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‘Blinding Lights’: The Top Hot 100 Song of the 21st Century Deconstructed
A recap of the sonic strengths that led to The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” claiming No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century chart.
Class is in session again (spit out your gum): Here’s a reprinted rundown, according to Penn’s insights as presented in 2021, of the songwriting and production elements and more that helped “Blinding Lights” beam brighter than any other song on the Hot 100 over the first 25 years of the century. But when it comes to this song, it’s really the writing and production team’s stellar arrangement techniques, along with Max Martin’s melodic genius, that make it such an interesting and captivating hit. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Artists chart.)
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