Mark Kaye - Radio & TV Star Publicity Promotions & Marketing Expert

This morning we were playing a song that Elliot Spitzer’s Hooker-friend recorded and posted on her myspace page. (She has either canceled her account or the page was removed by myspace because it isn’t there anymore. It’s a shame too because the last time I checked she had over 5,000,000 views. I’m sure at least one of them was a record producer.) The song is called What We Want and you can hear it at www.aimeestreet.com.

Anyhoo, we played the song for a few minutes. It was very clubby. Very poppy. Very “Pussycat Doll-ish.” And despite the simple lyrics I found it quite catchy. That does not bode well for her future singer career because, when it comes to picking “hit” music, I suck!

Here is a list of songs that I remember hearing for the first time and thinking “This song blows!” Or, “This will never be a hit.” Or, “We aren’t actually going to play this on the radio are we?”

1. Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin (The horns gave me a headache.)

2. Believe by Cher (I thought it was a man at first. No way did I think it would be a hit. Turns out it was the most played song of 1998. Oops.)

3. Get Your Freak On by Missy Elliot (This one just annoyed me.)

4. Drop It Like It’s Hot by Snoop Doggy Dogg (It’s the first time a rap star has successfully used a slide whistle in a song about pimps and hos and guns and stuff.)

5. My Name Is by Eminen (A white rapper? Nobody will take him seriously.)

So as you can see, I no longer try to pick the next hit because, it just isn’t my thing. I leave that to the program directors and music directors of the world. (If only they would show me the same courtesy.)

Was there ever I song that you thought sucked but the world fell in love with? Come on, fess up! What “Hit” did you just not get?

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