The Darkest Angel

1y

I think it could make the top 5 if you only look at the past 10 years but Old Town Road, God's Plan, Sunflower are bigger if we're look at the numbers and all had a huge social media presence that Shake It Off didn't have even at it's peak. I'd compare it more to Work where it was big on charts but not much outside of that. It's definitely not a phenomenon like Gangnam Style or Uptown Funk was either

Elric

1y

Maybe but the Beatles had like 30 Shake It Offs

WESLEY PRESELY

1y

I won’t sit here and deny Shake It Off is a massive song, but the biggest song of all time in the 40 and under demographic? Cmon man you’re overestimating that songs popularity when there’s a good few songs last decade that could’ve been argued as just as big.

Elric

1y

Maybe but the Beatles had like 30 Shake It Offs

WESLEY PRESELY

1y

Sunflower
Gangnam Style
Despacito

Were all bigger songs for sure in the 2010s

2words

1y

Yeah and they were much earlier. So they will fade first

2words

1y

Shake It Off is pretty big fam. I think you could make an argument that’s the most well known song in existence today, at least in a 40 and under demographic

It gets quoted constantly throughout culture

2words

1y

Shake It Off is pretty big fam. I think you could make an argument that’s the most well known song in existence today, at least in a 40 and under demographic

It gets quoted constantly throughout culture

2words

1y

I didn’t say there isn’t some competition, but the lyric and melody of that hook is so simple and catchy that it really stuck on a whole different level. The simple term “haters gonna hate” is so tied to the song that you can basically just say that lyric and everyone knows what song it is. It really is in a high stratosphere for a pop song

soapmanwun

1y

no person on this earth will ever be bigger than MJ

2words

1y

Gangam Style bigger than Shake It Off? Hell no. Not nearly as much staying power

Water Giver

1y

No, im saying the newer gen of kids/adults dont care about "mystique" & they have artists that are as big for them.

Pop demo goes crazy for Taylor, we dont because we are mostly hiphop based and "we" are old.

We are not the proper demographic nor can most of us have a serious convo about this outside of feelings and "my day".

Drake, Taylor & some others are gigantic stars not just in sales but also massive wordwide adoration. Just because "we" dont have that adoration doesnt negate it.

The younger gen of today also dont care about MJ like that and "most" think hes a pedophile, they dont really f*** with beatles either because of elton john crazy racist self etc. At least what I can parse from my own limited outside window.

The rules are not the same and the love is not the same & it will only keep trending their way the older they get.

It sucks getting old.

The Darkest Angel

1y

And bro Shake It Off borrows so much of it's lyrics from simple phrases I really wouldn't say it's quotable is why it's huge. Literally the title is as old as time and "haters gonna hate" is something we all said on Tumblr in 2012 or "This sick beat" is some s*** from the 80's. I love that song but cmon

Elric

1y

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pretty sure Taylor couldn't get a room of stoners, ravers, jocks, skateboarders, punks, preppy cocaine girls etc to all to absolutely lose themselves in a big drunk singalong like I've seen Hey Jude and Like A Prayer do

2words

1y

That’s how a lot of hits are written, from taking common phrases, it’s kind of a pop cheat code. The Beatles did the same thing through their career. They didn’t come up with the phrase “I Want To Hold Your Hand” lol

part of their initial impact believe it or not was just the fact they said “yeah yeah yeah” which was seen as rebellious and representative of the youth at that time because yeah wasn’t something that respectable adults said, it was common in the culture so the Beatles made songs of it. Same with phrases like Can’t Buy Me love these were how people talked at the time and Paul in particular was good at taking a phrase and making it to a song. Shake it Off a good example of it too

WESLEY PRESELY

1y

And that’s not even bringing up a couple of MJs songs

2words

1y

Gangam Style bigger than Shake It Off? Hell no. Not nearly as much staying power

Elric

1y

Tbh I've never quite seen MJ do that specifically but I'm sure it happens cause f***ing everybody on Earth likes a bunch of his songs. Taylor doesn't have a song that can unite disparate social cliques like that.

2words

1y

Gangam Style bigger than Shake It Off? Hell no. Not nearly as much staying power

The Darkest Angel

1y

Post your birth certificate rn

WESLEY PRESELY

1y

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“I want to hold your hand” isn’t a phrase like “Haters gonna hate” though, that’s the singer of the song telling a girl they want to

The Darkest Angel

1y

Post your birth certificate rn