Alex Warren’s 'Ordinary' Outshines Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and Tipsy Bars
Welcome to the Summer Song Olympics, where Alex Warren’s 2025 earworm 'Ordinary'—released February 7—lukewarm-critic-proofed its way to a 10-week Billboard Hot 100 throne, sprinting from lukewarm to legendary by Labor Day. Meanwhile, Virginia’s Shaboozey moonwalked from Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' features ('Spaghettii,' 'Sweet Honey Buckiin') right into an eight-week country club banger, 'A Bar Song (Tipsy),' shamelessly sampling J.Kwon from 2004. Sabrina Carpenter tried storming the charts with three hits and a No.1 album but settled for 2nd to 4th place—because reality’s a cruel pop diva. Meanwhile in 2023, Morgan Wallen’s 'Last Night' was the first country song to let ‘cruel summer’ eat dust since 1974. Summer hits: proof that nostalgia, drama, and the occasional accidental genius still sell better than taste.
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Fancy a summer song takeover starring Alex Warren’s 'Ordinary' and a rapper-barroom mashup named Shaboozey? It’s pop culture’s version of a family feud, except everyone’s still dreadful drivers on the Billboard highway.
If Alex Warren’s 'Ordinary' conquers despite critics, does that make chart success ordinary or critics redundant? Either way, enjoy the soundtrack to your dubious life choices.
Shaboozey sampling 2004’s 'Tipsy' in 2024 proving that great ideas age like fine wine or expired beer, up to your bar’s standards.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/10/2025 | Author: Callie Ahlgrim
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