# What is your favorite Kesha song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904 "2011-08-08T02:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/1 "2011-08-08T02:34:56Z")
(Poll coming) It’s very difficult for me to pick just one. “TiK ToK” is the one that really put her on the map, but there are so many others I love. “Take It Off,” “Blow,” “Crazy Beautiful Life,” and “Cannibal” come to mind immediately. I ended up voting for “TiK ToK,” but mainly because of its primacy rather than the fact that I like it better than the others. Only 17 days until I see her in concert! 🙂 ETA: I must have botched the poll function. Here is a list: TiK ToK Your Love is My Drug Take It Off Kiss N Tell Stephen Blah Blah Blah Hungover Party at a Rich Dude’s House Backstabber Blind Dinosaur Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Boots & Boys VIP Animal Cannibal We R Who We R Sleazy Blow The Harold Song Crazy Beautiful Life Grow a Pear C U Next Tuesday Fuck Him He’s a DJ Tease Me Chain Reaction Mr. Watson Right Round (Flo Rida song with some Kesha vocals) ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/2 "2011-08-08T03:01:13Z")
I’m not trying to be contradictory, but my favourite song of hers is D.U.I., and it’s not on your list. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/3 "2011-08-08T03:05:01Z")
This is a gag! Right? Come on! Cooooome on! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/4 "2011-08-08T03:21:32Z")
I’m going to go ahead and agree with **jamiemcgarry** here. I feel like the Venn Diagram of Dopers and Ke$ha fans is two circles that are tangent to each other. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/5 "2011-08-08T03:30:30Z")
Guilty pleasure. I listen to one, and I hum it, and I catch myself humming it, and I berate myself for being trailer trash. Especially since Tik Tok robbed Lady Gaga of another #1!! ROBBED I TELL YOU! (I’m so trailer trash.) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/6 "2011-08-08T03:33:07Z")
I fount Kesha loathsome until I read an interview in which she came across as smart, modest, and very intently “playing a character.” She’s somebody who saw a niche for disgusting club pop and decided to fill it. I recall her saying she’s uncomfortable at parties and doesn’t really like going out or drinking. I have nothing but props for somebody who can fake it to the top like that. I already kinda suspected this about her – the guys in 3oh!3 (who she released a duet single with) are sorta friends of my sister, and she describes them as low key, friendly guys who just like entertaining and have a good sense of humor about themselves. Still can’t stand her music. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/7 "2011-08-08T03:58:26Z")
I like a World of Warcraft parody of “TikTok” (“Warlock” by Crissy and Sharm); does that count? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/8 "2011-08-08T04:00:03Z")
“Blow” because the unicorn & James Van Der Beek video is full of win. It’s now one of the music videos that play on my sims’ TVs. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/9 "2011-08-08T04:32:25Z")
Animal Billboard Remix ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/10 "2011-08-08T04:41:04Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I fount Kesha loathsome until I read an interview in which she came across as smart, modest, and very intently “playing a character.” She’s somebody who saw a niche for disgusting club pop and decided to fill it. I recall her saying she’s uncomfortable at parties and doesn’t really like going out or drinking. I have nothing but props for somebody who can fake it to the top like that. Is [this](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/kesha/) the interview? In it, she uses the phrase “what I’m bringing to the table” which, yeah, is phrasing quite a bit above the level of her persona. She also mentions a Brian Greene book she’s reading, which doesn’t take a genius, but is once again quite at odds with her persona. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/12 "2011-08-08T05:12:49Z")
Not gonna lie, I’m a big fan of Cannibal. But I also really like Your Love is My Drug. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/13 "2011-08-08T07:30:48Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I have nothing but props for somebody who can fake it to the top like that. Really? I think that, other things being equal, sincerity is always more respectable than fakery. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/14 "2011-08-08T08:23:12Z")
I haven’t heard many of her songs, but I love the Tik Tok video, and the fact that they did the song on Glee with my favorite character playing the role of Kesha. Britney IS Kesha, lol. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/15 "2011-08-08T08:33:38Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Really? I think that, other things being equal, sincerity is always more respectable than fakery. Well, sure, but all things aren’t equal. Somebody’s going to sing dance trash songs. I’d rather it be somebody with a head on their shoulders willingly creating an over-the-top stage persona than somebody who believes Jack Daniels and Listerine are more-or-less the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/16 "2011-08-08T08:39:42Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Is [this](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/kesha/) the interview? > > In it, she uses the phrase “what I’m bringing to the table” which, yeah, is phrasing quite a bit above the level of her persona. > > She also mentions a Brian Greene book she’s reading, which doesn’t take a genius, but is once again quite at odds with her persona. Not the one, I don’t think. That one actually makes her seem like a generic hipster (having your mind blown by Bill Bryson, really, Kesha?). I remember the interview I read involved her dismissing the alcohol references in her songs, and I don’t see that here. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/17 "2011-08-08T11:38:08Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I fount Kesha loathsome until I read an interview in which she came across as smart, modest, and very intently “playing a character.” Maybe she’s someone loathsome who plays a smart, modest character in interviews. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/18 "2011-08-08T13:34:21Z")
The first song of hers I heard was “Blah Blah Blah”, and it was so over-the-top that it made me laugh. Tik Tok is definitely my favorite, though. So much energy in a single song. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/19 "2011-08-08T14:02:44Z")
I’m a fan of “backstabber”. I love the use of horns in it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/20 "2011-08-08T15:49:15Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > “Blow” because the unicorn & James Van Der Beek video is full of win. It’s now one of the music videos that play on my sims’ TVs. One of my friends was going on and on about how her friend Dave was into Kesha and he sent her a link to this video that was so stupid and…unicorns? For fuck’s sake, unicorns?! I mean she was seriously pissed off that the video was so silly. She also didn’t know who James van der Beek is. Anyway she showed it to me and I was like “OMG this is the best video ever!” and I totally “got” Kesha right away. There was no fucking way she was serious about anything and totally knew how to make an over-the-top-cheeky video. My friend still doesn’t get it and is very angry with Kesha for being so lame. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904/21 "2011-08-08T16:17:05Z")
I didn’t know she had songs other than the Tik Tok one. I actually thought she was a one hit wonder, flash in the pan-type celebrity. The idea of someone counting the days until they get to see her in concert is sort of amusing to me, but maybe I’m not qualified to judge since I haven’t been exposed to her oeuvre. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kesha-song/591904.md?page=2)