Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" probably shouldn't hold the title of the Song of 2013 just because it had some naked models prancing around in the music video. Here's a supercut from Stereogum showing off who should really hold that title: Daft Punk.
The writers over there looked at all the times/ways the French duo's song worked its way into pop culture over the last year. They really have superpowers. They
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We also heard it covered by dozens of popular bands, which was just as well, since Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter themselves never performed the song live. (That could change at next month's Grammys ceremony, where the song will compete for Record Of The Year.) In the past few weeks, we've seen "Get Lucky" honored in many publications' lists of the year's best tracks. Spotify named it 2013′s most viral track (it had the most streams in 24 hours). And in our annual readers' poll the Gummy Awards, the single recently took top honors in the Best Song category. It was The Year Daft Punk Broke (sorry), so let's take a look back at how inescapable "Get Lucky" was with a supercut below. Thanks Matt Neatock for helping me put it together. Enjoy.
Check out the supercut below: