Thong Song

"Thong Song" is a 2000 song recorded by Sisqó of Dru Hill for the Def Soul label. The song was issued as the second single from Sisqó's Unleash the Dragon LP in February 2000, and was its second biggest hit.

The record celebrates, in a playful way, women who wear thong underwear and bikinis.

"Thong Song" was a runaway hit; it reached #3 on the US pop charts, and made Sisqó one of the biggest stars in R&B music for the year 2000. It became the de-facto anthem of 2000 Spring Break, and was omnipresent for most of the spring of 2000. The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was heavily edited to conform to broadcast standards, but was still a popular fixture on MTV and BET. The success of "Thong Song" and its #1 pop hit follow-up, "Incomplete", propelled Unleash the Dragon to a selling-status of over four million copies. In a November 2000 episode of Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell famously sang the uncensored lyrics of the song's chorus during a sketch in which the comedic actor impersonated Robert Goulet.

In a poll conducted by Rolling Stone to identify the 10 most annoying songs, this song was ranked ninth.

The song should not be confused with the song of the same name by stoner metal band Kyuss on their album, Blues for the Red Sun.

The song was written by Sisqó and co-producers Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson. Songwriters Desmond Child and Robi Draco Rosa receive songwriting credit because of the interpolation of part of their composition, Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca", in the song's lyrics.

Few have realized that the song actually is adapted from a traditional blues number made famous by Blind Tommy Washington.

A remix, "Thong Song Uncensored", features a guest rap from Foxy Brown, and is included on the soundtrack LP for the 2000 Eddie Murphy film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. A second, more urban-themed, video was shot for the remix by Little X.


Released: February 15, 2000
Format: compact disc, vinyl record, digital download
Recorded: Fall 1999
Genre: R&B/pop/Pop rap
Length: 4:12
Label: Def Soul 562599
Writer(s): Mark Andrews, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Desmond Child, Robi Rosa
Producer: Sisqó, Tim Kelly, Bob Robinson

This thing right here
Is lettin all the ladies know
What guys talk about
You know
The finer things in life
Hahaha
Check it out

Ooh dat dress so scandalous
And ya know another nigga couldn't handle it
See ya shakin that thang like who's da ish
With a look in ya eye so devilish

Uh
Ya like to dance at all the hip hop spots
And ya cruise to the crews like connect da dots
Not just urban she likes the pop
Cuz she was livin la vida loca

{BRIDGE}
She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
Uh
I think to sing it again
[Thong Song Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com]
She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
All night long
Let me see that thong

Chorus
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong

That girl so scandalous
And I know another nigga couldn't handle it
And she shakin that thang like who's da ish
With a look in her eye so devilish

Uh
She like to dance at all the hip hop spots
And she cruise to the crews like connect da dots
Not just urban she likes the pop
Cuz she was livin la vida loca

{BRIDGE}

{CHORUS (2x)}

Whoaaa
That dress so scandalous
And I swear another nigga couldn't handle it
See ya shakin that thang like who's da ish
With a look in her eye so devilish

(Whoa)
Uh ya like to dance at all the hip hop spots
And ya cruise to the crews like connect da dots
Not just urban ya like the pop
Cuz she was livin la vida loca

(Whoa)
She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
(Ooh)
Uh think to sing it again
Cuz she had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
Uh think to sing it again
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on

Yeahhhh yeah

{CHORUS (3x)}

Whoa
Uh alright
Uh whoa yeah
Ooh
Whoa
(Like it when the beat goes da na da na)
(Baby make your booty go da na da na)
(Girl I know you wanna show da na da na)
Baby
(That thong th thong thong thong)

(I like it when the beat goes da na da na)
(Baby make your booty go da na da na)
(Girl I know you wanna show da na da na)
(That thong th thong thong thong)

Drive

"Drive" is a 1984 song by The Cars, and their biggest international hit. The Song was written by Greg Hawkes and it's the third single from the band's Heartbeat City album, it was written by Ric Ocasek, and produced by Mutt Lange and The Cars. Lead vocals were by Cars' bassist Benjamin Orr.

"Drive" was The Cars' highest charting single in the United States, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart, the song went all the way to #1. It also got to #5 in the UK singles chart, becoming their second biggest UK hit. it was re-released in the UK in 1985 (after the Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium), this time it charted at #4. The song was also a big hit in what was West Germany, reaching #4, and in Canada, reaching #6. In addition, it was famously used as part of the Live Aid concert in 1985, as the background music to a montage of clips showing poverty-stricken Africa. The song is about drug abuse.

The music video for the song stars, besides Ocasek and Orr, Czech-born supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who later married Ocasek. The video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton.

Released: September 1984
Genre: New Wave
Length: 3:55
Label: Elektra
Writer(s): Greg Hawkes
Producer: Mutt Lange, The Cars

Whos gonna tell you when,
Its too late,
Whos gonna tell you things,
Arent so great.

You cant go on, thinkin,
Nothings wrong, but bye,
Whos gonna drive you home,
Tonight.?

Whos gonna pick you up,
When you fall?
Whos gonna hang it up,
When you call?

Whos gonna pay attention,
To your dreams?
And whos gonna plug their ears,
When you scream?

You cant go on, thinkin
Nothings wrong, but bye,
(whos gonna drive you)
(whos gonna drive you)
Whos gonna drive you home, tonight?
(whos gonna drive you home)

(bye baby)
(bye baby)
(bye baby)
(bye baby)

Whos gonna hold you down,
When you shake?
Whos gonna come around,
When you break?

You cant go on, thinkin,
Nothins wrong, but bye,
(whos gonna drive you)
(whos gonna drive you)
Whos gonna drive you home, tonight?
(whos gonna drive you home)

Oh, you know you cant go on, thinkin,
Nothins wrong,
(whos gonna drive you)
(whos gonna drive you home)
Whos gonna drive you home, tonight?

(bye baby)
(bye baby)
(bye baby)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a song and popular Christmas story about Santa Claus's ninth and lead reindeer who possesses an unusually red-colored nose that gives off its own light, powerful enough to illuminate the team's path through inclement weather.

The story is owned by The Rudolph Company, L.P. and has been sold in numerous forms including a popular song, a television special (done in stop motion animation), and a feature film. Rudolph was created by Robert L. May in 1939 as part of his employment with Montgomery Ward. Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the Rudolph Company, L.P. Although the story and song have not passed into public domain, they have established themselves as folklore (as evidenced by the development of local variations and parodies such as "Deadeye the Lonesome Cowboy," collected in the field by Simon J. Bronner and included in American Children's Folklore).

Johnny Marks decided to adapt May's story into a song, which through the years has been recorded by many artists (most notably by Gene Autry in 1949), and has since filtered into the popular consciousness.

The lyric "All of the other reindeer" can be misheard as the mondegreen "Olive the other reindeer", and has given rise to another fictional character, Olive.

The song in its Finnish translation, Petteri Punakuono, has led to Rudolph's general acceptance in the mythology as Joulupukki's, the Finnish Santa's, lead reindeer. However, in Finland, Santa's reindeer do not fly. Mike Eheman made the newest version of the song with the actual flying reindeer so Santa can land on roof tops.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen.,
But do you recall?
The most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
You'll go down in history.

(musical interlude)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
You'll go down in history.

What I've Done

"What I've Done" is the lead single from Linkin Park's third album Minutes to Midnight, and is the band's highest debut on the US Hot 100. It had its first radio play on April 1, 2007, and was digitally released on April 2, 2007. The CD Single was released on April 30, 2007. It was also featured in the movie Transformers.

The song starts out with a piano riff reminiscent of the Halloween theme, before going into a raw guitar sound. During live events, Mike Shinoda plays the piano intro and the guitar after that. This song differs from most of Linkin Park's previously released songs (except Breaking the Habit) in that it features almost no lead vocals from vocalist Mike Shinoda, save for a brief "na na na" (or "no no no" to reflect the song's subject) refrain at the end and contributing harmonies throughout. "What I've Done" was the last song written for Minutes to Midnight. The song also has a downbeat exactly once every second, consistent throughout its entirety.

It is featured during the film Transformers, playing on Bumblebee's radio as Sam is dropping Mikaela off at home, as well as leading in to the end credits, and included on the official soundtrack and used heavily in the film's ad campaign. Megan Fox revealed that when the band first heard about the movie, they asked to be on the soundtrack.

A remix is available on the Bleed It Out single and on the Tour Edition of Minutes to Midnight entitled What I've Done (Distorted Remix) which was remixed by Mike Shinoda, one of the vocalists in the band.

The Music Video for "What I've Done" explores the many ironies of humanity and its ill effects on the earth and the environment. It juxtaposes various pieces of footage: a large, well-fed man eating fast food, a woman measuring her waist and a man who is so malnourished that his ribcage is visible through his skin; African Americans being hosed down and the Ku-Klux-Klan; nuclear explosions, the World Trade Center towers collapsing, children waving American flags, a Middle Eastern child holding an AK-47, clips of oil tankers torn in half and birds covered in an oil slick. DJ Joe Hahn of the band directed the video for the single, which was shot in the California desert. The video premiered on April 2, 2007 on MTV and Fuse. It premiered on MTV-Asia, MTV-Germany, TMF Netherlands and Canada's MuchMusic on April 3, 2007.

It features footage of the band performing in the desert, interspersed with stock footage reflecting on a variety of social and environmental issues including pollution, global warming, racism, Nazism, abortion, gay rights, famine, terrorism, wars, deforestation, poverty, drug addiction, obesity, destruction, rising gasoline prices and crimes committed by humanity. The video also features short views of important historical figures, such as Mother Teresa, Buddha, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Mao Zedong, and Mahatma Gandhi. Some cut scenes like the traffic scene and the napalm exploding were also featured on the Rise Against music video for Ready To Fall.

The video clip was featured and won on MTV's Battle of the Videos against videos by Evanescence ("Sweet Sacrifice") and Lil' Mama ("Lip Gloss"). The video also marks the first appearance of a Linkin Park video in the #1 spot on MTV's TRL, hitting #1 six times so far. The video is among the all-time top 10 most viewed on YouTube with over 30 million views. AOL currently has a live performance of "What I've Done" on their website.

When the band's logo is shown for the first time in the video (on the front of Rob's bass drum), it features a complete circle with the stylized letters "LP" within it. However, every time the logo is shown after this, the circle is not complete, being "separated" by two blank spaces above the "L" and below the "P". This is explained in "Making of What I've Done", where the band shows the original drums that were wrongly made, and that they had to use black tape to make the breaks in the circle.

So far, this is the only video in which Joe Hahn's face is not focused at although some parts shown his hands on the turntables.

The song made big debuts on the US charts during the chart week of April 21, 2007. The song debuted in the top 10 of the US Hot 100, at #7. It is by far the band's highest debut to date on the chart (this title was previously held by "Somewhere I Belong" which opened at #47), earning "Hot Shot" debut of the week, and subsequently becoming the second highest position for a Linkin Park single to date on the Hot 100. At the time of its debut it was only the eleventh song since 2000 to debut at #7 or higher on the Hot 100, and only the third song to do so by an artist not from American Idol.[11] The song was partly fueled by digital sales, debuting at #4 on the digital chart.

In addition the song became only the third song ever to open at #1 on the Modern Rock chart, also becoming the band's seventh number one on the chart. It held the #1 spot on Modern Rock Tracks for 15 consecutive weeks, at the time tying it with "Sex and Candy" as the second longest running #1 in that charts history (it is now tied as the third longest running). It was the most successful song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart of 2007 until Foo Fighters released "The Pretender" which has so far been at number 1 for 18 weeks, the longest stay in history. The song also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it stayed for more than a month. In the iTunes music store the song had reached number two. It was kept out of the top spot by "Give It To Me" by Timbaland. The music video is the first to reach the number 1 spot on TRL for Linkin Park video history. It has also become a moderate hit on the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100 Airplay charts, so far peaking at number 22 and 24 respectively on those charts.

In the rest of the world the song has been their most successful overall, reaching the top ten in over twenty countries including Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Poland, and New Zealand to name a few. In the UK the song hit #6 once the physical format was released, making it Linkin Park's highest-charting UK single. The song was highly successful in China as well, where it became their first number one there. It is their best charting single on the United World Chart, where it peaked at #4. Statistically speaking, this is Linkin Park's biggest song to date.

Released: Digital
-Flag of the United States April 2, 2007
-Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Australia April 3, 2007
CD Single
-Flag of the United States April 30, 2007
-Flag of Australia May 5, 2007
-Flag of the United Kingdom May 7, 2007
Format: CD single
Recorded: Los Angeles, California
Genre: Alternative rock
Length: 3:25 (album version) 3:28 (iTunes version) 3:29 (radio edit)
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s): Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
Producer: Rick Rubin, Mike Shinoda
Certification: Platinium (RIAA)

n this farewell
There’s no blood
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

[Pre-Chorus]
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty

[Pre-Chorus]
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

For what I’ve done
I’ll start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

What I’ve done
Forgiving what I’ve done
In this farewell
There’s no blood
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

[Pre-Chorus]
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty

[Pre-Chorus]
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

For what I’ve done
I’ll start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

What I’ve done
Forgiving what I’ve done

This is the Last Time

"This Is the Last Time" is a song performed and composed by English piano rock band Keane released in October 13, 2003 as their second commercial single, first released with Fierce Panda Records and later in 2004 as a different version with Island Records. It appears as the second track of Hopes and Fears on its international version while the ninth on the British one and was officially released as the fourth single from that album. Although this song was one of the biggest hits in music in 2004, the single reached only 18, considerably less than other previous singles by the band. For an easier reference, similar to "Everybody’s Changing", fans had divided the two different singles in parts 1 and 2.

The Fierce Panda version was the first Keane record released outside the UK and one of the few singles available in the United States. This single sold around 4,000 copies and it's stated it charted at top 58, however this was ineligible for the chart due to the web-link the record contained. It was the only record ever co-released with White Light Records, Keane's own label, which soon disappeared because there was already a company with that name. This single is nowadays considered rare. However, the first release of "Everybody's Changing" is more appreciated.

A year after signing with Island Records, a reissue of the song was released, on November 22, 2004. This reissue featured all-new B-sides and cover, as well as a reworked version of the single and its music video. Additionally, a DVD was released featuring a cover showing a deer instead of the bull used on the single cover. This newer release includes a 2003 demo of the song, featuring Rice-Oxley on lead vocals.

Tim Rice-Oxley composed this song circa 2001 and was one of the first songs played without Dominic Scott, ex-guitarist of the band, being possibly about him. It was recorded at Les Essarts, Normandy, France, during the James Sanger sessions from August to November 2001. A newer version was recorded at the Helioscentric Studios in Rye, East Sussex.

With cymbals as introduction, in less than two seconds, both piano and vocal appear in the key of G maj; sixteen seconds and both bass and drums are added to remain until the fading of the song. Several effects are used through the song, including instrumental breaks and the acoustic intro, possibly emulating a car as the promo version cover art. The piano rock style is present during all the song.

The song means regret, confusion and separating, commented by Rice-Oxley:
“ ...You have a bond with someone but you don't want to stay with them forever, so you decide to go. But you're not saying "I hate you and I'm leaving"...you're trying to say "I think you're great but I've seen that there's something more perfect and magical out there for me and I need to find it. But I will always be your friend if you need me." I guess the feeling of conflict within yourself and the difficulty of making that decision is what the song is really about. It's not sarcastic or anything but it is certainly confusing.


B-side: "Can’t Stop Now" "Allemande"
Released: October 13, 2003
Format: CD Single
Recorded: Westside Studios
Genre: Piano rock
Length: 3:30
Label: Fierce Panda White Light Records
Writer(s): Tim Rice-Oxley (Main composer), Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes, James Sanger
Producer: Andy Green, James Sanger, Keane

This is the last time
That I will say these words
I remember the first time
The first of many lies
Sweep it into the corner
Or hide it under the bed
Say these things they go away
But they never do
Something I wasn't sure of
But I was in the middle of
Something I forget now
But I've seen too little of

The last time
You fall on me for anything you like
Your one last line
You fall on me for anything you like
And years make everything alright
You fall on me for anything you like
And I no I don't mind

This is the last time
That I will show my face
One last tender lie
And then I'm out of this place
So tread it into the carpet
Or hide it under the stairs
Say that some things never die
Well I tried and I tried

Something I wasn't sure of
But I was in the middle of
Something I forget now
But I've seen too little of

The last time
You fall on me for anything you like
Your one last line
You fall on me for anything you like
And years make everything alright
You fall on me for anything you like
And I no I don't mind

The last time
You fall on me for anything you like
Your one last line
You fall on me for anything you like
And years make everything alright
You fall on me for anything you like
And I know I don't mind

Don't Stop the Music

"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbadian pop singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world. On December 6, 2007, "Don't Stop the Music" received a Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Dance Recording" at the 50th Grammy Awards. Rihanna performed this song, along with "Umbrella", at the 50th Grammy Awards. The single also made Australian ARIA Chart history when it became the first single to top the charts solely on download sales.

