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Somewhere (song) "Somewhere", sometimes referred to as "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" or simply "There's a Place for Us", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical "West Side Story" that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody,(actually is a quote from the cello and bass line in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, 17 bars from the end.) and also a longer phrase from the main theme of
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uses elements of another "West Side Story" song, "I Feel Pretty", and the album version uses elements of "One Hand, One Heart" spoken by Chris Lowe. Somewhere (song) "Somewhere", sometimes referred to as "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" or simply "There's a Place for Us", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical "West Side Story" that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody,(actually is a quote
Somewhere (song)
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Somewhere (song) "Somewhere", sometimes referred to as "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" or simply "There's a Place for Us", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical "West Side Story" that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody,(actually is a quote from the cello and bass line in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, 17 bars from the end.) and also a longer phrase from the main theme of
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a child of hers was named Seamus) ("Find My Way"). At the end of the graduation, Elle proposes to Emmett, and Emmett accepts ("Finale"). During its San Francisco run, the musical included a song called "Love and War" in place of what is now "Positive". Another predecessor to "Positive" was "Beacon of Positivity". During the musical's workshop stage, the song "Good Boy" existed in what would go on to become "Ireland"'s place in the musical. In the song, Paulette and Elle bond over the idea that men are like dogs and should therefore be treated as such. "Bows" is featured
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What About Me (Moving Pictures song) "What About Me" is a song written by Garry Frost and Frances Swan, first recorded by Australian rock band Moving Pictures from their album "Days of Innocence". It was the band's first number-one single in Australia spending six consecutive weeks on the top; there, it was the second-highest selling single of 1982. The success of the song led them to America where it became a hit, reaching number 29 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. The song stayed in the US charts for such a long time that it managed to make "Billboard"s
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elaborated: "We came up with a narrative device to really explore Walter's feelings. We had largely all the elements of the episode in place and Fox called and said, 'Hey, how would you guys feel about if we asked you to have some musical element in the show? Anything, like just feature a song playing.' They didn't ask us to do "Glee". And we instantly, before we got off the phone, said, 'Well, this is what we're thinking for the episode and here's an idea how that could work for us.' We turned their request into what felt like a
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marked, ""Coke Studio"'s previous seasons have dealt with its fair share of criticism and mixed reactions over certain song selections and collaborations, gauging by "Coke Studio Explorer", it may just hit all the right notes this year." The season has been praised for its diversity and inclusion of new artists, Ali Samoo wrote, "this season seems to have made a very strong effort to cast an all-inclusive and representative musical spirit, painting a vibrant picture of Pakistan for the world to see. It is perhaps to show us how togetherness is what makes us beautiful, to prevent a divide and
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he gladly approves. The song "Eno Eno Panithuli" was shot at Iceland, making "Aadhavan" the first South Indian film to be shot there. Shooting also took place at the Chettinad Palace. The soundtrack features 6 tracks composed by Harris Jayaraj.The soundtrack was released on 19 August by S. Shankar. The album received positive reviews from critics, with praise being dedicated to the songs "Hasili Fisile" and "Vaarayo Vaarayo". Malathy Sundaram from Behindwoods said "There is a lot of technical finesse to this album. What surprises us here is the banality of the lyrics! One would have expected better lyrics from
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the late 90s/early 2000. "Someone from the "New Musical Express" rang us about a feature we're to do with them and said 'We don't want it to be about the multi-cultural angle'. In other words that fad is over. And I'm personally insulted... what other angle is there for us?! I get sick of it all." In 1999, Atlas collaborated with David Arnold on the song "One Brief Moment". The single featured a cover version of the James Bond theme song from the film "You Only Live Twice". Two years earlier, Atlas had collaborated with Arnold on the album "Shaken
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Hot Water (song) "Hot Water" is a single released in 1984 by the British musical group Level 42. It was released a couple of weeks before the album "True Colours". The single reached #18 on the UK Singles Chart and was a top ten hit in the Netherlands and Norway. The song was produced by Ken Scott In 1985, "Hot Water" and another "True Colours" song, "The Chant Has Begun", were tacked onto the US version of Level 42's breakthrough album, "World Machine," in place of "I Sleep on My Heart," "Dream Crazy" (which only appeared on the European CD
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everyone who has supported us and guided us through this musical venture which we've mutually decided is now ending.' There was no specific reason why the band was ending its musical career, only that the farewell show would be at Johnny Brenda's (http://www.johnnybrendas.com/event/113485/) on May 6. East Hundred is a registered VH1/ MTV artist. "Plus Minus" has been featured in MTV's "The City" and VH1's "Secrets of Aspen". "Slow Burning Crimes" has been featured on MTV's "16 and Pregnant". Songs "Slow Burning Crimes" and "Afterlove" have been featured on Showtime reality program "The Real L Word" The song "Slow Burning
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the song. "What About Us?" debuted in the week of January 26, 2002 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Opening at number 42, it was the Hot Shot Debut of the week and marked both, Norwood's first entry of the decade and her first appearance since 1999's "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)". Norwood's seventh top ten entry, it peaked at number seven, staying on the Hot 100 chart for 18 weeks, and would remain 2002's highest debut on the chart. On "Billboard"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the song debuted at number 44, while reaching number
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based on the tour was issued. Ex-Moving Pictures members have undertaken various musical careers: In February 2004 Moving Pictures' hit single, "What About Me", was covered by "Australian Idol" (2003) runner up Shannon Noll, which peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart – for four weeks. Noll liked the original, "it's just a great song about average people, and there are a lot of us out there ... I didn't mess around with it heaps, I just sang it as honest as possible". "What About Me" is the first Australian single to achieve No. 1 on two separate
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what I want. Sorry, my dear," the performer must communicate the connection between the "want" and the "sorry". Similarly, Sondheim insists that performers separately enunciate the adjacent "t"'s in the line, "There ought to be clowns." The musical and the song debuted on Broadway in 1973. The song became popular with theater audiences but had not become a pop hit. Sondheim explained how the song became a hit: Frank Sinatra recorded "Send in the Clowns" in 1973 for his album "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back", which attained gold status. Gordon Jenkins arranged the song. It was also released as a
