who sings the song let me tell you about the birds and the bees
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also performed in Finnish by Laila Kinnunen as "Kuinka kuu katoaa". The Birds and the Bees (Jewel Akens song) "The Birds and the Bees" was a 1964 single release by Jewel Akens with a lyric based on the "birds and the bees" idiom commonly referenced with regard to affording young people their introductory sex education. An international hit in 1965, "The Birds and the Bees" was reminiscent of such 1950s' honky tonk-style hits as "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino and "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison. "The Birds and the Bees" is said to have been written by the twelve-year-old son
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won't take you cheatin' on me/ Tell me who can I trust if I can't trust in you/ And I refuse to let you play me for a fool". "Let's Get Loud" is a "fiery, soulful" salsa dance song originally written for Gloria Estefan, who gave it to Lopez (who, she felt, would have more fun with it). Lopez asserts her Latin heritage in the song, which opens with the "sassy" declaration ""Ya Jen llego, presente!"" ("Jen has arrived!"). "Feelin' So Good", a mid-tempo hip-hop song featuring Big Pun and Fat Joe, samples Strafe's "Set It Off". Lopez sings about
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Let Me Tell You About a Song Let Me Tell You About a Song is the fourteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1972. It reached #7 on the Billboard Country album chart and #166 on the Pop album chart. The lead-off singles were "Grandma Harp" and "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" — both reached #1. The album includes Haggard explaining the origins of each song with spoken introductions while praising the talents of those who inspired him, such as Tommy Collins and Bob Wills. Compositionally, the album is split between Haggard originals
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it." All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted: Let Me Tell You About a Song Let Me Tell You About a Song is the fourteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1972. It reached #7 on the Billboard Country album chart and #166 on the Pop album chart. The lead-off singles were "Grandma Harp" and "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" — both reached #1. The album includes Haggard explaining the origins of each song with spoken introductions while praising the talents of those who inspired him, such as Tommy Collins and Bob
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Tracks chart. Carl Perkins played lead guitar on the recording. The song appeared on their 1991 "Greatest Hits Volume Two" collection. It was also the last country number one by a duo or vocal collaboration until Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man" in 1991. "Let Me Tell You About Love" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 8, 1989. The song mentions a romance between "Sheba" and Solomon, however the historical Bathsheba was Solomon's mother and not his lover. Let Me Tell You About Love "Let Me Tell You About Love" is
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who was born in Newton County, Arkansas, and lived for 90 years. The protagonist (who sings the song in first person) says that her life story can be told in only a few short lines, but reflects on how Grandma Harp (along with Grandpa, whom she married in 1901) was a rock that held the family together. Grandma Harp "Grandma Harp" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in March 1972 as the second single from the album "Let Me Tell You About a Song". "Grandma Harp" was
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Let Me Tell You About Love "Let Me Tell You About Love" is a song written by Carl Perkins, Paul Kennerley and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in June 1989 as the second single from the album "River of Time". The song was The Judds' fourteenth and final number one on the country chart. The RCA/Curb single, 8947-7-R, b/w "Water of Love", went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. The record also reached number one on the Canadian "RPM" Country
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"her worth as artist and business asset." The song opens with "a Peter Pan metaphor about being held back from maturing," where she sings: "I come fluttering in from Neverland [...] Why will you never let me grow?." In the chorus, she bluntly sings: "I got to do things my own way, darling," while also complaining and asking "in a thick patois": "Will you ever let me? Will you ever respect me? No!." During the second verse, she "asserts that she's through with acting as the world's avatar," asking: "Darling, would you mind giving my reflection a break from the
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Keys sings about being a brand new version of herself, where nobody has control of her mind, heart and soul. On her official website, the singer wrote: "Brand new me is about the journey it takes to get to a place where you are proud to be a new you." She sings over the soft piano melody: "It's , I'm not who I was before/You look surprised your words don't burn me anymore/Been meaning to tell ya, but I guess it's plain to see/Don't be mad, it's just a brand-new kinda me/Can't be bad, I've found a brand-new kinda free."
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a hip hop-inflected breakdown, in which Stefani raps, "You can tell me what you're hidin' boy/And you can tell me if I'm gettin' warm". Lyrically, the song discusses insecurities in a relationship, where Stefani questions her man's love. Nolan Feeney of "Time" complimented that the song is "about falling in love with someone who's got a few skeletons in their closet." As noted by "Spin"'s Brennan Carley, "Stefani sounds shattered as she sings, "But there's something behind those eyes / Those eyes / That you can't that you can't disguise / Disguise." In the "stomping, infuriatingly catchy" chorus she sings,
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the Depression had on them..." "Let Me Tell You About a Song" was reissued along with "Hag" on CD by Beat Goes On Records in 2002. AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album, "It's quite a journey, and it's yet another excellent record from an artist who at this time in his career seemed capable of delivering nothing less." Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "But despite its mawkish moments—especially Tommy Collins's dead-mommy song—the material defines Haggard's sensibility in a winning way, and since not one of the songs is great in itself I guess the commentary must do
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Skopje Fest with the song, "Kaži Koj Si Ti", losing to Karolina Gočeva, who went on to represent Republic of Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Adrian Gaxha was a runner-up in the 2006 Macedonian Eurovision qualifier, having performed the song "Ljubov E" with Esma Redžepova. Vrčak, Tamara and Adrian have also taken some promotional photos of their Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. "Vo ime na ljubovta" is an R&B-style song with several hip hop verses. Tamara sings about the person she loves, explaining that "without you every second is killing me slowly". She sings that "I
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had received it, I became very honored and very happy." A recording of "let me tell you", performed by Hannigan and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons, was released through Winter & Winter Records on January 8, 2016. Let me tell you (Abrahamsen) Let me tell you is a song cycle for soprano and orchestra by the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen. The work was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic with support from the Danish Arts Foundation. It is based on the eponymous 2008 novel "let me tell you" by the writer Paul Griffiths. Its world premiere was given
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Let me tell you (Abrahamsen) Let me tell you is a song cycle for soprano and orchestra by the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen. The work was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic with support from the Danish Arts Foundation. It is based on the eponymous 2008 novel "let me tell you" by the writer Paul Griffiths. Its world premiere was given by the soprano Barbara Hannigan and the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Andris Nelsons on December 20, 2013. "Let me tell you" was Abrahamsen's second commission for the Berlin Philharmonic, following his 1981 orchestral composition "Nacht und Trompeten". It
