CONTENTS
HOOK: The Bliss Point
1 You Spin Me Round
2 A Continuity of Hits
FIRST VERSE: Cheiron: Mr. Pop and the Metalhead
3 Inside the Box
4 “The Sign”
5 Big Poppa
6 Martin Sandberg’s Terrible Secret
7 Britney Spears: Hit Me Baby
8 “I Want It That Way”
CHORUS: The Money Note: The Ballad of Kelly and Clive
9 My Ancestral Hit Parade
10 The Dragon’s Teeth
11 The Doldrums
12 American Idol
13 “Since U Been Gone”
SECOND VERSE: Factory Girls: Cultural Technology and the Making of K-Pop
14 “Gee”
CHORUS: Rihanna: Track-and-Hook
15 “Umbrella”
16 “Ester Dean: On the Hook”
17 Stargate: Those Lanky Norwegian Dudes
18 “Rude Boy”
BRIDGE: Dr. Luke: Teenage Dream
19 Speed Chess
20 Katy Perry: Altar Call
21 Melodic Math
22 Kesha: Teenage Nightmare
CHORUS: Spotify
23 The Moment Space
OUTRO: Songworm
24 “Roar”
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
Index