The Sketchy History Of 'Don't Cha'

[@failedmycaptchatest]

Don't cha just want the music industry to be less corrupt

[@LeeAnnStar]

never will happen lol. my friend was in a boyband and the shit he told me and what I saw w my own eyes.. ppl either won't believe it or their heads would explode because its bad.. really bad.

[@wiseweirdo9254]

Tuh

[@naywalker1515]

I’ve been connected to the industry and it’s very evil. I’m a witness I no longer want to go the easy route as a producer they are fucked too in the industry it’s a lot of things against moral values and then leave you to die after they have gained your soul. Sad but true

[@C2G2]

Ok yeah exactly 💯🙄

[@daffaashshiddiq8898]

@@naywalker1515 can you expalin what all off the soul thing bs that i always see on the yt comment im confused

[@electrikblue1008]

CeeLo basically said Tori wasn't hot enough to represent the song. He's the last person to be discussing ANYBODY'S looks tbh 👀. I still remember seeing both CD singles from Tori and PCD at the music store at the same time, it was so weird. That song was hers.

[@whatthehellisthis]

forget you is iconic but ceelo seems pretty crappy as a person

[@ctrlivy101]

lmfao fr

[@Ashley-vs8nu]

This was the comment I was looking for. The AUDACITY

[@geminiflame_]

JUST as I was LITERALLY wondering if this man was low-key calling the lady unattractive, I graced upon THIS comment #agreed👏🏾💯👏🏾

[@michaelotis223]

CeeLo is CRAZY to think that...

[@sharon-bp9pk]

It’s just sad because it perfectly shows that pop is just about marketability and not talent. She’s so beautiful but her image didn’t fit so they threw her to the side. It’s terrible that they didn’t even fully inform her and made her the last to know that the song was being given away.

[@breiimarie6408]

For real because that’s the reason why Nicole’s career or the rest of PCD never took off, there all talented but to a fault there were so focus on marketing that the fully didn’t stand the test of time

[@NeshaBoo21]

I'm not surprised though because I feel like this happens to black women in the music industry all the time especially dark skin black women

[@breiimarie6408]

@@NeshaBoo21 it makes me so sad but it’s the truth

[@michaelotis223]

Go capitalism!!

[@joshentertainment2]

Cee lo geen wrote it with Anthony Ray

[@ishouldbesleeeping]

That’s so horrible. She wanted to be in the forefront and she was pushed back. It sounds like don’t cha would’ve been a hit regardless some people just weren’t patient

[@electrikblue1008]

It was already being heavily played on radio in the Bay Area by the time PCDs version started coming out. Tbh I like Tori's version better.

[@C2G2]

Exactly 🤷🏿‍♀️😮and Ceelo with his oh she was laid back not really like that like what the hell is that suppose to mean like are you trying to say that black women can’t be sexy? Disgusting and I’m not here for it Tory should’ve been in the forefront making hits after hits when she was signed I swear this industry doesn’t cease to amaze me. 💯🙄😶

[@theshevirgo]

@@electrikblue1008 I was hearing it all over the radio in Miami/South Florida

[@jinxthesweet2837]

@@C2G2 pretty sure this isn't about race because the main leader of the PCD is brown-

[@jovan7939]

@@jinxthesweet2837 Brown does not mean black. Nicole isn’t black. She’s brown skinned but she is Asian and Hawaiian not black.

[@marianroberts7242]

Cee Lo saying she wasn't the Don't Cha girl, that she was "cool" "easy going" "bohemian" is just coded language for the fact that she didn't appeal to the male gaze enough. In the end, that's still how a woman's worth is determined in the industry is determined

[@thatguygreen]

This is exactly what I was thinking

[@ismahanm1118]

right that was shady af

[@sophieh.4097]

LOUDER LOUDER

[@MoNehNeh17]

some women should start some music companies, huh? then there would be no male satisfaction needed as this woman ceo/manager or whatever can run the company the way she feel is fair.....?

