Random Friday afternoon activity - Spotify edition

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:08 pm

Find the artist with the greatest disparity in the number of plays of their most popular song and their next most popular song, looking at the latter as a percentage of the former.

The best/worst I've come up with so far is Skee-Lo. "I Wish" has 3,266,993 plays, while his next popular song (discounting various remixes and alternate versions of "I Wish") is "Superman" with 21,061 plays, or .64% of the plays of "I Wish".

To get the figures, just look up the artist and go to the Overview panel. There should be a list of the most popular songs (most often but not always sorted in descending order by the number of plays).

If you don't have Spotify, throw out a guess and I'll look up the figures.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:18 pm

Paperboy - Ditty (I don't have Spotify)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:22 pm

This is fucking hard. My first guesses haven't gotten me below 3%

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:24 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Paperboy - Ditty (I don't have Spotify)

Ditty - 545,721
Bumpin' (Adaptation of Humpin') - 6,372
1.1%

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:26 pm

Damn.

Baja Boys - Who Let the Dogs Out

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:31 pm

I was pretty happy with myself for thinking of Lee Greenwood. Turns out he also sang a little something called "The Star Spangled Banner". Shit.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:35 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Damn.

Baja Boys - Who Let the Dogs Out

4,541,900 vs 226,308 for "Best Years of Our Lives" = 4.9%

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:37 pm

Lipps, Inc.

Funkytown -6,287,017
Rock It - 20,010

0.318%

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:43 pm

Toni Basil is .366

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:51 pm

don't have spotify so I am going to throw a few out one hit wonders out there and see what sticks

Escape by Rupert Holmes (Pina Colada song)
My Sharona by The Knack
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Kung fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
Cotton Eye Joe by RedNex
Tainted Love by Softcell
Putting on the Ritz by Taco
I'm to Sexy by Right Said Fred

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:51 pm

That's going to be hard to beat.

I hit .64% again with Deep Blue Something.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:57 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Kung fu Fighting by Carl Douglas

Nice.

3,490,446 vs 4,550 ("Dance the Kung Fu") = .13%

If you go with a non-Kung Fu themed track, it's even worse (3,413 plays for "Time After Time", and most of those are probably confused Cyndi Lauper fans).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:06 pm

I'm thinking it's possible that someone who had a super hit might have a shot as much as someone who was a classic "one-hit wonder"

Robin Thicke is at 5% just because "Blurred Lines" has been played 150 million times.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:09 pm

Good point. Daft Punk may qualify based on that theory.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:10 pm

It's perhaps not what I was going for since he isn't really a musician, but if Patrick Swayze wasn't (A) in The Fox and the Hound 2 and (B) part of an ensemble on the last track of the soundtrack, I would have had a 0% (instead of just .21%). 6.3+ million plays for "She's Like the Wind".

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:11 pm

Israel Kawaiaikkaiieaiiaiaii

OVer the Rainbow 76255330

Next unique song is:

Sea of Love 27,110

.35%

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:12 pm

Mayada EL Hennawy - Alouli Ansa

Just based on people looking up an Aaliyah sample

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:23 pm

rass wrote:It's perhaps not what I was going for since he isn't really a musician, but if Patrick Swayze wasn't (A) in The Fox and the Hound 2 and (B) part of an ensemble on the last track of the soundtrack, I would have had a 0% (instead of just .21%). 6.3+ million plays for "She's Like the Wind".

If duets are legal for a solo artist, Bill Medley gets a 0.15 for "I've Had the Time of My Life"

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:23 pm

Mr. C the Slide Man - of Cha Cha Slide fame

1,853,423 for Cha Cha Slide

<1,000 for Head Snappin

.053%

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:27 pm

Lou Bega?

The Proclaimers?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:27 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Mr. C the Slide Man - of Cha Cha Slide fame

1,853,423 for Cha Cha Slide

<1,000 for Head Snappin

.053%

That is a boss choice right there.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:32 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Mr. C the Slide Man - of Cha Cha Slide fame

1,853,423 for Cha Cha Slide

<1,000 for Head Snappin

.053%

Everybody clap your hands.

Pretty confusing profile, with separate entries for Mr C The Slide Man and just Mr C, both with "Cha Cha Slide". Plus, the most popular version of "Cha Cha Slide" doesn't seem to be the one I usually hear at weddings.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:34 pm

Johann Pachelbel is pretty much a 0.00. Hack.

Rams Fanny · Post by **Rams Fanny** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:29 pm

I imagine the slide one will win but what about PSY? Worldwide that must have the most plays.

