KatyPrismSpirit Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Well? What is the true secret behind this? It can’t always be just a good song since not all good tracks are considered to be timeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1) being popular and a hit (most people would say this is not true but there are few expection at this, even a Mozart piece of music need tv ads, movies and a massive use on mainstream media to stay popular on cultural perception). Then of course there are niche - genre classics but it's a different thing. 2) for some reason upon all the hits and most popular songs it's the song that survives in the memory as a song that encapsulates the sound of an era. This of course change for every song, it's hard to find an universal rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 rihanna's voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magazine Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Having immaculate production that stands the test of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosque Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Lyrics: Having lyrics with universal themes that speak to things all humans experience, ideally across different countries. If you write a song about taking selfies in the bathroom at a club, or use current slang terms such as "crank that", your song will probably not age well Instrumentation. Some instruments such as the piano, violin and drums have endured for hundreds of years. If you use other instruments, your chances of a classic decrease. If you are Christina Perri or Adele and write a ballad using only your vocals and a piano, you might just have a classic Production. There are production trends that come and go, and using them decreases your chances at a classic. There are exceptions, since Promiscuous is Nelly Furtado's most streamed song, and Beyonce made RTW a classic despite hopping on the Major Lazer trend at the time. But generally classics will still sound fresh 20 or 30 years later, which works best if you're not hopping on a current trend. Toxic and Gimme More were fresh and remain fresh classics. TTWE and I Wanna Go were hits but no one cares about them now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erreur2 La Nature Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 If it has 1B streams on Spotify according to most fanbases on ATRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Erreur2 La Nature said: If it has 1B streams on Spotify according to most fanbases on ATRL. hard disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rv1709 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Vocals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) i apprecciate @KatyPrismSpiritalways try to open interestin discussions. Sadly then most people there are always the same users unable of every kind of discussion or to analyze anything with any interesting argument about anything. @Dephira your post is very interesting. Edited October 30, 2023 by vale9001 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charot Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Melodies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odette Violet Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Lyrics, Production and Catchiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, vale9001 said: i apprecciate @KatyPrismSpiritalways try to open interestin discussions. Sadly then most people there are always the same users unable on every kind of discussion to talk or analyze anything putting some interesting analysis or argument about anything. @Dephira your post is very interesting. Aww tysm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange22 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 A Kat DeLuna vocal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.U.Y. Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Not being pushed/spammed by aggressive stans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianSolo Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Being of an exceptional quality to where it's just an undeniable song, whether or not it was something released in the 1940s, 80s, or 2020s. It has absolutely nothing to do with a song being a "hit." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles. Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 6 hours ago, vale9001 said: i apprecciate @KatyPrismSpiritalways try to open interestin discussions. Sadly then most people there are always the same users unable of every kind of discussion or to analyze anything with any interesting argument about anything. @Dephira your post is very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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