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Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (Part 2)

Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (Part 2) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The 12 Year Old Genius (Recorded Live)
Released: 1963

Fingertips (Part 2) Lyrics

Everybody say yeah (yeah!)
Say yeah (yeah!)
Say yeah (yeah!)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Just a little bit of sou-ou-ou-ou-oul
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
Clap your hands just a little bit louder

I know that everybody had yeah,
Everybody had a good time
So if you want me to
If you want me to
I'm gonna swing the song, yeah
Just one more time when I come by
Just one more time when I come by
So goodbye

(How about it? Let's hear it for him, huh? Little Stevie Wonder. Take a bow, Stevie.)

Come on!
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye goodbye
I'm gonna go, yeah
I'm gonna go, yeah
Lets just swing it one more time

Writer/s: LINNELL, JOHN / FLANSBURGH, JOHN
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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This was the first live recording to hit #1 in the US, and it has quite a story behind it. Stevie Wonder, just 12 years old, was part of a Motown package tour called "The Motortown Revue," and was thrilling crowds with his high-energy performances. On March 10, 1963, the Revue came to the Regal Theatre in Chicago, where Wonder's performance was recorded. On this night, he played a highly improvised version of his song "Fingertips," which went on for about 10 minutes as the crowd went absolutely nuts and the stage manager, concerned because the show was running late, tried to get him off so the next act could perform. Wonder fed off the crowd and kept going, even doing a little bit of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on his harmonica. When Wonder ends the song (about 2:05 in), the band starts to clear the stage, and the band for the next act, The Marvelettes, hustles on. At this point, Wonder starts playing again, at which point you can hear the Marvelettes bass player Joe Swift ask "What key?" and the performance picks up again with a little encore played by at least some members of the new band.

Motown released the last 3 minutes of this performance as "Fingertips (Part 2)," as the B-side of a different performance of the first part of "Fingertips." Part 2 became the hit, and the single was quickly reissued with Part 2 as the A-side. The song spent 3 weeks at #1 in the summer of 1963 and launched Wonder to stardom.

An instrumental studio version of "Fingertips" was included on Wonder's first album, The Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie, in September, 1962. The song was written by the Motown writers Hank Cosby and Clarence Paul. This version of the song is much more mellow, jazzier and flute-heavy than the famous live version, which plays up the horns and harmonica.

Wonder's first two albums were The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie and Tribute to Uncle Ray, both released in 1962 and intended to frame Stevie as a young Ray Charles. They didn't catch on, but in 1963 Motown released The 12 Year Old Genius (Recorded Live), with two sides of the "Fingertips" single (from different performances) edited together to make one song. The album hit #1 while the single was still topping the Hot 100, making Stevie Wonder the first artist with a #1 album and single at the same time. The song was also a #1 R&B hit at the time.

The words on this song were stuff Stevie Wonder came up with to engage the crowd - Part 1 of the song and the studio version are both instrumental.

This was only the second #1 hit for Motown Records. Their first was "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes in 1961.

A young Marvin Gaye played drums on this live recording. Gaye had already been a Motown session drummer for a couple of years, and amongst the hits he'd previously drummed on was The Marvelletes #1 song "Please Mr. Postman."

Berry Gordy gave Wonder the name "Little Stevie Wonder" (his real name is Steveland Morris) and marketed him with Motown Records as a "Genius." His talent was obvious, but it didn't translate to record, and his first three singles tanked. It took a while for Wonder to develop a studio hit, but he quickly became a top live performer, thanks in part to his time in the youth choir at Whitestone Baptist Church in Detroit. "Fingertips (Part 2)" captured that live energy and established Wonder as a top vocalist and harmonica player, but as he grew up, he developed into a brilliant songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He dropped the "little" from his stage name in 1964.

Wonder got a lot of attention in the aftermath of this song, but he went though a long dry spell before he had another big hit. By 1965, Motown producers were passing up opportunities to work with him because they couldn't figure out how to translate his talent into a hit recording. The breakthrough came when he began working with Sylvia Moy, who worked with him on the song "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," which made #3 in 1966.

