1. Right Round - Flo Rida Featuring Kə$h@
It's a third week at #1 for Flo Rida and his buddy Kə$h@. What more is there to say about "Right Round?" It's the third #1 hit in the last 5 years to be built around a hit from the '80s, Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round." It's an interesting trend, these songs that are more than samples but less than remakes. Two years ago there was "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston based on BB King's "Stand By Me" (which was from the '60s, but was also a hit in the '80s thanks to the film based on Stephen King's story) and in 2006 we had Rihanna's "SOS," which borrowed liberally from Soft Cell's "Tainted Love."
3. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
Lady GaGa is hot for #1, up 3 places to #3 this week.
15. Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny) - A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Nicole Scherzinger
Here's a little bit of genius. Two weeks ago A.R. Rahman won 2 of Slumdog Millionaire's 8 Oscars for his score and the song "Jai Ho" from the film. Turning Oscar gold into chart gold, this week Rahman has his Hot 100 debut with "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)," an English-language remake of the Oscar-winning song featuring pop sensation The Pussycat Dolls. The track rockets 85 places to #15, making it the highest-charting Oscar-winning song since Eminem's "Lose Yourself" 6 years ago, which was a #1 hit. What gets me is why this is billed as The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Nicole Scherzinger. Isn't she part of the band? Doesn't she always sing lead for them? So what's the point? It's like when you see "Careless Whisper" billed as Wham! Featuring George Michael. Very odd.
Nothing else of note on the Hot 100 this week.
1 comment:
God forgive me, but I actually like that Lady GaGa song.
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