While Tiger Woods’ rep as an upstanding family man continues to unravel in a perfect storm of cocktail girls, porn stars, and pancake-house waitresses, it seems like the only thing missing from the gleeful media melee is an official soundtrack (NOW That’s What I Call Tacky?).
We’ll leave the commentary to SNL, but this week’s deluge of Tiger news—and a piece today on the past decade’s top one-hit wonders that included Blu Cantrell’s 2001 if-he-strays-he-pays anthem “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)”—got EW’s music department talking about the many, many moments in pop history centered on cheaters and the ones they cheat.
Songs about stepping out can be a lot of things: goofy (“Naughty by Nature, “O.P.P.”), guilt-ridden (Wham, “Careless Whisper”), furious (Beyonce, “Ring the Alarm”), heartbroken (Dolly Parton, “Jolene”), revenge-bent (Carrie Underwood, “Before He Cheats”), middle-finger flipping (Justin Timberlake, “Cry Me a River”) or just flippant (MeShell Ndegeocello, “If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night)”).
There are oldies-radio classics—Marvin Gaye’s “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”—and songs that need 8974 bleeps just to get on the radio (Eamon, “F— It, I Don’t Want You Back”). Sometimes, they get meteorological (Garth Brooks’ “Thunder Rolls”), or mathematical (see lo-fi chanteuse Mirah’s relationship arithmetic in “Cold Cold Water”: “I’m so number one that it’s a shame / that you let other numbers in the game”).
And then there’s this guy. Oh, snap, guess what he saw?
Tell us your own picks below: the most cathartic, memorable, crazy-making songs about being in love, when three (or more) is a crowd.
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LMAO CARRIE NEED REMAKE BEFORE HE CHEATS AND SOME HOW CHANGE IT FOR GULF CLUBS TO FIT IN!!!
She took a gulf swing to the caddillac…LMAO!!!
omg lmao it should be GOLF!
“It wasn’t me” by Shaggy. Awful song…
Aww I just heard that song on the radio last week. She said she caught me on camera…it wasn’t me. LOL Took that from either an Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor stand up skit.
The first song I thought of after hearing about Tiger’s accident was “Bust the Windows” from Glee. If I was at all computer literate I would have made a spoof of it.
Someone should totally do that!
“Tear in Your Hand” by Tori Amos. classic.
I’m not a die hard country music fan, but one of the most sobering cheating songs I’ve ever heard is Vince Gill’s “Pocket Full of Gold.” Good stuff.
I HATE the song “Lips of an Angel” – it totally blames the other woman for the guy being a cheat. Makes me angry every time, but it is memorable. I just wanted to hit him!
Why does the entertainment media world suddenly care about Tiger Woods? I didn’t see Entertainment Weekly (or any of the other million entertainment websites, TV shows, or magazines) reporting on any of Tiger’s many, many PGA tour wins, or his charity events. But suddenly, when we are given a brief window into his personal life, everyone seems to think it’s okay to smash open that window and dissect his character and his relationships… Come on! How in the world did we all forget the old admonition about casting stones?
If I respond to you by saying we’re intrigued by “naughty” will I still get presents this year???
Freaking AcaseofGeo!
I was really happy up on my moral high horse. Then you come along with your little quip and make me fall off it laughing!
Dude, the classic is always “Run to You” by Bryan Adams. How could you miss that?
No angsty girl-rock? Alanis “You Oughta Know” Morrisette anyone?
Guns n Roses “temporary lover”, awsome. Weird Al had a song called “got a funny feeling(you don’t love me anymore)” that I loved. Yes I’m a huge dork.
Check out The Ballad of Tiger Woods Comedy Song Video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQwiBjHgPZ0