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Kenny Chesney - Flora-Bama

Kenny Chesney - Flora-Bama Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Big Revival
Released: 2014

Flora-Bama Lyrics

Sitting here at the Flora-Bama
Bout to open up a big old can of
Good times, unwind
Fall in and out of love in the same night
In the same night

There's ball caps, photographs, dollar bills, and bras
License plates from every state nailed up to the wall
Spring breakers, heart breakers, already getting loud
Talledega's on the big screen, don't it make you proud?

Sitting here at the Flora-Bama
Bout to open up a big old can of good times, unwind
Fall in and out of love in the same night
Can't say I got a whole lot of cares
I'm in the red neck riviera
It's getting crazy, getting hammered
Sitting right here at the Flora-Bama
At the Flora-Bama

There's high tide, low tide, years of history
Hurricanes with different names that almost took the beach
Sign that says live your life just for inspiration
Gonna raise a lot of hell tonight in the, in the no shoes nation

Sitting here at the Flora-Bama
Bout to open up a big old can of good times, unwind
Fall in and out of love in the same night
Can't say I got a whole lot of cares
I'm in the red neck riviera
It's getting crazy, getting hammered
Sitting right here at the Flora-Bama
At the Flora-Bama

Got your who died, Go Vols, roll tide and the seminoles
Bulldogs, war eagle, green eyed gator that's barely legal

Sitting here at the Flora-Bama
Bout to open up a big old can of good times, unwind
Fall in and out of love in the same night
Can't say I got a whole lot of cares
I'm in the red neck riviera
It's getting crazy, getting hammered
Sitting right here at the Flora-Bama
At the Flora-Bama

Don't it feel good?
Don't it feel good?
Yeah, don't it feel good?
At the Flora-Bama
Sitting here at the Flora-Bama
Sitting here at the Flora-Bama

Writer/s: CHESNEY, KENNETH / COPPERMAN, ROSS / MURPHY, DAVID LEE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC, CAROL VINCENT & ASSOC LLC
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This song was inspired by the Flora-Bama bar on Perdido Key in Florida. It was penned by Kenny Chesney with David Lee Murphy (Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"). "It's a very specific song about a very specific place, but it's also a song for anyone who has somewhere they go to let their mind unwind," said the singer. "It's about bein' easy, but bein' engaged. Because — as I've said — places like the Flora-Bama are what life is all about."

The song was given away free to fans who pre-ordered Chesney's The Big Revival album.

Chesney came up with the idea for the song after a friend told him about spending an entire afternoon in the Flora-Bama bar. "He'd just ducked in for a beer," said the country star, "and six hours later, he'd emerged with a bunch of new friends, a great time and the sort of memory you keep going back to."

Chesney said of the Flora-Bama lounge: "This place is so many things to so many people. It has been for a long time because they've shared life here. Friendships were born here. Relationships were born here. Every place you look, there's 50 years of memories. Lovers have written their names on the wall, they've declared their love for each other on the wall of this place."

"That kind of stuff lives forever in the thread, in the heart and the soul of a place like this," he continued. "I feel like the people that come to this bar really do represent my audience and everything that we've built No Shoe Nation to be."

Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise

Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: ...But Seriously
Released: 1989

Another Day in Paradise Lyrics

She calls out to the man on the street
'Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?'

He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh think twice, it's another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can't walk but she's trying

Oh think twice

Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh Lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
Cause she didn't fit in there

Oh think twice

Writer/s: PHIL COLLINS
Publisher: IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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This addresses the consequences of ignoring the needy and homeless. It's a rare Phil Collins hit with a socially conscious message.

Collins told The New York Times how the song came together: "It was begun at the piano. I started playing and put it down on a tape so I wouldn't forget it. Then I decided to see what would happen when I started singing. When I began, the words just came out, 'She calls out to the man on the street.' I didn't set out to write a song about the homeless. Those were just the words I happened to sing. It was only then that I decided that was what the song would be about."

Many of the songs from ...But Seriously were written in attempt to offset what Collins called middle-of-the-road song choices that made his reputation "a little more trivialized than I wanted to be." He had just played the title thief in the 1988 adventure comedy Buster, for which he recorded a hit cover of the '60s pop song "A Groovy Kind Of Love."

He told Musician: "'Another Day in Paradise' was chosen because it was a bit different from what had gone on before. It would bring people back to the starting line of remembering what I'm about. I write 'In the Air.' I'm quite capable of writing a 'Two Hearts,' but let's not forget I'm also doing this kind of stuff."

This won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. It also won the 1990 Brit Award for Best Single. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Collins told The Mail on Sunday: "I wrote this after being in Washington DC where I was amazed by how many people I saw living in boxes."

He also explained in a Musician interview: "I remember when we played Washington... Washington was almost at a standstill and these people were trying to sleep on the grills where all the hot air was coming up, and you could see that it was in the shadow of Capitol Hill. I thought it was an extraordinary contradiction."

David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, and Nash, sang on this. Crosby worked with Collins on and off through the late '80s to early '90s; Collins performed background vocals for Crosby's 1993 song, "Hero," from the album Thousand Roads. (thanks, Jeff - Kendall Park, NJ)

The black-and-white music video, featuring Collins performing the song interspersed with images of homeless people, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form. It was no match for Paula Abdul and her rapping animated cat: "Opposites Attract" won the award.

Collins also met the problem of homelessness face-to-face in London while cutting this single. He remembers leaving the studio and seeing a homeless woman with two children who were begging for money. While the song shines a light on the issue, it also made him realize that, when confronted with it, he reacted the same as everyone else.

"What (the song) deals with is people's awkwardness with it. When it happened to me, I just walked straight past. I thought, I'm doing the same thing as everybody else... I felt awkward. I didn't ignore her but at the same time I didn't stop and give her some money... That's what the song deals with, people just sort of starting to pretend it's not happening."

Collins was criticized by the English press for singing about the poor despite being wealthy. He responded in a New York Times interview: "When I drive down the street, I see the same things everyone else sees. It's a misconception that if you have a lot of money you're somehow out of touch with reality."

R&B singer Brandy recorded this in 2001. (thanks, Cindy - Sydney, Australia)

Kristian Bush - Trailer Hitch

Kristian Bush - Trailer Hitch Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Southern Gravity
Released: 2014

Trailer Hitch Lyrics

I wanna buy you a drink
Maybe one for this whole town
I may not have that much
But I don’t mind spreading it around
Everybody chasing something
I don’t know why they’re running
I take my time to the finish line
‘Cause we all end up with nothing

I don’t know why, know why
Everybody wanna die rich
Diamonds, champagne,
Work your way down that list.
We try, everybody tries
Tries to fit into that ditch
You can’t take it with you when you go
Never seen a hearse with a Trailer Hitch
Never seen a hearse with a trailer hitch

Started my day
Giving away
All of my baseball cards
It felt so good by the afternoon
I gave some guy my car
It ain’t about what you’re driving
Or about the gold you’re piling
The less I have to worry about
The more time I got for smiling

I don’t know why, know why
Everybody wanna die rich
Champagne, new plane
Work your way down that list.
We try, everybody tries
Tries to fit into that ditch
You can’t take it with you when you go
Never seen a hearse with a trailer hitch
Never seen a hearse with a trailer hitch

Hey, hey

You can stack it up
Pack it up
Tie it with a big, red bow
Get a great, big truck
Back it all up
But you can’t take it with you when you go
Can’t take it when you go

I don’t know why, know why
Everybody wanna die rich
Diamonds, champagne, newest of the new planes
Work your way down that list.
We try, everybody tries
Tries to fit into that ditch
You can’t take it with you when you go
Never seen a hearse with a trailer hitch
Never seen a hearse with a trailer hitch

Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Give it away,
Hey, hey
Give it away

Writer/s: BRANDON BUSH, KRISTIAN BUSH, TIM OWENS
Publisher: DO WRITE MUSIC LLC
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The idea for the song came to Kristian Bush after a writer friend of his walked out the door and said, "I've never seen a hearse with a trailer hitch."

"As we went through it, it was very easy to walk into the shoes of, 'Let's write a song that's fun that has a message that also matters. Let's just not bang over anybody's head with it.' We probably have one too many things in our life. All of us. We can probably give at least one of them back or away," Bush told Radio.com . "You can't take it with you when you go. It is a question and it isn't an answer of a song. It's just a question, why do we all want to die rich? Isn't there something we can do with that?"

The lead single of Southern Gravity, its inclusion on the album was an accident. Bush explained to Artist Direct : "I had written the song, finished the session, had written four songs, people were in their chairs. I asked to do one more before eating dinner. I had a little ditty that was supposed to be fun. I played it, charted it out and they began playing it. This thing happened. It makes you want to dance."

