#34 Marta Sánchez, "Superstar"

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One of the dangers of just having got into music recently is that it means that I rarely know the original songs being sampled by today's singers, especially since sampling '80's songs is all the rage now. Beyond the obvious fact that I'm missing out on a bunch of fantastic older songs, why is this a bad thing? Well, it means I end up loving new songs probably mainly because of their sampled hook from an older song and without really evaluating the song outside of that hook--in other words, I give the new song more credit than I probably should, as opposed to just thinking, "wow, that's kind of lazy--they just took that sample and sang over the top of it!"

With that in mind, I can't really evaluate forty-one year old singer Spanish singer Marta Sanchez's single "Superstar" as well as someone who grew up familiar with Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" would be able to. I can say, though, that I adore this danceable and ridiculously catchy pop song (kind of dance-pop, but definitely more on the pop side), even if that "ridiculously catchy" part is probably mainly a function of the Depeche Mode-created hook. "Superstar" may have about 0 credibility to most listeners but it's also one of the most fun songs of the year.

For for detail and context about Marta, check out this post about her on much-missed blog Pop Music WorldWide (not sure what he'd make of this song, though) and, for more information about this latest project, visit Don't Stop The Pop, which introduced me to the song.

Find it on: Miss Sánchez