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Post by B-Boy on Jun 30, 2009 12:21:12 GMT -5
Definitely "I Gotta Feeling".
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Jun 30, 2009 15:42:19 GMT -5
Uh guys, Don't Trust Me has been around all summer, is everywhere now, and will continue to be party music for the next couple months. I Got a Feeling won't get #1 until August at the earliest... how can it be the song that defines summer if it doesn't go chart-topping until the kids are already back at school?
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Post by justfloating on Jun 30, 2009 15:47:41 GMT -5
Uh guys, Don't Trust Me has been around all summer, is everywhere now, and will continue to be party music for the next couple months. I Got a Feeling won't get #1 until August at the earliest... how can it be the song that defines summer if it doesn't go chart-topping until the kids are already back at school? Check your calendar. Summer starts when....? ok so August would be more than appropriate. Just because a song is not #1 does not mean that it is not played. I know thats a common misconception here. I Gotta Feeling is being played and people are enjoying/partying to it now as we speak. School starts at different times over the country. Some schools start late September. I know people are desperate for Dont Trust Me to be it but it is not because of timing. it hit #1 with 8500 spins. If you are wary of I Gotta Feeling's timing....look at LoveGame which should be hitting the top spot in a couple weeks time at the latest. Better yet... anyone have a chart of when these songs of the summer have peaked in the past?
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Post by Rurry on Jun 30, 2009 15:57:23 GMT -5
There have been a lot of "summer anthems" that peaked in June but stuck around the whole summer...Umbrella in '07, Livin' la Vida Loca in '99, and I'm sure there's more. But, I agree IGAF is more likely to be the summer song than DTM. Didn't IKAG peak in August last year?
It's not so much where and when it peaks, it's the impact it has. That's why I think it'll be IGAF, cause it's memorable, uplifting and pretty much EVERYONE can relate to the line "I got a feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night", especially in the summer.
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Post by Au$tin on Jun 30, 2009 16:20:09 GMT -5
It's not so much where and when it peaks, it's the impact it has. BOW!
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Post by justfloating on Jun 30, 2009 16:52:16 GMT -5
It's not so much where and when it peaks, it's the impact it has. BOW! agree! much better put than what i was rambling about lol
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Jun 30, 2009 19:14:18 GMT -5
With Lovegame's slowdown and DTM still rising, it's going to be around awhile. DTM will assuredly be #1 next week...that takes you into July and it will be top 10 until late August. Summer songs are generally the big breakout hit or the big return single from a band/singer as well. What other hits had Kid Rock, Katy Perry, and so on had in the Spring before their summer hit? BBP won't get it because the debate will rage as to whether BBP or I Got a Feeling was even bigger. DTM also isn't having spins sapped by other songs... I head Poker Face and Just Dance multiple times during my 6 hours of driving yesterday--clearly blunting the impact of Lovegame.
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Post by Music Fan on Jun 30, 2009 19:35:16 GMT -5
Love Game will peak or get out-peaked to soon IMO, so it won't be The Summer Anthem. We all know BBP won't be it, it peaked last week already and summer officially started this past week, I don't think it can stay consistent the whole summer. I think for sure it's going to be IGF. With Lovegame's slowdown and DTM still rising, it's going to be around awhile. DTM will assuredly be #1 next week...that takes you into July and it will be top 10 until late August. Summer songs are generally the big breakout hit or the big return single from a band/singer as well. What other hits had Kid Rock, Katy Perry, and so on had in the Spring before their summer hit? BBP won't get it because the debate will rage as to whether BBP or I Got a Feeling was even bigger. DTM also isn't having spins sapped by other songs... I head Poker Face and Just Dance multiple times during my 6 hours of driving yesterday--clearly blunting the impact of Lovegame.
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Post by justfloating on Jun 30, 2009 20:07:11 GMT -5
With Lovegame's slowdown and DTM still rising, it's going to be around awhile. DTM will assuredly be #1 next week...that takes you into July and it will be top 10 until late August. Summer songs are generally the big breakout hit or the big return single from a band/singer as well. What other hits had Kid Rock, Katy Perry, and so on had in the Spring before their summer hit? BBP won't get it because the debate will rage as to whether BBP or I Got a Feeling was even bigger. DTM also isn't having spins sapped by other songs... I head Poker Face and Just Dance multiple times during my 6 hours of driving yesterday--clearly blunting the impact of Lovegame. Like someone said. its about impact. Song of the summer does not even have to peak at #1. That being said, LoveGame will be there and with no competition I cant see it not staying there for a while or at least near the top. I also dont think your listening to radio and hearing PF and JD more is any accurate information collection to analyze song of the summer. If you want to know the song of the summer, show up to a party of people between 16-25 and see what they are all listening to. Check facebook statuses and see what people are quoting. I will say i have read a lot of "tonight's gonna be a good night" and thats why I keep lifting that song up. While i have yet to read "i wanna take a ride on your disco stick" for obvious reasons, girls love singing along to it....i know my friends do at least. I dont think DTM is bad or anything like that. i just dont think its a song that people are going to remember as the summer anthem. the best it has going for it is statistics and i dont think thats enough
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Post by Kii on Jul 1, 2009 5:26:55 GMT -5
I wana take a ride on your disco stick I don't get why people wouldn't say it. Lmao. Srsly, I'd love for LoveGame to be the 'Summer' hit. It's a shame PF didn't coincide with summer, otherwise that would've easily taken it.
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 1, 2009 9:38:19 GMT -5
I wana take a ride on your disco stick I don't get why people wouldn't say it. Lmao. Srsly, I'd love for LoveGame to be the 'Summer' hit. It's a shame PF didn't coincide with summer, otherwise that would've easily taken it. I'm happy it didn't. I don't want to go back and look at 2009 as the Poker Face year. That song gets annoying real fast, but I could go back through the list of other summer anthem and still love them. Hips Don't Lie, Promiscuous, I Kissed a Girl, Umbrella, Disturbia, etc.
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Post by justfloating on Jul 1, 2009 10:11:10 GMT -5
Hips Dont Lie and Promiscuous are from the same summer I realized...one of the few summers that has had two legitimate claims
actually there was the summer of We Belong Together and Hollaback Girl too
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 1, 2009 10:27:54 GMT -5
Hips Dont Lie and Promiscuous are from the same summer I realized...one of the few summers that has had two legitimate claims actually there was the summer of We Belong Together and Hollaback Girl too I also kind of consider last year's too, with IKAG and Disturbia, even though Disturbia spilled over into fall. While it may not be as legit as HDL and Promiscuous or WBT and HG. I remember HG and WBT year. EVERYONE knew Hollaback Girl! EVERYONE! Even people who didn't even listen to that type of music still at least knew b-a-n-a-n-a-s! It just hit me that that's how Don't Trust Me is too! :o EVERYONE knows at least the Hellen Keller part now! OMG! How did I not see that until now?
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Jul 1, 2009 10:34:41 GMT -5
I'm not absolutely convinced there will be a clear-cut summer hit this year... lots of decent tracks smashing but none of them really come out on top too easily the way a track like Umbrella did.
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Post by justfloating on Jul 1, 2009 10:37:43 GMT -5
when was the last time a summer anthem was by a male artist? Usher?
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Post by groovy on Jul 1, 2009 11:33:11 GMT -5
honestly i've never heard Don't Trust Me so i have no idea what it does it sound like..
for me, this year summer anthem is I Gotta Feeling for sure. The line "that tonight's gonna be a good night" is everywhere. I hear / read it on radio, tv, facebook status, twitter, yahoo messenger status, everywhere.
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Post by Gravity. on Jul 1, 2009 12:00:30 GMT -5
I still haven't heard I Gotta Feeling. My local station isn't too big on BEPs.
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Post by excel on Jul 1, 2009 12:18:30 GMT -5
dont trust me would def. be the summer anthem if it didnt suck as bad as it does.
The summer anthem is hands down I gotta Feeling.
HERE WE GO HERE WE GO WE GOTTA ROCK just sounds so good-SO GOOD-blasting through speakers that you cannot NOT jam to it.
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Post by Rurry on Jul 1, 2009 13:11:36 GMT -5
Hips Dont Lie and Promiscuous are from the same summer I realized...one of the few summers that has had two legitimate claims actually there was the summer of We Belong Together and Hollaback Girl too I also kind of consider last year's too, with IKAG and Disturbia, even though Disturbia spilled over into fall. While it may not be as legit as HDL and Promiscuous or WBT and HG. I remember HG and WBT year. EVERYONE knew Hollaback Girl! EVERYONE! Even people who didn't even listen to that type of music still at least knew b-a-n-a-n-a-s! It just hit me that that's how Don't Trust Me is too! :o EVERYONE knows at least the Hellen Keller part now! OMG! How did I not see that until now? Disturbia didn't peak until October, I would hardly call it the "summer" anthem. If there were two summer hits last year, it was IKAG and Forever or IKAG and Leavin', not IKAG and Disturbia.
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Post by Minor Scratch on Jul 1, 2009 13:28:23 GMT -5
But the impact of these potential summer anthems are all kind of muddled with LoveGame being released so quickly after Poker Face and I Gotta Feeling budging into Boom Boom Pow. They are all four uptempos which also doesn't help either.
3OH!3 are a weak breakout too. IKAG was all over the news, and Disturbia was just creepy. They both stood out well. As controversial as 3OH!3's song is, they choose stay out of the spotlight and controversy. Or they may not have much of a fanbase. Not sure, but the impact isn't there. Its simply a weak choice for a summer anthem. Last year we didn't have this problem with Katy Perry.
