Threadless T-Shirts - Number One Hit City

Number One Hit City

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valorandvellum
on Jan 11 '08

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valorandvellum on Jan 06 '08

This design contains 32 #1 hit songs of the year, according to Billboard, dating from 1946-2004. The answer key would be printed on the inside of the shirt (sideways and on the bottom for easy access!). Can you guess them all?

Close up view of the design:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2172898159_244526c600_o.gif

Answer Key design:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/2172988711_1966da3933_o.gif

4 days later

grlofgod on Jan 11 '08

OH MY GOD!!!!!! THIS IS SOOOOO COOL!!

mezo on Jan 11 '08

That better not be referring to Whitney Houston's version. Is it? IS IT? Dolly ftw. 4

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

#1. Heartbreak Hotel.

pilihp on Jan 11 '08

awesome!!!

valorandvellum on Jan 11 '08

p.s. There won't be answer key printed because of copyright issues, but you can still check it out for answers!

mezo, I regret to inform that it is indeed referring to that version. I didn't pick the winners, I just drew them! :-P

Raid71 on Jan 11 '08

this is gonna keep me guessing for ages

shar star on Jan 11 '08

great concept!

mezo on Jan 11 '08

Damn you, priscilla.

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

#2. Bridge Over Troubled Water

(I'm not gonna look at the answers)

mezo on Jan 11 '08

Or...rather, Billboard.

Lhiiiz on Jan 11 '08

great job!

mezo on Jan 11 '08

When Doves Cry!

Candle in the Wind!

Olivia Newton John's "Physical"?

mezo on Jan 11 '08

Cher's "Believe"?

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

Usher's Yeah

mezo on Jan 11 '08

BLONDIE CALL ME!

This is fun.

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

Call Me!! By Blondie.. haha

mezo on Jan 11 '08

Ok...I'm stumped now.
Back to work.

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

PS. That's a nice Treegina.

mezo on Jan 11 '08

Oh....Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Tree....or whatever that old song was.

fatheed on Jan 11 '08

This is going to get a lot of comments. Like Ross's crossword. Great illustration - crazy American tunes!

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

Riders In The Sky - The Doors
?

shirtflirt on Jan 11 '08

drugs

shirtflirt on Jan 11 '08

lol @ 'riders in the sky'

ahahahahah

suceda on Jan 11 '08

lovely, awesome design!

mezo on Jan 11 '08

JRAY IS STUPID!

Lhiiiz on Jan 11 '08

Walk like an Egyptian- Bangles. Is that one?

mezo on Jan 11 '08

OH OH!!!!

50 Cent In Da Club!!!

mezo on Jan 11 '08

That's my jam.

shirtflirt on Jan 11 '08

i think the three people on the bridge are doing the Macarena.
plz tell me that wasn't number one.

shirtflirt on Jan 11 '08

richard marx Hold On?

xiaobaosg on Jan 11 '08

love the concept~

Nestahope on Jan 11 '08

your concept is inovative and creative, nice execution :-)
$5

ALIADOTONY on Jan 11 '08

i really like the concept of the songs hidden..brilliant idea pris..nice design 5!

speedyjvw on Jan 11 '08

woot woot
5$

.MINUS. on Jan 11 '08

yeah the concept is really great... to bad the key can't be printed. I liked that idea and the placement of it.

funkie fresh on Jan 11 '08

so good. 5%

lordog on Jan 11 '08

When Doves Cry?

and i love your design!!!

funkie fresh on Jan 11 '08

dang...i meant $!!

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

Chocolate Rain

jess4002 on Jan 11 '08

5$!!

iDanSimpson on Jan 11 '08

Michael Row Your Boat Ashore (?)

alvarejo on Jan 11 '08

W IS FOR WOW, WONDERFUL, AND ABOVE ALL...WINNER!!!! MIND BLOWING ILLUSTRATION $5

J-Ray on Jan 11 '08

lol @ richard marx Hold On?

jstumpenhorst on Jan 11 '08

great work as always V!!

Ian Leino on Jan 11 '08

Genius!

hippiekasey on Jan 11 '08

kickass!

dacat on Jan 11 '08

Whatta great concept and design, print this baby! $5

Harpua on Jan 11 '08

This reeks of talent and win. $5 for you.

glamjets on Jan 11 '08

Outright, I saw a dove wearing a crucifix and the word "Believe" blowing out the lights. You devil, you!

eyedewtwo on Jan 11 '08

I like the idea, but it's too hard to recognize everything if you don't know the premise of the shirt.

chelly on Jan 11 '08

even w/o the hit songs, this is gorgeous

slaterock on Jan 11 '08

yeah, solid work as always. $5.

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 11 '08

Caveman mammoth behind a phone booth! ah, the memories...

socoduce on Jan 11 '08

Too "Digital Hippie". $0

Maltzmania on Jan 11 '08

beautiful as always VV $5

also wtf is socoduce talking about

tbonekelly on Jan 11 '08

COWBOY ON A FLYING HORSE!!!!

Flying Mouse on Jan 11 '08

Very nice! $5

vixyish on Jan 12 '08

These? These are my feet. They are bare. Why are they bare? Because I've just had my SOCKS KNOCKED OFF.

