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  1. [15:05:32] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Hello everybody
  2. [15:05:37] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Today, we will be discussing the Billboard Hot 100 in the year 2013.
  3. [15:05:45] YeesusIsDaMvp: if there isn't a kanye song on this list I'ma be mad
  4. [15:05:54] +Duke Weasel-/ton: It only covers #1 hits, so no, sorry
  5. [15:06:07] +Duke Weasel-/ton: I will first clear up two terms: “the week of” and “the charts.”
  6. [15:06:16] +Duke Weasel-/ton: “The week of” will be used to refer to roughly the week ending on that date, and “the charts” will be how I refer to the Billboard Hot 100. While there are other music charts, the term “the charts” is much simpler than “the Billboard Hot 100.”
  7. [15:06:28] +Duke Weasel-/ton: I would also like to state that this lecture will only be discussing the songs that went #1 during 2013. It will not mention any lower-ranking songs. If this lecture goes well, I might host another one in the future about the #2 and #3 peaking songs of 2013 if there is interest in it.
  8. [15:06:43] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Does anyone else have any other questions about what songs I will cover?
  9. [15:07:31] +Duke Weasel-/ton: No?
  10. [15:07:32] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Okay then
  11. [15:08:02] +Duke Weasel-/ton: 2013 was a year not too far from the current year of 2018 in terms of what kind of music dominated the charts. Hip-hop was a bit less successful and pop was a bit more successful,
  12. [15:08:03] +Duke Weasel-/ton: and rock was still able to score a few hits here and there, but other than that, the music was fairly similar to today’s.
  13. [15:08:52] +Duke Weasel-/ton: 2013 was also the year in which streaming as a chart element debuted. To be specific, streaming was introduced to the charts on the week of January 26th 2013. Prior to that week, the charts were based entirely on sales and radio play.
  14. [15:10:11] +Duke Weasel-/ton: We start off on the week of January 5th, with “Locked Out Of Heaven” by Bruno Mars at the #1 spot. It was already at the position during the last two weeks of 2012, making the first week of 2013 its third week at #1.
  15. [15:10:55] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Locked Out Of Heaven is a R&B and reggae-inspired pop rock song released by Bruno Mars. It was his first song done in his now-well known 80s throwback style, replacing his previous slow and romantic style from songs such as Just The Way You Are and Grenade.
  16. [15:11:25] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Locked Out Of Heaven’s lyrics involve Bruno Mars comparing his relationship with his girlfriend to Heaven itself, and by extension, comparing his previous relationships to being locked out of it.
  17. [15:11:25] +Duke Weasel-/ton: In general, it’s fairly standard love song material. The song was inspired by early songs from the band The Police.
  18. [15:11:48] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Locked Out Of Heaven spent three more weeks at #1. However, during the week of February 2nd, it was knocked off the top by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s song Thrift Shop featuring Wanz, the song that would later become the #1 song of 2013.
  19. [15:13:02] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Thrift Shop is a rap song that plays on the genre’s obsession with expensive clothing and jewerly, subverting this by instead rapping about getting clothes from a thrift store, most of which are described as being cheap or otherwise not exactly something most people would brag about.
  20. [15:13:35] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Thrift Shop’s lyrics blur the line between comedy and social commentary. While it comes off as a heavily satirical song making fun of flexing at first, it could also be interpreted as an unironic criticism of hip-hop’s glorification of owning expensive things just so you can brag about owning them.
  21. [15:14:32] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song was also considered a breakthrough into the mainstream for the previously unknown Macklemore, who proceeded to be one of the most successful musicians of 2013, despite proceeding to lose popularity over the course of the next few years.\
  22. [15:14:41] harrybotter: ooooh thrift shop, now that's a nice throwback
  23. [15:15:01] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Thrift Shop spent four weeks at #1 before being unexpectedly sent down to the #2 position on the week of March 2nd by Baauer’s Harlem Shake,
  24. [15:15:02] +Duke Weasel-/ton: a song which despite being released by a previously unknown artist, blew up overnight and debuted at #1, an honor usually limited only to well-known and already beloved musicians.
