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Most popular song in history?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:27 pm
Is Greensleeves the most popular song in human history? It was first registered in 1580 wiki and is still being remade. I found myself humming it today and wondered if there were any other songs that old and that popular?
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Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:30 pm to nes2010
Happy Birthday is pretty huge
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:38 pm to nes2010
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and it's melodic partner the ABC song
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:45 pm to nes2010
Gotta be Stairway to Heaven
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:46 pm to nes2010
Twinkle twinkle melody is from 1761, Happy Birthday song is supposedly from 1893. Both far newer than Greensleeves.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:56 pm to nes2010
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that old
I overlooked that initially
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:58 pm to nes2010
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Twinkle twinkle melody is from 1761, Happy Birthday song is supposedly from 1893. Both far newer than Greensleeves.
So?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 2:59 pm to nes2010
'When a Man Loves a Woman' might be the most recognizable song in English.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:03 pm to HempHead
'(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' is the most recognizable song in English.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:04 pm to MC123
No shite, I listened to Percy Sledge after my post...then Redding. 
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:04 pm to High C
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Gotta be Stairway to Heaven
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:07 pm to nes2010
"Happy Birthday" was spread around the world by GIs in WWII. It transcends cultures in a way that something like "Silent Night" cannot.
It would be my choice.
It would be my choice.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:10 pm to HempHead
Yesterday
Stand by Me
Stand by Me
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:25 pm to lsu480
By most popular in history I mean the song that has been heard by the most people ever, living or dead. An extra 200 years of human lives will make a difference, especially since its still heard by many, many people today. I know Greensleeves is usually taught to grade school children these days so I assume that a lot of modern people have heard it as well as a lot of people that are now dead.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:47 pm to nes2010
Maybe I'm just ignorant but I had never heard of Greensleeves until this thread.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:50 pm to HempHead
I've never heard of it either. My vote would be for Happy Birthday.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 4:44 pm to nes2010
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By most popular in history I mean the song that has been heard by the most people ever, living or dead. An extra 200 years of human lives will make a difference, especially since its still heard by many, many people today. I know Greensleeves is usually taught to grade school children these days so I assume that a lot of modern people have heard it as well as a lot of people that are now dead.
I bet as many peope have heard Gangham Style as have heard Greensleeves. We weren't a global community until very recently.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 6:33 pm to nes2010
Free Bird
Posted on 1/21/15 at 8:27 pm to Brosef Stalin
frick Greensleeves. Twinkle Birthday FTMFW.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 8:30 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
gangnam style
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