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The Four Seasons - Rag Doll

The Four Seasons - Rag Doll Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Rag Doll
Released: 1964

Rag Doll Lyrics

Ooh
Oh, Rag Doll, ooh
Hand me down
When she was just a kid
Her clothes were hand-me-downs

Hand-me-down
They always laughed at her when she came into town
Called her rag doll
Little rag doll

Such a pretty face should be dressed in lace
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Shag rag doll)

I'd change her sad rags into glad rags
If I could (if I could)
My folks won't let me
'Cause they say that she's no good
She's a rag doll, such a rag doll
Though I love her so
I can't let her know

Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oh
Aah aah aah aah aah, rag doll
I love you just they way you are
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh, rag doll, ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh, rag doll, ooh

Writer/s: Crewe, Bob / Gaudio, Bob
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Group member and chief songwriter Bob Gaudio wrote this. He was driving his car to the studio in New York City when he was stopped at a "three-minute light." A little girl - with ragged clothes and dirty face - ran up to the car and cleaned the windshield. As the light changed, Gaudio rummaged frantically through his pockets in an effort to find a quarter to pay the girl, who did indeed look like a Rag Doll. The smallest piece of money he could find was a five-dollar bill (sometimes Gaudio would say "ten-dollar bill" when he tells this story), so he gave her the currency. She was speechless, but he remembered her stunned look at the studio, where he composed the song.

When Gaudio and their producer, Bob Crewe, finished writing this, they wanted it to be the next Four Seasons single instead of one that was already scheduled for release, but the group was set to begin a tour the next day. Because their regular studio was closed on Sundays, they recorded this in the basement of a Manhattan demo studio, using a production crew with whom they had never worked before.

Unless you were The Beatles, it was very hard to get a #1 hit in the US in 1964. This was a major accomplishment for an American group during the British invasion. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for all above)

The B-side of this single was the original version of "Silence Is Golden," a big hit with the English group Tremeloes in 1967. (thanks, Kent - Gothenburg, Sweden)

Josef K - It's Kinda Funny

Josef K - It's Kinda Funny Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Only Fun in Town
Released: 1980

It's Kinda Funny Lyrics

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Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band named after the protagonist of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial. Although they released just one album in 1981 and achieved little commercial success, they have since proved influential on many groups that followed including The Wedding Present, Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture.

Frontman Paul Haig explained this song's meaning to Uncut magazine September 2014: "It's Kinda Funny is a song about the human condition," he said. "And death."

"I lived with my parents, and I was going to go out to meet this girl that I was quite keen on, which she didn't know," Haig continued. "So the first line, 'You may be dumb, but the passage of time can change anything like the feelings we find,' was about meeting her, because she was dumb to my feelings. It was really about hoping that things would change in the future, and we'd get together. So the first part is a very normal unrequited love type thing. Then it goes off into the existentialist chewy stuff."

A number of people have wrongly surmised the song was inspired by the passing of Joy Division's vocalist Ian Curtis. Haig told Uncut magazine: "I have heard people say it was inspired by Ian Curtis' death. It wasn't. It was a song I was writing before going out."

"It came together incredibly quickly," he added. "I did the whole arrangement, the guitar solo, and the lyrics in about 20 minutes. The only thing that makes me think of Joy Division is the bassline, which was influenced by Hooky."

The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry

The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Big Girls Don't Cry and 12 Others
Released: 1962

Big Girls Don't Cry Lyrics

Big Girls Don't Cry
Big girls don't cry

Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (who said they don't cry?)
My girl said goodbye-yi-yi (my oh my)
My girl didn't cry (I wonder why)

(Silly boy) told my girl we had to break up
(Silly boy) hoped that she would call my bluff
(Silly boy) then she said to my surprise
"Big girls don't cry"

Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (who said they don't cry?)

(Maybe) I was cru-you-uel (I was cruel)
Baby I'm a fool (I'm such a fool)

(Silly girl) "Shame on you" your mama said
(Silly girl) "Shame on you, you're cryin' in bed"
(Silly girl) "Shame on you, you told me lies"
Big girls do cry

Big girls don't cr-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (that's just an alibi)
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry

Writer/s: FERGUSON/GAD
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This song was written by Four Seasons member and chief songwriter Bob Gaudio along with their producer, Bob Crewe. It was inspired by a line in a B-movie featuring John Payne. Crewe was half-asleep when he heard this line from a blonde bombshell character who was just slapped by Payne. When she was asked what she thought about being slapped, she replied, "Big girls don't cry." Crewe jotted down the line, fell asleep, and wrote the song the next day.

