Your favorite band's best songs, according to YouTube?

Question

I think all of us practically abuse YouTube with all the links we give, I know I do.  I was looking at a few songs and their view counts, and it gave me this idea.  Look up your favorite band, sort the songs by most view counts,(you will still get a ton of unrelated, so just use their songs, and not the first stuff that comes up) and list the top 5 in order.  

Here's mine.

Queen

1. Bohemian Rhapsody - 26,238,537 views
2. We Will Rock You - 17,960,127 views
3. Don't Stop Me Now - 13,725,393 views
4. Somebody To Love - 10,996,893 views
5. The Show Must Go On - 10,417,387 views

MQ: Eddie Money - Yay or Nay?

BQ: Do you agree with the YouTube community about your list?

Thinker Man Made Paradise · Accepted Answer

MA: Nay

BA: No , view count means really nothing since many of the original songs have been deleted due to trolls, copyrights and legal action. Also there is a regulated cookie controlled search engine which for example , dependent of your country will give you a relevant version first rather than the most viewed or popular. Another concern which I could have is the how Youtube uses these figures (maybe through Alexa) if at all and the restrictions that are applied to certain countries accessing Youtube who no longer have access all sections or links.

Look here for example, Jonas Brothers - 63,169,636 views, that just makes a mockery of the all time greatest best sellers. Also on that note it must be said that is again due to the commercially controlled media , promotion and hype,.(spidering links , hot linked and if you pay the right people) which I have mentioned a few times.

Unfortunately Youtube has already become a monster, with various bottlenecks and it's hard to collate accurate usage. statistics and figures. My advice is always try to use the official channels if possible as they favorably promote artists often in better quality videos such as better FLV encoding On2 VP6 files, HD and MP4's (if you click on the buttons or download), for example for you it would be :http://www.youtube.com/queenofficial You should notice a better quality video and choice of HD.
 
It will be interesting how this develops with further changes in technology, demand and resources, sadly this is all seen as business by developers.

kooikerhounddog · Answer

Duran Duran

[weird results]
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Come Undone
Save A Prayer
Trip through the 80s - A Video Compilation
Ordinary World

1- Come Undone 
2- Save A Prayer
3- Ordinary World
4- Hungry Like the Wolf
5- Wild Boys

I think I agree with this top because they are literally the biggest hits.

Anonymous · Answer

Flogging Molly:
Devils Dance Floor
Seven Deadly Sins
Salty Dog
Black Friday Rule
The Worst Day Since Yesterday

MQ: more yay than nay

BQ: No to the first three but not unexpected. The last two yes.

Anonymous · Answer

Iron Maiden

1. Fear of the Dark (Live at Rock In Rio 2001)- 9,145,040 views
2. The Trooper (Live)- 8,533,844 views
3. Wasted Years- 7,116,055 views
4. Run To The Hills- 6,799,515 views
5. Fear of the Dark (studio version)- 4,749,040 views


I expected to see Hallowed Be Thy Name in the top 5, but other than that, it seems about right.  Those are some of their best songs.

Anonymous · Answer

Ah, Magic, this is too weird. I was going to ask a practically identical question... 

Yeah, I'm stealing your list. Suprised at The Show Must Go On... And you know I think Death On Two Legs should be in there...

Edit; 
It's the Queen bond (Ha, corny as hell. Ew) 
Yup, i'm working on it too. People WILL know about it. It's my life mission. That, and to completely destroy anything Rick Astley related :-P

Nightlife Commando · Answer

1 "Black Dog" - 3,867,345 
2 "Immigrant Song" - 2,891,165 
3 "Kashmir" - 2,627,146 
4 "Heartbreaker" - 1,787,114 
5 "Whole Lotta Love" - 1,475,758 

Wow, did the most viewed get deleted or something? I can't find anything with as many views as I thought there'd be!

MQ: Not yay, not nay, but okay.

BQ: Haha no way.

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Very cool question, Kind of Magic

Like a leaf is to a tree so fine · Answer

Good Question Magic, whoo, nicely done.

Led Zeppelin
Black Dog- 3,867,345 views 
Kashmir-1,647,703 views 
Immigrant song-2,891,165 views
Stairway to Heaven- 1,037,304 views 
Dazed and Confused-119,580 views 

MQ-He's alright

BQ-Sure

Anonymous · Answer

Led Zeppelin
Black Dog- 3,867,362 views 
Kashmir-1,647,703 views 
Immigrant song-2,891,167 views
Stairway to Heaven- 1,037,304 views 
Dazed and Confused-119,580 views 
 Mq Yay he is cool 
youtube people might not agree but they can't tell me what to do

Lily! ❤ The Virgins · Answer

Unfortunately RHCP's music videos were removed several months ago after Warner Brothers ordered all of their artists to remove them...I'm still pissed about that...these are all live performances:

1. Californication-  9,641,646 views
2. Under the Bridge- 3,980,245 views
3. By the Way-  2,576,051 views
4. Snow ((Hey Oh))-  2,479,706 views
5. Otherside-  1,955,083 views

BA: Disagree. Totally!

I&#39;m already dead · Answer

Nightwish

1. Amaranth - 22,788,486 views
2. Bye Bye Beautiful - 10,693,471 views
3. Sleeping Sun - 6,248,597 views
4. Over the hills and far away - 6,189,680 views
5. Phantom of the Opera - 4,589,184 views

MA: Hm, nay (?)
BA: Disagree, absolutely.

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