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Stop trying to Tom MacDonald us and talk about American channels you Brit.

Bobby Brown (My Prerogative, 1988) vs. BBD (Poison, 1990) NOTE: An alternate one would be either Don't Be Cruel or Every Little Step (1988, 1989) vs. Do Me! (1990)

Ralph Tresvant (Sensitivity) vs. Johnny Gill (Rub You the Right Way. You could do My, My, My instead of this one) (1990)

Livin' La Vida Loca vs. Bailamos (Ricky Martin vs Enrique Iglesias, 1999: I think an alternate one you could with these 2 would be She's All I Ever Had vs. Hero, 1999 vs 2001)

Heart Attack vs. Come & Get It (Demi Lovato vs. Selena Gomez, 2013)

Jealous vs. Cake By the Ocean (Alternatively, Levels vs. Toothbrush) (Nick Jonas, 2014 vs. DNCE, 2015) (Alternatively, 2015, 2016)

Sucker vs. Lose You to Love Me (Jonas Brothers vs. Selena Gomez, 2019)

Closer vs. Happier (Chainsmokers ft. Halsey, 2016 vs. Marshmello ft. Bastille, 2018)

Boys Round Here vs. That's My Kind of Night (Blake Shelton vs. Luke Bryan, 2013) (He has already done cruise, but I think Blake vs. Luke might make a better pairing)

Stay the Same vs. Give It To You (Joey McIntyre vs. Jordan Knight, 1999: Todd has already done a OHW on one of them, said he would not due the OHW on the other, so now he really can give his thoughts on both again)

Watch Me Whip (Nae / Nae) vs. Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem) (Silento, 2015 vs. Zay Hifligger and Zayion McCall, 2016)

Has anyone heard this song, not to sound shady or anything, as I have not and only did so after thinking about maybe doing an O-Town OHW? But, maybe this may work better, and you will see why.

Long story short, this guy was one of the members of O-Town(I feel like the band would make a good OHW story if one were to exclude Liquid Dreams, or even Trainwreckords even though sophomore slumps are not really counted), and ironically he is the only member no longer in the group due to choosing to keep doing Broadway instead of their reunion. I guess in a way, he is the biggest member due to this song and him being the only one to have success as a solo artist on the charts. Maybe he will re-join O-Town soon, though?

But, back to the song, it looks like he hopped on the guitar-playing teen guy wave of the mid 2000s, and the Max Martin/Dr. Luke(yes, they both worked on this song) pop-rock production sound prevalent with P!nk and Kelly Clarkson around this time. The song peaked at #12, and it looks like it came out on Valentine's Day 20 years ago. Also, this was a #1 TRL hit, if that means anything, so I guess Ashley had a #1 TRL hit both as a solo act and with O-Town. It looks he had another hit off this same album, the title track(Soundtrack To Your Life), that peaked at #58. Plus, as I keep mentioning, this could be an easy format as before the hit would just be O-Town and after the hit is probably his business ventures and Broadway. I feel like this one has been forgotten due to it not making the year-end, and probably one of those songs that charts within the top 20 but spends less than 15 weeks charting in total so it is bound to be forgotten in retrospect(Also, speaking of more 2000s trends this song follows, it looks like Ashley had a reality TV show when releasing this song/album. Seriously, we need to talk about the pre-and-post-Kardashian effect on singers either up-and-coming introducing themselves to the world through cheesy reality TV or singers of the past re-introducing themselves through it. For example, the late 80s seems like a long time away from the mid-2000s, so Being Bobby Brown and Hey Paula say Hi). Anyways, back to topic, do you think Todd would want to do this one? I feel like O-Town themselves could work as they have a good before and after hit story, but are they really one-hit wonders or Trainwreckord candidates? If not, then I guess this is the next best thing.

PS: It is pretty ironic that the early 2000s boy band rivalry came back around in 2006, only this time with the lead soloists of Justin vs. Nick vs. Ashley, and heck throw in the dawn of the Jonas Brothers too while we are at it. Also ironic that Justin came out on top still, and maybe a Nick Lachey OHW too Todd?