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Let It Go

The song from Frozen, sung by Idina Menzel as Elsa, which spread past the film and into every playground, car journey and school concert of 2014. Covered, dubbed, parodied and multi-language-mashed until parents began to flinch at the opening piano. The record's entry for a song that outgrew its film.

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Idina Menzel as Elsa, Disney's Frozen, 2013
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Definition @wormsign · Archivist 1 Nov 2014

The record's phrasing is that it went globally famous and had a huge impact, which understates it. For roughly two years it was the default song of any child under eight.

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Memory @cdrom_burial · Coroner 25 Sep 2014

A five-year-old sang it at me on a train from Leeds, all of it, twice. Her father apologised. Nobody else in the carriage looked surprised.

Sighting @livejournal_larry · Poster 30 May 2014

The 25-language version, cutting between dubs mid-line, was a viral object in its own right, watched by adults with no children as a piece of technical curiosity.

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