Top 10 Songs Of 2011
So far. And three of them are holdovers from last year, which I justify down in the wonky notes. I've already posted about Jeremih, the gorgeous tenuousness of the sounds seeming to have nothing to do with the booty-gazing lyrics. You likely already know about the Britney, and if you haven't heard " High High" yet, that's hardly my fault. "Knock Out" is a bouncing bit of spare and twisting bubble bubble gum-smacking Korean hip-hop that doesn't match up with anything else anywhere that I can think of and will get a post of its own someday soon.
Meanwhile, "Ready 4 Romance" is roll-along-the-floor techno-dance that could play in any disco anywhere, atmospherics echoing through the atmosphere and a breathy girl occasionally showing up to say she needs me. "S&M" sounds bright and silly where you'd expect it to be dark and domineering, and is better for it. "No 1," the instrumental version of a B-side of an aggressively chirpy Korean girl-group single, is a bit of throwaway dance funk with a snaking synth line. "Good Day" is a diva showcase that morphs into a disco showbiz hussy and is a brilliant song, even if warm and appealing IU is neither diva nor hussy and doesn't blaze across the track the way it needs her to. And finally "Mocha Java" is a cooing little come-on, the basic background sound from backwater Russian dance clubs to international airport bars, though this happens to be Taiwanese.
1. Jeremih "Down On Me"
2. Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me"
3. GD&TOP "High High"
4. GD&TOP "Knock Out"
5. Galaxy Dream ft. Turbotronic "Ready 4 Romance"
6. Rihanna "S&M"
7. Secret "No. 1 (Inst.)"
8. IU "Good Day"
9. Xoxo "Mocha Java"
I have no number ten, so you need to tell me what it should be.
Wonky Notes:
"Down On Me" was released back in September, but it only just hit the Top 40 last week, and it's now risen to 30, so if it holds on, I'll count it eligible for 2011. Made 36 on my 2010 list, which is a strong showing and I underrated it; but I'll drop it off this list if it goes lower than 20, which it may not.
"High High" and "Good Day" were both December releases so automatically eligible for 2011, but once again, I had listed them last year (at 33 and 45), so if/when they fall out of my 20 I'll take them down. But I may have underrated "High High" too, so it's not a given it'll fall away.
"Knock Out" was produced by some Philadelphia bloke.
K-pop bloggers are in a minor uproar (well one or two of them, as are some YouTube commenters) over "Mocha Java" for plagiarizing Brown Eyed Girls' "Abracadabra," though honestly I can't hear the similarity. Certainly not the melody, and even if the beat is close it's not such a unique dancebeat that only two songs in the world have it. But thanks to the uproar, I found this song.
Scruples force me to note that I have never actually been in a backwater Russian dance club. I admit it.
Meanwhile, "Ready 4 Romance" is roll-along-the-floor techno-dance that could play in any disco anywhere, atmospherics echoing through the atmosphere and a breathy girl occasionally showing up to say she needs me. "S&M" sounds bright and silly where you'd expect it to be dark and domineering, and is better for it. "No 1," the instrumental version of a B-side of an aggressively chirpy Korean girl-group single, is a bit of throwaway dance funk with a snaking synth line. "Good Day" is a diva showcase that morphs into a disco showbiz hussy and is a brilliant song, even if warm and appealing IU is neither diva nor hussy and doesn't blaze across the track the way it needs her to. And finally "Mocha Java" is a cooing little come-on, the basic background sound from backwater Russian dance clubs to international airport bars, though this happens to be Taiwanese.
1. Jeremih "Down On Me"
2. Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me"
3. GD&TOP "High High"
4. GD&TOP "Knock Out"
5. Galaxy Dream ft. Turbotronic "Ready 4 Romance"
6. Rihanna "S&M"
7. Secret "No. 1 (Inst.)"
8. IU "Good Day"
9. Xoxo "Mocha Java"
I have no number ten, so you need to tell me what it should be.
Wonky Notes:
"Down On Me" was released back in September, but it only just hit the Top 40 last week, and it's now risen to 30, so if it holds on, I'll count it eligible for 2011. Made 36 on my 2010 list, which is a strong showing and I underrated it; but I'll drop it off this list if it goes lower than 20, which it may not.
"High High" and "Good Day" were both December releases so automatically eligible for 2011, but once again, I had listed them last year (at 33 and 45), so if/when they fall out of my 20 I'll take them down. But I may have underrated "High High" too, so it's not a given it'll fall away.
"Knock Out" was produced by some Philadelphia bloke.
K-pop bloggers are in a minor uproar (well one or two of them, as are some YouTube commenters) over "Mocha Java" for plagiarizing Brown Eyed Girls' "Abracadabra," though honestly I can't hear the similarity. Certainly not the melody, and even if the beat is close it's not such a unique dancebeat that only two songs in the world have it. But thanks to the uproar, I found this song.
Scruples force me to note that I have never actually been in a backwater Russian dance club. I admit it.