is crying ‘cause the other won’t stay.”. (Lisa Loeb) Adolescents like this song because it is written and sung very well. The theme isn’t hard to understand and is something that you can picture as a sing-a-long. The last of the songs can be viewed as outliers to the others because they don’t really fit into the same category. In 1994, Madonna released an album of ballads, much different then her normal pop songs. One of these songs, “I Remember”, still made its way to Top 40 radio. It is about the story of a child grown up now and the lessons that they have learned from a parent. The attraction to this song is the beautiful singing and lyrics and because it is Madonna. Adolescence will understand the theme, which is something that will help them become a better person. This is the chorus to the song, “And I'll remember the love that you gave me, now that I'm standing on my own. I'll remember the way that you changed me, I'll remember”. (Madonna) The simple, catchy lyrics of Sheryl Crow’s “All I wanna do” is what attracts the listener to the song. It is a song for all ages, as anyone can say that “All I wanna do, is have some fun.”. (Sheryl Crow) That is what made this song successful and put Sheryl Crow on the map for future works. The R&B crossover into Top 40 hasn’t been as successful as of late, but one group, Destiny’s Child, has continued to produce hits. Their song, “Jumpin, Jumpin”, is not really the song for an adolescent teen to listen to lyrically though. It is about men and women not going out with their significant other, so they can meet up with each other at the club and dance together. It isn’t about specific people, just a general calling to all men and women to get out there and dance. We see this in the lyrics, “Ladies leave yo man at home, the club is full of ballas and they ...