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A Girl Worth Fighting For "A Girl Worth Fighting For" is a song from the 1998 Disney film "Mulan". The song was rewritten for "Mulan II", for 3 suitors to sing. It is performed by the members of the army as they wonder what sort of woman they will marry after their service is complete, and the role they will have in the family. Arthur Hu for Asian Focus (Seattle) wrote "A Girl Worth Fighting For" sounds a bit like "South Pacific"s "There is Nothing Like a Dame" another hit musical comedy about war between Asian powers. Still, the songs
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that once there they "became obsessed with recording". "In My Place" was the first song recorded for the album and the one that the band released as the album's lead single "because it was the song that made us want to do a second album. It kept us going and made us think we could still write songs", following "a strange period of not really knowing what we were doing" three months after the success of "Parachutes". The band wrote more than twenty songs for the album and some of those, including "In My Place" and "Animals", were performed live
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favourable review, calling it Cher's "most significant release since 1998’s "Believe"" and saying that "the album ender, 'One of Us,' is frankly one of Cher’s best recordings in years." "Billboard" also noted that "while the original song is filled with funky melodies and rhythms to mix up the depressing lyrics, Cher trades them in for a piano and a few violins, making the already-melancholy song a bonafide heart-wrencher." Writing for "Rolling Stone", Brittany Spanos felt that "“One of Us” in particular sees the biggest musical shift of any of the songs; the original is a breezy, tropical, mid-tempo pop moment
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on radio in Singapore, and posted it on the Internet. They said they knew what they were doing was wrong, but that they hoped it would simply generate interest from Madonna. The song was played on the US radios, including the WKTU New York radio. Warner Bros. Records enlisted the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)'s Anti-Piracy Unit to delete the Internet downloads of the song. Erik Bradley, musical director of Chicago B96, classified "Frozen" as a "the mark of a smash. Clearly, American pop radio needs Madonna", after he played the track on his station. According to Jon Uren,
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by Decca Records on 12 April 2010. Kerry Ellis premiered the song "You Have to Be There" in its English language version, at "Thank You for the Music", a special event celebrating the music of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus on 13 September 2009. The song is featured on her debut album "Anthems" (2010) produced by Brian May. She has since sung the song at various live events, including (2011). The UK premiere of the musical, also in a concert version, took place at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 April 2010. Similarly to the US, it received a mixed
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to go to a place called Ballystockart to fish. We stopped in the village on the way up to this place and I went to this little stone house, and there was an old man there with dark weather-beaten skin, and we asked him if he had any water. He gave us some water which he said he'd got from the stream. We drank some and everything seemed to stop for me. Time stood still. For five minutes everything was really quiet and I was in this 'other dimension'. That's what the song is about. During this song Morrison sings:
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song's purpose is to encourage the listener that God's power is real and what is can do for you. The band's lead singer, Jon Micah Sumrall, told NewReleaseToday more behind the track,"That song seems to be an example of touching people and us as a band in the 'right place at the right time.' The song is all about putting all of our hope and trust in God, and the song is encouraging to us as a band. We've had some crazy things happen to us this past year, and the song reminds me of that picture of the two
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Mike passed away those ideas just started to make more and more sense. "In Memoriam"'s initial intention was for Mike and Mike alone. All of us in the band have different views and thoughts on what the song means and who it is for, but it was born out of a want to include something special for Mike, his family and ourselves. As the song grew it started to take on a life of its own, so to speak. It is for anyone who's lost anyone close to them. There is a lot of meaning behind this song, and I
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as a theme song for both The Message Trust's charitable initiative Shine Your Light and the UK government's Shine Week 2010. LZ7 launched the 2010 remix at a gig at the Manchester Apollo, before promoting the track at summer festivals and an eight-date schools tour around Manchester. The band encouraged people to make a note of the release date and to download the single, with Lindz West, LZ7's frontman, remarking: "What we don't want is anyone phoning up stations and saying 'Why aren't you playing this song?', because that just creates a bad name for us in the first place.
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"Napoleon Is a Pastry" was later re-used for another Arlen-Harburg musical, 1957's "Jamaica" where it was sung by Lena Horne. Hooray for What! Hooray for What! is an anti-war musical with music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It introduced the song "Down With Love". The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 1, 1937, and ran for 200 performances. Directors were Vincente Minnelli and Howard Lindsay, and choreographers were Robert Alton and Agnes de Mille (her first Broadway choreography). The cast featured Ed Wynn
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and two children, who are in the hallway for an unexplained reason; this is the only moment in the entire video in which McEntire appears. Furthermore, this video marks the third of such in McEntire's career to not feature her singing, the other two being 1991's "Is There Life Out There" and 1992's "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia." The video received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. What Do You Say (Reba McEntire song) "What Do You Say" is a song written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney, and recorded by
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chose the song(s) that spoke most personally to us. We then tried to reflect that music with our words and vice versa. It soon became clear that this was a great collaborative decision as we all began to really dig what each one of us came up with and we were able to help one another with any musical/lyrical guidance they might have needed. It was a truly collaborative process." Guitarist and keyboardist Richard Henshall said the band wanted to sound more "elemental" than their previous work, "Visions". "We used this as a rough guideline and went with the natural
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album's announcement on March 25, 2015. Circa Survive guitarist Brendan Ekstrom commented on their cover, stating: "There are different ways to approach covering a band. For us, doing a Nirvana song takes us back to a very raw place that we were in when we were young and just falling in love with music. We didn't want to say 'here's what this song would've sounded like if Circa wrote it.' It was way more fun for us to live in their energy and pay homage to their influence by just rocking the shit out of it and keeping it raw."
