Number 84:
Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music
A further showcase of the public pretty much supporting anything from some artists. If half of Rihanna or Chris Brown's songs were from other acts they wouldn't be half as popular, but Breezy has an idiotic army of fans who support any song he puts out and defend anything he does in the public eye. I don't like Chris Brown, and that dislike just makes this terrible dance track worse than it already is.
Nothing special here. Beat that could have gone to any number of artists, lyrics that could have come from anyone. This is another one of those tracks that totally missed me during the year, and for this I am glad.
Number 83:
Selena Gomez & the Scene - Love You Like a Love Song
First impressions. This isn't terrible. I'm not going to put it on purposefully, but I'm not going to race to turn it off. It reminds me Lovefool by The Cardigans, only with a bit of dubstep thrown in.
Number 82:
Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup
Can this track overcome my general dislike of country? It's a novelty song, and I've got no issue with those showing up on charts. It's construction kind of reminds me of "If I Had a Million Dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies. It's not an earworm like you might expect from a song on the Hot 100, but it's one of the more enjoyable songs on the chart so far.
Number 81:
Train - 50 Ways to say Goodbye
Train has always been an innocuous band that showed up every few years with a popular track and the disappeared again until it was time for them to strike again. The last track they had that really did well on the charts was the terrible "Hey, Soul Sister." That track was so bad it cast their past stuff in a bad light for me. This track actually kind of redeems them for me. It's corny, but I love the mariachi sound in the track. The trumpet makes me think of the band Cake. Now, I'd rather listen to Cake, but since they're not on this chart, I'll take a song that makes me think of them.
A further showcase of the public pretty much supporting anything from some artists. If half of Rihanna or Chris Brown's songs were from other acts they wouldn't be half as popular, but Breezy has an idiotic army of fans who support any song he puts out and defend anything he does in the public eye. I don't like Chris Brown, and that dislike just makes this terrible dance track worse than it already is.
Nothing special here. Beat that could have gone to any number of artists, lyrics that could have come from anyone. This is another one of those tracks that totally missed me during the year, and for this I am glad.
Number 83:
Selena Gomez & the Scene - Love You Like a Love Song
First impressions. This isn't terrible. I'm not going to put it on purposefully, but I'm not going to race to turn it off. It reminds me Lovefool by The Cardigans, only with a bit of dubstep thrown in.
Number 82:
Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup
Can this track overcome my general dislike of country? It's a novelty song, and I've got no issue with those showing up on charts. It's construction kind of reminds me of "If I Had a Million Dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies. It's not an earworm like you might expect from a song on the Hot 100, but it's one of the more enjoyable songs on the chart so far.
Number 81:
Train - 50 Ways to say Goodbye
Train has always been an innocuous band that showed up every few years with a popular track and the disappeared again until it was time for them to strike again. The last track they had that really did well on the charts was the terrible "Hey, Soul Sister." That track was so bad it cast their past stuff in a bad light for me. This track actually kind of redeems them for me. It's corny, but I love the mariachi sound in the track. The trumpet makes me think of the band Cake. Now, I'd rather listen to Cake, but since they're not on this chart, I'll take a song that makes me think of them.
