There is always a particular song we wish would go away. Here are 10 that I have chosen as the songs I think we've heard too many times this year. ...the 10 most annoying pop songs of 2010.
10. Taio Cruz - "Dynamite"
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Yes, it's catchy, but it's hard to understand after awhile exactly why Taio Cruz needs to repeat nearly every other word. In just the beginning, dance, plans, hands, and brands are each repeated four times. As Taio Cruz sings, it goes on and on and on...
9. Vybz Kartel ft. Popcaan & Gaza Slim
It would seem that The Heatwave run on Jamaican time, as they just hit us up with their biggest tune of the month - but I figured it was worth a blog post all of it's own. It's Vybez Kartel ft Popcaan and Gaza Slim, and it's about the glory that is Clarks shoes. Weird, since for most of us in the UK, Clarks=school shoes. In fact, it's basically an advert for them; but it's a lot of fun anyway, and annoyingly catchy - you'll be singing about Clarks for the rest of the afternoon
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8. 3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha - "My First Kiss"
3OH!3 unleashed what is arguably the trash pop masterpiece of the year. It can definitely make you smile and laugh and singalong the first several times through, but the, "Can I get you out your panties" line is not so funny after awhile. And do we really care so much now of how that first kiss went?
7. Glee Cast - "Don't Stop Believing"
It's absolutely delicious - a big gooey chocolate fudge cake of a musical serenade! The Glee version is bright, bouncy and almost ridiculously big-hearted, featuring "da-da-da" backing vocals, lashings of brass, a shamelessly cheesy guitar solo and a powerhouse vocal performance, if it doesn't make you grin from ear to ear, I don't know what will.
6. Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP - "We No Speak Americano"
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You know the first time through as you are smiling at the clever pastiche of 50s Italian pop music and contemporary electronics that you are going to get tired of this. Perhaps the most annoying element is those pregnant pauses that are so much fun the first time through but leave you just wanting to say, "Get on with it!" as the radio plays the song over and over again.
5. Lady Gaga - "Alejandro"
It's not really that there is anything in particular wrong with Lady Gaga'sseventh consecutive top 10 pop hit, but the somewhat forced cleverness here wore thin more quickly than for any of the other hits. "But I just can't be with you like this anymore...Alejandro!" This line either makes me laugh or cringe at this point when I hear it. Neither feels like a tribute to pop genius. I now also remember just how annoying "The Sign" by Ace of Base got when it was a radio staple. If you don't automatically think of Ace of Base when you hear "Alejandro," go back and listen to both again.
4. Lil Wayne -"Single"
Lil Wayne gives the relationship status a reason to be broadcasted. That’s part of the reason most people like Lil Wayne, is the realness he brings to the game. Sales propelled the song into the top 20, but the track is best forgotten by most pop fans.
4. Lil Wayne -"Single"
Lil Wayne gives the relationship status a reason to be broadcasted. That’s part of the reason most people like Lil Wayne, is the realness he brings to the game. Sales propelled the song into the top 20, but the track is best forgotten by most pop fans.
3. Ke$ha - "Your Love Is My Drug
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3. Ke$ha - "Your Love Is My Drug
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Let's be up front. For many pop fans, Ke$ha is hands down the most annoying pop star of the year. I actually do quite enjoy some of her clever lyrical exercises. However, this is the Ke$ha hit that very very quickly wore out its welcome for me. There is something about the cheap and tacky sounding backing track coupled with Ke$ha's drunk Barbie giggle near the end which sets my teeth on edge. And, "I like your beard," clearly has to be the most annoying non sequitur of the year in pop music.
2. Willow Smith - "Whip My Hair"
2. Willow Smith - "Whip My Hair"
This is so easy to make fun of and parody. It is fun and exciting to imagine this as the work of a supremely enterprising nine year old. However, that in your face shout of, "I whip my hair back and forth!" is really grating after awhile. Are there really any other lyrics here? Oh yes, there is a verse, but it is really just a lifeless exercise to string together the looped shouts of, "I whip my hair back and forth!" Does it really make you want to whip your hair or pound your head...on the wall?
1. Soulja Boy Tell'em - "Pretty Boy Swag"
This is supposed to be a song. However, it is hard to detect much here beyond Soulja Boy bragging about his own sex appeal with an occasional "Ayyyy!!" and a skeletal beat and chord structure. "Pretty Boy Swag" is not only annoying, it eventually generates a good deal of boredom.
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