Clappy vs Billboard Hot 100

[Clappy]

Take Care's gonna be on the Best list or at least the honorable mentions isnt it

My best list has been postponed until I get back due to real life things that came up this weekend. I will say this though, I'm not as fond of Take Care. It's ok though. Just not my cup of tea.

[Clappy]

This is way overdue so without further ado.

 

Clappy's Top 10 Hit Songs of 2012

 

 

10. "Work Out" - J Cole

 

I like you J Cole.  He gives me hope for the future of rap music along with Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar.  I only have this song at number ten because Cole World: The Sideline Story has far better songs on the album.  Work Out only gives a slight insight as to how good the album really is.  But dear god, that sample of Kanye West's The New Workout Plan is just way too good to not leave off my Top 10.

 

 

9.  "Set Fire to the Rain" - Adele

 

I'll be honest when I say this, but while I do admire Adele for her powerhouse vocals, from the heart lyrics, and just being a breath of fresh air in modern day pop music, I find 21 to be a tad bit overrated as an album.  Sure there are great songs on there (Rolling in the Deep as overplayed as it became, I still like), there are a fair share of underwhelming ones that I just can't get into....for example, I don't like Someone Like You.  It's not as complex as people make it out to be.  But that's besides the point, my two favorite songs from 21 are this and another single in the honorable mentions.  I just find them far and away as the best songs on 21.

 

 

8. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers

 

 

I'm sorry Clappy. I know you like this song, but this song and this band do absolutely nothing for me. In addition to the stupid-as-fuck song title, this band is like Mumford & Sons on a heavy dose of sleep medication. What's the point of this song, anyway? If it's supposed to be romantic, then it fails, because this useless production makes me feel nothing. If it's supposed to be pretentious hipster indie shit, then it still fails, because it's not even interesting. "Ho Hum", more likely.

 

 

Finally I get a chance to exact one year's worth of REVENGE.  Mumford & Sons haven't had an impressive song in five years.  I feel like everything they have done since the Sigh No More album has been disappointing.  Sure I Will Wait was fine for what it was, but I know they are far capable of much better.  I guess my bias for this goofy song by The Lumineers comes from the fact that I saw them live in Richmond back in 2011 before Ho Hey took off and became the big single it is.  Their music is incredibly catchy and just reminds me how much I enjoy indie folk music.  What makes Ho Hey enjoyable is how simplistic it is and just the perfect earworm song.  When you hear it, you can't get it out of your head and happy.  And yes I used the word happy.  Prepare for me to make that same argument again when it comes to my best of 2014 list. #SpoilerAlert

 

 

....man I'm going to lose fans with this next selection....

 

 

7. "Springsteen" - Eric Church

 

God I hate modern day country music so much.  But this song just touches me.  Listening to Eric Church sing about young love just really touches a chord with me.  Plus dear god does he really hit it out of the park with what makes him think of young love....THE BOSS.  I mean this song just emphasizes how awesome Bruce Springsteen is and I can't knock one of country's biggest artists for making a love song about his past girlfriend....and his love for The Boss.  Oh and all the name drops of Springsteen's best songs is just perfect.  I hope for great things from you Eric Church....

 

 

Well that was my hopes being dashed.  What the hell is this shit?  It's like countrified Tool....god I hate bro-country.

 

 

6. "Scream" - Usher

 

I don't know what it is about Usher when he goes pure pop, but when he does, he's just ten times better.  This song is no exception as it's Usher doing what he does best.  The guy can just get any girl what he wants and this song about what he would do that girl is entirely believable.  What probably makes this song for me is the production work.  Which sounds like something Scott Storch would have produced back in the early 2000s.  I got sick of Scott Storch's production work just like everyone else did back then, but this brought back some nostalgia in a sense.  Obviously this Max Martin who did this production and I have to give Max Martin some credit here and that this is some of the best production work he's ever done.

 

 

5. "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye (featuring Kimbra)

 

The number one single of 2012 just makes absolutely no sense being the number one single of 2012.  I respect it for being so different and I appreciate it upending our perspective of pop music.  I highly doubt either of these two will ever have another Top 10 hit ever again, but I want pop music to have a couple more Gotyes.  Artists who just change our perspective of what would be considered hit pop music.  