[@nil-8026]

Ok I feel bad for her but I have to agree that she doesn’t sell the image of the lyrics

[@taylortuuny]

She did look marketable tho, I would like to have seen her as a artist with an album and record label push.

[@marielaausher]

Probably the same that happened with Kim Hill and The Black Eyed Peas. She was the original singer with them but when they started to get big the label asked her to start acting sexier and she didn't want to so she quit and they got Fergie instead.

[@girlboss3426]

@@marielaausher she was never the" original" artist,she was a featuring artist,she never was part of Band 🙄🙄

[@winterbonnie7859]

No she didn't.

[@infinitedreaming222]

@@girlboss3426 oh lord you typed that lie so confidently

[@BlendedBarbieDoll]

Right she’s very cute has a face like Kelis she just needed to be promoted

[@unerevuese]

The fact Tori was basically told she wasn't "sexy enough", I can't help but see the misogynoir at play. 🤷

[@jmaldo92]

And racism

[@producedbykhireyakeem4340]

@@jmaldo92 mostly racism

[@sandrallewellyn2632]

@@jmaldo92 literally why the word misogynoir exists - it's the specific and singular experience of sexism against black women or anti-black racism experienced by women. I would say given the history of the music industry, sexy might have also been code for "not light enough."

[@jmaldo92]

@@sandrallewellyn2632 ok.

[@jmaldo92]

@@sandrallewellyn2632 that's why I said AND.

[@playtimeisover9487]

Had no business blasting this at 7 years old😭

[@patrikh3933]

Girl i was 4-

[@UniqueDesignStudio1]

@Hooligan Army Purples You ...wtf

[@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81]

@Hooligan Army Purples You wtf 😃🧍🏽

[@Spooky_l3xxi]

@@patrikh3933 ahhh sameee

[@nodame]

@Hooligan Army Purples You 😐⁉️⁉️

[@mustafabashir2002]

This song is Literally On Sims. The Simlish Version.

[@scottfreeman5301]

Oh yeah 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Pikachu-qr4yb]

"DOBA!"

[@scottfreeman5301]

@Cheeto Licker yeah but it was a different language

[@potts995]

It was on the Sims 2 Pets, appropriate for a group called the "Pussycat" Dolls, LOL

[@melodrampatheticism]

@@potts995 lmao

[@Premonition_333]

I always thought don’t cha was sung by a solo artist when I was younger and it was played everywhere. But technically I guess I was right since only 1 person sang in that whole group🤷🏽‍♀️

[@FLdancer00]

You know, now that I think about it, I remember hearing it on the radio and absolutely thought a black woman was singing it. Then I saw the video and thought I must have been confused. This explains it.

[@Premonition_333]

@@FLdancer00 same, I always thought the solo artist was black too, very shocked when I realized it was not only a group, but someone non-black. Very unfortunate what they did.

[@jenc9468]

Lol yup cause they rest of them barely sung it at all only Melanie if that’s how u spell her name she sings a little

[@Ianisatool]

And the original person who sung it was solo and 1 person so you were right either way

[@claudiabenigno2796]

@@jenc9468Melody

[@matxalenc8410]

I rarely hear about Ceelo, but when I do, he's always being slimy!

[@919ENTERTAINMENTLLC]

Ceelo want that pop star life...unfortunately he don't have pop star looks...karma.

[@ahaziahjoshua1397]

The Pussycat dolls reminds of how Kpop groups are these days.. manufactured to be a hit, worked to the bone for a perfect look and sound.... it's very interesting

[@uaenaonce8231]

I mean after-school was basically completely modeled off of pussycat dolls. There is a lot of copycat groups like these in Korea.

[@sademouton7391]

Except most of these k pop groups are suffering mentally and physically. They have strict mangers and all of them are talented. I wish more people would make a video on kpop groups because it’s honestly sad. A lot of suicide is involved with people in kpop groups

[@uaenaonce8231]

@@sademouton7391 I fee like every kpop fa knows about this, they just don't put it on blast as much I think they should. I used to be a huge fan of cute concepts and now that I'm getting older I start to realize even cutesy songs aren't safe from super sexual undertones and if anything only banters to pedophilic freaks.

