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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 9, 2011 18:22:22 GMT -5
This is HOTTTTT
After being plucked from relative obscurity by Britney Spears, singer-rapper Sabi is starting to make a name for herself; first as the weak link on “(Drop Dead) Beautiful”, and now as a featured artist on Cobra Starship’s new single “You Make Me Feel…”. We last heard from the one-hit-wonders back in 2009 when they hit the top ten with “Good Girls Go Bad”, partly thanks to a high-profile cameo from flawless Gossip Girl starlet Leighton Meester. They kind of disappeared from the charts after that, but now they’re trying the whole boy/girl thing again in hopes of a second smash hit – and they may have just found it with “You Make Me Feel…”.
You’ll immediately notice the similarities between “You Make Me Feel” and Calvin Harris’ “I’m Not Alone” (as well as Chris Brown’s “Yeah 3x”, which blatantly ripped off Harris). All three songs contain the same euro-synth hook : Yes, it’s tacky and unoriginal to keep recycling/stealing the same beat, but it’s such an additive melody that it’s really hard to shun. Sabi and Starship’s Gabe Saporta cap off the killer beat with a simple but infectious hook created right out of the top forty playbook: “Na na na na na na /You make me feel good! / Na na na na na na / You make me feel good!” You can’t argue with that.
“You Make Me Feel…” will be out on US iTunes from May 10. It’s the first single from Cobra Starship’s upcoming fourth album Night Shades, which will contain contributions from Ryan Tedder and Kara DioGaurdi.
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Post by duh5 on May 9, 2011 18:39:17 GMT -5
They are trying so hard to recreate "GGGB." This is harmless fun though.
And I LOVE the fact they called Sabi the weak link on "DDB," she stank to high heaven on that song.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 9, 2011 18:39:54 GMT -5
HOT.
This is a smash.
It reminds me of Chris Brown's "Yeah 3x"
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Post by Robert J on May 9, 2011 19:11:50 GMT -5
This is bloody hot. It could easily be a huge summer smash.
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Post by Ammer on May 9, 2011 20:14:39 GMT -5
Love this.
But nothing beats "Good Girls Go Bad" for me.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 9, 2011 20:17:09 GMT -5
GGGB was HOT too, I loved it
This is HOT
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Post by Someone Like You on May 9, 2011 21:25:15 GMT -5
Another "I'm Not Alone" sample?
This is okay, but "Yeah 3x" was hotter.
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Post by Grenade on May 9, 2011 21:35:01 GMT -5
I don't like it as much as their other singles.
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Post by DaveZ35 on May 9, 2011 21:41:13 GMT -5
This is bloody hot. It could easily be a huge summer smash. Agreed. It's perfect for summer. |
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 10, 2011 19:45:27 GMT -5
#51 on iTunes
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Post by CLEM on May 18, 2011 13:35:41 GMT -5
I like it, but the world needs to move away from this rhythm of synths in general. EVERY song has it now.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 24, 2011 21:22:08 GMT -5
May 24 2011 6:30 PM EDT
Cobra Starship Say Clubby 'You Make Me Feel' Is 'Easier To Digest'
With first song from upcoming Night Shades album, band aims for a hotspot gig in Ibiza.
By James Montgomery (@positivnegativ)
When Cobra Starship returned earlier this month with "You Make Me Feel ...," a walloping slab of club thump, starry synths and blurry, whirry vocal tics, some fans were left scratching their heads. This most certainly wasn't the band they had grown to love ... in fact, the song recalls nothing as much as it does "Good Girls Go Bad," Cobra's biggest, clubbiest hit to date.
Though, for frontman Gabe Saporta, those complaints are nothing new. In fact, he's been hearing them ever since he launched the Starship way back in 2006.
"Every record we've put out, from the first Cobra record, with people complaining about Midtown, to the second, when it became a band, from the second to the third, there's always people who say, 'Oh, it doesn't sound like the old Cobra,' " Saporta told MTV News on Monday on the set of the "Feel ..." video in New York. "And the biggest thing I can say is, if you listen to our whole record ... [the songs are] so varied. And on top of that, I hate to quote our old songs, but, 'We really just came here to make you dance tonight, we don't care if you're a guilty pleasure.' "
Indeed. And while some fans may be puzzled by the club-friendly sound of "Feel ...," well, Cobra want you to know that there's plenty else to love on the upcoming Night Shades album ... provided they finish it, of course.
"I think [this song is] a little easier to digest for the fans of ours that only knew 'Good Girls ...,' whereas on the record, there's quite a bit more variety, and I don't think there's necessarily much else that sounds like this one," guitarist Ryland Blackinton said. "Of course, we're still working on it."
And so, with Shades due this summer ("We didn't specify which year," bassist Alex Suarez laughed), Cobra are buckling down to put the finishing touches on the project ... after they finish shooting the "Feel ..." video, of course. And in keeping with the song's theme, the clip is a very clubby, carefree affair, featuring a cameo by up-and-coming singer Sabi. And all of those things should go a long way toward helping them fulfill a lifelong goal: a summer in sunny, sultry Ibiza.
"One of our goals in making this record is that we wanted to do a residency in Ibiza, and we've never been there, so hopefully this will help us segue to that part of our career," Saporta said.
"I've also never had a tan, so that would be cool," Blackinton laughed.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Jun 29, 2011 22:52:04 GMT -5
Addicted to this now!!
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Post by irice22 on Jun 30, 2011 0:34:32 GMT -5
I like it, but I'm not feeling it as much as everyone else.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Jul 12, 2011 21:22:49 GMT -5
Added at Z100
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Jul 20, 2011 9:15:02 GMT -5
20 more adds this week, up to #44 on iTunes, and a nice jump into the Top 30 at Pop.
This is about to blow up.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Jul 20, 2011 9:41:57 GMT -5
This is SOOOOO HOTTT!!!
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Jul 24, 2011 21:13:38 GMT -5
Who exactly is Sabi? Was she already known at all?
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Post by Ammer on Jul 25, 2011 18:49:56 GMT -5
Who exactly is Sabi? Was she already known at all? She was an underground artist until she was featured on Britney's "Drop Dead Beautiful". |
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Jul 25, 2011 19:19:29 GMT -5
Who exactly is Sabi? Was she already known at all? She was an underground artist until she was featured on Britney's "Drop Dead Beautiful". Cool, I like her voice and style on the song. Did she have much underground success? |
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Post by The Music Man on Aug 1, 2011 18:34:03 GMT -5
This is so hot that I don't even care that it's a "Yeah 3x" retread - and I didn't even like that song to start.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Aug 1, 2011 20:09:35 GMT -5
I don't hear the comparisons to "Yeah 3x" or "I'm Not Alone" at all.
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Post by The Music Man on Aug 1, 2011 21:21:57 GMT -5
Not so much in the production, but the melody of the "la la la la la" hook sounds exactly like "yeeeah, yeeeah, yeeeah." You don't think so?
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Post by DaveZ35 on Aug 1, 2011 21:53:53 GMT -5
I thought the female singing the hook was Rihanna.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Aug 1, 2011 21:58:50 GMT -5
I still don't hear it sounding like Yeah 3x.
Is it just me? lol
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