Ke$ha - 'Tik Tok'
This was never going to be an 'if' hit, it was always a 'when'. From the very first time Ke$ha got on that gold bike, her chart success with this dirty little ditty was only ever a matter of time. And no, that's not supposed to be a pun on the song's title.
I mean it would've been a good one if it WAS, but I didn't do it on purpose.
The fact that I'm writing this a few weeks before the CD hits the shelves, while in the sure knowledge that people are already downloading this in sizeable numbers is neither here nor there. It's a hit, a palpable hit, as Shakespeare would say.
(. She's too rock 'n' roll for pancakes!)
OK, fair enough, a certain amount of the ground work for this has already been done by her Ladiness of GaGa, this being something of a lost sibling to 'Just Dance' in places, but that doesn't mean Ke$ha has nothing to bring to the party. She's no lady, for starters, and she's pretty gaga...
That was a cheap shot, something Ke$ha clearly knows a fair amount about, if her slurred tales of drunken nights out and general terribly bad behaviour are anything to go by. She does make it sound kinda fun though. OK, LOTS of fun. In her world, it's always happy hour, always ladies night, and if things get messy at the end, well that's just proof that you're having a good time.
Pop songs are allowed to say stuff like this, because they are short. They only ever aim to capture one tiny moment in time. It's not exactly health and safety, but there again, when was the last time health and safety claimed to look hot on a stage, mic in hand?
Exactly, people should know their jobs and stick to them.
For example, mine is to tell you again that this has 'hit' written all over it, you just can't see it cos it's too damn dirty.
Download: Out now
CD Released: November 30th
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music page
(Fraser McAlpine)
Comment number 1.
At 7th Nov 2009, BrayFish wrote:You seem to be implying that she is 100 times worse than she is.
Ke$ha, not Ke¢ha ;)
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Comment number 2.
At 7th Nov 2009, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:I'm not sure how yelling 'hit record! Hit record' creates that impression, but if that's what you get from what I said, fair dos.
I can't tell you how exasperated I am by the $ thing. It's a very long story and REALLY dull. Will fix it now. Bah!
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Comment number 3.
At 7th Nov 2009, harrythedog10 wrote:Normally I probably wouldn't like this song but after all the X-factor related dross of recent weeks this is a breath of fresh air, massive chorus, fun lyrics and very memorable. Give me a few weeks and I'll hate it but at the moment I can't help but love it.
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Comment number 4.
At 8th Nov 2009, Ss994 wrote:She sounds A LOT like Uffie, and Uffie wasn't very big here so I don't think this girl will do too well.
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Comment number 5.
At 8th Nov 2009, BLING-BWOY wrote:This is good, it reminds me of Lady GaGa. I did not see her in the Flo-rida video, Right Round. I'll have to watch it again.
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Comment number 6.
At 9th Nov 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:Fraser, I think BrayFish was getting at the fact that, by using a cent sign instead of a dollar sign, you were saying she was only 1/100 of her actual value. A joke, see?
You're lost your edge, man.
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Comment number 7.
At 9th Nov 2009, catman231 wrote:Long time no post - the legendary spiritwarrior doesn't appear to have posted in forever ???
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Comment number 8.
At 9th Nov 2009, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:Good lord! I absolutely did not get that! Must not comment in my sleep!
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Comment number 9.
At 10th Nov 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:Cat! Long time.
Spirit's incommunicado at the moment, cos he's off on a secret mission which prevents him from visiting ChartBlog regularly. Hence Rybak not featuring in the topical posts, and comments in general remaining at a disappointingly manageable level.
Still, on the other hand, they seem to have given up on the Reggie experiment which was annoying everyone so much. So, y'know, it's swings and roundabouts.
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Comment number 10.
At 12th Nov 2009, catman231 wrote:Secret mission you say??? Definitely starring in the upcoming doctor who!!
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Comment number 11.