St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Call Me

St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Call Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Half the City
Released: 2014

Call Me Lyrics

This ain't the hottie
That I thought I knew
This ain't the party
That I thought we'd do

You got your limit, baby
I got mine
6-11, 3-3-6-9
You got to tell me baby
We ain't the lovers
That will tare me down
We ain't the fortune
All over town
You got your limit, baby, I got mine
6-11, 3-3-6-9
You got to Call Me baby
I need you to pick up that telephone
And dial those numbers hottie

I need you to call me
I need to hear your sweet voice
Let me, let me, let me, let me hear you again
I need, I need, I need, I need, I need you baby
I need, I need, I need, I need, I need you baby
Got to pick up, got to pick up that telephone
Please, please oh baby

You got your limit, baby
I got mine
6-11, 3-3-6-9
Please oh please baby
Pick up that telephone
I need you to pick it up baby
I need you to pick it up now baby

Writer/s: PAUL BLAKE
Publisher: PIGFACTORY USA LLC
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St. Paul and The Broken Bones is a seven-piece soul band formed in Birmingham, Alabama in 2012. This is their debut single.

Dave Letterman booked St. Paul and the Broken Bones to perform the tune on the January 12, 2015 episode of The Late Show. He enthused about the band before they even played a note. "I'll tell you something, the first time I heard this song," said the talk show host, "I was screaming, 'til I cried. That's what I want: can you do that for me tonight? It won't be your fault, but if I don't get that, I'm gonna stop the show, and do it over!"

Letterman asked frontman Paul Janeway why he put a phone number in the lyrics of the song; Janeway replied that it was in tribute to Wilson Pickett's soul classic "634-5789," "But unfortunately, in Birmingham it leads to some sort of hotline."

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Black Sabbath
Released: 1970

Black Sabbath Lyrics

What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn around quick, and start to run
Find out I'm the chosen one
Oh nooo!

Big black shape with eyes of fire
Telling people their desire
Satan's sitting there, he's smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me!

Child cries out for his mother
Mother's screaming in the fire
Satan points at me again
Opens the door to push me in
Oh nooooo!

Is it the end, my friend?
Satan's coming 'round the bend
people running 'cause they're scared
The people better go and beware!
No, no, please, no!

Writer/s: F. IOMMI, W. WARD, T. BUTLER, J. OSBOURNE
Publisher: T.R.O. INC.
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This is the song that became the name of the band. They were playing clubs in Germany and using the name "Earth" when they realized another band had the same name. "Black Sabbath" was lifted from the title of a 1963 horror movie starring Boris Karloff that was directed by the Italian filmmaker Mario Bava.

The group's lead singer Ozzy Osbourne and bass player Geezer Butler had seen the film, and decided to write a song with that title. When it became clear that the band needed a new moniker, they named themselves after this song.

The name change coincided with a new sound and image for the group. They had been playing blues (mostly covers), but started writing more original material and found a darker, heavier sound that defined them throughout their Hall of Fame career. Eschewing anything resembling R&B or psychedelia, they found a fan base hungry for something fiendish and new. Critics derided the band, but they quickly became one of the most popular and enduring acts of their time.

From Black Sabbath: The Ozzy Osbourne Years: "While rehearsing new material, the band formerly known as Earth experienced a supernatural experience. Geezer and Tony were playing new riffs for Ozzy and Bill when, much to everyone's surprise, they both strummed the same notes at the same tempo - although neither had ever before heard the other one play the piece! Convinced that this was an omen, Geezer christened the song and the group Black Sabbath (after the movie)." (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada)

This was the first song on the first Black Sabbath album. The album cost $1200 to make and took about eight hours to record.

Thanks to the "Black Sabbath" moniker, many fans associated the band with Satanism, an image they played up throughout their career . This song, however, expresses a healthy fear of the devil.