"It reminded me, again, of how much magic is in each set of songs. You just don't know until you bring them to life… what they can be. That sounds like a single and wasn't even supposed to be on the record."

David Lanz and Paul Speer - Behind the Waterfall

David Lanz and Paul Speer - Behind the Waterfall Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Natural States
Released: 1985

Behind the Waterfall Lyrics

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Lanz and Speer were contemporary instrumental musicians (aka "new age" or "cool jazz") for the Narada record label when they composed this song as part of a soundtrack to a natural wildlife video. Though the video is a rare find, the album, and especially this song, earned many critic's praises and is still considered a great introduction to new age music. (thanks, Jeff - Kendall Park, NJ)

Luke Christopher - Life Jackets

Luke Christopher - Life Jackets Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Single Release Only
Released: 2014

Life Jackets Lyrics

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Christopher explained the story behind this song to AllMusic : "Initially, I had the idea for the metaphor of a life jacket," he said. "You want somebody to give you that confirmation and faith in a relationship. The other person just wants to do the easy and fun things though. They don't want to commit."

"When I did the beat, I thought, 'Yeah, this feels like that metaphor,' he continued. "I wanted to have that raw piano breakdown and do the rap verses. It's about that moment when you come to the point in a relationship where you take it to the next level or you let it go. Some dude is like, 'I can't commit.' Some girl wants that safety net so she doesn't end up jumping into something that's poisonous or too deep that she can drown in it. She's looking at love and the relationship as a like jacket."

Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence

Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The End Of The Innocence
Released: 1989

The End Of The Innocence Lyrics

Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standing by

When happily ever after fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly

But I know a place where we can go
Still untouched by man
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind

You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end

This is The End Of The Innocence
O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords

For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details

Since daddy had to lie
But I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by

And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense

But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence
Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast

But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss

And let me take a long last look
Before we say good bye
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me

Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

Writer/s: HORNSBY, BRUCE / HENLEY, DON
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The "Tired old man that we elected king" is a reference to US president Ronald Reagan. There are a lot of political overtones in the song, as Henley strongly opposed Reagan's agenda.

The line about "Beating ploughshares into swords" is a distortion of Isaiah 2:4 in which Isaiah describes the end times: "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."

The inversion of the words most likely hints at the decline of the number of family farms and the increase in US military power in the '80s as a signal of the end times of innocence. (thanks, Kent - Pittsfield, IL)

Bruce Hornsby played piano on this and wrote this with Henley. Hornsby had a US #1 hit with "The Way It Is." (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)

This was Henley's third solo album. He didn't release another for 11 years.

When the Eagles broke up in 1980, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey also launched solo careers. They all did fairly well, but Henley was the most successful. The Eagles re-formed in 1994 for their Hell Freezes Over tour.

Bob Dylan often performed this on his 2002 US tour.

Mike Doughty - Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future

Mike Doughty - Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Stellar Motel
Released: 2014

Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future Lyrics

I was in many minds
I was in an airport bookstore
I wait for many moons
Left a suitcase on the fourth floor
Enormous balloons
Gold chocker all made out of spoons
Eatin' super sugar crisp
I was getting used to this
Well

Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future
Light will keep your heart beating in the future
Keep your heart beating in the -
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the

There was a lot of them
Ther was a bloody fight next door
The was a crack stem
There was a ghoul on the misty moor
City bus
Ketamine
Lucy Lawless
Magazine
Out of base
Lucky charm
Outer space
Smoke alarm

Light will keep your heart beating in the future
Light will keep your heart beating in the future
Keep your heart beating in the -
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the

Overlap
Overleaf
Shoulder strap
Fire chief
Porch swing
Moneyless
Purple wine
Freckle face
Heavy hand
Closed door
Contraband
North shore
Fine line
Margarine
Ridin' line
Mandarin

Light will keep your heart beating in the future
Light will keep your heart beating in the future
Keep your heart beating in the -
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the

Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the

Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the
Keep your heart, keep your heart beating
Keep your heart beating, beating
Keep your heart beating in the, beating in the

Writer/s: MICHAEL DOUGHTY, RICHARD RUSINCOVITCH
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Doughty took the song title from a headline from a newspaper that he saw some guy reading across from him on the subway.

The song is built around a killer banjo riff. Doughty explained to Billboard magazine: "Good Goose, my producer, and I put the song together around a banjo part that I improvised. He just happened to have a banjo in the studio, which is weird, considering he's a hip-hop guy. He looped it, put it over a beat, and I sang fragments and phrases from my notebook."

