International Day on Hot Songs – “Unpredictable”, “Everytime We Touch”, and “Had a Bad Day”

“Unpredictable”, Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx suxx.  The man can act, and now sang his way onto my blog.  I’m a little jealous, I guess you could say.  

After wowing audiences in “In Living Color”, “Booty Call”, and “Ray”, Foxx hooked up with Kanye West and quickly became a music star as well.

“Unpredictable” is a charming little ditty in which Jamie boasts of his spontaneity in the lovin’ department.  His voice is smooth like butta over the peppy track.

Ludacris comes on the track to add the rap that’s become almost a necessity on R&B tracks looking to be big hits.  As usual though, Luda’s rap rounds out the song pretty nicely, as he rhymes “take you to another world” with “feeling like another girl.”

No doubt, you’ll soon be singing “Girl get comfortable, we’re about to do something you’ve never done before!”

“Everytime We Touch”, Cascada

Techno just ain’t my thing.  But every few years, a song crops up that just makes me smile, or better yet, makes me want to DANCE.  

“Everytime We Touch”, a hit from German/British Cascada, is one of those songs.

The song combines the requisite thumping techno beat with a playful synthesizer tune.

Techno artists tend to suffer the “one-hit wonder” syndrome in the U.S., does anyone remember DJ Sammy, who gave the world “Heaven”?  Well, here’s hoping for more hot songs from Cascada!  Thank you Europe!

Cascada's Site

“Had a Bad Day”, Daniel Powter

Only a Powter complains this much!  OK, now that I got the obvious pun out of the way, I have to tell you this is one of the best songs I’ve heard this year (hey, it’s still early).  Not surprisingly, it’s the #1 song in the nation.  Although I’ve got to ask, who the heck is this guy and where did he come from?  Is he just a hanger-on to the James Blunt phenomenon (sad ballads by guys)?  If you like Train, you will hear a bit of a resemblance in Daniel’s voice and the style of music.  Like Blunt, Daniel mixes a downer of a topic with a peppy tune and memorable refrain…a great recipe for a pop hit!

This Canadian hit it big on the European charts last year, and it kind of makes you wonder, why’d they get him first?  Was it the accent?  If so, you should hear mine!