• The song is called “iDance.” Not “I Dance.” (And the album it’s on will be called iSouljaBoy, not, as I thought when I was told about it last night, I, Soulja Boy. The latter sounds a lot more majestic, I have to say.)
• The kids now use “YouTube” as a verb. Given that the song’s title is spelled “iDance,” I’m guessing that S.B. means to also say “iYouTube,” a bit of grammatically horrifying cross-purpose branding that is no doubt already giving Apple and Google’s marketing teams a collective iHeadache.
• The song features the line “guess who’s not a one-hit wonder.” Yooooooouuu keep telling yourself that, kid.
• But it’s pretty much just an electro remix of “Crank That,” complete with steel-drum beat, “Yoouuuuuuu”s, and references to Supermanning that ho. [YouTube]
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“The song features the line “guess who’s not a one-hit wonder.” Yooooooouuu keep telling yourself that, kid.”
Oh Maura, yoooooouuuuu made my day with that one.
@bg5000: Thank yoooooooooouuuuuuuuuu!
I like how he says “I dance!? I dance.” as if he doesn’t believe himself the first time so he has to say it again.
This is like when the Macarena was big and they put out like 10 versions of the same song…
If he was going to drop a dance-oriented lead single, this mixtape cut–featuring cameos by Jeezy, Ludacris and Tay Zonday–would’ve been a much better choice.
@Maura Johnston: But your real test is whether you can work ‘YAH TRICK YAH’ into a piece on Soulja Boy as effortlessly.
isn’t it great that someone can basically create an entire career from pop culture detritus and one great hook. seriously.