SingStar Pop

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SingStar Pop
Developer(s) SCEE
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Release date(s) June 24, 2005 (NZ)
Genre(s) Music
Mode(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Input EyeToy

SingStar Pop, also known as SingStar Popworld in some countries including the UK, is a PlayStation 2 karaoke game published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and developed by SCEE and London Studio. It is the third installment released in the SingStar line.

SingStar Pop comes with two USB microphones that plug into the PlayStation 2 adaptor, offering an instant multi-play experience. The game is also EyeToy compatible allowing players to actually see themselves singing within the game.

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[edit] Game Overview

SingStar Pop is a popular karaoke game in which players sing to music videos in order to score points. Players interface with their PS2 via USB microphones while a music video plays on screen. Lyrics are shown at the bottom of the screen. SingStar Pop matches a player's song voice to the original track, with players scoring points according to how accurate their singing is. Usually, two players compete simultaneously. Certain modes of SingStar Pop may vary this basic pattern, but the principle is similar throughout.

Up to 8 players can participate in SingStar Pop's "Pass The Mic" mode, in which teams of players face off against each other in a series of singing challenges.

Like the other installments of SingStar, excluding the original version, Singstar Pop abandoned the single player career mode in favour of a multi-player mode.

SingStar Pop, like all SingStar games, measures a player's pitch only, meaning that one can sing a SingStar note in any octave and still score for it. This allows some leniency for singers who may not be capable of singing a song in as high or as low a register as the original recording. In addition, SingStar Pop incorporates brand new voice filters that can be used in Playback Mode to distort and enhance players' vocal performance.

Complimenting the acclaimed SingStar range with a fresh new look and a broad contemporary song selection, SingStar Pop includes 30 tracks and supports the impressive list of household-names already featured in the SingStar range.

[edit] Gameplay modes

Classic gameplay modes from previous SingStar games make a welcome comeback in SingStar Pop. Pass the Mic and Duets return, along with new original features such as "Rap Scoring". In Medley mode, short segments of five different songs are strung together, challenging would be pop stars to think fast and score high before the tune changes.

  • Sing Solo - solo singing mode
  • Collaborative Duet - duet for 2 players, combining scores
  • Battle Mode - 2 player mode, singing together or in duet
  • Pass The Mic Mode - multiplayer party games

[edit] SingStar Pop Track List

[edit] International Track List

Artist Song Title
International Track Listing
Annie Heartbeat
Ashlee Simpson Pieces of Me
Avril Lavigne Sk8er Boi
Beyonce Crazy in Love
Black Eyed Peas Shut Up
Girls Aloud Love Machine
Good Charlotte I Just Wanna Live
Hoobastank The Reason
Jamelia Stop
Jay Sean Eyes on You
Keane Somewhere Only We Know
Manfred Mann Do Wah Diddy Diddy
McFly Obviously
Natasha Bedingfield These Words
Robbie Williams Let Me Entertain You
Ronan Keating & Yusuf Islam Father and Son
Sister Sledge We Are Family
Steppenwolf Born to be Wild
The Clash Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Hives Main Offender
Tom Jones It's Not Unusual
Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You
Marilyn Manson Personal Jesus
Joss Stone Super Duper Love (Are You Digging On Me?)
Fountains of Wayne Stacy's Mom
Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue Kids
Erik B. and Rakim Paid in Full
Kylie Minogue In Your Eyes
Blink-182 What's My Age Again
Outkast Roses

[edit] Australia / New Zealand Track Listing

Artist Song Title Replaced
SingStar Pop (AU/NZ)
Spazzy's My Boyfriend's Back Annie - "Heartbeat"
Delta Goodrem Born to Try Girls Aloud - "Love Machine"
Shannon Noll What about Me Jay Sean - "Eyes on You"
Missy Higgins Scar Keane - "Somewhere Only We Know"
Evermore It's Too Late McFly - "Obviously"
INXS New Sensation The Hives - "Main Offender"
Savage Garden To the Moon and Back Marilyn Manson - "Personal Jesus"
Bic Runga Sway Joss Stone - "Super Duper Love (Are You Digging On Me?)"
SingStar Svenska Hits (Sweden)
Afro-dite Never Let It Go Annie - "Heartbeat"
Anna Book ABC Ashlee Simpson - "Pieces of Me"
Arvingarna Eloise Avril Lavigne - "Sk8er Boi"
Attack Ooa hela natten Black Eyed Peas - "Shut Up"
Barbados Kom hem The Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You"
Carola Fångad av en stormvind Erik B. and Rakim - "Paid in Full"
Christian Walz Never Be Afraid Again Fountains of Wayne - "Stacy's Mom"
Daniel Lindström Coming True Girls Aloud - "Love Machine"
Darin Money for Nothing Hoobastank - "The Reason"
Friends Lyssna Till Ditt Hjärta Jamelia - "Stop"
Jimmy Jansson Vi kan gunga Jay Sean - "Eyes on You"
Lena Philipsson Det gör ont Joss Stone - "Super Duper Love (Are You Digging On Me?)"
Lisa Nilsson Himlen runt hörnet Keane - "Somewhere Only We Know"
Magnus Uggla Värsta grymma tjejen Marilyn Manson - "Personal Jesus"
Mauro Scocco Sarah McFly - "Obviously"
Patrik Isaksson Hos dig är jag underbar Natasha Bedingfield - "These Words"
Robyn Show Me Love Ronan Keating & Yusuf Islam - "Father and Son"
Uno Svenningson Under ytan Sister Sledge - "We Are Family"

[edit] Germany Track List

Sold as SingStar - The Dome in Germany

Artist Song Title
Germany Track Listing
Annet Louisian Das Spiel
Ashlee Simpson Pieces of me
Avril Lavigne Sk8ter Boi
Beyonce Crazy in love
Black Eyed Peas Shut up
Blink 182 What's ma age again?
Dandy Warhols Bohemian like you
Die fantastischen Vier Geboren
Good Charlotte I just wanna live
Hoobastank The Reason
Jamelia Stop
Joss Stone Duper Duper Love
Keane Somewhere only we know
Kylie Minogue In your eyes
Laith Al-Deen Alles an Dir
Manfred Mann Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Martin Kesici Angel of Berlin
McFly Obvisously
Natasha Bedingfield These words
OutKast Roses
Pur Abenteuerland
Reamon Supergirl
Robbie Williams Let me entertain you
Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue Kids
Ronan Keating Father and son
Rosenstolz Willkommen
Sister Sledge We are family
Steppenwolf Born to be wild
Tom Jones It's not unusual
The Clash Should I stay or should i go?

[edit] Trivia

Upon the game's release in Australia/New Zealand in June 2005, the songlist was altered to feature hit songs by Australian/New Zealand artists. The version released in Germany also contains a number of different German Artists and is called SingStar The Dome.

In the UK, the game was renamed SingStar Popworld, in partnership with the Channel 4 music television show Popworld. The game featured an introductory video from the show's presenters.

In Sweden and Norway, the tracklist was altered to feature hit songs from Swedish and Norwegian artists, and the titles have been changed, respectively, to SingStar Svenska Hits and SingStar Norske Hits.

[edit] External links


SingStar series
SingStar | SingStar Party | SingStar Pop | SingStar '80s | SingStar Rocks | SingStar Anthems | SingStar Legends