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backing track. It opens with low-end sounds that reveal hypnotic percussion. The song's lyrics implore a lover to disclose and communicate: "I can tell it's somethin' up with you, tell me do you wanna talk about, talk about ... I hate to see you feel this way". Aaliyah sings the song's "yeah yeah yeah" hook with understated vocals, and Drake occasionally interjects with the line "yo, what's up" before rapping a single verse. Marc Hogan of "Spin" called the song "a welcome return from a late great, overseen with obvious ... devotion" from Drake, who "mostly manages to stay out
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The Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø recorded "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" as a duet with Spanish tenor Jose Carreras on her 2007 album, Northern Lights. Sissel sings in English and Carreras sings in Italian. On the album the song is called "Quando Sento Che Mi Ami" The 12 American Idol Finalists - Season 4 Finalists got together perform this Diana Ross hit. It was selected as the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Single in 2005 for the American Idol TV show. It also appears on the compilation album. When You Tell Me That You Love Me "When
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the key of F minor, while Lee's vocals for the song range from the musical note of G to the note of E. The song contains strings, piano and Amy Lee's vocals as the main instrumentation. In "Good Enough", Lee "talks about the rapturous hold of something bigger than herself" in the text "Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly … / Shouldn't have let you conquer me completely / Now I can't let go of this dream / Can't believe that I feel / Good enough for you." In the song she also sings the lines "I'm still
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Lovato sings accompanied by guest choir while confetti raining down. Recording and management Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Tell Me You Love Me". Tell Me You Love Me (song) "Tell Me You Love Me" is a song by American singer and songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Kirby Lauryen, Stint and John Hill, with production handled by the latter two. It was initially released through Hollywood, Island and Safehouse Records on August 24, 2017, as the first promotional single from Lovato's sixth studio album of the same name (2017). It was released as the second and
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a dominant female who nurses a broken heart of her lover as she sings "Let me kiss it and make it better/After tonight you will forget her". However, Lords later stated she initially wrote it about a drug addiction: "You will forget her" was always about "Forget your heroin." It was never about a person. When I wrote it, it didn't even cross my mind. But then, yeah, sure, later, I thought, "Let me kiss it - and I went, "Oh, ****!" But that's not where I was coming from. It really wasn't. Now I see it, it has all
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band's music. While electric guitars still play a prominent role, the focus is on Adam Gontier's voice and the melody. The song, unlike much of the band's other works, is quite positive. It is a song written with simple words: "Let me inside, let me get close to you / Change your mind, I'll get lost if you want me to / Somehow I found a way to get lost in you." The lyrics are bittersweet as Gontier sings about a love that has its ups and downs. On March 15, 2011, the band released an EP, via online download,
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to potent". Over ominous keys, a keyboard opening and a repeating drum loop in the first verse, Beyoncé sings about how her relationship turned sour and puts all her cards on the table, "I told you how you hurt me, baby / But you don't care / Now I'm crying and deserted, baby / But you don't care / Ain't nobody tell me this is love / You're immune to all my pain / I need you to tell me this love / You don't care, well, that's OK". While singing the first and second verses, she pulls out the
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"[talking] about all the things she likes her man to do," In lyrics such as "Me like the way that you hold my body / Me like the way that you touch my body." In the pre-chorus she becomes territorial with her man, and warns other girls away: "No I ain’t never gonna let no girl take him from me / Never gonna let no girl steal him from me." Throughout the song Scherzinger sings in a Caribbean-influenced vocal style. Then, 50 Cent comes in with his verse, rounding out the song with his male perspective. According to Nadine Cheung
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… you were never mine". "Weight of the World" is a mixture of pop and metal, according to "Stornoway Gazette". Inspired by the pressures of fame, it contains "Eastern motifs" and "distorted vocals" in the opening lines "Feels like the weight of the world / Like God in heaven gave me a turn / Don't cling to me, I swear I can't fix you" and in the chorus, "If you love me, then let go of me / I won't be held down by who I used to be". "Lithium" is a slow-tempo rock song; the protagonist sings about the
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the country chart. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. It also reached number 2 on the "Billboard" country chart. As with her single "Let Me Be There", Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony. Brian Collins covered the song for Dot Records in 1977. His version went to
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If You Love Me (Let Me Know) "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. It also reached number 2 on the "Billboard" country chart. As with her single "Let Me Be There", Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony. Brian Collins covered the song for Dot Records in 1977. His version went to number 83 on
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song, "It's about heartbreak, it's about your first love, your first true love. That's something all people can relate to, because you all have that first love that you think you're going to be with the rest of your life." When asked if "Everytime" was about Timberlake, she responded "I'll let the song speak for itself." The Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix of "Me Against the Music" removes the original melody of the song and adds a clattering backbeat and Punjabi shouts. In "The Answer", Spears sings that her lover is the answer to all her needs: "Who can hold
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was used for the Up In Smoke Tour in 2000. Dr. Dre also produced the beat for the remix. Nate Dogg refers to "Let Me Ride" in Warren G's 1994 song "Regulate", in which he sings, "She said 'my car's broke down and you seem real nice, would ya let me ride?'" Rapper Fabolous, in his 2001 hit "Can't Deny It", had the lyric ""bitches be yellin "let me ride", like I'm Snoop, and Dr. Dre."" Rapper The Game similarly refers to "Let Me Ride" in his 2005 song "Put You on the Game", where he claims to be in
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rock. "Bad Girl" begins with Manson saying "Just lay your head head in daddy's lap, you're a bad girl." Nick Catucci of "Entertainment Weekly" compared Manson's "croaking" vocals on the song to Cookie Monster's speaking voice. The song has "crunching guitars" and is about BDSM, with Lavigne asking Manson to choke her. Lavigne sings "I've been a bad girl, don't you know?/Come get it now or never/I'll let you do whatever" and "Miss me. Miss me. Now you wanna kiss me." At different points in the song, Lavigne purrs and screams. Laurence Green of "musicOMH" wrote that "Bad Girl" "sounds
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prominent guitar riff, characterized by a jagged, fuzzbox distortion effect, enters. Martin sings about medieval imagery of carnivals, cathedrals, religion and war, culminating in a soaring chorus with an anthemic theme. The momentum of the song builds around guitarist Jonny Buckland, who plays a solo. The lyrics start off with Martin recalling: "Was a long and dark December/From the rooftops I remember/There was snow". Martin emphasizes towards the thoughts of a soldier going into battle. The line "If you love me, why'd you let me go?", talks about a man's love of a woman, who does not reciprocate his love.
