I Kissed a Girl

[THEU]

Am I the only one old enough to confuse these 2 songs with the same title?

I will confess that until today I had never heard the Katey Perry song, I Kissed a Girl. I had always assumed it was some type of remake of the 1995 song, I Kissed a Girl by Jill Sobule. I will also confess I never remembered who sang the original until today. I just assumed it was the same girl and never could understand why the newer version was a big deal.
All that being said, Jill Sobule's song is much better, and I don't understand the big stink 13 years after a song with the exact same sentiment. It was played on MTV even with its own music video.
So am I the only one?

 

[Not Shinola]

The 2008 version was a big deal because straight people might be influenced to experiment after hearing the song. Anyone who listened to the 1995 version was already gay.

 

[FondrenRoad]

Both of those songs are horrible. Katy Perry's 15 minutes is already up in the string of one hit wonder anthems by a female vocalist. Lady GaGa is currently on the clock.

 

[Art Vandelay]

That's funny, THEU. I wondered the same thing. Why is it that the 1995 song wasn't controversial but the 2008 song is?

 

[ptownhorn]

i liked it. then i had to pay the tab. damn

 

[A. BETTIK]

I saw it on iTunes near the top of some chart a while back and thought it strange and figured it had to be a remake. I still haven't heard the most recent song. Maybe I would watch the video if it were well done, erotic and the women athletic, slender and between 18-40.