Hold My Hand Reaches 100M Views on YouTube

[Maxine Puth 9,053]

Honestly forgot about this song, which sucks because I was really hyped for it. I think it’s mostly because it’s already a sound she’s done pretty well before with ASIB and BTW and it doesn’t really add anything to her discography. But it is a nice song, and it being the encore at TCB makes a lot of sense

[SevenWonder 4,318]

When will Marry the Night and 911?

WHEN? 

[Meat 18,962]

1 hour ago, androiduser said:

of course... saying something directly, backed by facts and date is a flamebait... but only if it's about Gaga. Other artists are fair game. Reporting me won't make the song a hit.

Where are the facts though? Theme songs from hugely successful movies like The Lord of The Rings (2003), Avatar (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Lés Miserables (2012), James Bond (2015), La La Land (2016), The Lion King (2019), Rocketman (2019), James Bond (2021) etc have all performed worse than Hold my Hand. In fact, 90% of the Oscar-nominated songs in history haven’t even charted within the Hot100 

[Meat 18,962]

Anyway, for those who are interested in real facts, here they are:

 

[StrawberryBlond 14,820]

It's great to see it get that accolade only 5 months after release. And it recently hit 1.1 million likes too, which is very well-mirrored. Considering it didn't smash as we'd hoped, these stats are still pretty darn good. No idea why so many fans didn't like this or thought it was a bit meh. I love it and the music video looked epic. Perhaps she just released it too soon after Shallow and it was treading familiar ground but that doesn't take away from its amazing quality. I think performing it on tour helped raise its status among fans at least. It was at around 65 million views when the tour started and was about 94 million when it finished, meaning it got 29 million views during the tour, which I think is significant. It may not have been a smash, but its views have been consistent. I mean, 911's a beloved video in this fanbase and it has less views (yet has huge fan support), so clearly fans and the public are watching and connecting to it, even if it wasn't reflected on the charts. Charts aren't always indicative of how much a song is supported. For what its worth, I heard it playing in my shopping mall (as well as SL and unbelievably, Alice!) so it's not like it hasn't filtered through the public (unless the director of that mall is just a massive stan)!

I'm hoping it will get Oscar nominated at the very least. I can't think of many other songs that could get submitted, so it's in with a massive chance. I'm sure the movie's studio will be pushing for this one more than the OneRepublic song seeing as Gaga was the only one who got a massive push in hype. And I'd say a good performance of it, which is a given, may well give it a resurgence. Not saying it'll out-perform OneRepublic, but who knows, maybe top 20 at least?

13 minutes ago, Meat said:

Where are the facts though? Theme songs from hugely successful movies like Avatar (2009), La La Land (2016), Lion King (2019), James Bond (2021) etc have all performed worse than Hold my Hand. In fact, 90% of the Oscar-nominated songs in history haven’t even charted within the Hot100 

I agree, most movie theme songs actually don't do well. Sure, there's a lot of movies that I hear people say "I love the theme for that" but when you look up how it performed on the charts, most of the time, it didn't even hit top 40. But people still know it and love it. You'd think songs released by successful artists in blockbuster movies would be a hit by design but most of the time, it isn't a chart hit but still is a beloved favourite by the public nonetheless. Most songs that win the Oscar for best song tend not to be a smash unless it's a Bond theme, maybe. And of course, Shallow. But those are the exceptions, not the rule.

[Tinnitus15 51,570]

2 hours ago, androiduser said:

the theme song of one of the most successful movies in history not doing better than top50 is a surefire sign that the audiences didn't connect to it and it's not a hit at all. The song didn't do well anywhere really. Without the huge buzz of the movie, it wouldn't even crack the top100. Sorry guys, let's be real here. In fact, I think it's safe to say it's one of the worst performing theme songs from a successful movie, ever.

Not a hit for you.Gaga literally didn’t do s- about it that’s why.They didn’t even add it to Spotify’s biggest playlist for like 2-3 weeks.0 performances and radios pulling it.If Gaga went full on promoting it,it would have smashed 

[Charliie 1,828]

I'm kinda  glad this song wasn't as popular because of the emotional value attached to it. It brings me beautiful memories of the LA show...

I want to cry just thinking about it  

[TEANUS 14,970]

3 hours ago, ChicaSkas said:

That wasn't the goal here, I think it wasn't necessarily what you said, you may very well be right... but *how* you said it. Another user, reported your comment for being unnecessarily negative. It would be easier to gently couch what you are saying with a preface, I'll show you. You know how it is, a spoon ful of sugar and all that. 

 

What you said:

"The song is not a hit, it didn't do well, and for the theme song of one of the most successful movies in history, it did terribly."

 

What you maybe could have said to not offend some people:

I realize what I am saying may be hard for some fans to swallow, but the song is not a hit in the traditional sense, it didn't do very well, and for the theme song of one of the most successful movies in history, it did terribly, in my opinion. 

Just a gentle rephrase, is all -- and even that is a suggestion -- you don't HAVE to do it, don't worry!

It's not too serious. We get a lot of flamebait reports. I mean at the end of the day, we just want everything to go well.

Thanks for understanding

[Sepsami 18,825]

People are so chart obsessed, the song is beautiful and praised by critics. Just because it's not topping billboard doesn't mean it's unworthy. Remember Shallow before the performance?

[Guillaume Hamon 6,475]

2 hours ago, Meat said:

Anyway, for those who are interested in real facts, here they are:

 

Love how France gives her records even for hold my hand and perfect illusion... The stans we are honey! 😂

[ChicaSkas 22,945]

3 minutes ago, TEANUS said:

No, don't gloat. @androiduser was right, technically. We want to be respectful.  

[GAYHEMikey 7,982]

HMH is still played very often on the Radio and I love that’s the only thing doing ok over here 

 

 

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6 hours ago, androiduser said:

the theme song of one of the most successful movies in history not doing better than top50 is a surefire sign that the audiences didn't connect to it and it's not a hit at all. The song didn't do well anywhere really. Without the huge buzz of the movie, it wouldn't even crack the top100. Sorry guys, let's be real here. In fact, I think it's safe to say it's one of the worst performing theme songs from a successful movie, ever.

Why this post is accused of flamebait and reported? So we report everything we don't wanna accept or hear? Cause I 100% agree with @androiduser and I think it was respectful

[ChicaSkas 22,945]

22 minutes ago, AYURO said:

Why this post is accused of flamebait and reported? So we report everything we don't wanna accept or hear? Cause I 100% agree with @androiduser and I think it was respectful

I dont know. Someone didnt like it. I was the only mod online, I saw it, I gently talked to them.  I see Androidusers POV. This didnt need an infraction from mods, just a gentle heads up. 

[Meat 18,962]

42 minutes ago, AYURO said:

Why this post is accused of flamebait and reported? So we report everything we don't wanna accept or hear? Cause I 100% agree with @androiduser and I think it was respectful

Not that I reported them, but what they said was incorrect. It’s one thing to have an opinion and another thing to paint false information as facts.