Yet Another Year In Pop: 13

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Gaga is still on top; Noisettes, AR Rahman and Metro Station enter the top 10; Lily Allen's current singles sit side by side at 16 and 17.

[Poll #1374776]

Lower reaches watch: Miley Cyrus' 'Climb' is doing just that, Gels Alahd and Nickelback jump 80-odd places each and the return of Formula One motor racing to the BBC prompts the re-entry of Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' at no.94.

Top 10 watch: Last week you lot voted Taylor Swift as your favourite song in the top ten. Taylor got more than twice as many votes as 2nd-placed TI despite that dreadful dress she's wearing in the video. Well done Taylor!

Comments

Re: Here boy: go fetch a stick!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Me on the first 20 Fingers/Gillette CD:
http://jeff-worrell.livejournal.com/26451.html

Trumped by the Lex's comment obv.

Still curious to know the answer to my question re the origins of the 'Who let the dogs out?' chant.

Re: Here boy: go fetch a stick!

[koganbot]

Wiki: Anslem Douglas and an original Baha Men member, Stephen Nunez, were sued in 2001, and lost the lawsuit with regards to full authorship for the song. The chorus was originally composed in 1995 by Patrick Stephenson and Leroy Williams of Just Platinum Recording Studios/Action House Studios in Toronto, Canada for a radio jingle. It was proven that at this time, Douglas was a client of the studio, and had used the chorus to compose the song. The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed financial payment.

But "You're A Dog" still precedes that by a year. I wonder if the 20 Fingers guys think they deserve some of that money too. I wouldn't be surprised if "Who let the dogs out, woof woof woof" was abroad in the culture already, but I don't know.