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Can you explain how Pumped Up Kicks was a hit song but this song wasn't?

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Can you explain how Pumped Up Kicks was a hit song but this song wasn't?
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06-05-2012, 02:36
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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Can you explain how Pumped Up Kicks was a hit song but this song wasn't? - by zabrak - 06-05-2012, 02:36

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