Tony Iommi on "Black Sabbath": "We knew we had something; you could feel it, the hairs stood up on your arms, it just felt so different. We didn't know what it was, but we liked it." "Everybody started putting bits to it and afterwards we thought it was amazing. Really strange, but good. We were all shocked, but we knew that we had something there."

During a July, 2001 interview with Geezer Butler, Guitar World magazine explained that "having borrowed a 16th century tome of black magic from Osbourne one afternoon, Butler awoke that night to find a black shape staring balefully at him from the foot of his bed. After a few frightening moments, the figure slowly vanished into thin air." Geezer continued to describe how he "told Ozzy about it. It stuck in his mind, and when we started playing 'Black Sabbath', he just came out with those lyrics. It had to come out, and it eventually did in that song - and then there was only one possible name for the band, really!"

This has been covered by Vader, Widespread Panic, Dance or Die, Flower Travellin' Band, Amber Assylum, Jello Biafra (with Ice T), Acheron, Mistress, and Cryptal Darkness. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada, for above 2)

Type O Negative covered this, except they changed the lyrics so that the song is from Satan's point of view. The song was called "Black Sabbath (from The Satanic Perspective)." It was on the albums Nativity in Black: Tribute To Black Sabbath and Type O Negative's The Least Worst of Type O Negative.

Geezer Butler told Jam! Music that this was his favorite ever cover of a Sabbath song. Said the bassist: "That was outstanding. They definitely got the spirit of that song."

In 2002, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Phil Collins, and Pino Palladino of The Who played Paranoid at Buckingham Palace in celebration of the Queen's fiftieth year on the throne. The young princes Harry and William asked Iommi why the group hadn't played "Black Sabbath."

Former Black Sabbath manager Patrick Meehan bought a race horse and named it Black Sabbath.

Guitarist Tony Iommi was briefly hired as Jethro Tull's guitarist in 1968, but shortly returned to Earth because in Tull he was treated more like an employee than a bandmate. However, Iommi did learn from Jethro Tull's regimented practice sessions and upon his return to Earth, "Black Sabbath" was one of the first songs to result from their new early-morning (well, okay, 9am) practice sessions.

Godsmack lead singer Sully Erna describes this as "The darkest song ever." Godsmack got a big break when they were invited on the 1999 Ozzfest tour.

In November of 1969, Black Sabbath appeared on John Peel's Top Gear radio show. The band played "Black Sabbath," "N.I.B.," "Behind the Wall of Sleep," and "Sleeping Village."

Sound effects of bells and thunder were added to the beginning of the song after the album's producer Rodger Bain got some sound effect tapes and suggested they add them. The band thought it was a great idea. (Source for this and some of above: Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath )

Geezer Butler recalled to Uncut magazine: "The first time we played 'Black Sabbath' was in this tiny pub in Lichfield near Birmingham. The whole pub went mental."

Susanne Sundfør - Delirious

Susanne Sundfør - Delirious Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Ten Love Songs
Released: 2015

Delirious Lyrics

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Susanne Sundfør: "I wanted to write a cinematic song about love and power. It started off with just the beat and bass and as I developed it I added the strings and more and more vocal arrangements, until I felt the message was clear enough."

Ike Turner - Rocket 88

Ike Turner - Rocket 88 Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Chicago Blues, Volume 2
Released: 1951

Rocket 88 Lyrics

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In 1991, after a great deal of debate, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognized this as the first rock and roll song ever recorded. Turner was in jail at the time for cocaine possession, so his daughter accepted the award.

The song is about a car. The Oldsmobile "Rocket 88" came out in 1949 and was the fastest car on the road at the time. A small car with a big, overhead valve V8 engine, it was one of the first muscle cars and dominated NASCAR races in the '50s. The car was advertised as having a V-8 "Rocket" engine, with the slogan, "Make a Date with a Rocket 88."

This song was produced by Sam Phillips, who formed Sun Records in 1952. Phillips later became famous for recording Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Jackie Brenston, who was a member of Ike Turner's Rhythm Kings, sang lead. The single was credited to "Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats" because Phillips wanted to release a different record credited to Turner.

This was a #1 R&B hit. There were no rock charts at the time.

This song came about when Turner and his band were playing black clubs in the American South and B.B. King set up a recording session for them in Memphis with Sam Phillips. They wrote most of "Rocket 88" on the way to the session. On the drive to the session, the band's amplifier fell out of the car and broke the woofer. Turner shoved paper in it at the studio to cover the problem, which ended up providing a more distinct sound. The sounds that came from the damaged amp resulted in this being cited as one of the first songs to feature guitar distortion.

Brenston was credited with writing this song, although he admitted he stole the idea from a 1947 song called "Cadillac Boogie."

General Motors gave Brenston a Rocket 88 to thank him for the publicity this generated for the car.

Ike Turner played piano on this song. It was a huge influence on Little Richard, who used the piano intro on his 1958 hit, "Good Golly Miss Molly."

Brenston did not handle success well. He quickly spent the money he made from this song, became an alcoholic, went broke, and died in 1979.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine (issue 93) in 1971, Ike Turner recalled how despite this being a local hit, he made little from it: "Some dude at the record company beat me, and I only got $40 for writing, producing, and recording it. And the lead singer (Jackie Brenston) took the band from me and went on his own."

There were other songs recorded before this that could be considered rock and roll, but this was unique in that it appealed to a white audience.

Turner recorded a new version of this in 2000.

Warren Zevon - The French Inhaler

Warren Zevon - The French Inhaler Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Warren Zevon
Released: 1976

The French Inhaler Lyrics

How're you going to make your way in the world
When you weren't cut out for working
When your fingers are slender and frail
How're you going to get around
In this sleazy bedroom town
If you don't put yourself up for sale

Where will you go with your scarves and your miracles
Who's gonna know who you are
Drugs and wine and flattering light
You must try it again till you get it right
Maybe you'll end up with someone different every night

All these people with no home to go home to
They'd all like to spend the night with you
Maybe I would, too

But tell me
How're you going to make your way in the world, woman
When you weren't cut out for working
And you just can't concentrate
And you always show up late

You said you were an actress
Yes, I believe you are
I thought you'd be a star
So I drank up all the money,
Yes, I drank up all the money,
With these phonies in this Hollywood bar,
These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar

Loneliness and frustration
We both came down with an acute case
And when the lights came up at two
I caught a glimpse of you
And your face looked like something
Death brought with him in his suitcase

Your pretty face
It looked so wasted
Another pretty face
Devastated
The French Inhaler
He stamped and mailed her
"So long, Norman"
She said, "So long, Norman"

Writer/s: ZEVON, WARREN
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The caustic lyrics were inspired by Zevon's breakup with his long-term girlfriend and mother of his son Jordan. Marilyn Livingston. Jordan Zevon told The Guardian in 2013 that despite his mom being aware that she was the target of the song, she still found it irresistible. "Despite the subject matter, my mom would play that song to me after a couple of glasses of wine and laugh and say: 'Isn't that brilliant?'" he recalled. "She knew he was a genius."

The soaring harmony vocals were provided by Don Henley and Glenn Frey of The Eagles.

The Rolling Stones - Heart Of Stone

The Rolling Stones - Heart Of Stone Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Rolling Stones Now!
Released: 1965

Heart Of Stone Lyrics

There's been so many girls that I've known
I've made so many cry, and still I wonder why
Here comes a little girl, I see her walking down the street
She's all by herself, I try to knock her off her feet

'Cause you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This Heart Of Stone, oh no, no, this heart of stone

What's different about her I don't really know
No matter how I try, I just can't make her cry

'Cause you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone, oh no, no, this heart of stone

Don't keep on looking that same old way
If you try acting sad, you'll only make me glad
Better listen little girl, if you going walking down the street
I ain't got no love, I ain't the kind to meet

'Cause you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone, oh no, no, you'll never break this heart of stone darling

No no this heart of stone
You'll never break it darling
You won't break this heart of stone oh no no no
You better go, you better go home
'Cause you'll, you'll never break this heart of stone
You better, you better drive on home

Writer/s: RICHARDS, KEITH / JAGGER, MICK
Publisher: Abkco Music, Inc.
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This was released in the US as a single in 1964 when many radio stations refused to play "Little Red Rooster," which contained lyrics that were too suggestive for many listeners. "Rooster" was #1 in England, but did not chart in the US.

The original version is in mono. A stereo version was released in 1966 on their Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) compilation.

The Stones recorded this at RCA studios in Los Angeles. It became just the second American hit (after "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)") for the group that was written by their band members. Per their custom the song is credited to Mick Jagger/Keith Richards.

Jack Nitzsche played piano and tambourine on this track. Nitzsche was an important behind-the-scenes player, producer and arranger for The Rolling Stones and many other rock artists. He worked with Phil Spector as an arranger, helping create the famous Wall of Sound on '60s recordings by The Ronettes, The Crystals and The Righteous Brothers. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango

Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Remedy
Released: 1999

Bingo Bango Lyrics

Bingo, Bingo, B-B-Bingo, Bango.

Bingo, Bingo, B-B-Bingo, Bango.

Bingo, Bingo, B-B-Bingo, Bango.

Bingo, Bingo, B-B-Bingo, Bango.

Writer/s: BUXTON, FELIX MAJOR / IBATA HERRERA, JOSE LUIS / IBATA, ROLANDO / RATCLIFFE, SIMON
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This was the last single released from the first Basement Jaxx album, which was a wildly successful debut for the British act. "Bingo Bango" followed "Red Alert" and "Rendez-Vu" as #1 hits on the US dance chart; all three songs also had impressive showings on the UK pop chart.

This song began life as a Latin house track. The "Bingo Bango" hook was added later - it was inspired by a dance song called "Go Bang" released in 1982 by Dinosaur L.

Basement Jaxx take an unusual approach to lead vocalists. They have used superstars like Dizzee Rascal on their songs, but are just as likely to use an amateur. This song features Cassie Watson, who was a friend of the group. In our interview with Felix Buxton, he explained: "She was working at the local car hop place. We went and got her at lunchtime just to record her and said, 'Could you go, 'bing a bing a bing, bang, bango." Make some noises, congo, bongos. And it ended up being 'Bingo Bango.''

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Off The Wall
Released: 1979

Off The Wall Lyrics

When the world is on your shoulder
Gotta straighten up your act and boogie down
If you can't hang with the feelin'
Then there ain't no room for you this part of town
'Cause we're the party people night and day
Livin' crazy that's the only way

[Chorus]
So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
Groove, let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it Off The Wall
Life ain't so bad at all (live life off the wall)
Live your life off the wall (live it off the wall)

You can shout out all you want to
'Cause there ain't no sin in folks all getting loud
If you take the chance and do it
There there ain't no one who's gonna put you down
'Cause we're the party people night and day
Livin' crazy that's the only way

[Chorus]

Do what you want to do
There ain't no rules it's up to you (ain't no rules it's all up to you)
It's time to come alive
And party on right through the night (all right)

Gotta hide your inhibitions
Gotta let that fool loose deep inside your soul
Want to see an exhibition
Better do it now before you get too old
'Cause we're the party people night and day
Livin' crazy that's the only way

[Chorus]

So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
Come on and groove (yeah) and let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it off the wall

So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
Come on and groove (yeah) and let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it off the wall

Writer/s: TEMPERTON, RODNEY LYNN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This was written by Rod Temperton, who was with the band Heatwave and wrote many dance classics. With the success of this, Jackson's producer, Quincy Jones, had Temperton write more songs for Jackson. He also wrote "Rock With You" and "Thriller" for the future King of Pop.