This was designed to sound similar to The Four Seasons first hit, "Sherry," which topped the charts for five weeks a month before "Big Girls Don't Cry" hit the top spot. Motown soon applied the same approach to its acts: if someone had a hit - especially an unexpected one - follow it up with something very similar. Like "Sherry," this spent five weeks at #1 in the US.

Nick Massi sang the bass vocals on this track, repeating the phrase "silly boy." Massi's vocals were a big part of the group's early success, but he left the Four Seasons in 1965 as they moved away from the bass sound.

This song plays in the opening scene of the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing (which is set in 1963), and also appears in the films The Main Event (1979) and Mermaids (1990).

The female rapper MC Lyte interpolated this on a song of the same name she released in 1988.

The Kooks - Forgive & Forget

The Kooks - Forgive & Forget Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Listen
Released: 2014

Forgive & Forget Lyrics

Don't say that I never moved you
Just because I saw the light before you did
And you say that I never showed you
All the rooms inside of my soul

Yeah
Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Walking up and down the hall
Frankie and his favorite lover
Speaking all the words she wants to hear
But that don't mean forever

Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Sitting down by the fire
Frankie plays the guitar
To people playing make believe
They say, "can we get a little higher?"

You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
So easy baby
But I can't stand
An hour break
Another day
So let me make it easy babe

And it goes on and on
On and on and on

Packing her bags
She found somewhere to stay
And in the car to the station
You know the world looks a little brighter
And then there's no need for conversations
Tell me why

You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
So easy baby
But I can't stand
An hour break
Another day
So let me make it easy babe

Yeah
You say you need someone to love you

Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Yeah
I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me
Yeah
So I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Writer/s: LUKE PRITCHARD, ALEXIS NUNEZ, DEAN WYNTON JOSIAH COVER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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After bonding with Inflo whilst traveling in America, Kooks fromtman Luke Pritchard headed to Los Angeles with the hip hop producer to pen some tunes. This story of a couple breaking up in a bar was the first song they wrote together. The singer explained to Q magazine that the "magic" first take vocal demo for this song in LA was later sewn into the band's London sessions.

The song's performance-based video was directed by Ivana Bobic, who is known for the movies The Priest and Frankie Teardrop (both 2009) and In the Night (2012). The clip finds The Kooks performing the song 'in the round', surrounded by dancers. Bibic told Promo News : "Forgive & Forget is such a fun, big track that I wanted to have an all-singing-all-dancing approach to it - the whole lot - band, dancers and a giant human zoetrope."

"The title suggested a kind of tongue-in-cheek love amnesia and constant repetition, so I wondered if I could make the whole video circular - constantly spinning around and around," she added. "I wanted the dancers to multiply into the band performance as the track progresses, they're like space-babes with an Alexander Wang twist, appearing from the dark. The dance builds and builds to the big middle eight drums where the whole spinning circus accelerates to a giant zoetrope and the dancers turn into one. It's a bit of a visual pun on the 'forgetting.'"

R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here

R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Released: 1985

Can't Get There From Here Lyrics

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This was the first single off the album. It didn't chart, but the album was the first by R.E.M. to chart in the UK.

This was influenced by Soul records R.E.M. listened to. The band approached the song as a "tongue-in-cheek tribute" because they were a bunch of white guys trying, but failing, to emulate their black Soul idols. Instead, they wound up with their own unique sound.

Lead singer Michael Stipe refers in the lyrics to "Brother Ray." This is most likely pianist Ray Charles.

This was never intended to be included on a record. When they played it at some surprise gigs in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, the crowds loved it, so they recorded it.

Philomath is a town referred to in the lyrics as a place gone to for inspiration. It is a real town in Georgia, east of Atlanta, but Stipe claims he's never been there. He picked it because it was "fictional-sounding."

Again with the Soul motif, Stipe screams at several points, "Gentlemen testify!" This is a phrase often heard in black churches.

