We've been on the run Driving in the sun Looking out for number one 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!
Writer/s: ROSA, ROBI / ANDERSON, RUSTY S. Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., THE SONGWRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, MEMORY LANE MUSIC GROUP Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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All the members of Phantom Planet are from California. The song is a tribute to the state, and is often used to represent the culture there.
This song was voted as an MTV.com Viewer's Pick Video, which got it in MTV's rotation. It received more exposure when many stores did giveaways with this song. Urban Outfitters included the song on a music sampler that came free with a minimum $75 purchase. Some Virgin Megastores included a copy of the video with a purchase of the CD.
This appears on the soundtrack to the 2002 Colin Hanks/Jack Black movie Orange County, which takes place in California.
A live version is included on a 2001 5-song EP called Phantom Planet Live.
This was used as the theme song to the 2003 Fox TV show The O.C., which is set in Orange County, California. To capitalize on the new publicity, the album was re-released with a sticker that said, "Featuring the theme from The O.C..
This was featured in the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. (thanks, Steve - Kitchener, Canada)
This Broonzy composition has no connection with later songs recorded by Carrie Underwood or Nelly; it is also sometimes given an extended title "Just A Dream I Had On My Mind" after its opening.
According to a BBC documentary about Broonzy that was first screened in December 2013, the legendary bluesman wrote this song especially for the From Spirituals To Swing concerts of December 1938. Among other things, this dream sees him meeting the President at the White House, something that might have been considered extraordinary or even unthinkable for a black blues musician at that time.
What was not so unthinkable was the line in which he dreams about having ten children all looking like him because Broonzy was a notorious womanizer, though it was probably a combination of alcohol and tobacco rather than women that killed him twenty years later. (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England)
Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get wearied Wearing that same old miniskirt dress But when she gets weary You Try A Little Tenderness
Oh man that Un hunh I know shes waiting Just anticipating The thing that you'll never never possess No no no But while she there waiting
Try just a little bit of tenderness That's all you got to do Now it might be a little bit sentimental no But she has her greavs and care But the soft words they are spoke so gentle Yeah yeah yeah And it makes it easier to bear Oh she wont regret it
No no Them young girls they don't forget it Love is their whole happiness Yeah yeah yeah But its all so easy All you got to do is try Try a little tenderness Yeah Damn that hart (hard?)
All you got to do is know how to love her You've got to Hold her Squeeze her Never leave her Now get to her Got got got to try a little tenderness Yeah yeah Lord have mercy now
All you got to do is take my advice You've got to hold her Don't squeeze her Never leave her You've got to hold her And never So you got to try a little tenderness A little tenderness A little tenderness A little tenderness
You've got to Got to got to You've gotta hold her Don't squeeze her Never leaver her You got Got got got to Now now now Got got got to Try a little tenderness Ye
Writer/s: CONNELLY, REG / WOODS, HARRY M / CAMPBELL, JIMMY Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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This song is a standard recorded by many artists, including crooners Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme and Bing Crosby. It was written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry Woods, and first published in 1933. Campbell and Connelly were a British songwriting team who often collaborated with a third composer, which in this case was the American Harry Woods.
In 1962, Aretha Franklin recorded the song, charting at #100 in the US at a time when most of her singles failed to get much higher. Her arrangement was similar to that of the previous crooner versions and her vocal relatively restrained; it was Otis Redding who did the definitive soulful version of the song, complete with horns, organ, and an uninhibited vocal that builds in intensity as the song progresses.
Redding did not want to record this song, but Stax Records executives and his friends wore him down with a constant barrage of requests. When he finally recorded it, he did it with a pleading vocal that he was "sure" would not be released. The ploy didn't work. Redding's version of "Try a Little Tenderness" became his signature song and the biggest-selling of the records released before his death.
Sam Cooke's version of this was a big influence on Redding. It was never released as a single but was one of high points of his live "Sam Cooke at the Copa" LP (1964) as part of a medley that started with "Tenderness" (followed by "Sentimental Reasons" and "You Send Me"). Redding idolized the man, particularly after Cooke's death, but he did not want to record "Tenderness." He caved in after tremendous pressure from his friends and (according to one source) a family member - but he didn't want to record it like Cooke (in fact, he considered his version a "joke" to quiet the people who wanted him to record it). The rest is history.