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Tonight's the Night
Released: 1960

Will You Love Me Tomorrow Lyrics

Tonight you're mine, completely
You give your soul so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic in your sighs
And will you still love me tomorrow

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun

I'd like to know if your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow

Writer/s: GOFFIN, GERRY/KING, CAROLE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was written by the husband and wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It's a benignly sexual song with the singer wondering what will happen the day after an encounter with her man. It met with some resistance from radio stations, but not enough to stop it from becoming a huge hit, selling over a million copies.

Goffin and King were a husband and wife songwriting team who worked were signed to Don Kirshner's Aldon music, which along with the Brill building, was the center of the songwriting universe in the early '60s. Kirshner assigned them to write a song for the Shirelles as a follow-up song to "Tonight's The Night." King came up with the music, and Goffin, excited about writing for The Shirelles, quickly came up with the lyrics. Kirshner loved the song, and recognizing that he had something new and different, decided to use it to get in the door at Columbia Records, so he offered it to Columbia for Johnny Mathis, but their label head Mitch Miller politely declined, which Kirshner later said was "The best thing he ever did for me."

Back at Aldon Music, Tony Orlando wanted to record the song, but Kirshner, taking a cue from what he learned when he offered it to Mathis, explained that it was a girl's lyric, and that no teenage boy would say these words. So finally, the song went to The Shirelles, where it was intended all along. Orlando did record an answer song called "Not Just Tomorrow But Always" using the name Bertell Dache.

Don't let anyone tell you that this was the first US #1 hit by an all-female group - The McGuire Sisters hit the top spot three times in the '50s. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was, however, the first #1 by a black female group, and the first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which debuted in 1958. From 1955-1958, Billboard had a chart called the Top 100 with different criteria.

Shirelles lead singer Shirley Alston initially disliked the song, dismissing it as "too Country and Western" for the 4-girl group from Passaic, New Jersey. Their producer Luther Dixon convinced her they could do it in their style, and asked King and Goffin if they could add strings and turned it into an uptempo song, which they did.

Carole King played timpani on the Shirelles recording.

Carole King included this on her 1971 album Tapestry. Lou Adler, who produced the album and owned King's record company, explained: "The only thing we reached back for, which was calculated in a way, which of the old Goffin and King songs that was hit should we put on this album? And, that's how we came up with 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.' I thought that song fit what the other songs were saying in Tapestry. A very personal lyric."

A 1968 version by the Four Seasons hit #24 and was that group's last Top 40 hit of the '60s - they didn't have another for seven years. Dave Mason brought it back to the charts in 1978, hitting #39. Some of the other artists to record this song include Cher, Laura Nyro, Roberta Flack, Millie Jackson, Bryan Ferry and Neil Diamond.

The B-side of the single was "Boys," which was later covered by the Beatles with a rare Ringo Starr vocal.

First pressings of the single (Scepter 1211) show the title as simply "Tomorrow."

Amy Winehouse recorded a cover for the Bridget Jones: The Age of Reason soundtrack in 2004, slowing down the tempo and using a jazz arrangement. Her version debuted at #62 on the UK singles chart in the week after her death.

Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone

Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: SremmLife
Released: 2014

No Flex Zone Lyrics

No Flex Zone, no flex zone
They know better, they know better
No flex zone, no flex zone
They know better, they know better
Won a gold medal
And a gold bezel
I treat it so special
Now your ho jealous
Freak Hoes, got several
They tens or better
I'm a trendsetter
I'm a go-getter

Swae Lee, Lee Swae, it's the same difference
H2O, lean, same thing
Niggas throw up sets and gang bang
Free everybody in a chaingang
Been two days since I laid down
Kool Moe Dee five chains on
Versace, them rings on it
Say my fucking name ho
Yea them diamonds so cool
Yea that old school mine fool
Never heard about you
All my hoes they so rude
Tats all on me nigga
Trill ass individual
Dumb check I'm that nigga
Sit on my Balmain zipper
I got a airtight schedule
Fuck your bitch, just met her
Pink slip, no rental
Got a L full of that killer
Beating on my chest like Magilla
Nigga I am the gorilla of the village
Pack sound like heavy metal
Just killed the haters, God bless 'em