The song was originally intended to be the third main U.S. single from Good Girl Gone Bad, but was replaced by "Hate That I Love You". While "Don't Stop the Music" was instead earmarked only for dance club play and dance radio outlets in the U.S. and released in several European countries and Brazil as the third single. Following "Hate That I Love You"'s release, "Breakin' Dishes" was then planned to follow as the fourth single in the U.S. from the album. However, a sudden resurgence on Top 40 radio stations and in digital downloads of the song, led to the song charting on the Billboard Hot 100, before Def Jam had yet engaged in any American promotion for a single release. Perhaps in response, it was released in the U.S. as the fourth main single from the album on January 15, 2008. Following its official U.S. release, the song has achieved top five success in the United States. It has become Rihanna's third top ten single from Good Girl Gone Bad, her second top five hit from the album, and her fourth top five hit since her debut single Pon de Replay. It is also a top ten success in over twenty other countries.

"Don't Stop the Music" is a moderately fast dance groove composed in the key of F-sharp minor. The song samples Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", which in turn derived from the Manu Dibango 1972 single "Soul Makossa", hence the "Mama say mama sa ma-makossa" that is interpolated in the bridge of the song. Jackson's trademark yells can be heard during the chorus and bridge.

"Don't Stop the Music" became Rihanna's first number-one song on the Latin America Top 40 Airplay Chart, and her second top-two song, after "Umbrella" which peaked at number-two for 10 consecutive weeks. The song is also the first English song to reach the top position since "Beautiful Liar" by Beyoncé and Shakira in May 2007. Rihanna has also the distinction of being the fourth international artist to reach the top position, after Madonna, James Blunt and Beyoncé. In Mexico, Rihanna scored her second top ten hit and first number-one single, it also became the first non-spanish number-one hit in over a year.

The song is her second most successful single off of the Good Girl Gone Bad album, with less sales and radio airplay only to the lead single "Umbrella". However, the song has received over 13 million more views than "Umbrella" on YouTube, with over 50 million views, as of April 23, 2008. "Don´t Stop The Music" is so far Rihanna´s second most successful single, just behind "Umbrella". It sold 6,794,000 units and peaked at number one on the United World Chart for four weeks, when it was succeeded by Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love", which sold 162,680 units. The song also hit number one on the ARIA charts, was knocked off on March 23, 2008 by Flo Rida´s "Low". It was the opening song on Idol Gives Back on April 9, 2008, sung by the remaining contestants of American Idol as past So You Think You Can Dance finalists performed various dance routines.

As of May 14, 2008, the music video for "Don't Stop the Music" has been viewed over 54 million times on popular video-sharing website YouTube, making it Rihanna's most viewed video on the site, as well as the site's 4th most viewed video of all time .

Released: September 7, 2007
Format: CD single, digital download
Recorded: 2007
Genre: Dance-pop, techno
Length: 4:27 (Album Version) 3:40 (Radio Edit)
Label: SRP, Def Jam
Writer(s): T. Dabney/MS Eriksen/TE Hermansen/M. Jackson
Producer: Stargate
Certification: Platinum (IFPI Belgium, ARIA)

It's gettin late
I'm making my way over to my favorite place
I gotta get my body moving shake the stress away
I wasn't looking for nobody when you looked my way
Possible candidate (yeah)
Who knew
That you'd be up in here lookin like you do
You're makin' stayin' over here impossible
Baby I must say your aura is incredible
If you dont have to go don't

Do you know what you started
I just came here to party
But now we're rockin on the dancefloor
Acting naughty
Your hands around my waist
Just let the music play
We're hand in hand
Chest to chest
And now we're face to face

I wanna take you away
Lets escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music


I wanna take you away
Lets escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rocking to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music

Baby are you ready cause its getting close
Don't you feel the passion ready to explode
What goes on between us no one has to know
This is a private show (oh)

Do you know what you started
I just came here to party
But now we're rockin on the dancefloor

Acting naughty
Your hands around my waist
Just let the music play
We're hand in hand
Chest to chest
And now we're face to face

I wanna take you away
Lets escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music

Ma say ma sa, Ma ma coo sa
Ma say ma sa, Ma ma coosa (2x)

Please don't stop the music

Ma say ma sa, Ma ma coo sa
Ma say ma sa, Ma ma coosa

Please don't stop the music (2x)

I wanna take you away
Lets escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music

I wanna take you away
Lets escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do the
Keep on rocking to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music

Ma ma say ma ma sa, Ma ma coo sa
Ma ma say ma ma sa, Ma ma coosa(6x)

Breathe Again

"Breathe Again" is the third single released from Toni Braxton's multi-platinum debut album, Toni Braxton (1993). This R&B ballad garnered heavy airplay during 1993 and 1994 resulting in it being the most successful single released from the album. The Babyface-written and -produced single peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Adult Contemporary charts.

The accompanying music video directed by Randee St. Nicholas was filmed in black and white. The concept was Braxton running through a maze clearing her thoughts of a special kind of love. The lyric evokes a sense of nostalgia from a relationship that has run its course. The song earned Braxton her second consecutive Grammy Award for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" in 1995.

