<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=22pK1O_0w5DVcSz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=22pK1O_0w5DVcSz00" width="1280" height="721" > The surge in popularity for OMG , the Mets’ anthem, has spiked during the team’s storybook playoff run, according to Spotify, the world’s biggest music service, which relayed some exclusive data to Sportico . <a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/baseball/2024/dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-andrew-friedman-support-1234801045/" rel="nofollow"> Dodgers' Manager Roberts Has Full Support of Boss Andrew Friedman </a> OMG, of course, is the brainchild of versatile infielder Jose Iglesias, who records music under the name of Candelita (“little candle” in Spanish). Iglesias may have been the most underrated signing in all of baseball this season after he was called up from Triple-A Syracuse in May. It wasn’t just the slash numbers (.337/.381/.448) or subbing for Jeff McNeil at second after the starter’s wrist injury. While he’s cooled off some in the postseason–just six hits in 29 at-bats–his song has not. The song reached its highest streaming day on Spotify in the New York tri-state area on Oct. 4, the day after the Mets dispatched the Milwaukee Brewers in the Wild Card series. Streams in the region essentially quadrupled, spiking by 395%. Listens of the song also grew by 70% on Oct. 9, the day after the Mets beat the rival Philadelphia Phillies to take the Division Series. This isn’t just a postseason phenomenon as Mets fans–many of whom may have already been fans of Latin Pop music–have pumped up the volume after key wins throughout the regular season. On Sept. 30, the day after the regular season was supposed to end, Spotify streams in the NYC region rose by 165%. (The Brewers must really hate the song because the Mets beat them to remain contention for a shot at a Wild Card.) Spotify streams grew even more the next day on Oct. 1–by 185%–after the Mets split a controversially rescheduled doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves to make the playoffs. The crosstown rival Yankees also inspired some of the song’s staying power as its streams leaped by 125% on July 25, the day after the Mets swept the four-game Subway Series. <a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/baseball/2024/mets-dodgers-yankees-payroll-advance-in-mlb-playoffs-1234800928/" rel="nofollow"> Money Talks as Mets, Dodgers, Yankees Advance in MLB Playoffs </a> Iglesias began to use OMG , a previously unreleased song he made during the 2023 offseason, as his walk-up music. A middling team in a competitive NL East, the Mets began to reel off some wins thanks to Iglesias’ bat, and his teammate J.D. Martinez suggested making OMG the team’s anthem. The newly christened anthem performed well outside of Citi Field, too, as OMG reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Digital Song Sales survey in July. Iglesias performed the song twice during the season; once in late June after a home win over the Houston Astros and a few weeks later at the Home Run Derby during MLB’s All-Star festivities. According to Luminate, OMG s old a little more than 1,000 downloads in the U.S. in the week of June 29-July 4. One can expect the song to perform even better after a remix of the track debuted on Friday, featuring superstar artist–and <a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/texas-sec-entry-fest-costs-pitbull-1234790844/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> sudden </a><a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/pitbull-naming-rights-fiu-football-stadium-1234792318/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> college football </a><a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/fiu-pitbull-stadium-agreement-merch-music-videos-1234792528/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> fixture </a> –Pitbull. On Sunday evening in Los Angeles, the New York Mets will begin play in their first National League Championship Series since 2015 and their seventh in franchise history. They are not only doing so off the bats of Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso, but off the vibes of a journeyman who is having a career year on and off the field. <a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/baseball/2024/alonso-free-agency-mets-1234800009/" rel="nofollow"> Mets Haven't Talked Contract With Alonso, but They Should Keep Him </a></div></body>

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OMG, Indeed! Spotify Streams of Mets’ Anthem Spike


				













	The surge in popularity for OMG,  the Mets’ anthem, has spiked during the team’s storybook playoff run, according to Spotify, the world’s biggest music service, which relayed some exclusive data to Sportico.Dodgers' Manager Roberts Has Full Support of Boss Andrew Friedman




	OMG, of course, is the brainchild of versatile infielder Jose Iglesias, who records music under the name of Candelita (“little candle” in Spanish). Iglesias may have been the most underrated signing in all of baseball this season after he was called up from Triple-A Syracuse in May. It wasn’t just the slash numbers (.337/.381/.448) or subbing for Jeff McNeil...

OMG, Indeed! Spotify Streams of Mets’ Anthem Spike

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