SZA holds both the 19th and 20th slots on the year-end Billboard Hot 100. Yesterday’s ‘Saturn’ is followed up by ‘Snooze,’ a hit from her album SOS that was so big it first showed up at #9 on the 2023 year-end list.
At #21 is the second Doja Cat song of the week. ‘Paint the Town Red,’ the lead single from her 2023 album Scarlet, also showed up on that 2023 list, at #52. It was Doja Cat’s first solo #1 hit late that year, and carried that success into 2024.
A pop rap song that glides by on a sample from Dionne Warwick’s ‘Walk On By,’ this is likely the most provocative song officially co-written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
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Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
[Chorus: Doja Cat]
Yeah, bitch, I said what I said
I’d rather be famous instead
I let all that get to my head
I don’t care, I paint the town red
Bitch, I said what I said
I’d rather be famous instead
I let all that get to my head
I don’t care, I paint the town red
[Post-Chorus: Doja Cat]
Mm, she the devil
She a bad lil’ bitch, she a rebel
She put her foot to the pedal
It’ll take a whole lot for me to settle
Mm, she the devil
She a bad lil’ bitch, she a rebel
She put her foot to the pedal
It’ll take a whole lot for me to settle (Yeah, yeah)
[Verse 1: Doja Cat]
Said my happiness is all of your misery
I put good dick all in my kidneys
This Margiel’ don’t come with no jealousy
My illness don’t come with no remedy
I am so much fun without Hennessy
They just want my love and my energy
You can’t talk no shit without penalties
Bitch, I’m in yo’ shit if you send for me
I’m going to glow up one more time
Trust me, I have magical foresight
You gon’ see me sleepin’ in courtside
You gon’ see me eatin’ ten more times
Ugh, you can’t take that bitch nowhere
Ugh, I look better with no hair
Ugh, ain’t no sign I can’t smoke here
Ugh, gimme the chance and I’ll go there (Yeah)
[Chorus: Doja Cat]
Yeah, bitch, I said what I said
I’d rather be famous instead
I let all that get to my head
I don’t care, I paint the town red
Bitch, I said what I said
I’d rather be famous instead
I let all that get to my head
I don’t care, I paint the town red
[Post-Chorus: Doja Cat]
Mm, she the devil
She a bad lil’ bitch, she a rebel
She put her foot to the pedal
It’ll take a whole lot for me to settle
Mm, she the devil
She a bad lil’ bitch, she a rebel
She put her foot to the pedal
It’ll take a whole lot for me to settle (Yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2: Doja Cat]
Said pop make money, now you try, bitch
You could use a revamp with a new vibe, sis
I don’t need a big feature or a new sidekick
I don’t need a new fan ’cause my boo like it
I don’t need to wear a wig to make you like it
I’m a two-time bitch, you ain’t knew I’d win?
Throw a shot like you tryna have a food fight then
All my opps waitin’ for me to be you, I bet
Said I got drive, I don’t need a car
Money really all that we fiendin’ for
I’m doin’ things they ain’t seen before
Fans ain’t dumb, but extremists are
I’m a demon lord
Fall off what? I ain’t seen the horse
Called your bluff, better cite the source
Fame ain’t somethin’ that I need no more
[Chorus: Doja Cat]
‘Cause, bitch, I said what I said
I’d rather be famous instead
I let all that get to my head
I don’t care, I paint the town red
Bitch, I said what I said
I’d rather be famous instead
I let all that get to my head
I don’t care, I paint the town red
[Post-Chorus: Doja Cat]
Mm, she the devil
She a bad lil’ bitch, she a rebel
She put her foot to the pedal
It’ll take a whole lot for me to settle
Mm, she the devil
She a bad lil’ bitch, she a rebel
She put her foot to the pedal
It’ll take a whole lot for me to settle
[Outro: Dionne Warwick]
Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
Walk on by
Meet Me In Montauk 
The lyrics are certainly incongruous with the sample. A bit surprised that permission was given, but it does somehow work well.
Not my cup of tea 😜