[@anni1348]

The biggest difference was that PCD only had one singer (Nicole) and the whole rest was just for background vocals and dancing.

[@nil-8026]

@@uaenaonce8231 Rania too

[@Melonzy123]

This situation is very similar to the Ashanti and J.Lo mess. They (P.didy, Ja Rule etc,) really did Ashanti dirty :(

[@alllovelyfacts161]

They did her way dirty, Ashanti is incredibly talented and I can’t say the same for that messy industry plant

[@aichaelola2316]

Yes!! It was just so disrespectful especially having her in the video

[@SabrinaRina]

My first thought. Especially mentioning Puffy I thought, "oh yeah, Puffy wanted to know the girl, maybe see if he could pull some of her songs for J.Lo or some artist he dumps in a year or two." These men really judging women as fat and ugly because they're not specifically like J.Lo or PCD. Mind you both dancers with dancer bodies and trying to sell them as full rounded talents and suspiciously stealing from still gorgeous black singers like Tori and Ashanti. We wouldn't be out here like mocking birds if the environment wasn't full of the same repeated noise.

[@asapling]

When ever I hear of p diddy I think of that arg with the note books

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

@Nani Boricua I legit always thought Ashanti did "I'm Real" and even now I still hear and picture her not "Waiting For Tonight" J.Lo. My mind just puts the song with the Mesmerize MV and goes "I don't know her" like Mariah to J.Lo's version lol.

[@SimplyyLovelyy3]

You should do the story of the girl Fergie replaced in the Black Eyed Peas.

[@snailspeeed2133]

I didn’t even know they replaced her.

[@snailspeeed2133]

I didn’t even know they replaced her.

[@swaggy123swaggy]

@@snailspeeed2133 the New York Times did a short documentary on it, if you want to watch it it’s on KZbin.

[@elisejackson2854]

They didn’t really replace her. She left before they hired fergie.

[@virgiliosaavedra87]

Lol the girl was Nicole Scherzinger

[@Omgits7ito]

Another black female voice silenced, and to add fuel to the fire by a fellow brother. Shame shame.

[@919ENTERTAINMENTLLC]

Cee went where the money went...

[@iiiazrockiii]

I just watched a video about cee lo, going down not sure if its the same channel maybe look at it and see where is Cee lo now. Karma strikes back at him.

[@MenagoSandryS]

Still, Jennifer’s Career is more disappointing

[@Wildlimabean]

Honestly I think the group would have been if every member in the group sang and weren’t just there for looks like obviously there is always going to be that one member that stands out of the group but I feel like we didn’t even get know the other girls like they glorified back up dancers that occasionally lift to their mic up to “sing”

[@marzellholbrook6130]

At that time, only Nicole and Melody were signed to sing and the others as the dancers, with the exception of Carmit who actually sung on a couple of the songs

[@13realmusic]

Yeah it's confusing too because they were a burlesque group which I always thought meant everyone was a singer and dancer. Of course that choir sound isn't very pop, and it would be years before Pentatonix and Glee kinda changed that perception

[@R7v4]

Who else remember Rasputia singing "Don't Cha" in the movie Norbit?

[@varkolak7779]

"How you doin?"

[@xThatxGuy]

I read this as Rasputin

[@jxwlxnx]

✨The best version✨

[@michaelotis223]

We'd rather forget, thanks!

[@noemistephanie93]

LOL I remember that 😂😂😂

[@kiesxin]

Black woman: _sneeze_ Hollywood: *write that down*

[@JoyCassi]

😭

[@alext3480]

dead ass

[@carolynswen4774]

And they’ll make $$$ outta it too

[@khaniyah1494]

No lies detected💯

[@khaniyah1494]

@Anne Day Yonce all on ya mouth like liquor👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥰😜

[@janellcharm]

They really played a dream girls “one night only” on Tori 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@aaliyahhughes5347]

That’s literally the perfect analogy!

