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Since its release in January, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” has racked up a total of 4.6 billion streams, making it the most-streamed song of all time. The record includes streams from the “Despacito” remix featuring Justin Bieber, which was released in April.

The track surpasses Justin Bieber’s 2015 track “Sorry,” which held the previous all-time streaming record with 4.38 billion plays. “Despacito” accumulated most of its streams on YouTube, where the original video has more than 2.6 billion streams, and the official remix stream on Fonsi’s channel has more than 400 million streams. On Spotify, the tracks have a combined total of around 1 billion streams, according to Business Insider.

PS: Despugcito Video

 

[Martinski43]

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Darksol]

Justin Bieber has a song called Sorry? How Canadian of him.

 

[HazySaiyan]

I hate that song, it's on the radio at work all the goddamn time.

 

[Dinokill]

Garbage song.

 

[DOWN]

I find the song pretty lame but ok. Fonsi sounds like he’s faking his way into Reggaeton and Bieber sounds like he is acting because he doesn’t know any of the song

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Well is sounds like a summer song if that means anything

 

[Maintenance]

It's a decent song to dance so I don't care, congrats to them.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Oh GAF, whatever the topic, you can be sure the first 5 or so posts are about how its the most awful whatever it is.

 

[Dynasty]

I like the beat, congratz to them.

 

[T.O.P]

It's a fun summer song, no surprise

 

[iShouldGoPro]

and they thank Justin Bieber for making it so

 

[siddx]

It's just so...meh. Bland and unoriginal, you could throw it in with any of the songs that came out during the reggaeton phase and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them.

 

[Nightwing123]

Congrats to them it's a decent song.

 

[BigJonsson]

I like the beat, congratz to them.

Isn't it the exact same beat as most Latin sounding club songs from the past 20+ years?

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

I listen to A LOT of music daily....but I still have yet to hear this song lol. I know it's a YouTube or Spotify away but I've never actually heard it. I would have expect to hear it on TV or in some pushy ad somewhere but the fact that I haven't just doesn't make sense for the amount of hype this song has.

 

[Pastry]

Y'all just too stuck up, it's a fun summer song

 

[Dishwalla]

This is one of those things I keep hearing so much about yet have somehow managed to avoid. I've heard part of the song on like three occasions, but never the full song. Not really sure how, I listen to radio quite a bit(although right now it's like 75% country 25% everything else).

 

[TheMan]

I just discovered this song a couple of weeks ago, it's pretty catchy. Don't listen to the radio much so i haven't gotten tired of it. Good for fonsi.

 

[LosDaddie]

My wife & daughter blast it every time we're on the road to the beach or Aquatica. EDIT: Bieber version

It's the Summer 2017 jam

 

[Strangelove77]

I hate most popular music, so it's all the same shit to me.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Y'all just too stuck up, it's a fun summer song

I agree. Enjoyable to listen to.

 

[GregLombardi]

The song is amazing...its lyrics aren't quite so good.

 

[Stasis]

I'm not trying to be cool or edgy but I srsly haven't heard this song in it's entirety. I heard the chorus in a store the other day as I was leaving. So to me this is pretty amazing.

I don't live a sheltered antisocial life, either. At all. Radio doesn't play in my car or at work. I guess I've been oddly lucky (unlucky? I vote lucky) in stores/restaurants.

Grats, random (to me) song. I'm sure my little cousins will play it for me with glee when next I see them.

 

[IamDodongo]

Never heard of this

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

Y'all just too stuck up, it's a fun summer song

This. You can't account for taste, but in its genre, it's a pretty good song.

 

[Davidion]

The track's kinda bland, but at least it isn't wild thoughts.

 

[studyguy]

No me doy por vencido is still pretty up there for me from Fonsi tbh.

 

[EchoChamber]

Every time I hear it, something dies inside of me.

 

[RMI]

Compared to aggressively bad songs like Chainsmokers' Closer this isn't bad at all.

 

[reKon]

it's a good song...

I'm expecting to be stabbed by the edginess that will be all over this thread though

 

[Martinski43]

It's just so...meh. Bland and unoriginal, you could throw it in with any of the songs that came out during the reggaeton phase and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them.

Isn't it the exact same beat as most Latin sounding club songs from the past 20+ years?

The track's kinda bland, but at least it isn't wild thoughts.

The blandness is why it's so popular.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Compared to aggressively bad songs like Chainsmokers' Closer this isn't bad at all.

Oh god I forgot that was a thing. Yeah I'll take Despacito over that trash any day. At least Despacito only plays like once a day, freaking Chainsmokers was played every other song or two much like Ed Sheerans current one.

Great way to make me hate an artist to their very core is force me to hear it twice every 15 minutes if I need to use my car.

 

[Martinski43]

Justin Bieber has a song called Sorry? How Canadian of him.

Best post.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Isn't it the exact same beat as most Latin sounding club songs from the past 20+ years?

Reggaeton is trash yes

 

[perfectchaos007]

Despacito is currently the #3 most viewed Youtube video of all time.

BREAKING: After nearly 5 years at the top, Gangnam Style is no longer Youtube's most viewed video of all time. It was just overtaken by

Spoiler

"See You Again": Wiz Khalifa

full list here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_viewed_YouTube_videos

 

[shnurgleton]

I have never heard this song because I live under a self imposed and highly curated rock

Am I missing anything

 

[Disxo]

Its going to be number 1 on youtube in a few months.
Brace yourselves
The summer in the south hasnt begun.

 

[trembli0s]

The Bieber version is absolute garbage

 

[NandoGip]

how many elitist dweebs are gonna post "I have never heard this song"

Lets count em?

Edit: Looks like we have 3 above me already

Edit 2: One more below

Total so far: 4

 

[BronsonLee]

wait how have I never heard this song
am
am I old now

I listen to Spotify all the time and it's never popped up, I feel tricked

 

[Kurdel]

I have never heard this song because I live under a self imposed and highly curated rock

Am I missing anything

Yep

Are you missing anything? How should we know, listen to it it's everywhere haha

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

how many elitist dweebs are gonna post "I have never heard this song"

Lets count em?

Edit: Looks like we have 3 above me already

Edit 2: One more below

Total so far: 4

it's not elitism to be surprised you haven't heard a popular song.

go after the people who don't listen to pop music trash or whatever.

 

[BronsonLee]

how many elitist dweebs are gonna post "I have never heard this song"

Lets count em?

Edit: Looks like we have 3 above me already

Edit 2: One more below

Total so far: 4

Don't be a dumbass, this isn't some elitist shit, this is something that should've popped up in my feeds since I listen to the Top 40 playlists a bunch too

Only reason I can think of is that I don't listen to Top 40 radio proper but it still should've entered my purview

 

[Smellycat]

I still don't understand the hype about this song.

 

[Lord Error]

It's a good summer song. That said, I'm surprised it's that popular. Other than reading about it here a month or so ago (and then listening to it), I don't think I've heard it played anywhere - not even the Bieber version.

 

[Skilotonn]

I only heard this song the last time a topic was made about it with its Youtube views I think - if someone had told me some years ago that Daddy Yankee would have the most streamed song of all time and Wiz Khalifa having the most watched Youtube of all time, I would have laughed at them.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Its going to be number 1 on youtube in a few months.
Brace yourselves
The summer in the south hasnt begun.

The song came out in January, for the southern hemisphere summer

 

[Lulubop]

PUERTO RICO WE IN THERE

 

[Aeriscloud]

It's so bad.