#1 with a lead weight


If you look as the last.fm charts, you'll see that the song 'Such Great Heights"  by the indietronic band Postal Service is the number one song.   Looking a bit more closely you'll see that 'such great heights' has been a #1 or near #1 for the last six months (it was #2 on April 3, 2005).  Now, don't get me wrong, I like the Postal Service, but we're not talking 'Dark side of the moon' here (with its 15 years on the Billboard 200). This is the trouble with social recommenders, they get funny feedback loops and incredible inertia. Once something is at #1 on the last.fm charts, it is guaranteed to get lots of plays and because of that ... it gets to stay #1.  Don't be surprised to see 'such great heights' at #1 in a year from now, unless last.fm things adjusts their model a bit to  allow other songs to more easily climb the charts.

Posted on: Apr 02, 2006

Posted by: plamere

Category: music

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unless last.fm things adjusts their model a bit We are, oh yes, we are! ;)

Posted by Norman Casagrande on April 03, 2006 at 11:40 AM EDT #

Norman: Glad to hear that you are on the case.

Posted by Paul on April 03, 2006 at 03:03 PM EDT #

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