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"Popular"
Song
B-side"Touch"
"Zero"

"Popular" (stylized Pop!ular) is the first single released from Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes' second solo album, The Tension and the Spark. The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek send-up of celebrities and wannabes. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in March 2005. This was Hayes' first #1 on the US Dance chart,[1] either as a solo artist or with his former group, Savage Garden. A radio edit was made which omits the instrumental section after the second chorus and also adds several new drumbeats to the second verse. A video was later released and it shows Darren Hayes (and two scantily clad models) visiting various landmarks in London. A flash mob dance also takes place in one of the stations in London.

Track listings

  • Australia CD1
  1. "Pop!ular" (radio edit) – 3:44
  2. "Touch" – 4:41
  3. "Zero" – 4:56
  4. "Pop!ular" (DP Rich Bitch Mix) – 4:57
  • Australia CD2 – The Remixes
  1. "Pop!ular" (album version) – 3:53
  2. "Pop!ular" (Jason Nevins Global Club Mix) – 6:18
  3. "Pop!ular" (Almighty Remix) – 7:37
  4. "Pop!ular" (Johnny Budz Extended Mix) – 5:05
  5. "Pop!ular" (Guido Osario Club Mix) – 6:11
  • UK CD1
  1. "Pop!ular" (album version) – 3:53
  2. "Pop!ular" (Almighty Remix Radio Edit) – 4:00
  • UK CD2
  1. "Pop!ular" (album version) – 3:53
  2. "Pop!ular" (Wayne G's Heaven Anthem Mix) – 9:18
  3. "Zero" – 4:56
  4. "Pop!ular" (CD-ROM video)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 83

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hot Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 5 March 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Darren Hayes – Pop!ular". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ "2004 ARIA SINGLES CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 6 October 2018.