The line, "Lawyer Jeff he knows the lowdown" refers to former R.E.M. manager Jefferson Holt, who was fired following allegations of sexual harassment.

The band no longer plays this song in any of their concerts. (thanks, Sam - Lincoln, NE, for above 2)

Regarding the lyrics, "Philomath they know the lowdown," Philomath was a stop on the Georgia Railway near Athens. (thanks, Tristan - Pennsburg, PA)

The music video, directed by Michael Stipe and Rick Aguar, shows the guys at a drive-in theater, juxtaposed with images of them running and tumbling through a country field and performing in silhouette. "We used the new-to-us 'blue screen' process," Peter Buck told MTV UK in 2001. "So we have dinosaurs and monsters in the background. It's probably the most humorous video we've ever done. For a band that's kind of noted for not having a sense of humor, I kind of enjoy that aspect of it."

This song title occasionally appears without an apostrophe, a punctuation mark the band often eschews.

This was the first R.E.M. song to employ a horn section.

Labrinth - Let It Be

Labrinth - Let It Be Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Take Me to the Truth
Released: 2014

Let It Be Lyrics

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The first single from Labrinth's Take Me to the Truth album, the English musician launched the song during a surprise performance at Stables Market Camden, London on August 17, 2014. "I knew I had been gone a long time and needed to come back with a single that was special, something forward-thinking," he said. "I wanted an opening statement to my second album and I put extra pressure on myself to come up with that."

Labrinth admitted to Digital Spy concerns about releasing the tune as it doesn't sound like anything he's done before. "It made me go back and look at all the other records again," he said, "and be like, 'Ah, maybe it needs to sound more exciting? Maybe it's not poppy enough? Or commercial enough.'"

The 'Take Me To the Truth' title was inspired by Labrinth's decision to shun big-name collaborations on the album. "The truth is, I'm not going to pretend to be friends with loads of Hollywood stars and put them on my album and make s--t records with them just to have their name on there," he told Digital Spy . "I did work with a few US artists - like, massive names - but I just didn't think the songs were quite right, so I thought, 'I don't want to put out crap music.'"

"I don't want to make something I don't enjoy, because I'm going to have to sing it for the next two years," Labrinth added. "I was like, 'Just don't do it, don't put it on the album.'"

Labrinth explained to The Independent that the idea behind the song is "telling people the reality of what I'm in."

Labrinth admitted to The Sun that he expected criticism for using the same title as a classic Beatles song. "All my mates were like, 'Lab,' It's a bit ballsy to name your record 'Let It Be' and I agree – but it's an important song about the anxiety and fear caused by worrying and trying to control where your life is going."

Asia - Heat of the Moment

Asia - Heat of the Moment Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Asia
Released: 1982

Heat of the Moment Lyrics

I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
A look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe this smile right from my face

Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidence arose from circumstance
One thing lead to another we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

It was the Heat of the Moment
Telling me what your heart meant
The heat of the moment shone in your eyes

And now you find yourself in eighty two
The disco hot spots hold no charm for you
You can't concern yourself with bigger things
You catch the pearl and ride the dragon's wings

'Cause it's the heat of the moment
Heat of the moment, the heat of the moment
Shone in your eyes

And when your looks are gone and you're alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself
Teenage ambition you remember well

It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what your heart meant
The heat of the moment shone in your eyes

It was the heat of the moment
The heat of the moment, heat of the moment
Shone in your eyes

Heat of the moment, heat of the moment
Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment

Writer/s: DOWNES, GEOFFREY / WETTON, JOHN KENNETH
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Asia featured an all-star lineup: John Wetton from King Crimson, Steve Howe from Yes, Carl Palmer from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Geoff Downes from the Buggles and Yes. Wetton and Downes wrote this song, which describes an intense relationship between a young couple, and questions what will happen when they get older.

Saying sorry in song became commonplace in the hair metal era, but in 1982 you rarely heard a rocker apologize, as it was considered wimpy. This song, however, begins with contrition, as Wetton sings: "I never meant to be so bad to you."

"The whole song is just an apology," Wetton said in our interview . "It's just saying I f--ked up. I hold my hand out and I got it wrong. I never meant it to be like that. I didn't want it to be like that. And so I'm sorry."

There was a specific person John Wetton was singing about on this track: his girlfriend Jill, who would later become his wife. The couple divorced after 10 years of marriage.

