My ninth Billboard hit, #15 on the charts the day I did my snapshot, is ‘Show Me’ by Kid Ink, featuring Chris Brown.
I haven’t heard a bar of this song yet but already I’m dreading it. I see that the opening line is “Baby let me put your panties to the side” as sung by Chris Brown… I just know I’m going to need a shower after hearing this thing.
My initial thought when listening to ‘Best Day of My Life’ for the first time was that this song, #13 on Billboard’s Hot 100, is tailor-made for a TV commercial.
I’m sure everybody who heard The Rembrandt’s ‘I’ll Be There For You’ figured it was destined for a TV sitcom long before Friends nabbed it.
I was prepared to dislike ‘Timber,’ the #11 Billboard hit by Pitbull. I’ve never understood the appeal of Pitbull, though I can’t say I’ve tried very hard to do so.
But this is actually a pretty catchy, though lyrically obnoxious, song. The hoe-down spirit, driven by some inspired harmonica playing, mashes up well with the hip-hop party vibe.
Coming in at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is Aloe Blacc’s ‘The Man.’
To clarify, the songs I’m posting this week and last are the ten highest-ranked Billboard songs on the day I looked (10 days ago or so). That list has changed since, though not very much. Mostly it’s the same songs just shuffled around a bit. So if you’re checking now and Aloe Blacc is higher than #10, that’s why.
This is the first Sade song ever featured on this blog. I guess that’s not a major surprise, but between Random Weekends and mining my own collection, I figured I would have settled on one of her tracks by now.
I’m not a big Sade fan, though I do love her voice. Her genre is just one of the few that I have never gotten into. Smooth jazz R&B is great in the background but that’s about it.
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