Jamie Foxx's 'Blame It' featuring T-Pain and Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' are listed in the chart for the most unhealthy relationship songs of 2009. -- PHOTOS: AFPBOSTON - AN INITIATIVE to encourage healthy teen relationships says songs by Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga are the musical equivalent of junk food.
A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that their songs are among the top 10 with 'unhealthy relationship ingredients.' The commission on Tuesday released its list based on a 'nutrition label' rating popular songs on healthy relationship themes.
The 'Sound Relationships Nutrition Label' was developed by 14 teens after they attended a seven-week commission-sponsored institute on healthy relationship promotion and teen dating violence prevention. During the seven-week program, teens were also taught to evaluate music based on themes of power, control, equality and gender roles.
The teens then developed their list after analysing songs from Billboard's 'Hot 100' chart. Mario's 'Break Up' featuring Gucci Man and Sean Garrett and Jamie Foxx's 'Blame It' featuring T-Pain topped the list for the most unhealthy relationship songs of 2009. Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' and Pitbull's 'Hotel Room Service' were also listed. Among the teen panel's top 10 songs with healthy themes: 'Miss Independent' by Ne-Yo and 'Meet Me Halfway' by the Black Eyed Peas.
The commission says its program aims to teach teens how to evaluate popular media, and help parents talk to teens about healthy relationships. Commission officials also said the label invites consumers to become song lyric nutritionists by helping them identify positive and negative messages about relationships in songs.
Jack Perricone, chair of the songwriting department at the Berklee College of Music, said pop songs generally allow listeners to get away from the bad news of the day. But he said pop music, by its very nature, is very repetitive, and sometimes if songs have negative messages, those repetitive messages can get inside teens' heads. -- AP
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