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Can you explain how Pumped Up Kicks was a hit song but this song wasn't?
#1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Folks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0

similar sounding song, right? Indie Pop song with catchy chorus..it even has whistling! Catchier whistling, even!

Yet Pumped Up Kicks made it to number THREE on the Hot 100

And according to this :

http://www.billboard.com/s...-folks/8574349

it made to #12 on 'Bubbling Under Hot 100', which is considerably less than Pumped Up Kicks



was Pumped Up Kicks just at the right place at the right time (in other words, was indie pop not as popular in 2006)?

Was Young Folks too long?

What's with the deal with that?
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#2
too many factors to even attempt an answer
but it is fun to contemplate
and think about too

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#3
think its simply a case of "being in the right place at the right time" or "wrong place at the wrong time"....

and it goes way back to 1953 when a young Elvis Presley did a demo at Sun Records...had the receptionist on duty not played the cut to Sam Phillips when he returned from lunch that day, he may never have heard Elvis...

had The Beatles listened to record company executives when they told them that "guitar based rock was on the wane", then they would not have made it.


had I not brought to the attention of members here about Gotye, then he would not have had such a huge hit under his belt now.....er, maybe not....LOL
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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#4
yep
Had I not played Songs Of Love And Hate for my buds back around '72, Leonard would still be writing poetry

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#5
In that case I'm not going to play anything to you and I'm going to keep it for myself. So there.
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#6
Keef Rob Wrote:In that case I'm not going to play anything to you and I'm going to keep it for myself. So there.

Arjonas – Love Comes In Colors (Andre Caproni Remix)
Paul Nova – Cordoba (Makena Deepest Mix)
interaccion – Arquetipos
Magvay featuring Maria Angeli – Journey to the Stars (Marcus Caballero & Georgey Lenon Remix)
Leander – So, This
Hervé – Zombies
Kaliphz featuring Prince Naseem – Walk Like A Champion
Memphisto – State of Mind (Quite mix)
Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure
Kina – Riprendiamoci la vita
Trak Godz Featuring Sheyi – Afro Godz (Romains Drum Workout Vox Mix)
Negură Bunget – IV
Brian & The Eden – Celebration Tonight
eso steel – A Scratch
Dreamfish – Fishology
k m krebs – Illumination & Division
Mark Eteson – 20090719 Anjunabeats Worldwide 132
Junior White & Nina Creese – Something in the Air (Tony Loreto Remix)
Gastão R – Steal This
Upstate – Blak Thanx


from looking at that, I don't want you to

so there

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#7
That's okay. You miss out.
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#8
<<<lol>>>.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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#9
I randomly heard Pumped Up Kicks before I heard this one. Maybe Foster the People just got more play from the start.
"I said, I found the secret to life, I found the secret to life
I'm okay when everything is not okay, is not okay"

~Tori Amos, Upside Down
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