 

 

4. "In Paris" - Jay-Z & Kanye West

 

God I just love both of these guys and this song just gets the people going.  This is a song about showing off and it comes from easily the two biggest modern day rappers who have every right to show off.  I'm still legitimately surprised that this became a huge hit to be honest because I know at least Kanye West doesn't aim to be radio friendly anymore.  But holy crap, this was fantastic and it's primarily because of the Will Ferrell sample more so than anything else.

 

 

3. "Good Time" - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

 

Well wouldn't you know it, both of these people aren't one hit wonders.   Dear god this is just an absolute delight to listen to.  This is one of my go to songs when it comes to getting me in a good mood.  I don't care how weak it may come off.  It's the most innocent song about partying that I've ever heard and it's surprising to hear that Carly Rae Jepsen is actually a great singer.  You know what will be more impressive?  If either of these two ever get another hit again.  Even if that's not the case, I'm glad that this became big in an era where there isn't enough innocent pop songs out there.

 

 

2. "Die Young" - Ke$ha

 

Best Kesha song.  Period.  This is Kesha at her most simply defined.  Everything about this is just great.  Like this is a different Kesha.  Not the Kesha who use to ask guys to show us where our dick is at and washing her teeth with a bottle of jack.  This Kesha is actually depressed that she isn't going home with a guy.  Like it makes me want to make the most of my nights in case I die young.....yet I'm posting on a SpongeBob forum most nights....man what a wild life I live.  But yeah, I want more of this Kesha.

 

 

1. "Some Nights" - fun.

 

If I have any regrets about my Best of 2013 list, it's that I didn't include this on there.  But this is just fascinating.  This is one of my favorite songs of the past ten years.  I love every second of this.  From Nate Ruess going all out on his vocals, to the banging of the drums, to using autotune as a guitar solo.  I hate to use multiple references from Todd in the Shadows, but this is pretentious alt-rock at it's finest.  Fun. does remind me a lot of Queen and it shows how much that band influences their music.  Some Nights is Fun.'s Bohemian Rhapsody and I'll be damned if they ever make a song as amazing as this ever again.

 

 

 

 

A couple other songs that I didn't include, but have to give runner up mentions too....but not explanations because I'm lazy, but I'll gladly explain if you want:

 

We Are Young - fun.

It's Time - Imagine Dragons

Glad You Came - The Wanted

Good Feeling - Flo Rida

Rumour Has It - Adele

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood

Paradise - Coldplay

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

Wide Awake - Katy Perry

Young, Wild & Free - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa (featuring Bruno Mars)

Mercy - Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz (the unofficial #11)

[Wumbo]

Lol, we will just never agree on that song, will we?

 

Other than... well, you know and... eh, whatever, good Top list Claps. And I must say, a very... interesting honourable mentions list.

[Burgerpants]

 countrified Tool

[Clappy]

And I must say, a very... interesting honourable mentions list.

Elaborate vile fiend.

[Wumbo]

Well I'm mostly concerned about the infection it seems to have called Flo Rida-itis.

 

(And why Good Feeling over Wild Ones?)

[Clappy]

Well I'm mostly concerned about the infection it seems to have called Flo Rida-itis.

(And why Good Feeling over Wild Ones?)

Good Feeling is a huge guilty pleasure. It's supremely earwormy and I always catch myself singing along and dancing to it. Wild Ones is ok, but believe it or not, I don't like Sia's part as much as I do Flo Rida's.

[Clappy]

So to ring in the New Year, I feel like I should......

I want to see your best list of 2014.

...now hold on there eager beaver. That will come in due time, but I'll tease this right now. My 2014 best list is actually kinda what the fuck-ish in terms of what I actually liked this year. So before I do that, let me tackle one of the biggest songs out there right now that I've been wanting to knock down a few pegs.

But first, take a look at the 2014 year end charts. Unless you want to count 2013 backwash like Imagine Dragons, there were barely any alt-rock hits this year. I guess you could say Bastille had the biggest alt-rock hit this year, but even then, what else was there? Paramore? Sorry, but as much as I love Paramore, they are more punk-pop these days. Coldplay? Adult-alternative...and by all technicalities "Sky Full of Stars" is the least alternative song Coldplay has ever done. So yeah, you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the Top 100 to find actual alt-rock bands like The Neighbourhood and KONGOS. Even then, neither of those songs even cracked the Top 10. God we need a true alt-rock hit and we need one badly.