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later point out, "There was no control over anybody else's life out there. We weren't looking for a father figure. We weren't looking for someone to tell us what to do. We knew, each, bloody well what we wanted to do. We were strong personalities." A large storage shed/boathouse with double doors was renamed "the Temple" and used for meetings, meditation classes, musical sessions, and beer parties. A group of abandoned cabins a short distance upriver gradually became part of the community, while further downriver poet Robert Sund built up his own shack, which became a meeting place for the
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news of us shooting in the U. S. got lesser prominence in the media than the shooting in Kerala, which was there for three or four days. There are certain things that we thought would be better if we shot it here [Kollam]. What matters in the end is the content on screen." The cast and crew travelled to the United States on 12 May 2014, on a schedule which was expected to wrap on 16 June 2016. Filming took place for around 35 days in America. Most of the crew members were from the U. S. and worked six
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stash in the first place. Edie warns him that he is going to pay for what he has done to her. Later, Edie meets with Victor and shows him the photos of Gabrielle and Carlos kissing that her private investigator took. (See "Art Isn't Easy".) The episode title "Now I Know, Don't Be Scared" is taken from the song "I Know Things Now" from Stephen Sondheim's musical "Into the Woods". This episode attracted 18.6 million viewers in its original US airing. 13.8 million viewers watched this episode in the UK, coming 2nd in weekley ratings. This episode marks Joy Lauren's
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Much For Love" on July 22, 2011. Christian Music Zine's Joshua Andre called the song is "full of guitars riffs and electronic effects like out of an Owl City song! The lead radio single packs an energetic punch, and the band’s no nonsense view of no compromise is shown in passionate vocals in the chorus" that are about having a "God is outside time, and His view of the world is a beautiful place where everything makes sense. He has been where we are, and He;s already there where we haven’t been- that should give us comfort to know that
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the play, "Whistle Down the Wind," from which the song originates. No Matter What (Boyzone song) "No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical "Whistle Down the Wind" and popularised by Irish boyband Boyzone in 1998 when they recorded it to tie in with the show's first UK production. The recording was written and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Nigel Wright with additional production by Franglen & Lupino. The song was also featured on the US edition of the soundtrack to the 1999 film "Notting Hill", and was released to American radio on 10 May 1999.
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No Matter What (Boyzone song) "No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical "Whistle Down the Wind" and popularised by Irish boyband Boyzone in 1998 when they recorded it to tie in with the show's first UK production. The recording was written and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Nigel Wright with additional production by Franglen & Lupino. The song was also featured on the US edition of the soundtrack to the 1999 film "Notting Hill", and was released to American radio on 10 May 1999. The song reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart, and was
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Rose Murphy Rose Murphy (April 28, 1913 - November 16, 1989) was an American vocal jazz singer famous for the song "Busy Line" and unique singing style. Described by "Allmusic" 's Scott Yanow as having "a unique place in music history", Murphy was known as "the chee chee girl" because of her habit of singing "chee chee" in many of her numbers. She was also known as "the Girl with the Pale Pink Voice." She began her musical career in the late 1930s, playing intermission piano for such performers as Count Basie, and became popular in the US and UK
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show off the girls' not insignificant vocal authority during the verses, only for things to kick off all over again during the 'La la la la' verses." "Renowned for Sound"s Helena Ho felt that the song was reminiscent of the musical output of the American group Krewella and French disc jockey David Guetta. While Mike Wass of "Idolator" quipped, "'Welcome to the Jungle' is to Neon Jungle what 'Spice Up Your Life' was to the Spice Girls – an unofficial theme song that sums up what the group is all about." "Welcome to the Jungle" garnered mostly positive reviews from
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was the second number-one R&B hit of his career as well as the first, and only, top-ten US pop hit of his career. On the heels of his "Unchained Melody" success, Hamilton recorded the following Great American Songbook singles in succession: Vincent Youmans' "Without a Song" (#77 US pop), Jimmy McHugh's "Cuban Love Song", Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Everybody's Got a Home But Me" (#42 US pop), from the musical "Pipe Dream", and Frank Loesser's "Somebody Somewhere", from the musical "The Most Happy Fella." In mid-1956, Hamilton, developing what was described as a "lung condition" bordering on tuberculosis, announced his retirement
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19, 2010. The album was released on December 3, 2010 with the release of the "There's a Place for Us" third single and second music video for the album on December 5, 2010, after the music video was released on November 26. In late 2010, the band announced an indefinite breakup. "There's a Place for Us" is a bonus track on E.M.D.'s album "Rewind" and was featured as the main theme song in the Swedish version of both the motion picture and soundtrack for "". The original version of the song which is otherwise featured in the motion picture and
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Hot 100. In the UK, the track was available only when the album was released there in January 1982. Destroyer (The Kinks song) "Destroyer" is a song by British rock band The Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released as a track on the group's nineteenth album, "Give the People What They Want", in August 1981, and was the album's lead single in the US. It was not released as a single in the UK. The song features references to the band's earlier hits, including the riff from 1964's "All Day and All of the Night" and lyrics inspired
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Unlike the recent offering from the Nordic’s most famous musical export there is no technical wizardry at work here, no apps and no iPads, just heartfelt song-writing grounded in honesty and intimacy. And that voice." Luke Slater reviewing for BBC Music wrote: "As well as the fundamental strength of composition – it is not that structurally strange – what must also go down as a huge part of "Featherbrain"’s appeal and boldness is the instrumentation. The influence of experimental jazz works its way through to the fore and the way in which these unusual sounds tap, pierce and slice through
