How long does it take for songs to become oldies?

[the game]

Just like the title says. how long does it take? Are songs from the 90's now oldies yet?

[Dug]

When people start using it as an example of "music was so much better when..."

[Mistame]

A generation, usually. Though it's pretty subjective at the individual level.

[Gib Lover]

I don't think oldie is a threshold that music passes in to, I think that oldies is in reference specifically to music from the 40's through the early 60's.

Edit: Just looked it up on wiki. According to radio stations, oldies is a radio format of music 25 years old. Also, oldies as a music demographic is dying and has been more or less replaced by "classic hits" which spans from the 70's up to the 90's.

[Xires]

Just like the title says. how long does it take? Are songs from the 90's now oldies yet?

25+ years I believe. So yes...early 90's is oldies now....=\

[Rudkobing]

2 seconds after they are released.

[Kraenen]

Oldies to me still means 50s. 60s/70s/80s are their respective names

[Dhrizzle]

Goddamit, Nevermind by Nirvana became an Oldie last week.

[Docturphil]

Just like the title says. how long does it take? Are songs from the 90's now oldies yet?

When they're played on your local oldies radio station.