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Elton John - Your Song

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Album: Elton John
Released: 1970

Your Song Lyrics

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide I
Don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live
If I was a sculptor but then again no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
Oh I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song
And this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is Your Song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind
While I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
Keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting
But these things I do
You see I've forgotten
If they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Writer/s: JOHN, ELTON / TAUPIN, BERNIE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This was Elton's first single to chart. Before he hit it big, he worked as a songwriter and studio musician, and for a time was the warm-up act for Three Dog Night, who recorded this song on their 1970 album It Ain't Easy (they had previously recorded Elton's "Lady Samantha"). When it looked like Elton might finally make it in the States with his own version of "Your Song," Three Dog Night chose not to release it as a single in an effort to give this young upstart a chance to make it on his own.

Elton's version was released on his second album, but the single did not come out until 7 months later, when it was released to promote his tour. Elton released his third album, Tumbleweed Connection, before the single came out, and by this time he was established enough to have his own hit. (Thanks to Kent Kotal at the Forgotten Hits newsletter.)

This was one of the first songs John wrote with Bernie Taupin. They met after a record company gave John some of Taupin's lyrics to work with. Eventually, they both moved into John's parents' house, where they started working together.

The song was written in 1967, when Bernie Taupin was 17 ("hence the extraordinarily virginal sentiments," he has said). Elton has said that this song is not about anyone in particular, so Taupin has refused to reveal the identity of the person - if such person exists - who inspired this song. He explained in a 1989 interview with Music Connection: "It's like the perennial ballad 'Your Song,' which has got to be one of the most naïve and childish lyrics in the entire repertoire of music, but I think the reason it still stands up is because it was real at the time. That was exactly what I was feeling. I was 17 years old and it was coming from someone whose outlook on love or experience with love was totally new and naïve.

Now I could never write that song again or emulate it because the songs I write now that talk about love coming from people my age usually deal with broken marriages and where the children go. You have to write from where you are at a particular point in time, and 'Your Song' is exactly where I was coming from back then."

Bernie Taupin wrote the words for this song over breakfast at Elton's parents' house, where he was staying. The original lyrics have coffee stains on them.

"The original lyric was written very rapidly on the kitchen table of Elton's mother's apartment in Northwood Hills in the suburbs of London, if I recall, on a particularly grubby piece of exercise paper," said Taupin.

Elton wrote the music in about 20 minutes, as he often did with Taupin's lyrics in their early days.

This helped alter the music landscape in the early '70s. After it came out, singer/songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King had a lot of success with heartfelt songs featuring a prominent vocal and a soft piano or guitar.

Regarding the place of this song in the Taupin/John canon, Bernie Taupin said: "This one is the one I recall like it was yesterday. The rest of them I'm a little shaky on. In retrospect, and I've said it on several occasions, I see this song as a bookend and its counterpart would be a song like 'Sacrifice.' 'Your Song' being a song about absolute naiveté in love while 'Sacrifice' is the complete opposite, the story of someone who's seen and done it all, as far as love's concerned, and come out the other end scarred but realistic about certain aspects of the real world."

This attracted the attention of some heavy hitters in the music industry. Arranger Paul Buckmaster and producer Gus Dudgeon both signed on to work with Elton after hearing this. They played a big part in crafting his songs over the next several years.

Elton appeared on US TV for the first time performing this on The Andy Williams Show. He was shy and dressed very plain, which changed a few years later when he became known for his outrageous costumes and flamboyant personality.

Elton's 1975 song "We All Fall In Love Sometimes" is about the writing of this song.

After hearing this, John Lennon said Elton was "The first new thing that's happened since we (The Beatles) happened." They ended up becoming good friends.

Both Elton John and Bernie Taupin agree that this is one of their best efforts. Said Taupin: "I think 'Your Song' is a gem. Our classic, I'm not sure. I'll let others decide that. But it's like an old friend, it means so many things on equally as many levels. It's certainly proved its worth, and I've heard it sung a million times. It's like a good dog, it's always there."

