I can't stop laughing while I'm reading this

I thought the same when it came out...lol

Shows the impact he had on the industry at the time

Haha, this song does sound like it's from him so much. I just looked up Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" which I just found out is also a Timbaland beat because this song has parts that sound so much like it.

@0000 it is more rnb then whatelse

snukastyle if Nick was hitting on him it'd be nick @ knight

erich margulis Do you know the late nineties or early two thousands? I'm half sure that was officially like a thing

SwordLily Oh, it was. And it makes me wish for death.

Hell, Black turtleneck and blazer is still kinda sexy in a weird way. However, Knight's turtleneck looks like the kinda sweater your grandmother gives you, only for you to "forget" every time you see her in the future.

he looks like Mike Matei

Bout to turn some ladies on them fuggin cheeks ache for his state fair nostalgia circuit @$$ to transform their sweat hers into #squirtlenexxx😊

Jon O'Guin Thank you! That's what I've been arguing too. The slow ballad piano tune doesn't fit the lyrics at all. Yeah, they are about heartbreak, but that doesn't automatically make it fitting for a ballad. Especially when it's obvious the song is about someone trying to remain happy and upbeat (or at least give off the impression), despite how they actually feel. Wailing over a sad ballad tune not only defeats that meaning, but also makes it sound a bit nonsensical and rather boring. I honestly find most ballad covers of non-ballad songs boring AF and very uninspired. Like Todd mentioned in this video; it comes off as a lame attempt at being deep.

It's 2017, pop is mostly slow dirges. It's time for a slow piano led ballad cover of *Dance The Night Away* by *The Mavericks*

90% of the time that an upbeat song is covered as a slow, emotional song, it tends to come off as boring, pretentious and melodramatic to me. I think the problem stems from the fact that most of them rely too much on boring pop-ballad cliches (overly emphasizing the lyrics, instrumentation that's stripped of the original's notable qualities, dragging out every line for no reason etc.). This means the cover is left in this awkward position where it doesn't have the fun of the original but is also too unnecessarily intense to come off as genuinely emotional but rather "Look how much more expressive my vocals are compared to the original! Aren't I such a good singer?" instead. Too often it sounds like the shitty covers you'd hear at those talent shows on tv. But there are still plenty of good slow, emotional covers of upbeat songs as well. They're just rare.

it's been about 2 years, but i am still, STILL goddamn PISSED about this utter moron on the yt comments section for robyn's original version that said, and let me emulate the mastery of english displayed: "the slow cover so better becoz he sing from heart, but whore only sing for money" such disrespect for artistry. such blindness to have no appreciation for genuine feeling, trading it in for schmaltz, for melodrama, for emotion borne of artifice, meant to manipulate, not express - it bespeaks such shallowness of character a lady like robyn's been insulted like that for her own artistry by a baboon on the internet. i hate this planet

X : DC Didn't the guy who made the ballad cover of DOMO (can't remember his name atm) first perform it in some talentshow, I think maybe Britain's Got Talent or something along those lines?? Considering how ballads and other forms of overtly expressive singing are a somewhat very formulaic staple on TV talentshows (combined with the fact it's a cover too), it's kinda hilariously sad how, whoever wrote that comment, thinks Robyn's original version of the song is somehow the more blatantly commercialised and possessing the least amount of emotional depth of the two. Edit: I just searched up the song here on YT, to see what the name of the guy who sings on the slow ballad cover was, and I noticed how Robyn's video, which has been uploaded for 7 years, only has 15 mil views. While the cover, which has been up for little more than 2 years, has more than 200 mil views:S Fuck this world.

yeah probably

Prince was super-protective of his music, so I naturally wonder how Jordan Knight was able to get away with covering one of his songs. Todd didn't mention it in his Trainwreckords episode on Arrested Development, but Prince didn't appreciate AD sampling his voice for "Tennessee" without his permission, which originated from "Alphabet Street". And Prince personally rang Speech up on the telephone to inform him that if he and his group were going to sample his voice, then it was going to cost them a lot of money.

​@@DocXango Sure, if you work it out with the label there's not much the artist can do (because generally the label owns the music, not the artist), but the artist can absolutely tell the label not to sign off on that deal and then they absolutely can sue you if you still do that song.

Prince had so much trouble with his record label, I wouldn't be surprised if them giving permission for covers like this were part of his problem with them.

Also, it makes no sense from guy's point of view...

It makes perfect sense from a guy's point of view.. Even the originally switches gender nouns between verses, and says at one point "I am not the guy you taking home.." Though that might because she's lesbian or something.

I have to admit..."I'm in the corner / watching you kiss her" scans and rolls off the tongue a lot better than "kiss him."

@@UtamagUta There are bisexual and pansexual folks, so it absolutely makes sense.

