Someday the younger generation will ask us the great question: "Who the hell is Taio Cruz?" And we may have the moral responsibility to find out and answer them.
@@bitticlan well his last album was released in 2011 and he made a handful of singles after that but he had 3 massiv hits and still manages to make 10 million monthly listners. So hes probably rich af and just does what he likes.
I was in a Catholic high school in the early 2010's and I have a distinct memory of our chorus teacher getting fed up because all the kids were bitching about how we always had to sing boring religious music during practice and during school concerts. So to make up for it, one day she printed out the sheet music to Dynamite by Taio Cruz and said "Okay class, since you guys wanted to sing something different, we'll sing this." It was so embarrassing and we never complained again
Love how OMG is not only an F, but it's even sitting right at the bottom of the tier trying to will a new, lower tier into existence, powered by his sheer hatred of the track.
It’s not even that deep honestly, at the worst it’s just mid as hell to me, fantano ranked tracks that I think are worse way higher than this but really emphasized hatred for OMG like it ruined his existence 😭😭 still love the melon man doe
I don’t even think I would be able to critique these songs fairly if I’m being completely honest. They are so intertwined and linked with my childhood that when I hear them, all I’m reminded of is 5th grade and middle school lmaoo
2010 was the year I turned 18 and started going to nightclubs with friends. All of these songs, and I imagine the 2011 and 2012 ones, bring back some weird memories and nostalgia.
Fr all of these would be S tier in my mind. They were constantly playing on the radio all through out my life. Even now a lot of these are still on the radio
So much middle school nostalgia and cringe is rushing back to me with these ten songs alone. Half of these songs were basically in the rotation of middle school’s dance playlist.
all of these tracks represented the figurative calm before the storm before Rebecca Black's Friday turned the music industry upside down and defined a generation
I don't think Friday defined anything. Literally everybody thought it was bad. If you wanna talk about the internet defining music then Justin Bieber would be the obvious choice.
@@Miguel_Flores i don't think anyone's arguing that it wasn't bad, but it was definitional in music marketing and virality culture due to its context, which i think is probably what the writer of this comment was getting at. With the exception of Soulja Boy, nothing had really blown up on youtube quite like this before, and it definitely kickstarted a trend for better or worse
Bad romance is hands down one of the best Pop songs of all time. It’s in almost every top 10 pop songs list out there, it’s her Thriller, it’s her Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s her like a prayer, a classic pop song that I don’t think will ever age!!!
@24kgoldplatedvermeil The Fame Monster is perfection and Gaga's best album and far surpasses The Fame despite that being an amazing debut. Paparazzi though is the only song on that album that remains amongst her top 5 songs. Bad Romance is better though I agree, I just prefer Paparazzi. Bad Romance and Speechless are fighting for her best song.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Listening to Bad Romance makes me wretch with cringe when I realize we actually used to think that track was good.
@@Atomic_Bubblegum I... *disagree* (more detailed response below) What does overproduced mean? The chorus is comprehensible, do you mean the post-chorus? To me, that made the song distinct and stick out from its contemporaries. Wouldn't be the first time that gibberish or nonsense has been used in popular music, either I don't have a problem with autotune in this song, and something having autotune doesn't automatically make it irredeemable. Not to mention that autotune can enhance the hell out of a song (Heartless by Kanye West, Buy U A Drank by T-Pain are some of my favorite examples).
This video just slingshotted me back to being fresh out of high school working at pizza hut with my best friend in 2010. One of our coworkers had a radio he would play in the kitchen and I would be forced to listen to every single one of these songs at least once every shift. It was a stressful gig, my hands always smelled like onions and pineapple and I would walk out with a film of grease on my face. But we ate for free and were able to take food to our local gaming cafe and trade stuffed crust pizzas for free time on the computers to play Left4Dead2 until 2 in the morning. Life will never be that good again.
I think he’s starting to catch on… I think people (including me) really like hearing Fantano give his definitive opinions on stuff like clearing up what he actually thinks are 10/10 albums or like him just giving his opinion. I for one definitely like his opinion because as much as ppl hate on him, he’s really knowledgeable on a lot of music. Don’t hate me
Took a songwriting course in high school and had a grade dependent upon me writing a spoof of California Girls, including the snoop dogg rap verse that I had to perform in front of the class. Truly mortifying.
Tik tok by Kesha was very ahead of it’s time . Went back and listened with my friend and we realized she was one of the first doing hyperpop . Hyperpop developed because of those early 2010’s nitecore songs from 2018 but she sounds like a lot of artist doing hyperpop these past few yrs
@@my-spinning-wheel she was soooooo ahead of her time my god . She was super tapped in also . She messed with lil b , black kray , left brain etc . She goated .
yeah maybe don’t credit a rapist producer with the invention of hyperpop or pc music when it really was trans women and queer ppl who did that lol kesha didnt do ‚hyperpop‘ it was edm based or house danced pop. period
@@samuelthiex that’s literally what hyperpop also came from lol nitecore versions of edm / dance / pop etc lmao . Of course pc music is the base but your forgetting a whole part of it lmao that’s what also helped popularize it in late 2017 / 18 .
@Alejandro-gk9jwEverytime i see someone claiming that an artist is "ahead of their time" for a specific sound, all it tells me is that the artist took a sound that already existed that wasn't mainstream, watered it down to hell and then sold it to the masses. Meaning that, yeah, these artists never actually come up with any of the sounds themselves, they just take an existing one and simplify it for mass consumption, and somehow tricks people into thinking they are actually ahead of their time.
Would love to see more rankings like this, they’re cool to watch because I forget what pop songs came out in what year so every song here is a fun surprise lol
Train’s lyrics were truly ahead of their time in that they consistently sounded like they were generated by an AI that didn’t know what the fuck it was talking about
It's amazing to see Pat Finnerty fans in the comment section of Fantano videos, like when Train is mentioned, they just immediately crawl out of the woodwork lol. With all the digs that Pat takes at music TH-cam, I kinda didn't expect such a crossover
“need you now” to me has always felt like that one scene from SpongeBob where he’s stuck at the chum bucket and missing mr krabs. That scene always plays in my head whenever I hear that track.
