Now one of my lowest scores in the rate goes..
Curious which era will be the last to lose a song. I'm guessing the Wizards era as I see Vanessa Hudgens losing something soon.
Correct.
#97. Vanessa Hudgens - Sneakernight - 5.650
Highest: 10 x 2 (
@aniraz,
@Sally_Harper)
Lowest: 0 x 2 (
@GhettoPrincess,
@iheartpoptarts) 2 x 2 (
@Mina,
@livefrommelbs)
My Score: 3
Voter Bloc 1: #101
Voter Bloc 2: #86
Voter Bloc 3: #80
Voter Bloc 4: #99
Voter Bloc 5: #97
Final Bloc: #97
Charts: #88 (U.S.) #164 (UK) #95 (Canada) #94 (Australia)
Info: Sneakernight was the only single for Vanessa's second album
Identified and the song and music video were used for an Ecko Unlimited commercial (unsurprisingly a brand of sneakers). Writing credits include J.R. Totem, who's notable work includes Rihanna's "SOS", Leona Lewis's "Better In Time", Fefe Dobson's "Stuttering", and Gwen Stefani's most recent album.
Hazey's Focus: I didn't know what this song was all about until the rate, if we're being honest. I just know I saw the video posted all over the forum or the title of it mentioned, so I knew it had to be added. I'm also not the biggest fan of her music. I bought her first album years ago and only have a couple of songs in my library from it (are they in this rate?). This is a scary combination of some kind of weird jazzy/R&B thing with a ultra repetitive "basically what we're going to do is dance", so basically what I'm going to do is move on.
@GhettoPrincess (0) doesn't want the song, doesn't want the Ecko Unlimiteds, doesn't want nothing:
"Vanessa, keep your sneakers to yourself cos this is so bad." In fact,
@iheartpoptarts (0) asserts how much she wouldn't even need Vanessa's sneakers because she's already a pro at this:
"This is so laughably bad. (And on an unrelated note, trust me—it’s not at all hard to last a whole night in heels!)." While
@Mina (2) is either begging to know why the song is in the rate, why it was composed the way it was, or why it even existed altogether by shouting
"whyyyyy". Ddd, I'm not even sure
@livefrommelbs (2) made it through the whole song:
"I'm sorry, I can't."
I'm thinking
@Martyn (3) took the fact that the sneakers light up in the video literally:
"I used to think this song was called Sneakerlight. Why is Snearkernight one word?" We have a lot of questions about this song, but I think that is far down the list. Though
@WhenTheSunGoesDown (7.75) thinks the messiness of it all could translate into some iconic extraness with this missed opportunity:
"I was deeply offended when she was a guest judge on Drag Race and nobody lip synced to Sneakernight!" She was on Project Runway once and they didn't do a sneaker challenge, though I wasn't as offended.
Nobody should be surprised at this point when
@Sprockrooster (9) can find the bright side of any song:
"OOH. I love the flow of this one." I'll take it because your open-mindedness came in handy plenty of times in this rate. I don't know, but it sounds like
@31entrance (9) must have fond memories of how their Mom prepped them for a night out:
"“so are you ready? did you eat? do you have the energyyyy? are you reloaded? are you able to stay on your feeeeet?” might be the best pre-chorus in pop history."
I'm not going to fault
@Sally_Harper (10) too much because let's admit it, we've all been here. Likely we're all going to be there in this very rate, so let the girl stan for her life:
"No, I’m not kidding. This is really quite tragic and I can’t believe she was actually made to record this (I remember reading somewhere that it was done as a brand deal of some sort with a shoe company?) but at the same time I absolutely love it, purely for how crap it is. It’s given me years of joy. From the “Put your sneakers awwwwwn, PUT YA SNEAKERS AWWWWWN” intro, to the cackling at the end, it’s amazing for all the wrong reasons. I love the hilariously shite lyrics which for some reason have Vanessa turning into the average mum “Are you ready? Did you eat? Do you have the energy?” Remember to take a jacket in case you get cold, phone if you’re going to be late! Not to mention the ultimate classic chorus of “Basically what we’re gonna do is dance” x100. Outstanding imagery there. I could quote the whole thing but this is already too long. I also love that it’s crammed full of weird adlibs and whatnot – she’s trying so hard to sell it! I think my favourite weird adlib is “WHAT? We’re gonna daa-ahnce” near the end, but there are so many. Also, how HILARIOUSLY TERRIBLE is it that she’s in front of a giant shoe - excuse me, sneaker – with flashing pink laces in roughly half the video?! How could they do that to her? Enjoy your sneakernight, Baby V – you’ve earned it!"