No flex zone, no flex zone
They know better, they know better
No flex zone, no flex zone
They know better, they know better
Won a gold medal
And a gold bezel
I treat it so special
Now your ho jealous
Freak Hoes, got several
They tens or better
I'm a trendsetter
I'm a go-getter

Young niggas got get to the money
Five chains so they look at me funny
Showed up with the juice and the troops
Roll a seven every time I shoot
She said why you have so many condoms with you
I said I'm a player to be honest with you
Hublot (Whoo!) So shiny
Mind you my crew right behind me
Went shopping, could've bought an island
Talking money when I'm with Italians
Spilling purple on the red carpet
And I'm flyer than a nigga on a hang glider
4-5-6-7 chains on
Just stay in your lane ho
Don't you like these A-wings?
Don't you like these gold fangs?
You a well known flexer
I'm a young trendsetter
These hoes they reckless
They slick, they messy
Three hoes freak dancing
Wit' the loud singing acapella
Chain clang like heavy metal
Slim killed the haters, God bless 'em

No flex zone, No flex zone
They know better, they know better
No flex zone, No flex zone
They know better, they know better
Won a gold medal
And a gold bezel
I treat it so special
Now your ho jealous
Freak Hoes, got several
They tens or better
I'm a trendsetter
I'm a go-getter

Writer/s: WILLIAMS, MICHAEL / HOGAN, ASHETON / BROWN, AAQUIL / BROWN, KHALIF
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Rae Sremmurd are a rap duo from Tupelo, Mississippi, consisting of brothers Slim Jimmy and Swae Lee. Their name is Ear Drummers backwards (Rae Stemmurd are signed to Mike Will Made It's Interscope imprint EarDrummers Entertainment) and it is pronounced 'Ray-Shrim-er.'

To flex is to show off. The brothers explained that the message behind this song is, "Don't hate on everybody else. Just be yourself."

This was the very first song that Mike Will Made It produced for Rae Sremmurd.

The song went from underground to a game changing track starting parties across the US, with remixes surfacing from the likes of Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, and Kid Ink.

Swae Lee pays homage to rap legend Kool Moe Dee when he spits "Kool Moe Dee, five chains on." He explained to The Source: "When I was writing the verse, I looked down and saw that I had my chains on. I decided to pay homage to one of the greats, you have too. You know, I paid homage to Kool Moe Dee and Mr. T, who really started this whole thing out."

The official remix was produced by Mike WiLL Made It and features new bars from the Rae Sremmurd pair, as well as verses from Nicki Minaj and Pusha T taken from their own remixes.

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Pet Sounds
Released: 1966

Sloop John B Lyrics

We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I want to go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home

Writer/s: Edwards, Nole / Wilson, Don / Bogle, Bob / Taylor, Melvin
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is a traditional West Indies tune about a sunken boat. It was adapted in 1951 by Lee Hays of the Weavers (as "The John B Sails") and revived in 1960 by Lonnie Donegan. The Beach Boys' folk music buff, Al Jardine, turned Brian Wilson onto the Kingston Trio's recording of the song. For their updated version, Wilson added elaborate vocals and a 12-string guitar part. He also changed some of the lyrics, including "This is the worst trip since I've been born" to "...I've ever been on" as a wink to acid culture.

The song was popularized by The Kingston Trio, who adapted it from a version in poet Carl Sandburg's 1927 songbook The American Songbag. The Kingston Trio's version stays true to the song's Calypso roots, and was released on their first album in 1958. Eight years later, The Beach Boys changed the title to "Sloop John B," and came away with a hit. Their debt to The Kingston Trio goes far beyond this song: The Beach Boys adopted the group's striped, short-sleeved shirts and wholesome persona as well. (thanks, rob - Birmingham, England)

This was the biggest hit from The Beach Boys landmark album Pet Sounds. The album was the brainchild of Brian Wilson, and he got the title when Beach Boy Mike Love suggested dogs were the only creatures that would like it. To keep the animal theme, Wilson put some barking dogs on the album.

With Wilson at the controls, the album was recorded at United Western Recorders in Los Angeles, in the studio known as "Western 3." Wilson coaxed a big sound out of the little room, which measured just 14' x 34'.