  25. [15:15:37] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Harlem Shake is an electronic song released by the otherwise obscure DJ Baauer. Considered an instrumental song by most, as the only lyrics are samples of two other musicians and the sound of growling lions, it is the only instrumental song during this decade so far to have gone #1.
  26. [15:16:17] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song reached the #1 spot off of absurd sales and streaming after a meme that started on the video sharing platform YouTube using the song that exploded into the mainstream in a matter of days.
  27. [15:17:44] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Everyone, from athletes to soldiers to even well-known talk show hosts, began to film videos of themselves doing the “Harlem Shake” dance.
  28. [15:18:25] +Duke Weasel-/ton: While other songs have gotten to #1 with help from memes, a good example of this being In My Feelings and the “Keke Challenge,” Harlem Shake is the only one to do so entirely due to them. Prior to the creation of the “Harlem Shake” meme, the song hadn’t even charted.
  29. [15:19:20] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Does anyone have any questions so far?
  30. [15:19:27] %Darthikyu: not really no
  31. [15:19:44] Rayu: kanye sucks
  32. [15:20:17] +sciencepanda: no questions from me either
  33. [15:20:46] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Okay
  34. [15:20:48] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Harlem Shake spent five weeks at #1 before Thrift Shop returned to the position on the week of April 6th. Thrift Shop spent two more weeks there, reaching a total of six weeks at #1, before When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars reached the spot on the week of April 20th.
  35. [15:22:30] +Duke Weasel-/ton: When I Was Your Man is a pop piano ballad in which Bruno Mars reminisces over his ex-girlfriend and how much he misses her. It is a return to his old style seen in songs like Grenade and When It Rains.
  36. [15:23:11] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song’s lyrics were fairly simple romantic lyrics about missing an ex. They were generic, but not in a bad way whatsoever, as it gave the song a broad appeal instead of being overly specific and limited to just Bruno’s romance and nobody else’s.
  37. [15:23:50] +Duke Weasel-/ton: When I Was Your Man lasted a single week at #1 before Just Give Me a Reason by Pink and Nate Ruess took the spot on the week of April 27th, which took the spot predictably due to sales and radio being in its favor.
  38. [15:24:47] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Just Give Me a Reason is a pop ballad about holding on to a failing relationship. It shared its genre and lyrical themes with the previous #1 song, When I Was Your Man.
  39. [15:24:47] +Duke Weasel-/ton: However, unlike that song, Just Give Me a Reason made itself different by offering the view of both sides of the relationship, being a duet.
  40. [15:26:15] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song’s lyrics were written so that both sides of the relationship acknowledged that it was failing but were also both trying to hang onto it before it was too late.
  41. [15:26:15] +Duke Weasel-/ton: This made it so that both sides were aware of their problems, but unable to do anything without a reason to keep the relationship going.
  42. [15:26:55] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Just Give Me a Reason spent three weeks at #1 before it was replaced at the top by Can’t Hold Us, another Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song that had been gaining momentum for the past few months.
  43. [15:27:42] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Can’t Hold Us is a rap song that sounds similar to Thrift Shop aesthetically, with its upbeat and party-like production, but topic wise, it is a slightly more serious song, meant to be an upbeat and fun but serious song celebrating sticking through to the end instead of a comedic song.
  44. [15:28:37] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song’s lyrics heavily focus on how Macklemore made it to the top of the music world as an independent artist and how you’ve got to be dedicated and make it through to the very end. The lyrics in general are motivational and upbeat, and serious yet fun.
  45. [15:29:23] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Can’t Hold Us spent five weeks at #1 before it was replaced by Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, featuring Pharrell Williams and TI, which had been rapidly gaining in all chart elements. Despite this, Can’t Hold Us was the fifth biggest song of the year.
  46. [15:30:25] EspeonxSyvelon: Hi guys
  47. [15:31:03] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Blurred Lines is a disco-inspired R&B song that was driven to the top by controversy. Its lyrics were accused of being overly sexual and downright creepy, and its instrumental was allegedly stolen from a Marvin Gaye song.