[@919ENTERTAINMENTLLC]

Yep.

[@ultraviolencedelrey]

Honest could take any topic nobody knows or cares about and make it interesting and educate people so easy, we need to appreciate him

[@ghostprince4284]

100% Facts! Bro,Is Always On Point! Period!

[@frankclark1183]

This song literally was offered to Paris Hilton. Clearly music executives didn't look at it as high art.

[@flowerpower628]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@DMaster81]

I totally forgot she got into music😂 what a sad time

[@meelamanhattan6271]

Wowww

[@Obbee]

just like calum scott made a cover of Robyn's "Dancing On My Own"..and people still thinking calum is the original artist..and Robyn still remain underrated.

[@whatthehellisthis]

hold up people think calum scott’s version is the original? how uncultured...

[@niccole3542]

The only people who think that are young tik tokers who were born after 2010.

[@cecilia3236]

I had no idea there was anothee version than the one by Robyn. Same with impossible i have never heard the cover one.

[@massetozacarias5693]

I think it's because Calum Scott did it in an interesting way, judging both performance

[@danarenee2931]

I remember when I first heard Robyns version a few years ago and I LOVED it, Calum gave no credit when he came out with his, and it’s way too slow

[@alexandragatto]

This is literally the plot of Dreamgirls, damn

[@i0xov221]

exactly

[@rhonnichan]

"She didn't have the 'Don't Cha' look. She was more Bohemian" So? Kelis came out with a Bohemian type of appeal and changed up her looks when Milkshakes and Bossy came out and killed it. So why couldn't Toni? I can not, it's always black women suffering in this damn industry and ofc by the hands of a successful black man who has a history of harming women 😒 Imma check Toni music out more cause I sure asf just now hearing about tbis in my 24 years of life

[@Ianisatool]

Who's Toni?

[@tiffanyvalentine7906]

@@Ianisatool the one in this video who sang a better version of the original song but was told she didn’t look sexy enough or whatever when she’s actually pretty asf and doesn’t need his validation smh

[@11cutie207]

oh u like being confused on purpose

[@mercedesmcgee89]

I remember listening to the original Don't' Cha song on KZbin some years ago. It was sung by the singer Tori and it had different lyrics to it, but they quickly took it down & Cee Lo Green lied and said he wrote the whole song the music industry is straight trash

[@joshentertainment2]

On Wikipedia it says cee lo green anthony Ray wrote it

[@mercedesmcgee89]

@kymoor104 Thank you!

[@paigelovette8156]

Cee Lo did write that song. Sad situation but, it sounds like that song was shopped around until they found the right fit for it to get mainstream success.

[@YouVSMeTV]

Love the intro. I do remember the song appearing literally everywhere for like three years. Movies, trailers, TV and elevators and supermarkets.

[@ivythegreat4943]

What’s the crazy PCD ... well Nicole literally copy the notes, runs. Nothing was original about the song I just feel like Tori should’ve got a better edit and production.

[@joshentertainment2]

A cover

[@guillermoj3869]

I remenber her saying she did all and the girls did anything .

[@ismahanm1118]

WOW I hope she got a check cause that song was a huge hit …. hella messed up man

[@blueisblue599]

@@ismahanm1118 She probably didn't because she signed the song's rights away so she couldn't have gotten money from it.

[@TheGListed2]

The song was also offered to Paris Hilton for her debut album before it was given to PCD.

[@ashleystephan334]

Paris Hilton revealed not too long ago that was approached to record the song for her first album but she stated she heard a rough demo and didn’t like it but after hearing PCD version she said she would’ve immediately jumped on it and recorded it.

[@mixedviews3536]

They sound exactly the same.... down to the ad libs...

[@alexandergrande]

I remember hearing the story about it originally being recorded by someone else before ending up with them

[@XennialAng]

I always thought it was weird when the PCD version came out. I had been hearing the original on the radio (here in LA, CA) for months before that.

