the height of your popularity and eff your bandmates over.
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In reply to Legal Custodian • 10:48p, 12/10/19
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Legal Custodian said:
If I was to pick a song that embodied the younger culture that happened in the US during the decade I would pick "We Are Young" by F.U.N.


This is kind of what I was aiming for. I think maybe "Pumped up kicks" is another song that I'd maybe have in the mix though it's not as popular as the others.

This is a fun thought exercise. You have straight popularity, songs that captured the kind of moment in time, songs associated with other pop culture things, etc.
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:56p, 12/10/19
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TCTTS said:
... but if I had to go with just one, I think "Hello" had to be the most ubiquitous and universally loved (i.e. it wasn't popular *just* among the teen/early-20s crowd and spanned across multiple demographics. Other songs were obviously more popular in terms of views/listens, and topped the charts for longer, but for the latter part 2015/the beginning of 2016, "Hello" captured the zeitgeist like no other song I can remember this decade.
the trolls j lake song did this too. My 4 year old knows it. I know it, my mom knows it.
When it's played at a bar by a cover band the floor is packed with drunk adults. When Alexa plays it, if neighbor kids are over, there are 6 dancing kindergarteners in the living room.
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11:00p, 12/10/19
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Of the songs mentioned here I think Shake it Off and Uptown Funk will be the ones still getting play 20 or 30 years from now.
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In reply to 62strat • 11:03p, 12/10/19
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Forgot about that one. Should be on the list as well for sure.
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In reply to IrishTxAggie • 11:17p, 12/10/19
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IrishTxAggie said:
This is one of the most recognized songs in the world now


Is it the most recognized because the entire guitar melody is pulled from Hotel California?
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 12:21a, 12/11/19
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
What song do you think best defines the 2010's? (And one that you particularly enjoy?)

For me it's Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. This one never gets old for me, and easily one of the most recognizable songs of the decade.



I thought this was an Ozzy Osborne song till now
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9:57a, 12/11/19
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Surprised no one has said Pumped Up Kicks yet.

EDIT: Missed bobinator mentioning it already...

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10:15a, 12/11/19
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I thought about pumped up kicks, but it just wasn't even in the ballpark of being as popular as some of these others.
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10:20a, 12/11/19
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Gotta be UpTown Funk IMO. It's up there on its own merits, plus it's one that you are going to be hearing for the next two decades at weddings.
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In reply to Quinn • 10:39a, 12/11/19
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Does that make "Shout" the song of he 50's? I'm not sure it's dance-ability really matters much.
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In reply to bobinator • 10:42a, 12/11/19
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bobinator said:
I thought about pumped up kicks, but it just wasn't even in the ballpark of being as popular as some of these others.
I don't agree with that at all. And even if we were going off strictly popularity, Despacito would blow everything else in this thread out of the water.
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In reply to bobinator • 10:46a, 12/11/19
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Maybe? I don't listen to 50s on 5 so I'm not sure. My point was that it's already in discussion for song of the decade, and it's one that you are going to be hearing for a long time.
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In reply to Quinn • 1:12p, 12/11/19
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Quinn said:
Gotta be UpTown Funk IMO. It's up there on its own merits, plus it's one that you are going to be hearing for the next two decades at weddings.


Agree with this or Shake it Off by a big margin. Those songs you hear everywhere and all the time and I think will continue to do so. IMO most of the songs on this thread were flashes in the pan. Someone I Used to Know was big when it came out but haven't heard it much if it all since then. Never heard that Despacito so cant comment on that.

Just thought of Single Ladies by Beyonc, although hadn't heard that one in a while either.
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