Most Iconic #1?

[gabeoz 7,914]

35 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said:

This song was inescapable in the summer of 2009  I would get in the car and it would be playing, then I'd go to the grocery store and it would be playing, then I'd go to the swimming pool and they'd be playing it on the radio, and then I'd get back in the car and it would be playing again 

And when you think it's over it comes up at the superbowl. 

[LordEnigma 11,313]

Wasn't Closer #1 for super long or am I just delusional?

[gabeoz 7,914]

Just now, Alexander Levi said:

Wasn't Closer #1 for super long or am I just delusional?

It was for a while but not that long.

[Ariana Grindr 3,173]

Just now, Alexander Levi said:

Wasn't Closer #1 for super long or am I just delusional?

You're not delusional, gp is

[rumours 45,521]

1 minute ago, Alexander Levi said:

Wasn't Closer #1 for super long or am I just delusional?

12 weeks. Not long enough to make this poll, however (not one of the 10 longest lasting at #1).

[Antonio 27,723]

both of Mariah's songs btw

[sillynate 6,170]

Closer, 12 weeks at number 1   

[rumours 45,521]

3 minutes ago, sillynate said:

Closer, 12 weeks at number 1   

Yep.  

That truly was a reductive couple of months.

[Perfume 8,711]

We Belong Together... duh 

[dit 43,478]

I Will Always Love You

[Batwings 12,695]

2 hours ago, Rumours1977 said:

You're so right! The fact that the song that spent the most weeks at #1 (One Sweet Day) isn't even remotely winning the poll is really interesting.

 

I'm old enough to remember when that song was released, and it got overplayed SO DAMN MUCH that I think people just had enough of it. You don't even hear it played on 90s radio stations, unlike some of the other songs in the poll. And I mean, other songs were extremely overplayed too, like the Macarena, but people remember it as something funny and kitschy, which gives it somewhat of an endearing quality, while One Sweet Day doesn't seem to have any of those memorable traits.

[rumours 45,521]

2 minutes ago, Batwings said:

I'm old enough to remember when that song was released, and it got overplayed SO DAMN MUCH that I think people just had enough of it. You don't even hear it played on 90s radio stations, unlike some of the other songs in the poll.

Yeah, I hadn't even heard the song till I accidentally came across it on YouTube. But, I really don't hear that much Mariah on 90s radio in general (at least not what I've listened to). The only 90s songs of hers  I had heard prior to diving into her discography were Fantasy and Hero. 

[Batwings 12,695]

2 minutes ago, Rumours1977 said:

Yeah, I hadn't even heard the song till I accidentally came across it on YouTube. But, I really don't hear that much Mariah on 90s radio in general (at least not what I've listened to). The only 90s songs of hers  I had heard prior to diving into her discography were Fantasy and Hero. 

Yep, those two are still played pretty frequently, and occasionally, I'll hear Emotions. Oh, and All I Want for Christmas is You, of course.

[King J 1,541]

2 hours ago, sipthistea said:

Where's Roar?

Where's Dark Horse? 

The better choices 

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I Will Always Love You! I mean people love it for it's iconic-ness and sadly also for some memes but hey still iconic!