@@Carewolf No it doesn’t. It’s just her accent. Robyn is Swedish. And no, she’s not a lesbian.

*plays slow and romantically*..........I got that diaper money.......yeah girl, I got that diaper money...........

It sounds like The Style Boyz.

@@isetmfriendsofire Thanks for nothing, Andy Samberg! XD

I GOT DAT DIAPER MONEY DODE!

That could mean one of many things.

@@averagebritishguy7082 lololololololololol

NOBODY has enough chest hair to cover prince. no matter how hairy the chest is its never enough

I'm not the only one who thought that!

That is the most perfect analogy to make of this song EVER 🤣!

Okay, now i need a collab album of just Nsync or backstreet singing over classic Panic! Songs. I want to hear Justin timberlake sing that High heels line from don't threaten me with a good time.

This comment should have more likes than it does😂

this...might explain why i enjoy it so much lmao

Wait your store uses the same playlist every day???

@@mellowyellow6572 I'd believe it. I worked at an amusement park that had a limited, 80-ish song playlist that wasn't even on shuffle. You could set your watch to when Phil Collins' cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" came on.

He is.

Would that make Donnie and Marky Mark Harry Styles?

Zayn wasn't the front man or best singer in One Direction.

@@TheSongwritingCat Zayn wasn't the front man, but he was certainly the best singer in One Direction.

@@Scanned Which still makes him mediocre at best lol, that group was NEVER about how good they were at singing.

Thats... actually really ambitious lmao

That's kinda sick honestly

I was about to say that The Beatles did a circus song

Love hearing that! They never forgot who they were & never became arrogant when they were the biggest thing on Earth! I opened for Jordan once & it was awesome! I messed up my career but I am coming back. Not sure why I went into that lol still awesome to hear that!!

That's truly awesome to hear! They were my very first crushes, my first favourite artists.... And it's really lovely to hear that after all this time they're still humble, hardworking, and devoted to their fans!

Which ones

@@Patrick-qj5ff the Robin Thicke Paula episode and the Human League Crash episode

Really hope for NKOTB own episode

@@nikeneon3188true but I don’t think their last album it’s worth one it’s not bad I mean it’s decent but I feel like it wasn’t a train wreck I could be wrong

As much love as I have for Lorde, this is how I feel about her cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World lol

To be fair, Dancing on my Own is not that bad. I love Callum Scott.

@@christopherwilliams9418 I guess that makes the NSP cover the superior version

@@hudde814 Comparatively, I'd say. I like the original the best of the three, but the NSP version is alright.

@@christopherwilliams9418 Oh yeah for sure, nothing can beat the original, but for me, NSP is a close 2nd

His follow-up single didn't chart, and his album didn't sell well. He was working on a follow-up album that was to be released in 2001, but his label Interscope shelved the album, and dropped him. I think they thought that they could use him to capitalize on teen pop (hence how he was marketed), but the issue was that he was too old, and the y2k teens don't care about NKOTB. It also didn't help that he was a ghost for most of the 90s, and didn't establish himself on his own. He could have taken more action A LOT earlier, in order to have a solid solo career.

Jordan Knight is Vision from the Avengers movies. And Jordan's management from his record label is Thanos. Give it to you is the mind stone. Wanda Maximoff is the dedicated fangirl. 😉

@@RenaldyCalixte reddit moment

@Tyler Hackner It's my favourite Prince album. "Dirty Mind" is a very close second.

Best song I've ever heard from him

I was thinking of the Whitetown song at first

So many questions

So so many questions

Spill the tea sis!!

Drag as a man? Are u a lesbian

@@lotus_dream KZfaq didn't tell me I had replies. Ask away.

I don't know, I don't believe you...

Adrian Harper I always managed to butt-dial MTV as a child, so I'd find myself watching TRL on certain days.

I was never into boy bands all that much, really. I'm more of a nu metal kind of girl.

all I know about TRL is an Eminem lyric

Oh look it's Kotori

What else about the best makes this song rules?

It didn't? I remember when I worked at Party City they had a crappy cover of it on one of the compilation albums they'd play constantly

I do remember the original (in the UK), but only vaguely - to be fair I think Robyn was a relatively little-known artist at the time. Let's be real though, the original is monster hit material, while the cover is "Spotify piano cover artist accidentally gets radio play". Similarly there was a SUPER weird slow cover of "You're The One That I Want" a year or two beforehand.

The only people in the US (and Canada) who know about Robyn are gay men, fans of eurivision, and people who pay really close attention to pop music. Robyn is alas kind of unknown.

@@analogbunny Unknown to the general public but definitely considered an icon and an influence within the industry though (Body Talk pretty much helped shape the electro/synthpop sound that ended up dominating pop music in the last decade). She's the kind of artist who is your favourite pop artist's favourite artist.

