This list conclusively proves that democracy needs to be destroyed and replaced by a one-party totalitarian Maoist government
One saving grace I’d argue is that a lot of this isn’t “active” streaming, but rather businesses, public spaces, etc., just putting on Top 40 playlists as background music.
This shit still annoys me. The internet and Spotify (despite being owned by a combination of techbros and record label ghouls) gives us the option to really put some variety and creativity into day-to-day musak. My job has a Spotify and a couple of coworkers in the past have put on some real Clear Channel shit. Like, what’s the point then?
Thst happens in literally every workplace. That’s what people like and they’re okay with hearing only 5 songs over and over. It sucks
I got co-workers that don’t like Zydeco or Death Metal. Utter fascism. 😠
I just don’t wanna hear Pumped Up Kicks 3 times a shift or more.
All the other kids with their dope playlists 🎶
You let them run let them run 🎶
Just explain the lyrics to them every time they put it on until they catch ur drift
I don’t even know the lyrics aside some seeming to threaten children with gun violence
I have a guy at work who plays the same 10-15 song playlist every single day, half of it this stuff in the op and half of it the worst trance remixes of popular songs I’ve ever heard. I don’t tend to get angry, but that shit has led me to literally yell at him to please turn it off because I’m going insane. Like, I’m spending hours finding new cool music that I think my co-workers will like, listen to feedback, tailoring playlists for different times of day so we can have a good flow in the kitchen and this fucker just plays shit like this on repeat
I discovered Alvvays cuz they used to come on the PA where I worked
You guys all sound like crusty grumpy boomers. People are allowed to like popular things.
popular or default things are almost always a shoddy compromise.
I am not dunking on these songs because they are popular. I like a lot of popular music. There are even some bangers on this list (Post Malone is awesome). However, most of the songs on this list are aggressively mid at best and completely unlistenable at worst. There is plenty of great pop music that deserves to be on this list.
They can like them. Doesn’t mean it’s good.
shape of you
we must go extinct
i truly do not understand the popularity of ed sheeran
I never listen to Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”. I only listen to the cover version by Haddinqo, a virtuoso of the masenqo, a type of one-stringed lute from Ethiopia.
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He’s a safe cutesy guy that saw a gap in the market and went for it. Easy to promote. On some level I respect him for going for it and “selling out”.
Click here to hate it even more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/20/arts/music/ed-sheeran-shape-of-you.html
Some people in the comments here are about to change their PFP to a marble sculpture.
I only recognize Bohemian Rhapsody
imagine talking to some middle aged white dude, and comparing ed sheran to queen, or the beatles 🤣😱
I don’t know who Ed Sheran is. I like crust punk.
My man
me too
Beat me to it, gang represent
What would the list look like under a one-party totalitarian Maoist government?
- John Brown’s Body
listening to anything else is punishable by the death penalty
- Red Sun in the Sky
- Chollima on the Wing
All songs are number 1 on The Chart
In the same vein of “DPRK songs that have no business being this hype”, we could add “The Train of Reunification Runs”
also this banger
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Bohemian Rhapsody just hanging out in the middle there
I don’t get it. Did they reboot Wayne’s World or how is this the only song from the last millennium on there? If you told me there was one such song and made me guess, I’d have said I don’t know . . . Wonderwall? All I Want for Christmas Is You?
OK millennial
upbearing because I hate democracy and love fighting
dance monkey is one of the worst songs ever recorded
I was gonna make this comment. That shit makes my ears bleed and I’ve never met a single person who likes it. I’m convinced its only popular because radio stations and retail stores were paid obscene amounts to play it 24/7
Kids love it for some reason.
Where the fuck is baby shark
Actually much better than I expected. Fuck yeah Blinding Lights
Is this “top streamed songs ever”?
Either way, cringe.
Yeah looks like it’s the top 50 all time on Spotify
That’s it, I’m a contrarian boomer now.
I literally use RYM to discover most new music and this list could be way worse stop being such a contrarian
Tons of Weeknd, and there’s Dua Lipa, Travis, Queen, Gaga, Kendrick. Harry Styles X and Ariana are not bad too though that’s probably Ari’s worst song