Here’s to chart attack' - Hindustan Times
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Here’s to chart attack'

Hindustan Times | ByLuke Kenny, Mumbai
Oct 25, 2010 03:36 PM IST

Global chartbusting songs like, Usher’s OMG to Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream and Yolanda be Cool’s We No Speak Americano... are what clubbers are dancing to.

Over the course of this whole year, most of the clubs I have been to have not been playing Bollywood music. I have seen an upward trend of current US or UK Top 40 songs popping up on most DJ playlists. Does this mean that we are all set for a revival of international music in clubs like it used to be in the early ’90s before Bollywood took over? I certainly hope so, with most film music turning out to be not ‘cool’ enough to play in a club.

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This means that most commercial music listeners will turn to the west for their club ‘fix.’ Global chartbusting songs like, Usher’s OMG to Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream and, of course, the current massive chartbuster, Yolanda be Cool’s We No Speak Americano... are what clubbers are dancing to. I hope that this trend continues. It’s always good to have a mix of things rather than an overdose. Remember, an overdose always kills… if I may say so.

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