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by jhbadger 563 days ago
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.
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> Running Up That Hill were incredibly popular when they were new

It was far more popular in the recent revival!