Doja Cat’s “Say So” is a Masterclass in Good Times

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Doja Cat has gatecrashed the Top 40 with her effervescent hit “Say So.” How did this Internet personality best known for a song whose chorus is “B***h, I’m a cow!” join the ranks of Dua Lipa, Drake, and The Weeknd? The answer involves a voice that careens from gentle soul to fierce rapping, a catchy chorus that grabs you from the first measure, and most importantly, interpolating the guitar patterns of Nile Rodgers, the secret sauce behind four decades of smash hits. Songs featured: Doja Cat - Say So, Juicy, Fancy, Moo Chic - Good Times Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight Diana Ross - I’m Coming Out David Bowie - Let’s Dance Daft Punk - Get Lucky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop, I'm musicologist Nate Sloan, and I'm a songwriter, Charlie
0:17.6	Harding.
0:18.6	Charlie take my hands, let's take a walk down the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10.
0:23.8	Okay.
0:25.5	On our left, there's our friend Drake, hey Drake, sliding along.
0:29.5	I hate Drake.
0:30.5	Over there on the right, six feet away, of course.
0:40.4	Properly social distance is the weekend.
0:43.4	Here weekend.
0:44.4	Oh, it's, it's due Alipa.
0:51.4	Do, uh, do, uh, with her hit Don't Start Now.
0:55.8	Hang it out at number four.
1:02.8	There's future.
1:03.8	Oh, and he's with Drake again.
1:05.6	Drake?
1:06.6	Drake's with that, wow.
1:07.6	Two places and once.
1:08.6	There's Post Malone, what a character, running in circles.
1:16.6	It's being weird over there in the corner.
1:20.1	Oh, hey, it's Harry Styles looking fly as ever.
1:29.6	Radiant, I don't know how to say it.
1:38.4	And here's, uh, huh.
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