Elton performs this at all his concerts. He once said of this song: "I don't think I've written a love song as good since." He has called it "A perfect song," and says that the older he gets, the more the lyrics resonate with him.

This was originally released as the B-side of "Take Me To The Pilot."

In 1987, John released a live version as a single from his album Live In Australia. It didn't chart, but the next single from the album, "Candle In The Wind," did.

Billy Joel performed this with Elton at the 2001 "Concert For New York" to benefit victims of the World Trade Center attacks. It was not included on the CD of the show.

This was used in the movie Welcome Home, and also in a commercial for Rimmel Cosmetics.

This played a major role in the 2001 movie Moulin Rouge. It is sung by Ewan McGregor when he presents it as a poem to Nicole Kidman.

This was featured in an episode of The Simpsons when Apu gave his wife a present every day of the week leading up to Valentine's Day. This made Homer and the other men of Springfield very upset, and when they heard that Elton John was coming to town, they kidnapped him, thinking he (Elton) was there for Apu. Elton performed this song at the end of the episode with the lyric "This one's from Apu" in place of "This one's for you." (thanks, Patrick - Tallapoosa, GA)

Elton performed this at the "Concert For Diana" on July 1, 2007. It was the first song in the program. (thanks, Donovan Berry - El Dorado, AR)

Elton re-recorded the song with Italian tenor Alessandro Safina for the Sports Relief charity in 2002. This new version reached #4 in the UK singles chart, out-peaking its original chart position of #7.

Elton claims that he doesn't ask Bernie Taupin what his lyrics are about. He told Rolling Stone: "I always thought 'Your Song' was written about one of his girlfriends, and when I asked him that, he just said, 'No it wasn't!' He gets fairly defensive."

Elton John had played keyboards on several of the Hollies' tracks, including their hit song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," and the English band had hoped to record this song themselves. "We knew Reg because he was a staff writer with a music publisher we used. He was writing songs well before he became famous," recalled their guitarist/vocalist Tony Hicks to The Daily Mail June 15, 2013. "One was 'Your Song.' I thought it would be a good one for the Hollies, and asked the publisher for permission to record it. He told me Elton had recorded it himself and it was due to be released in the US. He said, 'But it probably won't happen for him, so wait until it's all over.'"

At that time Elton had yet to break into the charts. "Well, it did happen - 'Your Song' became Elton's first big hit," added Hicks, "and one that's unfailingly identified with him. But it so easily could have been Our Song."

Papa Roach - Falling Apart

Papa Roach - Falling Apart Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: F.E.A.R.
Released: 2015

Falling Apart Lyrics

I'll follow you out of the dark.
I tried my way but I keep Falling Apart!

All that I see, is the wickedness around me.
I refuse to believe, the apocalypse inside of me.
I can't even trust myself.
I'm burning in my skin.
Standing at the gates of hell, but nobody will let me in.

I'll follow you out of the dark.
I tried my way but I keep falling apart!
I'll follow you, with all of my heart.
I'm tired of my ways cause I keep falling and falling apart!

I stand here again, forsaken in a place
That feels like I can never win.
I'm reaching for a saving grace.
I can't even trust no one.
I need to rise above.
I don't think I'm good enough, to feel your perfect love.

I'll follow you out of the dark!
I tried my way but I keep falling apart!
I'll follow you, with all of my heart!
I'm tired of my ways cause I keep falling and falling apart!
I'm falling and falling apart.
I'm falling and falling apart.
I'm falling apart.

Your love's a fire, it's alive and I'm burning in it.
I'm in the ashes of mercy; I'm caught in it.
I fall hard and you carry me away.
I fall part so you can set me free.
Your love's a fire, it's alive and I'm burning in it.
I'm in the ashes of mercy; I'm caught in it.
I fall hard and you carry me.
I fall apart so you can set me free.
I follow you out of the dark!
I tried my way but I keep falling apart!
I'll follow you with all of my heart!
I'm tired of my ways, cause I keep falling and falling apart!
I'm falling and falling apart!
Without you I'm falling apart!
I'm falling and falling apart.

Writer/s: ANTHONY ESPERANCE, KANE CHURKO, JACOBY DAKOTA SHADDIX, TOBIN JOSEPH ESPERANCE
Publisher: DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Jacoby Shaddix calls this song a "Callout to God." In our interview with the Papa Roach frontman , he explained that it's a very spiritual song, and that "God" is simply his name for a higher power. "I see God in music, I see God in people, I see it out here in the world now, so I'm seeing the world from a different perspective," he said. "I'm not trying to be preachy or anything like that, just talking about my experience, my strength and my hope."

Bassist Tobin Esperance explained the song's meaning. "I love the lyrics on it," he said. "It's about trying to find something to hold on to that can keep you strong, propel you forward, and be that light in your life. There's a lot of evil s--t that can take over, but you don't have to fall prey to it."

Jacoby Shaddix went through a very rough time in 2012 when the band was recording their previous album, The Connection. Working through alcoholism and a separation from his wife at this time inspired this song, which he says is about "learning how to let people love me."

Bob Seger - Night Moves

Bob Seger - Night Moves Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Night Moves
Released: 1976

Night Moves Lyrics

I was a little too tall, could've used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly reknown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy
Workin' on mysteries without any clues
Workin' on our Night Moves
Trying' to make some front page drive-in news
Workin' on our night moves
In the summertime
In the sweet summertime

We weren't in love, oh no, far from it
We weren't searching for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored
Living by the sword
And we'd steal away every chance we could
To the backroom, the alley, the trusty woods
I used her she used me, but neither one cared
We were getting our share

Workin' on our night moves
Trying to lose the awkward teenage blues
Workin' on out night moves
And it was summertime
Sweet summertime, summertime

And oh, the wonder
Felt the lightning
Yeah, and we waited on the thunder
Waited on the thunder

I woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far-off, I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves?
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in

Hmm, night moves
(Night moves) night moves
(Night moves) yeah
(Night moves) night moves
(Night moves) I remember the night moves
(Night moves) ain't it funny how you remember?
(Night moves) funny how you remember
(Night moves) I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember
(Night moves) oh
(Night moves) move away
(Night moves) we're gonna practice, love
(Night moves) night moves
(Night moves) oh, I remember
(Night moves) yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember
(Night moves) oh, I remember
(Night moves) god, I remember
(Night moves) lord, I remember

Oh, woman, oh, yeah, yeah, uh-huh, I remember, I remember

Writer/s: SMALL, MICHAEL / FRANKS, MICHAEL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is about a young couple losing their virginity in a Chevy. Seger says the song is autobiographical, but he took some liberties, as their tryst was after high school. The girl he was with had a boyfriend away in the military, and when he came back, she married him, breaking Seger's heart. Seger says the song represents the freedom and possibility of the high school years.

Seger was inspired by the movie American Graffiti. He says, "I came out of the theater thinking, Hey, I've a story to tell too. Nobody has ever told about how it was to grow up in my neck of the woods." (thanks, Christine - Chicago, IL)

This was recorded in Toronto. Seger's guitarist and sax player had returned to Detroit, so he completed this by bringing in a local guitar player and pianist, as well as some female backup singers from Montreal who happened to be in town. Along with "Turn The Page," it was one of just two songs Seger ever wrote on the road.

This song helped the Night Moves album sell more than five million copies. Seger was big in his home state of Michigan, but "Night Moves" earned him acclaim on a national level.

Seger: "When people ask 'Do you know when you've written a hit?' the usual answer is no. This song was an exception."

Like many of Seger's songs, there is a touch of nostalgia in the lyrics. When he sings, "And it was summertime, sweet summertime, summertime," he's not only referring to the time of the year, but to that season of his life as well. In the last verse of the song, when he is reminiscing, he says, "With autumn closing in" and is referring to the autumn of his life, getting older. (thanks, Kara - Raleigh, NC)

Rolling Stone magazine named this Single of the Year for 1977.

The tempo changes were inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "Jungleland." Seger wrote the song in pieces; he had the first two verses written but was having trouble finishing the song. After hearing "Jungleland," he realized he could connect the song with two distinct bridges.

When Seger sings the line about how he dressed in high school, "Tight pants, points, hardly renowned," "Points" refers to small metal objects some teenagers wore on their shoes in the '60s.

Seger had a hard time finishing the lyrics to this song. Under pressure from his record company to release an album, he put out Live Bullet in 1976, which bought him time to finish this and include it on the album of the same name.

According to Seger, he and the girl really made it in the backseat of a '62 Chevy, but it didn't fit lyrically, so he changed the line to "My '60 Chevy." (thanks, Darrin - Hilo, HI)

"Night Moves" is also the name of a 1975 movie starring Gene Hackman. (thanks, Bailey - Port Huron, MI)

Since this is such a personal song, it has garnered few covers, although Garth Brooks and The Killers have performed it live.

Seger revealed in a radio interview that in the line, "Started humming a song from 1962," the song he had in mind was "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes (which was actually released in 1963).

Seger credits the Kris Kristofferson-written song "Me And Bobby McGee" for inspiring the narrative songwriting style he employed on this track.

T-Pain - Okay to Smile

T-Pain - Okay to Smile Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: single release only
Released: 2015

Okay to Smile Lyrics

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T-Pain dedicated this acoustic number to his late grandmother, who he affectionately called Grandma Gladys. "This subject touched my heart," he said in the video. "This song is not only for my grandmother, but also for anybody that's lost anybody. I hope this song makes you feel better. It's okay to smile."

Bruce Springsteen - Held Up Without A Gun

Bruce Springsteen - Held Up Without A Gun Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hungry Heart single
Released: 1980

Held Up Without A Gun Lyrics

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This song contains a reference to Springsteen's difficulties in extracting himself from his his contract with his manager Mike Appel - hence the title. Appel could be the man with a cigar mentioned in the lyrics. (thanks, Graham - Australia)

This does not appear on an album - It was released as the B-side of "Hungry Heart." This started a tradition of Springsteen using non-album tracks for B-sides.

Small wonder that this was a non-album cut; it's only one minute and fifteen seconds long. The studio version has never - repeat never - been released in CD form, so that's why there's so many live versions of it on YouTube and no original.

While we're on live performances on YouTube, another band known as "Miami & The Groovers" are out there with a medley of this song together with the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated." It's alarming how well they go together.

In the 2012 elections, Springsteen, a staunch Democrat all his life, put a mighty effort into free publicity concerts around the United States in support of the campaign to re-elect US president Barack Obama. Former president (and fellow Democrat) Bill Clinton even came along with Bruce to stump for Obama as well.

In the aforementioned rally tour, Springsteen told a Seattle Times interviewer: "For 30 years, I've been writing about the divide between the American dream and the American reality." Come to think of it, that does summarize his work quite well.

In the beginning minutes of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, two criminal characters discuss a method used to hold up a bank without a gun, by robbing a bank with a telephone which supposedly had a hostage held remotely. Just for example.

The Vaccines - Handsome

The Vaccines - Handsome Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: English Graffiti
Released: 2015

Handsome Lyrics

Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God
Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God
Oh, eat me up for breakfast
You think you look good in whatever they sugar coat you in
And my body is a temple, you can worship at my feet
But I might kick you in the teeth so
So even when you're spitting blood
You would savor that for me

'Cause I got so down I held the world for ransom
Lonely, bored and bad, thank God I'm Handsome, so handsome

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know I should be pickin' up the pieces
But it doesn't really matter, it's what you thought it were
When you got nothin' to lose
Everybody else I know, it sucks to be in misery
As if it was contagious
So come to me and promise me you'll
Catch me if you can

'Cause I got so down I held the world for ransom
Lonely, bored and bad, thank God I'm handsome
I'm as awful as they come, oh, what a pity
So thank the Lord above that I am pretty, so pretty
So pretty
So pretty

Well, I got so down I held the world for ransom
Lonely, bored and bad, thank God I'm handsome
Arresting, repossessing and disarming
Oh, what a stroke of luck that I am charming
Well, I heard that I am wanted by committee
I just thank the Lord above that I am pretty, so pretty

Writer/s: PETER GARETH CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON, ARNI HJORVAR ARNASON, FREDDIE CLAYTON COWAN, JUSTIN JAMES HAYWARD-YOUNG, COLE MARSDEN GRIEF NEILL
Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, BEGGARS MUSIC, LTD.
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The first single from English Graffiti finds The Vaccines frontman Justin Young declaring "thank God I'm handsome!" He told The Guardian's Michael Hann in 2012: "The way bands look has always for me been a really important part of pop and rock'n'roll music. If a band looks good, they're more seductive. It wasn't supposed to look heavy rock."

The single was recorded at co-producer Dave Fridmann's Tarbox Road Studio in New York. Fridmann, has worked on records for such artists as The Flaming Lips, MGMT and Tame Impala.

The video was directed by the Barcelona-based international art collective Canada and shot in a warehouse in Brooklyn during December 2014. The clip sees The Vaccines learning kung fu under the tutelage of an alien lizard. "We wanted to create a video that was a sort of bubblegum ode to cinema and, in particular, Hong Kong kung fu movies," Young explained. "Music to me is entertainment and escapism: we wanted the video to be an extension of that. We wanted to create another world, in which we can play aspirational, heightened versions of ourselves."

Want some etymology? The original sense of 'handsome' deriving from the root word 'hand' was 'easy to handle or use.' This developed in the sixteenth century to 'suitable' and 'apt, clever.' The word's current meanings of 'visually attractive' and 'striking, of fine quality,' followed soon after.

The English Graffiti album title came from an article Justin Young read in The New York Times about the globalisation of culture. Speaking with NME, the Vaccines frontman detailed how the piece in question said that "it doesn't matter where you are in the world, the brunch always tastes the same."

He added: "We live in a really weird time. We're voyeurs. We're constantly looking at this constructed reality online. We feel super-connected, but I don't think we are. I feel a massive disconnect between what we perceive to be real and attainable and what actually is."

Journey - Any Way You Want It

Journey - Any Way You Want It Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Departure
Released: 1980

Any Way You Want It Lyrics

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Steve Perry and Neal Schon wrote this and played it for the rest of the band on their tour bus, with Schon strumming on acoustic guitar and Perry singing. Keyboard player Gregg Rolie said, "It was pretty obvious it could be done real quick."

The liner notes to Journey's Time3 compilation explain: "In the studio, Rolie tried a mellotron on the number and the instrument proved defective. Co-producer Geoff Workman managed to correct the sound somewhat and, once doubled with Rolie's regular organ, the combination created a unique sound which, coupled with the stacked background vocals, gave the song a kind of celestial ring."

Gregg Rolle's organ was double-tracked to create the keyboard effect. He was going to play a Mellotron, but it malfunctioned in the studio.

This was used in the 1980 movie Caddyshack in a classic scene where Rodney Dangerfield dances to it using the sound system in his golf bag. The song was used in a tribute to this scene when Dangerfield appeared on The Simpsons in the 1996 episode "Burns, Baby Burns."

This was featured at the end of Charlie's Angles 2: Full Throttle during a blooper reel with credits.

The song featured in a commercial from State Farm insurance in both spoken word and musical form. The ad starts with a 'little journey moment' as a State Farm rep tells his customer, "we're here, anytime, anywhere, anyway you want it," to which his client replies, "that's the way I need it." Prompted by the quoting of the song's lyrics, the client shares his experience of seeing a Journey gig before the music kicks in at the end.

DragonForce - Heroes of Our Time

DragonForce - Heroes of Our Time Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Ultra Beatdown
Released: 2008

Heroes of Our Time Lyrics

Lost in a dream, finally it seems,
Emptiness and everlasting madness,
See the sadness grow, watching as we know,
Blinded for our journey for the world,
Call for us, the power in all of us,
So far beyond the blackened sky tonight
Glorious, forever more in us,
We are victorious, and so alive.

[Chorus]
We'll all find our sacrifice tomorrow,
Our journey on towards a brighter day,
Silent tears we left behind, still so far away,
Across the endless sands,
Through the fields of our despair,
Dream for all eternity, we stand, yeah,
Rise above the universe tonight,
Starchaser

Fly towards the storm, see the world reborn,
Feel the pain inside, the voice, the sorrow,
Across the distant shores, find the open door,
Stand alone, in judgment for tomorrow.

Years of pain still haunt us all, we saw the last sunrise,
Take me home, in freedom, for a lifetime...
Praying on for the silence, and the last tears will blind,
So glorious, this fight inside, united we stand.

[Chorus]

Free from this world, here for the last time,
Oceans collide inside of us all,
Believe who we are,
The phoenix will guide us,
Freedom will rise once again.

Save us tonight, the last hope for all of us,
Light-years gone by, we're still holding on,
Save us tonight, a star shines in all of us,
Far beyond our lives, still our glory lives on.

[Chorus]

Our kingdom come, we stand as one,
And we will live for always evermore

Writer/s: LECLERCQ, FREDERIC / LI, HERMAN / PRUZHANOV, VADIM / TOTMAN, SAM
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This song was the result of DragonForce trying to outdo their shredder "Through The Fire And Flames," which appeared on their 2006 Inhuman Rampage album. "We actually said, 'The first song on the album we've got to just go really extreme.'" Guitarist Sam Totman said in our interview. "It's pretty over-the-top, especially the intro."

Songwriting credits on this one go to band members Herman Li, Sam Totman, Vadim Pruzhanov and Fred Leclercq. The song has a similar theme to "Through The Fire And Flames": battle in a far-off land.

The song got a Grammy nomination in the category Best Metal Performance, losing to the Metallica song "My Apocalypse."

Paul McCartney & Wings - I Lie Around

Paul McCartney & Wings - I Lie Around Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Wings Over America
Released: 1973

I Lie Around Lyrics

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Denny Laine sang lead on this track, it was his only lead vocal for Wings. Laine was in The Moody Blues before joining Wings.

This was far from the only time Laine took to the microphone in Wings, however. There was also the Wings at the Speed of Sound album, where all five then-members of Wings got at least one track each; Laine got "The Note You Never Wrote" and "Time to Hide."

This song would doubtless be lost to obscurity if it weren't for its far more famous A-side. "Live And Let Die" was a tremendous hit for the early Wings from being a James Bond theme, and then again for being covered by Guns N' Roses later, in between numerous other honors.

The chart record of Wings, even stateside in the US, tells just how ambitious McCartney still was beyond his Beatles days. Wings and McCartney, in all their various name-shuffling, scored a total of 37 Top-40 single hits between 1971 and 1989. That's two more charting hits than the Bee Gees! And mind you, this was after all the Beatles' fame and success. Guinness Book of World Records has McCartney as "most successful composer and recording artist of all time."

Denny Laine, in his first vocal lead for Wings, had had a meandering career both before and after Wings, easily overshadowed by the McCartneys. However, he had been with Moody Blues, Trevor Burton, and Ginger Baker's Airforce, and would go on to many solo and guest stints afterwards. Hailing from Birmingham, he gave McCartney a spice never before experienced: a Mersey-beat meeting a Brum-beat.

Alex & Sierra - Scarecrow

Alex & Sierra - Scarecrow Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: It's About Us
Released: 2014

Scarecrow Lyrics

I'm standin' still without you
In the emptiest of fields
I wish that I could say what's on my mind

The straw that fills your heart
So you never have to feel
You say that you just need a little time

Days like these I bury my
My each and every word
And hide them underneath these lonely trees

The harvest moon is wicked
I know that you've been hurt
I swear I'm here for good I'll never leave

This is where it starts tonight
If you open up your heart tonight

You're staring out the window
And I'm out here in the street
You stand there like a Scarecrow
And I'm begging you to speak
You used to be my solid ground
Now I'm drowning in the sea
And I just want to believe in you and me
I just want to believe in you and me

(Heeya, hey!)
(Heeya, hey!)

You used to be so full of life
Not just an empty shell
You're out there all alone I wonder why

The pieces keep on falling out
And I pick them up myself
But I'd let you steal the buttons from my eyes

Oh, this is where it starts tonight
If you open up your heart tonight

You're staring out the window
And I'm out here in the street
You stand there like a scarecrow
And I'm begging you to speak
You used to be my solid ground
Now I'm drowning in the sea
And I just want to believe in you and me
Yeah, I just want to believe in you and me

(Heeya, hey!)
(Heeya, hey!)
(Heeya, hey!)
(Heeya, hey!)

You said you'd open up for me
Well nothing's what it seems to be
How can I make you feel again
Only you can make me real again

You're staring out the window
And I'm out here in the street
You stand there like a scarecrow
And I'm begging you to speak
You used to be my solid ground
Now I'm drowning in the sea
I just want to believe in you and me
I just want to believe in you

You're staring out the window
I'm out here in the street
You stand there like a scarecrow
I'm begging you to speak
You used to be my solid ground
Now I'm drowning in the sea
And I just want to believe in you and me
Yeah, I just want to believe in you and me

(Heeya, hey!)
(Heeya, hey!)

You're staring out the window (Heeya)
I'm out here in the street (Hey)
You stand there like a scarecrow (Heeya)
And I just want to believe in you and me (Hey)

Writer/s: JOHNSON, MARTIN / KINSEY, ALEX / DEATON, SIERRA / HOLLANDER, SAM
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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After winning Season 3 of The X Factor in December 2013, Floridians Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton were given a $1 million recording contract from Sony Music Entertainment. This was their debut single.

The song was written by Alex & Sierra with Martin Johnson (Avril Lavigne, Daughtry) and Sam Hollander (Neon Trees, Gym Class Heroes). "'Scarecrow' is a song about hope," said the musical (and romantically involved) pair. "It's about believing in a relationship so strongly that a lack of communication isn't enough for you to give up on the other person. Everyone has trouble communicating sometimes... Or all the time, and everyone deserves to be believed in. We are super proud that our first single is something we wrote, and we're super happy that it's something fun to listen to and fun to play."

Kansas - Dust In The Wind

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Album: Point of Know Return
Released: 1977

Dust In The Wind Lyrics

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust In The Wind
All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Oh, ho, ho

Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
The wind

Writer/s: LIVGREN, KERRY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren wrote this after reading a book of Native American poetry. The line that caught his attention was "For All We Are Is Dust In The Wind."

This got him thinking about the true value of material things and the meaning of success. The band was doing well and making money, but Kerry realized that in the end, he would eventually die just like everyone else. No matter our possessions or accomplishments, we all end up back in the ground.

Kerry Livgren wrote this song when he was under pressure to write a follow-up to the group's hit, "Carry On Wayward Son." While playing his acoustic guitar exercises, his wife suggested that putting lyrics to the patterns would yield his hit song. "I didn't think it was a Kansas-type song," he said. "She said, Give it a try anyway. Several million records later, I guess she was right." (for more on the song, check out our Interview with Kerry Livgren .)

Kansas was almost done writing and rehearsing the Point of Know Return album when their producer, Jeff Glixman, asked if they had any more songs. Livgren reluctantly played this song for his bandmates on acoustic guitar, insisting they wouldn't like it because it was not Kansas. To his surprise, they loved the song and insisted they record it. Livgren then fought against his own song, but was overruled. "Dust In The Wind" became their biggest hit, but Livgren never did think very highly of it. "I tend to like the more bombastic things, like 'The Wall,' he told us.

This slow, acoustic song was not typical of Kansas, whose previous singles included "Carry On My Wayward Son" and "Point of Know Return." It put the band in the position of having their best-known song be one that doesn't reflect their sound.

Kerry Livgren became an evangelical Christian in 1980. He says of his songwriting in the '70s, "I was only expressing my own searching for something," adding, "If you look at my lyrics, even 'Dust in the Wind' is a song about the transitory nature of our physical lives. That falls under the umbrella heading of God."

This was the second big hit for Kansas, following "Carry On My Wayward Son." With two hits under their belt, they were able to headline arena rock shows into the late '70s. Later hits for the band include "Play the Game Tonight" (1982, #17 US) and "All I Wanted" (1986, #19 US).

In the movie Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted go back in time and share philosophy with Socrates, who is impressed when Ted, played by Keanu Reeves philosophizes "All we are is dust in the wind."

This was the first acoustic Kansas song, and perhaps the most famous acoustic rock song ever recorded. The song crossed over to a variety of formats, as rock, country, and adult contemporary radio stations all played it.

This song was featured in the comedy Old School starring Will Ferrell and Luke Wilson. Frank (played by Ferrell) sings it at Blue's funeral to commemorate the death of the 90 year old fraternity member. (thanks, Aislinn - Hamilton, Canada)

There was one more verse to this song that Livgren wrote, but never recorded.

The song has been covered and featured in thousands of artistic and commercial entities. It was used in an episode of The Simpsons, and baseball player Bernie Williams played a jazz guitar version of this on an album he released in 2003 called The Journey Within.

Alex & Sierra - Back To You

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Album: It's About Us
Released: 2014

Back To You Lyrics

Are you lonely? Do you miss me anymore?
Is your heart as empty as these arms that used to hold you
Are you tired? Are weaker than before?
Are you thinking? Cause I've been thinking that there's something missing?
Hmm, it's you

Oh wo-oh, it's you

Now I'm without you
I'm feeling insecure about the little things
I guess the little things of what we lost
But all I remember brings me Back To You and all those little things,
I'm not anything without you

I grew tired of all the empty promises
You had me up for play so high
Now I'm down in the ground and there's no one around
All this love that I gave to you
In your arms I asked you to kiss me
Over and over again

Now I'm without you
I'm feeling insecure about the little things
I guess the little things of what we lost
But all I remember brings me back to you and all those little things,
I'm not anything without you

And your mind is wondering out the door
And your body's got no where to fall
And it seems so clear but your heart's not sure

Now I'm without you
I'm feeling insecure about the little things
I guess the little things of what we lost
But all I remember brings me back to you and all those little things,
I'm not anything without you

But all I remember brings me back to you without those little things
When I anything

Writer/s: SCOTT, JAMIE / KINSEY, ALEX / DEATON, SIERRA
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was one of the first tunes that the musically and romantically involved couple Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton wrote together. Alex told Artist Direct : "I guess you could say that about all of the songs [Laughs]. 'Back To You' was neat. It was definitely a little bit more about reaching inside of yourself and thinking about what it takes to make someone happy. There are all of these little things about someone else that make a good relationship or friendship - or whatever it is."