Bad Romance was one of my favorite songs as a kid. And 10+ years later, that song, as well as many others from Fame Monster like Telephone ft. Beyonce & Alejandro has still sound fun as they did back then.
@@zaiah9252 Hey, that’s understandable and we all have our own opinions and that’s completely fine ;) Personally, I strongly agree with Fantano’s placement of Bad Romance and think it’s a legendary song that both deserves its commercial success and wide acclaim
Bad Romance is hands down one of the best pop songs in music history. Not to mention the memorable music video (S tier as well). Definitely, the “Thriller” of our generation.
I will never forget it because my friend whose music taste is stuck firmly in the 50s to 80s (apart from anime music and Sabaton), whose favourite artist is Bowie and who listens to Screamin Jay Hawkins and obscure 60s Italian pop, has played the Minecraft parody of this song "TNT" on numerous occasions.
I turned 18 in the summer of this year, so this was constantly in DJs rotations in nightclubs. I have a lot of nostalgia for this, and some of the others on this list; dynamite is legit just a very fun song though.
So happy to hear what you had to say about bad romance. My partner and I were listening to it the other day and i was blown away with how fucking good the beat still sounds after all these years. Still a banger
Whoever wrote the beat deserves a high five. Whoever wrote the lyrics needs to get punched in the face. And whoever processed LG's voice needs to be barred from the music industry.
Your content lately has been at a pretty high point. Really liking you trying these new things, creating these new series, giving more things to look forward to with the channel.
Bad Romance is one of the songs that as a kid I liked it but as I grow I appreciate more and more, such an iconic pop song, imo top 10 pop songs of all time AT LEAST
Glad to see Fantano call out the last decade of mainstream country, as it's abandoned its roots to achieve a new level of soulless and forgettable wannabe pop mediocrity.
Mainstream country's decline goes back almost a decade prior. The year "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" came out was the same year they canceled the [Dixie] Chicks, and it pretty much guaranteed that if women in country music wanted to make it, they needed to shut their mouths on anything besides music. Country music became a dick-measuring contest, and they essentially forced Taylor Swift out of country music. Not that Swift is some godsend artist, but she was leagues better than her contemporaries.
If country had one selling point, it was expressing the genuine aching pathos of the human condition. Now instead of empathising with the singer it just makes you want to slap them.
That pop-rap-dance fusion era was genuinely disgusting. David Guetta, LMFAO, Flo-Rida, Pitbull, Taio Cruz and the shit that Black Eyed Peas brought out in those years. Katy Perry’s and Lady Gaga’s songs have aged infinitely better because it doesn’t try to be every fucking genre. There’s a reason why every positive comment on this video boils down to: this was the soundtrack of my middle school days, nostalgi is the only way you can still like it. It literally only appealed to middle school ages and people who like soulless, formulaic genre crossovers.
As somebody who was growing up in the early 2010s and heard a ton of pop music back then, I had absolutely no memory of Usher's OMG. I knew every other song on this, but I had no recollection at all of OMG.
Same my elementary school bus driver played the radio every day back and forth, so I could recall every single one of these songs except that one. My ears must have rejected it so hard that I totally blocked it from memory.
Rating Bad Romance anywhere other than solid F tier is a joke. Easily one of the worst songs of that year. Gaga's bigmouth ass voice screaming gibberish "rah rah ooh ma ma ooh ga ga la la" and the terrible writing.
@@R-H-B Someone else pointed out that a lot of people's opinions of Lady Gaga's work, especially around that time period, has been pretty badly soured after the Terry Richardson thing. Maybe that's affecting my opinion of it.
Listening back to these tunes really puts into perspective why analog synths had a revival after this too. Like, even the best stuff, like the synths in Gaga’s music from the early 2010s, sounds so horrendous in comparison to what musicians like Prince were doing with synths in pop music 30 years earlier.
@@gladysthegroovymule3411 that sounds mode like a 80s-90s synth problem, most of the sounds on those gaga songs come straight from the 90s/trance & techno synths
Or pop music just had no idea how to use them. A lot of dance music and things like grime that used software synths around this time and earlier still sound great. Maybe it was ringtone rap and crunk influence? I don't know myself what happened
while people talk a lot about fantano’s impact in the music reviewing scene and internet music discussion in general, nobody talks about his impact in the metal plated wallets that fit in your front pocket debates. Me and my homies about it all the time man, we have several of them and usually get excited when they drop a new design. Me and my homies be clicking that affiliate link faster than Drake releases a bad album.
@@thath09 as real as they come man, you really gotta start appreciating those slick, minimalist wallet designs. I say this all the time but, if it fits in a woman’s front pocket, ‘tis a keeper!!
Ever since I heard “The Monster,” I’ve thought a lot less of “Love The Way You Lie” than I did when it came out. It’s still a strong emotional collab and has a solid flow, but both artists just show off their abilities so much better on the former song. I’d put “The Monster” in my top ten first 100 times out of 100.
It’s insane to consider the tolerance level I had for obnoxious music as a kid, when I was in middle school everyone and their mother was jamming out to OMG on the dance floor, now it makes me want to physically throw up.
My mom is maybe the biggest Train fan I've ever met. I've listened to more Train than maybe I would care to have or at least care to admit. The reason that my mom resonates with Train so much is because the lyrics are so non-sensical that since english isn't her first language she can just kind of turn her brain off. I mean, I used to think that AJR was relatively inoffensive as a band, and then there hit a point where the lyrics hit my brain, and I was like, shit, "I've got quinoa in my fridge, but I'm not feeling raw" is trash. I'm kind of terified of meeting the millenial stereotype that this was written for. Like I get that they have to exist, but I refuse to acknowledge their existence.
I really enjoyed basking in the OMG hate. I love Usher but that song makes me want to throw babies. I have the same vitriol for Love in This Club. My best friend asked me to help them move and the first song they put on when we got to the house was Love In This Club. I win the friend of the year award for putting up with that shit.
I remember that summer somebody set up an animatronic band from a children's restaurant so that it did a choreographed performance of Love In This Club. I loved that video so much that i still remember all the words, lol.