Redding recorded for Stax Records in Memphis, whose house band - Booker T. & the M.G.'s - backed him on this track. According to their drummer Al Jackson, this was the only song he ever played soft on (at least for the first part of the song), since they typically went for a hard-driving sound.
Three Dog Night recorded this as a tribute to the late Otis Redding. Their version became their first Top 40 hit in 1968. Their first Top 10 hit, "One," written and originally recorded by Harry Nilsson, soon followed.
For Three Dog Night, it was a staple of their live shows throughout the 1980s. They would often stretch the song to the 15-20 minute mark.
In the movie Bull Durham, erratic young pitcher Nuke LaLoosh, played by Tim Robbins, sings this on the team bus but butchers the lyrics, much to the dismay of Crash Davis, the veteran catcher played by Kevin Costner. Instead of "Young girls they do get wearied" he sang "Young girls they do get wooly."
This was one of two songs Aretha Franklin performed when she made her TV debut on American Bandstand August 2, 1962. A cover by her peaked at #100 on the Hot 100 the same year.
Jon Cryer's character Duckie lip-synchs this to Molly Ringwald's character Andie in the 1986 movie Pretty In Pink. The film's director Howard Deutch chose the song because he wanted something that would express the heartbreak Duckie feels as he tries to make inroads with Andie.
In 2015, Cryer re-created the scene on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
This was covered by Florence and the Machine for their 2012, MTV Unplugged – A Live Album. Speaking with Nicole Alvarez of LA radio station 106.7 KROQ, Florence Welch said it was hard choosing an acoustic cover for the show. "I almost didn't do 'Try A Little Tenderness' because it's my favorite song and I thought, 'I can't do this,'" she admitted. "I didn't know how to do it the same, but I just thought, 'I've got to slow it down.'"
The Otis Redding version was used in 2015 commercials for McDonald's Chicken Select Tenders. Because, you know, "tender" is in the song title.
One day you feel quite stable The next you're comin' off the wall But I think you should warn me If you start heading for a fall I see the problem start I watch the tension grow I see you keeping it to yourself And then instead of reaching conclusions I see you reaching for something else
No one can stop you now Tonight you're On The Loose No one to tell you how Tonight you're on the loose
I see no harm or danger in escaping If the method suits the style We put the mind on idle And let the others take it for awhile When the pace is too fast And I think I won't last You know where I'll be found I'll be standing here beside myself Getting ready for the final round
No one can stop you now Tonight you're on the loose No one to tell you how Tonight you're on the loose
The time we feel most stable Is the time we're comin' off the wall And there's every indication We may be heading for a fall So let the problems start And let the tension grow We'll be keeping it to ourselves And while they're busy reaching their conclusions We'll be reaching for something else
No one can stop you now Tonight you're on the loose No one to tell you how Tonight you're on the loose
Writer/s: CRICHTON, IAN / CRICHTON, JAMES / NEGUS, STEVE / GILMOUR, JAMES / SADLER, MICHAEL Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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This was the biggest hit for Saga, a Canadian band that incorporated elements of progressive rock into their pop sound. Lead singer Michael Sadler wrote the song with his bandmates Ian Crichton (guitar), Jim Crichton (bass), Jim Gilmour (keyboards) and Steve Negus (drums).
Sadler told us: "'On the Loose' is blowing off steam. Everybody's got to just let it out every once in a while, you can't keep things inside. You know: tonight I'm on the loose, we're on the loose, you're on the loose. It's as simple as that.
At the time, and it's just gotten more so, stress, stress, stress for everybody, every single human on this planet. Every once in a while we've got to let go and just blow it out and deal with the consequences later. You've got to open that valve every once in a while."
The music video was one of the first concept clips by a North American band. It earned airplay in the early days of MTV, which was launched in 1981 a few months before the album came out. MTV had very little to choose from, and this one checked a lot of boxes in terms of their criteria:
Slick rock sound. Good production value. Could pass for American.
It was Saga's management that encouraged them to make the video, which combined performance footage with a vague storyline about a man escaping from some kind of facility.
Yeah ayo Trick how you gonna come up with something like this man, yeah When this come on they gone be like Uh Huh haha, Red Zone, yo B2K Yo where you at?