"Take Me to Church" - Hozier

Spoiler

Sitting pretty in the Top 5, we finally have one. I'll be honest, I know jackshit about Hozier except that he's an Irish alt-rock artist. But as refreshing as it is to have a true alt-rock artist in the Top 5, as it always does, it comes down to the music. So what is Take Me to Church about?

My lover's got humour

She's the giggle at a funeral

Knows everybody's disapproval

I should've worshipped her sooner

It's about a woman Hozier wants to fuck.

My Church offers no absolutes

She tells me, 'Worship in the bedroom.'

The only heaven I'll be sent to

Is when I'm alone with you—

Uh huh...do tell...

I was born sick,

But I love it

Command me to be well

Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Ok, I think we get it know. This woman's sex takes Hozier to paradise.

Guys you better get use to the Locked Out of Heaven comparisons in my review because that's what this song reminds me a lot of.

Take me to church

I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies

I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife

Offer me that deathless death

Good God, let me give you my life

So yeah, this song is chalk full of entendres between sex and religion. But instead of making me go "whoa man, this is deep"....it's just...dreary. I do like the music video for this with a same sex couple going through trial and tribulations struggling with bigotry and persecution. It works better in that aspect, but the song itself doesn't do it for me. Nice try video, but we all know that this is about Hozier's lover:

I found the experience of falling in love or being in love was a death, a death of everything. You kind of watch yourself die in a wonderful way, and you experience for the briefest moment–if you see yourself for a moment through their eyes–everything you believed about yourself gone. In a death-and-rebirth sense.

Bull. Fucking. Shit.

If you wanted to write a song about your love for her being death in a wonderful way, SELL IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. I can't take anything from that quote seriously when the music for this is just so dreary and boring. I mean compared to Locked Out of Heaven, you actually believe Bruno when he is saying that this girl not boning him is like she is damning Bruno to hell. Hozier, on the other hand, just doesn't sing it like this girl is making him feel like he is going through rebirth. It's one thing to have clever well written lyrics, but it's a completely different story to have just boring music and an unmotivated performance.

Guys I'm not saying this is a bad song. This just doesn't do it for me when we had a similar song to this that did this whole topic a hell of a lot better. It is refreshing to have a genuine alt-rock hit back near the top of the charts, but not to the point that I'm going to show favoritism to a genre that I favor over mainstream pop music. For me to show favoritism to my favorite genre, you have to actually impress me and this song struggles in the one aspect that matters most. Actual music.

[Wumbo]

I kind of like the dreariness of "Take Me to Church". There's a feeling of power in the song that I can't shake. I do think it works better in the context of the video, though.

[Clappy]

I kind of like the dreariness of "Take Me to Church". There's a feeling of power in the song that I can't shake. I do think it works better in the context of the video, though.

Yeah the video for this is really good.  But about the feeling of power, I disagree with.  Locked Out of Heaven you can feel the power everytime Bruno wailed about this girl.  Hozier just doesn't leave an impression on me.  Like I don't believe he feels any sort of spiritual rejuvenation when he is singing monotonically about her.  

[Wumbo]

Well yeah, compare it to "Locked Out of Heaven" and one is more exciting than the other, for sure. But I think the Hozier song still has merit in its own right.

[Clappy]

Well yeah, compare it to "Locked Out of Heaven" and one is more exciting than the other, for sure. But I think the Hozier song still has merit in its own right.

To each his own, but even then, every time I listen to this, the Hozier song doesn't try to stop me from thinking of how much better Bruno did a similar subject matter.  Simply put:

 

Locked Out of Heaven = Take Me to Church in terms of lyrics, but Locked Out of Heaven > Take Me to Church when it comes to the actual performance.

[Clappy]

So I came up with this idea talking to Wumbo about the 2014 charts.  There were multiple songs on there that charted in 2013 too, which I felt tempted to put on the year end worst list this year too.  It was then that I felt like it would be beating a dead bush to chart the same songs twice in two years.  Plus it makes my lists far more interesting than to say Passenger sucks two years in a row.  Where's the fun in that?  Instead I decided to do this idea.  A big farewell to these songs in hopes that I never have to talk about them again.  It's what I like to call:

 

 

AN ODE TO 2013 BACKWASH

 

 

5. "Counting Stars" - One Republic

 

I still am rather indifferent about this compared to most people I've talked to on the internet about this.  It's by far one of the best One Republic songs but that's really not saying much when One Republic have been rather lackluster their whole careers.  I've never been a fan of them, but I still find Ryan Tedder to be one of the more talented producers in the music industry.  That being said, I feel like Counting Stars will best be known as what I like to call "reality show fodder" for at least the next five years.  Which means, be prepared to hear this song even more to death on reality singing show competitions.