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is a fable of wounding poignancy about homophobia; The Queen & Her Eventual Knowledge of Love is a post-mortem coming-out story." Let me tell you something about that night Let Me Tell You Something About That Night is a short-story collection by the Singaporean poet Cyril Wong. His first published foray into prose and listed by The Straits Times as among the best five books of the year, described by the reviewer as possessing "the sharp bite of contemporary issues", the book "takes fairytales and works them into a surreal lustre" and "gestures to a time before fairytales were saccharine
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Aldrin Davis. The lyric "Let the champagne smash/ Let that man get cash" from "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is the sample used in "Numb". The song's lyrical content is "controversial" as it is about feeling "numb after taking drugs." and a "homage to getting high." Rihanna performs the lines"Ecstasy in the air I don't care Can't tell me nothing I'm impaired The worst for wear" in the first verse. Eminem "spits" his verse, performing the lines"Yeah, yeah, yeah, come here dear Trying to get closer to you I'm motioning you to pull over boo I'm the siren that you hear
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Let me tell you something about that night Let Me Tell You Something About That Night is a short-story collection by the Singaporean poet Cyril Wong. His first published foray into prose and listed by The Straits Times as among the best five books of the year, described by the reviewer as possessing "the sharp bite of contemporary issues", the book "takes fairytales and works them into a surreal lustre" and "gestures to a time before fairytales were saccharine fantasies", while a few stories also deal openly with sexuality: "The Boy with the Flower That Grew out of His Ass
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the song as "a twitchy, booming slow jam that sounded both lush and minimal, expansive and intimate, alien and sexy". Lyrically the song is about Aaliyah professing her love for a guy that "she views as one in a million and a love she can't resist"."Baby you don't know, what you do to me/Between me and you, I feel a chemistry/Won't let no one come and take your place/Cause the love you give can't be replaced", she sings. According to Khal from Complex "One in a Million showcased an unstoppable trio, with Aaliyah being a perfect muse for the futuristic
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twirling in a slow dance through electronic caresses and the subtlest touches of strings. In the chorus, she sings, "I wanna move with the seasons/And go with the flow". Dido finds guests to keep her current, like Kendrick Lamar, whose vociferous rap tears through the conciliatory "Let Us Move On", a spooked trip hop song. The looping intro and muted snares on "Blackbird" are leveled off by her detached vocal and reassuringly familiar lyrics about the darker side of love ("Why do I bring you love, when all you give me back is pain?", she sings). While "End of Night",
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Abreu sings 'you say you listen but you never do' and 'you make me sad when I'm happy'. However, rather than be deluded, she is fully aware of the negativity the relationship is causing, but is unable to break away due to her love for her partner: 'still I go weak when you just look at me'. The song ends with Abreu providing a clear ultimatum: 'let me love...or let me be free'. Released only to radio in order to promote the album from which it was lifted, "Impatient" did not chart on the Finnish Top 20 or the Download
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Rubenstein wrote that Usher sings about a "hot chick and how it'll be a total cinch for him to get her home", in the line "I see you over there, so hypnotic/ Thinking 'bout what I do to that body.../ Got no drink in my hand/ But I'm wasted/ Getting drunk of the thought of you naked/ I get you like ooh, baby, baby." In the chorus, he sings "If you wanna scream ‘yeah,’ let me know and I’ll take you there / Get you going like a-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby, a-ooh baby baby, ooh baby / If
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one occasion, they performed at the singer Prince's birthday party. The father was a frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion. Rulli's father taught him about the birds and the bees in the seventh grade when he "threw a book in my general direction, and said, 'Let me know if you have any questions.'" He has a cousin who became an archbishop in 2000 and was friends with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI. He is a graduate of the Catholic Hill-Murray High School in Maplewood, Minnesota. He "lettered" in theater all four years. In an attempt to
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(four minutes, one second). Instrumentation is provided by finger snapping, minor piano keys and piano riffs, a style of repeated chord progression. The lyrics of "Stupid in Love" revolve around a woman in an abusive and adulterous relationship, progressing to the female protagonist leaving her boyfriend. The song begins with the line "Let me tell you somethin' / Never / Have I ever / Been a size 10 in my whole life." Rihanna sings the line "This is stupid / I'm not stupid / Don't talk to me / Like I'm stupid" during the chorus. The bridge consists of Rihanna
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show[ing] up to add 'Apologize'-style schmaltz" and "a mournful guitar solo." Lyrically, "True Love" deals with themes of heartbreak. DeVille writes that Martin "lashes out at his lover's alleged lies on 'True Love' even as he strains to bring back the old feelings" in the lines "And I wish you would have let me know/ What's really going on below/ I've lost you now, you've let me go/ But one last time/ Tell me you love me." In the chorus, the truth is too painful to bear, so the singer instructs his partner "Just tell me you love me/ If
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the first 90 seconds. Carey and Miguel embark on a motorbike cruise at sunset, as he sings about her beauty in the lyrics "let the moonlight kiss your skin". After the first 90 seconds, Carey assumes the lead artist role and performs the rest of "#Beautiful". Carey responds with "I like when you run red lights, don't stop till you thrill me", which Randall Roberts for "Los Angeles Times" thought would alarm mothers and police officers. After Carey sings the line "Take me anywhere", she releases a little giggle. "#Beautiful" ends with a textured layering of both Carey's and Miguel's
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Jillian Mapes, "A dramatic opening note on the... [song] ushers in a drum crescendo, followed by a 'Like a Prayer' - style interlude." During the choir-led chorus, Welch sings the lines, "You can't choose what stays and what fades away/ And I'd do anything to make you stay/ No light, no light/ Tell me what you want me to say" over "thundering tribal" beats and harp strings that "grow louder and louder". Lyrically, in the song she's expressing frustration about the state of her fragile relationship and she further tries to keep it together. Ryan Dombal of the website Pitchfork
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na na na na", and Fantine "screams", "And everyone wants to talk". In the chorus, the girls sing, "Lenga lenga, Blá! Blá! Blá !, speak, talk, nonstop, lero-lero !, blah! Blah !, I do not want to hear." Karin once again sings in the second part, talking about "nosy people" that appeared, just to get in their way. Fantine, in turn, says, "I'm right, I'm wrong, let time show me, but no one's going to tell me what I should do." After the chorus, Aline does a rap (as she did in the song "Vem Cair na Zueira",) this time
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Jesse (Carly Simon song) "Jesse" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon and produced by Mike Mainieri. The song was the lead single from Simon's ninth studio album, "Come Upstairs". The song is told in first-person about the narrator's disdain for her former lover, Jesse, who has just moved back to town. She vows to have nothing to do with him, "Don't let him near me, don't let him touch me, don't let him please me," she sings. She asks her friends to remind her of how he has wronged her, because she fears she'll end up letting
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featuring an electro-drum beat and a tropical, trip hop riff, with Adele proclaiming to her lover "If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently/Don't pretend that you don't want me/Our love ain't water under the bridge". The gospel-tinged "River Lea" talks about the singer growing up in Tottenham, London, England, Adele sings about The Lea, a river in London. During the song Adele speaks of how the river's polluted waters have seeped into her blood causing her relationship failures. "Love in the Dark" is a torch ballad. "Million Years Ago", an acoustic tune accompanied only by guitar, finds
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high-tone D. The song is in a moderate tempo of 64 beats per minute with the chord progression being set like C–G–Am–F–C–Dm7/G in the first verse and C–E–Am7–D9 in the chorus. "Again" is a "lightweight" piano ballad, based on a lost love. The song's story is about running into an old friend, only to discover that the feelings for that person are as strong as ever. "Kinda late in the game and my heart is in your hands. Don't you stand there and then tell me you love me and leave me again," she sings. "Again" divided music critics. Despite
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years apart. The lyric ""You're my rock of empathy"" was replaced with ""Hello [venue] remember me?"" Williams rarely sings the chorus himself, often relying on the audience and backing vocalists to carry the song for him as he shouts words of encouragement for the audience. However, on the Swings Both Ways Arena Tour in 2014, Williams performed a Jazz arrangement of the song, instead singing "Let Me Enter You" to individual members of the audience during the chorus. A popular pop-rock anthem in most European countries, the song has been covered live by several artists, including Bon Jovi, Westlife and
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birds coming out after a thunderstorm," whereas "Pluto" stands for death. The singer has also described "Pluto" as about "being plastered, that need to destroy everything so you can start again". Lyrically, it has been described as "sparse." Björk sings: "Excuse me/But I just have to/Explode/Explode this body/Off me/I'll be brand new/Brand new tomorrow/A little bit tired/But brand new." Some critics considered the lyrics to be about the contemplation of suicide. Discussing the track, Sheila Whiteley wrote: "as anyone who has been through personal trauma knows only too well, rejuvenation often involves a nightmare journey." Björk's official website also stated
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19 June 2012. The song peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Charts. You Won't Let Me "You Won't Let Me" is a song by American recording artist Rachael Yamagata from her third studio album "Chesapeake" (2011). It was written by Yamagata and Mike Viola, with Indaba Music producing the track. Described as a "pleading ballad", the song is about "showing someone how to laugh". "You Won't Let Me" is the debut single by Australian singer-songwriter Karise Eden who won the first season of "The Voice" (Australia). It was released as a digital download in Australia on 19 June
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followed up where Ciara's "Body Party" (2013) and R. Kelly's "Black Panties" (2013) finished. Keeping in line with the most prominent theme of "Beyoncé", "Rocket" explores frank female sexuality. It opens with Beyoncé expressing feelings of lust in the first line, "Let me sit this assssss on ya" for which she adopts a soft and sultry vocal style. She further sings about love-making with a male lover and the second line includes the lyrics: "Let me take this off while you watch me / that's my'ass appeal". It features explicit and metaphorical lyrics throughout and sees Beyoncé instructing her love
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special friend to take their relationship to a romantic level, appreciating his appearance and confessing her sexual intentions with him. During the verses, she sings accompanied by a bass guitar and a tenor saxophone. With a melodic horn section during the chorus, the song features and contains a smooth, slow-burn atmosphere reminiscent of jazz music. Its sound also demonstrates influences from traditional rhythm and blues. "Only Forever" is a melancholic song about wanting the person you want to explore a new relationship with to make that first move or take that next step. With a message of "giving someone chances
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"Opferlied" ("Song of Sacrifice"). Other musical collaborations have come out of his novel "let me tell you", including "there is still time", subtitled "scenes for speaking voice and cello", with spoken narration accompanying music by the cellist-composer Frances-Marie Uitti. The work was recorded in 2003 by ECM Records with Griffiths himself as the narrator. More directly connected to the novel is a concert work by Hans Abrahamsen, also titled "let me tell you" and composed for Barbara Hannigan with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, who gave the first performance on 20 December 2013, Andris Nelsons conducting. Griffiths was appointed Officer of
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a man who has lost his lover. He pleads with her to return and promises that he will "never ever let you go". For much of the night, the song led the voting and gave Denmark high hopes of achieving the rare feat of winning the Contest in successive years (it eventually finished 21 points behind the Estonian winners, Tanel Padar and Dave Benton with "Everybody"). It was succeeded as Danish representative at the 2002 Contest by Malene with "Tell Me Who You Are". Never Ever Let You Go "Never Ever Let You Go" was the Danish entry in the
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Street Journal", "People are narrow-minded. Down South they might have called me a nigger lover." In an interview with Cantwell in 2001, Haggard stated that his producer Ken Nelson, who was also head of the country division at Capitol at the time, never interfered with his music but "this one time he came out and said, 'Merle...I don't believe the world is ready for this yet'...And he might have been right. I might've canceled out where I was headed in my career." As Haggard relates in his spoken introduction to the song, "They're Tearin' the Labor Camps Down" is about
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"de rigueur quiver of programmed hi-hats" and a "wormy synth melody and bass line" which could appeal to listeners of hip hop music. In "No Time for It", Fantasia sings about blocking out drama and negativity. Samantha Callender of "The Source" wrote that its lyrics are a list of "all the things Fantasia has no time for (basically everything except money)". In the chorus, "You wanna tell me how it is, but there’s no time for it / You wanna tell me how you feel, but there's no time for it"; Fantasia sings in "a cool collected manner", contrasting with
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the hit song "Nellie Kelly, I Love You", sung by Conroy, who also sings "You Remind Me of My Mother". Other songs include "All in the Wearing", "Dancing My Worries Away", "Till My Luck Comes Rolling Along", "They're All My Boys", "The Voice in My Heart", "The Busy Bees of DeVere's" and "The Dancing Detective". A song-book, including the music and lyrics of all the show's songs, was published in 1922 by M. Witmark & Sons of New York. "Little Nellie Kelly" opened at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on 31 July 1922 and arrived at the Liberty Theatre on Broadway
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picnic, that's up t' you<br> But don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it<br> Cause, see, I just lost all m picnic spirit<br> Stay in m' kitchen, have m' own picnic. . .<br> In the bathroom. Woody Guthrie and his song "Talking Hard Work" is a title-tribute to Bouchillon's "Talking Blues" and "Born in Hard Luck". The "Talking Blues" begins with the line: "Well, if you want to get to heaven,/ Let me tell you what to do,/ Got to grease your feet into little mutton stew."/ Several sources of the 1940s - 1950s, including the Almanac Singers,
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Christopher Weingarten as a Chicago soul-influenced song, it opens with strings that drop off in the first verse, where Grande sings among clips and R&B beats: "I used to let some people tell me how to live and what to be/But if I can't be me, the fuck's the point?" "NME"'s Larry Bartlet noted the song is "genuinely satisfying to hear her put that sentiment on record so resoundingly". In "Bad Decisions", Grande sings, "I've been doing stupid things, wilder than I've ever been," with Mikael Wood of "Los Angeles Times" noting that "a tune whose message initially appears clear:
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"Love Shoulda Brought You Home". "Another Sad Love Song" was written and produced by Babyface and Daryl Simmons, with L.A. Reid also producing it. Lyrically, "Another Sad Love Song" talks about Braxton complaining that every song played on the radio is a reminder of her ex-boyfriend. In the chorus, she sings, "It’s just another sad love song/Rackin’ my brain like crazy/Guess I’m all torn up/Be it fast or slow/It doesn’t let go/Or shake me/And it’s all because of you." The song received positive reviews from the majority of the music critics. Ron Wynn of "Allmusic" picked the song as a
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in time signature of common time with a tempo of 112 beats per minute. Spears vocal range spans from the low-key of F to the high-note of A. The song has a basic sequence of B(9)–C–Dm7–B(9) as its chord progression. Lyrically, it talks about friendship and camaraderie between women. During the bridge, Spears sings, "Gotta really let me know if you want me / You gotta turn me on and make me feel sexy". During the time of the album's release, her official site stated that "the girl-power anthem 'Anticipating' proves that Britney is, now more than ever, a force
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You Won't Let Me "You Won't Let Me" is a song by American recording artist Rachael Yamagata from her third studio album "Chesapeake" (2011). It was written by Yamagata and Mike Viola, with Indaba Music producing the track. Described as a "pleading ballad", the song is about "showing someone how to laugh". "You Won't Let Me" is the debut single by Australian singer-songwriter Karise Eden who won the first season of "The Voice" (Australia). It was released as a digital download in Australia on 19 June 2012 as the lead single from her debut studio album "My Journey" (2012), on
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disc-jockey conventions. "I went up to the Victor suite to tell Steve Sholes good-bye," she explained, "and just as I was leaving, Eddy came in the door." Walker remembered him saying, "I got a song title for you... 'You Don't Know Me.'" "But I know "you"," teased Walker. "This is serious, replied Eddy, who proceeded to outline his idea. The songwriter promised to let the idea stew in her head for a while. And soon, she remembered, the lyrics tumbled onto the page. "The song just started singing. It sort of wrote itself..." The best-selling version of the song is
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Cooper and a mellotron played by Dave Hentschel. In the song, Elton John sings to someone he has helped and from whom he is now experiencing rejection: I took a chance and changed your way of life but you misread my meaning when I met you closed the door and left me blinded by the light don't let the sun go down on me although I search myself, it's always someone else I see. I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free but losing everything is like the sun going down on me. "Don't Let the Sun
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a slamming heavy metal guitar intro on an insanely hyper track." The song is about a dominant female who nurses a broken heart as she sings, "Let me kiss it and make it better/After tonight you will forget her". "Fallen Angel" is also an up-tempo techno-trance song with elements of ambient music. It features Spanish guitar and castanets. The lyrics were influenced by and written surrounding the death of Kurt Cobain. The third track, "Good-N-Evil", incorporates elements of industrial music. "Fly" is a mid-tempo song built around a trip hop beat. The album's fifth track and the only ballad on
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low-note of G# to the high-note of E. The song contains string accents described as "sympathetic, but not overpowering". Described as a "jangly pop tune", having an "overarching feel-good vibe", lyrically, the song speaks of "embracing who you are and not letting your critics get you down". Gomez sings of insecurities, and people telling her she is not good enough, before asserting "I'm sure you got some things/ You'd like to change about yourself/ But when it comes to me/ I wouldn't want to be anybody else." According to Brian Voerding of AOL Radio Blog, "Gomez sings about staying true
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be your friend / I will love you so deeply / I will be the one to kiss you at night / I will love you till the end of time." She continues her appeal as she sings to her love interest, "Take you away from here / There's nothing between us but space and time". On the bridge, Knowles belts her vocal lines over a shooting horn sequence; with her multiple-layered vocals, she commands, "Boy come to me", and towards the end, she repeatedly sings, "Say you’ll never let me go". Knowles "finds the strength in two" as she
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For her Eurovision appearance, Malene wore a red top and skirt. The song is a plea from a woman to her lover for him to "tell me who you are" in order to help them move forwards in their relationship. Due to the poor placing, Denmark was not invited to participate in the 2003 contest, but was permitted to return in the next year's show. Thus, it was succeeded as Danish representative at the 2004 contest by Thomas Thordarsson with "Shame on You". Tell Me Who You Are (Malene song) "Tell Me Who You Are" was the Danish entry in
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tour stops around the United States during their Winter east coast mini tour, as well as regular performances in their home city Orlando, Florida, and an album release show. The album is available for free listening and download on the Random Encounter website. Random Encounter (band) “Guest artists” "Let Me Tell You a Story" has been given critical acclaim by Almost Nerdy, Nerdy Show, Destructoid.com. and Russian magazine Mir Fantastiki Let Me Tell You a Story LET ME TELL YOU A STORY is a 2013 album by the band Random Encounter consisting of 18 songs, contemporary rock arrangements of the
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goes onto say "It was the first song we tracked and Devin Townsend (Producer) had me run through the entire song once just to get down the idea of where I wanted to go. He told me that I nailed it right off the bat and we ended up keeping most of it as the finished version. The song itself is about deciding whether you should tell someone what you really think and get it off of your chest or take the high road and let them think that they are right. That situation can really blow up." Recently they
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know me but I know you very well now let me tell you"," was also repeated in the same manner in "Stutter" with the only difference between the lines being that the words ""about the feelings I have for you"" were changed to ""that I caught you"" in "Stutter." The group's four emcees, Bootie Brown, Slimkid3, Imani, and Fatlip, all use the track to recount schoolboy crushes which all eventually led to heartbreak. The song peaked at #1 on the Hot Rap Singles, #52 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. Pitchfork
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second single. I knew it was a great song. I’m happy it saw the light of day." "Low" was written by Jimmy Harry and produced by Cliff Magness, who also arranged and engineered the track. The midtempo country-flavored track finds the singer reflecting on a broken relationship. "It's cool you didn't want me/ Sometimes you can't go back/ But why'd you have to go and make a mess like that?" she sings before asking in the chorus: "Have you ever been low? Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?". Harry has said that "Low" "was a
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group Von Iva in a fictional band called "Munchausen by Proxy". In "500 Days of Summer" (2009), Deschanel sings a cover of The Smiths's "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" and it appears on the soundtrack of the film, as performed by She & Him. She also sings a cover of "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra. Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt did a music video, called "Bank Dance", directed by "500 Days of Summer" director Marc Webb, to accompany the film. It uses the She & Him song "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?", and some complicated
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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" is the finale song of 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. After the death of Alexander Hamilton, the already deceased George Washington comes forward and repeats a line from his earlier song, "History Has Its Eyes on You": "Let me tell you what I wish I'd known/When I was young and dreamed of glory/You have no control", then the rest
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with Interscope and did not make the cut of the new album. "Boomerang" is a pop song produced by Sandy Vee. It contains "great layers" of "Oh!"s on the chorus, which was described by Sam Lansky of Idolater as an "earworm". The "synth-spangled" song contains a "fuzzy, club-friendly" beat. Lyrically, "Boomerang" is about "not letting the haters keep you down", overcoming obstacles and "coming back even when people try to throw you out". Scherzinger sings about her ability to turn things around for the better. With "wide-eyed determination", she sings: "You can turn me down, you can throw me now/
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"New Day", Keys sings about "touching the sky and not letting chances go to waste", singing: "There's no limitation, no / Fill up your life / Let me see your hands up." On the theme of the song, Keys expressed that for her, "a new day is the possibility to choose how to create the life of your dreams and letting no one to stop you." Jenna Hally Rubenstein from MTV noted that the song is "clearly inspired" by the experiences and feelings the singer had about her son, Egypt. She further added that "In short, 'New Day' is a
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does seem album worthy. It's something most can relate to if you've ever been in a relationship. Beyonce sings about a failed relationship that's no good, but yet is so hard to walk away from and ends up being just like Poison. Recording artist Nicki Minaj discussed the song during an interview with "Rap-Up" magazine, saying "When I tell you it gives me life, like, it gives me life. Her voice is effortless. It's badass, like, 'I know I'm the best.' I love the melody, I love the cadence. It's playful, but it's just so in-your-face. It's dope and it's
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Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1974. It was released as the only single from their second album "Hotter Than Hell". Even though the song failed to chart, it is a staple in their live concerts. The B-side was the album title track, "Hotter Than Hell". Gene Simmons penned the lyrics during a lunch break at his day job, and the song conveys romantic excitement: "'Cause baby's got the feeling/Baby wants a show/Baby won't you tell me/Baby rock & roll, yeah, yeah!".
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done with pleasing you/ I'm so over needing you, all this space just gave me room so I could fly," she sings over mid-tempo electronic beats. "Let It Be Me" is a melancholic string-backed ballad, featuring Spanish guitar and passionate Latin sensibility. "When they ask who do you love, let it be me… let it be me that you think of," she pleads. The ninth track "Worry No More" features Rick Ross and was produced by Detail, being considered "the album's hardest hip-hop anthem." The "reverb-filled" down-tempo track has intelligible background whispers creeping in and out and vocal effects, adding
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vocals as "sweeping". Raisa Bruner of "Time" described the song as a "lush and dramatic love song" that had "powerful hand-clap chorus and big horns". While reviewing the album, Jamieson Cox of "Pitchfork" described the song as "a desperate plea for affection that gradually morphs into a declaration of self-love". The music video for "Tell Me You Love Me" was directed by Mark Pellington, who also directed Lovato's previous work "Skyscraper". The video co-starred "Grey's Anatomy" actor Jesse Williams. About filming the music video, Lovato commented, "[Shooting the music video] was really fun too! We had a full on wedding
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one is playful in the oddly defiant "C'mon, Let Me Ride." "New York Post" wrote: "They can sound hollow, like "C'mon Let Me Ride," a silly promise of oral sex. (Eminem's surprisingly crafty guest verse is the highlight.)" "Now" magazine noted that the song is inane but predictable, too. "The Oakland Press" called this song "goofy." "Rolling Stone" was mixed: "even a goofy Eminem cameo (the "Allen Iverson of safe sex") can't save "C'mon Let Me Ride" from sounding like an over-the-top hookup plea." Ted Scheinman of "Slant Magazine" wrote a favorable overview: "When she's having fun you can tell:
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the chorus, Norwood sings "You know how I get when you let me go", and later in the song she makes reference to Twitter and her mother. The song interpolates "Tonight" by Swedish pop singer Lykke Li. Deluxe edition bonus track "Can You Hear Me Now?”, producer Danja's sole contribution on "Two Eleven", works up an extended musical foreplay around a single mind-numbing groove. Built around an instrumental that was originally produced for Diddy – Dirty Money's 2010 album "Last Train to Paris", it was re-constructed by Love for Norwood. Danja used heavy vocoding during production of the song. Initially,
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Tell Me Who You Are (Malene song) "Tell Me Who You Are" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Malene. The song was performed in Danish at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2002, titled "Vis mig hvem du er". The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following Finland's Laura with "Addicted To You" and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina's Maja Tatić with "Na jastuku za dvoje". At the close of voting, it had received 7 points, placing 24th (last) in a field of 24. This is the worst result Denmark has ever had.
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Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" is the lead single from Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean's sixth studio album, "". The song features vocals from Niia and Akon, as well as rapper Lil Wayne. Verizon Wireless released the song on their V CAST service on August 7, 2007. During the chorus, Akon sings, "See I'ma tell you, like Wu told me, Cash rules everything, around me." This is actually a two layered reference, the first to the Wu-Tang Clan, who produced a song called "C.R.E.A.M." for the 1993 album "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)". Akon also samples the "dolla',
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Talk About Love "'Talk About Love" is a song recorded by Christine Anu. It was released in October 2003 as the first and only single from her third studio album, "45 Degrees" (2003). The song peaked at number 85 on the ARIA Chart. Lyrically, the song sees Anu confront someone who believes they know about love, without evidence: "You talk about love / But I can't see any love coming out of your mind <br> You talk about truth / But you don't seem to know what the truth is all about <br> You talk about me / Tell me
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verse before the lead break after Starr sings "tell me why," Lennon can be heard saying "We already told you why!" in reference to the Beatles' "Tell Me Why" from the previous year. During this session the Beatles recorded a long (6:36) instrumental tune called "12-Bar Original" for lack of a better name. "12-Bar Original" was not included on "Rubber Soul", and was not commercially available until 1996 when an edited version of take 2 of this song was included on the "Anthology 2" album. Richie Unterberger, in AllMusic, says the song is an enjoyable, but lightweight, country & western-flavoured
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journalists mistakenly state she was raped at gunpoint, possibly due to the song's title.) She escaped. Years later, in London, Amos saw the film "Thelma and Louise" and was stirred. Tori Amos explains the experience: "I'll never talk about it at this level again but let me ask you. Why have I survived that kind of night, when other women didn't? How am I alive to tell you this tale when he was ready to slice me up? In the song I say it was 'Me and a Gun' but it wasn't a gun. It was a knife he had.
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me so hot/You make me wanna drop." The song structurally takes a dramatic turn during the bridge in which she drops the persona of being crazy in love to candidly tell her lover how real and raw her emotions are, aside from the public display, "Kiss me gently, always, I know, hold me, love me, don't ever go," she sings softly. A Japanese version of the song was released as a ringtone in Japan, with the Japanese lyrics replacing the chorus. In China, a Mandarin version of the song was released which replaced the chorus and the introduction with Mandarin
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heartbreak and disappointment over a previous relationship. In the chorus: "No te pido que traigas flores/ Tampoco que me des bombones/ Yo solo quiero una caricia/ Que me digas que tu me quieres." ("I'm not asking you to bring me flowers/ Nor to give me sweets/ I just want a caress/ That you tell me how much you love me.") she sings about how love is about actions and not gifts, and Lu has decided to forget her previous lover because her heart now has a "price" and an "owner." The first music video was shot in Lake Guatavita (some
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by Jaycen Joshua with assistance by Trehy Harris. Musically, "Bassline" is a dubstep, electropop and electrohop song, that incorporates elements of reggae. The song lasts for three minutes and 58 seconds. Instrumentation consists of a wobble bass and synthesizers. Melinda Newman of HitFix compared "Bassline" to the songs by Kesha and LMFAO. Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush noted that the lyrics are about Brown trying to "convince a hot girl he spots in the club to come back to his crib", in which he sings "Hey girl tell me what you talk / Pretty as a picture on the wall /
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and around and around and around we go/ Now, tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know/ Not really sure how to feel about it/ Something in the way you move/ Makes me feel like I can't live without you/ it takes me all the way/ I want you to stay." Lewis Corner for Digital Spy wrote that Rihanna's vocals glow over the simple yet effective piano riffs. "Stay" received favorable reviews from music critics. Jon Dolan for "Rolling Stone" was complimentary of Rihanna's execution of the song, writing that she performs it "within an inch of
