Comments on: Is This the Most Played Song in Music History? https://www.isegoria.net/2015/03/is-this-the-most-played-song-in-music-history/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Grasspunk https://www.isegoria.net/2015/03/is-this-the-most-played-song-in-music-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2177132 Grasspunk Sat, 07 Mar 2015 06:39:12 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37508#comment-2177132 April 1st? Never heard of this song, although this isn’t the easiest version to recognize with all its performance switches.

A while ago I looked up the wikipedia page (with all its potential inaccuracies) for the best selling song of all time. It was dominated by charity songs – We are the World, Candle in the Wind – and songs from when there were only three record choices in the shops, like White Christmas and Rock Around the Clock.

What was interesting to me was the best selling song since Love Me Do in 1962 and before the download era made purchases trivial. At the time it listed the Eurodisco classic Yes Sir, I can Boogie. Now there’s taste for you!

The pages have been changed a lot since then and there’s more detail from international sales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles#15_million_copies_or_more

Up top would be the various versions of You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.

]]> By: Don https://www.isegoria.net/2015/03/is-this-the-most-played-song-in-music-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2176508 Don Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:07:27 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37508#comment-2176508 There is a certain Korean music video that has received over two billion plays. Whether you want to call the audio component of the video a “song” is a good question, though.

]]> By: Steve Johnson https://www.isegoria.net/2015/03/is-this-the-most-played-song-in-music-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2176113 Steve Johnson Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:52:44 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37508#comment-2176113 “Yet “It’s a Small World,” also known as “It’s a Small, Small World” and “It’s a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times”

Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off has 634 million plays on youtube.

Other songs are in that neighborhood as well.

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