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		jhbadger on Dec 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What will enter the public domain in 2025? You may have a point with a cult band like Neutral Milk Hotel, but songs like Take On Me and Running Up That Hill were incredibly popular when they were new -- it's just that both got a second wave of popularity decades later when they were used on soundtracks of films/shows.

echelon on Dec 2, 2024 [–]

> Running Up That Hill were incredibly popular when they were new

It was far more popular in the recent revival!

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