follow-ups to the U.S. #1s of 2005

I'm torn between "Cool" (Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" years later and on 'ludes) and "Shake It Off."

i nominated "yo" in the ilx poll & i'm voting that -- something about that song makes my heart flutter

2 shake it off (such a cool beat)
3 heard me say

i don't remember "cool" or "how could you"

Please no one vote "Jesus Take The Wheel." It's such a bad song!

between "cool" and "yo" for me. "how could you" is only notable for its use of the phrase "ghetto kama sutra". "heard em say" was kanye's weakest single to date.

For a short list this is really strong for me, "Shake It Off" and "Yo" are both classics and I like "Cool" and "Heard 'Em Say" a lot. Only really dislike the 50.

"yo" - a classic and one of the few brown songs i like

Gwen

obviously cool wins.

lol @ jesus take the wheel. it has a paradoxically camp appeal to it imo.

"cool" is so gorgeous.

It's really a moving song to me, really the only Stefani solo single I love or even like. I felt bad that I'd almost forgotten it existed to the point that when I was putting this poll together at first I remembered the follow-up to "Hollaback Girl" as being "Luxurious."

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"yo"'s lisp for the win

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Clearly Jesus did not take the wheel in this poll.

damn, missed this poll - would've been between "cool", which is as great as everyone's said, and "shake it off" - an entire girl group of mariahs!

"cool" fans who don't much like gwen's other big singles, have you heard "the real thing" (off the first album) and "early winter" (off the second)? v much in the same vein, i def think she's at her best when doing these new wavey yearning ballads.

actually really like "yo (excuse me miss)" but, you know, cbreezy. that said the black chiney reggae mix is u&k:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaYVcQfPoII

never heard "The Real Thing," but "Early Winter" was a single and I didn't care for it at all.

yeah, it def struck me as sub-"Cool" as that type of Gwen thing goes

I would have voted for "Jesus Take The Wheel" over any of these

that is because you are crazy

talk to the hand

the hand of Jesus

pretty sure the hand of Jesus isn't a caterwauling harpy

but I have been wrong about stranger things

pretty sure the hand of Jesus isn't a caterwauling harpy

I think we're buying acid from different dudes

I can't even begin to imagine the many different nightmares induced by listening to Carrie Underwood while on hallucinogenics. The mere thought makes me want to scratch off my skin.

ps, I don't like Carrie Underpitch, er Underwood

damn wish i'd seen this so "just a lil bit" could have another vote