Pop Quiz: Which Album Track Deserved To Be A Single?

The TRL Pop Quiz works like this: our editors are posed a music-related question and have only 15 minutes and just 100 words to statistics, pick and explain their answers. This week's question: what is your preference album track that deserved to be a single?


"Screwed" by Janelle Monae featuring Zoë Kravitz is a bop, and deserves the single treatment. Both ladies have insane chemistry in this song, plus it makes me wish to dance. Within Dirty Computer, it transitions seamlessly into "Django Jane," but as it stands alone, we get Monae rapping, references to other songs on the album and social commentary like "Hundred boys telling me cover up my areolas / if they blocking equal pay, sippin' on they Coca Colas." Honestly, I would take just the little laugh that Kravitz does at 2:05 as reason enough to release this song as a sole. - Leah Williams


I’m an absolute sucker for ballads and two that I wish had been singles were Taylor Swift’s "Dear John" from Speak Now and "Treacherous" from Red! I remember sitting at the Speak Right now World Tour while Swift performed “Dear John” and just being fully blown away by the emotion in the song and the punctuated fireworks display. Although it was never a solitary, it still charted on both the Billboard and Canadian Hot 100s. “Treacherous” is another track that routinely gets me right in my feels and builds in such a powerful way. - Kristen Maldonado


There was this weird point towards the tail-end of NSYNC's career where they became obsessed with UK-based two-step garage music, a subgenre of electronic that despite Craig David’s best attempts never quite hit the mainstream. On Celebrity, they attempt to prepare fetch happen twice, far less notably on the bubbling club blips of "Up Against the Wall." And then there’s "The Two of Us," this wonderfully heart-happy realization that your longtime friend is actually the one for you. The song crescendos into this pretty, bouncy confession of love and devotion, probably the single best song the boy musical group ever did. - Terron Moore


Even as a long-term Fifth Harmony Twitter stan, I can admit that not every one of their singles was brilliant. That being mentioned, there’s no excuse for their label not making "Body Rock" from debut album Reflection a single. It’s got an excellent transition from chill verses to a bumpy chorus and fun lyrics that get me up on my feet each and every listen. The gay segment of the 5H fandom routinely wanted "Body Rock" to be a sole since we might envision it playing in a gay bar. Who’s gonna produce the fan-made music video we still deserve? - Matt Gehring


I think "Palace/Curse" from The Internet’s Ego Death album could’ve been a sole. It’s got the same fantastic sound and vibes on par with the particular two singles from the album, “Girl” and “Special Affair.” It features Tyler, The Creator, who has a big following of his own and fans would’ve loved to hear some of his funny personality in this track. Although this wasn’t an individual, the song has enjoyed high popularity compared to other songs on the album. - Landyn Pan


“When I required You” is Carly Rae Jepsen’s greatest song and should've been an individual, period. I vaguely understand the singles plan of action for Emotion: they first picked what seemed most likely to emulate the success of “Call Me Maybe,” then followed with two that felt like the surest signs of her growth as an artist. In the end, they either overthought this or didn’t know what they had: “When I required You” is the ideal of both worlds, a sugar-coated banger that also features the synth-driven instrumentals and thick basslines that make Emotion one of the decade’s brightest pop gems. - Gus Turner