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? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: ? & the Mysterians featuring 96 Tears
Released: 1966

96 Tears Lyrics

96 Tears Song Chart

This song was written by "?," the band's frontman who wanted to be anonymous (he's listed on the composer credits as (Rudy Martinez). At one point he referred to the individual band members only by three-letter names (at one point, the band was known as XYZ). The mystery helped market the group, who wore dark glasses to add to the intrigue.

Since mystery has always been a staple of their act, it's hard to know which stories about the group are factual. When they recorded this song, they were a five-piece whose families migrated from Mexico and Texas to work in the Saginaw Valley in Michigan.

? tells us that the song was always called "96 Tears," and never "69 Tears" or "Too Many Teardrops" as sometimes reported. He insists that the number 96 has a deep, philosophical meaning, but refuses to tell us what that is. (Here's the full interview .)

Note that the singer is not the one crying the 96 Tears. He's been dumped, and plans to get revenge by reuniting so he can dump her back. That's when she'll be crying the 96 tears.

When the group came up with this song, ? didn't want to use a title with a number in it because he thought they would be accused of ripping off The Rolling Stones, who had a hit with "19th Nervous Breakdown." His bandmates convinced him to go with it.

The record was taped in a converted living room in Bay City, Michigan. The band then had the Texas-based Pa-Go-Go Records press 500 copies so they could distribute them to the DJ's in southern Michigan. The song became the most requested record on WTAC Flint, and CKLW out of Windsor, Canada, which went into Detroit. Cameo Records, having solvency problems, picked up the record after one of its staffers heard it on CKLW.

In our interview with ?, he talked about how this song came together: "Little Frank [keyboard player Frank Rodriguez] comes in singing a tune, and I said, 'I've heard that before. And I ain't going to do nothing until I've heard where that music and the title of it comes from.' He played it for like 45 minutes. Everybody's getting mad. And then all of a sudden it dawned on me, I said, 'Oh, I know where I heard that. I wrote that song long time ago.'

Then the lyrics came out: 'Too many teardrops for one heart to be crying,' all that came out just like that. Boom. See, it was meant to be. There are certain things that are meant to be."

The follow-up to "96 Tears," "I Need Somebody," peaked at #22 in 1966. Three more singles followed including "Can't Get Enough Of You, Baby," which made #56 in 1967. The group disbanded in 1968, but have reunited from time to time since.

The organ riff on this song is one of the most recognizable in rock, and helped define the sound of that era.
Often thought to be a Farfisa, the band's keyboard player Frank Rodriguez used a Vox Continental on "96 Tears."

This trashy bar band sound would later become vintage - many musicians use a Vox or Farfisa to get a retro sound (see: "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley). Hearing this sound causes a rush of nostalgia for those of a certain age.

Garland Jeffreys covered this in 1980, with moderate success at the end of the disco era. ? & the Mysterians re-formed that year, with ? the only original member.

This was very popular with American soldiers during the Vietnam War. (thanks, Kenneth A. Hinks - Canton, MI)

Jhené Aiko - Beautiful Ruin

Jhené Aiko - Beautiful Ruin Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Souled Out
Released: 2014

Beautiful Ruin Lyrics

Beautiful Ruin Song Chart

Jhene Aiko explained the song's meaning to The Fader: "It's a song about a very specific situation and whoever's involved will know it's to them," she said. "I talk a little about my upbringing, just a few little lines, and I get very specific with his relationship."

"It's almost along the lines of 'Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle).' which is on my Sail Out EP," Aiko added. "A lot of the songs are that revealing."

Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock

Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1955

Rock Around The Clock Lyrics

One, two, three o´clock, four o´clock, rock
Five, six, seven o´clock, eight o´clock, rock
Nine, ten, eleven o´clock, twelve o´clock, rock
We´re gonna Rock Around The Clock tonight

Put your glad rags on and join me, hon
We´ll have some fun when the clock strikes one
We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We´re gonna rock, rock, rock, ´til broad daylight
We´re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the band slows down we´ll yell for more
We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We´re gonna rock, rock, rock, ´til broad daylight
We´re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When the chimes ring five, six and seven
We´ll be right in seventh heaven
We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We´re gonna rock, rock, rock, ´til broad daylight
We´re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When it´s eight, nine, ten, eleven too
I´ll be goin´ strong and so will you
We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We´re gonna rock, rock, rock, ´til broad daylight
We´re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes twelve, we´ll cool off then
Start a rockin´ round the clock again
We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We´re gonna rock, rock, rock, ´til broad daylight
We´re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

Writer/s: MYERS, JAMES / FREEDMAN, MAX
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, ROBERT W. CINQUE, ESQ.
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Rock Around The Clock Song Chart

There is some dispute over what was the first rock song ever recorded (The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says it's Rocket 88, which Haley covered in 1951), but this is indisputably the first rock song to top the charts, and generally considered the beginning of the "Rock Era," at least for chart purposes.

At the time, Billboard magazine compiled charts in three different categories: Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played By Disc Jockeys, and Most Played in Juke Boxes - many songs like "Rock Around The Clock" topped all three and were a consensus #1. Elvis had his first chart-topper in 1956 with "Heartbreak Hotel," and rock music made steady gains from there, but to give you some idea of what the charts looked like before Haley hit the pinnacle, the 1955 #1s that hit before Haley were by Joan Weber, The Fontane Sisters, The McGuire Sisters, Bill Hays, Perez Prado, Georgia Gibbs and Les Baxter.

This was written in 1953 by a Philadelphia songwriter named named Max Freedman (who was nearly 60 years old), and by James Myers, who was a local musician and song publisher, who published it under the name "Jimmy De-Knight." In addition to owning half the composer credit on the song, Myers had 100% of the publishing. Haley wanted to record the song, but Dave Miller, who owned his label Essex Records, refused because of a dispute over the publishing. Myers then placed the song with a veteran Country act called Sonny Dae and His Nights, and their version was released in 1953 to little acclaim. In 1954, Myers helped Haley leave Essex records and sign with Decca; as part of their agreement, one side of every single Haley recorded had to be a song from Myers' catalog, and the first one they picked was "Rock Around The Clock," which was originally released as the B-side of a Dickie Thompson song called "Thirteen Women," which was about a nuclear bomb that leaves just one man and 13 women alive.

"Rock Around The Clock" first appeared on the charts on June 3, 1953, selling 75,000 copies and convincing Decca to pick up Haley's option. Haley then recorded a successful cover of the Big Joe Turner song "Shake, Rattle And Roll," and on March 25, 1955, "Rock Around The Clock" was featured in the movie Blackboard Jungle, which gave it a surge in popularity and prompted Decca to re-release the single. This time, the song surged to the top of the charts, entering the Top 40 on May 14, 1955 and hitting #1 on July 9, where it stayed for eight weeks.

Haley first recorded this song on April 12, 1954 at his first session for Decca Records. Haley went to New York to cut his first Decca session. Musicians were: Billy Williamson on steel guitar, Johnny Grande on piano, Joey d'Ambrosio on tenor sax, Danny Cedrone on lead guitar and Marshall Lytle on bass. A session drummer, named Billy Gussack played on this recording. Haley recorded the song a few other times, but this recording was the original single.

The term "Rock 'n' Roll" was a relatively new way of describing music when this came out. A lot of early "Rock" was based on the blues, and was far too racy for most white listeners. Many white singers made careers out of sanitizing R&B records for pop appeal, but Haley added a country/swing element to his covers that kept a lot of the edge. When Elvis came along, he did the same thing, transforming R&B songs like "Hound Dog" without sucking the life out of them.

Many listerners had never heard of "rock and roll" when this was released, so the record company had a hard time describing the song. The label on the single called it a "Novelty Foxtrot."

Haley's guitarist Danny Cedrone played pretty much the same solo on "Rock Around The Clock" that he did on Haley's 1952 cover of the Jimmy Preston "Rock The Joint," which was a big break for Haley, selling over 150,000 copies, and established the swinging blues style he would use on his famous hit.