At 14th Nov 2009, MozFoz wrote:I do quite like this song. There's a bit of lyrical laziness (the middle 8), but most of them are brilliant hooks (Mick Jagger couplet is great). But yeah, anyone heard of Uffie? The woman is Uffie Mark II. Listen to Pop the Glock and you can draw the parallels easy. However, I think she's got something. I'd say she's closest to Lady GaGa in terms of today's female pop artists, but she has something pulling her away from the rest. Apart from the blatant Uffie-ness of this song of course.
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Comment number 12.
At 15th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:America has had enough of "Being BOYLED "
KE$HA'S single TIK TOK has been number 1 for a few weeks , and now her album ANIMAL , has knocked our very own SUSAN BOYLE off the Number 1 Album Chart in the U.S .
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Comment number 13.
At 15th Jan 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Im surprised I didnt comment on this at the time.
I absolutely love it. Its amazing, great party time track. Who cares if its about going out and getting drunk? Lots of us love to do it. Its hard to have lyrical subtlety and finesse (spelling..) in a song about that, yet this does have degrees of that. And most importantly, its great. Did I mention that?
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Comment number 14.
At 15th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:It is supremely great !!!
Her album Animal is great too !
There is one song about hurling up in Paris Hilton's closet !
Really good , strong pop songs with an abundance of attitude and catchy pop hooks. I had the album sent from America , it's so good .
It's out in the UK on the 12th of April 2010 , but I recommend you using skills to listen to tracks from this wonderful pop album !
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Comment number 15.
At 15th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:I am currently listening to The Well AND the Lighthouse , by one of your fave bands as I type this . :0
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Comment number 16.
At 16th Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Actually Spirit, Ke$ha has pushed ANIMAL forward to 1 February 2010 in the UK and 29 January 2010 in Ireland! :P
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Comment number 17.
At 17th Jan 2010, taliesin wrote:On the same line as the first comment, if you're going to put a word in capital letters, at least get it grammatically correct: 'it would've been a good one if it WERE'. It's subjunctive.
In any case, am liking this song.
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Comment number 18.
At 18th Jan 2010, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:I am reliably informed by people who know more about grammar than I, that technically it should be HAD BEEN, not WERE, or WAS.
I'm sticking with WAS though, cos at least that follows a pattern of speech, even if it's just MY pattern of speech.
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Comment number 19.
At 18th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:At 16 . Thanks Randy , between us , we make a good team .
Or listing the title of a very old top 10 hit:
"Together we are beautiful ! "
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Comment number 20.
At 19th Jan 2010, taliesin wrote:Lol, good point: its the pluperfect. I would have been 'were' if you'd written 'it would be a good one' though. Ok, I know when I've been owned...
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Comment number 21.
At 20th Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Yes Spirit, we are beautiful. But me more so. ;P
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Comment number 22.
At 20th Jan 2010, thranjax wrote:No random, he said TOGETHER. Alone you are clearly an abomination, like Ant without Dec.
Also, top ten spirit? Fern Kinney is one of our pedantic definition One Hit Wonders!
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Comment number 23.
At 20th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:Yeah , don't u dare go solo , Randy !
Jax , you are of course right on Fern Kinney .
She had a number 1 in 1980 with Together We Are Beautiful , and no other hits after.
She is the QUEEN OF ONE HIT WONDERS !
JOE DOLCE is the king !!!!
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Comment number 24.
At 20th Jan 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Wake up in the morning feelin like P Diddy..
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Comment number 25.
At 20th Jan 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Best opener to a song since 'Untouched' by the Veronicas.
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Comment number 26.
At 20th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:Not even one of my five favourite tracks on her album ANIMAL , KE$HA'S next UK SINGLE will be BLAH BLAH BLAH with 3OH!3 .
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Comment number 27.
At 20th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:"But I would kick Liam to the kerb
Unless he looked like Mick Jagger !!! "
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Comment number 28.
At 20th Jan 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Guess I'll hit the curb then :(
But it's ok. I've got a pedicure on my toes!
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Comment number 29.
At 21st Jan 2010, spirit wrote:And I got boys trying to touch my junk ! :)
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Comment number 30.
At 23rd Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Spirit, I'll smack you if you get to drunk.
And I'll totally go solo if I want!
YOU'RE SUFFOCATING ME! With all your opression. And tyranny.
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Comment number 31.
