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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Katy Perry _ Rank the singles from Prism

Posted by: troublepink 16th August 2018, 01:58 PM

There were five singles released from Prism. What are your thoughts on them and how would you rank them?

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Roar was serviced to mainstream radio stations on August 10, 2013 as the album's lead single, and its digital release followed two days later. It received mixed-to-positive commentary from music critics, who commended its "easy" and "poppy" beat, while some were ambivalent towards its clichéd lyrics. Commercially, it was a success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 and charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It became Australia's best performing song of 2013 with 560,000 copies sold by the end of the year and spending 9 weeks atop the nation's charts. The song was nominated for the Song of the Year and the Best Pop Solo Performance awards at the 56th Grammy Awards.

Unconditionally was released as the album's second single on October 16, 2013. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised it for being "soaring" and "effortless". A lyric video for the song was released two days after its debut, and its official music video was released on November 19, 2013. To promote the single, Perry has performed on various occasions, including a geisha-themed performance of it on the American Music Awards of 2013, which attracted negative press, controversy and accusations of cultural appropriation. Unconditionally has peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has charted moderately worldwide, reaching the top 30 in the single charts of Canada and Germany and the Top 10 in Italy.

Dark Horse was released on December 17, 2013 as the album's third official single. It had previously been released as the album's first promotional single exactly three months prior to its single release. The following week, the song leaped to number four due to topping the Hot Digital Songs, selling 243,000 copies. With Dark Horse topping the Hot Digital Songs chart, it became Perry's 10th digital number-one single. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 29, 2014, becoming Perry's 9th number one single in the United States. It was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards.

On April 3, 2014, Birthday was announced as the album's fourth official single. It debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 and impacted Top 40/Mainstream radio in the U.S. on April 21, 2014. This single peaked at number 17 in the US, becoming her 15th song to reach the top 20 in the nation.

This Is How We Do served as the fifth official single from the album. A lyric video of the song was released on July 24, 2014, meanwhile the official music video was released a week later. The song was later sent to radio on August 12, 2014. The song debuted at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 9, 2014 and peaked at number 24.

Roar
Unconditionally
Dark Horse
Birthday
This Is How We Do

Posted by: blacksquare 16th August 2018, 05:02 PM

Dark Horse

Keep the rest.

Posted by: blacksquare 16th August 2018, 05:03 PM

What bothers me so much is Birthday being shafted by that atrocious video, semi-flopping, and then Maroon 5 essentially releasing the same song a year later and getting a massive hit.

With essentially the same video concept (except weddings) but executed much better.

Posted by: Calum 17th August 2018, 01:31 AM

1. Dark Horse
2. Unconditionally
3. Roar
4. This Is How We Do
5. Birthday

Don't think anything could've topped Dark Horse Unconditionally and Roar are both fab also, though. Don't go back to This Is How We Do too often and it's not a favourite from the album, but by the time that was released the campaign was pretty much dead anyway.

Never been massively keen on Birthday, and would definitely have released Walking on Air in its place.

Posted by: ...ready for it 17th August 2018, 05:36 AM

1. This Is How We Do
2. Dark Horse
3. Roar
4. Unconditionally
5. Birthday

Posted by: SamJudd 17th August 2018, 01:50 PM

My Ranking =

1. Dark Horse
2. Roar
3. Birthday
4. Unconditionally
5. This Is How We Do

This is how the single run should have been =
"Roar"
"Unconditionally"
"Dark Horse"
"Walking On Air"
"Birthday"
"Legendary Lovers"

Posted by: coi 17th August 2018, 01:55 PM

1. Dark Horse
2. Unconditionally
3. Birthday
4. This Is How We Do
5. Roar

Posted by: Atonement 17th August 2018, 04:02 PM

1. Walking on Air (I'm pretending it was a single)
2. Dark Horse
3. Birthday
4. This Is How We Do
5. Legendary Lovers (it was released here in the Netherlands)
6. Unconditonally
7. Roar

'Unconditionally' and 'Roar' are her two worst singles.

Posted by: Nick F1 17th August 2018, 05:36 PM

1 This Is How We Do
2 Unconditionally
3 Birthday
4 Roar
5 Dark Horse

Posted by: Joe. 17th August 2018, 07:37 PM

1 This is How We Do
2 Dark Horse
3 Roar
4 Birthday
5 Unconditionally

Posted by: Jack 18th August 2018, 08:29 AM

01 Roar
02 This Is How We Do
03 Birthday
04 Unconditionally
05 Dark Horse

'Dark Horse' along with 'E.T.' and 'Firework' go right through me, so overrated.