This was the original opening theme song for the TV show Happy Days . The song was re-released in 1974 to capitalize on its new popularity, and charted at #39 in the US. In 1976 theme was changed to "Happy Days."

In the UK, this was the biggest-selling single of the '50s.

Elton John took a swipe at this in his song "Crocodile Rock." Elton thought this was kind of overrated, so he put a line in about how they were doing the Crocodile Rock while the other kids were "Rocking 'round the clock."

Haley was never able to duplicate the massive success of "Rock Around The Clock," but he did have a few more hits in the '50s, including "See You Later Alligator" and "The Saints Rock 'N Roll." Haley is a key figure in the evolution of rock music, helping transform the sound out of Country music, but he couldn't sustain his early success. Elvis stole his thunder, and Haley recorded many substandard songs because wanted to cut tracks owned by his publishing company. He remained somewhat popular overseas, but lawsuits and financial problems took their toll on the singer, and he died in 1981 at age 55. Bill Haley and His Comets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

According to Rolling Stone in their "100 Greatest Guitar Songs" issue, Comets guitarist Danny Cedrone was paid $21 for his work on this track, which became a classic rock solo. Unfortunately, he died in a fall months after he recorded it. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

There is a different snare drum pattern on each verse. (thanks, Greg - Barking, England)

In 1956, Bill Haley and the Comets starred as themselves in a low-budget movie called Rock Around The Clock, where they performed nine songs. The film was far from scandalous, but was targeted to teenagers and caused a stir among theater owners who feared bad behavior. Possibly spurred on by these reports, there were incidents of dancing in aisles and other breaches in etiquette that helped fuel the perception among many adults that rock music would lead to mayhem in America's youth.

Jhené Aiko - Promises

Jhené Aiko - Promises Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Souled Out
Released: 2014

Promises Lyrics

I've been coming home late night
I've been sleeping past day light
I'm waking up you're not by my side
Baby that ain't right
I wanna be there with you
I really do be missing you
Everything I do is for you
And I really do adore you
You're getting so big now
You're making me so proud cuz
You are such a star
And you know that you are
So every single little moment
I can't be there to hold your hand
I need for you to know that
I need for you to know that
Anything should happen, anything should happen
'Cause anything could, if anything should happen
Know that you'll be alright, know that you'll be alright

Just promise you'll be alright, promise you'll be alright
If anything (Alright, promise I'll be alright)
(Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be alright)
If anything should happen (Promise I'll be alright)
(Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be, promise I'll be, alright)

Swear that I can still feel you here
I just can't believe you're not here
I've been needing you
All I dream is you
Don't think I can make it
I don't think I can make it
But then I hear you say that
I bet not do nothing crazy
'Cause Nami really needs you
And I would never leave you
'Cause I am in the stars
And everywhere you are
And every single little moment
Every single bit of sunshine just
Know that I am right by your side
Know that you are right by my side
So I'm gonna make you so proud
You don't ever have to worry 'bout me
No, you don't ever have to worry 'bout me

Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be alright
Wish that you were here now
I'm missing you right here but
Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be alright
Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be, promise I'll be
Promise I'll be alright, just know that I'll be alright
Know that I'll be alright, know that I'll be, know that I'll be alright

Alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

Everything is alright, everything's in your mind
Life is what you make it, life is what you make it
And anything can happen, anything can happen
But you just gotta get past it, you just gotta laugh at it
And anything can happen, you fall down get back up
And you better believe that nothing holding me back
So everything is alright, everything is alright
Everything is alright, promise I'll be
Promise you'll be, promise we'll be alright

Hello, echo

Writer/s: Berge, Svein / Brundtland, Torbjorn / Chilombo, Jhene Aiko / Wyreman, Steve / Wilson, Ernest Dion
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Promises Song Chart

This song finds Jhené Aiko's 4-year-old daughter Namiko Love duetting with her mother. "I practice my songs in the car, and she's usually in the back seat, so she knows them," the singer told Rolling Stone. "I brought her in the studio and said, 'Remember that song we've been singing?'"

Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp supplied the electric guitar-infused music backdrop to this track.

This song features additional vocals from Jhene's late brother, Miyagi, whom she lost to cancer on July 19, 2012.

Merrilee Rush - Angel of the Morning

Merrilee Rush - Angel of the Morning Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Angel Of The Morning
Released: 1968

Angel of the Morning Lyrics

There'll be no strings to bind your hands
Not if my love can't bind your heart
And there's no need to take a stand
For it was I who chose to start
I see no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn

Just call me Angel of the Morning, (angel)
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, (angel)
Then slowly turn away

Maybe the sun's light will be dim
And it won't matter anyhow
If morning's echo says we've sinned
Well, it was what I wanted now
And if we're victims of the night
I won't be blinded by the light

Just call me angel of the morning, (angel)
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, (angel)
Then slowly turn away
I won't beg you to stay with me
Through the tears of the day, of the years
Baby, baby, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, (angel)

Writer/s: TAYLOR, CHIP
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Angel of the Morning Song Chart

Evie Sands originally recorded this song in 1967. Her version was doing well, but two weeks after it was released, her record label, Cameo/Parkway, went bankrupt. Chip Taylor, who wrote the song, was devastated when he found out that the label could not promote it or even make more copies of the song. A few months later, Rush's version became a hit for another label.

According to Kent Kotal at Forgotten Hits , Chip Taylor came up with this song in about 20 minutes. Writes Kent: "After strumming any variety of chords for close to two hours and coming up with nothing, he says the complete lyrics 'There'll be no strings to bind your hands, not if my love can't bind your heart' flowed out of his mouth. His first thought was 'What is that? That's beautiful!' He then thought, 'Nobody actually TALKS like that!!! Where did those words come from?' Incredibly, in one sitting, spread out over no more than twenty minutes, he completed the entire song. He says that during the entire process, he never once thought, 'I'm gonna say this' or 'I'm gonna say that.' In fact, most of the time he was thinking 'I don't even know what this means!' In his own mind, he feels that he didn't so much as WRITE this song as that he DREAMED it... the way the lyrics flowed out, meshing perfectly with the series of chords he had been strumming - there just had to be some kind of divine intervention. 'I write melody and words at the same time and I hum nonsense things until something comes out. So I don't think about what I want to say... I just let the emotion carry me. In this song, the emotion just totally took over and carried me. It was magic.'"

This song is about premarital sex, and while the '60s were very permissive in some regards, it was still a taboo subject in the media.

Merilee Rush was born in Seattle, Washington, and got a break when fellow Pacific-Northwest musicians Paul Revere and the Raiders asked her to join their tour. They also hooked her up with producers Tommy Cogbill and Chip Moman, who produced this song, using lush orchestration and even a pedal steel guitar.

This tender ballad is surprisingly virtually the same song as the primitive rocker "Wild Thing." Chip Taylor, who wrote both songs explained to Mojo magazine September 2008: "I heard some guy playing 'Wild Thing' real slow on a guitar. It sounded nice. So I did the same, lifting one of my fingers off a chord to create a suspension. Then the words 'There'll be no strings to bind your hands, not if my love can't bind your heart' came out. It was as beautiful a love connection as I could ever feel." Taylor added that it was the producer who added the sweeping strings.

This was a crossover hit for country singer Juice Newton in 1981. Her version hit #4 on the US Hot 100, and a few months later, she had a bigger hit with "Queen Of Hearts." The song was also covered by Chrissie Hynde in 1994 for the soundtrack album of the TV show Friends, and in 2001, Reggae artist Shaggy sampled it for his hit song, "Angel."

In the UK, two competing versions were released in 1968: by Billie Davis and P.P. Arnold. It was Arnold who scored the hit, with her version reaching #29. The previous year, she became the first to record the song "The First Cut Is The Deepest."

