THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

841-The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes-Don’t Cha.

2005-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 1.04. Having a positive body image is a good thing, but this lot appear to suffer from a severe case of egotism.

The Pussycat Dolls were the brainchild of the American dancer, and choreographer Robin Antin, who formed the original Pussycat Dolls in 1995 as a ‘modern burlesque troupe,’ that was based in Las Vegas, and featured a rotating cast of dancers. At the suggestion of Jimmy Lovine, the co-founder of ‘Interscope Records,’ Antin decided to reinvent The Pussycat Dolls as a mainstream ‘Pop’ group in 2003.The six members who made up the new group were, Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt. The Pussycat Dolls were active between 2003-2010, and then reformed without Melody Thornton between 2019-2021.

The Pussycat Dolls discography includes two studio Albums released in 2005, and 2008, and 15 singles issued between 2004-2020. In America on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, eight of those tracks have reached the top 40, with ‘Don’t Cha’ peaking the highest at Number 2, while in the UK, they have charted within the top 40 on 11 occasions, with both ‘Don’t Cha,’ and the follow up single ‘Stickwitu,’ both making Number 1. Although The Pussycat Dolls only released two studio Albums, they are currently the fourth best selling ‘Girl Group’ of all time, with worldwide sales in excess of 55 million.

‘Don’t Cha’ was written by Cee-Lo Green, (see also best songs 174) with the original version of the song being recorded by the American singer Tori Alamaze in 2004, Alamaze had previously been a backing singer for the American ‘Hip-Hop’ duo ‘Outkast,’ (see also best songs 351.) After her version only had minor commercial success, Alamaze gave up her rights to the song. At the suggestion of Doug Morris, who was then the chairman of the ‘Universal Music Group,’ the song was offered to The Pussycat Dolls,’ who were then an unknown act, Cee-Lo Green was initially sceptical,’I didn’t know too much about them, but when I found out that ‘Interscope Records’ was involved, that was an alliance I didn’t hesitate to make.’

‘Don’t Cha’ was the first of six singles released from The Pussycat Doll’s debut studio Album ‘PCD,’ from September 2005. The song was written and produced by Cee-Lo Green. Also credited as songwriters are Busta Rhymes, (see also best songs 675 and 210) and Anthony Ray, who is better known by his stage name ‘Sir Mix-a-Lot,’ as the songs chorus is a slightly modified interpolation of the chorus line sung by Sir Mix-a-Lot on his 1988 track ‘Swass.’ ‘Don’t Cha’ is a song about a girl who taunts a guy about his girlfriend, this makes the girlfriend jealous, as the girl asks the guy if he wishes that his girlfriend was as hot as her.

The female vocals on ‘Don’t Cha’ are provided by Nicole Scherzinger, who was born Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente, on June 29th, 1978, in Honilulu, Hawaii, United States. As well as being a singer, she has also acted in films, and on television, having appeared in four films between 2003-2016. The discography of Nicole Scherzinger who has sold in excess of 16 million records worldwide, include two studio Albums released in 2011, and 2014, and 14 singles as the lead artist, and a further 11 singles as a featured artist. In America on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, she had had three top 40 hits, with ‘Come to Me,’ by ‘Diddy’ featuring Nicole Scherzinger, charting the highest at Number 9 in 2006. In the UK, she has charted within the top 40 on 12 occasions, with ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’ from 2011, reaching Number 1. Nicole Scherzinger has said that she did most of the singing on The Pussycat Dolls’ Album ‘PCD.’ ‘People don’t even know the whole story. They have no idea, I was in the centre because I was singing. I hope I don’t get in trouble for the stuff that I say, but I’ll never forget I finished the album, ‘PCD,’ and Ron (the executive producer Ron Fair) and I brought the girls into the studio, and we played it for them. It was the first time they’d ever heard the music. Do you understand what I’m saying? We played the Album for the Pussycat Dolls. It was the first time they’d ever heard the songs.’

‘I know you like me, I know you do, that’s why whenever I come around she’s all over you. I know you want it, it’s easy to see, and in the back of your mind I know you should be uhh with me.’