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"Pop!ular"
Single by Darren Hayes
from the album The Tension and the Spark
B-side
  • "Touch"
  • "Zero"
Released12 July 2004
Recorded2004
GenreElectropop
Length
  • 3:52 (album version)
  • 3:44 (radio edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert Conley
Darren Hayes singles chronology
"Crush (1980 Me)"
(2003) 		"Pop!ular"
(2004) 		"Darkness"
(2004)

"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. A radio edit was made which omits the instrumental section after the second chorus and also adds several new drumbeats to the second verse.

Along with "Insatiable", "Pop!ular" is Hayes' highest-charting solo single in Australia, peaking at number three on the ARIA Singles Chart. In the United States, the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in March 2005, becoming Hayes' first single to top the chart as either a solo artist or with his former group, Savage Garden. A video was later released, showing 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

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Darren Hayes – Pop!ular". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. ^ Darren Hayes — Pop!ular. TopHit. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 36, saptamina 6.09 – 12.09, 2004" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 18 January 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Darren Hayes – Pop!ular". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Darren Hayes Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  8. ^ "2004 ARIA Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Dance Singles 2004". ARIA. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Top Radio Hits 2004". Tophit. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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