I hate how ingrained into my system that stupid “Hey Soul Sister” song is thanks to Movistar. If you were a latin american kid, hell not even a kid a fucking person in latin america, during the early leg of the decade you’d heard that in commercials on the tv, radio and even while making a call. Sometimes you’d get a call and only hear the fucking song. I never, ever wanna hear that song for the rest of my life lmao.
I always hated that song and never could articulate why. The trauma inflicted by Movistar and their relentless campaing is beyond words and blocked it from my mind. Thanks for the reminder.
Your thoughts on Kesha are pretty spot on for me as well. I think something can be dated in an almost charming way, and I think Tik Tok fits that to a tee.
Usher’s OMG became and still is frequently played at sporting events and so I can see why it was so big. Also that bass beat that sounds like a SEGA Genesis made it is so skungy it’s kind of great
This was the era when I was most closely paying attention to what's on the charts/popular, and I couldn't for the life of me hum the melody of either of those two Taio Cruz songs from memory, though I remember his music being so ubiquitous and earworm-y...looking back at the 2010s chart toppers, it's so clear that - more than in any previous decade - so many of these songs won't stand the test of time. They were designed to be disposable. I _wish_ I could forget Hey Soul Sister.
I would absolutely love if you just did this for like every year lmao. I went back and listened to a lot of these and it was such a fun nostalgia trip for me
Just DJ’ed a wedding for a couple who wanted all of these 2010’s songs for their reception. Got kinda nostalgic and felt like I was back at my middle school dances (my dad was djing those, so it’s extra nostalgic!)
Really surprised Fantano finally gave his score for Save Me, San Francisco by Train. So happy he gave it a 10. Loved when he said, “Death Grips makes silly music, Train fucks very hard.”
Actually would love for this video format to maybe also include some critical faves (say, top 5-7 of the billboard but also top 5-7 on pitchfork’s list or something). Fun idea with lots of legs though. Agree that OMG is an all time bad pop single.
Yes Anthony, I drove around in truck delivering auto parts parts for all of 2010 so I know all these songs extremely well and that Usher song has always been suuuuch garbage. Thank you for acknowledging my past trauma
this was the year i moved to the us from mexico so these songs were the first big consumption of american media i’d ever had. all of the songs are so nostalgic for me even omg 😂
Yoooo I don't even need to watch this video before I answer the question. YES plz do more of these types of videos. So glad you started off with one of my most favorite years of music and one that has forever shaped my taste of what I listen to. When I saw the title in my inbox, I was HYPED
2010 was not a bad year, 2010 was finding it's placement or footing heading into this new decade coming out of the 2000s. 2010 we got a mini Eminem comeback, B.O.B. had two no. 1 hits, I still love Nothin On You & Airplanes. Personally Nothin on You I like better than Airplanes. Usher OMG Idk I like it, I remember seeing the music video on like a VH1 top 20 video countdown when it was new. So maybe it's just me. Katy Perry Teenage Dream Era is my favorite Era of Katy Perry. She was really dominating the charts at this time. I believe this album became the second album after MJ's Bad to have like 5 hit songs on one album something like that but I could be wrong. Lastly Kesha's Tik-Tok I did like as a wee lad, but now because of the Tik-Tok app I can live without this song. Kesha does have great songs. So I'm not gonna say she is trash.
Coming back to this one: honestly, TiK ToK ageing so poorly is to me kind of part of it's charm - it sounds SOOOO dated and because of that, it sounds really evocative of the era. Maybe not in an entirely positive way but it is a good song at its core, and I think that does help - you're right, it does make you think of that time in a positive way almost. It's a fun song, have always had a soft spot for it. All that said; glad Kesha's in a much better place now - obviously artistically but also personally of course.
My ranking: S - Bad Romance A - Airplanes, Dynamite B - Break Your Heart C - California Girls, Love The Way You Lie, Tik Tok, Need You Now F - OMG, Hey Soul Sister
I was wondering if you could do one for Todd in the Shadows? He's one of my personal favorite critics ever and he does top 10 lists for popular music specifically Or Diamond Axe Studios because he's also like the best pop music reviewer ever Also, I would LOVE more of this stuff. I really like seeing your opinions on stuff like this!
I'm honestly pretty shocked that there's never been some kind of crossover between Anthony and Todd. The only real interaction that I can remember on TH-cam was during a random Let's Argue segment a few years back. I know that they follow each other on Twitter though, so hopefully we'll get something eventually.
Lets argue: fantano should make more predictions (which tracks will age poorly, which new songs will be hits, which artists are likely to blow up, which albums will go on to become classics)
“Lights” by Ellie Goulding should be on this list. Easily one of my favorite pop songs from that era. Great beat, great singing, and a super catchy chorus. Edit: Thought lights came out in 2010 cause it’s on her 2010 album but apparently it was re-edited on. Whatever year it came out, should be on the list.
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PLEASE do this for 2011 so we can all reminisce on the chokehold that Katy Perry had on society at the time
Bruhhhhh forget 2011, when “I kissed a girl” dropped it was over… I still have flashbacks.
@@Hooperd2023 I thought that song was 2009. GOD, I hated that song 😂🤦🏾♂️
don't forget about my boys LMFAO. Party Rock Anthem and Sorry For Party Rockin are crazy
@@Griimmyyy Party Rock Anthem was actually one of my favourite tunes that year 😂😂😂 it was TOO catchy lol
@@Griimmyyy they even had to apologize
Someday the younger generation will ask us the great question: "Who the hell is Taio Cruz?"
And we may have the moral responsibility to find out and answer them.
Lmao
That part
He's that guy that had two huge hits in one year and then straight up disappeared. Like legit his career went NOWHERE after 2010 wtf happened?
@@bitticlan Probably upset an exec or something
@@bitticlan well his last album was released in 2011 and he made a handful of singles after that but he had 3 massiv hits and still manages to make 10 million monthly listners. So hes probably rich af and just does what he likes.
