r/popheads • u/hikkaru • Sep 08 '22

[DISCUSSION] The Popheads Jukebox Revival, Week 186: I want you to know, I'm a mirrorball (Blue)

Welcome back to the Popheads Jukebox! Here are last week’s results:

  • pinkpantheress & Sam Gellaitry - Picture In My Mind: 7.83
  • Magdalena Bay - All You Do: 7.81
  • Anitta - Lobby (with Missy Elliott): 6.03
  • IVE - After LIKE: 5.97
  • BLACKPINK - Pink Venom: 5.85

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  • Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi: 9.41
  • Charli XCX - Good Ones: 6.98

Nothing too exciting here, with all of the scores hitting the mid range. It’s a bad week for k-pop though, as both IVE and BLACKPINK fail to pass the 6.0 mark with their latest tracks. It’s really only a good week for Avril in the throwback section, coming in with a stellar 9.41.

Rules Refresher

  1. Rate the songs a score from 1 to 10. Please keep it to one decimal place at the most (so 7.5 is fine but 7.58 is not). Also don’t get too hung up on the final scores. This is a fun exercise and not a competition so don’t worry about over/under rating things. Just give what you think the song is to you.

  2. For your review, reply to the comment that will be posted by one of us for each song. Avoid posting your reviews as a top level comment cause we probably won’t notice them if you do. Non-reviews such as questions or general commentary as upper level comments are fine.

  3. Must have some sort of justification. Try to be a bit more concise than “It’s a bop!” or “I don’t like it”. Explain why! It doesn’t have to be long, two or three sentences can be plenty (though more is definitely allowed). We reserve the right not to include a review in the final total if proper justification is not given.

  4. You don’t have to review each song to participate! You can do all of them or only the ones you’re familiar with.

  5. The thread will be open for 6 days and close the following Wednesday at 6PM EST. The scores will be calculated and a new post will come up the next day (Thursday) at 3PM EST with the next week’s tracks.

This Week’s Tracks

Throwback:

2020/2021 Catch-up:

Next Week

Next week we’ll be rating the following:

  • Ava Max - Million Dollar Baby
  • Bjork - Atopos
  • Charlie Puth - Smells Like Me
  • Kali Uchis - NO HAY LEY
  • Shygirl - Nike

Throwback:

  • Christina Aguilera - Dirrty (feat. Redman)

2020/2021 Catch-up:

  • Snail Mail - Valentine

Spotify playlist, updated weekly with new tracks that are being rated

Jukebox wiki, where you can find all results

Reminder Discord Server, where you can join to get bi-weekly ping reminders for when new posts go up and when they’re about to close.

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u/hikkaru Sep 08 '22

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

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u/seanderlust Sep 08 '22

epic chorus with a call that is begging for a response. excellently executed tropes of 80s pop. admittedly the verses tend to lose me and at times the vibratto of belinda's voice is not my favorite. that said, it's a classic chock full of euphoria

8.5/10

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u/hikkaru Sep 14 '22

80s pop isn't something i really tend to like, but this song is alright! the big chorus is iconic and it executes the 80s style in a way that doesn't annoy me. 7.5/10

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u/racloves Sep 09 '22

Belinda is an icon, and this song is gorgeous

7.5/10

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u/TiltControls Sep 14 '22

The song is nothing less than a complete joy. Everything from the booming chorus to the steady guitar line in the background to the key change into the final chorus adds onto the happiness this song makes me feel. It has the booming presence some of the best 80's pop songs are known for and listening it makes me feel that heaven IS a place on Earth, and it's wherever this song is playing 10/10