Girl you messed up when you let me in Told your best friend that you wanted me Then she called me up and hit me to your steez Told me you were looking for a guy like me So I said oh no I ain't the one Unless shorty really want to have some fun But she said that you told her I was what you want When I call you don't try to front, uh huh
I'm the guy in your dreams that you had last night I'm the Benz with the 20's that you want to drive I'm the thug in your life that'll treat you right Got you hooked cause I'm doing everything you like Uh Huh
[Chorus: x2] I know that you wanted this, uh huh Tell me can you handle it, uh huh Show me how you work them hips, uh huh And maybe you can roll with it, uh huh
Now we all out in the open Everybody knows about you and me Ain't no more need for you and me to creep I want you so bad I don't care who sees So girl hold on (hold up) I got what you want (Uh) I know you ain't scared to go and have some fun (Some fun) So let your girlfriend know you found someone Who be keepin' you tight and sprung, uh huh
[Chorus: x2]
Too much of conversation, Man its amazing Spit the game undercover I'm lethal like Danny Glover Got you running to your mother making plans for life Yo I'm only 15 what I need with a wife, We can walk through the mall while I hold your hips, And You can hang out the drop while I'm pushing the whip, Take you on a ride you will never forget Runnin' home tellin' your friends Lil Fizz is it Got you hung by the way that I lick my lips Man I got many dimes I ain't sweatin' this chick Yo I run these girls from coast to coast Droppin' game so sick I got em doin' the most Uh Huh
Writer/s: ROCKWELL, GEOFFREY / BELLO, AUSTIN N / BURNS, KYLE N / COOK, JONATHAN SAMUEL N / GARRISON, KENT A. N / STEWART, MARC N / TURMAN, CALEB Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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This helped B2K's debut album reach #2 on the US Billboard charts.
This was produced by C. "Tricky" Stewart, who also worked with Blu Cantrell and Usher.
The video is featured on "Introducing B2K," a DVD EP. This is a collection of the group's videos, and includes interviews and some making-of specials. It hit stores May 14, 2002.
Each verse is sung by a different member of the band.
The video was done by Hype Williams, the top director for R&B and rap videos. He has done TLC's "No Scrubs," "What's It Gonna Be" by Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson, and "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" by Missy Elliot. Just to name a few.
This video showcases the foursome's slick dance moves that helped them garner attention within the recording industry.
I spend half of each day just eyeing the clock And dream of all the things I'd like to do
And nothing ever changes from day to day - I've just been guarding this desk for you. It's a mayday It's a mayday There must be something else I could do - It's a mayday It's a mayday Instead of guarding this desk for
Time's Up! You've been wishing your life away. Time's up! You've been wishing your life away. I'm getting very tired of waiting for the weekend
Then there's nothing when it comes around. I need a little more excitement Give me some adventure - I don't know you' ve held me this long. It's a mayday It's a mayday Time just marches on. It's a mayday It's a mayday I don't know how you've held me this long. Time's up! You've been wishing your life away. . . . Chances are chances and I know I've had a few But at the time it just seemed wrong
Now I'm sitting here wondering Waiting watching out his window And I'm sure my day will come. It's a mayday It's a mayday Time just marches on - It's a mayday It's a mayday But I'm sure my day will come. Time's up! You've been wishing your life away. . . . Time's up! You've been wishing your life away. . . .
Writer/s: CRICHTON, IAN / CRICHTON, JAMES / GILMOUR, JAMES / SADLER, MICHAEL / NEGUS, STEVE Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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A track from the Canadian band Saga's most successful album, "Time's Up" wasn't a hit but did become a live favorite. In our interview with lead singer Michael Sadler , he talked about the song's meaning: "It's about being a daydreamer and a man of inaction sitting there going, 'Well, if I could do this and I could do that.' And before you know it, time has passed by and you didn't do any of those things you were thinking. You didn't act on any one of them.
You may have some passion about a few different things, but if you just sit there going, 'Boy, wouldn't it be great if I did this?' And 'Wouldn't it be great if I did that?' Well, you'd better get off your tush and start doing something, brother, because it's going to be too late to do something about it before you know it."
