Wow. I'm not here to hate, but most of your songs on your list so far are those I think are the worst of 2010, except for one or two. But eh, that's just my opinion, don't take it too seriously.
I would not dare put "Eenie Meenie" on my iPod but it's definitely a good song that I admit to listening to on repeat on Youtube at one point. I'm surprised you like "Find Your Love", I didn't think you listen to that kind of music. The beginning of the music video reminds me of when Rafiki was talking to Simba in the Lion King. Idk why. So many members here seem to like "Mirrors" but I've never heard it before. I was never interested enough to check her out. Never in my life have I ever heard of the other two songs.
Yeah, I shouldn't like Eenie Meenie as much as I do, but I had to be truthful and put it on my list.
And Find Your Love is perhaps an unexpected track to see on my list, but between all Eenie Meenies and Can't Be Tameds I'll occasionally listen to amsomewhat respected track.
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50. Rihanna - What's My Name (feat. Drake)
why soo low?
I know. You can revoke my stan card. I just don't love it as much as everyone else.
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Wow. I'm not here to hate, but most of your songs on your list so far are those I think are the worst of 2010, except for one or two. But eh, that's just my opinion, don't take it too seriously.
No offense taken. I'll openly admit to liking cheesy songs and so-called "bad music".
I’m not a particularly huge fan of Calvin’s work, yet I find his work on the #35 entry on this chart, “You Used to Hold Me” a really interesting example of juxtaposition, and I cannot deny its appeal. On one hand its one man’s sad ode to a failed and repressive relationship; on the other hand it’s a booming club anthem with a simplistic and thematic melody and all the necessary elements for a peak time party song. If it were to come on in the club I wouldn’t be sure whether I’m supposed to cry or move to the groove of the track. These elements really shouldn’t work in conjunction with each other, yet they do. The whole production is just dark, brooding and aggressive enough to appropriately fit the nature of words Calvin sings, and though your head is likely to bob and your foot is likely to tap with the beat, the tragic essence of the song is not lost.
The Best Bit: The catchy synth hook running throughout the track. It will be in your head for days.
34. Leighton Meester Your Love's a Drug
Love is a drug. It’s a cliché we’ve heard a thousand different times in a thousand different pop songs, yet 2010 seemed to take the romance addiction metaphors to a new level, spawning at least one summer smash hit, several other tracks with love/drug references, and this utter flop of a single from actress turned actress trying to sing, Leighton Meester. Miss Meester’s “Drug” is a breezy little pop confection riddled with the standard “I can’t even sleep without you” sentiments that compose 67% of all pop songs released in the past 5 years, yet the genericism of these words is rendered forgivable by Leighton’s enchanting and surprisingly warm vocal performance. The richness of layered vocals that kicks in for the choruses is on the edge of eargasm-worthy and helps to give the track an addictive, drug-like quality in its own right. It’s all I need, this song’s a drug, can’t get enough, can’t get enough… I shouldn’t have listened to the song as I typed this, now I’m tempted to bump it up one or ten spots.
The Best Bit: The chorus and the bit just before the chorus where she sings about becoming a slave to the habit.
33. Enrique Iglesias Tonight (I'm ****in' You) [feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E]
Picture it: You’re in a club, there’s not a hot guy in sight and you’re about to call it quits and head home but out of the corner of your eye you notice a handsome figure approaching you. You make eye contact. WOW! He’s this amazingly beautiful, tanned, sexy specimen of male. This song starts playing in the background. He rushes to your side and starts making out with you. He leans into your ear and tells you his name is Enrique and that tonight… he’s ****ing you. If you are a straight female or a gay man that’s all you really need to imagine to immediately fall in love with this track, but I suppose that even if you are a straight male (there are none on ATRL) it’s still fairly easy to enjoy this track (and therein enjoy Enrique’s penis, because that’s really who’s performing the track… his dick), since it’s such a catchy song. There’s no subtly here, no restraint, and that’s really what makes this song so amazing. He wants you and you will undoubtedly let him ravage your body. Enrique’s essentially telling us that he knows he’s one of the most beautiful creatures known to mankind and that anyone he approaches will give their left testicle to have sex with him because he’s so. ****ing. hot. It’s real braggadocio behavior that would be just douchey coming from anyone else, but Enrique’s so sexy you can’t help but be flattered. Upon being propositioned for sex you fall to your knees and open your mouth as you anxiously wait for him to put his dick between your lips. Kudos to Enrique and his penis for recording a track that gets my dick hard every time I listen to it.