 

19. "Let Her Go" - Passenger

 

God I absolutely hate this.  As the year went on, my hatred for this grew.  It was already bad enough that I had this at #7 on my worst list last year.  This would have probably made my Bottom 10 again this year too.  But as I've already stated, I've discussed this song to death that I am just done acknowledging this song exists.  Nothing on this list deserves to be bashed two years in a row.  The charts are already redundant enough.  My best/worst list don't deserve to be either.

 

20. "Royals" - Lorde

 

As I've acknowledged on my best list this year, I don't like this nearly as much as I did a year ago.  Probably because Team is everything that I wished Royals was.  That still doesn't mean I don't like this.  I like Lorde.  She's far talented at 16 than I've seen any musician and I do think she has a supremely bright future ahead of her.  As long as her pretentiousness doesn't become predictable.  I mean do I need to remind you all of the Tennis Courts music video again?  That was everything I fear Lorde will become if she doesn't change it up once in awhile.

 

22. "Wake Me Up" - Avicii

 

Yeah I'm sick of this too.   I've already backtracked my sentiments on EDM, but not to the point to defend it because Wake Me Up is the kind of EDM that I can definitely do without.  Meaningless filler followed by underwritten lyrics.  Aloe Blacc I would like to say does impress me though.  I like his voice and The Man takes perfect advantage of his talent.  Still wish Avicii would stop with the folktronica because I heard Levels and I was damn impressed by his production work on that.  Wake Me Up is the uninspired adult alternative EDM that I can do without.

 

23. "Demons" - Imagine Dragons

 

FUCK THIS SONG.  I still hate this as much now as I did last year.  It's just an absolute waste of time and it's just flat out meaningless.  Why did this become a radio single?  This has always been the only song I ever skip off of Night Visions and yet it's like Imagine Dragons wanted to piss me off and make me even more sick of song than I was when I bought their album back in 2012.  Like I'm not exaggerating guys.  I've hated this song long before this ever hit the airwaves.  Fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it.  

 

44. "Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus

 

Wow was I way too hard on this on my review in this thread.  This is still boringly bad dreck don't get me wrong, but I gave this a worse review than I did Demons?  Whoa Clappy, that's too harsh.  Demons is worse than this.  That doesn't excuse the fact that Miley can't pull off overly emotional when she's already set this cartoonish persona for herself.  Oh and no way anyone can take this song seriously when she made the music video into a construction worker fetish porn.

 

46. "Roar" - Katy Perry

 

Ah the first song I ever reviewed in this thread....and my oh my does this song keep getting worse every time I hear it.  This isn't Katy Perry's worst song ever.  Not when she has Unconditionally in her music library.  But Roar is officially my second worst song of hers.  Every time I hear this, I keep find something wrong with it that just pisses me off.  When I first reviewed this, it was the lack of originality.  When I placed this on my honorable mentions list, it was because of it being obnoxious.  Now it's just the fact that this song is just meaningless.  Not something this song should be when it's suppose to be representing an inner power anthem.

 

55. "Hold On We're Going Home" - Drake (featuring Majid Jordan)

 

Oh Drake, how I wish I could like this.  The production is far better than the song itself still.  But man does Drake ever sound so uninspired to get laid than he does here.  You're a good girl and you know it my ass.

 

57. "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons

 

I would like to promote that Imagine Dragons performance with Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys was one of my highlights of 2014 in music.  That was a star making performance and if that Radioactive remix was re-released as a radio single, that would have easily been song of the year material for me.

 

 

74. "Brave" - Sara Bareilles

 

So much better than Roar, but Sara Bareilles, I know you can do so much better than this.  I will defend Love Song being one of the best pop songs of the past decade, but everything you've released as mainstream radio pop afterwards has just been disappointing.  I'm waiting for Sara Bareilles to impress me like that again.

 

83. "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (featuring Pharrell and T.I.)

