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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 2:59 pm to nes2010
'When a Man Loves a Woman' might be the most recognizable song in English.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 3:07 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 6:33 pm to nes2010
Free Bird
Posted on 1/21/15 at 9:20 pm to nes2010
You get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey,
You get a line and I'll get a pole, Babe.
You get a line and I'll get a pole,
We'll go fishin' in the crawdad hole,
Honey, Baby mine.
Sittin' on the bank 'til my feet get cold, Honey,
Sittin' on the bank 'til my feet get cold, Babe,
Sittin' on the bank 'til my feet get cold,
Lookin' down that crawdad hole,
Honey, Baby mine.
This post was edited on 1/21/15 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 1/21/15 at 9:52 pm to nes2010
I would think that there are hymns that have been played/sung more often and to more listeners than Greensleeves. Gregorian Chants originated in the 9th and 10th centuries and have been part of the Catholic liturgy for over a millennium.
Posted on 1/22/15 at 12:39 am to nes2010
Maybe Amazing Grace?
Posted on 1/22/15 at 2:36 am to nes2010
I've never heard anybody outside of the west sing "Greensleeves." "Happy Birthday", on the other hand, is everywhere.
Posted on 1/22/15 at 1:03 pm to nes2010
quote:
According to the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most recognized song in the English language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow".
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