I was in a Catholic high school in the early 2010's and I have a distinct memory of our chorus teacher getting fed up because all the kids were bitching about how we always had to sing boring religious music during practice and during school concerts. So to make up for it, one day she printed out the sheet music to Dynamite by Taio Cruz and said "Okay class, since you guys wanted to sing something different, we'll sing this." It was so embarrassing and we never complained again
There are many ways to find the Lord... That doesn't sound like one of them, but there are many ways.
@@Justin_Leahy the climb is an incredible song
I love this
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Dude I had the EXACT same experience wtf
Love how OMG is not only an F, but it's even sitting right at the bottom of the tier trying to will a new, lower tier into existence, powered by his sheer hatred of the track.
Yeah basically a G ha ha
Or a -S: a shit masterpiece
@@leandro8897 A masterpiece of shit?
It’s not even that deep honestly, at the worst it’s just mid as hell to me, fantano ranked tracks that I think are worse way higher than this but really emphasized hatred for OMG like it ruined his existence 😭😭 still love the melon man doe
Shit is straight toe fungus 🔥🔥 sounds like Usher did one half hearted take and they didn't bother to mix or master
i love how usher is pushing boundaries into the forbidden G tier
I don’t even think I would be able to critique these songs fairly if I’m being completely honest. They are so intertwined and linked with my childhood that when I hear them, all I’m reminded of is 5th grade and middle school lmaoo
exactly. most of these tracks I wouldn't listen to today, but I have a soft spot for every song here
At this point I would have been 2, but a lot of these I sill heard for a few years and have to agree
2010 was the year I turned 18 and started going to nightclubs with friends.
All of these songs, and I imagine the 2011 and 2012 ones, bring back some weird memories and nostalgia.
Fr all of these would be S tier in my mind. They were constantly playing on the radio all through out my life. Even now a lot of these are still on the radio
fuck critiquing shit in a non biased way, were all biased and thats what makes opinions beautiful
So much middle school nostalgia and cringe is rushing back to me with these ten songs alone. Half of these songs were basically in the rotation of middle school’s dance playlist.
I'll never forget how California Gurls dominated that summer and how some radio stations in my area refused to play the Snoop Dogg feature.
Damn I was graduating high school.
Same here. Only it was elementary school dances for me.
@@thegroove14 Snoop Dogg was the best part of the song
I feel old I was in college in 2010
all of these tracks represented the figurative calm before the storm before Rebecca Black's Friday turned the music industry upside down and defined a generation
The death metal version slaps
@Papa It came out in 2011 but yeah it was before alot of these songs. This dudes just schizo posting.
I don't think Friday defined anything. Literally everybody thought it was bad. If you wanna talk about the internet defining music then Justin Bieber would be the obvious choice.
@@Miguel_Flores i don't think anyone's arguing that it wasn't bad, but it was definitional in music marketing and virality culture due to its context, which i think is probably what the writer of this comment was getting at. With the exception of Soulja Boy, nothing had really blown up on youtube quite like this before, and it definitely kickstarted a trend for better or worse
Friday wasn't that bad. People just wanted something to bash to make themselves feel better, kinda like Bieber in 2010.
bad romance deserves that S. it's aged so well, still an absolute banger
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It took over the world when it came out
Bad romance is hands down one of the best Pop songs of all time. It’s in almost every top 10 pop songs list out there, it’s her Thriller, it’s her Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s her like a prayer, a classic pop song that I don’t think will ever age!!!
I dont like you
I agree
@24kgoldplatedvermeil The Fame Monster is perfection and Gaga's best album and far surpasses The Fame despite that being an amazing debut.
Paparazzi though is the only song on that album that remains amongst her top 5 songs. Bad Romance is better though I agree, I just prefer Paparazzi. Bad Romance and Speechless are fighting for her best song.
Fantano is in his basic but fun content era and I’m loving it
Hell yeah, very interesting
I'm such a Fantanopilled musiccel. In my basic but fun arc (and I'm loving it)
@@CrnogorskiNacionalista me too that is the place to be compadre
@@CrnogorskiNacionalista we get it you like the smiths
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Hayley Williams absolutely made Airplanes. That song would be absolutely nothing without her.
Yup
The chorus is genuinely iconic.
@@Setashi Mordecai-Sama, please come back
Even though her chorus lyrics were pretty basic, her vocals pull through 👏🏾
She made it go from shit to shit, you could chuck any passable vocalist on there and it'd still be a D tier song
Incredible how of all these songs, Bad Romance actually aged like a fine wine compared to the others, an excellent pop song surpassing generations.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Listening to Bad Romance makes me wretch with cringe when I realize we actually used to think that track was good.
@@Atomic_Bubblegum While I agree, at least the production quality was high enough to separate it from some of the stuff in the same vein.
I disagree. Dynamite aged better IMO.
@@Atomic_Bubblegum I... *disagree* (more detailed response below)
What does overproduced mean? The chorus is comprehensible, do you mean the post-chorus? To me, that made the song distinct and stick out from its contemporaries. Wouldn't be the first time that gibberish or nonsense has been used in popular music, either
I don't have a problem with autotune in this song, and something having autotune doesn't automatically make it irredeemable. Not to mention that autotune can enhance the hell out of a song (Heartless by Kanye West, Buy U A Drank by T-Pain are some of my favorite examples).
exactly you get it
If you listen carefully you can tell that Fantano doesn't like OMG by Usher.
This video just slingshotted me back to being fresh out of high school working at pizza hut with my best friend in 2010. One of our coworkers had a radio he would play in the kitchen and I would be forced to listen to every single one of these songs at least once every shift. It was a stressful gig, my hands always smelled like onions and pineapple and I would walk out with a film of grease on my face. But we ate for free and were able to take food to our local gaming cafe and trade stuffed crust pizzas for free time on the computers to play Left4Dead2 until 2 in the morning. Life will never be that good again.