 

And what better way to end this ode to backwash than the stupid song that just won't go away.  I still stand by my sentiments like I've been for the past two years that Blurred Lines is too stupid of a song to fully hate.  None of these three are rapists and the fact that anyone would believe that they would be is just silly.  But man Robin Thicke just doesn't want us to forge that he exists.  Whether it be his marital troubles leaking into the mainstream media like they have or all the nonsensical outrage that people still throw their hands up in the air about.  I can't wait to watch the Behind the Music for Robin Thicke's career ten years from now to be honest.  It's going to be really fascinating.

[101 Dalmatian Street]

Pretty much, my biggest problem with the Hot 100 is longevity. It's no wonder those songs were there to stay, as well as any other song that charted again for its staying power from the past year-ends. Just take a look at the weeks most of these songs spent during 2013 and 2014:

 

"Dark Horse" - 57 weeks

"All of Me" - 59 weeks

"Counting Stars" - 68 weeks

"Demons" - 61 weeks

"Pompeii" - 53 weeks

"Wake Me Up!" - 53 weeks

"Happy" - 47 weeks

"Royals" - 44 weeks

"Blurred Lines" - 48 weeks

"Sail" - 79 weeks (didn't make the cut for 2014, but it officially left the Hot 100 in that following year)

"Radioactive" - 87, EIGHTY-SEVEN WEEKS

 

It's like the consumer base nowadays just don't want to forget.

[Sweat]

Pretty much, my biggest problem with the Hot 100 is longevity. It's no wonder those songs were there to stay, as well as any other song that charted again for its staying power from the past year-ends. Just take a look at the weeks most of these songs spent during 2013 and 2014:

 

"Dark Horse" - 57 weeks

"All of Me" - 59 weeks

"Counting Stars" - 68 weeks

"Demons" - 61 weeks

"Pompeii" - 53 weeks

"Wake Me Up!" - 53 weeks

"Happy" - 47 weeks

"Royals" - 44 weeks

"Blurred Lines" - 48 weeks

"Sail" - 79 weeks (didn't make the cut for 2014, but it officially left the Hot 100 in that following year)

"Radioactive" - 87, EIGHTY-SEVEN WEEKS

 

It's like the consumer base nowadays just don't want to forget.

I don't really see it as a problem personally. Usually, those songs that stay for a long time didn't start out popular, but for most of that lifespan they were building up popularity instead.

[Clappy]

I don't really see it as a problem personally. Usually, those songs that stay for a long time didn't start out popular, but for most of that lifespan they were building up popularity instead.

What Halibut said. Longevity happens when a song becomes popular enough. It's a good thing to have backwash. I just don't feel like talking about for two years in a row when it comes to my best/worst lists.

[Wumbo]

Honestly "Counting Stars" has improved for me in a big way. Definitely OneRepublic's best song, and for a while it was hovering around Top 10 territory for 2014.

[kylie]

Yas, all these lists are flawless tbh. 

[Ron]

i love radioactive

[Clappy]

A new year, a new batch of songs in the Top 10.....

....oh wait, it's still the same damn songs.

Yeah so far it feels like 2015 is having the same chart lags in the Top 10 as 2014 so far. It's not like all these songs suck. Most of these songs are actually good-great. But I really hope we get some more chart movement soon...and by that I mean more than just one new song every few weeks. But let's just get my bi-weekly/monthly song review out of the way. Just give me the worst of the bunch.

You still exist? Shouldn't you be in Sauce Mama's closet of handsome boy toys? What are you doing back making actual hit music again...I...

Sorry Sauce, this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.

"Jealous" - Nick Jonas

Ok so The Jonas Brothers.

You all should know who they are. That boy band from the mid 2000s that was the perennial punching bag of teenage boys everywhere? While at the same time, they were the heart throbs for teenage girls everywhere...like my sister who's plan it was to marry off with Joe Jonas (the one on the right). While they were never as huge N'Sync/Backstreet Boy...hell even One Direction had more hits than these guys. There's no denying that they had a presence in the pop culture landscape for two to three years before Disney Channel was done with them and recycled them for cheaper and younger talent. The Disney corporation can be quite the group of dicks sometimes, but like the talent before them, the Jonas Brothers attempted to reinvent themselves through a short lived reality series Married to Jonas? Yeah it was kinda hard to watch these guys attempt to act like mature adults over marriage and trying to plan their "huge comeback". What a joke that was. Otherwise, these guys have been failing to try and gain any sort of cultural relevance over the past couple years. Joe Jonas had a collaboration with Chris Brown that was awful.

