Now That's What I Call A Music Poll! Vol. 36 (US)

The Elvis track at the end is apparently a "flashback bonus track" remix, which I believe is something new for the series, at least in the U.S....and there's also a DFA band on here for some reason?

"Teenage Dream," "The Only Exception," "Animal" and "King Of Anything" are all some of my favorite singles of the year. Will probably vote for one of the latter 2 that I can't see getting much love.

It's between Taio and Nelly for me. Yes, I DO have sucker written on my forehead.

memories vs teenage dream

Dynamite, hands down, lot of love for that tine.

I PUT MY HANDS UP IN THE AIR SOMETIMES!

You don't know that tune till you've heard it on a Funktion One soundsystem.

i really came around to "teenage dream" eventually. a lot. it reminds me of gwen's "cool" and that is very good.

my fav is "suspicious minds" but i am not going to vote for it.

jeez, I am totally out of the loop.

1 teenage dream
2 dynamite
3 misery
4 bang pop
5 dj got us fallin in love

(& i pretty much stop liking songs at this point)

Wow bang pop made a now mix.. good for them.

K.perry teen dream ftw

jeez, I am totally out of the loop.

― skip, Saturday, November 13, 2010 2:46 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ this. I recognize none of these songs.

^^^yup.

I don't think most of these songs are especially huge. Thinking back to the original few u.s. now! comps, the majority of their inclusions seem far more ubiquitous compared to those on the last 10 or 15 of these.

I'm completely out of the loop too. The only song I've heard on this is the Elvis. I may have inadvertently heard a snippet of one or another out in public but I wouldn't know.

ignoring elvis

1. The Only Exception
2. Dynamite
3. Teenage Dream
4. Animal
5. Bang Pop

oh god the only song i like here is "suspicious minds" :(

going to listen to the nelly in the hope that it's adequate enough to vote for

smh @ the approval for "dynamite"

This is the first Katy Perry single that doesn't annoy the hell out of me. I'm not counting Elvis. I guess I'd indifferently endorse any of these:

1. "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry 3:47
2. "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" Usher featuring Pitbull 3:39
5. "Dynamite" Taio Cruz 3:36
6. "Just a Dream" Nelly 3:55
11. "Animal" Neon Trees 3:30
18. "Bang Pop" Free Energy 3:37

i only know like 3 of these songs o_0

*throws hands up in the air sometimes*

― markers, Monday, November 8, 2010 11:55 AM Bookmark

I listen to pop and R&B stations and watch MTV Hits on a daily basis and am very familiar with 15 of the first 17 tracks, and I'd consider at least half of those annoyingly ubiquitous.

1 teenage dream
2 dynamite
3 misery
4 bang pop
5 dj got us fallin in love

(& i pretty much stop liking songs at this point)

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, November 13, 2010 2:52 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what the hell, man, you had my back on liking the Neon Trees joint on another thread

I'm not sure these have less hits on them than past editions so much as the pop landscape has become very fragmented of late. You have a bunch of songs that are very popular within their niches, but aren't getting played on top 40 radio at all and aren't getting included in Now comps, whereas many of the songs they do pick for these may pass you by completely if you aren't actively listening to top 40. There are just less crossover hits now than maybe any time since the early 80s.

I've only heard 8 of the 19 new songs.

jeez, I am totally out of the loop.

― skip, Saturday, November 13, 2010 2:46 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ this. I recognize none of these songs.

― "Prog", "Norwegian Prog" or maybe simply just "Racist" (crüt), Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:12 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^yup.

― hey look at me i'm a drunken asshole, how 'bout that huh? (Ioannis), Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:22 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

zero, maybe i wil dl and listen THEN VOTE

Should prob check out the Maroon 5 joint. I like them.

i like the maroon 5 song a lot -- ship, not so much

what the hell, man, you had my back on liking the Neon Trees joint on another thread

― deej otm? (some dude), Saturday, November 13, 2010 5:44 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

"pretty much" -- i mean, i like the neon trees song okay, and you can find me on the dr. luke thread repping for "magic" but i don't have partic strong feelings

"bang pop" is very bad imo

i saw Free Energy play a little show with a couple local bands about a year ago, and I thought they were just some random cheesy hippie band, was totally surprised and confused a few months later when i found out they were on a hip label and had some buzz.

A pile of crap and an out of place Elvis remix!
I only ever bought Now! CDs during 2005 when the radio atmosphere was actually awesome. Even then it lacked a lot of tracks that were popular at the time, Don't Forget About Us over We Belong Together on Now 21? COME ON!

1. "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry 3:47
2. "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" Usher featuring Pitbull 3:39
4. "If I Had You" Adam Lambert 3:44
5. "Dynamite" Taio Cruz 3:36
6. "Just a Dream" Nelly 3:55
9. "Memories" David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi 3:28
10. "Misery" Maroon 5 3:26

these are all in regular rotation on our Top 40 station; of these, I think Katy Perry is the clear standout

sarge doesn't like "the only exception"?

yeah i missed it when i was scrolling down -- would've been my #5, but i don't love it

i can't even fathom how awful Guetta/Cudi must be

i know

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Going with Free Energy just barely over Paramore here. This is one of the worst in the series so far.

I had to youtube all but the Katy Perry track.
Memories.

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

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you're going to need to start putting an ABSTAIN option in these

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― J0rdan S., Monday, November 22, 2010 7:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i throw my hair up in the air sometimes

if you wanna go and take a poll w/ me

man, that Nelly song is just about the worst thing on the radio right now

18. "Bang Pop" Free Energy 3:37 4

Way better than I thought it would do.. I'm happy people like this song.