There are so many uptempos coming up so fast too. Huge bullets to the top. Its a difficult year to choose. There probably won't be a clear winner.
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Post by Taste It On My Tongue on Jul 1, 2009 14:32:57 GMT -5
Hips Dont Lie and Promiscuous are from the same summer I realized...one of the few summers that has had two legitimate claims actually there was the summer of We Belong Together and Hollaback Girl too I also kind of consider last year's too, with IKAG and Disturbia, even though Disturbia spilled over into fall. While it may not be as legit as HDL and Promiscuous or WBT and HG. I remember HG and WBT year. EVERYONE knew Hollaback Girl! EVERYONE! Even people who didn't even listen to that type of music still at least knew b-a-n-a-n-a-s! It just hit me that that's how Don't Trust Me is too! :o EVERYONE knows at least the Hellen Keller part now! OMG! How did I not see that until now? "Hollaback Girl" and "Hips Don't Lie" were not the song of the summers. They were released too early. They were released at the same exact time that "Boom Boom Pow" was and no one considers that the song of the summer for the same reason...released too early. It's very common though that we usually get big May #1s, kind of like an "End of the school year" anthems. Same thing with "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne in 2007 and "Lady Marmalade" in 2001. As for "Disturbia"...No, it was not the song of the summer to the general public because that song peaked way into the fall. In fact, that song is more like a Halloween hit. It's the same reason why "SexyBack" is not crown song of the summer...released too late in the summer and was more like a "Back to School" hit. The song of the summer needs to peak sometime in the months of June, July or August to be considered the song of the summer. "Crazy In Love" didn't peak on CHR until August and no one had a problem crowning it. Same thing with "I Kissed A Girl". "Promiscuous" peaked in July and "Umbrella" peaked in Late June/Early July.
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 1, 2009 18:23:12 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but "Hips Don't Lie" is a summer hit to me as it still was played MAJORLY throughout the summer. "Disturbia," here, was played out in August. Our stations actually whored it up before it hit #1, and didn't play it as much when it was #1. So, summer anthems really depend on where you come from. Like it's been said before, it has nothing to do with peaking or success, it's the impact it had. In our general area, "Disturbia" and even "SexyBack" made more of an impact over summer break.
"Hollaback Girl" I never considered one, but listed in anyway since someone else noted it. I wasn't involved in the music scene that much in 2005, so I don't know how much it was played then.
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Post by repentyourself on Jul 1, 2009 19:12:33 GMT -5
i never considered hollaback girl a summer anthem. to me, the summer songs in 2005 were WBT and BTHE. ;)
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Post by Dammn Baby on Jul 1, 2009 19:33:22 GMT -5
The date of peakage doesn't define "summer anthem" it's the impact the song makes on the psyche of the season.
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Post by justfloating on Jul 1, 2009 20:04:13 GMT -5
I also kind of consider last year's too, with IKAG and Disturbia, even though Disturbia spilled over into fall. While it may not be as legit as HDL and Promiscuous or WBT and HG. I remember HG and WBT year. EVERYONE knew Hollaback Girl! EVERYONE! Even people who didn't even listen to that type of music still at least knew b-a-n-a-n-a-s! It just hit me that that's how Don't Trust Me is too! :o EVERYONE knows at least the Hellen Keller part now! OMG! How did I not see that until now? "Hollaback Girl" and "Hips Don't Lie" were not the song of the summers. They were released too early. They were released at the same exact time that "Boom Boom Pow" was and no one considers that the song of the summer for the same reason...released too early. It's very common though that we usually get big May #1s, kind of like an "End of the school year" anthems. Same thing with "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne in 2007 and "Lady Marmalade" in 2001. As for "Disturbia"...No, it was not the song of the summer to the general public because that song peaked way into the fall. In fact, that song is more like a Halloween hit. It's the same reason why "SexyBack" is not crown song of the summer...released too late in the summer and was more like a "Back to School" hit. The song of the summer needs to peak sometime in the months of June, July or August to be considered the song of the summer. "Crazy In Love" didn't peak on CHR until August and no one had a problem crowning it. Same thing with "I Kissed A Girl". "Promiscuous" peaked in July and "Umbrella" peaked in Late June/Early July. Thats ridiculous. Hips Dont Lie and Hollaback Girl were clearly songs of that summer. There is no better case. You basically wrote paragraphs about not proving anything. You completely ignored addressing why they are not and just started talking about other songs that are irrelevant. Its about Impact during the summer like people keep saying. Those songs had a massive impact over the summer. Music wise, summer should be considered May-August. That is when school is widely out. I consider anything within that fair game. Of course its IMPACT should reach its height sometime near the middle, which is not necessarily its peak.