Brian Wilson hired 13 musicians to record this song on a midnight-3am session on July 12, 1965. The session players packed into United Western Recorders in Los Angeles that night were:
Hal Blaine (drums)
Carol Kaye (electric bass)
Al De Lory (keyboards)
Al Casey (guitar)
Lyle Ritz (upright bass)
Billy Strange (guitar)
Jerry Cole (guitar)
Frank Capp (Glockenspiel)
Jay Migliori (clarinet)
Steve Douglas and Jim Horn (flutes)
Jack Nimitz (sax)
Charles Britz (engineer)

Billy Strange did some guitar overdubs at another session on December 29, 1965.

According to Pop historian Joseph Murrells, this was the Beach Boys' fastest selling record to date - over 500,000 within 2 weeks in the US alone. (thanks, Gary - Auckland, New Zealand)

During a discussion and performance at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles in January 2009 Wilson said that Pet Sounds was named using Phil Spector's initials. Wilson's approach to the producing of the album was influenced by Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique.

In the movie Forrest Gump, this plays when Forrest is in Vietnam, and the camera shows the latrines. The lines, "This is the worst trip I've ever been on... I wanna go home" are emphasized. (thanks, Natasha - Chico, CA)

In the days before digital, recording engineers had a limited number of tracks to work with, so they would sometimes mix-down their recordings to free up extra tracks (losing a generation of recording quality every time). "Sloop John B" was mixed down twice, while all the other songs on the album had at most one mix-down.

The Saturdays - What Are You Waiting For

The Saturdays - What Are You Waiting For Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
Released: 2014

What Are You Waiting For Lyrics

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The lead cut from The Saturdays first ever Greatest Hits collection, this summer banger was one of three new tracks to feature on Finest Selection.

The song was written and produced by Xenomania, who previously penned "All Fired Up" and "Get Ready, Get Set" for The Saturdays 2011 On Your Radar album.

This was given a remix treatment by Belanger. The New York producer has also reworked tracks by Nicole Scherzinger, Mariah Carey and Tinashe.

Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Soul Provider
Released: 1989

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You Lyrics

I could hardly believe it
When I heard the news today
I had to come and get it straight from you
They said you were leavin'
Someone's swept your heart away
From the look upon your face,
I see it's true
So tell me all about it
Tell me about the plans you're makin'
Then tell me one thing more before I go

Tell me how am supposed to live without you
Now that I've been lovin' you so long
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
How am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been livin 'for is gone

I didn't come here for cryin'
Didn't come here to breakdown
It's just a dream of mine is coming to an end
And how can I blame you
When I build my world around
The hope that one day we'd be so much
More than friends
And I don't wanna know the price I'm
Gonna pay for dreaming
When even now it's more than I can take

Writer/s: BOLTON, MICHAEL/JAMES, DOUGLAS THOMAS /
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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Co-written by Bolton with Doug James, this is in the style of the soul songs of the '60s and '70s that often lamented the loss of a lover (like "Since I Lost My Baby" by The Temptations). Bolton did very well covering various Soul ballads from this era.

When Laura Branigan took this song to #12 in 1983, it marked Michael Bolton's first big hit as a songwriter. He was in the midst of a career transformation, having fronted the rock band Blackjack in 1979-1980 while still using his real name: Michael Bolotin. With Blackjack, he wrote the song "Love Me Tonight," which made #62 in 1979, but didn't crack the Hot 100 again until Branigan did "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You."

Bolton would soon take matters into his own hands and become a soft rock superstar performing his own songs, but in the mid-'80s he was just trying to write some hits. He told Bruce Pollock around this time: "Right now I've got songs on about 12 or 13 albums. I have no idea whether they're gonna be sung well, whether they'll be produced well, whether any of them will even be singles. But I'm hoping for hits."

Bolton released a self-titled solo album in 1983, the same year this song was a hit for Branigan, but it wasn't until his 1989 album Soul Provider, where he released his own version of this song, that his singing career took off.

Bolton also co-wrote "I Found Someone," which topped out at #90 in 1986 for Branigan, but made #10 when Cher recorded it in 1988.

This was the second single from Soul Provider (the title song was the first, peaking at #17). I was also Bolton's first #1 hit. He had another with "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1991.

This song was originally offered to Air Supply to record. The group wanted to do it, but Clive Davis (executive producer and then-owner of Arista Records) wanted the chorus modified and Bolton didn't want any part of the song changed. As a result, Air Supply put the song on "indefinite hold." While Bolton was waiting for Air Supply to record it, he received word that Laura Branigan taped it - not from sheet music (the usual method) but from his demo tape. Branigan's version hit #12 on the Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary music chart.

This won the 1989 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.