Kevin Jonas has been doing more and more reality shows. He was just on this past season of The Apprentice, but that was short lived. What a crappy show that's become btw. But to no surprise, Nick Jonas has been the one that has been trying to stay relevant in the music industry. He cut his goofy hair, started lifting, and got a few tattoos. So you guys remember how The Jonas Brothers were squeaky clean and preached abstinence until marriage? Yeah, you try telling that to this guy:

It's obvious he is doing whatever he can to shed that image period...but if you don't believe me, listen to his huge comeback single.

...what the hell was that? I'm sorry, but WHAT? I can't be the only one who is completely mind blown by how awful this song is. Is it too late to add this to my Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2014? I don't care if this didn't make the year end charts, that doesn't give this song a free pass for being putrid shit. What was my number 10?

Break Free? Congrats Ariana, you have broken free from my hypothetical re-do of my Bottom 10.

#10. "Jealous" - Nick Jonas

Now so I don't come off as a whiny critic on a SpongeBob forum, what's Jealous exactly about? It's about a man boy's jealousy over other guys looking at his girl.

I don’t like the way he’s looking at you

And he's starting to question his girl's motives.

I’m starting to think you want him too

That alone makes me hate this song. Because relationships are built entirely off trust and if you don't trust your girlfriend, you have no one else to look at but yourself for any sort of dysfunctional relationship problems...what was my number 9 from that list?

Rude? Yeah Nasri is a massive dumbass and the song is shit, but he's a buffoon who is in love.

#9 "Jealous" - Nick Jonas

Am I crazy, have I lost ya?

Even though I know you love me, can’t help it

YOU CAN HELP IT YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH. Not only are you insecure about your own trust issues, but you don't have any sort of mental functions going on up there to begin with. What makes it even worse is that he's shrugging off his asshole motifs with that "can't help it". Ugh this is making my ears bleed. What was #8?

Hmm, Drunk in Love eh? At least Nick Jonas isn't threatening physical abuse...

I turn my chin music up

And I’m puffing my chest

I’m getting red in the face

You can call me obsessed

....

#8 "Jealous" - Nick Jonas

and why stop there while we're at it....

#7 "Jealous" - Nick Jonas

Holy shit dude. It was just one guy. No need to go Beast Mode about this. I can't even to begin to fathom the amounts of stupidity I just witnessed. For starters, the already slowed down production makes this song want to come off as a sexy R&B club jam. Erm no. That already fails on that part because while the current R&B stars we already have right now are sleazily stupid in their own rights, you don't hear them talking about beating up other guys to get laid. Because that right there sounds like a violation of The Bro Code. But the whole overly attached physical boyfriend aspect isn't a turn on, it's a turn off.

It’s not your fault that they hover

I mean no disrespect

Oh don't take it as disrespect that I'm beating this dude's brain in for looking at you. Fuck off.

It’s my right to be hellish

I still get jealous

I'm sorry. I believe I just copy and pasted a lyric so bad that it left a page break on my Word document, come again?

It’s my right to be hellish

I still get jealous

Ah...

#6 "Jealous" - Nick Jonas

Nope not good enough....

#5 "Jealous" - Nick Jonas

So let me try to comprehend this. It's his right to be hellish to anyone who dares look at his girl suggestively? Um no. I don't see that anywhere in the Constitution...nor any of the additional amendments...let alone anywhere in any sort of rules to govern by whether it be between two people or just in general that anyone has the right to be hellish because of one's own insecurities. Not only is that one of the worst lyrics of any year, but it's one of the worst lyrics I've ever come across period. What was my #4?

Ok it's not Show Me levels of bad, I'm not going to get too carried away here.

But regardless, the fact that we have songs like Blurred Lines and Animals getting tons of controversy is just ridiculous when we have a song about an abusive asshole not starting any sort of controversy whatsoever. People are just probably thinking, it's just Nick Jonas. No. This should be career suicide right here because now I can't look at any sort of Jonas Brother song without thinking that Nick Jonas is an insecure douche.

Protective or possessive, yeah

Call it passive or aggressive

I'm pretty sure being "hellish" is not passive, all aggressive. God this song is just a fucking mess. While it didn't make my actual year end worst list in 2014, this is definitely the front runner early on for 2015. Of course the year is still young and I'm prepared for any sort of shit 2015 has to offer.