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Greensleeves is almost 500 years old. I'm sure there were other very popular songs when it came out, but Greensleeves had to staying power to still be here. What do you think is today's Greensleeves?

Not just a song that can be found in the archives, but one that almost everyone can hum, even today.

(Somebody asked what was meant by “today’s…” Throw whatever you want out, somebody tossed out “Love me tender” as being a tune from in the 1860s.)

Xavienth ,

I have never heard of or heard Greensleeves until today

RampantParanoia2365 ,

One of my favorite little details of Blood and Wine, Witcher 3, is random people humming or singing small refrains of modern pop songs like the Beatles, implying these tunes are exactly what you’re asking about.

pruwybn ,
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All Star by Smash Mouth, obviously.

Thcdenton ,

Darude - Sandstorm

EarWorm ,

Amen Brother by The Winstons, more specifically the drum break on it. It’s by far the most used sample of any song ever, and once you know of it you’ll hear it everywhere kind of like the Wilhelm Scream in movies.

RampantParanoia2365 ,

Aka the Amen Break

KillingTimeItself ,

it’s blur - song 2.

I heard it on an aired commercial the other day.

MeetInPotatoes ,

We Three Kings.

MeetInPotatoes ,

Look, this is objectively funny because it’s the same exact tune.

flubo ,

Probably a Jazz song since the musicians often cover the same Songs over and over again and thats how they could stay very long? Dont know which one though. A Train? Misty?

AngryCommieKender ,

O Fortuna, Carmina Burana.

The poem was written in the medieval period, but finally set to music in 1935-1936. It still took till the 1970s to be used in TV/Film and became so widely used, it is now known as the most overused piece of music in film history.

lud ,

It’s not overused, it’s just used a lot (not that I have heard it in anyway)

AngryCommieKender ,

“O Fortuna” has been called “the most overused piece of music in film history”, and Harper’s Magazine columnist Scott Horton has commented that “Orff’s setting may have been spoiled by its popularization” and its use “in movies and commercials often as a jingle, detached in any meaningful way from its powerful message.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna

I’m not the one that called it that.

samus12345 ,
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This made me wonder what the oldest tune that would still be familiar to a lot of people today would be. Dies Irae is a good candidate. It’s around 800 years old and is probably best known today from the 1980 version of The Shining, although I know it best from the Dr. Tongue stages in Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

TheRealKuni ,

The leitmotif for Palpatine is (loosely) based on the Dies Irae. And, AMAZINGLY, that leitmotif shows up in the happy singing of children during the parade scene at the end of the Phantom Menace. Because John Williams is a fucking genius.

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

Fly me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

Simple, yet very recognizable melody. Easy to whistle, but could also be extended to a whole orchestra with vocals.

SLfgb ,

Bella Ciao

Bitrot ,
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Belgian techno anthem Pump Up the Jam by Technotronic is one for the ages. Some say it has always been with us.

Tiltinyall ,

Good one, I kinda thought Salt-n-Pepa’s Push It had a little more staying power though.

uid0gid0 ,

Get your booty on the floor tonight, make my day

klemptor ,
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Bohemian Rhapsody

ghost_of_faso2 ,
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