John Wetton wasn't concerned about macho posturing when he wrote this song; he was trying to bare his soul in the manner of one of his songwriting idols: Joni Mitchell. This first-person, emotive style was typical of Mitchell and a big influence on this and the other songs on the first Asia album.

This is the group's biggest hit. Asia scored another US Top 10 on their next album with "Don't Cry, but disbanded in the late '80s and never returned to the Top 40 upon their return. Later Asia material was more true to their progressive rock roots and not likely to chart.

This song was featured in the movie The 40 year old Virgin. The main character in the film (played by Steve Carell) has an Asia poster on his wall, which helps explain why he's a 40 year old virgin.

John Wetton of Asia told us that he's a big fan of the film and loved the scene where Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen accuse Carell of being gay because of his poster.

This was featured in an episode of the TV show South Park where Cartman is talking to Congress about stem cell research after his friend Kenny dies. He starts singing this song, and the entire congress joins in.

This song was featured in the video game Guitar Hero Rocks the '80s, allowing people to play along with this song with a virtual guitar. (thanks, Bert - Pueblo, NM, for above 2)

John Wetton started writing this song in 1980 when he was a member of the band Wishbone Ash, which were recording their album Number the Brave at Criteria Studios in Miami. When sessions would end around 6pm, Wetton would stay late in the studio and come up with ideas, many of which made their way onto the first Asia album. "I couldn't waste a studio like that with the best time in it," he told us.

This was the last song the band recorded for the album, but it ended up being the first single. The same thing happened on the next two Asia albums, as the final songs recorded were the first singles: "Don't Cry" on Alpha (1983) and "Go" on Astra (1985). Wetton thinks this is because the band tended to be very focused by the last song.

The video was directed by the team of Godley & Creme, who had their own band called 10cc. Their clips did very well on MTV, since they offered high production value and striking images. The "Heat of the Moment" video used a grid look, with the boxes constantly changing. It was a great way to show fleeting, memorable images (like the flaming cymbal) and also get in plenty of footage of the band. Godley & Creme also directed the "Only Time Will Tell" video.

T.I. - About The Money

T.I. - About The Money Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Paperwork
Released: 2014

About The Money Lyrics

Bustin' out the bando
A nigga jewelry real metal like a can opener
I went from rags to riches to a feature with Tip
I went from Smart Car to a bitch with some smart lips
And the F&N make my hip limp
I'm goin' fishin' with these little bitty shrimp dips
And my bank roll got a big dip
She gon' bring it on a big ship
Quite trill, no Quik Trip
I got drugs in the alley, no tip there
She just wanna have a good day
Smoke way more weed than a guy in L.A
I want them birds 'til next May
Never let em fly away
What!? I heard ay
Listen what my nigga Tip say

If it ain't About The Money
Don't be blowin' me up, nigga I ain't gettin' up
If it ain't about the money
Ain't no use in you ringin' my line, stop wastin' my time
If it ain't about the money
Nah I can't even hear what you say, I ain't finna do shit
If it ain't about the money
Bitch, you can miss me with it, bitch nigga miss me with it

I'm packin' 11, I'm packin' 11
I ride in a gator, my shoes are Guiseppe
I'm slime like the reverend, I shoot at the reverend
Pants out the grocery store, they stuck with lettuce
She try make the extras, I told on these bitches
When it's bout time to pay I'ma bail on these bitches

Ay what you think we in the neighborhood for?
Standin' at the corner store with a pocket full of dough
I'll be damned if a nigga wipe a hood hoe
Learned that from UGK back in "Pocket Full of Stones"
Put your money down I could book a hard four
You playin' with it, I'ma send 'em through your car door
But while I flood the shit sick got prob' oh
I'm doin' it for black and yellow, free Hardo
The head honcho, nigga no Tonto, nigga
I'm quick to put some bricks in a Bronco, nigga
Niggas talk shit, well I don't respond to no nigga
No murder, no dough, no convo

If it ain't about the money
Don't be blowin' me up, nigga I ain't gettin' up
If it ain't about the money
Ain't no use in you ringin' my line, stop wastin' my time
If it ain't about the money
Nah I can't even hear what you say, I ain't finna do shit
If it ain't about the money
Bitch, you can miss me with it, bitch nigga miss me with it