That story gave me a vicarious feeling of nostalgia lol.. it was great :D
Damn sounds like a decent time
That low key sounds like a cool vibe to be reminiscing about
I think he’s starting to catch on… I think people (including me) really like hearing Fantano give his definitive opinions on stuff like clearing up what he actually thinks are 10/10 albums or like him just giving his opinion. I for one definitely like his opinion because as much as ppl hate on him, he’s really knowledgeable on a lot of music. Don’t hate me
Taste in music is subjective, but I love how well Fantano breaks it down on his likes and dislikes
The more I understand his taste in music, the more I disagree
@@danieljones3846 lol same
I like his opinion because it becomes my opinion
I agree
Took a songwriting course in high school and had a grade dependent upon me writing a spoof of California Girls, including the snoop dogg rap verse that I had to perform in front of the class. Truly mortifying.
Jesus Christ
Whoever wrote that into the syllabus is going to hell for real
Come one let’s see the video
gitmo tier cruel and unusual punishment
@@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names mercifully, no such video exists, and if one comes to light I will do everything I can to destroy it
tik tok is so over the top with 2010s tropes that it feels more like a time capsule than a song and that’s why i still love it
It causes me to wretch with cringe but at the same time it is kinda funny to listen to it and remember how the world was back then.
uffie built the ground for Kesha. listen to the party by justice, it’s kinda the same
twas a simpler time
I have super-positive vibes about it but when I actually listen... yup it sounds old, production wise.
Song sounds so much worse than I remembered and I didn't like it back then either lmao
The 2010s are really starting to have their own recognizably independent vibe from the times we’re in today.
Tik tok by Kesha was very ahead of it’s time . Went back and listened with my friend and we realized she was one of the first doing hyperpop . Hyperpop developed because of those early 2010’s nitecore songs from 2018 but she sounds like a lot of artist doing hyperpop these past few yrs
Same with Kreayshawn
@@my-spinning-wheel she was soooooo ahead of her time my god . She was super tapped in also . She messed with lil b , black kray , left brain etc . She goated .
yeah maybe don’t credit a rapist producer with the invention of hyperpop or pc music when it really was trans women and queer ppl who did that lol kesha didnt do ‚hyperpop‘ it was edm based or house danced pop. period
@@samuelthiex that’s literally what hyperpop also came from lol nitecore versions of edm / dance / pop etc lmao . Of course pc music is the base but your forgetting a whole part of it lmao that’s what also helped popularize it in late 2017 / 18 .
@Alejandro-gk9jwEverytime i see someone claiming that an artist is "ahead of their time" for a specific sound, all it tells me is that the artist took a sound that already existed that wasn't mainstream, watered it down to hell and then sold it to the masses.
Meaning that, yeah, these artists never actually come up with any of the sounds themselves, they just take an existing one and simplify it for mass consumption, and somehow tricks people into thinking they are actually ahead of their time.
Would love to see more rankings like this, they’re cool to watch because I forget what pop songs came out in what year so every song here is a fun surprise lol
2011: Katy Perry, Katy Perry, Katy Perry, Katy Perry, Bruno mars, Adele, Katy Perry.
@@pricklycats rihanna too
Todd in the shadows has a top ten best and worst songs of the year for almost every year in the 2010's, I highly recommend those videos
The way Anthony feels about OMG is the way I feel about Hey Soul Sister. One of the worst things ever put to record. Just ghastly in every way.
Watch pat finnerty’s episode on what makes this song suck its brilliant
Stop the Train
Train’s lyrics were truly ahead of their time in that they consistently sounded like they were generated by an AI that didn’t know what the fuck it was talking about
It's amazing to see Pat Finnerty fans in the comment section of Fantano videos, like when Train is mentioned, they just immediately crawl out of the woodwork lol. With all the digs that Pat takes at music TH-cam, I kinda didn't expect such a crossover
Untrimmed chest
Melon just ripped apart middle school dance classic OMG for 2 whole minutes. Please do 2011 and 2012
Bad Romance, along with Poker Face, are timeless hits.
Gaga ruled the period between 2008 until 2011.
gaga ruled what? katy perry did in 2010 more than lady gaga in her whole life.
I cant stand gaga at all.
Lady Gaga defined all the years she released music. Period. Fuck you haters 🖕🖕🖕
@@mariof3780 maybe commercially but critically + commercially, it's gaga, beyonce, Taylor.
@@gia42472 its taylor alone
This is the only video by Fantano where the comment section isn’t completely a meme and people are actually typing serious thoughts out, crazy
This is reminding me of being 18, in uni, going to clubs and learning to hate chart music with an absolute passion.
“need you now” to me has always felt like that one scene from SpongeBob where he’s stuck at the chum bucket and missing mr krabs. That scene always plays in my head whenever I hear that track.
The duet during the “This Kitchen’s not the same without you” part goes so hard
Bad Romance was one of my favorite songs as a kid. And 10+ years later, that song, as well as many others from Fame Monster like Telephone ft. Beyonce & Alejandro has still sound fun as they did back then.
I don't know why but I fins my self on the fence with that song tbh
@@zaiah9252 Hey, that’s understandable and we all have our own opinions and that’s completely fine ;) Personally, I strongly agree with Fantano’s placement of Bad Romance and think it’s a legendary song that both deserves its commercial success and wide acclaim
Alejandro is so fucking good
AND so is Paparazzi
Lady Gaga is goated
I un-ironically miss the EDM craze of the late 2000s and early 2010s
Bad Romance is hands down one of the best pop songs in music history. Not to mention the memorable music video (S tier as well). Definitely, the “Thriller” of our generation.
Hell No
what
@@liltree8382 hell yes
Ew
@@arachnidplays6162 you look like that you don’t have the right to use the word ew
I completely forgot about Dynamite. Damn that chorus just exudes summertime fun.
I will never forget it because my friend whose music taste is stuck firmly in the 50s to 80s (apart from anime music and Sabaton), whose favourite artist is Bowie and who listens to Screamin Jay Hawkins and obscure 60s Italian pop, has played the Minecraft parody of this song "TNT" on numerous occasions.
@@Atomic_Bubblegum That's oddly specific lol I'm guessing that you attended a lot of bar mitzvah parties where people played that track?
Love the electro pop flare in the instrumental too, it immediately makes me think of my old hot pink shutter shades
I turned 18 in the summer of this year, so this was constantly in DJs rotations in nightclubs.
