tictocing our way up the charts
So, in case you hadn't noticed (you hadn't noticed?? I mean, don't you listen to the charts on a Sunday afternoon?!) tictoc has been making quite an appearance in the music charts lately.
First (and yes, this was last year) Busy Signal climbed the dancehall charts with the single Tic Toc from the album Loaded.
Then Emilio Rojas also had a hip hop hit (I might be using the term loosely) with his single Tic Toc.
And Ke$ha got to number 4 in the UK charts with the single TiK ToK from her debut album Animal.
I am telling you, we are down with the kids!
Anyone else know of songs with tictoc in the title or lyrics??
- Published: 21 January 2010
Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For" has lots of references to tictok! I'm sure there are many more...
'11 O'Clock Tick Tock' – U2, does that count?
Quick search of lyred.com gives 49 songs containing "tic toc" !
http://tinyurl.com/y8fxueq
Eminem - Ricky Ticky Toc?
Well, a couple of suggestions came back from the Twitterverse:
@johnwiththelens suggested Get It Together by The Beastie Boys feat. Q-Tip and Biz Markie.
The lyric goes: I'm ad rock and I shock and I tick and I tock
and I can't stop with the body rock
to hear it visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghscKuzlcSo
it's about 30s in.
@JamHot suggested Alice, What's The Matter by Terrorvision - the tick tock is right at the beginning, so gets cut out on many of the vids on YouTube, the only one I can find it on is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHJfAe5d4k
Color Me Badd, 1991, check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4fMDNVS1w
And I've just come across this LiveLounge version of Ke$ha's tick tock by UK rapper Example (never 'eard of 'im, but then I'm just showing my age). He's changed the words at the beginning!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/artist/100123_example.shtml
Also, there's Keep on Movin' by Soul II Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iQl46-zIcM
Kate,Try Melanie for the words of "My Grandfather's Clock",the bit that goes "90 years without slumbering......."