Why Is Pop Music So Sad?

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Music Credits: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift from Big Machine Records, LLC , "Wide Awake" by Katy Perry from Capitol , "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs , "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew from VIRGIN , "Lollipop" by Lil' Wayne from Cash Money , "Dance Yourself to Death" by Alice Cooper from Rhino/Warner Bros. , "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas from Interscope , "Les Danaides: Act V: Pere barbare, arrache-moi (Hypermnestre)" by Andrea Martin from Dynamic , "Mitridate, re di Ponto / Act 2 - "Son reo; l'error confesso" from Decca , "Barbie Girl" by Aqua from Geffen , "The Dick Van Dyke Show: Theme from the Dick Van Dyke Show" from R.B. Puddin , "Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean from Def Jam Records , "Brother Louie" by The Stories from Goldenlane
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