Unlike Day 1 this is an easy choice...
Everyone knows which song makes them violently turn off a radio.
For me it was a very easy choice, I
didn't really have to think about it and I'm so not going to "wax
lyrical" about it either. I don’t know why I dislike this song so much,
but it honestly puts my whole body in a state of stress. Maybe it’s the
overplayed factor? It’s more than likely the very silly lyrics?
This horrible song is
It's Raining
Men - The Weather Girls
Here are some song facts:
- The Weather Girls were the duo of Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes, who were both
overweight and also recorded as Two Tons Of Fun. Wash, who had a very
powerful voice, sang on many projects over the next several years,
including songs by the groups C&C Music Factory ("Make You
Sweat") and Black Box ("Strike It Up"). She was often
uncredited and replaced in videos by models lip-synching her lines. She
eventually sued for royalties and released a solo album under her own
name. Rhodes died in 2004.
- This
became a gay anthem. Like "YMCA" by The Village People, the gay
community helped popularize it.
- Geri Halliwell, formerly a member of The Spice Girls, recorded this in 2001.
Her version was used on the soundtrack to the movie Bridget Jones' Diary. When released, the
single shot straight to #1 for 2 weeks. This was Halliwell's fourth #1
single in a row, and it made her the British female artist with the most
#1 singles (11 in total, 7 with the Spice Girls and 4 of her own).
- Halliwell's
version was her fifth single. Her new ultra-thin image in the video caused
a field day for the press, who came up with all sorts of ways she had
achieved this - some included her reported bulimia. (thanks, Thomas -
Borehamwood, England, for above 2)
- This
was written and produced by Paul Shaffer and Paul Jabara. Shaffer is David
Letterman's bandleader; Jabara wrote "Last Dance" and "No
More Tears" for Donna Summer.
- Barbara
Streisand and Diana Ross were both offered this song and turned it down.
- This was used on an episode of the TV show Friends when
Chandler and Monica went to Las Vegas to see Chandler's dad to tell him
they were getting married. Not long after they met him he sang this on
stage.
So let me know what you think, is this your favourite song and why?
If you would like to buy this I would suggest the Bridget Jones OST, here are the links:
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