Song of the Day

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The artist Santigold (formerly Santogold), real name Santi White, is a dub, new wave, psychobilly artist from Philadelphia who released her debut album in 2008. She was the lead singer for other groups until going solo around 2005. She changed her name in 2009 because a Jewelry business was threatening to sue her. I prefer Santigold better actually.

I really appreciate the variety in her songs and I love this song in particular. I know it’s been in commercials and has been heard everywhere, but I just have to add it to my Song of the Day blog because I can’t bear for anyone to have not heard about it.

There’s an interesting paragraph from her Wikipedia page where she addresses the fact that her music has nothing to do with hip-hop or R&B.

– In a May 2008 interview, White stated that critics and online music vendors were labeling her music as hip hop, rap, and R&B because she is black, saying that it was racist. “Everyone is just so shocked that I don’t like R&B. Are you shocked that Good Charlotte isn’t into R&B? Why does R&B keep coming into my interviews? It’s pissing me off. I didn’t grow up as a big fan of R&B and, like, what is the big shocker? It’s stupid. –

More links for songs by Santigold (Santogold): her Official Website, MySpace, Last.fm, Twitter, and iLike.