  48. [15:31:03] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Despite this, it was a generally liked song and became the Song of the Summer.
  49. [15:31:38] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song’s lyrics were about how Robin thought a girl should cheat on her boyfriend to be with him and how he knows she secretly wants him, which as said previously, was widely considered creepy by many critics. The chorus contained “you know you want it” being repeated quite a bit.
  50. [15:31:38] (RossW notes: I joined and thought someone was spamming LOL)
  51. [15:32:31] (warrdd notes: i think the issue that he is copying and pasting)
  52. [15:33:04] (RossW notes: yeah its ok)
  53. [15:33:52] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Blurred Lines spent twelve weeks at #1, pretty much being the objective Song of the Summer, before being overthrown by the sudden rise of Katy Perry’s song Roar, her first single off her new album Prism, which scored the #1 spot on only its third week of charting.
  54. [15:34:05] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Once again, does anyone have any questions?
  55. [15:34:19] +sciencepanda: I just have a comment, I love can't hold us
  56. [15:34:20] +sciencepanda: great song
  57. [15:36:04] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Okay
  58. [15:36:06] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Roar is a pop song with elements of arena rock which was a fairly standard empowerment anthem, with vague lyrics that could be applied to anyone, and some wild animal (specifically tiger) related metaphors.
  59. [15:37:46] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Roar’s lyrics were meant to be empowering but relied heavily on cliches, leading to a mixed response about them. However, most pop music critics agreed that the instrumental and vibe of the song were good.
  60. [15:38:30] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Roar stayed on top for two weeks before Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball came in like a wrecking ball and broke through the competition to the top of the charts as streams and sales skyrocketed.
  61. [15:38:48] %Darthikyu: funniest line of the lecture
  62. [15:39:24] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Wrecking Ball is a pop ballad based in piano and Miley’s emotional vocals. Its lyrics described a break-up and compared what Miley’s boyfriend did to her to a wrecking ball breaking through a wall.
  63. [15:39:25] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song’s production could be described as minimalist, putting heavy attention on the vocals as a result.
  64. [15:41:01] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The lyrics of the song were sad and made us of wrecking ball-related metaphors to describe the aformentioned break-up.
  65. [15:41:31] +Duke Weasel-/ton: What really made the song (in)famous was its music video, where Miley licks a sledgehammer, rides a wrecking ball naked, and does other things that were controversial for an ex-child star to be doing at the time. The song wouldn’t have gone #1 without the streams from the music video.
  66. [15:42:27] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Wrecking Ball was the #1 song for two weeks before Royals, by previously unknown but talented artist Lorde, unexpectedly surged up to the very top of the charts out of nowhere. It seemed to be a strong #1 hit.
  67. [15:42:54] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Royals is a minimalist pop song that, like Wrecking Ball before it, limits the instrumental down to a few key elements and puts heavy focus on the vocals.
  68. [15:42:54] EspeonxSyvelon: Hi buddies
  69. [15:44:12] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The lyrics of the song were focused on criticizing lavish flexing culture and singing from the perspective of someone who can’t afford all the expensive luxuries that many rap and pop songs brag about. It did so in a much more serious manner than Thrift Shop did, giving audiences a new perspective.
  70. [15:44:57] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Royals stayed at the #1 position for nine weeks before Wrecking Ball took the spot back for a single week, followed by Eminem and Rihanna’s The Monster taking the spot for the rest of 2013.
  71. [15:45:33] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The Monster is a rap song with minor pop influence in which Eminem and Rihanna collaborate for the fourth time after producing the #1 smash “Love The Way You Lie” together.
  72. [15:45:42] +Duke Weasel-/ton: The song’s lyrics focus on Eminem dealing with the negative effects of his fame while Rihanna discusses and sings about her inner struggles. In general, it was a surprisingly serious and dark subject matter for a song that did so well on radio.
  73. [15:45:57] +Duke Weasel-/ton: Okay, the scripted part of the lecture is now over
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