Hello everyone, not you Kanye West, or Yeezy, or whatever you call yourself nowadays. No, I'm not going to rehash what said person did or said this week with that certifiable lunatic Alex Jones. What I am here to discuss briefly is the top 40 songs on radio eleven short years ago, which would make this the soonest flashback feature I have done to date. Also, has it really been eleven years already? During this time, I had just started a falling out of sorts with my roommate at the time because I went on a rare date with someone who was seen in her eyes as an archnemesis around Thanksgiving weekend because of what she saw from this person on Facebook that I wasn't privy to. Yes, Facebook was a source of problems back then as well. I don't know what happened to her these past seven or so years (I last saw her in 2015), nor do I care for that matter, because she never really could get her stuff together. I think there was two Pop radio stations in Tampa at the time (after years of Tampa Bay's (s)Hit Music Channel 93.3 dominating the market for over a decade), and just before a THIRD (Not 101.5) would arrive, until the one mentioned tried their hand as a 24-hour sports channel before it folded and became irrelevant. But I digress. Here were the top 40 songs (loosely according to Mediabase) for the week of December 4, 2011.
40. Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer. Not a bad song, but it didn't get as much run as it should. He would have a bigger hit a few years later before seemingly appearing on a milk carton.
39. Say You Like Me by We The Kings. Okay, you asked Juliet to check yes, now you want her to say that she likes you. What more do you want?
38. Pass At Me by Timbaland f/Pitbull
37. Hangover by Taio Cruz f/FloRida. Undoubtedly inspired by the motion picture. If memory serves me, there's even some guy in the music video cosplaying as Chow.
36. Set fire To The Rain by Adele. Remember the show "Solid Gold" in the 1980's? I could totally see the Solid Gold Dancers do some sort of bizarre interpretive dance routine to this track. Excuse me while I go hurl at that thought...
35. International Love by Pitbull f/Chris Brown. The early 2010's were Pitbull's world and we were just living in it.
34. Wish You Were Here by Avril Lavigne
33. N***** in Paris by Jay-Z & ***** ****. Title censored for obvious reasons. Artist censored for as of this past week, obvious reasons.
32. Tonight Is The Night by Outasight. This song was on WWE programming a lot back in 2012 as their flagship program at the time, "Raw," was approaching 1,000 episodes. Now it's about to hit their thirtieth anniversary.
31. Mr. Saxobeat by Alexandra Stan. See #40. Got plenty of airtime on 98.7 but not FLZ. Guess it wasn't dancy enough for them.
30. Heartbeat by The Fray
29. You And I by Lady Gaga. I wasn't totally aware of this until I got Spotify, but what exactly was her obsession with Nebraska in this song?
28. I Like It Like That by Hot Chelle Raef/NewBoyz. I remember a song of the same title from the Blackout All-Stars in the 1990's more than I do this song.
27. Workout by J. Cole. 910 in the house!! (He's from Fayetteville, NC)
26. Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum. I guess they're referred to as Lady A now, but I thought there already was another artist that went by Lady A. No, I have no desire to research this right now. Oh, and it's been seven years for me. Living with sibling sure sucks sometimes.
25. Blackout by Breathe Carolina. The band has nothing to do with the Carolinas as far as I know; they're from Denver.
24. You Da One by Rihanna
23. Domino by Jessie J. I started to have a mini-crush on her when this songwas released.
22. Headlines by Drake. USA lost to Netherlands today 3-1 in Word Cup play, UCF plays Tulane in the American Conference Championship, and Anthony Cirelli returns for the Lightning tonight. Those are today's headlines, right?
21. Not Over You by Gavin DeGraw. Actually, I kinda am...
20. Give Me Everything by Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer. "Locked up like Lindsay Lohan" ranks up there as one of my all-time favorite song lyrics.
19. Marry The Night by Lady Gaga. As far as I know, Miss Germanotta is still single. Like I have a chance...
18. Party Rock Anthem by LFMAO f/Lauren Bennet & Goonrock. Honestly, I don't know if it was this song or "Uptown Funk" that ruined modern pop music for me. The next time I hear this song will be too soon, even twenty years from now...if I'm still around then...
17. Fly by Nicki Minaj f/Rihanna
16. Love You Like A Love Song by Selena Gomez & The Scene. Pardon me while I fawn over her...
15. It Girl by Jason Derulo. ....OH, I;m sorry. I was still fawning over Selena Gomez, who was definitely an "it girl" in 2012.
14. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People. Kind of a dark song when you really listen to it...
13. 5 O'Clock by T-Pain f/ Wiz Khalifa. I joked earlier on Twitter today about the US World Cup game being played at (Mia) Khalifa International Stadium. I could have used Wiz Khalifa International Stadium, but Belgium and Germany failed to reach the knockout stage (their flags have black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow)
12. In The Dark by Dev. Where I usually do most of my writing; in the dark.
11. Mr. Know It All by Kelly Clarkson. No, I don't think she was referring to Bullwinkle Moose.
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