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Post by rfucom on Jul 1, 2009 20:18:57 GMT -5
B.E.A.T U will also be the summer song this year - Chris Brown.
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Post by colton on Jul 1, 2009 20:54:02 GMT -5
B.E.A.T U will also be the summer song this year - Chris Brown. Where did that come from? ???
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Post by Taste It On My Tongue on Jul 1, 2009 23:45:16 GMT -5
"Hollaback Girl" and "Hips Don't Lie" were not the song of the summers. They were released too early. They were released at the same exact time that "Boom Boom Pow" was and no one considers that the song of the summer for the same reason...released too early. It's very common though that we usually get big May #1s, kind of like an "End of the school year" anthems. Same thing with "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne in 2007 and "Lady Marmalade" in 2001. As for "Disturbia"...No, it was not the song of the summer to the general public because that song peaked way into the fall. In fact, that song is more like a Halloween hit. It's the same reason why "SexyBack" is not crown song of the summer...released too late in the summer and was more like a "Back to School" hit. The song of the summer needs to peak sometime in the months of June, July or August to be considered the song of the summer. "Crazy In Love" didn't peak on CHR until August and no one had a problem crowning it. Same thing with "I Kissed A Girl". "Promiscuous" peaked in July and "Umbrella" peaked in Late June/Early July. Thats ridiculous. Hips Dont Lie and Hollaback Girl were clearly songs of that summer. There is no better case. You basically wrote paragraphs about not proving anything. You completely ignored addressing why they are not and just started talking about other songs that are irrelevant. Its about Impact during the summer like people keep saying. Those songs had a massive impact over the summer. Music wise, summer should be considered May-August. That is when school is widely out. I consider anything within that fair game. Of course its IMPACT should reach its height sometime near the middle, which is not necessarily its peak. No, Hollaback Girl was released in late March, climbed up the charts within a 5 week period and began plummeting by late June. By this time in 2005, the song was well on it's way out of the charts. I remember everyone around me would get pissed off bc they were so sick of it and we weren't even half way through the summer. By late July, the song had already exited the top ten. You guys are being kind of ridiculous, as you have been labeling "Songs of the summer" to songs that came out or peaked In February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and October. So basically the only songs not qualified for songs of the summer are songs that are out in November, December, January? Let me open this up even more then...I'm calling "Yeah" "In Da Club" and "Low" summer singles since they are qualified now.
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Post by CammyCan on Jul 2, 2009 1:46:31 GMT -5
No, Hollaback Girl was released in late March, climbed up the charts within a 5 week period and began plummeting by late June. By this time in 2005, the song was well on it's way out of the charts. I remember everyone around me would get pissed off bc they were so sick of it and we weren't even half way through the summer. By late July, the song had already exited the top ten. This is "Hollaback Girl"s Hot 100 chart run: March 31 - 81 April 7 - 57 April 14 - 37 April 21 - 10 April 28 - 3 May 5 - 1 May 12 - 1 May 19 - 1 May 26 - 1 June 2 - 2 June 9 - 2 June 16 - 2 June 23 - 2 June 30 - 3 July 7 - 4 July 14 - 2 July 21 - 2 July 28 - 3 August 4 - 6 August 11 - 6 August 18 - 9 August 25 - 11 September 1 - 18 September 8 - 22 September 15 - 22 September 22 - 24 September 29 - 32 October 6 - 38 October 13 - 40 October 20 - 40 October 27 - 45 On Mediabase, Hollaback Girl was #1 until June 24 and only went below #20 on August 26th. Plummeting by late June? Well on it's way off the charts by this time of the year?
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Post by colton on Jul 2, 2009 8:08:19 GMT -5
No, Hollaback Girl was released in late March, climbed up the charts within a 5 week period and began plummeting by late June. By this time in 2005, the song was well on it's way out of the charts. I remember everyone around me would get pissed off bc they were so sick of it and we weren't even half way through the summer. By late July, the song had already exited the top ten. This is "Hollaback Girl"s Hot 100 chart run: March 31 - 81 April 7 - 57 April 14 - 37 April 21 - 10 April 28 - 3 May 5 - 1 May 12 - 1 May 19 - 1 May 26 - 1 June 2 - 2 June 9 - 2 June 16 - 2 June 23 - 2 June 30 - 3 July 7 - 4 July 14 - 2 July 21 - 2 July 28 - 3 August 4 - 6 August 11 - 6 August 18 - 9 August 25 - 11 September 1 - 18 September 8 - 22 September 15 - 22 September 22 - 24 September 29 - 32 October 6 - 38 October 13 - 40 October 20 - 40 October 27 - 45 On Mediabase, Hollaback Girl was #1 until June 24 and only went below #20 on August 26th. Plummeting by late June? Well on it's way off the charts by this time of the year? I think he was talking about the CHR/Top 40, not the Hot 100. ;)
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