I'm packin' 11, I'm packin' 11
I ride in a gator, my shoes are Guiseppe
I'm slime like the reverend, I shoot at the reverend
Pants out the grocery store, they stuck with lettuce
She try make the extras, I told on these bitches
When it's bout time to pay I'ma bail on these bitches

Aye, what you think we in the neighborhood for?
Standin in the trap, slangin good blow
Maybach used to slang that crack
Buy a stolen car while he bang that AK
If you ever took a loss better bring that back
Catcha' witcha' betcha' heat will blow your brains bout that
Know you better be, on your best behavior when addressing me
Because, bye-gones, we don't let em be
Niggas disrespect me, I'm a catch a felony
For real, if you listen I can get you paid
But not interested in shit you say

If it ain't about the money
Don't be blowin' me up, nigga I ain't gettin' up
If it ain't about the money
Ain't no use in you ringin' my line, stop wastin' my time
If it ain't about the money
Nah I can't even hear what you say, I ain't finna do shit
If it ain't about the money
Bitch, you can miss me with it, bitch nigga miss me with it

I'm packin' 11, I'm packin' 11
I ride in a gator, my shoes are Guiseppe
I'm slime like the reverend, I shoot at the reverend
Pants out the grocery store, they stuck with lettuce
She try make the extras, I told on these bitches
When it's bout time to pay I'ma bail on these bitches

Ay, what you think we in the neighborhood for?
Standin' at the corner store with a pocket full of dough
I’ll be damned if a nigga wife a hood ho
Learned that from UGK back in "Pocket Full of Stones" nigga

Writer/s: HOLMES, LONDON TYLER / HARRIS, CLIFFORD J. / WILLIAMS, JEFFREY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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The first single from Paperwork: The Motion Picture, this features guest vocals from T.I.'s fellow Atlanta-based rapper Young Thug. The song was premiered by DJ Whoo Kid and DJ MLK on Shade 45 on May 19, 2014.

Tip informs us on the hook that you shouldn't disturb his grind unless you are telling him of ways to make money.

The song features a sample-heavy beat from Young Thug's frequent collaborator London on da Track.

T.I. told the story of his collaboration with Young Thug and London on da Track: "Right around 'after the club' hours, I was like 3:30 4 'o clock, I'm in the studio getting calls like 'Yo, we pulling up,'" he recalled. "Immediately, we exchanged pleasantries and began listening to beats and went right in there and did 'About The Money.' That was the first record we did. Since then, we done did about 12, 13 records."

This won Hip-Hop Song of the Year in the 2015 Boombox Fan Choice Awards.

Pearl Jam - Black

Pearl Jam - Black Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Ten
Released: 1991

Black Lyrics

Hey, oh
Sheets of empty canvas
Untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me
As her body once did
All five horizons
Revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed
Has taken a turn

Oh and all I taught her was everything
Oh I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands
Chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh the pictures have
All been washed in Black
Tattooed everything
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by
Some kids at play
I can feel their laughter
So why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin
Round my head
I'm spinning
Oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away

And now my bitter hands
Cradle broken glass
Of what was everything
All the pictures had
All been washed in black
Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad
Turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see
All that I am
All I'll be

Yeah
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky
But why
Why
Why can't it be
Why can't it be mine

Writer/s: GOSSARD, STONE C. / VEDDER, EDDIE JEROME
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Eddie Vedder explained in the Pearl Jam 20 documentary that this song is about first relationships. "The song is about letting go," said Vedder. "It's very rare for a relationship to withstand the Earth's gravitational pull and where it's going to take people and how they're going to grow. I've heard it said that you can't really have a true love unless it was a love unrequited. It's a harsh one, because then your truest one is the one you can't have forever."

By September, 1992, Pearl Jam had taken off, with three singles released from their debut album Ten: "Alive," "Even Flow" and "Jeremy." Sony Records was hot and heavy to released "Black" as the next single, and it was the obvious choice, since it was getting airplay as an album cut and was a ballad that could cross them over to other formats. The band, however, took a firm stance against releasing it, as Eddie Vedder didn't want to make a video or have to go through any more of the promotional process. Vedder won that battle and "Oceans," which got very little attention, was released as the fourth and final single from the album. This was a big moment for Pearl Jam and their manager Kelly Curtis, who stood up to Sony and their powerful CEO Tommy Mottola, who pressured them to issue "Black" as the single.

