Define "today"? My first pick would be Yesterday, but that's about 60 years old already.
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This made me wonder what the oldest tune that would still be familiar to a lot of people today would be. Dies Irae is a good candidate. It's around 800 years old and is probably best known today from the 1980 version of The Shining, although I know it best from the Dr. Tongue stages in Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
The leitmotif for Palpatine is (loosely) based on the Dies Irae. And, AMAZINGLY, that leitmotif shows up in the happy singing of children during the parade scene at the end of the Phantom Menace. Because John Williams is a fucking genius.
The nes super Mario bros overworld theme comes to mind. People who have never played a Mario game in their lives know that tune.
Amen Brother by The Winstons, more specifically the drum break on it. It's by far the most used sample of any song ever, and once you know of it you'll hear it everywhere kind of like the Wilhelm Scream in movies.
I don't know what it is but I hear it at sports stadiums. Duh duh duh duh- duh duh duh-duh It repeats
Edit: I've just found out it's called papas got a brand new pigbag.
I know it's not the song that you're saying but I read that in Suzanne Vega - Tom's diner tone
There's a surprisingly good cover of it by Britney Spears.
There is a better cover by AnnenMayKantereit, imo.
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In the U.S., “Neck” by Cameo has become a college marching band standard. I wonder if that will help. Not that it would come from U.S. college sports but maybe a song like “Sweet Caroline” or “Seven Nation Army” that’s played at professional sporting events in multiple countries.
We Three Kings.