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Friday, January 8, 2010
Flashback Song Of The Week: Fergie - Glamorous
 Glamorous is the third single taken from pop singer Fergie's solo debut album, The Dutchess. In March 2007, the song became Fergie's second number-one single in the United States. The single was released on March 19, 2007 in the UK and was the second single taken from the album. The single was not as successful in Latin America (where it wasn't officially released) as London Bridge and Fergalicious. Glamorous is the fourth single from the album in Brazil, where Big Girls Don't Cry was released as the third single. Fergie sang this song along with Big Girls Don't Cry at the Concert for Diana. As of March 2008, the single has sold 2,300,000 copies. The song was used in the promotional video for the CW television show Gossip Girl. The song appears on the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore. Download Glamorous: Labels: FERGIE, FLASHBACK
Music Reviews 10 @ 5:42 PM | comment link here
Friday, December 25, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight
 Spotlight is an R&B/pop song written and produced by Ne-Yo and Norwegian production duo Stargate for Jennifer Hudson's self titled debut album. It was released digitally on June 10, 2008 as the album's first single, and reached the top thirty of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Outside the States, the track has reached the top twenty in Turkey and the United Kingdom. The song received two Grammy Award nominations at the 2009 ceremony for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The video was voted 12th on BET: Notarized Top 100 videos of 2008. Download Song: HEREDownload Ne-Yo's demo: HEREDownload Music Video: HEREWatch Live Performance on Regis And Kelly: HEREWatch Music Video: HERELabels: FLASHBACK, JENNIFER HUDSON
Music Reviews 10 @ 9:24 PM | comment link here
Friday, December 18, 2009
Flashback Song of The Week: Katharine McPhee - Love Story
 Love Story is the second single from Katharine McPhee's eponymous debut album. The R&B song was written by Nate "Danja" Hills, Kara DioGuardi and Jean Hermanowski. The song was chosen as the second single for the album instead of Open Toes. The single was released on May 22, 2007, in the United States. The single however, did not manage to chart, but sold over 77,000 copies in the US. Watch music video: HEREDownload Love Story: HEREWatch live performance on Jay Leno Show in HD: HERELabels: FLASHBACK, KATHARINE MCPHEE
Music Reviews 10 @ 4:18 PM | comment link here
Friday, December 4, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Katharine McPhee - Over It
 Over It is the first single to be released from the eponymous album by Katharine McPhee, the American Idol season five (2006) runner-up. The song was reportedly described by McPhee as "the only real pop song on the record" and as being "a very sultry song about young love". The song was produced by Billy Steinberg and Josh Alexander, and written by Alexander, Steinberg and Ruth-Anne Cunningham, the writers of JoJo's Too Little Too Late. The song is available for listening via online music services such as AOL and MySpace, courtesy of RCA Records. McPhee has since stated that this was not "[her] favorite song" and she did not want her "song to be something that [she] was a part of." In the song, McPhee sings over a sultry beat driven by acoustic guitars about letting go of the person one loves because one does not share the same feeling. The narrator complains about how their lover cheats on them, and is betraying their trust. The song is somewhat tongue-in-cheek in that McPhee describes several qualities about her ex-boyfriend, while at the same time she seems to fixate on them, showing she is not fully over him. Download Over It: HEREDownload Music Video: HEREWatch Music Video: HERELabels: FLASHBACK, KATHARINE MCPHEE
Music Reviews 10 @ 3:31 PM | comment link here
Friday, November 20, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Ne-Yo - Closer
 Closer was released as the first single from Ne-Yo's third studio album Year of the Gentleman. It was a UK #1 and spent 11 weeks in the UK Top 10. Closer became the fifteenth biggest selling single in the UK in 2008 according to BBC Radio 1's chart of the year. The song and its music video were used in a commercial for Overstock.com in early 2008. The commercial was also used as promotional tool for Year of the Gentleman. Closer earned Ne-Yo a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, while the Stonebridge Radio Edit was nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for the 51st Grammy Awards, which were held on February 8, 2009 plus his very first #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. Download Song: HEREDownload: Stonebridge Radio EditDownload: Music VideoWatch: Music VideoView: Everything Ne-YoLabels: FLASHBACK, NE-YO
Music Reviews 10 @ 5:24 PM | comment link here
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Rihanna - Unfaithful
