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Maybe Lil Rounds Should Get In On This Deal

Lucas Jensen | March 26, 2009 12:15 pm
Lucas Jensen | March 26, 2009 12:15 pm

One of Amazon’s $1.99 MP3 store deals today is… More »


Admit It: There’s No Better Musical Valentine Than A Well-Executed Cover Song

noah | February 13, 2009 5:00 am
noah | February 13, 2009 5:00 am

Between this Monday’s release of the latest covers-stuffed War Child charity album—which includes the Yeah Yeah Yeahstake on “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” and Lily Allen‘s drowsy reworking of “Straight To Hell”—and the “what are your favorite cover songs” meme going around Facebook lately, I figured it would be fun to have us all share some of our favorite reworkings of popular songs. A few of mine after the jump, presented with minimal comment because after a week of scandals and Grammys and people not being dead I am wiped out. Feel free to share yours! The newer the better!

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Independent Woman: Beyoncé Approaching Destiny’s Chart Record

Chris Molanphy | October 31, 2008 2:00 am
Chris Molanphy | October 31, 2008 2:00 am

We knew last week that Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy” was poised to make a big leap on Billboard‘s Hot 100. The only question was, how big?

Just a year ago, a 65-space jump to No. 3 would have been enough to make our eyes pop. When Britney Spears did it in early October 2007 with “Gimme More,” it was considered something of a triumph—especially as she was at the height of her meltdown phase and coming off a tragic performance at the 2007 Video Music Awards.

Now, we’re a little harder to impress. In its third week on the charts, “Boy” makes the exact same move from No. 68 to No. 3–and chart geeks yawn. That’s because the last two months have brought three straight leaps all the way to No. 1 from below No. 70. (The most recent was by Spears herself, whose “Womanizer” bested “Gimme More” by shooting from No. 96 to the penthouse.)

Still, Beyoncé’s got nothing to be ashamed of: her gender-flip of Prince’s “If I Was Your Girlfriend” (well, I like to think of it that way) is her ninth career Top 10 single and sold almost 190,000 digital downloads. And it brings her one hit away from matching the career chart record of the group she ditched four years ago.

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