[@davidanthony1992]

I remember the radios in nor cal playing her version too. I was like huh when I heard pcds lol

[@Mrs.Laetitia]

it's just like the "smelly cat" storyline in Friends. it was so funny I thought it would never happen in real life but the music industry will never cease to surprise me.

[@Boonies]

Didn’t realise till this year Nicole was the literally the only one singing most of the time 😂

[@mojttoofficial1399]

Melody: yeaaaahooooh am I jooooke to youuu ouuuhooohhyeaaaah?! 😂😂😂🙈🙈

[@jamesbuchananbarness]

@@mojttoofficial1399 exactly!!!!

[@michaelbruno1330]

Where the hell have you been? Everyone knew that....only two other girls sang in the group the black girl and the white girl with red hair!

[@ricardograna4353]

And she is actually gorgeous, I don't understand why she couldn't be "the don't cha girl "

[@ToriAlamaze]

Thank u darlin!

[@daydreamishh]

The industry is so fucked

[@rudolfschenker6196]

when are we gonna get girl groups in america again

[@coilylani]

America doesn’t treat girl groups nicely :(

[@migpen283]

There is actually a girl group called 'Boys World' and they have released 2 songs so far. You can check their songs if you want to. 🙃

[@sugarpearl9781]

There’s Boys World for a more teeny bopper sound (kinda like kpop, really good choreo) and Good Girl for a more grown woman r&b sound (kinda like those all black 90s vocal groups). And of course there’s Chloe x Halle if you count a duo as a group. Edit: I forgot Little Mix!! They’re amazing! 10 years of great music!! Check out their discography!

[@suha3840]

Now it's dem kpop domination. But ngl out of all girl kpop groups, I solute twice for the new dark vibe concept...

[@tamari1127]

Don't know about groups but there's a due called ChloexHalle. They're wonderful.

[@ledellthomas]

This reminds me of when they tried to take away the song “one thing” from Amerie and give it to Jennifer Lopez in 2005 when she already had the song out on radio a lot. I think if tori would’ve had more radio play it would’ve been too late for the pussycat dolls too take. Then it would’ve stayed as tori’s song.

[@jujubee6030]

So glad they didn’t. Cuz Amerie definitely made a name for herself!

[@ledellthomas]

@@jujubee6030 I definitely agree! I love a lot of her other songs. A lot of artist jocked her sound after that song. Especially top female artist.

[@ledellthomas]

@@Ss-___ did she? I didn’t know that! That was smart!

[@malenyluna5275]

Yet J lo has a song that sounds almost identical to one thing, can't remember the name though.

[@patrickpanthers9707]

@@malenyluna5275 The song is called Get Right and she stole that from Usher

[@Joi_Robb]

My dad sung don’t cha in sint marteen, drunk, during the hotel resorts karaoke night. He was pointing to me while singing to traumatize me. Someone out there has footage of it 😭

[@y0urcheapthrill]

Iam sorry you went through this LOL

[@justinraysantiago287]

Call it business but it sounds like prostitution to me. Can’t release her voice / music. Under contract of men, the industry is a evil place. Thank god for internet and garage band. I hope she’s good now

[@kf9781]

It’s crazy because one of the members in the PussyCat dolls came out and said their group was just a front for a prostitution ring. She said she was being passed around against her will

[@MoNehNeh17]

K f what’s meme bet?? and who said this?

[@kf9781]

@@MoNehNeh17 omg it was a typo! Lol I wrote that at 12 am. I believe it was one of the blond girls though

[@MaxiaCrest]

@@kf9781 source, please!

[@kf9781]

@@MaxiaCrest just look up Kaya Jones on google.

