This thread is a mess, people just airing their personal opinions of popular songs they don't like. Rich's opening example with Chainsmokers was good though.

 

True, and I expected a hugely varying set of responses as music taste is so subjective but thought it would be interesting to see nonetheless. I wonder if, more related to the opening example, if any other acts have scored a novelty hit single and then followed it up with a hit that is more serious/normal?

This thread is a mess, people just airing their personal opinions of popular songs they don't like. Rich's opening example with Chainsmokers was good though.

 

 

What else are we supposed to do?

 

 

 

Is Steps a good example? 5,6,7,8 was somewhat novelty but then they started getting proper songs to release.

Definitely agree with The Chainsmokers #SELFIE to Roses.

 

Other suggestions for me include:

 

Little Mix - Cannonball to Wings

DJ Snake - Turn Down For What to Lean On

DJ Fresh - Dibby Dibby Sound to Make U Bounce

Charli XCX - Fancy to Boom Clap

David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) and Alabama Song to Ashes To Ashes

Usher - I Don't Mind to Don't Look Down

Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now? to What Do You Mean?

 

What else are we supposed to do?

 

I just think it would be more kind of gimmicky songs to "taken quite serious" kind of songs.

 

I always felt that way about Noah and the Whale's '5 Years Time' (seen as irritating for many, though I quite liked it), onto their later stuff which was often very sombre and serious.

I just think it would be more kind of gimmicky songs to "taken quite serious" kind of songs.

 

 

I see what you mean.

I'd say Carly Rae Jepsen has done this twice:

 

Call Me Maybe > Tonight I'm Getting Over You

I Really Like You > Run Away With Me

 

Both examples start with tacky bubble-gum pop that became hits but were easily hated by a majority and CMM stank of one-hit wonder smell. But Both TIGOY and RAWM are excellent pop tracks that surprised a lot of people when hearing they were made by the same chick that made CMM and IRLY in their separate instances. Other similar instances where the main thing is quality and not necessarily my personal opinion (I like both CMM and IRLY tbf)

 

Jessie J: Price Tag to Nobody's Perfect (I thought Jessie wasn't gonna be bothering us much more than those two initial hits until I heard NP)

Sam Smith: Money On My Mind to Stay With Me (MOMM is an absolute MESS of a song that I seriously dont understand how it got popular, but SWM is what proved Sam's ability to make amazing music to me)

Little Mix: Black Magic to Love Me Like You (BM is just a generic pop song with nothing noteworthy to offer, while LMLY is an interesting and cheeky love song that definitely proved a fresh change of pace from what I was fearing this album would bring)

Adele: Someone Like You to Set Fire To The Rain/Rolling In The Deep (SLY is strange for me because I get why it got popular but it's just so bland, SFTTR proved that Adele actually is not this boring love song writer that people perceive her to be, same with RITD - I grouped them together because it's so hard for me to tell which came first - SLY or RITD - though I think it was the latter)

Rihanna: We Ride to Umbrella (Although not on the same album this was such a huge change of pace for Rihanna it's hard not to agree with this.)

Saturdays: Gentleman to Disco Love (Yet another great example posted here, Gentleman being released was such a WTF moment, but then Disco Love came and literally saved the day!)

 

For me, back in the late 90s, Mel C's "Goin' Down" to "Northern Star."

 

I'm not saying that "Goin' Down" was *bad* as such, it was just so different compared to her usual style (in the Spice Girls and "When You're Gone"). It was a bit of a shock to the system and it certainly knocked me for six when I first heard it! I never much cared for it.

But "Northern Star" was and remains such a beautiful and amazing song, still sounds so good today, very mainstream and a world away from the angry rock sound she portrayed on "Goin' Down." I loved it then and I still love it now!

Edited April 4, 20169 yr by donnahjaneymack

Agree on mel c

Finally a good example

 

Oh my at someone suggesting SLY as a bad song example

Just Dance is better than Pokerface and Judas is better than Edge of Glory (but neither is genius).

 

I 100% agree with this.

I'm definitely in the Judas is better than Edge of Glory camp, but Pokerface is infinitely better than Just Dance for me.

Judas was horrific in my belief but edge of glory was a decent track and single.

I went back to Judas recently and I found it had aged well. Edge of Glory was always a poor sibling of Marry the Night for me.

goin down -> northern star YES

Worth It -> Work From Home - Fifth Harmony

Everything Meghan Trainor ever did before now > NO

The current number 1, for one. It may have taken years but it's still a vast improvement. From either his debut hit that was more reliant on his helium voice than anything else or the feature at some point in the middle.

Chasing Cars to Set Fire to the Third Bar

 

I thought this was from bad to good, not vice versa... ;)

 

I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't hear the magic in Set The Fire to the Third Bar.

As someone mentioned The Saturdays, from Missing You > Higher is quite a clear example for me.