We’ll say one thing for DJ Earworm, the producer who takes on the Herculean task of combining dozens of hit pop songs together every year: He’s good at what he does. The question, especially in light of 2015’s effort, “50 Shades of Pop,” a five-minute mashup that features tracks by Adele, Drake, Taylor Swift, and many more, is whether that’s a worthwhile goal. Earworm, whose real name is Jordan Roseman, has done about as great a job Frankensteining all these disparate songs together as could be imagined, but the result is still a largely shapeless mess, without any through-lines or choruses to latch on to. Maybe it’s just not meant to be. Still, noble effort.
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If you want to listen to 49 of your favorite pop songs from the past year (and Fall Out Boy’s “Centuries”) mashed together, check out the video over at Billboard. The full list of songs sampled is below.
Songs Sampled in “50 Shades of Pop”
Adele, “Hello”
AlunaGeorge and DJ Snake, “You Know You Like It”
Andy Grammer, Honey, I’m Good.”
Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd, “Love Me Harder”
Big Sean ft. E-40, “I Don’t F**k With You”
David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj & Afrojack, “Hey Mama”
Demi Lovato, “Cool For The Summer”
Drake, “Hotline Bling”
Ed Sheeran, “Photograph”
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do”
Fall Out Boy, “Centuries”
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz, “679”
Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink, “Worth It”
Flo Rida ft. Sage The Gemini, “GDFR”
Jason Derulo, “Want To Want Me”
Justin Bieber, “Sorry”
Justin Bieber, “What Do You Mean”
Major Lazer ft. MO & DJ Snake, “Lean On”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Maroon 5, “Sugar”
Meghan Trainor, “Lips Are Movin”
Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend, “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”
Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih, “Somebody”
Nick Jonas, “Jealous”
Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne, “Truffle Butter”
Omarion ft. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko, “Post To Be”
OMI, “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)”
One Direction, “Drag Me Down”
Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, “Time Of Our Lives”
R. City ft. Adam Levine, “Locked Away”
Rachel Platten, “Fight Song”
Rihanna, “Bitch Better Have My Money”
Rihanna ft. Kanye West & Paul McCartney, “Four Five Seconds”
Sam Smith, “I’m Not The Only One”
Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky, “Good For You”
Shawn Mendes, “Stitches”
SIlento, “Watch Me”
Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Taylor Swift, “Style”
Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood”
Taylor Swift, “Wildest Dreams”
Tove Lo, “Talking Body”
Walk The Moon, “Shut Up And Dance”
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
The Weeknd, “Earned It”
The Weeknd, “The Hills”
The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”