The Off The Wall album sold over 10 million copies and make Michael Jackson the first solo artist with four US Top 10 hits from the same album. In addition to the title track, "Rock With You" (#1), "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (#1), and "She's Out Of My Life" (#10) also made the Top 10.

Jackson's appearance started to change shortly after the album was released, as he started his run of plastic surgery. By the time Off The Wall was reissued in 2001, Jackson looked nothing like his former self, and the cover used just the image of his feet. Here's a before and after look at Jackson against the wall .

Can you even count the honors this album received? Rolling Stone's "500 greatest albums of all time," #68. NARM's "definitive 200 albums of all time," #80. Inducted into the Grammy hall of fame, 2008. Won 3 American Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award, and as mentioned, one Grammy. Rave reviews sang its praises, then and now. Multi-platinum seller in Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, and the US.

In the lyrics, "9 to 5" represents the canonical office work hours. Already a popular expression in the '70s and '80s, it was often used in songs to delineate the workday slog from the fun and excitement the evening offered (see: "Lady Marmalade"). The working-class comedy film 9 to 5, released in 1980, made it even more popular. These days, flexible schedules and overtime have made the hours far less typical.

MJ trivia time: Can you name all of Michael Jackson's siblings? They are (in birth order) Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Randy, and Janet - Janet being the only one junior to Michael. Here's a mnemonic for those names: "Red jam tastes just like my raspberry jelly jam." OK, that's silly, but you'd remember it now, right?

Avicii - The Nights

Avicii - The Nights Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Days / Nights EP
Released: 2014

The Nights Lyrics

Hey, once upon a younger year
When all our shadows disappeared
The animals inside came out to play
Hey, when face to face with all our fears
Learned our lessons through the tears
Made memories we knew would never fade

One day my father—he told me,
"Son, don't let it slip away"
He took me in his arms, I heard him say,

"When you get older
Your wild life will live for younger days
Think of me if ever you're afraid."

He said, "One day you'll leave this world behind
So live a life you will remember."
My father told me when I was just a child
These are The Nights that never die
My father told me

When thunder clouds start pouring down
Light a fire they can't put out
Carve your name into those shinning stars
He said, "Go venture far beyond the shores.
Don't forsake this life of yours.
I'll guide you home no matter where you are."

One day my father—he told me,
"Son, don't let it slip away."
When I was just a kid I heard him say,

"When you get older
Your wild life will live for younger days
Think of me if ever you're afraid."

He said, "One day you'll leave this world behind
So live a life you will remember."
My father told me when I was just a child
These are the nights that never die
My father told me

These are the nights that never die
My father told me

Writer/s: FELDMANN, JOHN / POURNOURI, ASH / BERGLING, TIM / SUECOF, JORDAN / FURLONG, NICHOLAS / BENJAMIN, GABRIEL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE NA, INC.
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This folk-dance number features uncredited vocals by Nicholas "RAS" Furlong. The American songwriter and producer's first commercial success was in 2010, when he co-wrote Big Time Rush's "Count On You." He came to the attention of well-known songwriter, producer, and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, who signed him to a publishing deal that year. Since then, Furlong has worked with such artists as Colbie Caillat ("All of You"), Jordin Sparks ("I Am Woman") and 5 Seconds of Summer ("Everything I Didn't Say").

This ode to living life began as a Furlong song written as an ode to his father, whom he told Yahoo had always encouraged him to pursue his creative dream and 'live a life I will remember." Furlong sent the original demo, titled "My Father Told Me", to Ash Pournouri, Avicii's manager, who recognized it had that same sense of euphoria which characterizes so much of the Swedish DJ's music. "It made absolute sense to work on it with RAS," Pournouri said, "to make it more 'us' and that's what I did. Then I presented it to Tim (Avicii) and sat with him to finish the production and music."

The video was produced, directed by, and stars "professional life liver" Rory Kramer (Dream Maker). The clip takes the track's message to heart by containing an action-packed recollection of Kramer's own life. Avicii said: "The video for 'The Nights' is awesome…it is EXACTLY what I feel when I play the song live and it is the perfect representation of the lyrics. It is so much fun."

