In Billboard’s 12th spot is ‘Trap Queen’ by Fetty Wap. I love when I come across these mysterious entries, because until I fire up YouTube and hear them they have the potential to be anything in the world.
When I see Pitbull, Usher or Elle Goulding in the top ten, I know what I’m going to get. But Fetty Wap? That could be an L.A. rapper, a Scandinavian emo band, a New York punk revival outfit… anything.
So now I’ll go kill the suspense.
Rounding out Billboard’s top ten is Taylor Swift (again) with ‘Blank Space,’ the hit that keeps on giving.
In the 11th spot is Usher (and Juicy J) with ‘I Don’t Mind.’
This is a slow jam ballad performed with great conviction from the perspective of a man dating a stripper. If it’s a joke, it’s played completely straight.
I forgot to mention yesterday that Taylor Swift’s ‘Style’ was at #6 on the Billboard chart. That’s the third single from 1989 to hit the top ten. Probably not the last.
At #8 is Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church,’ still hanging in there after all these weeks.
And at #9 is ‘Time of Our Lives’ by Pitbull and Ne-Yo.
Continuing the Billboard countdown, I arrive at #7 and our second Fifty Shades of Grey song in the top ten.
This one is ‘Earned It’ by The Weeknd, the man with the inexplicably missing ‘e’ in his name and the worst case of bedhead I’ve ever seen.
This song is ok — certainly better than Elle Goulding’s effort from the same soundtrack — but nothing I ever need to hear again.
And now for something completely different…
From the torch balladry of Frank Sinatra, we move to the disco era and the Bee Gees’ dance-tastic ‘Night Fever.’ Gotta love Random iTunes Weekends.
This song is the origin of the movie title Saturday Night Fever, originally titled Saturday Night. I learned that from Wikipedia.