"Kinderfeld" is about Marilyn Manson's Grandfather Jack Warner, who used to go into his basement and masturbate, then cover this behavior by saying he was playing with a train set. As Manson explains in his book The Long Hard Road Out of Hell , his grandparents had strict punitive rules that they would reinforce with making him kneel on broomsticks ("I had to kneel on broomsticks just to make it go away"). He broke the rules often because the pain made him forget what he saw. Other forms of punishment are referenced in the lyrics "three holes upon the leather belt, the gut is swollen the edge the edge is showing, there is no one her to save ourselves." The song also refers to how parents and religion tell us what to think and feel ("This is what you should fear"). (thanks, Shaun - Adelaide, Australia)
As a child, Manson always wanted to witness the forbidden. This led to his spying on his grandfather, along with spying on naked women. Around that same time in his childhood, he began having vivid dreams filled with distorted images of the things he saw. These images still haunt him in his sleep and have led to the creation of many of his songs.
The Canadian band Saga released their first album in 1978. Twenty albums later, they issued Sagacity, which featured this track.
In our interview with lead singer Michael Sadler , he said the song is about "telling little white lies." Said Sadler: "Are you going to come clean or are you going to just let it slide this time? Which you can do at a certain point, but after a while you're going to have to 'fess up to something."
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree Travel the world and the seven seas Everybody looking for something Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused.
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree Travel the world and the seven seas Everybody is looking for something Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused.
I want to used you and abused you I want to know what's inside Moving on hold your head, Moving on keep your head, Moving on hold your head, Moving on keep your head, Moving on hold your head, Moving on keep your head, Moving on.
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree Travel the world and the seven seas Everybody looking for something Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused
I gotta used you and abused you I gotta know what's inside I gotta used you and abused you I gotta know what's inside you
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Eurythmics originally recorded this song in 1982. Manson gave it a much more ominous sound fitting of the band.
The album is a collection of remixes and covers, with a few originals. This was the only song to get a lot of attention.
This paved the way for Manson's next record, Antichrist Superstar, to debut at #3 on the US albums chart. This put him in strange company: the top two spots were held by Celine Dion and Kenny G.
Around the time this was released, Manson was gaining a cult following of alienated white suburban teens.
This became a hit thanks to MTV, which declared this a "Buzzworthy" video and put it in heavy rotation.
This was produced by Nine Inch Nails leader and Manson's mentor, Trent Reznor.
Manson often comes up with song inspiration in his dreams, but the idea to cover this song came from his first acid trip, according to his autobiography The Long Hard Road out of Hell . He says that he hallucinated a "slower, meaner" version of the dance hit playing, sung in his voice. (thanks, Stefano - Old Bridge, NJ)
In Manson's auto-biography, he related to this song by mentioning that he met people who wanted to be abused by him; and who wanted to use him as well. (thanks, Renae - Mill Grove, PA)
This would be a shocking song title for most acts, but The Meatmen do not write songs for the easily offended. A track from their eighth album, the idea for this song came to lead singer Tesco Vee when he took a walk to clear the cobwebs.
Tesco remembered his son telling him about a guy he worked with in Lansing, Michigan. This workplace did not look kindly on drug use, and did random test. This guy was 46 years old, had worked there for four years, and was far from a stoner. He did, however, take a few tokes one weekend and got hit with a drug test that detected it. When Tesco asked his son what happened, he replied that he got fired because he "pissed hot for weed."
Tesco says there is a message here. "It's kind of a 'legalize it now' kind of a song," he told us. "But of course it has the typical Tesco lyrics about the dalliance with a beautiful young girl who, over a pitcher of Mountain Dew, decides to pull out a blunt of high-test booze. And the rest is history."
I guess I should of known By the way you parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last See you're the kinda person That believes in makin' out once Love 'em and leave 'em fast
I guess I must be dumb 'Cause you had a pocket full of horses Trojan and some of them used But it was Saturday night I guess that makes it all right And you say what have I got to lose? And honey I say
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much too fast Little red Corvette You need a love that's gonna last
I guess I should of closed my eyes When you drove me to the place Where your horses run free 'Cause I felt a little ill When I saw all the pictures Of the jockeys that were there before me
Believe it or not I started to worry I wondered if I had enough class But it was Saturday night I guess that makes it all right And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas?" Oh yeah
Little red Corvette Baby you're much to fast, yes you are Little red Corvette You need to find a love that's gonna last, ah huh
A body like yours (A body like yours) Oughta be in jail (Oughta be in jail) 'Cause it's on the verge of bein' obscene ('Cause it's on the verge of bein' obscene) Move over baby (Move over baby) Gimme the keys (Gimme the keys) I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine (I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine)
Little red Corvette Baby you're much to fast Little red Corvette You need to find a love that's gonna last
Little red Corvette Honey you got to slow down (Got to slow down) Little red Corvette 'Cause if you don't you gonna run your Little red Corvette right in the ground
(Little red Corvette) Right down to the ground (Honey you got to slow down) you, you, you got to Slow down (Little red Corvette) you're movin' much too fast (Too fast) you need to find a love that's gonna last
Girl, you got an ass like I never seen And the ride, I say the ride is so smooth You must be a limousine
Baby you're much to fast Little red Corvette You need a love, you need a love that's That's gonna last (Little red Corvette) Babe you got to slow down (you got to slow down) Little red Corvette 'Cause if you don't, 'cause if you don't, You gonna run your body right into the ground (Right into the ground) Right into the ground (Right into the ground) Right into the ground (Right into the ground)
Little red Corvette
Writer/s: NELSON, PRINCE ROGERS Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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Prince got the idea for this when he dozed off in backup singer Lisa Coleman's pink Edsel after an exhausting all night recording session. The lyrics came to him in bits and pieces during this and other catnaps. Eventually he was able to finish it without sleeping.
