Ten Commandments of Pop Music

[wjr15]

What 10 songs do you believe to be the “Ten Commandments of Pop Music?”

[nick64]

Not ranked. 90s on.

Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Mariah Carey - “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
Beyoncé f/Jay Z - “Crazy in Love”
NSYNC - “Bye Bye Bye”
Britney Spears - “Baby One More Time”
Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars - “Uptown Funk”
Usher f/Lil Jon - “Yeah!”
Celine Dion - “My Heart Will Go On”
Rihanna f/Jay Z - “Umbrella”
Katy Perry - “Teenage Dream”

Discussion settled~

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Billie Jean
Baby One More Time

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Rolling In The Deep
Poker Face
Firework
Bye Bye Bye
Like A Prayer
I Will Always Love You
Crazy In Love

others

My Heart Will Go On
Uptown Funk
Hips Don't Lie
Can't Get You Outta My Head
Umbrella
Genie In A Bottle
Never Gonna Give You Up
Cry Me A River
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Call Me Maybe

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I thought rather than simply listing ten significant pop songs, I might make a list of rules that might apply to the genre of pop music and select a song that best fits that individual rule. This is just an example:

Thou Shall Serve Them Vocals: Vision of Love - Mariah Carey

Thou Shall Make Them Dance: Jumpin' Jumpin' - Destiny's Child

Thou Shall Master the Ballad: Live To Tell - Madonna

Thou Shall Give Love: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion

Thou Shall Provide the Mood: Anytime Anyplace - Janet

Thou Shall Make Them Cry: Someone Like You - Adele

Thou Shall Duet: The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica

Thou Shall Sing What Thou Write: You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette

Thou Shall Sing While Thou Play: You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

Thou Shall Cover The Greats: I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

[BB🌕]

From the past 20 years:
Dancing On My Own
Run Away With Me
Teenage Dream
We Belong Together
Blank Space
Baby One More Time
TiK ToK
Rolling In The Deep
Into You
Umbrella

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Mar 4, 2020 21:50:00 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I thought rather than simply listing ten significant pop songs, I might make a list of rules that might apply to the genre of pop music and select a song that best fits that individual rule. This is just an example:

Thou Shall Serve Them Vocals: Vision of Love - Mariah Carey

Thou Shall Make Them Dance: Jumpin' Jumpin' - Destiny's Child

Thou Shall Master the Ballad: Live To Tell - Madonna

Thou Shall Give Love: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion

Thou Shall Provide the Mood: Anytime Anyplace - Janet

Thou Shall Make Them Cry: Someone Like You - Adele

Thou Shall Duet: The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica

Thou Shall Sing What Thou Write: You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette

Thou Shall Sing While Thou Play: You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

Thou Shall Cover The Greats: I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

Agreed on all these. For the love, “To Love You More” would also be perfect.

[tuna]

The 10 commandments of pop shouldn't just be big, beloved songs by big artists. In my opinion they should be songs that encapsulate the power of pop music and all of what makes it great.

Here's one featuring only the 2010s, since it's the decade I know the most about.

WALK THE MOON - "Shut Up And Dance"
Adele - "Someone Like You"
Robyn - "Dancing On My Own"
Taylor Swift - "Style"
Daft Punk - "Get Lucky"
Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
Carly Rae Jepsen - "Run Away With Me"
Lil Nas X - "Old Town Road"
fun. - "Some Nights"
Charli XCX - "Boom Clap"

[irice22]

Mar 4, 2020 21:07:22 GMT -5 nick64 said:

Not ranked. 90s on.

Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Mariah Carey - “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
Beyoncé f/Jay Z - “Crazy in Love”
NSYNC - “Bye Bye Bye”
Britney Spears - “Baby One More Time”
Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars - “Uptown Funk”
Usher f/Lil Jon - “Yeah!”
Celine Dion - “My Heart Will Go On”
Rihanna f/Jay Z - “Umbrella”
Katy Perry - “Teenage Dream”

Discussion settled~

Swap "Bye Bye Bye" with "I Want It That Way."