This week was all about the charts — specifically, all the things a pop star’s got to do to stay on top of them. Katy Perry cut a remix of “The One That Got Away” in pursuit of that elusive sixth #1. Little Monsters organized to give an iTunes boost to Lady Gaga’s underperformer,“Marry The Night”. And Rihanna’s “We Found Love” moved into position to overtake Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” for longest-running single in the top spot. Plus, Kelly Clarkson made fans’ dreams come true, and our picks for the Best Songs of 2011. See what feelings stirred in our readers below.
:: Emerence was less than enthused thatRihanna’s “We Found Love” Tied Adele’s Single For Longest Run At #1 In 2011, explaining: “Seriously!? I don’t have anything against Rihanna, but that just doesn’t sound right to me. Adele put a lot of hard work and herself into her songs. Rihanna just chose a couple songs and recorded them quickly — which I think reflects the quality of Talk That Talk.”:: Fan4me couldn’t have been more enthused that Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato sidled up for a “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” duet. In fact, it was a dream come true: “I was freaking out on Twitter last night! The KC fanbase has been trying to get this to happen for at least 2 years now. A giant weight has been lifted off our shoulders. A non-fan cannot even imagine how amazing this feels to finally have a real Kelly+Demi duet.”
:: Eric Toribio Lora, responding to our inclusion of Lady Gaga’s “Heavy Metal Lover” in our roundup of Best Songs Of 2011: The Top 10 Pop Non-Singles Of The Year, noted: “The real question is why was “Judas” even a single? With a handful of great songs on that album she had to choose that one. “Heavy Metal Lover” would’ve worked a lot more and I’m still waiting for it and “Scheiße” to be singles. Those two tracks are to [Born This Way] what “Dance In The Dark” and “Monster” were to [The Fame Monster].”
:: Saura has no qualms with Lady Gaga’s fans creating a Facebook campaign to move “Marry The Night” up the charts: “The thing I like in a way is that unlike other artists, GaGa doesn’t even know about this. Meaning, she is not endorsing it or didn’t create this event, her fans did so by themselves because they know how important it is to her. Her fan base is extremely strong, like she just has to sit back and her fans do the marketing and promotion for her. That’s when you know you’ve won when your fans handle it all for you lol.”:: TallStack felt “Marry The Night”’s (so far) disappointing sales are due in part to poor planning: “If she had released this as her first single off of Born This Way, as she had originally planned, it would have hit #1 without any trouble. But the airwaves are over-saturated with her songs, and as the fifth single in 10 months, it’s going to struggle. At one point she said she could release 9 singles from this album, so we’ll see how the rest survive. But this is probably her best song to-date, and it’s sad to see that poor planning is resulting in poor performance in the charts. And the 13 minute music video isn’t helping.”
:: Edward doesn’t agree that there’s too much Mother Monster out there right now: “I can’t believe that people are saying that she needs to “take a break” — she was practically on break for half of 2010. And I see nothing wrong with her fans buying the song en masse; at least Lady Gaga isn’t using cheap gimmicks like discounts and remixes to get the song into the top ten.” [It's worth noting that Gaga did slash prices for "Born This Way" earlier in the year.]
:: Peter wouldn’t call Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away” remix a “cheap gimmick,” though: “I consider this as a smart business move. She isn’t forcing anyone to buy her songs. She is releasing a remix with B.o.B. Of course when people see this, they are going to buy it because it will be represented as new. It’s the fans and the public that buy her singles and make it number 1, not her. It doesn’t matter how many remixes she releases or the price of her music. There is no way this should be considered cheating.”
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