Released: November 9, 1993
Format: CD single, 12" single, cassette single
Recorded: 1992
Genre: R&B
Length: 4:29
Label: LaFace
Writer(s): Babyface
Producer: Antonio "L.A." Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons

If I never feel you in my arms again
If I never feel your tender kiss again
If I never hear I love you now and then
Will I never make love to you once again
Please understand if love ends
Then I promise you, I promise you
That, that I shall never breathe again
Breathe again
Breathe again
That I shall never breathe again
Breathe again

And I can't stop thinkin' about
About the way things used to be
And I can't stop thinkin' about
About the love that you make to me
And I can't get you outta my head
How in the world will I begin
To let you walk right out my life
And blow my heart away

And I can't stop carin' about
About the apple of my eye
And I can't stop doin' without
Without the center of my life
And I can't get you outta my head
And I know I can't pretend
That I won't die if you decide
You won't see me again

If I never feel you in my arms again
If I never feel your tender kiss again
If I never hear I love you now and then
Will I never make love to you once again
Please understand if love ends
Then I promise you, I promise you
That, that I shall never breathe again
Breathe again
Breathe again
That I shall never breathe again
Breathe again

And I can't stop thinkin' about
About the way my life would be
No I can't stop thinkin' about
How could your love be leavin' me
And I can't get you outta my mind
God knows how hard I tried
And if you walk right out my life
God knows I'd surely die
And I can't stop doin' without
Without the rythm of my heart
No I can't stop doin' without
For I would surely fall apart
And I can't get you outta my mind
Cause I know I can't deny it
And I would die if you decide
You won't see me again

If I never feel you in my arms again
If I never feel your tender kiss again
If I never hear I love you now and then
Will I never make love to you once again
Please understand if love ends
Then I promise you, I promise you
That, that I shall never breathe again
Breathe again
Breathe again
That I shall never breathe again
Breathe again

Doo Wop (That Thing)

"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is a 1998 number-one single by American Hip hop singer/rapper Lauryn Hill, included on her debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

While not Hill's first solo single (she had previously released "The Sweetest Thing" and a cover of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" from separate soundtrack albums), "Doo Wop" was her first, and some consider only major solo success: it became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the fall of 1998, and won two Grammy Awards the following February. The successes of "Doo Wop" and the Miseducation album established Hill as a success outside of her group, The Fugees.

The song is a warning from Hill to African-American men and women caught in "the struggle". Both the women who "try to be a hardrock when they really are a gem", and the men who are overly "concerned with his rims, and his Timbs, and his women", are admonished by Hill, who warns them not to allow "that thing" to ruin their lives.

"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is included as number 359 on the Songs of the Century list. At the Grammy Awards of 1999, the song won two awards: Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song's music video won four 1999 MTV Video Music Awards for: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video, Best Art Direction, and Video of the Year.

Released: October 27, 1998
Format: CD single
Recorded: 1998
Genre: Hip hop
Length: 4:58
Label: Ruffhouse/Columbia 78868
Writer(s): Lauryn Hill
Producer: Lauryn Hill

yo, remember back on the boggie when cats use to harmonize like...
whooo, whooo whooo whooo,
yo, my men and my women,
don't forget about the deen,Sirat al-Mustaqim
yo, its about a thing, uh

If ya feel real good wave your hands in the air
and 'lick' two shots in the atmosphere...
yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah...

It's been three weeks since you've been looking for your friend
The one you let hit it and never called you again
'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamin's
You act like you ain't hear him then gave him a little trim
To begin, how you think you really gon' pretend
Like you wasn't down then you called him again
Plus when you give it up so easy you ain't even foolin’ him
If you did it then, then you’d probably fuck again
Talking out your neck sayin' you're a Christian
A Muslim sleeping with the gin
Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in
Who you gon' tell when the reprocussions spin
Showing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend
Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it 'cause I'm truly genuine
Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem
Baby girl, respect is just a minimum
Niggas fucked up and you still defending them
Now Lauryn is only human
Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament
Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn.
It's silly when girls sell their soul because it's in
Look at where you be in hair weaves like Europeans
Fake nails done by Koreans
Come again
Win win come again, bregdrin come again, my friend come again, yo come again

Guys you know you better watch out
Some girls, some girls are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing(2x-this line)

The second verse is dedicated to the men
More concerned with his rims and his Tims than his women
Him and his men come in the club like hooligans
Don't care who they offend popping yang like you got yen
Let's not pretend, they wanna pack pistol by they waist men
Crystal by the case men, still in they mother's basement
The pretty face, men claiming that they big men
Need to take care of their three and four kids then
They facing a court case when the child's support late
Money taking, heart breaking now you wonder why women hate men
The sneaky silent men, the punk domestic violence men
The quick to shoot the semen stop acting like boys and be men
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
Come again
Yo yo Come again, bregdrin come again, sisterin come again, come again

Girls you know you better watch out
Some guys, some guys are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing(2x-this line)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song performed by the English rock band Queen, written by singer Freddie Mercury. While it peaked at number two in the UK, it hit number one on the U.S. charts on February 23, 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. It topped the charts in Australia for six weeks.

The video for the song features the Queen crest on Taylor's bass drum even though the band had stopped using the crest from their live shows many years before.

The song is written in a rockabilly style, with Freddie Mercury singing in an Elvis Presley-esque fashion. Though the singing has been attributed to Elvis, The King died in 1977, three years before the song was released on the 1980 Queen album The Game.

As reported by Mercury in Melody Maker, May 2, 1981, he composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on the guitar in just five to ten minutes. Other accounts say that he wrote it while lounging in a bubble bath in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich during one of Queen's extensive Munich recording sessions. He took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to bandmates Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The three of them, with their new producer Mack, recorded it at Musicland Studios in Munich. The entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour (although Mack says it was six hours), which may have helped create its fresh and catchy sound. The speed it took to record was due to the fact that Mercury had composed the arrangements for the other bandmates before presenting the song to the band, so all the other bandmates had to do was play. The instruments used were a Ludwig drum kit (Taylor), Fender Precision Bass (Deacon) and Martin D-18 Acoustic Guitar (Mercury).

