"Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado

The title says it all really. A blatant appeal to an older demographic than “I’m Like A Bird” (Nelly Furtado’s first hit in late 2000), Promiscuous is the first single released from Nelly Furtado’s new album Loose. Musically it is in the “hip-pop” genre as led by such pioneers as the Neptunes and Timbaland, and funnily enough the latter co-produced and does guest vocals on the track.

And now you want to know why I’m writing a 300 word piece on this song when I should be writing about Charlie (Jupiter: Song 3 from Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new disc Stadium Aracdium). The long answer is that I’m just a sucker for good pop duets between guys and girls, and to that end this is a solid fun spin. Furtado and Timbaland trade lines playfully like a modern day Sandy and Danny, or more recently Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. Also of note is the synth hook in the chorus which is sweet on its own, but is even better when you listen to how it interacts rhytmically with the vocals. The short answer is GET YOUR OWN FUCKING BLOG!! NAAHH!

Promiscuous is now (rightly) Furtado's most successful single in the United States, proving to be as relevant to these times as “Bird” was in the dying stages of Britney and N’Sync’s “ultra pop” era of 1998-2002, possibly indicating that the end is nigh for the souless beat driven music that has over-ridden the need for a good melody on the airwaves for the past 4 years (come on white people, lift your game!). But I digress, Promiscuous is a cool fun track as far as hip hop goes, and is destined to have a healthy shelf-life on Australian radio, especially when people go through their dictionaries to find out what the title actually means (I know I did).