The song was used to soundtrack SportsCenter's "Images of 2014" segment on ESPN, which recapped 2014's best moments in sports.

Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Michael Jackson - Rock With You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Off The Wall
Released: 1979

Rock With You Lyrics

Girl, close your eyes
Let that rhythm get into you
Don't try to fight it
There ain't nothing that you can do
Relax your mind
Lay back and groove with mine
You gotta feel that heat
And we can ride the boogie
Share that beat of love

I want to Rock With You (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away

Out on the floor
There ain't nobody there but us
Girl when you dance
There's a magic that must be love
Just take it slow
Cause we got so far to go
You gotta feel that heat
And we can ride the boogie
Share that beat of love

I want to rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away

And when the groove is dead and gone (yeah)
You know that love survives
So we can rock forever, on

I want to rock with you
I want to groove with you

I want to rock (all night) with you girl (sunlight)
Rock with you, rock with you girl (yeah) (all night)
Dance the night away

I want to rock with you (yeah) (all night)
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away

Feel the heat feel the heat
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock-rock the night away.

Writer/s: JACKSON, MICHAEL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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This was written by Rod Temperton, formerly a member of Disco group Heatwave. Jackson's producer, Quincy Jones, convinced Temperton to write some songs for Jackson.

This was the first song Rod Temperton wrote for Jackson. He would write many others for him, including "Off The Wall" and "Thriller."

The original title was "I Want To Eat You Up," but it was quickly changed to fit Jackson's image.

This was Michael Jackson's third #1 on the Billboard Hot 100; the first two were "Ben," and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."

This song was part of the soundtrack for the video game Michael Jackson: The Experience. That was the 2010 game which hearkened back to his Moonwalker phase (you can see it right on the cover art), and hence to the 1989 arcade game Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. And hoo-boy, we just gave every old-skool MJ fan a nostalgia flush!

Especially when you watch the video, it dawns on you that this was a Disco song... in 1979, when Disco was supposed to be sleeping with the fishes (it wouldn't be right to say 'deader than disco'). In fact, it even has some Soul overtones. Jackson was well-suited for the dance beats of Disco, and was able to work in the genre when it was well past its prime.

You'll also find the video in the collections Video Greatest Hits - HIStory, Number Ones and Michael Jackson's Vision.

Bruce Gowers directed the music video, which was shot the same day as the clip for "She's Out of My Life." Gowers, who also directed Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," remembered working with a tight budget to create the smoky promo, with Jackson glimmering in a sequined suit. He told Rolling Stone: "In those days they were done for peanuts. Absolute peanuts. I think about all we could afford was the laser. This one was probably about $3,000. If you look at it, there's nothing there but a laser and Michael Jackson. When we did this, this was the start of his solo career. He was very, very timid, very quiet, very unassuming. Really nice, he's an absolute professional, even in those days.

It was filmed on a little stage in LA called the 800 Stage, a little stage that we got cheap because we were shooting quite a lot of music videos. There was minimal editing as well, because obviously in those days editing costs money. It was about $350 per machine per hour. If you were using two playbacks and one record, that was a lot of money Everything was rented, trust me: the cameras, the stage, the Duvetyne drop, the smoke."

Chris Brown & Tyga - Ayo

Chris Brown & Tyga - Ayo Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Fan of a Fan: The Album
Released: 2015

Ayo Lyrics

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This song released as the lead single from Chris Brown and Tyga's collaborative album Fan of a Fan 2 finds Breezy declaring the pair are "poppin' like ayo." The word 'ayo,' meaning 'hey yo,' is used when attempting to get an individual's attention. In this instance they are addressing multiple girls.

The beat was supplied by producer Nic Nac, whom Brown previously worked with on "Loyal." (Tyga also featured on some versions of that tune).

Fan of a Fan: The Album is the follow-up to Chris Brown and Tyga's 2010 mixtape of the same name, which spawned the hit singles "Deuces" and "No Bulls--t."