[@the-drama]

DON'T CHA WISH YOUR SPILLED TEA WAS HOT LIKE... ;)

[@jasperrose4906]

You out like no effort into yo shii

[@marge6389]

how are you so quick to get onto every relevant youtube channel lmao, im lowley impressed now

[@TCt83067695]

Gurl you better stop 🤣

[@ToriCake95]

No ma'am

[@OOOO0OOOO0001___]

😐

[@milodavis1]

I just went and listened to the original and i saw the cover art and the idea that she didn’t have sex appeal is a gd lie. She could have definitely sold the image

[@deej5608]

TRUTH

[@massetozacarias5693]

Tori could've been a Pussycat Dolls but she didn't auditioned for it

[@sarahdavis5674]

So why didn’t they just make her sexier because she’s definitely was fine with her short hair let’s be real they straight robbed her !

[@ComaLies225]

Right. Tori looks absolutely lovely and ceelo and his team could have worked out some way to promote her. They did her so dirty

[@paigelovette8156]

Tori is a cute girl but she just didnt have enough sex appeal to skyrocket the song sadly

[@FLdancer00]

I would say Lady Gaga without Just Dance or Pokerface, those were the launch/staples to me.

[@nickiminajthequeenofrap5093]

funny cause just dance was originally offered to the pussycat dolls

[@Lady_Tee15]

@@nickiminajthequeenofrap5093 oh wow!!

[@maxstebrew6738]

The original version featuring Tori Alamaze was in thr film Beauty Shop BEFORE the Pussycat Dolls version came out! I remember hearing that song there then hearing the Pussycat Dolls version and thinking "this don't sound like that song".. this clears SO much up for me

[@computerfreak247]

The original artist was far from unattractive, she was gorgeous so I don't get how she didn't have "the look"

[@Dedemegadodo]

We need to make Tori's version heard, support our black women guys

[@fuziontonygaming]

The only difference is the instrumental but vocally it’s the same.

[@ogLynnloc]

So glad someone is talking abt this! (I didnt even watch yet) I remember hearing this song back in the day on radio and it was a black woman singing it, then all of a sudden them. The original was much betta. okay now im a watch lol

[@mustafabashir2002]

Don't Cha Will always be That Bop.

[@Justnyaful]

The music industry can bury you like it’s nothing.

[@massetozacarias5693]

the pussycats dolls management team did a lot of sketchy things just to be on top

[@syria0110]

I remember first hearing the original version in Beauty Shop

[@shaybar93]

We need more cool Bohemian girls in the mainstream

[@begood4786]

There’s two types of people in this world The “First!!” People And the “Ugh too early the comment section hasn’t gotten good to yet” People 😁

[@whosthatchick5150]

I thought you were quoting Britney haha there’s only two types of people in the world.. the ones that entertain, and the ones that observe 😉

[@sarasaeed6349]

@gabi. well baby im a put on a show kind of girl

[@pinkfur00]

@@sarasaeed6349 don’t like the backseat, gotta be first

[@Psychocoko]

She wasn’t wrong though, when she said it’s gonna backfire... 🤷‍♀️

[@yolandacox1096]

What happened??

[@cirquedumaiquel]

Yeah what happened??

[@Psychocoko]

I mean the pcd went through some drama. It was all about Nicole. Although melody has a very remarkable voice, she wasn’t allowed to sing. That’s why she’s not part of the band after the reunion.

[@ComaLies225]

Also, wasn’t Ceeloo charged with rape at some point in his life?

[@jvnemesisedenia5206]

I heard Tori's version on the radio first. Downloaded it on limewire and use to listen to it. Then months later saw the pussycat dolls doing the same song and I was confused. I was Like, this ain't a new song y'all! I knew some fishy business took place from the get go but thanks for this video for giving the details.

[@R-June]

we need to bring back the 2000s music‼️

[@cassiopeia2829]

Period

[@deadlyrobot5179]

Not late 2000, not that abomination.

[@R-June]

@@deadlyrobot5179 late 2000s/ early 2010s music were actually good too, i guess it all changed w the edm era, 🤔

[@deadlyrobot5179]

@@R-June 2000's peaked at 2007 but 2009 and 2010 were a nightmare, it took the music industry almost 4 to 6 years to recover from that. early 2000's was great, a lot of great artists put out their first albums at that time.