Yours are always my favorite shirts to wear.

kooky love on Jan 12 '08

GREAT $5

KDLIG on Jan 12 '08

cool concept =D 5$

radiostaticstar on Jan 12 '08

lol@digital hippie

this is hysterical! great idea!

Vindemiatrix on Jan 12 '08

Weirdly, I think I liked it more before I read about all the song references.

But it's still amazing.

beautyfadesx on Jan 12 '08

yes yes yes yes. $5

Montro on Jan 12 '08

Fabulous!

ben hanbury on Jan 12 '08

this is an outstanding design! nice work!

Jemae on Jan 12 '08

awesome! just awesome! sure five! :)

roadkill3d on Jan 12 '08

Good job! $5

polynothing on Jan 12 '08

$5 awesome!

Andreas Mohacsy on Jan 12 '08

nice colour

shs2455 on Jan 12 '08

LOVE IT!

michella425 on Jan 12 '08

please please please $5

TheDood on Jan 12 '08

really nice $5

lemonalle on Jan 13 '08

this is what it sounds like when doves $5

cliffdogg on Jan 13 '08

print! 5$

Pizazz on Jan 13 '08

Heartbreak Hotel is the only one I got.

Ellsswhere on Jan 13 '08

yet another piece of great work from you, don't stop

andyg on Jan 13 '08

Krazy awesome! 5$

i know very little about art on Jan 13 '08

Love hidden messages!

Torakamikaze on Jan 13 '08

Wooo! this is awesome

jpeacockdesign on Jan 14 '08

print please! $5

jrmasm on Jan 14 '08

This is great per usual V! $5

nikolina100 on Jan 14 '08

so lovely!!! $5

jimmytan on Jan 15 '08

wow!!! sweet!!! i'd buy!! print $555

The Paper Crane on Jan 15 '08

Magic!!!

tsunami sunrise on Jan 15 '08

definitely print $5555

WhitneyBeth on Jan 15 '08

definitely a buy for me!

QTP on Jan 15 '08

i love this!!! $5

musicgoddess on Jan 15 '08

GIMMIE GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!!

samnarisa1 on Jan 15 '08

I love this design! By far one of my favs. ! I'm definitely buying if this goes up for print!
Sooooo beautiful...
nice artistic interpretation
^__^

dideey on Jan 16 '08

BEWARE!
This is not an original idea!
There was Vigin Record label who elaborated a puzzle like that, instead of song names it were band names.
some proofs
the original image

past tense of draw on Jan 16 '08

Is "Mammoth With Prickly Club" a song??

willypiva on Jan 16 '08

Awesome work dear! 5$!

valorandvellum on Jan 16 '08

dideey, a lot of things have similar concepts, and after looking at your link I think the execution is different enough in the two pieces for this one to be ok. I'm sure even Virgin wasn't the first one to make a puzzle. Thank you for your concern though! :-)

dideey on Jan 16 '08

this is written on Threadless submit page: "...come up with the best ORIGINAL idea you can think of.."

kinkid93 on Jan 16 '08

duck blows out candle in the wind?...i've never heard that one..lol

valorandvellum on Jan 16 '08

This is written right next to the comment input box: "Remember, be nice!"

I didn't intentionally steal someone's idea. If you look at this design and the example you posted, they're really nothing alike at all. If you don't like my design, then nobody's stopping you from giving it a zero, but there's no need to be rude about it.

I noticed the only blog you've posted thus far is one complaining about how you thought Me Vs. Me was "no good". Try being positive once in a while. It'll lessen your chances of a heart attack.

Velvetswan on Jan 17 '08

I love it!

5$!!

Mare Bear on Jan 17 '08

well, I love it. $5.

Fretsel on Jan 17 '08

SIMPLY DELIGHTFUL! $5

florever on Jan 17 '08

agree with valorandvellum. the 2 designs are totally different. this one is perfectly original. great job!

katfriend on Jan 17 '08

dideey you are lame

dideey on Jan 17 '08

don't pretend u care about my heart health.

t4sh4 on Jan 17 '08

wow great work! ^5!$

yoshi andrian on Jan 18 '08

I almost miss this.
superb work. i'd wear it.

alvarejo on Jan 18 '08

PRRRRIIIIIIINTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dacat on Jan 18 '08

dideey are you serious? Your example shows a bunch of cutout images pasted together in a photo depicting bands. That is what you call the same as a hand-drawn illustration depicting number one hit songs? You think Virgin invented the concept of finding a list of things in one big image? HA HA HA!

What about this one:
Land of 1000 dances

Oh and this one:
Find the movies

Oh and here's a Google image search on "find the hidden" phrase:
Google search

I guess there's at least 25,000 instances that copied Virgin's which was in 2005...there's no way anyone else in the world thought of this before 2005. See how ridiculous your accusation is?

shobattack on Jan 20 '08

oooooooo! dideey! are you putting youself up for nomination for 'biggest turd muncher' this year?! how nice!! we wont even need to find any other nominees!

oh and btw why dont you get more substance in your argument b4 slaggin off at others you jerk off

and another thing id SOOOO love to see what designs you can come up with compared to those wonderful hate blogs and comments of yours =D

you unimaginative braindead prick =)

the comment input box should be retitled ''remember, be nice! (except to dideey)''

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