Since then, a number of other hit singles have had social media trends at least somewhat to thank for their surprise success, including PSYвЂ™s вЂњGangnam StyleвЂќ, YlvisвЂ™s вЂњThe FoxвЂќ, T-WayneвЂ™s вЂњNasty FreestyleвЂќ, and SilentГівЂ™s вЂњWatch MeвЂќ. This probably truly began with DJ and producer BaauerвЂ™s 2012 single вЂњHarlem ShakeвЂќ, which reached #1 for five weeks in the US after a YouTube trend led to the song becoming a meme, which spiked its streaming numbers. Now, although I have only been close-listening to pop music for the past couple years or so, I do know that recent years have found this music ostensibly tied rather closely with social media. Anyone who was alive in the spring of 2016 and even mildly familiar with the pop charts should undoubtedly recognize the unbeatable juggernaut that was вЂњCloserвЂќвЂ¦ yet вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ managed to knock them off. Its peak position replaced вЂњCloserвЂќ by The Chainsmokers and Halsey, which topped the charts for an impressive 12 weeks prior. Still, the hugeness of this track вЂ“ at least in relation to the pop scene of 2016 вЂ“ could not be overemphasized. As ludicrous as this comparison may seem to some, it did grant us the hilarious single cover art as shown above, and I think thatвЂ™s the one positive attribute of this song that all pop music lovers could all agree upon.

A black beetle is a dark-colored insect much the same way that Rae Sremmurd (and Mike Will and Gucci Mane) are Black folks who are on relatively equal footing with the hugely influential bandвЂ¦ or so they say. Much like the name вЂњBeatlesвЂќ itself is mostly derived from a bad pun, вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ itself is an equally as effortless play on words. This achievement granted the first number-one single to not only Rae Sremmurd, but also upcoming producer Mike Will Made It and trap rap pioneer Gucci Mane, who is featured as guest vocalist. Their first single вЂњBy ChanceвЂќ failed to take off, but after the moderate success of their second single вЂњLook AliveвЂќ, the group really begun to make waves with their chart-topping вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ. After much anticipation, they released their second album SremmLife 2 in the summer of 2016. They gained an even wider reputation with their debut album SremmLife, which features the hit singles вЂњNo TypeвЂќ, вЂњThrow Sum MoвЂќ, and вЂњNo Flex ZoneвЂќ, the latter of which went viral in 2014 and contributed largely to their growing popularity. After some initial underground buzz, they signed with producer Mike Will Made ItвЂ™s Ear Drummers Records in 2013 at ages 22 and 20 respectively.

Rae Sremmurd is a rap duo that consists of two young brothers, who go by the stage names Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi. IвЂ™ve already written a few brief lines of why I enjoy this song in the link above and IвЂ™ll go into these reasons in a tad more detail later вЂ“ but first, some details on the artist.

So yes, since it does occupy a spot in the aforementioned personal 2016 list, itвЂ™s undoubtedly clear that IвЂ™m fond of this one. ItвЂ™s so new that it not only made my list of the best hit singles from last year, but also ranked all the way up to #19 for the recently-posted year-end list of 2017 (even though only one of its seven weeks at number-one actually took place in 2017). As of this writing, this song is the newest number-one single that I have come across in my Every Hot 100 Number-One Single challenge.

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