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It's Quiet Uptown "It's Quiet Uptown" is the eighteenth song from Act 2 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song takes place in the second act of the musical, as the characters Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza grieve over their son's death. Alex Lacamoire, "Hamilton"s musical director said the show's best use of strings is "probably 'It's Quiet Uptown,' when there's nothing else playing except those two guys. The lyric's 'It's quiet uptown'—you're not getting quieter
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song on the sixth episode of "Glee"'s sixth season, "What The World Needs Now". The episode aired in the US on 6 February 2015. Jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius references the main melody to demonstrate the use of bass for melodic lines in his 1985 instructional video "Modern Electric Bass". Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) "Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David to promote the 1966 film "Alfie". The song was a major hit for Cilla Black (UK) and Dionne Warwick (US). Although Bacharach has cited "Alfie" as his personal favorite of his compositions, he and Hal David
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contested. It has not had a Broadway revival since. Adler wrote the musical "Olympus 7-0000" for the show ABC Stage 67. His last original Broadway musical was 1976's "Music Is" (lyrics by Will Holt, music by Adler), based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". In 2000, Debelah Morgan based her song "Dance With Me" on a sample of the Adler & Ross song "Hernando's Hideaway" from "The Pajama Game". Adler & Ross consequently received co-composer credits on the track, which reached #8 on the US Billboard charts—and made Adler the unlikely 79-year-old co-composer of a 21st-century popular R&B hit. In 2001, some
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Kilimanjaro (song) "Kilimanjaro" is a Tamil song from the 2010 film "Enthiran", directed by S. Shankar. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, lyrics penned by Pa.Vijay and sung by Javed Ali and Chinmayi. The Hindi and Telugu version of the song have lyrics respectively written by Swanand Kirkire and Bhuvana Chandra. The song, based on the raga Karaharapriya, is reputed for its use of tribal beats with a catchy chorus and with various musical experiments. Song shooting took place in Machu Picchu in Peru. The song has been composed on raga Karaharapriya. The song features African tribal percussions
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"The World Is Not Enough", in collaboration with David Arnold. Black's film work culminated when he collaborated with Barry on the title song of 1966's "Born Free", which won the Oscar for Best Song and provided a hit for Matt Monro. Pianist Roger Williams made the US Top 40 with an instrumental version. The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1967 Grammy Awards. Black later collaborated with Barry on "Out of Africa", "Dances with Wolves", and an ill-fated Broadway musical, "The Little Prince and the Aviator". In 1967, Lulu took the Black-Mark London title song of
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Right There!" (labelled on the sampler as "Gay or European"), "Blood in the Water", "Omigod You Guys", "Serious", "What You Want", "Legally Blonde", "Legally Blonde Remix", "So Much Better", "Take It Like a Man", in addition to two songs not present in the finalized version of the show, "Beacon of Positivity" (which became "Love and War" for the previews and eventually "Positive" for the finalized version of the show), and "Good Boy", a song in the place of "Ireland". Bailey Hanks, who won the reality show "", recorded the song "So Much Better", which was released as a single on
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a piano. Lyrically, the song has a theme of freedom. Upon its release, "What You Want" received positive reviews from music critics who praised its instrumentation, Lee's vocals and the song's musical hook; several of them listed it as an album highlight. The song peaked at number 68 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and achieved higher success in its component charts. It also peaked at number 55 on the Canadian Hot 100, topped the UK Rock Chart and appeared in eight charts in different countries. The music video for "What You Want" was filmed in Brooklyn, New York and
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hit in the Netherlands with a No. 25 peak. In late 1968 the trio signed with Deram Records and released what would become their signature recording, "Nothing But A Heartache" — a dense, dynamic, earth-shattering melodrama produced by Englishman Wayne Bickerton and written by Bickerton with Tony Waddington. The B-side was a Christmas song, "Christmastime Is Here Again". "Nothing But a Heartache" rose to first place on the "Bubbling Under" list in December 1968 and gave the Flirtations a second Top 40 hit in the Netherlands, reaching No. 36 in early 1968. Following an unsuccessful December 1968 US release, "Nothing
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criticism about the collaboration, as it appeared to run so far from their original musical style, and then an unexpected praise for the song. The first track to be revealed was "Paradise (What About Us?)". As it is closer to their symphonic metal roots, the band choose to invite musical genre fellow and former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen, as it is also on her comfort zone. On collaborating with Turunen, den Adel stated that they "immediately clicked, not only creatively but personally" as "it felts completely natural that [they] would do this together". The song features lots of strings, fast
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You Believe in Magic?". It became a moderate hit for Cassidy, peaking at No. 31. Cassidy had released two successful albums, but by the release of his third album, 1978's "Under Wraps", his teen-star appeal had begun to fade. The album just managed to crack the US top 40, peaking at No. 33, and it produced a minor hit in the song "Our Night" (US No. 80). Cassidy's 1979 album "Room Service" was also unsuccessful and it failed to appear on the US Top 200 Album chart. Cassidy tried a different musical approach for his next release, 1980's "Wasp". The
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responded by challenging Hamilton to a duel, personal combat under the formalized rules for dueling, the "code duello". "The Huffington Post" likens the song to other battle duets, such as "The Confrontation" from "Les Misérables" and "Wicked"s "What is this Feeling?" The "Vibe" calls the song an ironic depiction of the correspondence, set from Burr's point of view. Your Obedient Servant (song) "Your Obedient Servant" is the twentieth song from Act 2 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song.
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I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop (Looking for a Place to Fall) "I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop (Looking for a Place to Fall)" is a song composed by American songwriter James F. Hanley and lyricists Joe Goodwin and Murray Roth. The tune was originally written for the 1920 musical The Greenwich Village Follies. The song was recorded in Camden, New Jersey, in November 1920, sung by vocalist Billy Jones (AKA "Victor Roberts"). It was later recorded by Tiny Tim and released on his 1969 children's album For All My Little Friends. I wonder why I’m always lonesome and what the trouble
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Welcome to the 60's "Welcome to the 60's" is a song from the musical "Hairspray". it is performed by Tracy Turnblad, Edna Turnblad, Mr. Pinky, and a Greek chorus consisting of three African-American stylists entitled the Dynamites. DVD Talk wrote "A number of Shaiman and Wittman's songs come from specific lines of dialog, like "Welcome to the 60's" and "Big, Blonde and Beautiful," a nice way of simply expanding on what Waters' characters were already saying". Edna Turnblad is encouraged to go outside for the first time in a while, and she takes in the surroundings. It is a changing
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Show Me Love (Robyn song) "Show Me Love" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Robyn. It was released in October 1997 as a single from her debut studio album, "Robyn Is Here". The song is her fourth Swedish, third UK and second US single. The song is sometimes confused with Robin S.'s 1993 hit "Show Me Love" because of identical song titles and similar first names; however, the two songs are not related. In her home country, "Show Me Love" became Robyn's fourth hit, peaking at number 14, lower than "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Do
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still exists. Howard Keel's song "Music on the Water" was deleted from the released film. The audio pre-recording survives; the status of the video outtake is unknown. According to MGM records the film earned $2,157,000 in the US and Canada and $1,203,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $108,000. This was considered a relative disappointment for an Esther Williams movie. Pagan Love Song Pagan Love Song is a 1950 American romantic musical film released by MGM and starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel. Set in Tahiti, it was based on the novel "Tahiti Landfall" by William S. Stone. Mimi Bennett
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showing off one's musical versatility ends and cravenly softening your sound for the marketplace begins." Scott Plagenhoef of "Pitchfork" commented on the songs status on the album and how Minaj was out-shined by its collaborator, stating "Minaj is upstaged by Drake and Kanye West on "Moment 4 Life" and "Blazin'", respectively, but these tracks—plus the Rihanna collaboration "Fly" and the solo ballad "Save Me"—are the best examples of what "Pink Friday" is rather than what many of us wanted it to be." Jesse Cataldo of "Slant Magazine" gave the song a negative review on Minaj's part of the song and
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Lockheed U-2 spy plane was also on the cover. The songs within were parodies of the group U2's well-known 1987 song, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", including kazoos and extensive sampling of the original song. The song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Special Edit Radio Mix)" features a musical backing to an extended profane rant from disc jockey Casey Kasem, lapsing out of his more polished and professional tone during a frustrating taping, which was captured by several engineers, who had been passing it around for a number of years. One of Kasem's milder
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the "Awesomest Year of the 80's" prize and all characters spontaneously start dancing to the 1983 song "(Keep Feeling) Fascination." Later, Brian and Stewie agree to become agents, and Stewie asks if "Ron Howard's weird-looking brother is here." There is a cutaway to "The Brady Bunch", in which it is revealed Mike Brady killed his first wife, and housekeeper Alice walks in and demands a raise. Back in Quahog, when Peter, Joe, and Quagmire discuss how to prove to Chase and Aykroyd that they know what is funny, Quagmire asks what the most consistent form of comedy is, to which
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hit in America, Gaynor's version of "I Am What I Am" was a Top 40 hit throughout Europe and eventually became a gay anthem. I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song) "I Am What I Am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles". The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn. His version appears on the original cast album released in 1983. The song was composed by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man. The song
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musical charts. In 1982 she and Meinunger founded their own musical publishing house. Haller produced songs in her own recording studio. That year, she won her first of many "Golden Tuning Forks" ("Goldene Stimmgabel", the German version of the Grammy awards). In 1985, Haller founded the band Wind. She didn't perform for the group herself, but she composed what has become the group's signature song, "For All" ("Für alle"). The same year, the song earned Wind a second-place finish in the Eurovision Song Contest. After this success, she wrote songs for Daliah Lavi, Elke Martens, Katja Ebstein, Rex Gildo, Lena
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version takes place on the High School Musical: The Concert Tour in Seattle, Washington. While the second officially released version, featuring Zac Efron, has gathered nearly 170 million views on YouTube. "Let's Dance" was released as a promo single only in the United States. The song was released digitally on September 25, 2007. The live version of the song recorded during the "" tour was used for promotion. The song was also used on "Dancing with the Stars" on US network ABC. A music video was released, showing Vanessa performing in Chile during a tour of "High School Musical". The
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five weeks at the top of the US Singles Chart, was later named the Billboard Year-End number one single for 1958, and won two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It is also one of only three non-British / non-winning Eurovision songs ever to have reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom. "Volare"'s popularity has not diminished with time and it rapidly assumed the status of a worldwide musical standard. It is invariably cited, along with ABBA's "Waterloo", as globally the most successful and instantly recognisable song ever to have emerged from Eurovision.
