Today im starting a new series of posts named THE BEST POP AMERICA FORGOT. Im going to feature songs that were big in the world since the most recent a-pop-calypse here stateside. 2001 proved to be the beginning of the end of the pop music that had ruled american airwaves for 5 years up to that point. A huge media backlash then started and the american music scene began to spiral in to bad hair and wannabe punk music. Horrible words like 'emo' and 'metrosexual' began to filter into american pop culture , and we all became a little dumber for it.
Americans, this series of posts are mainly for you (as these songs have been released elsewhere and many people already have them)
Heres part one :
Sugababes - "Hole in the Head"
This song supposedly did see a VERY limited american release. It supposedly charted on some dance chart but no one ever heard any airplay. More than likely, horrid promotion and PAYOLA were at work and to blame. The THREE album was supposed to be released stateside as well and never happened.
It was actually fairly popular here in Pennsylvania, and I heard it on the radio quite a few times. Stores stocked hundreds of the CD-singles and sold 'em at 99 cents a pop. And people bought them. Good stuff.
Also selling for 99 cents around that time was "Scandalous" by Mis-Teeq. Those were the days, eh?
Most radio wouldnt pick it up (glares at evil ClearChannel)
I heard it on the radio when I was driving through West Virginia and just about pissed myself in excitemement. I'm still sad that Three or anything else hasn't been released here.
any church coming this way?
love hole in the head.
club hit around here.
yay!
"Hole in the Head" was a huge airplay hit in LA! I heard it all the time on KIIS (back when it was a pop station).
I saw the single all the time, too.
LoL
You here in LA too?