Pop Culture Blog: Fun Facts for Cocktail Conversation
Last week I detailed the hit YouTube videos of each of my 8 semesters at UVa. This week I’m recalling what most accurately defines a semester: the hit songs – what we danced to, what we blasted on car rides, what we got stuck in our heads, what we sang in the shower (right?).
I myself can’t hear some of these songs without thinking of a certain friend or event, so I caution you: this article has the potential to make you think about the past four years, to make you nostalgic, and to make you feel the need to check your iTunes to make sure you have all these songs. Get ready for Trip 2 Down Memory Lane.
First year, first semester (Fall 2007)
Soulja Boy – Crank that Soulja Boy
Rihanna – Umbrella
Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
Beyonce – Irreplaceable
Timbaland – The Way I Are
Black Eyed Peas – Glamorous
Shop Boyz – Party Like a Rock Star
First year, second semester (Spring 2008)
Flo Rida – Apple Bottom Jeans
Coldplay – Viva la Vida
MGMT – Kids
Feist – 1234
Summer 2008
Rihanna – Take a Bow
Jesse McCartney – Leavin’
Ray-J ft. Young Berg – Sexy Can I?
Metro Station – Shake It
Second year, first semester (Fall 2008)
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Rihanna – Disturbia
T.I. – You Can Have Whatever You Like
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Second Year, second semester (Spring 2009)
Beyonce – Single Ladies
The Lonely Island/T. Pain – I’m on a Boat
Asher Roth – I Love College
Soulja Boy – Kiss Me Thru the Phone
99AlliNNs (YouTube hit) – Club Love
Jordin Sparks – Battlefield
Passion Pit– Sleepyhead
Summer 2009
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Calle Ocho – I Know You Want Me (Uno Dos Tres Quatro)
3Oh!3 – Don’t Trust Me
Third Year, First Semester (Fall 2009)
Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA
Lyaz – Replay
Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say
Ke$ha – Tik Tok
Owl City – Fireflies
Taylor Swift – You Belong with Me
Katy Perry – Waking up in Vegas
Shakira – She Wolf
Beyonce – Halo
Kid Cudi – Day N’ Night
Lady Gaga – Telephone
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody/Sex on Fire
Jesse McCartney – Body Language
Third Year, Second Semester (Spring 2010)
Young Money ft. Lloyd – Bedrock
K’naan – Waving Flag
Miles Fisher – This Must be the Place
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart
Chamillionaire – Good Morning
New Boyz – You’re a Jerk
Summer 2010
Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dog – California Girls
Enrique Iglesias – I Like It
Eminem and Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
Rihanna – Rude Boy
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Ke$ha – Your Love is My Drug
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
Shakira – Waka Waka
Fourth Year, First Semester (Fall 2010)
Cee Lo Green – F*** You
Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
California Swag District – Teach Me How to Dougie
Nelly – Just a Dream
Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
Fourth Year, Second Semester (Spring 2011)
Rebecca Black – Friday
The Lonely Island – I Just Had Sex
Ke$ha – We R Who We R
Wiz Khalifa – Black and Yellow
Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man
P!nk – Raise Your Glass
Katy Perry – Firework
Enrique Iglesias – Tonight I’m Loving You
Bruno Mars – Grenade
DJ Fresh – Golddust
Ke$ha – Blow
BONUS: The Songs that Never Got Old
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel
Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
Zac Brown Band– Chicken Fried
Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz– Get Low
Anything by Celine Dion
Mariah Carey– All I Want for Christmas Is You
AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long