SingStar Pop
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| Developer(s) | SCEE |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | June 24, 2005 (NZ); April 3, 2007 (US) |
| Genre(s) | Music |
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| 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 Lists
[edit] International Track List
| Artist | Song Title | ||
| Singstar Pop | |||
| Annie | "Heartbeat" | ||
| Ashlee Simpson | "Pieces of Me" | ||
| Avril Lavigne | "Sk8er Boi" | ||
| Beyoncé | "Crazy in Love" | ||
| The 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" | ||
| The Dandy Warhols | "Bohemian Like You" | ||
| Marilyn Manson | "Personal Jesus" | ||
| Joss Stone | "Super Duper Love" | ||
| Fountains of Wayne | "Stacy's Mom" | ||
| Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue | "Kids" | ||
| Eric B. & 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 | |
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| SingStar Pop | |||
| Spazzys | "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" | |
[The Fray]
Over My Head (Cable Car)
[edit] Germany Track Listing
| Artist | Song Title | ||
| Singstar - The Dome | |||
| Annet Louisian | "Das Spiel" | ||
| Ashlee Simpson | "Pieces of Me" | ||
| Avril Lavigne | "Sk8er Boi" | ||
| Beyoncé | "Crazy in Love" | ||
| The Black Eyed Peas | "Shut Up" | ||
| blink-182 | "What's My Age Again?" | ||
| The Dandy Warhols | "Bohemian Like You" | ||
| Die fantastischen Vier | "Geboren" | ||
| Good Charlotte | "I Just Wanna Live" | ||
| Hoobastank | "The Reason" | ||
| Jamelia | "Stop" | ||
| Joss Stone | "Super 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 | "Obviously" | ||
| 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] Sweden Track Listing
| Artist | Song Title | Replaced | |
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| SingStar - Svenska Hits | |||
| 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" | The 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" | |
| 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] United States Track Listing
| Artist | Song Title | ||
| Singstar Pop | |||
| 3 Doors Down | "Kryptonite" | ||
| A-Ha | "Take On Me" | ||
| Alicia Keys | "Fallin'" | ||
| All American Rejects | "Move Along" | ||
| Ashlee Simpson | "Invisible" | ||
| Avril Lavigne | "Sk8er Boi" | ||
| Blue October | "Hate Me" | ||
| Britney Spears | "…Baby One More Time" | ||
| Cartel | "Honestly" | ||
| Cyndi Lauper | "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" | ||
| Daniel Powter | "Bad Day" | ||
| Destiny's Child | "Survivor" | ||
| Franz Ferdinand | "Take Me Out" | ||
| Gorillaz | "Feel Good, Inc." | ||
| Hinder | "Lips of an Angel" | ||
| Hoobastank | "The Reason" | ||
| James Blunt | "You're Beautiful" | ||
| Jesse McCartney | "Beautiful Soul" | ||
| Lifehouse | "Hanging By A Moment" | ||
| My Chemical Romance | "Helena" | ||
| Natasha Bedingfield | "These Words" | ||
| Panic! At the Disco | "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" | ||
| Rihanna | "SOS" | ||
| Ryan Cabrera | "On The Way Down" | ||
| Snow Patrol | "Chasing Cars" | ||
| The Clash | "Should I Stay or Should I Go" | ||
| The Fray | "Over My Head" | ||
| The Raconteurs | "Steady, As She Goes" | ||
| U2 | "Vertigo" | ||
| Whitney Houston | "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" | ||
[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] Reference for U.S. release information and song list
[edit] External links
| SingStar video game series |
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| SingStar | SingStar Party | SingStar Pop | SingStar '80s | SingStar Rocks! | SingStar Anthems | SingStar Legends | Singstar (PS3) |
