The first song that I chose out of the top 100 that was placed at number 5, Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. This song tells you that no matter what bad things happen in life a person can still stand up and be strong. Just because bad things do happen does not mean your world comes to an end, it just means you have hit a rough patch. As Kelly Clarkson would say, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. The placing of this song on this list shows that many people are beginning to learn that even if something bad happens they can still live and grow from the experience. The way gender plays a role in this song is the woman is telling how she can be strong without the man after he did her wrong. The success of this song is measured on vocal skill and how popular the song is among Americans.
The second song I chose out of the top 100 was placed at number 9, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. This song is about a young teen girl wanting a boy to call her and be all hers. Carly states, “Here’s my number, so call me maybe”. He decided not to call but she still has feelings for him no matter what. This song shows how taking a risk sometimes can have a good or bad outcome. The placing on this list shows how sometimes a song may have a good meaning but doesn’t have enough information to it to be placed on the top. The way gender plays a role in this song is the girl is waiting for the boy to call her, maybe. Then in the end she finds out that the boy of her dreams is not into girls, he’s in boys because he gives his number to the boy guitarist. The success of this song is based on how much it is listened to and the popularity of it among young American teens.
The last song I chose out of the top 100 was placed at number 17, The Motto by Drake Featuring Lil Wayne. This song is about the way of life and how life has a certain motto “Yolo”. What Yolo means is that You Only Live Once. Drake states, “You only live once: that’s the motto YOLO”.This is true because you have one life to live. What the lyrics truly mean is to live life to its fullest because you’re only going to have one chance to do it. Gender in this song does not play a role it is equally set apart in this song. The success of this song is based on how a person views life and the way they want to enjoy it.
