Another #1 remix?

Just this week on Billboard, Doja Cat hit #1 with the help of a Nicki Minaj remix for Say So and Megan Thee Stallion and Beyonce on Savage hit #2.

It's been quite interesting to note the trend of remixes propelling a song to #1 or lengthening its stay:

Perfect by Ed Sheeran with Beyonce added on a few weeks into its run...

Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee adding on Justin Bieber into its run..

Old Town Road by Lil Nas X adding Billy Ray Cyrus and other versions of its remix to stay at #1 for the other 18 weeks

Rihanna adding Britney Spears on S & M to climb from #2 to #1 finally

Britney adding Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj to Til The World Ends to go from #9 to #3 on Billboard

So it comes back to an age old argument I've wondered about, if the remix is short lived but got the song a higher chart position wouldn't the original version of Say So by Doja Cat be the hit version? Similar to S & M and Britney only hopping on for a week and then things reverting back to Rihanna in sales points if I recall...

in the old days with printed charts in a magazine, you
could see when the remix or added contributors where
added......but now, they amend the charts as if it was
always the way it is now.....terrible....

I heard this song today on Z100 via the iHeart Radio app
and they played just the Doja Cat version. The Hot 100
lists the remix yet Nielsen and Mediabase just list Doja
Cat.

According to Gary Trust’s May 11 “Chart Beat” column, about 90% of
the airplay that week was the original version.

Sorry, it's called "Like That."