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Carrie turns 50 as Pop Base fumbles dates

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Olivia Rodrigo released “Can't Catch Me Now” on November 3, 2023, as the second single from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack.

Michael Jackson's “Rock with You” was released as a single on November 2, 1979, not November 3.

The 1976 film Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma, was released in the United States on November 3, 1976.

Whitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You” was released as a single on November 2, 1992, not November 3.

Megan Thee Stallion released “Cobra” on November 3, 2023.

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VERIFIED TRUE

Olivia Rodrigo released “Can't Catch Me Now” on November 3, 2023, as the second single from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack.

3 years ago today, Olivia Rodrigo released ‘Can’t Catch Me Now.’ https://t.co/k0VJCeNMBR

Original post · Pop Base (@PopBase)

[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27tCatchMeNow)

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Michael Jackson's “Rock with You” was released as a single on November 2, 1979, not November 3.

47 years ago today, Michale Jackson released ‘Rock With You’ as a single. https://t.co/ksnSFz6zNV

Original post · Pop Base (@PopBase)

[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockwithYou)

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What the hosts said

CYou're on After Hours, and the internet's nostalgia machine is a day behind.
LThat explains a lot.
CPop Base posted on X that Carrie hit theaters fifty years ago today.
LBrian De Palma's prom-night nightmare, November 3rd, 1976.
CStill one of the great horror openings. Sissy Spacek, all that pent-up rage.
LThe pig's blood scene still makes me flinch.
CAnd that one's actually correct.
LThey also marked three years of Olivia Rodrigo's Can't Catch Me Now.
CThat song outlasted the Hunger Games prequel. The chorus is sticky.
LI mean the movie was fine, but that song got its own life.
CBut then Pop Base posted two more anniversaries that are off by a day.
LMichael Jackson's Rock With You and Whitney's I Will Always Love You.
CBoth came out November 2nd— 1979 and 1992.
LSo the account is running anniversary posts without checking a calendar.
CIf you're the pop culture archive, the date is the whole post.
LOh, come on— it's a day off, not a scandal.
CTell that to a fan who already lit the birthday candle.

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