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Manic Street Preachers - Dreaming a City (Hughesovka)

Manic Street Preachers - Dreaming a City (Hughesovka) Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Futurology
Released: 2014

Dreaming a City (Hughesovka) Lyrics

Dreaming a City (Hughesovka)

This is an instrumental evocation of the story of John Hughes, the Welsh entrepreneur who in 1869 founded the Ukrainian industrial city of Donetsk. The city was originally named Hughesovka after Hughes.

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Out Of Sight
Released: 1964

I Got You (I Feel Good) Lyrics

Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I got you
Whoa!

I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can do no wrong
And when I hold you in my arms
My love won't do you no harm
And I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can do no wrong
And when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm
And I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, well I got you

Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
So good, so good, I got you
Hey!

Writer/s: BROWN, JAMES / TERRY, JOHNNY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, CARLIN AMERICA INC
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I Got You (I Feel Good)

This is a reworking of "I Found You," a song recorded and released by Yvonne Fair and produced by James Brown in 1962. Fair was one of Brown's backup singers on the road.

This is the song that became Brown's signature tune and gave him his famous catch phrase, "I Feel Good."

This song has a very convoluted release history. Brown recorded it in September 1964 and leased it, along with some of his other songs, to Smash Records, who planned to release it as a single but couldn't because Brown's label, King Records, filed a lawsuit. In October 1964, a judge ruled that Smash Records would be allowed to issue only instrumental recordings by Brown, and all masters of vocals by JB would become property of King Records.

The song was pulled, but Brown had already been promoting it: he played it on the road (335 nights a year) and performed it on The T.A.M.I. Show and Shindig, as well as a movie called Ski Party. Brown then recorded a new version of the song in May 1965 at Criteria Studios in Miami, creating the first gold record to come out of Criteria, where the Eagles did Hotel California and Derek and the Dominos did Layla. Released by King Records, it shot to the top of the R&B charts, where it stayed for six weeks, and also went to #3 on the Hot 100, Brown's highest placing on that chart.

The original 1964 version of this song had no guitar. When Brown redid it 1965, he made his screams more pronounced and added some instrumentation, including more sax. Some of the players on the recording were Maceo Parker on sax, his brother Melvin Parker on drums, Nat Jones on organ and Bernard Odum on bass.

This is a great example of a funk song with lyrics supporting the groove. It's not poetry, but Brown's series of single-syllable words are accented to hit the beats and support the song's rhythm.

Some of the movies that used this song include Good Morning, Vietnam, The Nutty Professor, White Men Can't Jump, Undercover Brother and Transformers. TV shows that used it include The Simpsons, Miami Vice and The Cosby Show.

A little chart history on James Brown: He had 16 #1 R&B hits, third to Aretha Franklin (20) and Stevie Wonder (18). On the Billboard Hot 100, "I Got You (I Feel Good)" was the highest-ranking of Brown's 91 chart entries, 44 of which made the Top 40. His next-highest entry was "Living In America," which made #4 in 1986. The Godfather of Soul made more Hot 100 visits without a #1 hit than any other artist.

Mary Costa and Bill Shirley - Once Upon a Dream

Mary Costa and Bill Shirley - Once Upon a Dream Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Sleeping Beauty
Released: 1959

Once Upon a Dream Lyrics

Once Upon a Dream

Written by Jack Lawrence for the Disney animated musical fantasy film Sleeping Beauty, this song acted as the theme of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip. It was performed by a chorus as an overture and as a duet by Mary Costa and Bill Shirley, who were cast in the roles of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip.

The song was covered by Lana Del Rey for the 2014 dark fantasy film Maleficent, which served as a prequel to Sleeping Beauty. Released as a single, it peaked at #60 in the UK and #105 in the US.

Del Rey told Radio.com that she had good memories of the recording session. "I did that song with my best friend for the last ten years, Dan Heath, who became one of my producers," she recalled. "He and I have such a great thing going. We did it at home actually, at his home studio. We recorded on the same mic we've used on a lot of my other songs that we've done together. It was exciting, because we love Disney. We love the history of Disney. So, it was really natural and nice to be involved in a project like that."

James Brown - Out Of Sight

James Brown - Out Of Sight Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Out Of Sight
Released: 1964

Out Of Sight Lyrics

You got your high-heeled sneakers on
Slip-in mules
You got your high-heeled sneakers on
And your slip-in mules
You're more than alright
You know you're Out Of Sight
You got a shapely figure mama
That's keepin' me uptight
You got a shapely figure mama
And keep me uptight
You're too much
You know you're out of sight

Hey, the way you do the things you do
The way you kiss me too
The way you do the things you do
The way you kiss me too
A heart delight, that's what you are
You know you're out of sight

Ho, hey, hey

You got a sweet disposition
Ho, you're always right
You got a sweet disposition
You know you're always right
You know just what you're doin' baby
You know you're out of sight

Ow, you're too much
You're the end
You're so hip baby
You know just where it's at
You're beautiful mama
Most of all, you're honest
There's no doubt, you're out of sight
Out of sight, whoo, wee
Out of sight

Writer/s: BROWN, JAMES
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., CARLIN AMERICA INC
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Out Of Sight

In 1964, Brown and his agent formed Fair Deal Records and began leasing new recordings to Smash Records. When this was released by Smash, Brown's old label, King Records, sued him for breach of contract. While the lawsuit was percolating through the system, this reached #24 on the singles charts, and Smash readied "I Got You (I Feel Good)" for release, which it did in the summer of '64.