Lead guitarist Brian May almost missed the chance to be a part of the song: by the time he arrived at the studios, they had almost finished editing it for the single release. Fortunately there was enough time for him to play the guitar solo (on a Fender Telecaster) and sing backing vocals.

Originally Brian May was opposed to the idea of playing a Fender Telecaster for this song as he said in his 1984 Star Licks video. May stated "For Crazy Little Thing Called Love they made me play this Telecaster, which I don't want to do."

While the song is rockabilly in feel, the harmonic structure demonstrates awareness of the intervening twenty-odd years — the subdominant of the subdominant (i.e., the bVII) is freely used, and the bVI-bVII-I progression (see "Lady Madonna") provides the main hook of the song.

The song contains a rare example of a band mentioning a member by name in the lyrics ("Ready Freddie"). Queen would later surpass this by mentioning all four members in their song "The Invisible Man".

The "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" single was very successful for the band, hitting number two in the UK and becoming the first U.S. number-one hit for the band in spite of Elektra Records' reluctance to release it as a single as The Game was not finished yet. There's an unconfirmed legend (commented on by Roger Taylor in the radio show In the Studio which devoted an episode to the making of The Game, and by Brian May on his website) that declares John Lennon was inspired by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" to go back to the music business. Whether this is true or not is still unknown, but it is a fact that Lennon had listened to the band and he did try new influences on his Double Fantasy album.

B-side: "We Will Rock You" (live)
Released: October 5, 1979
Format: Vinyl record (7")
Recorded: 1979
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock 'n' roll, Rock
Length: 2:42
Label: EMI, Elektra (US)
Writer(s): Freddie Mercury
Producer: Queen and Mack

This thing called love I just cant handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I aint ready
Crazy little thing called love
This (this thing) called love
(called love)
It cries (like a baby)
In a cradle all night
It swings (woo woo)
It jives (woo woo)
It shakes all over like a jelly fish,
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to rock n roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat

I gotta be cool relax, get hip
Get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until Im ready
Crazy little thing called love

I gotta be cool relax, get hip
Get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until Im ready (ready freddie)
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love I just cant handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I aint ready
Crazy little thing called love

Sleeping on the Sidewalk

"Sleeping On The Sidewalk", written and sung by May, was inspired by Eric Clapton. It was recorded in one take. On close inspection, John Deacon can be heard playing the wrong notes in some bass parts. Brian May can also be heard laughing at the end of the song. Lyrically, it deals with an aspiring trumpet player's career, delivered in a "rags-to-riches" fashion. May sings with an American accent, providing some near-authentic blues credibility to the jam, and measures the aforementioned trumpet player's success by "bucks" (as opposed to pounds). It is also one of the few Queen songs that does not feature Mercury.

The reason the song is so aloof is due to the fact that the band was not aware they were being recorded at the time and were simply practicing, while the engineer had turned on the recording.


Album: News of the World
Released: 28 October 1977
Recorded: July-September 1977, Basing Street, Wessex
Genre: Hard rock
Label EMI, Parlophonem, Elektra, Hollywood (USA)
Producer: Queen

The song we have here is a cover by Los Lobos and this is included in the album Killer Queen, a tribute album of Queen songs. The album is named for the 1974 Queen song of the same name that first appeared on the Sheer Heart Attack album. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 on August 27, 2005. Later, it re-entered the Billboard 200 in April 2006 at #115 after American Idol (Season 5)'s Queen round.





I was nothin but a city boy
My trumpet was my only toy
Ive been blowin my horn
Since I knew I was born
But there aint nobody wants to know

Ive been
Sleepin on the sidewalk
Rollin down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure dont want to go home

So round the corner comes a limousine
And the biggest grin Ive ever seen
Come on sonny wont you sign
Right along the dotted line
What you sayin are you playin
Sure you dont mean me?

Sleepin on the sidewalk
Rollin down the road

I may get hungry
But I sure dont wanna go home

(tell you what happened. . .)

They took me to a room without a table
They said blow your trumpet into here
I played around as well as I was able
And soon we had the record of the year

I was a legend all through the land
I was blowin to a million fans
Nothin was a-missin
All the people want to listen
Youd have thought I was a happy man

And I was
Sleepin like a princess
Never touch the road
I dont get hungry
And I sure dont want to go home
(have to have some fun. . .)

Now they tell me that I aint so fashionable
An I owe the man a million bucks a year
So I told em where to stick the fancy label
Its just me and the road from here

Back to playin and layin
Im back on the game

Sleepin on the sidewalk
Rollin down the road
I sure get hungry and i
Sure do wanna go home
(yeah)

California

"California" is a song from Phantom Planet's 2002 album, The Guest. The song was first heard on national television on episode 8 of Fastlane, which was executive produced by McG, who liked the song so much he made it the opening song for The OC. Both the song and the band received major attention when it became the title song on the hit show on FOX, The O.C.. It was also previously in the soundtrack to the film Orange County. The song is about driving on U.S. Route 101, travelling to see a concert.

The estates of Al Jolson and his songwriting team are co-credited for "California", presumably because the title and chorus come dangerously close to his own "California, Here I Come". Some websites refer to the Phantom Planet song as a cover of the Jolson tune. Some parts of the song, particularly the piano solos at the beginning and end, are similar to the Jolson song, but still contain several differences in melody.

The song was rerecorded in 2005 by Phantom Planet and re-released as "California 2005", a much mellower version of the song than the original. "California 2005" had its debut in the second episode of The O.C.'s third season, and is featured on Music from the OC: Mix 5. The song received extensive airplay in the state of California, but was relatively unknown elsewhere as anything but the theme song from The O.C.

The song was then covered in 2006 - again for The O.C., this time being covered by Mates of State for the sixth installment of the Music from The OC series.

The song was also used on The Simpsons, in the episode "Milhouse of Sand and Fog", during a parody of The O.C.

