Jason Derulo - Don't Wanna Go Home

Jason Deruuuulooooooooo strikes again



Spyke

I was pleasantly surprised by how good Jason Derulo's debut album was, despite only being nine tracks long. The fact that over half of them were warranted a single release shows that it was indeed filled with some great pop tunes. So coming off the back of three big top 3 hits, whatever Mr. Derulo released (in the same vein) was going to do well.

As much as Don't Wanna Go Home does exactly what it needed to do, it doesn't really strive for anything more. It's just rather forgettable, that's all. In the same way that Ke$ha topped the charts with We R Who We R, a few months down the line I had no idea how the track actually went. With the exception of the line 'From the windows, to the walls, this club is jumping...' I would struggle to even hum a part of this. That said I do rather enjoy the video; it's very simple and shows off some of Jason's rather impressive dance moves in the rain. Unfortunately this was the best his sophomore album had to offer. After the dwindling chart sucess of It Girl and Fight For You, maybe we'll be luckily with his third album.

Once Pitbull had spent 3 weeks at #1 then Example had had two, this track spent a further 2 weeks at the summit. Things were getting a bit static, but that was all about to change with a rapid turnover of the top spot - only seeing one act hold it for more than a week until October. Just like Love The Way You Lie stalled at two but became one of the year's million sellers - Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera would have to settle with Moves Like Jagger at #2 in the charts for weeks and weeks and weeks on end...