This track took first place in iTunes and tens of thousands of people bought it for $0.99. At the same time, all these people knew that the track consisted of ten minutes of absolute silence.
On August 9, 2017, the track appeared on iTunes A a a a a Very Good Song — Single.
This track, containing 10 minutes of silence, solved the problem that occurred when connecting Apple devices to some cars: immediately after connection, playback of the first track in alphabetical order from tracklist. And only already listening to this first track it was possible to select the list or the playback mode. Everyone was so fed up with listening to the same song every time they turned it on that they gladly paid $0.99 for the option to select music in silence.
Thanks to the title starting with five A's with spaces, the track with silence always started at the beginning.
The track was created and produced by former Buzzfeed social media manager Samir Mezrahi. I don’t know how much he earned on his idea, but I suspect that it’s a lot: in some countries, the track rose to the iTunes TOP 10.
Someone posted this track on Youtube and it has over 130 thousand views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=62H79SPNxwQ
The comments are especially great:
"I love that sound! The melody is so beautiful that I cry :“(";
"The lyrics are so inspiring! The track is amazing";
"4:15 is my favorite moment.";
"I love this song, it's just a masterpiece."
And 170 more comments in the same vein, and more:
"Now if I do nothing in my videos, I will violate copyrights."
This whole story happened more than three years ago and probably some of you heard about it (I apologize for the boyan), but I think it was interesting for the rest. I found out about her a couple of days ago.
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