@@Khenfu_Cake That's probably a better description of Kate Bush or Matmos, but I do know what you mean. That said, here in Canada they say that only professional studio musicians, Europeans, and The Gays know about Robyn. Same for Eurovision.

Lmfao. 😂

insertusernamehere51 I think he will and I can't wait for another angry Todd review.

he'll wait until January when he does his top 10 worst and best of 2017

He will! The song only came out three days ago. Give him time. (Also, his grandmother just died, so... yeah.)

We all need someone who can explain us why this song sucks, because we love it,and its a pain!

Larry Childers Nah. Todd reviewed the song nearly two months ago.

Cover of a cover? Haven’t seen that a lot.

The second time on OHW where a performer ripped-off P.M. Dawn, the first being Geraldo.

I honestly hope Prince Be got to understand how actually ahead of their time with the Ambient hip hop/Atmospheric r&b thing before he passed. People dogged on em for decades but i know more "Ambient trap" / "Psychedelic hip hop" styled artists out right now than ever before.

@@basedsouljah Real shit tho. PM Dawn almost never get their just dues anymore. Even if today's rappers aren't aware of it, they owe a lot to PM Dawn

Hells yeah!

Also KC and the Sunshine Band "Give It Up"

*"Father of all..." has enter the chat*

I wouldn’t call Father of All Motherfuckers just yet, we need to see the next one’s sales. Although it’s interesting as a troll record they made to get out of their contract which I think there’s a lot of evidence for.

@@thrownstair that would make a lot of sense

There's no stopping the wrath of The Artist Formerly Known As Alive.

Inconsequential I initially thought that was why he had a dramatic pause

Inconsequential Try audio snippets of Jimi Hendrix. His family will come after you with a bunch of lawsuits at their arsenal.

Or anything from Fox. Nintendo will come and cease and desist you faster than you'll find out how nonsensical it is.

frickshamer I'm surprised Todd didn't notice

He's not circumcised

It was the 90s, so yeah.

They were huge in the 90's. Most people tried to pull it off and couldn't, but when you CAN pull it off, it's worth it. It's like how a sweater is just a sweater until it's worn by Chris Evans.

I'll be honest, I'm really not repulsed by his outfit at all, lookin decently fly

Um, no. With Justin's first album, they had him styled total "B Boy/Hip Hop." Watch his video for first & best single, "Like I Love You."

1999. Urban chic.

That was the in-style at the time. I was there, can confirm.

You have to take into consider what trends and styles were popular at different times. For 1999, Jordan looked nice! Hell -- he is STILL gorgeous! And no- Justin Timberlake's team absolutely did NOT dress JT in "slick suits" for his solo debut. You're thinking of the Futuresex/Lovesounds era, well into his solo career when he had plenty of say as to how he was styled. For "Like I Love You", his opening single from his actual solo debut Justified, it was fingerless gloves, fedoras, and lots of "urban" inspired looks. 🤷

@@JennaLeigh ugh, they really tried hard to push that "Justin loves black girls" trope on us, didnt they? Blegh🤮

Yeah. But they would never release those lyrics on a single. That’s the point.

"Step by Step" is quite fantastic.

RighteousViking how? No, seriously, i never listened too much from them

Guillermo de Baskerville Just like the carnival music vibe of it

RighteousViking one of my favourite songs that uses it too is Melanie Martínez's Carousel

It's got a relatively theatrical twist, which Panic! is known for. Also, carnival music is derived from cabaret music (something Panic! used extensively in their early work). The whispery vocals sound a bit like Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off, but that's about it.

the second when I heard the into in the Big Hit section of the video I couldn't think of anything else but PaTD

ngl, that's one of my favorite jokes from Todd's videos.

I actually love that album, but then again i heard it before i heard the originals

Well, looks like hell has frozen over.

GravediggerJones201 if you can say what is "music " today as music..

GravediggerJones201 as we know it?

...HOLY SHIT, THEY DID! 2ND TIME THAT SONG GOT MENTIONED ON ONE HIT WONDERLAND!

Before The Hit He was a faceless nobody The Hit He was a faceless reviewer After the Hit He was a faceless nobody Did They Do Anything Else? Tweeted about his dog Did They Even Do Anything Else? Who cares

Valrath823 I was about to say that

He almost made it big again with "Mr. Pick Your Nose," but fell just short.

He was never able to follow up on the success of "Itchy Leg". Instead, he released two god-awful covers of Eminem's "Stan" and Metallica's "Enter Sandman".

as soon as he's got a hit.

It's right up there with: "Sometimes I love you Sometimes you make me blue"

fuckfarts Me too

Somebody on r/popheads kind hit the head when discussing one-hit wonders who should've had more extensive careers. Jordan Knight had all of the ingredients to have a decent solo career, but he likely waited too long, to the point that he aged out, and was seen as a nostalgia act.