The Best Bit: The end part of Ludacris’ verse that sorta kicks the chorus back into action. “You’re stuck with me, I’m stuck with you. Let’s find somethin’ to do. Please excuse me I don’t mean to be rude… But tonight I’m ****ing you…”
32. Roll Deep Good Times
Good times.
The Best Bit: All of it. Good times.
31. Enrique Iglesias I Like It (feat. Pitbull)
2010 was a big year for Enrique, and he’s impacting my countdown of the year’s best singles in a big way. He appears for the second time on this list with the single that launched the great American comeback, “I Like It”. It’s a song so drenched in RedOne and good party time vibes that it was destined to become a smash hit regardless of who had recorded it, but thankfully Enrique was able to cash in on this Jersey Shore tie-in single and ride to it rejuvenated popularity cause he’s an all-around decent guy, he’s really nice to look at and his presence in American pop music was greatly missed. To be entirely truthful, the track is a little behind trend in terms of the production (it’s a standard rehashing of a thousand production techniques that RedOne has used at various points in time, though most of them have since been retired) and Enrique’s through-the-nose vocals leave a little to be desired, but it was an undeniably catchy track and that sample of Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” elevates the whole thing to the verge of brilliance.
The Best Bit: The Lionel Richie sample, and surprisingly, Pitbull’s verse.
I definitely agree. Enrique stepped up his game big time this era, and it was at the right time, 'cause he was right about to fade, at least in the States.
I ****ing love Tonight, but it won't chart this year. It's too new for me.
I definitely agree. Enrique stepped up his game big time this era, and it was at the right time, 'cause he was right about to fade, at least in the States.
I ****ing love Tonight, but it won't chart this year. It's too new for me.
Yeah, I debated throwing Tonight on here as well since I've only known about it for several weeks and it will probably even continue to grow on me with time. But since it has technically been released in 2010, I had to include it in my 2010 singles countdown otherwise it would probably be ineligible to chart next year.
I was a little put off by the amount of people who labeled this another generic house music inspired single of 2010. The song is on trend, but what differentiates “Only Girl (In the World)” from other dancey pop nuggets released this year is the fact that this song does not sound as inherently poppy as say “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”. But what makes “Only Girl” any different, you ask? Of the all the pop songs turned crossover club smashes released this year I think “Only Girl” has the most in common with traditional house music, in that it is swarmed in echoy layers in reverb and consequently has a very dreamy quality and euphoric sound that traditionally goes over very well in club settings during hands-in-the-air breakdown moments. Traditional pop music by its nature has a tendency to rely on crisper sounding production; external reverb effects are not heavily applied to synths, there are fewer airy sweeping effects, synths that would be created with saw waveforms in house/trance are replaced with square waveforms, all of which culminates in the clean sounding mixes we love to hear on our radios and iPods. “Only Girl”, while not deviating entirely from pop music standards, certainly stands apart with a certain lushness that’s reminiscent of elements in old school house and trance music and is perhaps best suited for the booming sound systems of the club. This song has more in-line with house music than Rihanna’s collaboration with so-called house musician, David Guetta, so I’m fairly impressed by efforts Stargate put forth to really transform their pop sound on this one.
The Best Bit: The chorus that seems to come out of nowhere. The verses do not smoothly flow into a natural sounding chorus, instead Rihanna delivers us these insane in-your-face vocals with an accompaniment choir of early-2000s trance scene stabby synths. The effect is hilariously odd, yet perfect at the same time.
