THE ITUNES TOP 100 & THE END OF THE WORLD: "Tik Tok"

Retrospectively, there's nothing immediately unnerving about Ke$ha--yes, that's a dollar sign--and her autotune-reliant "Tik Tok" (although, writing the song title down just now was a little bothersome). It's like a Black Eyed Peas song with a slightly less moronic Fergie as the centerpiece.

But, did anyone else first think this was the girl from Justice's "TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY" finally getting her due? Because it's not. That girl's name is Uffie and she has a string of mediocre tracks on iTunes and an album due in two and a half weeks.

Ke$ha swooped a style from a song she's likely never heard before, and made it palpable and populist and Peas-esque. But even that can't defeat the appeal of the original, even heavily watered down. Final judgment: tolerable, perhaps for nostalgia alone.

TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY - Justice