2009 Vh1 Top 20 File

Because on that last Saturday of 2009, someone was. VH1 was. And that was enough.

It was the Saturday after Christmas. Snow fell outside, but inside, 16-year-old Mia sat cross-legged on her carpet, a bowl of popcorn in her lap, watching the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown —the year-end special. Host Jim Shearer was hyped, his signature energy bouncing off the screen. 2009 vh1 top 20

Then she hit play on “Poker Face,” turned up the volume, and danced in her basement like nobody was watching. Because on that last Saturday of 2009, someone was

Here’s a good story built around the countdown—focusing on the emotional and cultural moment of that specific year in music. Title: The Last Night of the Decade It was the Saturday after Christmas

She cringed now, but in July? She’d danced to this in her room with a hairbrush microphone, pretending she wasn’t terrified of starting high school in the fall.