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Which songs from the last decade (2014-2024) will become classics? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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So far I think "Uptown Funk", "Blinding Lights", and "Old Town Road". That doesn't mean I love those songs. It means I think they answer the question. I know you may love "Irony x3" by Zigbones. But they ain't it.

Edit: I'm sorry for the poorly worded question. I think it's autism related, but I don't see possibilities or alternative understandings easily, and when I wrote "decade" I thought 10 years and that was it.

Of course anyone answering from the perspective of 2010-2020 was making a perfectly reasonable and rational answer and I was very dismissive. I'm really sorry for that.

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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 65 points 6 months ago

Decapcito will be the ice ice baby of the 2010s.

[-] vodkasolution@feddit.it 59 points 6 months ago

Talking about pop:

  • Blinding lights
  • Rolling in the deep
  • Get Lucky
  • Happy

No need to write the singers, that's how famous they are.

[-] luci_tired@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

Random Access Memories is such a good album, pretty much every song on there is timeless imo.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 6 months ago

Daft punk will be dearly missed. At least until millenials die out.

[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't count them out quite yet. Thomas Bangaltar and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are still producing stuff each on their own. Sometimes they even collaborate on the same project. I don't think there will be another Daft Punk album or song but I suspect their hands are going to be on a lot of work.

[-] Trae@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I think by 30 we'll have a new Daft Punk album.. They'll both miss the feeling of working creatively on one big project and it will likely be on the same scale as RAM where they use it as an opportunity to collaborate with people in music that they really admire.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

But he literally exploded!

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

There's a new Tron movie being worked on. I have no idea who's doing the music, but the soundtrack for the most recent Tron was such a big reason it had any success. The movie looked cool, but it sounded amazing. The story was bland as hell, which is a shame. That's one of the few soundtracks for a movie I'll actually listen to outside of the movie, and I can't see whatever the new one does being even half as good.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago

Rolling and Get Lucky are too old.

[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago

your wording was a tad ambiguous. it is possible that the above commenter thought you were asking about the last decade, as in the 2010s, rather than the last decade, as in the ten years immediately preceding today (roughly 2014-2024)

[-] vodkasolution@feddit.it 9 points 6 months ago

@juliebean@lemm.ee is right, I thought OP was referring to 2010-20! OP: you can edit the text and clarify the year range for the other posters

[-] brb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I only know Blinding lights from those. Looks like I'm pretty out of touch with modern music.

[-] fouloleron@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I had to look up Blinding Lights, and I don't recognize it. I know the others from that list (whether they fit the criteria or not).

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[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Anyone over 35 should just not answer this question, very little chance we’ll be right

[-] xkbx@startrek.website 38 points 6 months ago

Also, for anyone over 35, our ability to understand “last decade” means the last 10 years, decreases over time. I read this question and still thought about songs that came out 2009.

[-] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago

I think that is up for interpretation a little bit. "The last decade" I think grammatically it means the last 10 years. In this case 2014-2024. But I am so used to it referring to the years ending in zero that my head immediately goes to 2010-2020 not 2014-2024. Especially in the context of music. Music is historically is reference as the years ending in zero 60s, the 70s the 2000s 2010s etc..

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

It depends. It can mean either. Technically though, I believe each decade is 1-10, not 0-9, although this mistake is so common I don't think it matters and can mean either.

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[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago
[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 18 points 6 months ago

The chart being from 2011 made me feel old

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago

I think I disagree. Only a very small subset of music from the decade permeated my oblivion of modern music. I expect the songs that managed to do that are the ones that will be remembered. I agree with OP's list, I know those songs.

Add to that:

  • Born this Way
  • Wake me up
  • Shake it off
  • Someone that I used to know
[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Taylor Swift probably has at least 5 that will be considered classics.

Just go to her top played songs and you could put any of them on that list. Which is wild

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

Look at what Weird Al has parodied. Because it's gonna be disproportionately that.

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 months ago

Nothing too niche or topical. Has to have some sort of timeless quality, meaningful lyrics and emotional resonance. Not a "fad" genre, a sea shantey won't do (yes its centuries of tradition but in it's old form it isn't mainstream). Cultural impact which means it will moat likely be from your mainstream artists, taylor swift, kanye west, maybe billie eilish gets there. I also think it's probably going to be more women defining an era of music than ever before.

Added advantages, either something that was early in a musical tradition or helped it peak, we've seen this with classics in the moat recent big genre, rap.

As for the tiktok songs. We don't know how internet virality affects the legacy of these songs. A lot of the earbugs are shallow short bits. I'm going to ignore those, otherwise I think some of the smarter songs will maybe be appreciated a little while later too.

So my list:

  • Royals by lorde
  • Rolling in the deep by adele
  • Runaway by Kanye
  • Sign of the times by harry styles
  • Hotline Bling by drake, i'm 50/50 on this one
  • All Too Well/ Blank Space by Taylor Swift
  • Alright by Kendrick Lamar
  • Formation by Beyonce
  • Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
  • Chandlier by Sia
  • Uptown Funk Mark Ronson 50/50
  • Let It Happen by Tame Impala
  • Nights by Frank Ocean

I think a couple of these are pre 2014 tho. But are within the last 15 for sure.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

Rolling in the deep is too old for sure. I almost included Royals but it was just too old at 11 years.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Unless you consider "the last decade" being 2010-2020 with us in "the current decade" now, 2020-2030

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I absolutely interpreted the question as songs from last decade (2010-2020). Turns out I lack a useful attention span to read a title. It is clearly outlined that OP meant 2014-2024.

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[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I think it's better to use the last ten years to indicate the period. People interpreting it as the 2010-2020 period is a reasonable assumption.

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[-] Blackout@kbin.run 21 points 6 months ago

Only 1 song is worthy:

WAP

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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.de 16 points 6 months ago

My first thought was indeed Blinding Lights.

[-] xor@infosec.pub 14 points 6 months ago

Wet Ass-Pussy, by Cardi B

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

I could see The Less I Know the Better having some staying power.

I think I'll die if I hear a weird music kid from my child's generation talking about Death Grips in 10 years or so.

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah theres a few tame impala songs that could last a while.

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[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

I'm not really in tune with nowadays music, but I think Rag'n'Bone Man's Human goes in there automatically, it's in every playlist.
I guess we'll have to put Imagine Dragons in there somehow, I think both Believer and Bones are a good fit.

[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

Imagine Dragons FTW

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I remember an article that used (Spotify?) play trends to project this, and at the time they thought Pompeii by Bastille would be the one with longevity, while a few other hit songs by big names would be forgotten. I can't find it now.

IIRC the basic idea was that genuinely memorable songs peak less hard and only fade very slowly, while trendy songs crash as everyone moves on to the next shiny thing marketers put out.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Baby Shark

[-] 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guru 5 points 6 months ago

Havana Camila Cabello Ed sheeran Shape Of You Olivio Rodrigo Brutal

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 4 points 6 months ago

If I put my old man hat on, I'd say none. I think the idea of "classics" is dead. I also think most modern mainstream music is terrible. But hey what do I know.

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Some of the older songs by Skrillex? Or how about songs by Aurora, Alec Benjamin and Sia? Or maybe Passenger and Ed Sheeran?

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

I thought "Shape of You" might be there.

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[-] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo

Bad Guy by Billie Eilish

WAP.

[-] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

As it was by Harry Styles.

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[-] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Uptown Funk is already a classic dude

That one Fetty Wap song

Despacito

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