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Who Did that Pop Song #2

Name the musical artists or groups who recorded these mass-market hits.
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First submittedJanuary 6, 2018
Times taken46,029
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Year
Song
Band or Artist
2023
Flowers
Miley Cyrus
2022
Heat Waves
Glass Animals
2016
Stressed Out
Twenty One Pilots
2016
Hello
Adele
2016
Cheap Thrills
Sia
2015
Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd
2014
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
2014
All About That Bass
Meghan Trainor
2013
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke
2013
Dark Horse
Katy Perry
2013
Wake Me Up!
Avicii
2012
Starships
Nicki Minaj
Year
Song
Band or Artist
2011
We Found Love
Rihanna
2011
Moves Like Jagger
Maroon 5
2008
Low
Flo Rida
2002
Complicated
Avril Lavigne
2000
Bye Bye Bye
NSYNC
1999
All Star
Smash Mouth
1997
Barbie Girl
Aqua
1996
Champagne Supernova
Oasis
1996
Always Be My Baby
Mariah Carey
1994
Kiss from a Rose
Seal
1990
U Can't Touch This
MC Hammer
1968
A Little Less Conversation
Elvis Presley
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39 Comments
Carry
+4
Level 63
Feb 6, 2018
I would not call some of these Pop music. But I feel like that term is used for certain songs where you're not quite sure what it is.
Dynoko
+11
Level 48
Mar 12, 2018
Pop music is music that is popular, you can't deny that these songs have been and were popular, pop music tends to be more modern music too.
Matthew07
+4
Level 47
Mar 12, 2018
Pop music has nothing to do with being modern.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 72
Jul 29, 2019
dont know what you think is popmusic, but it is generally what is being played on the radio.

And @matthew07 pop music definitely has something to do with being modern. No beethoven would ever be popmusic even if it gets super popular and the entire world will love it tomorrow. That being said it doesnt mean that songs from several decades ago cant still be considered pop music. Modern yes, but not necessarily recent, as in the last couple of years.

ivansingo
+1
Level 47
Mar 12, 2018
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/203068/countries-of-the-world-missing-vowels Fun quiz I made if you want to try it out
svitapeneela
+3
Level 65
Mar 12, 2018
I wouldn't really describe as Oasis as a pop band?
joeythelemur
+3
Level 83
Mar 12, 2018
I think of them as alternative, but point taken. There are a number on here though that could be considered not-pop. Hammer and Smith are rappers. Are the R&B artists here considered pop?
MavsFanForLife25
+3
Level 74
Mar 12, 2018
It sucks not everyone got All Star
DaffyDucktheWizard
+1
Level 63
Mar 12, 2018
SOMEBODY
AlmostAGenius
+5
Level 82
Aug 29, 2024
Your attempt at a lyrical chain clearly failed.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Nov 3, 2024
ONCE
muzito
+3
Level 47
Mar 14, 2018
What a weird selection of songs.
pmack18
+2
Level 47
Mar 14, 2018
Got lost after 2002, since the music got that much worse after that.
Thisquizisawful
+21
Level 47
May 5, 2022
Maybe it didn't get worse. Maybe you just got older, grumpier and more small minded.
pleasegivemeanam
+2
Level 40
Nov 3, 2024
That's what people in 2002 said about music that came out after 1986
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Nov 3, 2024
There is definitely merit to the notion that every generation thinks its music is the last good music, but I think pop music really has gone off a cliff since 2012 or so. Pop stars have always been about marketability, but it used to be about finding someone (like Beyonce or Madonna) who already had something people would want to pay for. Now the record companies just look for people who will fit into the mold they have spent 40 years perfecting. The production, songwriting, effects, visuals etc. have become so streamlined that the songs have no personality and are very disposable. It's all about finding the next "song of the summer" rather than just finding a good pop artist and getting them before the public to do their thing.
Yanni47
+3
Level 78
Mar 14, 2018
"Hello" came out in 2015 (late, but still).
RayH518
+2
Level 38
Mar 14, 2018
shrek is love shrek is life
Freestatebear
+4
Level 86
Apr 2, 2018
As others have mentioned, the selection seems odd - basically songs from 1990 forward, EXCEPT one from 1968?? Seems like a better approach would be to cover the genre from its beginnings to the present, OR break it into decades or eras.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Jul 29, 2019
Maybe he wanted to put the recent one in (remix) by JunkieXL which was about 2002. And then changed his mind and put the original in.
stevengers
+1
Level 84
Apr 16, 2019
Oasis = Indie Rock. Was Champagne Supernova even in top 100 mainstream single?
kogatora
+3
Level 93
Nov 6, 2019
it was number one on the US modern rock chart.
geohillierneo
+1
Level 46
Nov 3, 2024
The key word there being... Rock chart... Not the POP charts
duckwantbread
+1
Level 65
Aug 16, 2024
It wasn't released as a single outside of a few regions (like the US) so that's a poor metric to use because it would fail by default. It likely wasn't released as a single because it was too long for the radio and most people already had the song because the album sold like hotcakes, making it to Number 1 in numerous countries (even it America it got to Number 4).