Posted by: YOUSHALLNOTPEEN! 18th August 2018, 10:36 AM

Who the hell is putting this is how we do anywhere but last let alone first?! Should never have been a single

1. Dark Horse
2. Roar
3. (Legendary Lover)
4 (Walking on Air)
3. Birthday
4. Unconditionally
5. This Is How We Do URGH

Posted by: YOUSHALLNOTPEEN! 18th August 2018, 10:38 AM

QUOTE(blacksquare @ Aug 16 2018, 06:03 PM)

THIS!!

Sexism in the music industry for you

Posted by: troublepink 19th August 2018, 01:02 PM

1. Roar
2. Dark Horse
3. This is how we do
4. Unconditionally
5. Birthday

Posted by: Jade 31st August 2018, 01:29 AM

01. Dark Horse
02. Roar
03. Birthday
04. Unconditionally
05. This Is How We Do

'Dark Horse' is one of her best ever songs 'Roar' is solid but I'm not really thaaat keen on the other three.

Edit: Snap, Meekul

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 31st August 2018, 08:38 AM

This is such a weird era. I struggle to rank them.

Posted by: JosephAvery 31st August 2018, 12:49 PM

1. Roar
2. Unconditionally
3. Dark Horse
4. Birthday
5. This Is How We Do

Oops at it descending in quality as it goes along. For what it's worth I really enjoy the top 4, This Is How We Do is one of her weaker singles overall though.

Posted by: Jordan Lee 16th October 2018, 12:55 AM

1. Dark Horse
2. Unconditionally
3. Birthday
4. Roar
5. This Is How We Do

Legendary Lovers and Walking On Air were by far my faves though.

Posted by: Doug 27th March 2019, 04:51 PM

1. Dark Horse
2. This Is How We Do
3. Roar
4. Unconditionally
5. Birthday

All so solid but none of them actually 10/10s, my favourites on the album are Walking On Air and the underrated ballads on the second half of the album which really don’t get enough credit!

Posted by: gavindeejay 27th March 2019, 09:37 PM

1. Roar
2. Dark Horse
3. Birthday
4. Unconditionally
5. This Is How We Do

Posted by: jakewild 27th March 2019, 10:27 PM

this is how we do is criminally underrated

Posted by: Jack 27th March 2019, 10:51 PM

QUOTE(jakewild @ Mar 27 2019, 10:27 PM)

this is how we do is criminally underrated

Agreed. Probably my fave single from the era now.

Posted by: SamJudd 27th March 2019, 11:11 PM

I've already ranked in an earlier post and don't think its changed much since then but =

1. Dark Horse
2. Roar
3. Unconditionally
4. Birthday
5. This Is How We Do

However like I said before this is what the run of singles should have been...

'Roar'
'Unconditionally'
'Dark Horse'
'Walking On Air'
'Legendary Lovers' *(Remix it for a collaboration)
'Birthday'
'By The Grace of God' or 'This Is How We Do' (depending on how successful the previous run of singles would have been & maybe test them both out on radio to see which had the better response)

Posted by: Euphorique 27th March 2019, 11:26 PM

1. Roar
2. Dark Horse
3. Unconditionally
4. This Is How We Do
5. Birthday

Posted by: Doug 27th March 2019, 11:30 PM

This Is How We Do really grew on me after replaying the album a few times and being made a single, and has stood the test of time more than Roar and Unconditionally, the two lead singles!

We should totally have a rate or something for this album again, I can’t tell whether I prefer it to Teenage Dream but I do over One of the Boys and certainly over Witness.

Posted by: Cqmerqn 29th March 2019, 10:07 AM

01. Roar
02. Dark Horse
03. This Is How We Do
04. Unconditionally
05. Birthday

They’re all incredible songs though

Posted by: letloverule 1st April 2019, 06:18 PM

1. Roar
2. Dark Horse
3. This Is How We Do
4. Unconditionally
5. Birthday

Posted by: Theonix 2nd April 2019, 11:40 AM

1. Dark Horse
(#. Walking on Air)
2. Roar
3. Unconditionally
4. Birthday
5. This Is How We Do

Posted by: 365 2nd April 2019, 11:53 AM

QUOTE(jakewild @ Mar 27 2019, 11:27 PM)

this is how we do is criminally underrated

QUOTE(Jack @ Mar 27 2019, 11:51 PM)

Agreed. Probably my fave single from the era now.

I knew I liked you both. It’s just pure joy.

Posted by: blacksquare 2nd April 2019, 10:45 PM

Dark Horse
(Walking on Air)
(Legendary Lovers)
This Is How We Do
Birthday
Roar
Unconditionally

‘This Is How We Do’ is fun but her vocal is so low energy. The last three are especially tragic.