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to seduce you? Is that what you're trying to tell me?"." As an intro of the song and it is repeated during the final crescendo. The song then ends with a sample from an episode of the Tony Hancock Show called 'The Radio Ham,' spoken by actress Annie Leake ("Would you stop playing with that radio of yours? I'm trying to get to sleep," a sample that also appeared in the song "Let Mom Sleep" from the video game "Jet Set Radio"). The song's hook also samples Jocelyn Brown's 1984 hit "Somebody Else's Guy". "Billboard" wrote about the song: "Michael
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Kiepura sings impressively during a church wedding, and the "Celeste Aïda," which he rehearses during an amusing backstage sequence at the opera house while "Aïda" is being trundled through its paces"; and "TV Guide" called the film "charming in parts, this is a nicely done musical with some good detailed direction." My Song for You (film) My Song for You is a 1934 film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jan Kiepura. Kiepura sang the title song "My Song for You" written by Mischa Spoliansky and Frank Eyton. The song was released on an EP "Tell Me Tonight" (also a
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was written at the request of the soprano Barbara Hannigan, to whom the work is also dedicated. As in Griffiths's novel, the narrative follows the character Ophelia from William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" as she tells her tragic story from her own perspective. Both the novel and the text of the song cycle are restricted to the 480 words used by Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The piece was composed between 2012 and 2013. "Let me tell you" has a duration of approximately 30 minutes and is composed in three parts comprising a total of seven songs: Part I: Part II: Part
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people's lyrics anyway. It's difficult to bring the right emotion into it. So, I asked them how they'd feel about me rewriting the lyrics, and they said, 'Go ahead and try, and we'll let you know what we think.' So I did, and they seemed to think the lyrics were OK. I recorded it, and I think the song came out great. You can't tell that it wasn't written at the same time." The song's lyrics, written by Wiedlin, were inspired by Wiedlin learning that her former best friend, who she was no longer in contact with, had become a
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and cover songs written by Collins, Wills, Red Foley and Joe Simpson, and also contains two #1 country hits, "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" and "Grandma Harp," both penned by Haggard. According to the liner notes to the 1994 box set "Down Every Road", "Daddy Frank" derived from stories his wife Bonnie Owens had told him about her own mother, who had a hearing problem, and her father, who wasn't blind but loved to play harmonica. Haggard wed their story to that of the Maddox Brothers and Rose, who had moved from Alabama to California by boxcar during the Depression
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Kiss and Tell (You Me at Six song) "Kiss and Tell" is a song by You Me at Six, released as a single on 7 September 2009 through Virgin. The single was released on CD, digital download and 7" vinyl, with the former two having an additional track, a cover of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face". It would later feature on the deluxe edition of "Take Off Your Colours". The song is a first person narrative about a girl that everybody wants, and how she has a promiscuous nature and "Kisses and Tells". The song received considerable airplay across Radio 1
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"I Can't Make You Love Me" was recorded against a quiet electric piano-based arrangement, with prominent piano fills and interpolations supplied by Bruce Hornsby. The singer depicts a now one-sided romantic relationship about to end in soft but brutally honest terms: "Turn down the lights, turn down the bed/Turn down these voices inside my head/Lay down with me, tell me no lies/Just hold me close, don't patronize ... don't patronize me/'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't/You can't make your heart feel something that it won't," she sings. "I Can't Make You Love Me" received acclaim from
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for those people. Sparks sings "Baby, on the low / You stay on my page cause I guess I’m your favorite / But you won’t let it show, no way / If you like what you see then you gotta let me know / Bet you won’t double tap that hoe / Bet you won’t double tap that hoe". The next song, "Boyz In The Hood" keeps the upbeat energy of the album going with its piano-led snapping production. The "infectious" jam sees Sparks take on her ideal version of the perfect bad boy, describing all different types of guys
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sings to twin ladies seated next to him with Tony Hymas in the foreground on the synthesizers. In 1999 Australian singer Kate Ceberano recorded a version, which was released in July 1999 as the first single for her first compilation album, "True Romantic". She performed the song on "Hey Hey It's Saturday". Other notable artists who have recorded "I Won't Let You Down": Armand Van Helden's 2016 track "Wings" heavily samples "I Won't Let You Down". I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D. song) "I Won't Let You Down" is a 1982 single by British band Ph.D. It entered the UK
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lie' -- to create a sense of begging." Stephanie Benson of "Spin" wrote that the track "climaxes with a moody, languid guitar solo straight out of John Mayer's seduction handbook." Matthew Horton of "NME" observed that "the real heart of 'Ghost Stories' is in [...] the choppy dubstep textures of 'True Love' where Martin croaks, 'One last time/Tell me you love me,' and we all start to feel his own hollowness." Mack Hayden of "Paste Magazine" called it "the most Coldplay moment on the album, whe[re] Martin sings 'Say that you love me / And if you don't, then lie'.
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As Jonathan Bernstein recounts in his online "Rolling Stone" article "Merle Haggard Reluctantly Unveils 'The Fightin' Side of Me'", "Hoping to distance himself from the harshly right-wing image he had accrued in the wake of the hippie-bashing "Muskogee," Haggard wanted to take a different direction and release "Irma Jackson" as his next single... When the Bakersfield, California native brought the song to his record label, executives were reportedly appalled. In the wake of 'Okie,' Capitol Records was not interested in complicating Haggard's conservative, blue-collar image." After "The Fightin' Side of Me" was released instead, Haggard later commented to the "Wall
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"Tu Dis Des Bêtises" (You say the nonsense), which spawned a parody recording by Jacques Desrosiers entitled "Il Y'a Des Bibites" (There are some bugs). Ambrus Kyri () recorded a Hungarian rendering of "The Birds and the Bees" entitled "Madarak és Méhek" (Birds and bees) in 1967. Rendered in Danish as "Blomster og bier" (flowers and bees) by Birthe Kjær in 1974, "The Birds and the Bees" was rendered in Swedish as "Blommor och bin" (Flowers and bees) by lyricist Keith Almgren and recorded by Sten & Stanley () on their album "Musik, dans & party 8" (1993). It was
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