Music videos are an art form of their own. But watching them can sometimes remind one of songs that are almost completely unrelated.
Case in point: Sia's Cheap Thrills, which was released in 2016 and dominated the worldwide charts that year, hitting number 1 on more charts than you can shake a stick.
Admittedly, Cheap Thrills isn't a deep song. But it is fun and bouncy.
However, the video, which features the singer dancing around and not visually singing at all, reminds me oddly of another old but fun music video for Paul Simon's 1986 hit You Can Call Me Al:
You Can Call Me Al is a song of mid-life crisis and exploring the world, whereas Cheap Thrills is a basic party song. The only connections between these two songs are both are upbeat, and the lead singers keep their mouths shut for the better part of their music video (although Simon does lip sync the background chorus). Other than that, these are just two very good songs for different reasons.
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