This is about sex, but it's just obscure enough not to offend anybody. Many of his earlier songs, like "Head," "Dirty Mind," and "Soft And Wet," were blatantly sexual, which turned off radio stations.
For Prince, this was his first big hit. Over the next few years he had many more, making him extremely popular on radio stations and as a concert draw.
Previous Prince material was much more raw and funky than this. This was much more slick, which led to radio play and commercial success.
1999 was Prince's fifth album. He had just modest success to this point, his biggest hit being the #11 "I Wanna Be Your Lover" four years earlier.
The line, "She had a pocket full of horses, Trojans, some of them used," refers to Trojan condoms. The "Jockeys" represent men who have previously slept with the girl. These were veiled sexual references that not enough people got to make the song be considered offensive.
Stevie Nicks got the idea for "Stand Back" from this song. She heard it in her car, drove to the recording studio, and put down some tracks. "It just gave me an incredible idea, so I spent many hours that night writing a song about some kind of crazy argument, and it was to become one of the most important of my songs," she remembered in the liner notes for Timespace.
Prince came in and added the keyboard bit. As Nicks tells it, he came up with the riff as soon as he started playing it.
This was one of the first videos by a black artist to get regular airplay on MTV. Michael Jackson was the first to break the color barrier on MTV with "Billie Jean," and this came soon after. The band shot the clip during a tour stop in Jacksonville; the song was already a radio hit when they made it.
"1999" was released before this and didn't do well, but it was re-released after this became a hit and went to #12 in the US.
In 2001, Chevrolet put up billboards with a picture of a red 1963 Corvette Sting Ray that said, "They don't write songs about Volvos." In 2003, Chevrolet used this in a commercial that aired for the first time during the Grammys. The ad showed old footage of The Beach Boys performing "My 409" followed by Don McLean singing "American Pie" ("drove my Chevy to the levee"), and then Prince performing this. The camera then goes outside the club to show Chevy's latest model.
There was a Billboard for the Chevrolet Corvette made from this song as well. It had the lyric "Little Red Corvette, baby ur much 2 fast" and Prince's logo over the Corvette. It was displayed behind the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2003. (thanks, Mike - Melbourne, FL)
Renaissance lead singer Annie Haslam is an accomplished painter, and often feels that she is channeling Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh in her work.
Da Vinci was the inspiration for this song, as Annie thought about the last few years of his life, where Leonardo lived at the Chateau of Cloux in France in service to the king. "It was like he was in my head," Annie told us . "I could see him going to the window and opening up these curtains and connecting with the light. I was so excited about it."
Michael Dunford, who was the longtime guitarist for Renaissance, wrote the music for this song. It was one of his last works, as Dunford died on November 20, 2012 before the album was released. In 2014, the album was reissued with three bonus track, one of which was written in honor of Dunford called "Renaissance Man."
Annie Haslam draws parallels between Dunford and Da Vinci, as they were both exceptionally creative and giving. Da Vinci was known as "The Renaissance Man," and that title was also fitting for Dunford. The songs bookend the album, with "Symphony of Light" the opening track and "Renaissance Man" closing it.
Annie Haslam had a hard time convincing Michael Dunford to release a song about Leonardo da Vinci, as Dunford thought it was "too literal." Annie won him over after pointing out another beloved song about a famous painter: "Vincent" by Don McLean.