I have a lot of nostalgia for this, and some of the others on this list; dynamite is legit just a very fun song though.
I remember distinctly Dynamite and Cheerleader being the 2010s summertime radio songs
Wow I absolutely find Usher - OMG a banger I remember how hard this went off in clubs it's groovy as hell.
sports events too
So happy to hear what you had to say about bad romance. My partner and I were listening to it the other day and i was blown away with how fucking good the beat still sounds after all these years. Still a banger
Whoever wrote the beat deserves a high five. Whoever wrote the lyrics needs to get punched in the face. And whoever processed LG's voice needs to be barred from the music industry.
@@Atomic_Bubblegum Stop beign so pressed hun
@@Atomic_Bubblegum 🤓 dudes going through every comment about bad romance and seething about it lmao. Go outside bozo
@@Atomic_Bubblegum That part is not the chorus of the song lol
@@Atomic_Bubblegum Youre objectively wrong man. All dance pop is "cringe". The song could come out today and still sound fresh.
Your content lately has been at a pretty high point. Really liking you trying these new things, creating these new series, giving more things to look forward to with the channel.
Bad Romance is one of the songs that as a kid I liked it but as I grow I appreciate more and more, such an iconic pop song, imo top 10 pop songs of all time AT LEAST
The chorus on Airplanes legitimately never get old. Hayley carried the shit out of that song.
Hayley is the only reason why that song is bad. Her wailing warbling vocals and fake emo bullshit ruined that track so badly.
@@ZoeSimza Hayley is a better vocalist than you
@@ZoeSimza trash take
@@curlybebe Try more like correct take. Hayley's vocals are what's trash.
@circa I didn't delete any comments, what are you talking about?
Glad to see Fantano call out the last decade of mainstream country, as it's abandoned its roots to achieve a new level of soulless and forgettable wannabe pop mediocrity.
Need you now is one of the few good ones though
Thankfully this year we might get an improvement with the success of Zach Bryan and Chris Stapleton
Mainstream country's decline goes back almost a decade prior. The year "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" came out was the same year they canceled the [Dixie] Chicks, and it pretty much guaranteed that if women in country music wanted to make it, they needed to shut their mouths on anything besides music. Country music became a dick-measuring contest, and they essentially forced Taylor Swift out of country music. Not that Swift is some godsend artist, but she was leagues better than her contemporaries.
I kinda agree with you but some songs are still fire
If country had one selling point, it was expressing the genuine aching pathos of the human condition. Now instead of empathising with the singer it just makes you want to slap them.
So happy to see Bad Romance in S tier. I find it to personally be one of the best pop songs of the 21st century, legendary, trailblazing 🔥
@@Atomic_Bubblegum 🤓🤓🤓
@@Atomic_Bubblegum 🤓
@@Atomic_Bubblegum cry
@@Atomic_Bubblegum no one will ever love you
@@Atomic_Bubblegum Fantano fans thinking theyre music nerd…
Bad Romance aged like fine wine. So much energy and your ears are being tenderly caressed my her voice
That pop-rap-dance fusion era was genuinely disgusting. David Guetta, LMFAO, Flo-Rida, Pitbull, Taio Cruz and the shit that Black Eyed Peas brought out in those years. Katy Perry’s and Lady Gaga’s songs have aged infinitely better because it doesn’t try to be every fucking genre. There’s a reason why every positive comment on this video boils down to: this was the soundtrack of my middle school days, nostalgi is the only way you can still like it. It literally only appealed to middle school ages and people who like soulless, formulaic genre crossovers.
this!! enjoying something nostalgically is certainly okay, but thats ALL its good for. unlike gaga and perry
I'd rather listen to Pitbull's cheesy raps than Katy Perry's gargle. God that girl couldn't sing even if her life depended on it.
Big facts, well said fam
@@dundee6402 L
@ghost mall i was on my way home from friends and I was drunk
As somebody who was growing up in the early 2010s and heard a ton of pop music back then, I had absolutely no memory of Usher's OMG. I knew every other song on this, but I had no recollection at all of OMG.
Aka you’re still growing up
Consider yourself lucky
Same my elementary school bus driver played the radio every day back and forth, so I could recall every single one of these songs except that one. My ears must have rejected it so hard that I totally blocked it from memory.
I mostly only remember Will.i.Am's part on it lol
I remember people clowning him for saying "Oh My Gosh" instead of "God"
party rock anthem will always hold a special place in my heart. i’ll be blasting shit on my deathbed, bad 2010s production included
i always hated dynamite because my math teacher made their own version of the song.. 😥
We gon round it up when it's over five?
I’m so sorry to hear that 😔
@@ambiguousambition7774 cause I told you once now I told you twice. We gon add it up, so it equals three.
@Ambiguous Ambition Did you actually hear that before or is that just a damn fine guess?
Listen to the minecraft parody
Crazy how songs from 2009 like Bad Romance and Tik Tok (August 2009) are going to be remembered forever as 2010.
Early 2010s dance pop was so much fun and I demand it comes back.
I miss how trashy the early 2010 were
Bad Romance for sure deserves that S tier
Rating Bad Romance anywhere other than solid F tier is a joke. Easily one of the worst songs of that year. Gaga's bigmouth ass voice screaming gibberish "rah rah ooh ma ma ooh ga ga la la" and the terrible writing.
Why are so many people hating on Bad Romance? I agree it’s a great song
@@R-H-B Someone else pointed out that a lot of people's opinions of Lady Gaga's work, especially around that time period, has been pretty badly soured after the Terry Richardson thing. Maybe that's affecting my opinion of it.
@@FromRussia_With_Love the what thing? I’ve not heard about that
@@FromRussia_With_Love Bad Romance is the only good song on this list.
The quality of soft synths have come a long way since this era.
Listening back to these tunes really puts into perspective why analog synths had a revival after this too. Like, even the best stuff, like the synths in Gaga’s music from the early 2010s, sounds so horrendous in comparison to what musicians like Prince were doing with synths in pop music 30 years earlier.