Juice Newton's version can be heard during Drew Barrymore's first scene in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels.

The same version also plays during the violent opening scene of the 2016 superhero film Deadpool, providing an interesting contrast. "It completely made sense to me from the first time I read it [in the script]," the movie's director Tim Miller told Billboard magazine. "I loved the quirky contrast of having such a sweet and life-affirming song mixed up with all the crazy, abstract violence. I thought it was genius."

Memphis Bleek - The One

Memphis Bleek - The One Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: 534
Released: 2005

The One Lyrics

Uh, yeah, the boy Extra
We right back at it like we left somethin' knaw'mean?
It's the R-O-C, since 9-6, you know we get busy
Got the young lady by the name of Rihanna with me
Straight from Barbados, give 'em that flavor baby girl
Let's go

You were there for me when I needed you when my back was to the wall
And it's good to know that you're still The One to catch me when I fall
We've been crazy tight and I realize when all is said and done
Through the best of times, through the worst of times
Baby you're the one, baby you're the one!

Ayo quattro, trece, doce, uno
You know I throw my weight around like sumo
You know I hold my lady down, that you do know
You know disrespecting mine'll be a funeral
Bruno Magli's on the patio in blood
O.J. style but I won't leave the glove
Like ? Shyne but I won't leave the club
Brooklyn Zoo! All we feed you is slugs
Like, yeah love you know I leave you over mine
And yeah love they have to grieve you over mine
It's thug love at it's finest, dude rewind this
Uh, the boy H-O behind this

You were there for me when I needed you when my back was to the wall
And it's good to know that you're still the one to catch me when I fall
We've been crazy tight and I realize when all is said and done
Through the best of times, through the worst of times
Baby you're the one, baby you're the one!

Ayo quattro, trece, doce, uno
You know the boy give 'em more kicks than judo
You know I protect what's mine, that you do know
You know violating me you gon catch a fued-o
? partying with my shorty like the god
Robert Blake style but they won't find the car
Like the big homie Snoop but it won't be the gods
Brooklyn Zoo! We known to throw shots like
Yeah love I'm on a shopping spree with mine
Here love you know it's rings and things with mine
It's thug love at it's finest, dude rewind this
Uh, the boy H-O behind this

You were there for me when I needed you when my back was to the wall
And it's good to know that you're still the one to catch me when I fall
We've been crazy tight and I realize when all is said and done
Through the best of times, through the worst of times
Baby you're the one, baby you're the one!

Ayo four, three, two, one
If this ain't concrete then call it what you want
For my lady I make where you from hotter than the sun
I'm still street say the word and it's done
If ever in the world that we gotta let a slug fly
Even if they subpoena me I would never testify
You feel the same and this way we never change
Dudes play they disappear and I ain't David Blaine
Like, yeah love you know I'm breezin' through with mine
Yeah love give me a reason to squeeze for mine
It's thug love at it's finest, dude rewind this
Uh, the boy H-O behind this

You were there for me when I needed you when my back was to the wall
And it's good to know that you're still the one to catch me when I fall
We've been crazy tight and I realize when all is said and done
Through the best of times, through the worst of times
Baby you're the one, baby you're the one!

(Baby baby you're the one)
Uh, Rihanna y'all, you know, rock, rock
(Baby baby you're the ooone)
Rock, rock, rock on
Uh huh, Big on the production
Ya know, it's another one of those joints
It's the rock, and we, get, busy!

Writer/s: Eriksen, Mikkel / Hermansen, Tor Erik / Rowe, Autumn / Jackson, Phillip Lamont / Jasmine,
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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The One Song Chart

This track features guest vocals by a then-unknown Rihanna. Memphis introduced her by declaring:

Got the young lady by the name of Rihanna with me
Straight from Barbados, give 'em that flavor baby girl

The song was Rihanna's first-ever major-label appearance, preceding her debut solo single "Pon De Replay" by several weeks.

The song samples multiple elements of Natalie Cole's 1977 track "I Can't Breakaway." Both "All I Need" by Jay Z and "Heard It All Before" by Sunshine Anderson sampled from the same tune.

Yes - Leave It

Yes - Leave It Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: 90125
Released: 1983

Leave It Lyrics

I can feel no sense of measure
No illusions as we take
Refuge in young man's pleasure
Breaking down the dreams we make real

One down one to go
Another town and one more show
Downtown they're giving away
But she never came back

No phone can take your place
Do you know what I mean
We have the same intrigue
As a court of kings

Ah Leave It, ah leave it
Dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit
Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot

Two down there you go
McArthur Park in the driving snow
Uptown they're digging it out
Better lay your claim

Get home you're not alone
You just broke out of the danger zone
Be there to show your face
On another dreamy day

Ah leave it, ah leave it
Dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit
Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye bad
Leave it
Hello, hello, heaven

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye bad
Leave it
Hello, hello, heaven

I can feel no sense of measure
No illusions as we take
Refuge in young man's pleasure
Breaking down the dreams we make real

Ah leave it, ah leave it

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye bad
Leave it
Hello, hello, heaven

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye bad
Leave it
Hello, hello, heaven

Writer/s: RABIN, TREVOR / SQUIRE, CHRIS / HORN, TREVOR
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., CARLIN AMERICA INC, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Leave It Song Chart

This was the followup to Yes' #1 smash, "Owner of a Lonely Heart." 90125 was a different sound for Yes, as they moved away from prog rock and toward pop - very successfully. Once the band (and their record company) got a taste for hit singles, they tried to make more, which frustrated lead singer Jon Anderson. "By the time we got to Big Generator (1987 album) I was ready to leave because nobody was happy," he told us. "We were scrambling to try to make a hit record, and the record company, the management, that's all they talked about. They'd play records and say, 'This is a hit record, make something like this.'" (Here's our full Jon Anderson interview .)

18 different videos of this song (directed by Godley and Creme) were presented to MTV as part of a contest. When the deadline for the entries passed, MTV showed "Version #19."

In the book MTV Ruled the World - The Early Years of Music Video, Yes lead singer Jon Anderson talks about the excitement of filming the video of "Leave It" for MTV: "A totally surreal sort of video, which I loved. By then, we were number one around the world, so we were immensely famous for ten minutes. That was it. It was, 'Oh, we're going to be upside-down... that's cool! Let's do 17 versions. Oh great, that's amazing!' So there were actually 17 different versions of this video, which is perfect. Anything more abstract really reaches me, because it's something that I'll remember, where sometimes you do a video, and you think, 'Oh, that looks OK,' and ten minutes later, you don't care. But something that's abstract, you can look at it now and think 'That's a damn good video,' because it is different."

Promo copies of the 45 single contained a version with the group singing a capella.

This is one of the few Yes hits lead singer Jon Anderson had no part in writing. It was written by Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire and Trevor Horn, who recorded it with a fourth band member, Alan White, before Anderson rejoined the band. Anderson left the band in 1980, recording as a solo artist and as half of Jon and Vangelis before returning for the 90125 album.

According to Trevor Rabin, the prominent group vocals in this song came about after he and Chris Squire struggled to get a drum sound. When they ran out of ideas for the drums, they decided to work on the vocals, putting those on before the drums. As a result, the voices became the focal point of the song, although it took the band weeks to get them recorded and mixed in the song to their satisfaction.

Protomartyr - Maidenhead

Protomartyr - Maidenhead Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Under Color of Official Right
Released: 2014

Maidenhead Lyrics

Maidenhead Song Chart

Maidenhead is a town that lies just south of the River Thames, 25 miles from London. Its riverside location has drawn many celebrities to live there. So why did Detroit punk band Protomartyr record a song about the English place?

Vocalist Joe Casey told NME the track was inspired by writer Patrick Hamilton's book Hangover Square about a London-based drunk who wishes he could live in Maidenhead but after finally getting there he finds it to be as depressing as everywhere else he's ever been. He explained: "I like the way he describes the periods of dead moods this guy has, and I kind of latched onto that in a good way. I think in Detroit a lot of people think, 'If I didn't live in Detroit my whole life would be so much better', and after traveling around a little bit I can see that no matter where I am I'm still the same guy – so there's no Maidenhead out there for me."

