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What is the most overplayed pop song of all time?

By YPB Team

Wedding playlists, gym speakers and supermarket ceilings made these impossible to escape. Vote for the one you would retire first.

  1. All I Want for Christmas Is You — ranked #11
    All I Want for Christmas Is You
    Mariah Carey's 1994 song that returns to number one nearly every December.
    1000pts
  2. Shake It Off — ranked #22
    Shake It Off
    Taylor Swift's 2014 number one, a fixture of weddings, ads and workout playlists.
    888pts
  3. Macarena — ranked #33
    Macarena
    Los del Río's 1996 dance craze with a 14-week run at number one.
    874pts
  4. Cheap Thrills — ranked #44
    Cheap Thrills
    Sia's 2016 single, a staple of gyms and retail stores.
    668pts
  5. Blinding Lights — ranked #55
    Blinding Lights
    The Weeknd's synth-pop single, number one on Billboard's all-time Hot 100.
    668pts
  6. Call Me Maybe — ranked #66
    Call Me Maybe
    Carly Rae Jepsen's 2012 earworm, lip-synced by sports teams worldwide.
    565pts
  7. Bad Guy — ranked #77
    Bad Guy
    Billie Eilish's 2019 whispered hit.
    565pts
  8. Wonderwall — ranked #88
    Wonderwall
    Oasis's 1995 ballad, the first song every busker and dorm guitarist learns.
    565pts
  9. Happy — ranked #99
    Happy
    Pharrell's 2013 Despicable Me 2 song that spent ten weeks at number one.
    439pts
  10. Gangnam Style — ranked #1010
    Gangnam Style
    PSY's 2012 song, the first YouTube video to pass a billion views.
    439pts
  11. Let It Go — ranked #1111
    Let It Go
    Idina Menzel's Frozen ballad, sung by a generation of children in 2014.
    439pts
  12. Old Town Road — ranked #1212
    Old Town Road
    Lil Nas X's 2019 country-trap song with a record 19 weeks at number one.
    439pts
  13. Baby — ranked #1313
    Baby
    Justin Bieber's 2010 single whose video was for years YouTube's most disliked.
    439pts
  14. Despacito — ranked #1414
    Despacito
    Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's 2017 reggaeton hit, once YouTube's most-viewed video.
    439pts
  15. Livin' la Vida Loca — ranked #1515
    Livin' la Vida Loca
    Ricky Martin's 1999 Latin-pop breakthrough.
    0pts
  16. Uptown Funk — ranked #1616
    Uptown Funk
    Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' 2014 hit, 14 weeks at number one.
    0pts
  17. Shape of You — ranked #1717
    Shape of You
    Ed Sheeran's 2017 single, for years the most-streamed song on Spotify.
    0pts
  18. Party Rock Anthem — ranked #1818
    Party Rock Anthem
    LMFAO's 2011 club hit that launched the shuffle dance.
    0pts

Comments 1

Shake It Off debuted at number one in 2014 and never left wedding playlists, an inverted list for a songwriter usually judged on craft: https://youpick.best/articles/taylor-swift-ranked-many-ways

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