 This song for me was Rihanna's breakthrough single because I loved it and I could already smell a hit coming on for Rihanna. The piano-driven ballad is about a woman who is in a relationship with a man, but is having an affair. "I'm referred to as a murderer in that song. Meaning, I'm taking this guy's life by hurting him, cheating on him. He knows, and it makes him feel so bad. It's killing him to know that another guy is making me happy…we always put it out there that guys cheat. And finally someone put it in perspective: Girls cheat too." Rihanna said on an August 26, 2006 review that Unfaithful was birthed out of a relationship she outgrew when she was fourteen. She was quick to add though that the relationship was not physical. For radio airplay, the word "gun" (in the line "Might as well take a gun and put it to his head, get it over with") in the song is edited out. Unfaithful reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 2006. Its music video also performed well on MTV's Total Request Live peaking at No. 1 for 14 days. She performed the song on TRL on July 25 and the video was retired on July 27 (being at number 7 on the countdown). This was also her first video to retire on TRL. The single was released July 17, 2006 in the UK and Australia where it was already available for downloads worldwide. It debuted at number sixteen in the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone one week prior to its physical release. The following week, July 24, it jumped to number two on the UK Singles Chart after a physical release (held off number one by Nelly Furtado's Maneater), becoming Rihanna's 3rd number two hit in the UK. That same day Unfaithful debuted at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart. It reached number one on the Eurochart 100 and stayed in the top 3 for several weeks. This is for sure one of Rihanna's best songs. Download Link: HEREWatch: Music VideoDownload: Music VideoLabels: FLASHBACK, RIHANNA
Music Reviews 10 @ 10:50 PM | comment link here
Friday, November 6, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Michael Bublé - Feeling Good
 Feeling Good was the lead single from Michael Bublé's 2005 studio album It's Time but failed to make much chart impact. I thought it was rather pitiful becuase he nailed this big jazz standard. Download Link: SongDownload Link: Music VideoWatch: Live Performance [David Foster and Friends Concert]View: Crazy Love [2009 album]View: Everything Michael BubléLabels: FLASHBACK, MICHAEL BUBLE
Music Reviews 10 @ 8:09 PM | comment link here
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Flashback Song of The Week: Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
 Girlfriend was the lead single for Canadian singer Avril Lavigne's third studio album The Best Damn Thing in which both the single and the album reched #1 in the US and almost everywhere else. She got in the lawsuit with this song but won it when she was accused of copying The Rubinoos' 1979 single I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, in which they sing "Hey hey, you you, I wanna be your boyfriend" similar to "Hey hey, you you, I could be your girlfriend" in Girlfriend. Download Link: Album VersionDownload Link: Dr Luke Mix ft. Lil MamaDownload Link: Music VideoLabels: AVRIL LAVIGNE, FLASHBACK
Music Reviews 10 @ 9:42 PM | comment link here
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Beyoncé - Irreplaceable
 Irreplaceable is a song by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. The song was written by Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, and produced by Stargate and Knowles for her second solo album, B'Day (2006). Originally not created for Knowles, she re-arranged the demo presented by the producers—a country-turned-pop-contemporary R&B song. The lyrics refer to breaking up with an unfaithful man, part of Knowles and Ne-Yo's vision of creating a record that people could relate to, and was considered an anthem to female empowerment. Following the less successful chart performances of Déjà Vu and Ring the Alarm, Irreplaceable was released on December 5, 2006 in the United States as the album's third single, and the second single in most international music markets. Irreplaceable was a worldwide commercial and critical success, becoming Knowles' second best-selling single in her solo career after Crazy in Love and B'Day's most successful release. The single performed well on the US Billboard Hot 100, remaining at the top spot for ten consecutive weeks. Certified multi-platinum, Irreplaceable is the US' best-selling single in 2007. Download Song: HEREDownload Music Video: HEREWatch Music Video: HERELabels: BEYONCE, FLASHBACK
Music Reviews 10 @ 9:46 PM | comment link here
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
 This remains one of my favourite Kelly Clarkson songs. Never Again sure is a good way to scream your lungs out. This song was written in late 2004 and there were plans to drop the single off My December but I'm sure glad they didn't. It's just such an amazing song. I just wanted to share it with you guys so here it is. Watch The Music Video: HEREWatch The Live Performance On American Idol: HEREDownload MP3: HEREDownload MP3: HERE (Live Acoustic)Labels: FLASHBACK, KELLY CLARKSON
Music Reviews 10 @ 7:40 PM | comment link here
Friday, October 9, 2009
Flashback Song of the Week: Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
 This was the song that brought Mariah Carey back on top of the charts, it was the song that fueled her return to prominence. Till now, she is music's hottest artists and has the most Number #1 songs for a solo artist. I remember being introduced to Carey with this song, and I absolutely adore it. Watch Music Video [HD]: HEREDownload: HEREDownload Music Video: HERELabels: FLASHBACK, MARIAH CAREY
Music Reviews 10 @ 6:00 PM | comment link here
Friday, October 2, 2009
Flashback Song Of The Week: Beyonce - Listen
 From this week onwards, there is going to be a flashback song of the week. This song is from the Dreamgirls soundtrack, and I absolutely love it. Beyonce's Listen that's what. I think it's a beautiful ballad and she pulled it off real well. Download: ListenWatch: Listen [Music Video]Download: Listen [with Alexandra Burke live]Labels: BEYONCE, FLASHBACK
Music Reviews 10 @ 7:17 PM | comment link here
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