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extrapenguinI have discovered a column dedicated to going through all the Billboard top #1 hits from its inception to – well, currently it's at 2012. I revisited some stuff from my teen years (where either the artist or the song title rang a bell) and yeah, turns out I still like the EDM/electro-pop/Eurodance that ruled the US Top 100s in ... uh, well, from 2007-ish to approximately 2012? The section of time between R&B and Taylor Swift. (I am unfamiliar with the R&B hits from the prior era, so I suspect Finnish radio must've been ignoring them.)
The guy doing this gives nice backstory to the hits, including who the actual writers were*, as well as some of the artist's previous and following oeuvre, during which I have discovered that:
- Applause is the superior Lady Gaga song
- P!nk sang U + Ur Hand ("I'm not here for your entertainment") and Raise Your Hand, and I actually quite like her now that I know she's done more than So What (which I also like)?
- turns out Only Girl in the World is by Rihanna, and thus can't be my favorite Katy Perry song
- also it turns out I Wanna Go is by Britney Spears, not Daft Punk (no, I have no idea how I got that impression, either)
- Katy Perry sang Part of Me? I thought that was Kelly Clarkson, mostly because I'd mentally merged it in with the much better Stronger, which is actually by Kelly Clarkson
Speaking of Britney Spears, I have now finally heard If You Seek Amy, and someone could definitely do a very cool queer cover somewhere along the lines of "All of the boys and all of the (other) girls are begging to F.U.C.K. me (Amy are you jealous yet?)".
Mostly I recognise all the songs, though I think Beyoncé's All The Single Ladies (as well as the few other non-electropop stuffs) wasn't as big of a deal as her contemporaries Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, and either we skipped Kelly Clarkson's What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger or that was in the period where I completely dissociated from pop music. (I think we also got things peaking slightly later.)
Anyway, pop music peaked with Call Me Maybe.
* As someone who mostly listens to metal, where the band performs music written by members of the band, this is a bit of a trip. WDYM Max Martin wrote over 50% of the songs on the Billboard Top 100???
The guy doing this gives nice backstory to the hits, including who the actual writers were*, as well as some of the artist's previous and following oeuvre, during which I have discovered that:
- Applause is the superior Lady Gaga song
- P!nk sang U + Ur Hand ("I'm not here for your entertainment") and Raise Your Hand, and I actually quite like her now that I know she's done more than So What (which I also like)?
- turns out Only Girl in the World is by Rihanna, and thus can't be my favorite Katy Perry song
- also it turns out I Wanna Go is by Britney Spears, not Daft Punk (no, I have no idea how I got that impression, either)
- Katy Perry sang Part of Me? I thought that was Kelly Clarkson, mostly because I'd mentally merged it in with the much better Stronger, which is actually by Kelly Clarkson
Speaking of Britney Spears, I have now finally heard If You Seek Amy, and someone could definitely do a very cool queer cover somewhere along the lines of "All of the boys and all of the (other) girls are begging to F.U.C.K. me (Amy are you jealous yet?)".
Mostly I recognise all the songs, though I think Beyoncé's All The Single Ladies (as well as the few other non-electropop stuffs) wasn't as big of a deal as her contemporaries Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, and either we skipped Kelly Clarkson's What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger or that was in the period where I completely dissociated from pop music. (I think we also got things peaking slightly later.)
Anyway, pop music peaked with Call Me Maybe.
* As someone who mostly listens to metal, where the band performs music written by members of the band, this is a bit of a trip. WDYM Max Martin wrote over 50% of the songs on the Billboard Top 100???