Play List, Youthography’s monthly offering features high rotation music we think are important indicators of contemporary youth culture. At the end of each month, look for our list of popular songs to give you a snapshot of this. Summer is all about the pop hits – that perfect summer pop anthem to remember hot days and hotter nights! Yow! Check out this summer’s contenders by Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Hicks, Peaches and more…

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Youthography’s Top Picks for June, 2006

Stars are blind – Paris Hilton – Paris – Heiress Records/Warner
 After two years of working on her debut album, “Stars are Blind” is the fruit of hotel heiress Paris Hilton’s (and her multitude of producers) labours. While we won’t waste our time commenting on the musical integrity of the single – the song, a blend of reggae and pop, will no doubt be played everywhere you go this summer. Could it be undeniably horrible and catchy at the same time? Yes, and we predict, by those two factors alone, that it will be 2006’s big song of the summer.
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Do I Make You Proud? – Taylor Hicks - RCA
We at Youthography love the cheese – and apparently so do those that voted Taylor Hicks as their new American Idol last month. So Taylor’s gone ahead and made himself a hit single called “Do I Make You Proud?” This particularly sappy song is sure to be 2006’s hallmark song of the year playing at graduations, weddings, funerals, you name it! Even people online are pairing it to homemade tribute videos…We found this particular gem on Youtube made by a very emotional Harry Potter fan. Enjoy..
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Downtown – Peaches – Impeach My Bush – XL Recordings
For those rockin’ out of the mainstream, indie iPods across the nation will be bopping to the newest synch-punk-pop-rap album by Peaches. Yes, the teaches of Peaches are back once again with her newest album Impeach My Bush. We love her gender-bending tunes (and hilariously naughty song titles) like “Slippery Dick” and “Rock the Shocker,” but what we really love is her first single “Downtown.” Don’t be afraid, give it a listen!
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Also Playing

Wolfmother, “Love train” (Wolfmother, Interscope)
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AFI, “Miss Murder” (Decemberunderground, Interscope)
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Christina Aguilera, “Ain’t No Other Man” (Back to Basics, RCA Records)
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Nelly Furtado, “Maneater” (Loose, Geffen/Universal)
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Janet Jackson, “Call On Me” (20 Years Old, Virgin)
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Platinum Weird, “Happiness”
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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, “Face Down” (Don’t You Fake It, Virgin Records)
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Orson, “No Tomorrow”  (Bright Ideas, Mercury)
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Snow Patrol, “You’re All I Have” (Eyes Open, Polydor)
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Phoenix, “Long Distance Call” (It’s Never Been Like That)
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The Streets, “When You Wasn’t Famous” (The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, Vice)
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DeVotchKa, “How it Ends” (Curse Your Little Heart)
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Everclear, “Hater” (Welcome to the Drama Club, Eleven Seven Music)
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For more information on Youthography’s Playlist, please contact Mike D'Abramo at 416 206 1256 x241 or email
dabramo@youthography.com.Youthography is Canada's most significant young consumer marketing and communications consultancy-offering full service research, strategy, marketing and advertising for a wide array of companies, brands, products and institutions.