We all have guilty pleasure in music; those songs that were the one hit wonders of the 70’s and the 80’s. So after having compiled my top ten list, I thought it would be fun to start a new series dedicated to the pop songs that though the singer might have faded to obscurity, the song lives on.
First up, who could forget…. Pop Muzik by M.
Pop Muzik was one of the first new wave singles to top the charts. The singles popularity was bolstered by this catchy video that featured Scott as a DJ singing from behind turntables, and flanked by two female models providing the additional vocals… Or do they? One of the sight gags in the video depicted Brigit Novik dressed in blue who actually recorded the backup vocals which were mimed by the models. The song went on to have global success and had “everybody talkin’ ’bout Pop Muzik”. The original clip from1979. Boogie in a suitcase. Pop, pop, pop muzik.
Get up, get down
Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase
Your livin’ in a disco, forget about the rat race
Let’s do the milkshake, sellin’ like a hotcake
Try some, buy some fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
I wanna dedicate this
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Everybody made it
Shoobie, doobie do wop
Infiltrate it
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Activate it
New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Singing in the subway
Shuffle with a shoe shine
Fix me a Molotov
I’m on the headline
Wanna be a gun slinger
Don’t be a rock singer
Eenie, meenie, mynie, moe
Tell me, where you wanna go
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie doobie do wop
Lyin’ in the tree [unverified]
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Eenee, meenie
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
Pop, pop, shoo wop
You know what I mean
Hit it
Now you know what to say
Talk about pop musik
Pop pop pop pop musik
All around the world wherever you are
Dance in the street, anything you like
Do it in your car in the middle of the night
La, la, la
Dance in the super mart
Dig it in the fast lane
Listen to the countdown
They’re playin’ our song again
I can’t get jumping jack
I wanna hold, get back
Moonlight muzak
Knick, knack, patty whack
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
It’s all around you
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Gonna surround you
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
It’s all around
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Hit it
New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Now, listen
Talk about pop, pop, pop, pop musik