[@niktour352]

You can hear 2000s music influences in some pop music today.

[@beingzombievstheworld]

Make a video about fergie's solo career

[@tylerwestbrook2392]

He already did

[@minismalls3096]

I was hoping it wasn't a black woman they did this to, but alas. I gasped when her picture was shown. I was soooo disappointed

[@kimberlyhood4095]

By CeeLo Green, a black man, he totally talked shit about her.

[@satob7690]

Always

[@TheRealMadamCJ]

This is everything!! And Tori is my friend!! Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@MrKisseZ1]

I didn’t know I needed this information but.....I’m tuned in 👀 👌🏾

[@traceylee5674]

It’s like the music industry can only do black women DIRTY!!!

[@MegzLife]

Seriously only? Ureally just gonna focus so badly on one perspective and disregard others. Geez, just see the big picture instead of details that only make u sour for no reason.

[@_shiena]

i remember being hella young, dancing to this w my older sister, not knowing what any of the lyrics meant lmao

[@keandrebell-washington9904]

Yet another song stolen from a black woman and given to non-black women. SMFH! Cee-Lo Green should be ashamed of himself, but I know he only cares about the green. Honestly, I never cared for Don't Cha. Buttons was The Pussycat Dolls' best song anyway.

[@whatlee8671]

Her version was in beauty shop (movie) ! I forget the time stamp, but is not the PCD version

[@13realmusic]

I'm glad you made this because I only found out recently to a few months ago that Don't Cha was a cover but listened to the original and it was like you mention completely identical.

[@didigreen7394]

We all know why she wasn’t the face of her own song. The music industry is so corrupt if you’re a black women you gotta work twice as hard and get less respect.

[@deej5608]

FACTS

[@mjl5777]

so robin antin (pussycat dolls creator) signed a huge deal with interscope records, and they wanted a hit to launch them off so universal decided to take the song to where they thought it could be more profitable and successful not only for the song but for the future, pcd sold over 50m records and it all stemmed from the success of dont cha. a similar thing happened with Scream and Shout (Britney and Will I Am) and tulisa

[@Everymonthisaugust210]

This video (and the commentary about how new, black and specifically black artists go through it in the industry) made me think about Normani. You should do a video on her journey as a solo artist. I had such high hopes for her after Fifth Harmony and to this day want to see her succeed. But I can’t help but think about whats going on behind the scenes that we may not know about... Maybe she is just taking her time with the debut album (which I totally understand)? Maybe she is being gaslighted as an artist (which I also understand)?

[@mixxfixx]

Not to mention the music is a total sample rip of Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s S.W.A.S.S.

[@brianq1455]

i remember revisiting “don’t cha” a couple months ago and thinking this doesn’t sound right, like it was different but i thought it was tripping

[@sofia_rms]

Tbh, I understand the marketing point of view of giving the song to young, new to the game, sexy girls that could be seen as options and stuff. I feel bad for Tori and her version probably would have been successful as well, but maybe not as popular as it was

[@ertfgghhhh]

Ceelo is a backstabber

[@LadyRosze]

You legit bring so much tea in the music industry I did not know any of this!

[@Cee-m4k]

It will always be a bop

[@Basta11]

Its not like they knew it was a hit song. Things like these happen all the time to songs that don't do anything. Also, many originals are not the popular iconic ones we know, sometimes the cover gets all the glory like with "Torn" or "I will always love you".

[@ztswagger]

i always felt like pcd tried to repackage the spirit of black womanhood. this definitely confirms that

[@afrolund80]

The Don't Cha chorus was also originally taken from the Sir Mix-a-lot album title track SWASS. Where they repeat " Don't you wish your boyfriend was SWASS like me. I'm not sayin it was stolen. I'm sure Busta and Cee-lo did it legit. But regardless it's just another interesting twist to the story.

[@theshevirgo]

I remember the original song used to be in the radio all the time in Miami/ South Florida so it was certainly getting airplay, then one day that song disappeared off the radio and the Pussy Cat Dolls was EVERYWHERE

[@maryisazombie]

I hate that so much toxic stuff happened behind the scenes of PCD. I was obsessed with their sound as a teen.

