Top 5 Most Overplayed Songs of 2013 (In My Opinion)
5. Stay by Rihanna ft Mikky Ekko
I admit I love Rihanna and her music. However, she is pretty much the most popular
and most annoyingly overplayed artist of 2013. This song is extremely catchy
and has a beautiful melody, but the amount of airplay it gets is a little
ridiculous. This song started out in Europe and Australia in about November
where it soared to the number 1 spot on the music charts. According to
Billboard Magazine, in the first week it was released, the song had about
300,000 downloads and over 2.5 million US sales. After its release this song
was absolutely everywhere. It spent 3 weeks on the charts and peaked at number
3 in the US. Stay was also number 7 on KIIS-FM’s playlist.
4. Cups (Pitch Perfect’s “When I’m Gone”) by Anna Kendrick
When you first hear this song, you’ll immediately fall in love with the catchy beat. However, after hearing it about 5,617 times on the radio, it easily will become the most annoying song of 2013. Cups is one of those annoyingly overplayed, over-hyped and mainstream songs. With 67 million views on YouTube alone, overplayed is most definitely an understatement when it come to this song especially due to the fact that it came from the movie-musical Pitch Perfect, this year’s High School Musical. No matter how many times you may have heard this song, you will find yourself trying not to hum and tap along with it. Anna, along with everyone else, was even shocked by the popularity of her new song. She recorded her funny reaction on her Instagram which you can see here:
3. Crooked Smile by J Cole
J Cole has time and time again proven himself as one of the best rappers out today and Crooked Smile definitely does not disappoint. This is a great and catchy song with an even better message about self-acceptance and embracing your flaws. However, it is still not my pick for the number one most overplayed song of 2013, but it surely can compete with it. Even though Crooked Smile did not top any music charts and was only 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 at its peak, I can assure you this song has been played on every radio station ever at some point. Every time I would get in my car and turn on the radio, turn on Pandora or even turn on the television this song never failed to be playing. Overplaying music is an injustice; good music definitely deserves its praise here and there, but playing a song every few minutes makes it lose its value and novelty.
2. Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke ft T.I. and Pharrell
For some odd reason, this song appealed to the older generation which in turn of course caused debate about the suggestive lyrics and the raunchy music video. Aside from its controversial music video however, this song has been dubbed the “Song of the Summer” by many and it’s easy to see why. It is the first song to sell 300,000+ for 10 weeks straight. The reason I hate this song is not only because it was played on the radio every 6 minutes but also because it seems to capture the older generation. I don’t have a problem with older people, but once I hear 50 year olds raving about the new Robin Thicke song, it just seems to lose its “cool” points in my opinion.
1. We Can’t Stop by Miley Cyrus
Her twerking put her in the spotlight again, but We Can’t
Stop kept her there. This is a great song with a catchy beat and a fun message,
you can’t go wrong. While most of my fellow teenagers seemed to enjoy the song
a lot, of course the older generation had to put in their two cents. The only
reason this song gets so much hate is because of the lack of acceptance of
Miley’s new and rebellious behavior. By all means, think anything what you want
to about Miley Cyrus and her spontaneous decisions, but this song is great.
Whether people listened to her music to criticize or to support, either way it
got her over 230 million views on YouTube alone. After the music video was
called “completely insane” (Lipshutz) by many just 37 days later it went on to
break VEVO records.
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