If Spotify were around in 1995 "Macarena" would be the runaway winner.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:38 pm

Rams Fanny wrote:I imagine the slide one will win but what about PSY? Worldwide that must have the most plays.

If Spotify were around in 1995 "Macarena" would be the runaway winner.

PSY had another song that followed that got some play, but not much staying power. The great K-Pop boom is over, except for Degen.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:49 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:don't have spotify so I am going to throw a few out one hit wonders out there and see what sticks

Escape by Rupert Holmes (Pina Colada song)
My Sharona by The Knack
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Kung fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
Cotton Eye Joe by RedNex
Tainted Love by Softcell
Putting on the Ritz by Taco
I'm to Sexy by Right Said Fred

No on RedNex. Apparently they had some other songs.

(Don't try Barbie Girl either.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:43 pm

Old guy version. I checked out a compilation cd from the library just so I could add this song to my i-Tunes, and I've never heard of anything else by the group.

Friday On My Mind by the Easybeats

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:50 pm

The Sybian wrote:
Rams Fanny wrote:I imagine the slide one will win but what about PSY? Worldwide that must have the most plays.

If Spotify were around in 1995 "Macarena" would be the runaway winner.
PSY had another song that followed that got some play, but not much staying power. The great K-Pop boom is over, except for Degen.

Gangnam Style was just another song in a bazillion K-Pop songs. I don't know why the West latched onto it at all. Or why they haven't latched onto another song since.

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Gangnam Style was 5 weeks at #1, 3 other songs have already beat with 6 weeks. The current song might become the first 7 week winner.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:54 pm

degenerasian wrote:
Gangnam Style was just another song in a bazillion K-Pop songs. I don't know why the West latched onto it at all. Or why they haven't latched onto another song since.

Oh, I realize that. I just meant K-Pop in the West, not in the East.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:50 pm

The Sybian wrote:
degenerasian wrote:
Gangnam Style was just another song in a bazillion K-Pop songs. I don't know why the West latched onto it at all. Or why they haven't latched onto another song since.
Oh, I realize that. I just meant K-Pop in the West, not in the East.

Yes totally agree and for the purpose of this thread it's a good example. just still puzzling to me why.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:17 pm

Don't have Spotify...

But the first one that came to mind was OMC - one hit wonders of "How Bizarre" fame.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:03 pm

Pruitt wrote:Don't have Spotify...

But the first one that came to mind was OMC - one hit wonders of "How Bizarre" fame.

How Bizzare - 3,030,203
Never Coming Back - 42,556

1.3%

Post by **Sabo** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:23 pm

C&C Music Factory - "Everybody Dance Now"

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:20 pm

Sabo wrote:C&C Music Factory - "Everybody Dance Now"

I don't have access to it right now, but didn't they have another song "Gonna Make You Sweat"?

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:37 pm

Giff wrote:
Sabo wrote:C&C Music Factory - "Everybody Dance Now"
I don't have access to it right now, but didn't they have another song "Gonna Make You Sweat"?

"Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...."

That track has almost 500K plays vs just over 6 million for "Everybody Dance Now".

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:00 pm

Billy Ray Cyrus -Achey Breaky Heart?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:43 pm

The Sybian wrote:Billy Ray Cyrus -Achey Breaky Heart?

I bet his cover of These Boots Were Made For Walking got at least 2%.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:49 pm

sancarlos wrote:Old guy version. I checked out a compilation cd from the library just so I could add this song to my i-Tunes, and I've never heard of anything else by the group.

Friday On My Mind by the Easybeats

Was featured in a Radio Shack(?) commercial a few years back.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:52 pm

Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
Gerardo - Rico Suave
Damn trying to think of other 90s one hit wonders, there was one similar to Rico Suave that had a the singer riding around in a convertible.

ETA: How Bizarre mentioned up thread.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 1:14 pm

sancarlos wrote:Old guy version. I checked out a compilation cd from the library just so I could add this song to my i-Tunes, and I've never heard of anything else by the group.

Friday On My Mind by the Easybeats

"Friday on my Mind" - 1,149,441
"Good Times" - 79,022

The Sybian wrote:Billy Ray Cyrus -Achey Breaky Heart?

"Achy Breaky Heart" - 3,856,385
"Love That Lets Go" - 1,323,531
"Butterfly Fly Away" (duet with his daughter) - 9,208,882

Rush2112 wrote:Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
Gerardo - Rico Suave

"Deeper Shade of Soul" - 139,141
"Demagogue" - 89,091

"Rico Suave" - 78,687
"Sueña" - 24,807