@@gladysthegroovymule3411 yup, fortunately there has been a surge of analog synth emulations and most of them sound pretty dang good
Gated megasaws as far as the eye can see
@@gladysthegroovymule3411 that sounds mode like a 80s-90s synth problem, most of the sounds on those gaga songs come straight from the 90s/trance & techno synths
Or pop music just had no idea how to use them. A lot of dance music and things like grime that used software synths around this time and earlier still sound great. Maybe it was ringtone rap and crunk influence? I don't know myself what happened
while people talk a lot about fantano’s impact in the music reviewing scene and internet music discussion in general, nobody talks about his impact in the metal plated wallets that fit in your front pocket debates.
Me and my homies about it all the time man, we have several of them and usually get excited when they drop a new design. Me and my homies be clicking that affiliate link faster than Drake releases a bad album.
Anyone else not sure if this is real?
@@thath09 this is such a troll comment that it can't not be real. Maybe a bot posted it, but there was a real writer behind these words.
This comment is what really pushed Drake over the edge
@@70sman can’t believe drake went vegan cookie on us. i’m literally shaking
@@thath09 as real as they come man, you really gotta start appreciating those slick, minimalist wallet designs.
I say this all the time but, if it fits in a woman’s front pocket, ‘tis a keeper!!
Ever since I heard “The Monster,” I’ve thought a lot less of “Love The Way You Lie” than I did when it came out. It’s still a strong emotional collab and has a solid flow, but both artists just show off their abilities so much better on the former song. I’d put “The Monster” in my top ten first 100 times out of 100.
My thing with these two tracks is that I like Eminem’s verses on LTWYL, but prefer Rihanna’s chorus on The Monster.
I literally only remember Taoi Cruz because Alestorm, a pirate metal project, covered his song Hangover and made it 10x more energetic and listenable.
It’s insane to consider the tolerance level I had for obnoxious music as a kid, when I was in middle school everyone and their mother was jamming out to OMG on the dance floor, now it makes me want to physically throw up.
My mom is maybe the biggest Train fan I've ever met. I've listened to more Train than maybe I would care to have or at least care to admit. The reason that my mom resonates with Train so much is because the lyrics are so non-sensical that since english isn't her first language she can just kind of turn her brain off. I mean, I used to think that AJR was relatively inoffensive as a band, and then there hit a point where the lyrics hit my brain, and I was like, shit, "I've got quinoa in my fridge, but I'm not feeling raw" is trash. I'm kind of terified of meeting the millenial stereotype that this was written for. Like I get that they have to exist, but I refuse to acknowledge their existence.
You are valid for worrying, they’re all Karens now 😆
I really enjoyed basking in the OMG hate. I love Usher but that song makes me want to throw babies. I have the same vitriol for Love in This Club. My best friend asked me to help them move and the first song they put on when we got to the house was Love In This Club. I win the friend of the year award for putting up with that shit.
I remember that summer somebody set up an animatronic band from a children's restaurant so that it did a choreographed performance of Love In This Club. I loved that video so much that i still remember all the words, lol.
Love in this club is nowhere near as awful as omg. Omg makes love in this club sound like high brow art
Kesha single handedly brought crunkcore towards the front along with 3Oh!3 and for that I will always love her, ahead of their time
As a survivor of the 2010s, I must agree with nearly everything you said about these songs
"We Found Love" is the best 2010s dance pop song. It belongs on the list.
Wait for the 2011 video lol
I quite like the vocals, but the drop on that track always made me cringe. It could've done with a breakbeat.
@@therealtomframpton2662 2012 actually
@@gut853 Talk That Talk was a 2011 album
@@therealtomframpton2662 but We Found Love is #8 on the 2012 list
I hate how ingrained into my system that stupid “Hey Soul Sister” song is thanks to Movistar.
If you were a latin american kid, hell not even a kid a fucking person in latin america, during the early leg of the decade you’d heard that in commercials on the tv, radio and even while making a call. Sometimes you’d get a call and only hear the fucking song.
I never, ever wanna hear that song for the rest of my life lmao.
You're right and I hate you for reminding me of that song
Hey soul sister, we've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty.
YES
I always hated that song and never could articulate why. The trauma inflicted by Movistar and their relentless campaing is beyond words and blocked it from my mind. Thanks for the reminder.
Hey Soul Sister stinks, I don't even think Rick Beato could find any redeeming qualities in it
Your thoughts on Kesha are pretty spot on for me as well. I think something can be dated in an almost charming way, and I think Tik Tok fits that to a tee.
The fact all these songs still get a lot of play in the club/in H&M stores is kinda wild
h&m is weird, but I get it in clubs
I don't remember Anthony being that pissed about a song like he is here with OMG.
Usher’s OMG became and still is frequently played at sporting events and so I can see why it was so big. Also that bass beat that sounds like a SEGA Genesis made it is so skungy it’s kind of great
Anyone else ever notice how similar the instrumentation/production of “Tik Tok” and “California Gurls” is? Chalk it up to Dr. Luke.
They basically have the exact same chorus too
Oh my god, the level of cringe that Ke$ha's Tik Tok brings me is horrendous.
@@FromRussia_With_Love tiktok is a banger
@@mammamiaculpa I somehow agree with both of you. Cranger
@@mammamiaculpa It does still have that nostalgic "hey remember when this was popular" effect on me lol
As a total metal elitist gatekeeper at the time… when Bad Romance came out I loved it and didn’t even try to hide it from my friends lol
Bad Romance is one of my favorite songs of all time honestly.
It's just wall to wall sound, and Gaga's vocals are amazing.
The fact that Primadonna Girl isn't anywhere on Billboard's 2012 list is criminal.
the song is called primadonna lol
great format. now do the other 70 years of modern music.
This was the era when I was most closely paying attention to what's on the charts/popular, and I couldn't for the life of me hum the melody of either of those two Taio Cruz songs from memory, though I remember his music being so ubiquitous and earworm-y...looking back at the 2010s chart toppers, it's so clear that - more than in any previous decade - so many of these songs won't stand the test of time. They were designed to be disposable.
