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The Secrets of a Hit Summer Song

posted by martyb on Sunday July 09 2017, @06:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the bam!-bam!-I'm-a-lamb! dept.

cafebabe writes:

On a slow news day, the BBC "reports" some rules about a summer hit tune. In summary:

  1. It has to be simple.
  2. It should make you feel like you're on holiday.
  3. Novelty is everything.
  4. Radio-friendly songs make bigger hits.
  5. It should be released before the summer.
  6. But it should have the word "summer" in the title.

If simplicity and novelty are the most important then this summer's hit could be Beep! Beep! I'm A Sheep!

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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday July 09 2017, @10:32PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Sunday July 09 2017, @10:32PM (#536950)

    Except you can't use actual profanity and expect to get radio airplay. As Monty Python demonstrated with this classic:

    I'll bet you they won't play this song on the radio.
    I'll bet you they won't play this new *BLEEP* song.
    It's not that it's *BLEEP* or *BLEEP* controversial,
    It's just that the *BLEEP*ing words are awfully strong.

    You can't say *BLEEP* on the radio.
    Or *BLEEP* or *BLEEP* or *BLEEP*
    You can't even say "I'd like to *BLEEP* you someday"
    Unless you're a doctor with a very large *BLEEP*.

    So I bet you they won't play this song on the radio.
    I bet you they won't *BLEEP*ing well program it.
    I'll bet you they're *BLEEP*ing all program directors
    Who think it's a load of horse *BLEEP*.

    --
    The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 09 2017, @10:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 09 2017, @10:39PM (#536955)

    You just need a radio edit, and you can sing it live too, like last year when The Weeknd sang about his "motherfucking starboy" status at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

    https://youtu.be/vuT_bXzhqhY [youtu.be]