How did ARUTW become a sleeper hit?

[Concertaholic 5,895]

Always Remember Us This Way is Gaga’s 4th most listened to song on Spotify, racking up more streams than even Bad Romance. This is despite not being played on radio or having award show performances like Shallow. I remember at the time of ASIB’s release, many of us were upset that her team wasn’t pushing ARUTW harder but nevertheless it has emerged as one of the general public’s most streamed songs. Your thoughts on how it has generated long lasting popularity seemingly on its own?

 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,511]

Wasn't it sent to Europe's radios?

I think it being on so many versions of The voice around the world helped.

And ASIB was seen by a ton of folk who from my own experience often remember ARUTW as much as shallow. It's a GP favorite like a Heavy metal lover will be our fan fav'. 

[Wombat 107]

It’s just that good of a song, end of story

[FFXIV WhiteMage 5,927]

it's a household classic hit here in Asia! along with shallow and dwas :>

 

[Sarah H 3,685]

4 minutes ago, Wombat said:

It’s just that good of a song, end of story

This! It's a fantastic song that appeals to a lot of people. 

[Gagaplayer315 14,078]

Because it’s the second queen in the ASIB chessboard 

[Starmie25 18,819]

It's the core bit of the ASIB film. It was also a radio single in selected countries and a reggae remix went hugely viral in late 2019. 

[Mr Oak 7,689]

54 minutes ago, Concertaholic said:

This is despite not being played on radio or having award show performances like Shallow

I'm pretty sure it played on radio in my country tho

[timdrake 1,050]

1 hour ago, Wombat said:

It’s just that good of a song, end of story

yup! quality wins 🏆 

[TheMontebello 523]

It is huge in Brazil. It's the kind of music everyone of every age listens too. Housewives love it and I always hear it playing in the background of videos my mom watches on YouTube lol

[KennyRichie 1,989]

I was on a trip to Brasil last week and they were playing the reggae version in some stores 

[Bronco 11,620]

Because its the best song on that soundtrack 

[JohnWayne92 2,175]

It is one of her best records across all of her work. The writing is beautiful - it sounds and says and feels exactly how I think and experience love. Everyone ages but we stay the same person on the inside. When we are old and wrinkled we will still be the 20-30 year old at their peak and that is how we will see our partners too. 

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[faysalaaa 4,650]

Gaga could easily be Adele if she wanted to, people just love when she does ballads and sing normal songs lol

[BELLYACHE 1,286]

2 hours ago, Starmie25 said:

It's the core bit of the ASIB film. It was also a radio single in selected countries and a reggae remix went hugely viral in late 2019. 

The reggae remix is Gaga’s most played and kinda only played song here in the Caribbean.