you was just another nigha on the hit list

As she tries to turn your night around, the song’s sparkling melodies are just as transformative in their charms. The trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is bad for movies, but evidently great for pop songs: here comes Carly Rae Jepsen, swooping into your life for a spontaneous, after-house adventure designed to get you saying yes to life. “Making the Most of the Night” by Carly Rae Jepsen (And you still have Rihanna to thank for making her pronunciation of diamond as memorable as what she did to the world umbrella.)ġ2. But that’s because Rihanna didn’t have to: the song’s sky-high chorus already rises to the near-top of Sia’s hit list.

1 smash-Rihanna followed the demo’s blueprint so closely that Sia thought it was her own vocals on the final product. Pop’s reigning bad gal didn’t do much with this glistening No. Hearing Wallis break into that first chorus is near-guaranteed to produce a smile-and remember, you’re never fully dressed without one. Updating a musical as iconic as Annie is a daunting task, but Sia didn’t just rearrange the classics for the 2014 big-screen adaptation-she also wrote three new songs that you can bet your bottom dollar hold their own among the originals. The titular pun is almost too obvious to be titillating, but we’ll be damned if Lopez doesn’t make this bedroom invite sound legitimately sexy-how do we RSVP, J. deep cut feel like eavesdropping on an intimate date-night. Lopez isn’t the vocal powerhouse often associated with Sia songs, but it’s her delivery that makes listening to this A.K.A.

“Expertease (Ready, Set, Go)” by Jennifer Lopez “Throw Down the Roses” by Kate Piersonġ5. “The City’s Yours” by Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallisġ6. “Let Your Tears Fall” by Kelly ClarksonĢ1. “Who Am I?” Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Quvenzhané WallisĢ3. “Loved Me Back to Life” by Celine DionĢ6. “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” by Ne-Yoģ1. “Round Your Little Finger” by Katharine McPheeģ6. “Break the Walls” by Fitz and the TantrumsĤ4. “Stronger Than Ever” by Christina AguileraĤ7. “Don’t Look at Me” by Cheyenne Jacksonĥ1. “She’s Pretty, She Lies” by Cheyenne Jacksonĥ6. “Crush Me With Your Love” by Kate PiersonĦ0. “I Will Get Over You” by Prischilla AhnĦ3. “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia LeitteĦ6.

“Guitars and Microphones” by Kate Piersonħ1. Her catalog also got us thinking: what makes a quintessential “Sia song”? Which ones are the best? And is it possible to rank them all?ħ2. Her discography is a who’s who of pop music greats, and it’s impressive in its scope: there are songs for the clubs there are songs for crying under the covers there are songs about getting it on. Her new record may be filled with songs taken from the cutting room floor, but she’s supplied A-list divas with dozens and dozens of tracks since she devoted herself to writing for others around five years ago. She’s also ridiculously prolific, having just released an album called This Is Acting that features rejected songs she originally wrote for the likes of Adele and Rihanna.ĭon’t feel too bad for her, though, regarding that rejection. You can identify a Sia song a mile away: that soaring, uplifting chorus! The vivid metaphors! The message of empowerment and triumph! Though the “Chandelier” singer shuns the spotlight in her solo career, Sia has become one of pop music’s most in-demand songwriters, with credits for Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Katy Perry to her name.

You was just another nigha on the hit list