29. David Guetta Who's That Chick (feat. Rihanna)
I find David’s production work on this track is all kinds of messy for various reasons I have explained in other threads and feel too lazy to explain again in this thread. Ultimately, what saves this song is the undeniable catchiness of the whole thing and Rihanna’s hypnotic (yet unfortunately over-processed) vocal performance. It’s infectious and whenever I hear it sticks with me for days. I’m still waiting for one of my friends to ask me “Who’s that chick?” when we’re out somewhere and we spot someone who looks familiar so I can respond by singing the chorus. But one conundrum, I can’t understand half of the **** Rihanna is saying. Oh that accent…
The Best Bit: The chorus and the bridge.
28. Livvi Franc Automatik
I’m proud of the Bajans for attempting to make other Barbadian singers happen in the wake of Rihanna. Shontelle won’t ever happen on a large scale and Livvi Franc doesn’t really have a chance in hell, but if the #28 entry on this chart, “Automatik”, is any indication of what she is capable of, I think we should at least give her a chance. The appeal of this track has probably more to do with RedOne’s talents than anything Livvi herself contributes, but her voice is pleasant and she’s decent enough to look at. That’s really all you need, folks! There’s something addictive about this that makes me come back to it like automatik. Something I like to think about, though; How much money was wasted on getting RedOne to produce this track when it went on to become such an utter flop? I have a feeling her record label have already pushed her ass halfway out the door.
The Best Bit: I love the sweetness of her voice when she sings the high notes of the chorus, particularly during the “I could turn you loose, baby what’s the use” bits.
27. Kelly Rowland Commander (feat. David Guetta)
I imagine that recording a song like “Commander” was really therapeutic for poor Kelly Rowland. Sure, as soon as the last words were out of her mouth she was whisked out of the studio and taken back to Chateau Creole for yet another day of Knowles family enforced servitude, but for a brief moment while she was recording this track with David Guetta she was the boss, she was the commander. The only real ordering she was doing was commanding us to dance, but I’m sure it felt nice to be in charge of anything since she’s never in charge at Chateau Creole. Michelle is head of household operations (lead cleaner) and is always on her case about getting that wig glue cleaned off Beyonce’s bathroom sink. It’s just as bad when she’s on kitchen duty and walking around on eggshells hoping that Tina won’t murder her for ****ing up the shrimp and grits. At the end of a long day she joins Solange in the wig crypt and they take turns singing songs about freedom and the ability to call the shots. Kelly sings “Commander” and Solange sings “I Decided” but they both realize neither of them is or ever will be in a position to command or decide.
Sidenote: I don’t really like the fact that Guetta gets “feature” credits for producing a track. You might provide the real essence of the track with your thumping production, David, but nobody’s really here for you or cares to know your name.
The Best Bit: I get excited anytime they throw in Rico Love’s callout. Turn the lights on!
26. Natasha Bedingfield Strip Me
Before I ever heard this track and I read that all-around-likable-girl-but-general-snoozefest, Natasha Bedingfield, was releasing a track called “Strip Me”, I had all these hopes and dreams that she had ****ted it up or done something sorta fun as the title might suggest. This wasn’t the case, but I’m not upset with the reality of what this track is, either. What a deliciously uplifting, “stay strong” sort of song. Strip her clean, boys, but her spirit won’t be broken. It sounds a bit too much like a Ryan Tedder production circa 2008, so that’s a big thumbs down for Tedder producing a song beneath his current talents, but it’s catchy and the chorus is something you could sing for days and not be annoyed, so a big thumbs up to Natasha and everyone involved in the writing session. It flopped miserably, so a big thumbs down for the American record buying public.
I would not dare put "Eenie Meenie" on my iPod but it's definitely a good song that I admit to listening to on repeat on Youtube at one point. I'm surprised you like "Find Your Love", I didn't think you listen to that kind of music. The beginning of the music video reminds me of when Rafiki was talking to Simba in the Lion King. Idk why. So many members here seem to like "Mirrors" but I've never heard it before. I was never interested enough to check her out. Never in my life have I ever heard of the other two songs. 
I'll openly admit to liking cheesy songs and so-called "bad music". 
