#97 (2011)

The 100 Greatest Songs You've (Probably) Never Heard – 2011

#97

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Anders Fernette
Sweden

Here is a prime example of over-staging a song; i.e. adding too many performance elements that distract and detract from the song itself. If you cut the annoying background singers and the unnecessary aerial acrobatics, you’ll find the song is a very radio-friendly light rock number. Originally, Anders was going to perform a different song called “Don’t Stop” at Melodifestivalen, but the song was disqualified when it was discovered that a demo version of the song performed by JC Chasez (of *NSYNC fame) was published on MySpace earlier in the year. You can hear the demo by clicking here.