R Kelly's Ignition (Remix) is the most nostalgic song going, according to Spotify
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Your support makes all the difference.In honour of the ninth anniversary of the original #TBT (Throwback Thursday), Spotify has crunched the numbers to determine the songs which remind us of our youth the most.
The streaming service reviewed more than 80,000 playlists on the service which contained the words "Throwback Thursday" or "TBT" in their titles, and identified the songs that showed up the most frequently.
The most-streamed track is entirely unsurprising given it's an absolute banger – R Kelly's Ignition. People love it so much in fact, that they've been talking about it on a 12-year long thread.
Other jams in the top 100% I am definitely liable to hijack the iPhone-speaker set-up to stick on at parties include the seminal Ms Jackson by Outkast, Yeah! By Usher and It Wasn't Me by Shaggy.
Here's the top 30, and a playlist for it:
1. Ignition (Remix) – R.Kelly
2. Yeah! – Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris
3. Crazy in Love – Beyoncé, JAY Z
4. It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy, Ricardo Ducent
5. Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
6. One, Two Step – Ciara, Missy Elliott
7. Wannabe (Radio Edit) – Spice Girls
8. Beautiful Soul – Jesse McCartney
9. Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira, Wyclef Jean
10. Get Low – Ying Yang Twins, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
11. Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
12. Gold Digger – Kanye West, Jamie Foxx
13. Ms. Jackson – OutKast
14. Beautiful Girls – Sean Kingston
15. Temperature – Sean Paul
16. Toxic – Britney Spears
17. Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
18. Ride Wit Me – Nelly, City Spud
19. Low (Feat T-Pain) – Flo Rida, T-Pain
20. Bye Bye Bye – *N Sync
21. No Scrubs – TLC
22. Hey Ya! Radio Mix/Club – OutKast
23. Survivor – Destiny’s Child
24. SexyBack – Justin Timberlake, Timbaland
25. Suga Suga – Baby Bash, Frankie J
26. Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne
27. Candy Shop ¬- 50 Cent, Olivia
28. In Da Club – 50 Cent
29. Umbrella – Rihanna, JAY Z
30. Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake
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