Song of the Day #4,707: ‘Kiss Me More’ – Doja Cat feat. SZA

Doja Cat’s ‘Kiss Me More,’ featuring SZA, is working its way up the Billboard Hot 100, landing at #6 in its third week on the chart.

This is a supremely catchy bubblegum disco R&B track, an ode to kissing with a chorus that borrows just enough from Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’ to earn that song’s writers a co-writing credit here.

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Song of the Day #4,706: ‘Sister Moon’ – Sting

Here’s a standout track from Sting’s excellent 1987 album Nothing Like the Sun. The record features a great mix of pop hits and jazzy ballads, and for my money remains the pinnacle of Sting’s solo efforts.

The site SongFacts.com contains this interesting anecdote about ‘Sister Moon,’ pulled from a book of his lyrics and commentary.

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Song of the Day #4,705: ‘Next Girl’ – The Black Keys

I’m always annoyed when a Black Keys song comes up on Random iTunes Weekends, because I don’t particularly care for the band and I never having anything interesting to say about their music.

Today’s song is no exception, but it does have a noteworthy video. It depicts a bunch of bikini-clad women fighting over a dinosaur puppet lip-syncing the song. A disclaimer runs along the bottom of the screen claiming that the band hated the video but the record label released it anyway.

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Song of the Day #4,704: ‘Levitating (Remix)’ – Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby

Dua Lipa sits at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a remix of ‘Levitating’ featuring DaBaby. This is another case of an artist tweaking a song to squeeze out some additional time on the charts.

The original version of ‘Levitating,’ however, didn’t make it to the U.S. chart, though it did land on charts in several other countries. It took the DaBaby remix to get this one on the Hot 100, where it has spent 30 weeks, peaking right here at #5.

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Song of the Day #4,703: ‘Rapstar’ – Polo G

Rapper Polo G sits at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Rapstar,’ a song that debuted at #1 and spent two weeks there before falling three spots.

‘Rapstar’ is a single from Polo G’s upcoming album Hall of Fame, which will be the young rapper’s third full-length release. I’d never heard of him, but that is true of pretty much every rap artist these days.

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