Feanor Posted Wednesday at 07:32 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:32 PM Such polished pop perfection. And the carbon copy "Sugar" became a huge smash literally just a year later… she really killed all of the song's potential with that tragic music video. 5 5 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterNavy Posted Wednesday at 07:38 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:38 PM this is the only correct answer 6 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagine Dragon Posted Wednesday at 07:38 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:38 PM (edited) If the single rollout looked like this, everything would have been Top 10 for the Prism era: August 2013: Roar November 2013: Dark Horse February 2014: Legendary Lovers May 2014: Walking On Air August 2014: Birthday November 2014: Unconditionally And then a rerelease in February 2015 with Super Bowl. And then we woke up. Edited Wednesday at 07:39 PM by Imagine Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prézli Posted Wednesday at 08:00 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:00 PM Unconditionally. The Spotify numbers say it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyonday Posted Wednesday at 08:02 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:02 PM Yeah, the fact that Sugar smashed just a year later with the same concept for a music video on top of that... She fumbled the bag with this. Legendary Lovers, Walking on Air, and Birthday (proper vid) could've done wonders for this era and become bigger than even Teenage Dream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umich Posted Wednesday at 08:07 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:07 PM International Smile was right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blown away Posted Wednesday at 08:09 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:09 PM No, but Hummingbird Heartbeat was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphy23 Posted Wednesday at 08:12 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:12 PM Huh. Literally The One That Got Away which you mentioned in your title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie in a Bottle Posted Wednesday at 08:15 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:15 PM (edited) Yes. This was my favorite song off Prism and one of my favorites in her whole discography. The fact the lyric video has so many more views than the actual video is a pretty big indicator that the music video fell majorly flat. Had she just done a California Gurls 2.0 type music video, it would have 3 billion views and would've gone #1 for several weeks after Dark Horse. It's insane how much pull she lost after that song. A bit irritating that Maroon 5 smashed with a similar video concept, although I'll admit it was executed way better. I could see this song having a "Die for You" type renaissance on Tik Tok though. If it's any song of hers that is most likely to be resurrected it's this one or "Walking On Air" Edited Wednesday at 08:17 PM by Genie in a Bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie in a Bottle Posted Wednesday at 08:19 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:19 PM (edited) 7 minutes ago, Raphy23 said: Huh. Literally The One That Got Away which you mentioned in your title. Haha. The One That Got Away not going #1 was so frustrating but kind of expected after five back to back #1's. Her Teenage Dream run is insane. 6 of the 8 singles peaked at 1, Wide Awake at 2, and TOTGA at 3. Every single charted within the Top 3 back when it was organic and much, MUCH harder to do so. TOTGA should've been the #1 over "Part of Me", cuz she would've broken MJ's record and it's a far more remembered song. Edited Wednesday at 08:20 PM by Genie in a Bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenB Posted Wednesday at 08:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:25 PM she has many, but if she just stuck to doing a basic sexy video like bon appetite but with cakes... wouldve been #1 for weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphy23 Posted Wednesday at 08:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:25 PM 5 minutes ago, Genie in a Bottle said: Haha. The One That Got Away not going #1 was so frustrating but kind of expected after five back to back #1's. Her Teenage Dream run is insane. 6 of the 8 singles peaked at 1, Wide Awake at 2, and TOTGA at 3. Every single charted within the Top 3 back when it was organic and much, MUCH harder to do so. TOTGA should've been the #1 over "Part of Me", cuz she would've broken MJ's record and it's a far more remembered song. why did I think Wide Awake did go #1? such an iconic song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50thStateofMind Posted Wednesday at 08:49 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:49 PM itʻs her most underrated single imo...the video KILLED it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umich Posted Wednesday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:17 PM 51 minutes ago, Raphy23 said: why did I think Wide Awake did go #1? such an iconic song. It went #1 in Canada but Carly blocked her here in the US. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dula Peep Posted Wednesday at 09:24 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:24 PM Hot N Cold is the only correct answer obviously .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielneira Posted Thursday at 12:21 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:21 AM I believe you meant... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prettyinpink940 Posted Thursday at 12:32 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:32 AM If You Can Afford Me probably would have gone #1 too if released instead of TOY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainsskyscrapers Posted Thursday at 12:40 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:40 AM In order of opportunity after "Dark Horse"? Walking On Air, Legendary Lovers, Ghost, International Smile, Witness (title track), Power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndThenTheCocaine Posted Thursday at 01:23 AM Share Posted Thursday at 01:23 AM I came for her best song and MV i.e. The One That Got Away I could see an argument for Never Really Over or Chained To The Rhythm but, lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvadaKedavra Posted Thursday at 02:58 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:58 AM (edited) Birthday potential was huge but she ruined everything with the video and cursed her career it deserved a video more akin to last friday night. This is the nr1 from that got away from teenage dream. Screams hit Edited Thursday at 03:01 AM by AvadaKedavra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acuminatus Posted Thursday at 06:39 AM Share Posted Thursday at 06:39 AM Walking on Air should have been a big hit, unfortunately everyone preferred Dark Horse over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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