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Electricity (Elton John song) "Electricity" is a song composed by Elton John and Lee Hall for "Billy Elliot the Musical". It was John's 63rd UK Top 40 hit, peaking at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was included as a bonus track on the UK re-issue of Elton's album "Peachtree Road". The song is sung by Billy Elliot in the stage production at his audition for a place at The Royal Ballet School in London. Billy is asked "What does it feel like, when you are dancing?" by one of the panel. Billy responds, hesitantly at first, "I
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adapted from "No Place to Go"s liner notes. No Place to Go (song) "No Place to Go" is a song by the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's debut extended play, "Geek!", released in December 1985 on Fever Records. Featuring lyrics by vocalist David Conway and music by guitarist Kevin Shields, "No Place to Go" is considered the standout song on "Geek!" although Shields later referred to it as an "absolute failure" and "unrepresentative of what [My Bloody Valentine] wanted to do." All lyrics written by David Conway, all
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that Marianne leave with the Colonel. Jacobowsky's flight will continue, but this time with a difference; if he has found a place in the heart of a Marianne, then what can stop him from finding his place in the world? His Grand Tour is just beginning ("I'll Be Here Tomorrow (Reprise)"). Source: "Playbill" The Grand Tour (musical) The Grand Tour is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Based on S. N. Behrman's play "Jacobowsky and the Colonel", the story concerns an unlikely pair. S.L. Jacobowsky, a Polish-Jewish intellectual,
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Work It (Missy Elliott song) "Work It" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Missy Elliott and her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley for Elliott's fourth studio album "Under Construction" (2002). The song's musical style, and production by Timbaland, were heavily inspired by old school hip hop from the early 1980s, and includes a portion which samples Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper". The beginning of the song samples Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three's "Request Line". Released as the album's first single in September 2002, the track reached the number two position on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming Missy
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What Time Is It? (song) "What Time Is It?" is the opening musical number and first single from the Disney Channel Original Movie "High School Musical 2". It is featured on the "High School Musical 2" soundtrack, and is the first song off the "High School Musical 2" soundtrack. The song had its world premiere on Radio Disney on May 25, 2007 as part of its Planet Premiere featurette. On June 8, Disney premiered the video as a sneak peek in multiple nations at close to the same time. The single was released on July 16, 2007 worldwide, and on
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Tube Babies guitarist) became their biggest US hit, reaching the top 10 of the Modern Rock chart, but the song failed to chart on any other US chart. After Capitol Records dropped the band, a record deal with Hollywood Records fell through. The band disbanded soon after with singer Nick Marsh stating, "The reason Flesh really split up is because there wasn't a definite...to coin the oldest cliché of them all, there were musical differences. That's true, there were two separate trains of thought." The song "Postcards from Paradise" was covered by Paul Westerberg as a secret bonus track on
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energetic pop songs", citing "So What" as one of them. This song was number 29 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. "Time" critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the #2 song of 2008. "So What" became Pink's most successful single from "Funhouse" (2008). In the United States, the song entered at number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the issue dated September 6, 2008, earning the highest debut title for that week. Two weeks later, the song topped the US Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 197,000 digital downloads. One week later, in the issue September
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Indie Chart. It also peaked at number five on the US "Billboard"s Adult R&B Songs. "Unbreakable" was performed as the closing number on Jackson's 2015–16 Unbreakable World Tour. During the performance of the song, she would introduce each of her dancers and band members by name to the audience. According to "Billboard"s Eve Barlow, the rendition was "one of only four new songs during a give-the-people-what-they-want spectacular. (Take note, Madonna). More fool anyone who doubted she had the fight in her". Credits for "Unbreakable" adapted from "Unbreakable" liner notes. Unbreakable (Janet Jackson song) "Unbreakable" is a song recorded by American
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characters) and their situation within the story; although there have been times in the history of the musical (e.g. from the 1890s to the 1920s) when this integration between music and story has been tenuous. As "The New York Times" critic Ben Brantley described the ideal of song in theatre when reviewing the 2008 revival of "Gypsy": "There is no separation at all between song and character, which is what happens in those uncommon moments when musicals reach upward to achieve their ideal reasons to be." Typically, many fewer words are sung in a five-minute song than are spoken in
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mysteriously disappears in 1969; and a musical based on Bourne's time in the band Busted called "What I Go to School For - the Busted Musical" (2016), which premiered at the Theatre Royal Brighton. "Loserville" and "Out There" are both licensed by Music Theatre International. He has an exclusive songwriting contract with Warner/Chappell Music. His song 'Lifetime of Love' was a finalist in the London International Song Competition and 'The Village Song' was top three in Radio Two's search for a songwriter competition. Elliot Davis (composer) Elliot Davis is a British composer, musician and music documentary maker. Davis started his
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solo was ranked No. 87 in "Guitar World"s "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" list. It was also selected for inclusion in the musical reference book, "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die: And 10,001 You Must Download". The band's founder, Vernon Reid described the song as very special for the band not just for its commercial success but because it was essentially written in just one rehearsal session. The riff was stumbled upon while practicing something else and by the end of the session they had written what was to become Living Colour's best known song. This song is featured
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the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, denoting sales of over 15,000 copies. In the US, the song debuted at number 53 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on December 4, 2010. The issue of "Billboard" published on April 30, 2011 reported that the album version of "S&M" and its official remix featuring Spears had sold a combined total of 293,000 downloads in the previous week; it replaced Katy Perry's "E.T." on the Hot 100. "S&M" became Rihanna's tenth US number-one single on the chart, tying her with Janet Jackson in fourth place for female soloists who have topped that chart;
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the two rappers. The song was released as the sixth single from "Watch the Throne" on December 6, 2011. The song peaked at number 69 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 entered the top 15 both the US "Billboard" Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. The song has since been certified Platinum in the United States. Jay-Z and West performed the song as part of the set list of their Watch the Throne Tour and at the 2012 Radio 1's Big Weekend musical festival. Jay-Z and Kanye West are both American rappers who have collaborated on several tracks
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"I did a Twitter takeover where a fan asked me about doing music for 'Black Ops 3'. ... Treyarch saw it and asked us to participate. I went into the studio and saw what they were working on. We only had a month to get them a finished product, because of our European tour. We wrote what we felt would be a departure for not only us, but Treyarch as well." There is also a video/trailer that was released for the song:A video "using game footage" will be released "to present the song, After releasing the song on the 17th
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the famous Christmas song "Do You Hear What I Hear?" In addition to "Do You Hear What I Hear?," Regney and Shayne composed "Rain, Rain, Go Away," "Sweet Little Darlin'," and "What's The Use of Crying." He led an ensemble that backed Kay Lande's vocals on "For Sleepyheads Only." (1962) He wrote the English lyrics for The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)'s famous song "Dominique," the very name of his second wife, Dominique Gillain. Together they had a son Matthieu, born in 1982. Regney wrote the book and music for a musical biography of French writer Colette as well as other
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Song From the Disney Renaissance (1989–'99)", "Honor to Us All" was placed at number 41. "Billboard" music critic Andrew Unterberger described the song as "too expository to be all that catchy" while "the traditional Eastern musical influence feels well-intentioned but clumsy." However, he highlighted the song's second verse as "a nice touch". "Bustle"'s Kadeen Griffiths considers "Honor to Us All" one of "14 Disney Songs You Only Know The Chorus Of" despite its catchiness, selecting "scarier than the undertaker, we are meeting our Matchmaker" as the only lyrics she remembers. "Consequence of Sound" ranked "Honor to Us All" one of
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I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song) "I Am What I Am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles". The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn. His version appears on the original cast album released in 1983. The song was composed by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man. The song was released as a single by Gloria Gaynor in 1983 and went on to become one of the singer's best known songs. A club
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new song, the ballad "Never Had a Dream Come True", was recorded. The song became popular in the US market eventually taking the group to appear on MTV's TRL to perform the song and chosen to appear at the "Now That's What I Call Music" US Edition. After topping the UK charts in December 2000, the song was added to a re-release of the "7" album, along with another new track, a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Lately". After the album's re-release, remixes by Solaris and Almighty were commissioned for 'Bring The House Down'. This, along with the song being a
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eventually taking the group to appear on MTV's "TRL" to perform the song, and it was also included on the US release of "Now That's What I Call Music". After topping the UK charts in December 2000, the song was added to a re-release of the "7" album, along with another new track, a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Lately". "Never Had a Dream Come True" had marked a more mature direction for the group whilst still retaining their pop sensibilities, a direction which continued into their third studio album, "Sunshine". The album contained what was to become one of S
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So You Like What You See "So You Like What You See" is new jack swing song by Samuelle from his album "Living in Black Paradise". The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart, but did not place on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The music video is notable for featuring a young Tyra Banks. In October 2004 "So You Like What You See" appeared in popular videogame , playing on New jack swing radio station . It also appears as one of the music tracks heard while in the various strip clubs in the game.
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So You Like What You See "So You Like What You See" is new jack swing song by Samuelle from his album "Living in Black Paradise". The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart, but did not place on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The music video is notable for featuring a young Tyra Banks. In October 2004 "So You Like What You See" appeared in popular videogame , playing on New jack swing radio station . It also appears as one of the music tracks heard while in the various strip clubs in the game.
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on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of All Time, #16 on "20 to 1"'s Top 20 One Hit Wonders Countdown and #57 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s". It has also appeared on multiple "greatest" or "best" lists and countdowns. US 7" single International 7" single US 12" single Alternate US 12" single The UK singer Lolly scored a top five hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1999. In addition, there is also a karaoke version of the cover on the album. UK CD single 1 UK CD single 2 UK Cassette single Mickey (song) "Mickey"
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No doubt many Christians have a false view of what heaven will be. Our critics often say that we yearn for “pie in the sky by and by,” while failing to really confront the issues that face us here and now. It is true that heaven will be free of sorrow and death, the pressures and conflicts which beset us on earth. But it is not a truly Christian motive to look for heaven simply because we will have no problems there. . . . What this “Glory Song” really says is that the central attraction in heaven will be
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music, considering Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, UFO, and Rainbow influences on the sound. Rolling Stone, after the release of "A Song for a Son" wrote, "Nothing in Corgan’s prolific recording history could have prepared us for the over five minutes of classic rock that is “A Song for a Son,” which starts off with a “Stairway to Heaven”-esque riff before exploding into the rest of "ZoSo"’s touchstones... If “A Song for a Son” is any indication of what we can expect from 'Billy', each EP will likely be the length of "Exile on Main Street"". Ryan Dombal of the online magazine
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making. Kara is a genius with melody and multitasking so as she's shouting to the movers she starts singing, 'Don't know much about your life,' much to the confusion of the workers. It was like a scene from a musical as the furniture was piling in, she was singing, 'What do you say to taking chances? What do you you say to jumping off the edge?' We literally were swapping lyrics, melodies and chords in real time while all this chaos was around us. The song was written about ourselves trusting and baring our souls to each other. About committing
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T. S. Dooley, J. Keenan, and W. Cahill, among others. Their theme song was "Tessie" from the Broadway musical "The Silver Slipper". Though the musical ran for less than six months, the song has gone down in history. The original Rooters disbanded in 1918. Their spirit lives on via the current version of the Royal Rooters represented within a group known as "Royal Rooters of Red Sox Nation." The current Rooters are based in the Boston area and meet informally for Red Sox games as well as for "outings" in various locations around the country. There is a fairly large
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School Musical 2". He wrote "both an earnest Troy/Gabriella duet and an insincere (but more fun) showstopper for self-absorbed Sharpay". A reviewer for Common Sense Media highlighted the track. Commenting on the reprise, DVD Verdict said it "is a little soft". The Christian Broadcasting Network offered a spiritual analysis of the song: "[it is] a great opportunity to look at who God is and His character, including the fact that He's always with us." In the United States, "What I've Been Looking For" peaked at number 35 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and 34 on the Pop 100 chart. The
