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Originally posted by xChunk
You make me lose all respect for you. One Sweet Day is the song with the most weeks at #1. 16 weeks. That alone makes it american pop culture history. We Belong Together is the most popular song of the last decade, too bad it isn't your "classic" Umbrella. Those are just two examples to prove you wrong. But hey, think what you want to think, even if it's an unpopular opinion.
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A song's success doesn't mean it's a classic. "We Belong Together" was outsold by "Pon De Replay" (they were both released in 2005.) Do you consider "Pon De Replay" a classic then? Do you consider "I Gotta Feeling" a classic since it had reigned for 14 weeks? Or do you consider "Boom Boom Pow" a classic?
If we are talking about classics, "Umbrella" is probably on par with "One Sweet Day" and "We Belong Together". Critically acclaimed, iconic, and extremely successful.