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard wrote the music for this song, which he called "E Ballad" before Vedder put words to it.

This has been rumored to be about a girl who has an abortion without telling her boyfriend, but the lyrics suggest Vedder is talking about a girlfriend (or close companion), who either died or broke up with him. Some lyric analysis:
"Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay" - All art references, art supplies not being changed or used.
"Were laid spread out before me as her body once did" - Sexual reference? Did she die?
"All five horizons revolved around her soul" - Possible religious reference, five is a pretty important number to many religions (like a pentagram). It could also refer to her being sprawled out (two legs+two arms+1 head=5).
"Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore" - All that she wore could be a metaphor for knowledge, emotional clothing.
"Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything..." - He had pictures of the woman, but something happened to her and now they're "black" to him.
"I'm surrounded by some kids at play" - This could be where the abortion reference is coming from.
"I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear" - The thought of children brings up bad memories. Maybe it was a child that died, but more likely it's someone heknew.
"All the love gone bad turned my world to black" - This line supports the breakup theory.
"Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all that I'll be...yeah..." - His vision and life and meaning has been obscured by this tragic event.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine" - She is now with somebody else, but he wants to be with her.

Aaron Lewis performed this song live with just his acoustic guitar during Staind's 2002 tour. One recording of it got some radio play. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

Wiz Khalifa - Promises

Wiz Khalifa - Promises Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Blacc Hollywood
Released: 2014

Promises Lyrics

Say baby, Imma wake up for you
Imma have my way with your body
And when I’m done touching you
I bet you won’t wanna
Give yourself to nobody
Baby when the lights go out
It’s like we’re the only ones
And I already feel it now
It’s like you’re the only one
Only one who knows just how
How to make the time stand still
We’re caught in the moment

So don’t let me down
You made those Promises
Don’t take em back now
Don’t let me down
Do all the things you said that had me goin'
Let’s get caught in the moment (caught in the moment)
Let’s get caught in the moment (caught in the moment)

Uh, uh (uh uh)

Smoking one and rolling one
I come and break you down for fun
You love it when I get up in it
Kiss your body when I’m finished
My drop crotch is by Knomadik
My drop top is automatic
Put you in it, now you tweaking
I can nab you for the weekend
Rolling up and going up
I’m smoking weed and pouring up
I take that money, hold it up
I take your legs and fold em up
I take my time, I break it down
I tell you not to make a sound
I take that KK and pass it round
Your clothes keep dropping to the ground

So don’t let me down
You made those promises
Don’t take em back now
Don’t let me down
Do all the things you said that had me going
Let’s get caught in the moment (let’s get caught in the moment)
Let’s get caught in the moment (let’s get caught in the moment)
Let’s get caught in the moment (let’s get caught in the moment)

Writer/s: THOMAZ, CAMERON / BUTLER, RICHARD / SCHEFFER, JAMES / MULE, MICHAEL / DE BONI, ISAAC
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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This song finds Wiz crooning about his attraction for a lover over Jim Jonsin's smooth and laid back production. The cut became the Pittsburgh MC's first Hot R&B Songs entry as a lead, when it debuted at #14 on the chart.

The song's music video was shot by director Gerard Victor (Fabolous, Black Milk) and filmed in Harlem. It follows Khalifa as he spots an attractive woman whilst he's playing basketball with his boys.

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

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Album: Just Once In My Life
Released: 1965

Unchained Melody Lyrics

Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh
"Wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home, wait for me

Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered, for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Writer/s: H. ZARET, A. NORTH
Publisher: Unchained Melody PUB LLC
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This first appeared in the 1955 movie Unchained, starring the former football player Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. The movie takes place in a prison, and the song was written for the movie to reflect the mood of the prisoners as they wait for time to pass.

Alex North wrote the music, Hy Zaret wrote the lyrics, and a black singer named Todd Duncan sang the version in the movie. Duncan went on to become a popular vocal instructor.

When the movie came out, an orchestral version by Les Baxter was released along with a version by Al Hibbler. Baxter's version hit #1 in the US; Hibbler's went to #3.

Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher voice than Bill Medley, sang lead on this track. It was his idea to record it, since Medley and Hatfield were each allowed to choose a song to sing as a solo vocalist on their albums. As Medley tells us, Hatfield knew the song well, and was a big fan of the Roy Hamilton and Al Hibbler versions of the song. In 2003, Hatfield died of a heart attack at age 63.

The Righteous Brothers version was a huge hit, but it was recorded with far more modest expectations. Phil Spector considered it album filler and released it as a B-side. The single had "Unchained Melody," with no producer credit on the label, as the flip to Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Hung on You," but many DJs preferred "Unchained Melody" and played that one instead. This infuriated Spector, who subsequently left no doubt as to which side of a Philles single was the A-side.

The famous climax of this song where Bobby Hatfield sings the high "I need your love" line wasn't how the song was written. In our interview with Bill Medley , he explained that Hatfield did two takes of the song, then left. He would often reconsider his performance and come back later to change it, and that's what he did on this track, returning to ask Medley if he could make an edit. This was no easy task, since with a maximum of four tracks to work with, you had to record over part of the original take, but Medley accommodated and Hatfield delivered that soaring vocal line. Said Medley: "I punched that in and he left. He said, 'No, I can do it better.' And I said, 'No, you can't.' [Laughs] And I think it's a big part of that song."

This was released on Philles Records, Phil Spector's label. Spector, known for his "Wall Of Sound" technique, did not produce this - Bill Medley did. In a 2007 statement to the Forgotten Hits newsletter, Medley said: "You have to remember that I was producing our stuff before Phil Spector... I mean I produced 'Little Latin Lupe Lu,' 'My Babe' and all that stuff. Then when we went with Phil, Phil asked me if I would produce the albums because it was too time consuming for him to produce the entire albums. So he was going to do the singles and I would do the album. And so that's how that happened and that's how I produced 'Unchained Melody,' which Phil Spector apparently now takes credit for. He can have the credit. And I'm not a producer. I know how to produce. But it's obviously not a Spector production. 'Unchained Melody' was never intended to be the single... it was produced to be on the album. It was put on the B side of a Phil Spector single 'Hung On You' and the minute it was released 'Unchained Melody' just went through the roof."

This returned to both the US and UK charts in 1990 after it was included in the motion picture Ghost (it was used in a scene featuring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and pottery). Two versions charted in the US that year: a reissue of the 1965 original Righteous Brothers single was available only as a 45 RPM single, peaking at #13, and a 1990 re-recording of the song was available only as a cassette single, peaking at #19. For eight weeks, both versions were in the Hot 100 simultaneously.

When the re-release became a hit, the label that now owned the distribution rights underestimated it's popularity and the few copies that record stores had sold out quickly, with back orders that went into several weeks. Meanwhile the Righteous Brothers, who weren't making a dime off of the original any more, decided to re-record the song and release it on Curb, Bill Medley's current label. Since the charts are based on radio airplay (only the original version) and record sales (only the Curb release), both versions landed in the Top 20 at the same time. If these two figures had been added together, a song two decades old would have been the #1 song of the year. In the UK, that was exactly the case, as the song made #1 and was the biggest-selling single of 1990.

The song's renewed popularity in the UK resulted in the re-release of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in late 1990. That re-release reached #3 overseas.

Although the Righteous Brothers' version is the most-remembered today, it was by no means the first or most-successful "Unchained Melody." Four versions of the song made the Top 40 in 1955, three of them simultaneously in the Top 20: Les Baxter (#1 - from the movie Unchained), Al Hibbler (#3 - first vocal version), Roy Hamilton (#6), June Valli (#29). All four of these recordings were in the US Top 40 on May 14, 1955. Harry Belafonte also recorded a version that year.

When the movie Ghost brought this song back to the charts, it marked the second time a Patrick Swayze film boosted the fortunes of Bill Medley. In 1987, Medley's duet with Jennifer Warnes, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," became a #1 US hit when the film it was written for, Dirty Dancing (also starring Swayze), took off at the box office.

Medley told us: "I had talked to him a few times over the years - I used to joke with him. I said, 'Why aren't you calling us to do every one of your movies?'"