Despite not being a single in many regions it is their 3rd most popular song (based on Spotify streams where it has over 400 million plays), that makes it very popular.

theperiodictable
+1
Level 46
May 9, 2019
*twentyone pilots fans quake*
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Jan 20, 2020
I did really well on all of the pre-1990 song.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
May 8, 2020
Only got Janet from guessing Jackson for Michael or Jackson 5
Tomtrific
+5
Level 83
Jun 22, 2022
This quiz jumps from 1968 to 1990. What happened to the 21 years in between? Lots of good music in that time.
MetallicStar
+1
Level 51
Aug 11, 2024
Isn't "The Boy is Mine" also a song by Ariana Grande
churchcod
+3
Level 70
Aug 15, 2024
I missed Avicii because I read "Wake Me Up" and could only think of the Wham! song.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 91
Aug 16, 2024
I’m sure Noel Gallagher would have something to say about calling Oasis “pop” music.

Strictly speaking it’s short for “popular,” but has come to mean that bland, generic style of muzak that is all you ever hear on mainstream radio. It’s all “ooh baby!” and synchronised dance moves - only really popular with teenage girls (and others who ought to know better) because it lacks any musical depth, subtlety or artistic merit of any kind.

It is ANTI-music, manufactured, produced and sold on mass by soulless business people, cynically manipulating young minds. It is filth.

duckwantbread
+6
Level 65
Aug 16, 2024
Oasis are literally the first example that comes up when you search Britpop. What do you think the pop stands for?

I like Oasis but it's not like they were playing around with time signatures or song structure, they stick to pop structures a lot of the time (not that there's anything wrong with that unless you're a snob, there's a reason it's popular).

jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Nov 3, 2024
Don't be dense. There are two different uses of "pop music." The former is used for all "popular music," songs of 2-5 minutes in length that follow the basic verse-chorus-verse structure. This would include the Beatles, Oasis, Nirvana, Green Day, etc. The second, equally common usage, distinguishes between music played by bands and "pop stars," who are obviously cultivated and manufactured in a way that prioritizes marketability and profitability over quality. Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Rihanna, etc. It's not a coincidence that the same six songwriters are penning the songs for all these performers. It's a formula.

You're acting like no don't know the second usage exists, when it's a very common meaning of the term. Oasis fits under the first meaning, but not the second.

Hollygomerryround
+1
Level 45
Nov 3, 2024
I kept trying T-pain for Low
theenforcer22
+1
Level 67
Nov 3, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
ThobiasEriksson
+2
Level 70
Nov 3, 2024
Why is Calvin Harris not accepted for We Found Love?
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 80
Nov 3, 2024
There's no exclamation mark in Wake Me Up, I think that causes unnecessary confusion with the Wham! song because the name actually has the mark
interopia
+1
Level 85
Nov 3, 2024
Got all of the second column but only half the first.
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 64
Nov 3, 2024
Mariah Carey was the least guessed! You guys have no culture!!!!
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