Otis Redding - Shout Bamalama

Otis Redding - Shout Bamalama Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Otis Redding Anthology
Released: 1961

Shout Bamalama Lyrics

Shout Bamalama

He's down in Alabama
Shoutin' bamalama
Way down in Louisiana
Well, well, well
Nobody's gonna set him down

Lord have mercy on my soul
How many chickens have I stole
One last night and the night before
I'm going back and tryin' to get ten, eleven more
Startin' to get 'em and I

I love a chicken, baby
Shoutin' bamalama
Well, well, well
Nobody's gonna set him down

Nine feet, ten feet we're goin' for the build
Nine feet left on a ten feet of hill
Ten feet turn around a nine feet fence
His teeth fell out, but his tongue stayed in
It's gettin' said so

He got the chicken, baby
Shoutin' bamalama
Well, well, well
Nobody's gonna set him down

Leo demarket rode a line one day
Bad little fella comin' down the way
We were talkin' 'bout the family, its a cryin' shame
He tell ya, mother is workin' on the chain gang
She busts his britches now
She's good at workin' hard

Shoutin' bamalama
Well, well, well
Nobody's gonna set him down

The preacher and the deacon were prayin' one day
Along come a bear comin' down that way
The preacher told the deacon to say a prayer
He said, Lord, a prayer won't kill this bear
I gotta make it, baby
Shout bamalama
I gotta run for it
Well, well, well
Nobody's gonna set him down

Writer/s: REDDING, OTIS
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, CARLIN AMERICA INC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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This was one of the first songs Redding recorded. It's a Little Richard-style shouter that was released on 45 by Bethlehem Records in 1961. King records re-released the single after Redding became a household name.

Redding wrote this song. In addition to his talents as a singer, he was also a very prolific songwriter, and some of his compositions became hits for other artists, including "Respect," which scored for Aretha Franklin.

In 2001, a group called the Detroit Cobras recorded this on an album of Motown covers.

The song was memorably featured in John Hughes' 1986 teen movie Pretty in Pink. In the movie, the character Duckie lip-synchs the song, referring to it as one his mother taught him.

The Secret Sisters - You've Got It Wrong

The Secret Sisters - You've Got It Wrong Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Put Your Needle Down
Released: 2014

You've Got It Wrong Lyrics

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Written by the duo, this was inspired by a heartbreaking situation that Secret Sister Laura Rogers went through. "It was very simple, and we wrote it in a couple of hours," she told Billboard magazine. "It's in the vein of a more traditional country sound – more so than the rest of the record. We tried to get out of that box a little with the other songs, but that's one of the reasons I like that one so much is that it's in a familiar song territory for us."

This wasn't included on the standard edition of Put Your Needle Down, but does feature on the extended Cracker Barrell version of the disc. "We thought they were just going to release the album as is, but they said 'We would actually like to put some additional tracks on it,'" Laura Rogers explained. "That was great, because we got to go back to the tracks we had recorded for the second record. It was nice to have an avenue to release those songs that we were so proud of."

Ashanti - Over

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Album: Ashanti
Released: 2002

Over Lyrics

[Chorus]
Can't believe that it's Over baby
But every bruse on my heart you gave me
See we tried but we fight then we cried now it's over babe, it's over babe.

When I met you I knew you would be the one,
'Cause looking at you made me feel kind of crazy,
Now what you asked I almost did it automatically
But it was nothing compared to the joy you gave me.

Although I know that what we had it wasn't perfect babe,
You fooled around, but see back then it didn't phase me
I thought by staying, trying to change you would be worth it babe,
But now I see that trying to change you only changed me.
All these tears,and all of your lies
All these years and now we're saying goodbye, it's over babe.