[@FakeChicana]

I remember hearing the song be introduced as by her! I always wondered how it became the pussycat dolls' song.

[@jabathepegasus]

This comment section is officially the 2021 Grammys waiting room. Enjoy your stay.

[@jameshowardiii4892]

If it helps, the song was also offered to the multi-raced British band, Sugababes who weren’t necessarily a sexed up band. They turned the record down though.

[@Lady_Tee15]

Oh wow!!

[@sweetiedahling8137]

Oh I didn’t know that! You’re right, this song definitely didn’t fit their ‘brand’. Now I’m off to go down a Sugababes rabbit hole 🐰

[@jameshowardiii4892]

Yes! So excited to read this; you’re definitely gonna enjoy listening to the babes. Also, I think that with their later line up, Don’t Cha could’ve worked for Sugababes, if PCD didn’t release it he song internationally. Can’t wait to see what you think 🙂

[@mynameisnotgirl8184]

Tori was so busy trying to be PC about getting snubbed that she wasn’t making any sense to me. She’s all over the place!

[@TrvisXXIII]

Ahhh man...always heard Cee-Lo’s background vocals on the song and wondered what that was about smh you hear it especially when Nicole sing’s “let’s keep it friendly”

[@barryle8413]

She’s throwing shade at them like they did it. Saying they’re not artist as if she wrote the song. I feel for her but be upset at the label. They didn’t even offer her a different record to take its place

[@marcusperez817]

If tik tok wants to cancel Elvis for covering hound dog, then I want them to apply the same philosophy by streaming Tori instead of the Dolls. But I know it won’t happen, one can dream

[@ijt3131]

Ive only in recent months discovered the original with Da Brat..its a bop!

[@TadanGirl]

I'll just blindly give a like before watching the video. 'Cause that's how good honest is.

[@vaultgirl42091]

*Pls make a video about Poppy* 😍🥰😇 She has went through so much and changed a lot over the years and is doing remarkable. She has switched between genres multiple times and has found success in all of them. She went from an internet enigma to a well established singer/song writer. She escaped an abusive relationship and has triumphed in life and is now engaged to ghostemane and doing great in her career.. on top of that she even got nominated for a Grammy for her song! Hope you'll consider this since you do other smaller artists.

[@PastelPixie99]

this is remarkable

[@vaultgirl42091]

@@PastelPixie99 yessss ikr

[@llewis9764]

can you do ashley tisdales discography?

[@jdduder7049]

Group members: Nicole Cat Chup Cat Alog Cat Egory Cat Atonic Cat in Hat

[@corywynne2865]

Nicole's entire career is FRAUDULENT

[@krm101]

here we go again, coming after Nicole like SHE OWNED their label by that time and decided to steal the song out of nowhere to call her career fraudulent ~ Melody even said Nicole and her hated Don't Cha.. they didn't like the message at all.

[@archieblue2801]

She's just bitter PCD owned that song & it sky-rocketed their career, this particular song the PCD version is far superior to hers in every way.

[@noni6903]

I'm just waiting for that grammy video 💀

[@originaldoll6629]

My interview with Tori Alamaze is coming soon! Her life and career has been amazing!

[@greekfreak384]

Ceelo a sellout 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@GG_Booboo]

I had no idea there was an original! Now I gotta find it! The music industry is so shady!

[@SheIsTheMorrigan]

She wasn’t the “don’t cha” girl? So sad we do this to people. You’re level of beauty doesn’t say your value.

[@SirKenchalot]

How can this possibly be about race? She's black yes but so was her producer and some of the women who got the track instead of her. I wish black people wouldn't reach for the race card every time something doesn't go their way; it's just ridiculous in cases like this.

[@MikeOfMichigan]

Tori must have been far back in that line lol. I read that the song was offered and rejected by UK girl group The Sugababes and Paris Hilton before it even got to PCD.