The song appears in the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room when the film introduces Enron's misdeeds in California.


Released: November 4, 2002
Format: CD
Genre: Indie rock
Length: 3:14
Label: Epic Records
Certification: Gold (RIAA)

We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for #1
California here we come
Right back where we started from

Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California!
Here we come!

On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor
Thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the show
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California!
Here we come!

Beat It

"Beat It" is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jackson's album Thriller. It was the third song from the album that was released as a single, following "The Girl Is Mine" (a duet with Paul McCartney) and "Billie Jean".

"Beat It" won Jackson two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. It was also nominated for Song of the Year along with Jackson's "Billie Jean". Rolling Stone ranked it #337 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. "Beat It" is also notable for its guitar solo, a guest performance by Eddie Van Halen. In a reader's poll made by Guitar World magazine the solo was voted as the 67th greatest guitar solo of all time out of the 100. The lyrics are about life on the streets and gang activity, something Jackson was very detached from. He was schooled by tutors his whole life and became a star at a young age.

The song has recently been re-recorded by Jackson and R&B artist Fergie for Thriller 25 (a special edition of the original 1982 album).

The song was covered yet again in 2008 by the band Fall Out Boy.

Providing a dramatic electric guitar solo during the bridge of the song is Eddie Van Halen from the rock group Van Halen. According to Quincy Jones, when he first contacted the guitarist about appearing on the song, Van Halen didn't believe he was who he said he was, or that the offer was authentic. Nevertheless, he went on to provide the defining element that set the song apart from other Jackson tunes to date. Van Halen, famously, did not request payment for his performance.

Van Halen recorded his part while Jackson was in another nearby studio recording overdubs on "Billie Jean". According to one story, a technician who was unaware Van Halen was beginning a take knocked on the studio door, entered and quickly closed it when he realized his error. Afterwards, it was jointly decided to leave this mistake in; the knock on the door is clearly audible just prior to the launch of Van Halen's guitar solo, at approximately 2:45 into the song.

Van Halen was also scheduled to have a spot in the music video. However, he decided not to show up to filming because he "didn't think it would be a hit."

In 2001, during Michael's 30th Anniversary Special, he and guitarist Slash performed "Beat It" on stage, accompanied by dancers portraying gangsters. He ended the performance by recreating the dance scene from the video.

By all accounts, "Beat It" was an unqualified smash hit and is often heralded as the ultimate crossover hit. Not only did "Beat It" fare well with Jackson's R&B fans, but it also did with rock and heavy metal fans because of Eddie Van Halen's contributions.


Released: February 14, 1983
Recorded: 1982
Genre: Pop rock, Rock
Length: 4:16
Label: Epic Records
Writer(s): Michael Jackson
Producer: Quincy Jones

They told him don't you ever come around here
Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear
The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear
So beat it, just beat it

You better run, you better do what you can
Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man
You wanna be tough, better do what you can
So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it

They're out to get you, better leave while you can
Don't wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man
You wanna stay alive, better do what you can
So beat it, just beat it

You have to show them that you're really not scared
You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare
They'll kick you, then they beat you,
Then they'll tell you it's fair
So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it
Beat it, beat it, beat it

Beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or who's right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it
Beat it, beat it, beat it

Beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or who's right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Just beat it, beat it
Beat it, beat it, beat it

Ordinary World

"Ordinary World" is the 23rd single by Duran Duran, and the first single from The Wedding Album. It was released in December 1992 in the United States and January 1993 in the United Kingdom, reaching the top ten in both countries.

By the early 90s, Duran Duran's once-Beatlesque popularity had faded. Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts.

It wasn't until Capitol leaked "Ordinary World" to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again. The single proved so popular that Capitol had to push the US release date up, ultimately releasing it in December. In the UK, the original January release date stood. The song can be credited as introducing Duran Duran to a new generation of fans.

B-side: "My Antarctica", others
Released: December, 1992 (US) January 1993 (UK)
Format: 7", CD5
Recorded: Privacy, London
Genre: Rock, Power Ballad
Length: 5:39
Label: EMI - DD 16
Writer(s): Duran Duran
Producer: Duran Duran with John Jones

Came in from a rainy thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly.

I turned on the lights, the tv and the radio
Still I cant escape the ghost of you

What has happened to it all?
Crazy, somed say,
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away...

But I wont cry for yesterday, theres an ordinary world,
Somehow I have to find.

And as I try to make my way, to the ordinary world...
I will learn to survive.

Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say
Pride will tear us both apart

Well now prides gone out the window cross the rooftops, run away,
Left me in the vacuum of my heart.

What is happening to me?
Crazy, somed say,
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away...

(chorus)

Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed
Here today, forgot tomorrow

Ooh, here besides the news of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk

(just blown away...)

And I dont... (chorus)

Every world, is my world... (I will learn to survive)
Any world, is my world ... (I will learn to survive)

Any world, is my world...
Every world is my world...

You Light Up My Life

"You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joe Brooks and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The song was performed in the film by its lead, Didi Conn, who lip-synched Cisyk's version. Pat Boone's daughter, Debby Boone, was recruited to record the single which became a massive success topping the Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks and became easily the most successful single of the 1970's in the United States. The song was only surpassed at that time by Elvis Presley's double-sided "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" as the longest running No. 1 ever on the Hot 100. The single, which was certified platinum, also spent one week atop the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at No. 4 Country. Although written by Brooks as a love song, the devout Boone interpreted the song as inspirational and proclaimed that it was instead God who "lit up her life."