[Chorus: x2]

Now I'm thinking that I never should have dealt with you,
All this screaming and this yelling
That we go through raining late at night I'm sitting waiting up for you
Just to tell you how I hate who you turned into,
See ain't no way I'm gonna sit and take this shit from you,
I'm never playing another day of being your fool,
I wasted all my time on something that just wasn't true,
I should have known I could never ever change you.
All these tears, and all of your lies,
All these years and now we're saying goodbye it's over babe.

[Chorus: x2]

I'll never forget what you did to me so I'm gone I'm leaving leaving baby,
I'll never forget
What you did to me so I'm gone I'm leaving leaving baby.
Whenever you see me don't even speak,
I'll never forget what you did to me.
Whenever you see me don't even speak, I'll never forget what you did to me.

[Chorus: x4]

I'll never forget what you did to me so I'm gone I'm leaving, leaving baby.
I'll never forget
What you did to me so I'm gone I'm leaving, leaving baby.

Writer/s: LORENZO, IRVING / PARKER, ANDRE / DOUGLAS, ASHANTI
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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When she's mad at her boyfriend, Ashanti claims to roll down her car windows and blast this song.

She says the recording session for this entire album was very emotional, because everyone involved in the record, not just her, was going through relationship problems. That emotion makes this song very personal for her.

As of the release of this song, she has been through two serious romantic relationships. Both are now over.

Sunny Sweeney - Everybody Else Can Kiss My Ass

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Album: Provoked
Released: 2014

Everybody Else Can Kiss My Ass Lyrics

Something's wrong man when the boss man makes you beg
For your own paycheck,
With his sweaty chest and his cigarette breath,
Breathing right down your neck.
Another fat face in the rat race, keeps feeding me do's and don't's,
Well it's the weekend so take your clock, stick it in and break if off,
I got plans of my own.

Tonight there's beer that needs drinking, Merle Haggard that needs singing
A couple of boys that need to go ahead and fight, that's right!
Beer cans that need stacking, pool balls that need racking,
That's the only quota I'm meeting tonight.
So, if you're with me raise your glass, here's to the working class
Everybody else can just kiss my ass.

Uncle Sam says pay your taxes, neighbors say mow your grass,
Signs here and there, tell me when and where I can
Smoke my damn cigarettes.
So, if you think you need another piece of me,
Well hunker down and pucker up,
Put your rosy red lips on the lower hips, go on and get you some.

Tonight's there's beer that needs drinking,
Merle Haggard that needs singing
A couple of boys that need to go ahead and fight, that's right!
Beer cans that need stacking, pool balls that need racking,
That's the only quota I'm meeting tonight.
So, if you're with me raise your glass, here's to the working class
And everybody else can just kiss my ass.

So, if you're with me raise your glass, here's to the working class
Everybody else can just kiss my ass.

Writer/s: HARRINGTON, CONNIE / SWEENEY, SUNNY / BEAVERS, BRETT
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Sunny Sweeney wrote this sassy slice of honky tonk with Brett Beavers and Connie Harrington. She told The Boot about the tune: "We were joking, kind of, when we wrote it, and it's just become hilarious to play at shows. Whenever I did my radio tour, I was going around to these conference rooms in radio stations, and I would go in at eight o'clock, nine o'clock in the morning, and I would always take beer with me and be like, 'Hey, have a beer. Take a load off.'"

"And then I would sing that song, and I would have these radio people just screaming, 'Everybody else can just kiss my ass' in the middle of their conference rooms," Sweeney continued. "And it's like, 'Doesn't it feel good just to scream that in the middle of the conference room?' And they're kinda laughing and looking around to see if everyone else is excited, and then they're like, 'Yeah, it's really exciting!' [Laughs.]

"To me it's funny because it's a girl singing it, but it's also a complete let-everything-go-and-have-a-good-time," she concluded. "That's a lighthearted song, nothing too in-depth. You don't have to think about what you're hearing - you just hear it, and then it's like, 'Yeah, damn the man! Screw work tomorrow, I'm partying tonight!' It's just funny."