At 24th Jan 2010, spirit wrote:Oh dear ! Randy's going solo...
The Bryan McFadden of Chartblog . :0
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Comment number 32.
At 28th Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:How dare you??? I am so much better than Brian McFadden. But I wouldn't mind sharing Delta with him.
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Comment number 33.
At 28th Jan 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:You have mental scarrings from Kerry though..
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Comment number 34.
At 29th Jan 2010, CurtainJerker wrote:Ugh. Do you really want to "share" Delta Goodrem with Brian McFadden? I know some guys are into that sort of stuff (footballers), but I've always found the idea pretty uncomfortable.
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Comment number 35.
At 29th Jan 2010, thranjax wrote:I don't think he means at the same time Curtains. I HOPE he doesn't mean at the same time. I would bet he expects Delta to have a good bath, and possibly replace her skin, inbetween times. (Assuming Random is male of course).
I'm not suggesting either that Delta is some kind of skin shedding lizard type like in V or David Icke's head, but I would say that if she WAS a skin shedding lizard type, then Delta would be a really cool sci-fi ish name for her.
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Comment number 36.
At 29th Jan 2010, CurtainJerker wrote:Random is an 18 year-old young man, as he shared with us all recently.
I still wouldn't stir McFadden's porridge.
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Comment number 37.
At 29th Jan 2010, thranjax wrote:I must have missed that sharing Curtains! As for the other, when you put it that way, er.. no.
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Comment number 38.
At 31st Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Haha. Sorry let me rephrase. I would like to build a time machine and go back to when Delta was still in Neighbours and not tainted by Brian McFadden, who still would be shacked up with Kerry. Then I'd marry her and she'd never wanna be with Brian cos ya know she has me...
Then again it would be sort of illegal for us to marry cos I was like 12 when she was in Neighbours.
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Comment number 39.
At 31st Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Anyways in KE$HA related news, her next single will be the irritating BLAH BLAH with the even more irritating 3OH!3.
I'm being totally hyprocritical though cos I downloaded both KE$HA and 3OH!3's albums this weekend and their my guilty pleasures.
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Comment number 40.
At 31st Jan 2010, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:You might be interested to know that there's a full review of Ke$ha's album on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music site. It seems to have been written by someone BRILLIANT:
/music/reviews/9m5c
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Comment number 41.
At 31st Jan 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Well, well , well. If it isn't Fraser doing his bit by promoting the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú. However, it is someone BRILLIANT who reviewed her album cos its made me wanna download it now and give it a listen tonight. I was intrigued when he said Ke$ha could actually sing. Might have to judge that myself.
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Comment number 42.
At 1st Feb 2010, thranjax wrote:Are you going to do more reviews in the proper grown up review section Fraser? I hope so!
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Comment number 43.
At 1st Feb 2010, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:We shall have to see. Although basically yes.
I should add, if you are wondering what Nick Jonas's solo album sounds like, someone has explained that also:
/music/reviews/bpnv
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Comment number 44.
At 1st Feb 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Haha, didn't cop you wrote that grown up review Fraser. Well done on your promotion.
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Comment number 45.
At 19th Apr 2010, spirit wrote:It has now been confirmed that KE$HA'S next UK SINGLE , will be Your Love Is My Drug .
It features a very Colourful video !
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Comment number 46.
At 19th Apr 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Just going to add a run-on to Spirit's last sentence.
...which sees a very clean Ke$ha in the desert and features elephants.
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Comment number 47.
At 19th Apr 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Some of our older comments are very funny to read back sometimes.
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Comment number 48.
At 20th Apr 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Liam, I was reading back on our comments and Spirit said that "(me and him) were a good team". Of course, I got too big for my boots and Spirit compared me to Brian McFadden, hence implying that I would be unsuccessful without him just like Brian (Bryan?) would be unsuccessful without Westlife.
Well guess who's #1 in Australia right now? Go on, guess!
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Comment number 49.
At 20th Apr 2010, spirit wrote:delta goodrem ?
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Comment number 50.
At 20th Apr 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Nope, Brian McFadden.
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Comment number 51.
At 21st Apr 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Kylie?
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