Music from the Top 20

So now we know for sure that Fox has the rights to OneRepublic’s songs. Since this is the second time we’re hearing Stop and Stare this season. Boogie Wonderland also made it’s second appearance. I’m hoping that this trend doesn’t continue past this week. I get bored easily.

Overall the music was okay. The dancing, obviously, far outshown the music. I'm not complaining. For Mia's, Tyce's, Mandy's, & N&T's 2nd routine, I actually think the music helped the dancers get where they needed to go emotionally and energy-wise. In the case of Courtney and Gev, they could have danced to any song and they wouldn't have looked good.


Song title: Stop and Stare
Artist/Band: OneRepublic
Where you heard it on the show: Road to the Top 20 montage
Where you've heard it before: Kherington’s audition and everywhere else in the free world.
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: American Boy
Artist/Band: Estelle feat. Kanye West
Where you heard it on the show: Rayven Armijo & Jamie Bayard’s Hip Hop routine choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha.
Where you've heard it before: Popular in the UK first, the song has been on various U.S. Billboard charts so you might have heard of it.
Where you can listen to the whole song:



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Song title: Dark Waltz
Artist/Band: Hayley Westenra
Where you heard it on the show: Susie Garcia & Marquis Cunningham’s Smooth Waltz choreographed by Hunter Johnson
Where you've heard it before: You may have never heard the song before, but there’s a chance you’ve heard her. She sang on the Mulan II & Lilo and Stitch soundtracks. And she appeared on the best show NBC ever cancelled too soon, American Dreams.
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: Tainted Love
Artist/Band: Soft Cell
Where you heard it on the show: Kourtni Lind & Matt Dorame’s Jazz routine choreographed by Mandy Moore
Where you've heard it before: Soft Cell covered this song. Lots of people have covered this song. The most recent being Danny Noriega. That went over well with Simon….
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: Oye Como Va (Latin/Trance Mix)
Artist/Band: Celia Cruz
Where you heard it on the show: Chelsea Traille & Thayne Jasperson’s Cha Cha choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie
Where you've heard it before: This song is all over. I’m sure you’ve heard the Carlos Santana version. That was in the Big Lebowski.
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: Beautiful
Artist/Band: Me’Shell Ndegeocello
Where you heard it on the show: Chelsie Hightower & Mark Kanemura’s Contemporary routine choreographed by Mia Michaels
Where you've heard it before: It was in the movies Body Shots and Daddy’s Little Girls (per IMDB).
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: Too Darn Hot
Artist/Band: From Kiss Me Kate
Where you heard it on the show: Twitchington’s Broadway routine choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Where you've heard it before: If you’re a fan of Broadway, you might have heard this song before.
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: Boom Boom
Artist/Band: Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Where you heard it on the show: Comfort Fedoke & Chris Jarosz’s Jive choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie
Where you've heard it before: It’s all around. Like love.
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: No Air
Artist/Band: Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Where you heard it on the show: Katee Shean & Joshua Allen’s Hip Hop routine choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha
Where you've heard it before: Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard this song before.
Where you can listen to the whole song:




Song title: Tango
Artist/Band: Cirque du Soleil (La Nouba)
Where you heard it on the show: Jessica King & William Wingfield’s Tango routine choreographed by Joshua Allen
Where you've heard it before: I’ve seen this Cirque and I’m sure some of you have too.
Where you can listen to the whole song:



Song title: Boogie Wonderland
Artist/Band: Earth, Wind & Fire
Where you heard it on the show: Courtney Galiano & Gev Manoukian’s Disco routine choreographed by Doriana Sanchez
Where you've heard it before: Bianca Revels’ audition.
Where you can listen to the whole song: