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'The internet is obsessed with two songs and two songs only. But for different reasons. The first is Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”'... 'The world wide web’s other musical obsession though legitimately rules—Toto’s “Africa.”'

Surely this is in with a shout? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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I think "Never gonna give you up" is different. It's the basis of a prank, it is silly, but it does not inspire the same level of dedication to re-creating or really any kind of creativity around musical effort as two other songs:

- Sandstorm / Darude [1]

- Africa / Toto

"All star" is closer to "Never gonna give you up" due to it being a sort of tongue-in-cheek ironic kinda thing due to how bad it really is. "All star" also has close proximity to the Shrek based meme subcultures / trends, and gains popularity from that as well. (see: Shrek is love, shrek is life and similar greentexts)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXfnrEguhxA&t=8s

Reminds me the Four Horsemen of classical music in movies:

- Chopin: Nocturnes Op 9

- Mozart: Requiem - Lacrimosa

- Beethoven: Sonata No 14 (aka Moonlight Sonata), 1st Movement

- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody

> Beethoven: Sonata No 14 (aka Moonlight Sonata), 1st Movement

Speaking of, anyone who's never heard the whole thing owes it to themselves to give it a listen. The 3rd movement is off the chain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

I should have known better than to click that link. First time being Rickrolled in years.

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More relevant version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILYwXmUpuWE&t=0m7s

Well people have different taste but this metal version blowed my mind: https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw (make sure to watch the outro)

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