Yet Another Year In Pop: 10

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Flo Rida bags the number one spot with a Dead or Alive sample, the Saturday's Comic Relief effort has to settle for second place.

[Poll #1362347]

Lower reaches watch: dudes have finally realised that the version of Beggin' on that advert isn't by Madcon at all and have accordingly bumped up the Frankie Valli version up to #47; Ladyhawke, Annie Lennox and Red Light Company are all hovering just outside the top 40.

Comments

[sm-woods.livejournal.com]

A semi-enthusiastic tick for Beyoncé, which I prefer to the similar-sounding (but to my ears somewhat awkward) "If I Were a Boy" (I think the "boy" thing is what always threw me off there, coming as it does from Beyoncé; not sure if "guy" would have been as singable, but "boy" just sounds weird to me from her, can't explain why). I can already imagine myself getting a bit tired of "Halo," but it sounded pretty bracing in the car on the weekend. However, I strongly disagree with the idea that it is a "light piano ballad." It's pure bombast all the way!