In 1995, Robson And Jerome released this as a single with "The White Cliffs Of Dover." The single went to #1 in the UK and was the best-selling single there that year. Both songs were used in a TV show called Soldier Soldier.

The Righteous Brothers released just two more singles on Phil Spector's Philles Records, and they were both covers of older songs: "Ebb Tide" and "The White Cliffs Of Dover." Spector didn't want to put his efforts into recording original songs if the public just wanted to hear standards from the duo.

After these releases, MGM Records bought The Righteous Brothers' contract, which paid off for the label when their first single for the label, "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration" - an original song - went to #1.

The only record to be a #1 hit with four different versions, Jimmy Young, The Righteous Brothers, Ronson & Jerome, and Gareth Gates all topped the UK chart with this song. This is also the first song to be a million seller in the UK in more than one version (Robson & Jerome also had a million seller with this in 1995).

In 2002 Pop Idol runner up Gareth Gates scored a #1 single with this in the UK. At the age of 17 he became the youngest solo male British artist to have a UK #1. Gates' version was voted Record of the Year by ITV viewers in 2002. It sold 300,000 copies on its first day and 1.3 million overall. Gates performed this in the final of Pop Idol, in which he finished runner up to Will Young.

This was one of several songs that Simon Cowell said he never wants to hear again at an X Factor audition. "Whoever said that was my favorite song was joking," he said.

This was Gareth Gates' mother's favorite song and Gates himself knew this from The Righteous Brothers version in the film Ghost. It was the first song that Gareth learned to play on guitar. According to 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, he knew it would be a great song to perform on Pop Idol: "It's a song you can sing very badly, lots of people mess up the 'I need your love' bit, but I knew I could do it okay." The CD single included Gareth's versions of "Anything Is Possible" and "Evergreen," which would have been the A-sides if he'd won the contest.

The 1990 re-release of this song went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, giving The Righteous Brothers their only chart-topper on that tally.

The Supremes recorded a cover of this song for their album I Hear a Symphony. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)

Deep Purple - All The Time In The World

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Album: Now What?!
Released: 2013

All The Time In The World Lyrics

There's still a long way to go
And the nights are closing in
But if I'd travelled any faster babe
Lord knows where I might have been

Right from those early days
I put my faith in the axle not the wheels
Like old Zeno's toytus
with Achilles snapping at my heels

Don't worry
There's no hurry
Here we are
With All The Time In The World

I could have been a high-flying dealer
But I have no desire for speed
I could have been a wild receiver
But I've got everything I need

And so I watch the world
Go racing by tearing up the street
I lay back in the long grass
Take it easy and rest my feet

Don't worry
You know, there's no hurry
Here we are
With all the time in the world

No-one ever held me back
You know that no-one ever put me in chains
No-one ever saw me racing ahead
No-one had to tug on my reins

As everybody knows
I may be slow but I never quit
Sometimes on a good day I sit and think
Sometimes I just sit

Don't worry
Relax, there's no hurry
Here we are
With all the time in the world

Writer/s: AIREY, DONALD SMITH / EZRIN, ROBERT A. / GILLIAN, IAN / GLOVER, ROGER / MORSE, STEVEN J. / PAICE, IAN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Released as a single from Deep Purple's 2013 Now What?! album, the song finds lead singer Ian Gillan in a contemplative mood, singing about watching the world go racing by as he lays in the grass.

The band, secure in their place in rock history, could certainly rest on their laurels and retire, but they toured extensively for the album and showed no signs of slowing down. This mark of Purple is comprised of Gillan, bass player Roger Glover, guitarist Steve Morse, drummer Ian Paice, and keyboard player Don Airey. They are all credited writers on this song along with Bob Ezrin, who produced the album.

In our interview with Steve Morse , he explained that his guitar work on this track was influenced by the Motown sound. He also explained that Ian Paice added some distinctive elements to the track. "Ian Paice does these little swingy, great-feeling drum parts so naturally because he's got a lot of history with big band type swing and cool jazz," Steve said. "It was just a great feel. It was sultry and seductive and just felt right."

The lyric delves into Greek legend with the line, "Like old Zeno's toytus, with Achilles snapping at my heels." Achilles has appeared in rock songs of yore, but Zeno we had to look up. He was a real person - a philosopher from around 450 BC famous for his paradoxes making the case that motion could be an illusion.