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due to the song's popularity in Europe, it was included in the album's international edition. "All I Want for Christmas Is You", the lead single from Carey's holiday album "Merry Christmas" also made the international track listing. The song became one of the best-selling singles by a non–Asian female, and the best-selling Japanese single of 1994, selling 1.1 million copies. Additionally, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was called "one of the essential musical hallmarks of the holiday season", and is the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-platinum status in the US. Occupying three of the thirteen
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The Impossible Dream (The Quest) "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. The song is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha" and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring Peter O'Toole. The complete song is first sung by Don Quixote as he stands vigil over his armor, in response to Aldonza (Dulcinea)'s question about what he means by "following the quest". It is reprised partially three more times – the last by prisoners in a dungeon
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without vocals by Ivy Queen. She said she wanted to give a 180-degree turn to what people think of reggaetón. She explained "Many think reggaetón is just nice rhythms to dance to. And they forget there are song-writers and composers, who, like everyone else, also suffer and aspire in love". She wanted the album to be about that. She said "Love is what makes us write things, what keeps us alive. If we did not have love, we would have nothing". "Sentimientos", the title track, was written by Ivy Queen herself. The song was recorded at Marroneo Studios in Bayamón,
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God in order for him to answer our questions because the band says some of the songs don't contain the answers, but are meant to encourage us a believers to seek out the answers from our maker. The first radio single was "Love Come to Life". This song has attained No. 6 on the Christian Songs chart. The second single was "Redeemed". This song charted at No. 1 on that chart, as well. "CCM Magazine"'s Grace S. Aspinwall said that "Big Daddy Weave has a like-ability factor rivaled only by their musical talent...and both come to light in their latest
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plays and novels. (Sondheim claims this is the "only autobiographical song [he's] ever written... It's about all of us [writers] in the 50's knocking on the doors of producers and trying to get heard.") The men audition for Joe, but he wants more "hummable" tunes, and instructs them to leave their name with his secretary. So they decide to do their own show and in an ensuing musical montage, end up auditioning and hiring Beth and forming a cabaret show together. Finally, it is October 1957 ("Merrily We Roll Along – Seventh Transition"). Early in the morning, Frank and Charley
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by Anne Clark the electronic musician in her 1984 song "Our Darkness" and to the guitar introduction to the song "Heaven On Their Minds" from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar In common with the singles "3 a.m. Eternal", "Last Train to Trancentral" and "Justified and Ancient", "What Time Is Love?" evolved through substantial reworkings, each new version taking elements of its predecessors and placing them in the context of a different musical genre. There were three main versions, released in 1988, 1990 and 1991, shifting The KLF's sound from acid house through pop into heavy rock-oriented electronica. In 1997, the
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numerous rejected retakes, with the final version recorded on 6 August. When asked about the song at the time of "Hunky Dory"s release, Bowie said, "This is how some see BD." Bowie later revealed his true intention for writing the song in a 1976 "Melody Maker" interview saying, While there is debate as to whether the tribute to Bob Dylan is a eulogy or a "harangue", Bowie invokes Dylan-esque musical progressions in "Song for Bob Dylan." The song is in A major and the "Dylanesque, though neither passively imitative nor parodistic" coda is described as "attain[ing] ectasy when...electric guitar weaves
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the former Soviet anthem". The song also underwent extensive reworking of its instrumental tracks, with producers Stephen Hague and Mark Stent credited for the mixing, as well as an all-male Broadway choir arranged by Richard Niles (said by Tennant to be inspired by the song "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" from the Broadway musical "South Pacific"). In addition, Tennant and Lowe wrote a new verse for the song, with the lyrics:<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:1.6em> There where the air is free we'll be what we want to be Now if we make a stand we'll find our promised land</poem> The music
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Destroyer (The Kinks song) "Destroyer" is a song by British rock band The Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released as a track on the group's nineteenth album, "Give the People What They Want", in August 1981, and was the album's lead single in the US. It was not released as a single in the UK. The song features references to the band's earlier hits, including the riff from 1964's "All Day and All of the Night" and lyrics inspired by 1970's "Lola." Like other Kinks songs of the period, "Destroyer" features a heavier, rock-based sound. After being abandoned
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song peaked on the US "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart at number 10 bringing Carey's total number of Top Ten hits on that chart to 20, one short of Celine Dion's record. She has since surpassed this and is now tied with Celine Dion after her single "Oh Santa!" reached number one in 2010. However, it peaked at #60 on the US Hot 100. On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted at number 19 on the week ending November 29, 2009, becoming her highest debuting and peaking song since 2008's "Touch My Body", which peaked at number five. The song
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had mixed thoughts about the song calling Ludacris' cameo "goofy", and said, the song "effects a musical anachronism, albeit a catchy one, but in this sped-up recycling moment all styles all at once are grist for the mill." In the United States, "Baby" debuted at number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming Bieber's highest charting single in the US. Bieber then went on to surpass this chart position when "Boyfriend" debuted at number two in April 2012. The song was also Ludacris's biggest song to date, solo or featuring, since 2007's "Glamorous". "Baby" was beaten out as the week's
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at the end of the song. The song's musical background was an evolution of an earlier recording, 1979's "Just Because You're So Pretty" for Marvin's aborted "Love Man" album. Love Me Now or Love Me Later "Love Me Now or Love Me Later" is a 1980 song recorded by singer Marvin Gaye, who issued it on his final Motown release, "In Our Lifetime", in 1981. The song talked of a conversation between two Lords: "The Good Lord" and "The Evil Lord" in which after creating Earth brings upon man and have a heated discussion over what to do with him.
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Red House (song) "Red House" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and one of the first songs recorded in 1966 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It has the musical form of a conventional twelve-bar blues and features Hendrix's guitar playing. He developed the song prior to forming the Experience and was inspired by earlier blues songs. "Red House" was first released on the British edition of Hendrix's debut album "Are You Experienced" in May 1967 (for the American album release, previously released Experience singles were used in its place). A second similar take was eventually released in the US
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