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Chet Faker released a cover of No Diggity a few years ago, which is responsible for all of my plays of the original on Spotify. A popular cover can probably dr
by bkjelden 11y ago
Chet Faker released a cover of No Diggity a few years ago, which is responsible for all of my plays of the original on Spotify.
A popular cover can probably drive a lot of popularity for an older song on Spotify.
- mfdaniels 11y agoAgree! In fact, I'd argue that a v2 of this project, where I look at the features of songs with high longevity (e.g., No Diggity) were driven by samples/covers/Glee/etc.
- bkjelden 11y agoYea, it'd even be interesting to compare a song's play count over time to it being featured in popular movie soundtracks, etc.
- scottkduncan 11y agoWas thinking the same thing, but also for a current cover to catch on there is likely something about the original that still resonates. One nitpick: "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls was ineligible for the Billboard Hot 100 for a long time due to their rules that songs had to be sold as a "single" to be counted on that chart. It was #1 in terms of radio airplay for a huge chunk of 1998, so it's not really accurate to say it didn't chart highly at the time.
- mfdaniels 11y agoAh. Didn't realize that. Billboard data, generally, is terribly inaccurate in terms of a measure of cultural popularity...back in the day, they used to call radio stations to ask what their top 10 were. But it's the best we've got in terms of data.
- iamdave 11y agoChet Faker released a cover of No Diggity a few years ago This doesn't add a single thing to the discussion, but it's a great cover too.