No, i'm not speaking Chinese! Cha-ching is the Hedley's new song name. Even though it sounds a bit weird, cha-ching is supposed to be the sound that a cash register would do when you open it to put the money into it.
I have already talked about Hedley, so I think you don't need more information about them.
Obviously, this song talks about money. Specially about the money that people make on TV for doing absolutly nothing, that is appearing on reality shows. This message is very clear along the song. I suppose that the reason why these lyrics were written is that Jacob Hoggard, the singer, got to know this world very well when he was in Canadian Idol, which is kind of a reality show. The chorus -where the message is even clearer- sarcasticly encourages people to win money on TV, to swing it, to bring it, to make the cash register do the cha ching! sound. It also says that the only way to go far on TV and to be a star is to get naked, which sadly seems to be true these days.
"So everybody dance and everybody sing,
If you wanna go far, if you wanna be a star
Yeah we can swing it
Cha-ching
When you take off all your clothes, When you strike a playboy pose
If you wanna go far, if you wanna be a star
Then you gotta bring it
Cha-ching"
If you wanna go far, if you wanna be a star
Yeah we can swing it
Cha-ching
When you take off all your clothes, When you strike a playboy pose
If you wanna go far, if you wanna be a star
Then you gotta bring it
Cha-ching"
The lyrics critizise and have many references to different shows and channels, some of them are:
The Real World (an MTV reality show from 1992)
"It started on the real world
A hot tub full of hot girls
Grindin' every frat boy and freak"
Probably they say that it started on The Real World because that show was broadcasted on 1992 and surely was one of the first realities.
A hot tub full of hot girls
Grindin' every frat boy and freak"
Probably they say that it started on The Real World because that show was broadcasted on 1992 and surely was one of the first realities.
Canadian Idol / American Idol
"Line up all the idols
Who paint on phony smiles
Tryin' to ride the fast track for free"
Who paint on phony smiles
Tryin' to ride the fast track for free"
The Biggest Loser ( show with overweight contestants attempting to lose weight to fight for a cash prize) and the channel MTV
"Who's the biggest loser?
I'll bust the biggest boozer
Bigger ratings for MTV"
Bigger ratings for MTV"
Survivor (reality show where contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes)
"All the sole survivors
Still stranded on the island
Lying through their teeth for money"
Still stranded on the island
Lying through their teeth for money"
Tila Tequila ( who had a dating game show on MTV in 2002) and the American rapper Flavor flav.
"Pretending to be lesbians
The tila's playing all of them
While flavor flav get fucked up for free"
The tila's playing all of them
While flavor flav get fucked up for free"
So, basically, as we can see in those quotes of the lyrics, Hedley is critizing how unreal and false is the TV world and how people appearing on shows don't mind to do anything and they just care about the money they are going to earn. And while we are watching those stupid and useless -in my opinion- shows the people who appear on them, as well as the one who had the idea and the producer are getting richer and richer (and don't think that they like their own shows, they just like the money they make with them). I believe that this idea is reflected on the following verse:
"And all the hotties on the hills
Just getting rich and making deals
While you and I are watchin' TV"
Just getting rich and making deals
While you and I are watchin' TV"
(The Hills was a program that followed the personal lives of several young people living in Los Angeles, California, USA)
At the end of the song, sarcasticly again, they tell us to hurry up and don't miss our minutes of glory on TV and our chance to win lots of money, like many people who seem to be crazy about that.
"So hurry turn it on, turn it on, get your 15 minutes
15's almost gone, turn it on, turn it on.
15's almost gone, turn it on, turn it on.
Cha-ching"
I hope that the sarcastic message of these lyrics will make people think about the quality of TV shows nowadays and that people will think twice before watching a show of the sort I talked about.
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