Cisyk's soundtrack recording was released as a single to bolster sales of the soundtrack after Boone included her version on her first solo album also entitled You Light Up My Life. (Although the soundtrack was certified gold peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 200, it never included Boone's version of the song.) Cisyk's single was credited to "Original Cast," not to Cisyk herself, and only reached No. 80 Pop. Brooks also released an instrumental version of the song from the soundtrack as a single, but his version failed to chart. Boone's success resulted in two Grammy nominations for Best Pop Female and Record of the Year and won her the 1977 Grammy for Best New Artist and the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single. The song earned Brooks Song of the Year honors at the 1977 Grammy [tied with Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)], Golden Globe and Academy Awards.

B-side: Hasta Mañana
Released: 1977
Genre: Pop
Length: 3:35
Label: Curb
Writer(s): Joe Brooks
Producer: Joe Brooks
Certification: Platinum

So many nights I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now
You've come along

You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song

Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey,
I love You
Never again to be all alone

You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song

You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song

It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause You
You light up my life

Two of Us

"Two of Us" is a 1969 song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, although, in his 1980 Playboy interview, John Lennon claimed to have written it. Lennon and McCartney sang the song as a duet. It was written for Linda Eastman, McCartney's soon to be wife, though it sounds at times as if it is addressing Lennon, whose relationship with McCartney was tense at that time.

"Two of Us" was originally released on Let It Be and was later released on Anthology 3 and Let It Be… Naked.

"Two of Us" originally began as a rocker with a strong "Peggy Sue" drum beat. In the Let It Be film, McCartney and Lennon sing the song "rocker" style into the same mic. The song lost its rock leanings as Paul worked out the composition over January 1969, and it became a more introspective song. The Beatles performed a finished version of the song live at Apple Studios on 31 January 1969; this performance was included in both the Let it Be film and album.


Album: Let It Be
Released: 8 May 1970
Recorded: Apple Studios: 31 January 1969
Genre: Rock
Length: 3:33
Label: Apple, EMI
Writer: Lennon/McCartney
Producer: George Martin

Aimee Mann and Michael Penn covered "Two of Us" as part of the soundtrack for the 2001 film, I Am Sam.





Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving on our way back home
We're on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're going home

Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're going home
We're going home

King of Pain

"King of Pain" is a song by The Police, originally released on their 1983 album Synchronicity.

It was released as a worldwide single by A&M Records. It was the second single from Synchronicity in the US and the fourth single in the UK.

Reaching #3 in the US charts in October 1983, the single is The Police's most successful US single (together with "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic") after "Every Breath You Take" based on chart position. In the UK, it reached #17 in the charts in January 1984.

Interestingly, "King of Pain" was the only single from Synchronicity that did not have an accompanying music video.

Alanis Morissette covered this song during her MTV Unplugged performance (released on the 1999 album Alanis Unplugged). "Weird Al" Yankovic also parodied the song with "King of Suede", a monologue of a clothing store owner known for his suede garments.

The song is performed by the indie rock band Brandtson on The Militia Group's compilation, ¡Policia! - A Tribute to the Police.

Mudvayne also covered the song for their 2007 release By the People, for the People.

B-side: "Tea In The Sahara" (Live)
Released: January 1984 (1984-01)
Format: 7", 12"
Recorded: 1983
Genre: New Wave
Length: 4:59
Label: A&M - AM 176
Writer(s): Sting
Producer: The Police

There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
There's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stop

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain


There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
(That`s my soul up there)
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
(That`s my soul up there)
There's a blue whale beached by a spring tide's ebb
(That`s my soul up there)
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
(That`s my soul up there)

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

King of pain

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack
There's a black-winged gull with a broken back
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

King of pain
I'll always be king of pain
I'll always be king of pain

Such Great Heights

Such Great Heights was an EP released on January 21, 2003 by The Postal Service, under the Sub Pop Records label. The album includes the previously released title track "Such Great Heights", one new track "There's Never Enough Time" and two cover tracks by The Shins and Iron & Wine of "We Will Become Silhouettes" and "Such Great Heights", respectively.

The tracks were recorded in early 2002, and were written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and includes backing vocals in the studio recording by Jen Wood, whose other collaborations include work for The Black Heart Procession and Joan of Arc. It was the first CD released by The Postal Service, and a preview of Give Up, which was released a month later. The cover artwork was designed by Kozyndan.

The title song "Such Great Heights" has exhibited unusual staying power. It has consistently been one of the weekly top 5 most frequently played tracks on social music site Last.fm since the website began, holding the top spot for the majority of 2005. The song's reign in the top 10 ended in March 2007, when after the release of the Arcade Fire album, Neon Bible, the song did not make it as the top 10 was predominantly songs from Neon Bible. The song was featured on an 2004 episode of Veronica Mars. It has also been used in several television commercials, for organizations such as Ask.com, Kaiser Permanente, Target, UPS and M&M's. The song was also featured in the trailer for the 2004 film Garden State and the Iron & Wine cover version was featured in the film and its soundtrack. An instrumental version of the song is currently featured as part of UPS's "Whiteboard" ad campaign, which was launched 6 January 2007, almost four years after the song was officially released. The song was used in Grey's Anatomy, and appears on its season one soundtrack, Grey's Anatomy Original Soundtrack Volume 1.


Released: January 21, 2003 (2003-01-21)
Recorded: 2001–2003
Genre: Indie rock
Length: 15:11
Label: Sub Pop
Producer: Jimmy Tamborello

I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
In our eyes are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned

And I have to speculate that God himself
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay

True, it may seem like a stretch, but
Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
Head when you're away when I am missing you to death

When you are out there on the road for
Several weeks of shows and when you scan
The radio, I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great
Heights, 'come down now,' they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,' but we'll stay...

I tried my best to leave this all on your
Machine but the persistent beat it sounded
Thin upon listening
That frankly will not fly. you will hear
The shrillest highs and lowest lows with
The windows down when this is guiding you home