I _wish_ I could forget Hey Soul Sister.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought a lot of pop music production in the 2010s was pretty grating on the ears
It was HORRIBLE and now it's unlistenable. Honestly a terrible time in pop music.
For real, with the exception of the Gaga track these are all AWFUL songs.
I hated it when I was 10 lol and I enjoy pop now
I would absolutely love if you just did this for like every year lmao. I went back and listened to a lot of these and it was such a fun nostalgia trip for me
hey anthony, still loving your vids mate. that nuke on Usher's OMG cracked me tf up.
Just DJ’ed a wedding for a couple who wanted all of these 2010’s songs for their reception. Got kinda nostalgic and felt like I was back at my middle school dances (my dad was djing those, so it’s extra nostalgic!)
THANK YOU Fame Monster is god level, that shit has aged like fine wine
Hey Soul Sister is the only song from this list that I still hear every now and then through malls and clothing stores
I was living for the tongue lashings of Usher and Train. I enjoyed how the distance of time allowed you go at it with both barrels.
Really surprised Fantano finally gave his score for Save Me, San Francisco by Train. So happy he gave it a 10. Loved when he said, “Death Grips makes silly music, Train fucks very hard.”
Actually would love for this video format to maybe also include some critical faves (say, top 5-7 of the billboard but also top 5-7 on pitchfork’s list or something).
Fun idea with lots of legs though. Agree that OMG is an all time bad pop single.
We just wanna see runaway get that love
Yes Anthony, I drove around in truck delivering auto parts parts for all of 2010 so I know all these songs extremely well and that Usher song has always been suuuuch garbage. Thank you for acknowledging my past trauma
this was the year i moved to the us from mexico so these songs were the first big consumption of american media i’d ever had. all of the songs are so nostalgic for me even omg 😂
wake up in the morning feeling like p diddy
Absolutely loving this - a continuation of this series would be so fun!
Yoooo I don't even need to watch this video before I answer the question. YES plz do more of these types of videos. So glad you started off with one of my most favorite years of music and one that has forever shaped my taste of what I listen to. When I saw the title in my inbox, I was HYPED
Bad Romance is a staple and the benchmark for great pop music
That roast of O.M.G was goddam beautiful. A Fantano classic.
2010 was not a bad year, 2010 was finding it's placement or footing heading into this new decade coming out of the 2000s.
2010 we got a mini Eminem comeback, B.O.B. had two no. 1 hits, I still love Nothin On You & Airplanes. Personally Nothin on You I like better than Airplanes.
Usher OMG Idk I like it, I remember seeing the music video on like a VH1 top 20 video countdown when it was new. So maybe it's just me.
Katy Perry Teenage Dream Era is my favorite Era of Katy Perry. She was really dominating the charts at this time. I believe this album became the second album after MJ's Bad to have like 5 hit songs on one album something like that but I could be wrong.
Lastly Kesha's Tik-Tok I did like as a wee lad, but now because of the Tik-Tok app I can live without this song. Kesha does have great songs. So I'm not gonna say she is trash.
Coming back to this one: honestly, TiK ToK ageing so poorly is to me kind of part of it's charm - it sounds SOOOO dated and because of that, it sounds really evocative of the era. Maybe not in an entirely positive way but it is a good song at its core, and I think that does help - you're right, it does make you think of that time in a positive way almost. It's a fun song, have always had a soft spot for it.
All that said; glad Kesha's in a much better place now - obviously artistically but also personally of course.
Anthony you can’t say “And now you crying out the window, guess that’s why they call it window pane” and call it a review
this line hits hard . change my mind
“Gonna give this one the d” -fantano, 2022
"Hey Soul Sister" and "Dynamite" are two of my least favorite songs ever to this day. I hated them when they came out and I still hate them now.
hey, soul sister is one of the worst, most cringey songs I've ever heard. easily one of the most grating yet ubiquitous songs of the decade
Soul Sister yes, but Dynamite has always slapped
Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brains
I love OMG and have so many good memories with it. All this slander was painful😞
My ranking:
S - Bad Romance
A - Airplanes, Dynamite
B - Break Your Heart
C - California Girls, Love The Way You Lie, Tik Tok, Need You Now
F - OMG, Hey Soul Sister
Anthony, you can’t make a 10 minute video about why the queens death is so funny
As someone who was 18 in 2010, thanks for bringing back some pretty amazing memories, Melon. ❤
I was 12 in 2010 and I can actually do without the memories 😂😂😂
I was wondering if you could do one for Todd in the Shadows? He's one of my personal favorite critics ever and he does top 10 lists for popular music specifically
Or Diamond Axe Studios because he's also like the best pop music reviewer ever
Also, I would LOVE more of this stuff. I really like seeing your opinions on stuff like this!
I'm honestly pretty shocked that there's never been some kind of crossover between Anthony and Todd. The only real interaction that I can remember on TH-cam was during a random Let's Argue segment a few years back. I know that they follow each other on Twitter though, so hopefully we'll get something eventually.
Todd and Anthony have such different tastes, I’d love to see them discuss their opinions some day.
Your content lately has been fantastic. PLEASE keep up with these top 10 of the year tier lists, and albums you rate 10 in previous decades.
Huh, i always thought Bad Romance released in 2009. But that means Lady Gaga was slaying for three years straight!
The synthwork on Bad Romance sent me everytime, that song does not age.
Lets argue: fantano should make more predictions (which tracks will age poorly, which new songs will be hits, which artists are likely to blow up, which albums will go on to become classics)
that’s what he does ratings for
Even better: hold NMF chat to account on their polling
“Lights” by Ellie Goulding should be on this list. Easily one of my favorite pop songs from that era. Great beat, great singing, and a super catchy chorus.
Edit: Thought lights came out in 2010 cause it’s on her 2010 album but apparently it was re-edited on. Whatever year it came out, should be on the list.
was it that big of a hit?
I think these are from the specific year 2010
Wait for the 2012 video
wait for the 2012 list
It'll be discussed on the 2012 ranking
I can't get over how perfectly Tik Tok fits into the tier of " a little better than average but I can't for the life of me tell you why"
I still remember the Todd in the Shadows reviews for almost all of these songs.