hey didn’t that song just play welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our choices for the top 10
pop song cliches
number ten vocal enhancements
who says you have to have perfect pitch
to be a pop star with today’s
technological innovations we’re looking
at you auto-tune
aspiring singers don’t have to let the
inability to carry a tune or even just
an off day stop them from expressing
themselves musically sometimes it’s used
to create interesting vocal effects or
serve as an occasionally necessary
safety net but other times technology
like auto-tune is used to compensate for
a lack of ability whatever the case has
been running rampant and pop music
number nine songs about sex and
promiscuity
over 50 years ago British pop group The
Beatles innocently announced that they
wanted to hold your hand just a few
years later the Rolling Stones earned
the disapproval of media censors with
the title of their song let’s spend the
night together
nowadays many pop singers want to do a
lot more than hold hands and they aren’t
shy about going into detail about what
they want to do all night
as a result songs describing raunchy sex
are common to the point of being cliche
number eight he changes once more with
feeling or if a singer can’t manage to
ring any more emotion out of his or her
vocals there’s always the option to sing
higher lower or in a different key
sometimes called the truck drivers gear
change this shift is usually vocal and
is most prevalent in ballads such as
those sung by Kelly Clarkson or boy
bands but it can also be accomplished
with musical instruments
it’s a hit-or-miss technique that has
been used by artists ranging from
Michael Jackson to Britney Spears
wake up in the morning feeling like Pete
on glass number 7 singing about being in
a club and partying
no one ever said that musicians don’t
know how to cut loose and have a good
time artists like Ke$ha pitbull Katy
Perry and even the once innocent Miley
Cyrus are no exception although some
performers may choose to keep business
and pleasure separate many like to share
the fun with their fags
at any rate it’s such an overexposed
topic some fans probably have hangovers
just from listening
I got a huge Oh help I ran a rule number
6 horse rhyming time got a mode of ghost
but I can float – blows – listen baby
words can hurt and bad rhymes can hurt
even more common couplet crimes include
rhyming girl with world once however
some songs take bad driving practices to
new lows by discarding even basic
grammar rules like 1 pop star who wants
everyone to know who she really are
mothers go too far by ramming a whole
string of words like J Lo’s I’m into you
we’re by forcing rhymes that present a
negative impression allow one apparently
hellish singer number five the love will
find a way theme la won’t give oh who
knew that modern pop stars were such
hopeless romantics mirroring a common
trope in popular romantic comedies pop
musicians have adopted this theme into
the genre and dug into the ground like a
Harlequin paperback many pop stars
apparently believe that love always wins
out and that there’s no obstacle it
can’t conquer
Selena Gomez asserts that the heart
wants what it wants while Jason Mraz in
the band OneRepublic both proclaimed to
possess an endless supply of love and
refusal to abandon hope regarding love
number four repetition of lyrics and
themes win this key without songs
chronicling love loss for example seems
to be so common they could practically
be considered a musician’s rite of
passage while heartbreak may be a
universal experience there’s no denying
that nearly every song about the subject
has the same melancholy sound to it
passenger sang about regret only know
you love her when you let her go and you
let her go Bruno Mars also sang about
regret my pride my ego my needs in my
selfish ways
cause the good strong woman like you to
walk out my life
and what a surprise Gavin DeGraw sang
about some cliched topic your
significant other special enough to
warrant writing a song about them try
making it a little unique
number three having an urban act
featured on your song when a pop singer
is considered to be lacking in edginess
nothing says I’m tough like having a rap
interlude suddenly materialized about
75% of the way through a pop song
Madonna has done it
maroon 5 has done it switch the member
to my father you never could call it
don’t need my name on my show you could
tell me the balance even Lady Gaga has
done it once or twice private it’s been
done so many times a lot of listeners
have probably stopped falling for it but
we can’t be entirely mad at the idea as
I gave us the awesome visual of Snoop
Dogg’s surrounded by an army of gummy
bears
holy cuz you breakfast him
number two baby baby baby you drive me
crazy
one of the most commonly used tropes in
pop music this phrase is ripped off so
often you would think the entire pop
music industry would be mentally insane
one of the most famous instances of this
cliche is Justin Bieber’s baby where he
utters the ticular word fifty five times
in the span of three and a half minutes
justin isn’t the only one guilty of this
as Britney Spears ariana grande and Sam
Adams have all used a phrase similar to
this in their songs
I’ve been driving me crazy
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions will lock
hey man we’ve been dancing with the same
number one four chord progression
did you know that once you learn a
particular four basic chords on the
guitar
you’re probably close to being able to
play almost all of your favourite pop
songs whether you like train Avicii
carly rae jepsen taylor swift or an
almost infinite number of other artists
this popular chord progression puts them
all on common ground
in fact this particular profession is so
overused comedy group access of Awesome
jokingly perform a medley of songs that
use this trope just listen do you
recognize this you vanish don’t stop
believing by journey right so very
original game wasn’t fit check it out
my life is brilliant so do you agree
with our list what do you find most
cliche in music
for more fascinating top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our choices for the top 10
