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.
Talking about pop:
- Blinding lights
- Rolling in the deep
- Get Lucky
- Happy
No need to write the singers, that’s how famous they are.
I only know Blinding lights from those. Looks like I’m pretty out of touch with modern music.
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).
Rolling and Get Lucky are too old.
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)
@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
Baby Shark
Look at what Weird Al has parodied. Because it’s gonna be disproportionately that.
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.
Anyone over 35 should just not answer this question, very little chance we’ll be right
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.
None. There’s no place for classics anymore going forward, only new more of the same constantly thrown on us, again and again.
I would have to say Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots. It’s a solid song by itself and has a message that a lot of people can relate to.
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.
Any of Gorillaz songs
As an avid Gorillaz listener, I don’t think they have put out what we would define “a commercial hit” in the past decade, at least not at the same level of the singles from the first two albums.
That said, I love the collaborations they did with Thundercat and Stevie Nicks in the last record, it should deserve way more recognition than what it hadThere aren’t many popular songs now that are unique or distinguishable, Gorillaz still makes those unique memorable songs tho
Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover).” The 2010s answer to Alanis’s “You Oughtta Know.” Honestly, the 21st-century answer to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.”
You Oughta Know isn’t even from the 21st century.
Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo
Bad Guy by Billie Eilish
WAP.
As it was by Harry Styles.
Also watermelon sugar.
Decapcito will be the ice ice baby of the 2010s.
I think the last decade has about 10-15 classic songs (e.g. rolling in the deep, get lucky etc), but that’s nothing compared to the '80s, where the classic songs measure upwards to 700. There is cultural stagnation in the last 10 years, particularly after the death of the indie music as a vehicle for innovation (i.e. the Pitchfork golden era of 2008 to 2012 where indies became the next hot thing). I could say the same for movies. For me, the highest point of cultural significance, was 1984 (more precisely, the last 3 months of 1983, the whole of 1984, and the first 6 months of 1985, ending with the Live Aid). That’s the most classic, highest point IMHO for both music and movies, where pretty much what was getting released, was becoming an instant classic. Basically, most of it was good, rather than bad with exceptions. There are a few articles online talking about the same thing as I did here, and there’s also a couple of books, all recognizing 1984 as THE year of culture. Today, we’re running on fumes.
Pretty much anything from Adele.
the music you mentioned is absolutely vapid
Your turn then.
