Red Mosquito • View topic - The one PJ song that is most recognized by the casual fan

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39893

I'm afraid the other songs will get mad at me

Jorge · **Posted:** Sat March 16, 2019 9:29 pm

bodysnatcher wrote:

I went with Alive bc it’s consistently the most listened to song on Spotify and charted on Last.fm

Yes but the official Youtube upload of "Jeremy" has like twice the views of the official Youtube upload of "Alive"

doone · **Posted:** Sat March 16, 2019 10:06 pm

I asked some people I work with who barely remember PJ and they said Betterman.

digster · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 1:10 am **Posts:** 3876

theplatypus wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

I went with Alive bc it’s consistently the most listened to song on Spotify and charted on Last.fm

Yes but the official Youtube upload of "Jeremy" has like twice the views of the official Youtube upload of "Alive"

Could this maybe be due to Jeremy being known for having a very famous music video? Although, completely anecdotally, I would have said Jeremy as well.

wease · **Posted:** Sun March 17, 2019 2:05 pm

Alive

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Mon March 18, 2019 5:37 pm

digster wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

I went with Alive bc it’s consistently the most listened to song on Spotify and charted on Last.fm

Yes but the official Youtube upload of "Jeremy" has like twice the views of the official Youtube upload of "Alive"

Could this maybe be due to Jeremy being known for having a very famous music video? Although, completely anecdotally, I would have said Jeremy as well.

yeah, i'd say that's the case. that was a pretty iconic video of the 90s. i'm a big PJ fan, and i can barely remember scenes from the Alive video. i haven't seen the Jeremy video in probably a decade, but i remember almost every scene in my mind.

coolhotwaves · **Joined:** Thu February 22, 2018 3:00 am **Posts:** 11

For me it was Last Kiss. I knew nothing else but maybe corduroy and picked up Live in Tokyo at walmart ona whim, bought lost dogs almost immediately after and dove deep into the pj catalog.

lecherouslittlestump · **Joined:** Mon July 08, 2013 10:39 am **Posts:** 1053

Just Breathe is their biggest selling song.

Last Kiss is their highest charting song in the US (#2) followed by, uh, I Got Id (#7).

But it's probably got to be Alive.

Interesting that they don't really have a signature song like Teen Spirit or Black Hole Sun. You could make a case for any of the big hits off Ten.

Bammer · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2019 4:43 pm

Obviously it’s Alive

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2019 11:15 pm

Bammer wrote:

Obviously it’s Alive

Yeah.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2019 11:44 pm

My parents are super lame and know nothing about music I like. They know Jeremy. They couldn't name any other PJ songs. So...

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15139

I think it depends on location. From an Australian perspective, I think Jeremy seems like a relatively minor hit from the first few albums.

Daughter and Better Man are probably the standout songs that non-fans would recognise. They're played in supermarkets and stores all the time.

Anders · **Posted:** Sun March 24, 2019 10:55 am

It’s Alive. No doubt about it.

numbers · **Posted:** Mon March 25, 2019 8:56 pm

It’s alive

PHATJ · **Posted:** Mon March 25, 2019 9:08 pm

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McParadigm · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am **Posts:** 21842

Plush

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue March 26, 2019 1:00 pm

McParadigm wrote:

Plush

This is the correct answer.

evenslow · **Posted:** Tue March 26, 2019 1:28 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Obviously it’s Alive

Yeah.

Yep.

McParadigm · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am **Posts:** 21842

I kinda wish that song was called Obviously it’s Alive.

Bammer · **Posted:** Wed March 27, 2019 5:56 am

durdencommatyler wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

Plush

This is the correct answer.

Everyone familiar with that SNL bit? I think it was David Spade on Weekend Update? Maybe Norm MacDonald?

The one PJ song that is most recognized by the casual fan

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