pop song cliches
number ten vocal enhancements
who says you have to have perfect pitch
to be a pop star with today’s
technological innovations we’re looking
at you auto-tune
aspiring singers don’t have to let the
inability to carry a tune or even just
an off day stop them from expressing
themselves musically sometimes it’s used
to create interesting vocal effects or
serve as an occasionally necessary
safety net but other times technology
like auto-tune is used to compensate for
a lack of ability whatever the case has
been running rampant and pop music
number nine songs about sex and
promiscuity
over 50 years ago British pop group The
Beatles innocently announced that they
wanted to hold your hand just a few
years later the Rolling Stones earned
the disapproval of media censors with
the title of their song let’s spend the
night together
nowadays many pop singers want to do a
lot more than hold hands and they aren’t
shy about going into detail about what
they want to do all night
as a result songs describing raunchy sex
are common to the point of being cliche
number eight he changes once more with
feeling or if a singer can’t manage to
ring any more emotion out of his or her
vocals there’s always the option to sing
higher lower or in a different key
sometimes called the truck drivers gear
change this shift is usually vocal and
is most prevalent in ballads such as
those sung by Kelly Clarkson or boy
bands but it can also be accomplished
with musical instruments
it’s a hit-or-miss technique that has
been used by artists ranging from
Michael Jackson to Britney Spears
wake up in the morning feeling like Pete
on glass number 7 singing about being in
a club and partying
no one ever said that musicians don’t
know how to cut loose and have a good
time artists like Ke$ha pitbull Katy
Perry and even the once innocent Miley
Cyrus are no exception although some
performers may choose to keep business
and pleasure separate many like to share
the fun with their fags
at any rate it’s such an overexposed
topic some fans probably have hangovers
just from listening
I got a huge Oh help I ran a rule number
6 horse rhyming time got a mode of ghost
but I can float – blows – listen baby
words can hurt and bad rhymes can hurt
even more common couplet crimes include
rhyming girl with world once however
some songs take bad driving practices to
new lows by discarding even basic
grammar rules like 1 pop star who wants
everyone to know who she really are
mothers go too far by ramming a whole
string of words like J Lo’s I’m into you
we’re by forcing rhymes that present a
negative impression allow one apparently
hellish singer number five the love will
find a way theme la won’t give oh who
knew that modern pop stars were such
hopeless romantics mirroring a common
trope in popular romantic comedies pop
musicians have adopted this theme into
the genre and dug into the ground like a
Harlequin paperback many pop stars
apparently believe that love always wins
out and that there’s no obstacle it
can’t conquer
Selena Gomez asserts that the heart
wants what it wants while Jason Mraz in
the band OneRepublic both proclaimed to
possess an endless supply of love and
refusal to abandon hope regarding love
number four repetition of lyrics and
themes win this key without songs
chronicling love loss for example seems
to be so common they could practically
be considered a musician’s rite of
passage while heartbreak may be a
universal experience there’s no denying
that nearly every song about the subject
has the same melancholy sound to it
passenger sang about regret only know
you love her when you let her go and you
let her go Bruno Mars also sang about
regret my pride my ego my needs in my
selfish ways
cause the good strong woman like you to
walk out my life
and what a surprise Gavin DeGraw sang
about some cliched topic your
significant other special enough to
warrant writing a song about them try
making it a little unique
number three having an urban act
featured on your song when a pop singer
is considered to be lacking in edginess
nothing says I’m tough like having a rap
interlude suddenly materialized about
75% of the way through a pop song
Madonna has done it
maroon 5 has done it switch the member
to my father you never could call it
don’t need my name on my show you could
tell me the balance even Lady Gaga has
done it once or twice private it’s been
done so many times a lot of listeners
have probably stopped falling for it but
we can’t be entirely mad at the idea as
I gave us the awesome visual of Snoop
Dogg’s surrounded by an army of gummy
bears
holy cuz you breakfast him
number two baby baby baby you drive me
crazy
one of the most commonly used tropes in
pop music this phrase is ripped off so
often you would think the entire pop
music industry would be mentally insane
one of the most famous instances of this
cliche is Justin Bieber’s baby where he
utters the ticular word fifty five times
in the span of three and a half minutes
justin isn’t the only one guilty of this
as Britney Spears ariana grande and Sam
Adams have all used a phrase similar to
this in their songs
I’ve been driving me crazy
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions will lock
hey man we’ve been dancing with the same
number one four chord progression
did you know that once you learn a
particular four basic chords on the
guitar
you’re probably close to being able to
play almost all of your favourite pop
songs whether you like train Avicii
carly rae jepsen taylor swift or an
almost infinite number of other artists
this popular chord progression puts them
all on common ground
in fact this particular profession is so
overused comedy group access of Awesome
jokingly perform a medley of songs that
use this trope just listen do you
recognize this you vanish don’t stop
believing by journey right so very
original game wasn’t fit check it out
my life is brilliant so do you agree
with our list what do you find most
cliche in music
for more fascinating top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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