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Ke$ha - "TiK ToK"
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"Tik Tok" (styled as "TiK ToK") is the debut single by American recording artist Kesha. The song was produced by Benny Blanco and Dr. Luke and co-written by Blanco, Dr. Luke and Kesha. It was released on August 7, 2009 as the lead single from Kesha's debut studio album, Animal. The initial writing of the song consisted of Kesha coming home half-drunk and stumbling after a night out partying. Kesha would usually write down a few words of a song, then the next morning, she would wake up with the story waiting to be told. The song's opening line came from an experience in which Kesha woke up one morning where she was surrounded by "beautiful women", the experience made her think of Diddy being in a similar scenario. Lyrically, the song speaks about not letting anything bring you down.
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Lady GaGa - "Bad Romance"
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"Bad Romance" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga and the lead single from her second studio album, The Fame Monster. The track was produced by RedOne and was inspired by the paranoia that Gaga felt while touring through from 2008 to 2009. After the demo version of the song leaked, Gaga premiered the song at Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2010 show in the Paris Fashion Week, on October 6, 2009, followed by the release of the cover art. "Bad Romance" features a spoken bridge and full-throated chorus using lyrics that address being in love with one's best friend. It has elements of German house-techno music and was written by Gaga while touring.
Critics gave positive reviews of the song, with the majority of them comparing it to Gaga's second single "Poker Face". "Bad Romance" was a commercial success, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart, Canadian Hot 100 and the Swedish, German, Austrian and Danish charts, while peaking at number two in countries such as the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The accompanying music video features a surreal white bathhouse where Gaga is kidnapped by a group of supermodels who drug her, and then sell her off to the Russian Mafia for sexual slavery. The video received positive response for its artistic treatment and innovation; critics complimented its provocative and symbolic plot.
Gaga has performed "Bad Romance" on several television shows including Saturday Night Live and Gossip Girl, as well as award shows such as the 2009 American Music Awards. It was the closing song of Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour, where she performed it while standing inside a giant gyroscope. Rolling Stone ranked the song at number nine, on their list of the "25 Best Songs of 2009"
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Lady GaGa ft. Beyonce - "Telephone"
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"Telephone" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga from her second studio album The Fame Monster, featuring American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. The song was written by Gaga and Rodney Jerkins. The main inspiration of the song was Gaga's fear of not being able to enjoy herself because of her dedication to her career. The lyrics portray the singer as preferring the dance floor, rather than answering her lover's phone calls. Gaga explained that the telephone addressed in the lyrics of the song, is in reality a person telling her to continue working harder. Musically, the song consists of an expanded bridge, verse-rap and an epilogue where the line is disconnected. Knowles appears in the middle of the song, singing the verses in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats.
"Telephone" was appreciated by contemporary critics who frequently noted it as a stand-out track from The Fame Monster. The song charted in a number of countries due to digital sales, namely in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and Hungary, following the album's release. The song has been particularly successful in Europe, reaching the top of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom. She performed an acoustic rendition of "Telephone" mixed with "Dance In The Dark" at the 2010 BRIT Awards in memory of Alexander McQueen. It was also added to the setlist of the European leg of The Monster Ball Tour.
Gaga explained that the music video is a continuation of the video for "Paparazzi", and is also shot as a short film. The video features Gaga in a prison, from where she gets bailed out by Beyoncé. They go to a diner where, after a series of events, they kill the guests having breakfast. It ends with Gaga and Beyoncé escaping from the police. Paying homage to Quentin Tarantino and his films Kill Bill (2003–2004) and Pulp Fiction (1994) and Callie Khouri's Thelma & Louise, the video was positively received by critics.
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Ke$ha - "TiK ToK" -7
Lady GaGa - "Bad Romance"
Lady GaGa - "Paparazzi" -10
Lady GaGa ft. Beyonce - "Telephone" -2
Tie-Breaker
Beyonce- "Halo" -3
Ke$ha- "TiK ToK" -2
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Beyonce - "Halo" [R19]
Lady GaGa - "Paparazzi" [R19]
Cobra Starship - "Good Girls Go Bad" [R18]
Pink - "Please Don't Leave Me" [R17]
Taylor Swift- "You Belong With Me" [R16]
Adam Lambert- "Whataya Want From Me" [R15]
The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" [R14]
Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling" [R14]
Kelly Clarkson - "Already Gone" [R14]
Leona Lewis- "Happy" [R13]
Jordin Sparks- "Battlefield" [R12]
Black Eyed Peas- "Boom Boom Pow" [R11]
Mariah Carey- "Obsessed" [R11]
Lady GaGa - "LoveGame" [R10]
Beyonce - "Sweet Dreams" [R10]
Katy Perry - "Waking Up In Vegas" [R9]
Owl City - "Fireflies" [R9]
Jason DeRulo - "In My Head" [R8]
Keri Hilson, Kanye West, & Ne-Yo - "Knock You Down" [R7]
Miley Cyrus - "Party In The USA" [R7]
Miley Cyrus - "The Climb" [R7]
Green Day - "21 Guns" [R6]
Boys Like Girls ft. Taylor Swift - "Two Is Better Than One" [R6]
Colbie Caillat - "Fallin For You" [R6]
Pink - "Funhouse" [R5]
Alicia Keys - "Doesn't Mean Anything" [R5]
Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys - "Empire State Of Mind" [R5]
Kings Of Leon - "Use Somebody" [R4]
3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry - "Starstrukk" [R4]
OneRepublic - "All The Right Moves" [R4]
Lady GaGa - "Dance In The Dark" [R4]
Rihanna ft. Young Jeezy - "Hard" [R4]
Britney Spears - "If U Seek Amy" [R3]
Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne - "Down" [R3]
Shinedown - "If You Only Knew" [R3]
Regina Spektor - "Eet" [R3]
Train - "Hey, Soul Sister" [R3]
Drake - "Best I Ever Had" [R2]
Collective Soul - "Staring Down" [R2]
The Script - "Breakeven" [R2]
LMFAO - "La La La" [R2]
Miley Cyrus - "Time Of Our Lives" [R2]
Daughtry - "No Surprise" [R1]
Nick Jonas ft. Miley Cyrus - "Before The Storm" [R1]
Selena Gomez & The Scene - "Falling Down" [R1]
Emily Osment - "All The Way Up" [R1]
Mika - "We Are Golden" [R1]
Britney Spears - "3" [R1]
Mika - "Blame It On The Girls" [R1]
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