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I remember an article that used (Spotify?) play trends to project this, and at the time they thought Pompeii by Bastille would be the one with longevity, while a few other hit songs by big names would be forgotten. I can't find it now.
IIRC the basic idea was that genuinely memorable songs peak less hard and only fade very slowly, while trendy songs crash as everyone moves on to the next shiny thing marketers put out.
Look at what Weird Al has parodied. Because it's gonna be disproportionately that.
Decapcito will be the ice ice baby of the 2010s.
Wet Ass-Pussy, by Cardi B
Talking about pop:
No need to write the singers, that's how famous they are.
Random Access Memories is such a good album, pretty much every song on there is timeless imo.
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)
@[email protected] 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
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:
I think a couple of these are pre 2014 tho. But are within the last 15 for sure.
Rolling in the deep is too old for sure. I almost included Royals but it was just too old at 11 years.
Unless you consider "the last decade" being 2010-2020 with us in "the current decade" now, 2020-2030
Shoulda known
Anyone over 35 should just not answer this question, very little chance weβll be right
Also, for anyone over 35, our ability to understand βlast decadeβ means the last 10 years, decreases over time. I read this question and still thought about songs that came out 2009.
I think that is up for interpretation a little bit. "The last decade" I think grammatically it means the last 10 years. In this case 2014-2024. But I am so used to it referring to the years ending in zero that my head immediately goes to 2010-2020 not 2014-2024. Especially in the context of music. Music is historically is reference as the years ending in zero 60s, the 70s the 2000s 2010s etc..
Havana Camila Cabello Ed sheeran Shape Of You Olivio Rodrigo Brutal
My first thought was indeed Blinding Lights.
I could see The Less I Know the Better having some staying power.
I think I'll die if I hear a weird music kid from my child's generation talking about Death Grips in 10 years or so.
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