In October 1964, a judge ruled that Smash would be allowed to issue only instrumental recordings by Brown, and all masters of his vocals would become property of King Records. Distribution of "I Got You (I Feel Good)" was halted upon the ruling.

This was King Record's third Smash single, after "Caldonia" (a big-band version of Louis Jordan's classic hit) and a cover of Guitar Slim's "The Things I Used to Do."

Brown recorded this with his band, The Famous Flames. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for all above)

Mushroomhead - Out of My Mind

Mushroomhead - Out of My Mind Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Righteous & the Butterfly
Released: 2014

Out of My Mind Lyrics

Out of My Mind

The second single from The Righteous & the Butterfly album, this song is about the unraveling of the American Dream. Vocalist J-Mann explained to Revolver magazine the song is, "A magnifying glass on the apathy and disinterest in anything that's not seen on TV or sold at the mall."

The Righteous & The Butterfly album title is a dedication to original Mushroomhead guitarist J.J. Righteous and drummer Steve "Skinny" Felton's wife Vanessa Solowiow, who both of whom had died in 2010 and 2013 respectively.

"J.J. was a key member of our band," said Skinny. "He played on the first three records and Vanessa was our photographer and the mother of my children. They were both huge pieces of Mushroomhead and this record is dedicated to them."

Foxy - Get Off

Foxy - Get Off Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Get Off
Released: 1978

Get Off Lyrics

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Yeah
Get Off

Music may ease and end all discretion
So we can get off
We keep under the sheets with two lovelys
So we can get off

Said I hope that we get the promise, ladies
And make me get off
Take it from girls with our imagination
So we can get off

Call me up at your place, I can love you crazy
In the heat you will understand
Danger and excitement, that's what makes a lady
Find out what she wants in a man

To get off, to get off, to get off, to get off
To get off, to get off, to get off, to get, get off

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Lookin' through that dress that drive me crazy and makes me get off
Sensuality excites my mind, it makes get off
If I were you I'd get a good perspective on how to get off
Love me wild and love me crazy, so we can get off

Call me up at your place, I can love you crazy
In the heat you will understand
Danger and excitement, that's what makes a lady
Find out what she wants in a man

To get off, to get off, to get off, to get off
To get off, to get off, to get off, to get, get off

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Get off

So get off to get off, to get off, to get, get off
Get off to get off, to get off, get off
So get off, get off, to get off, to get, get off
Get off to get off, get off, get off

To get off, to get off, to get off, to get, get off
Get off, get off, get off, to get off
Get off to get off, get off, get, get off
Get off, get off, so get off, just get off
Get off, get off, get off

Writer/s: DRIGGS, CARL/LEDESMA, ISMAEL ANGEL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, THE MUSIC FORCE LLC
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Get Off

Foxy lead singer Ish Ledesma has a rather lengthy video on YouTube where he goes into detail about the origins of "Get Off." He claims it was on the west coast, up in northern Califnrnia where he and his band were performing in some small club. They started doing the "Ooh-wah ooh-wah" chants and the club owner absolutely hated them and threatened to "Throw the band into the bay" if they kept doing it. So Ish, out of spite and anger, came up with "Get Off" as a way to get back at the owner. The rest of the band didn't want to perform it, knowing already that it would cause trouble, but they went ahead and performed it anyway. And sure enough, the club owner had the performance stopped in mid-song, and had the band thrown out of his club. A few months later, the "revenge" song was burning up the charts. (thanks, Chris - San Bernardino, CA)

Four of the five members of the group left Cuba and arrived in Miami in 1959. Percussionist Richie Puente is the son of Tito Puente. When KC & The Sunshine Band were on tour, Foxy became the house band for Miami's TK Productions.

Passenger - Start A Fire

Passenger - Start A Fire Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Whispers
Released: 2014

Start A Fire Lyrics

I was born a baby boy a long time ago
Back when the hillsides were green and the water would flow
But nights they fall and settle like snow
I watched as the hillsides turned white with nowhere to go

Oh, think I’m gonna Start A Fire
Oh, think I’m gonna start a fire

Now my heart’s a frozen lake where streams used to flow
Down to the forest of my mind where memory would grow
Now I walk amongst the trees where the last sun glows
The leaves are all golden and brown with nowhere to go

Oh think I’m gonna start a fire
And oh think I’m gonna start a fire now

My skin like these boulders
Is cracking and older
With each passing year that goes
My cliff face is crumbling
Silently tumbling
Down to the water below
And if I light a match I’ll be able to catch
The last sun before it goes

And oh well, I think I’m gonna start a fire
Oh think I’m gonna start a fire
And oh, think I’m gonna start a fire now

Writer/s: ROSENBERG, MICHAEL DAVID
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Start A Fire

Mellow brass and flutes adorn this tune about coming of age. "[Growing older] seems to be this kind of very subconscious theme running through it [Whispers]," Passenger told American Songwriter of tracks like this one and "Golden Leaves." "Maybe it's because I just turned 30. Maybe I'm freaking out [laughs]. I'm getting a few gray hairs."

Edwin Starr - Twenty-Five Miles

Edwin Starr - Twenty-Five Miles Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Twenty-Five Miles
Released: 1969

Twenty-Five Miles Lyrics

Hey hey uh huh huh huh huh oh
Uh huh huh huh huh huh yeah
It's twenty five miles from home
Girl, my feet are hurting mighty bad
Now I've been walking a three day, two lonely nights
You know that I'm mighty mad
But I got a woman waiting for me
That's gonna make this trip worthwhile
You see she's got the kind of lovin' and a kissing
A make a man go stone wild
So I got to keep on walkin'
I got to walk on, oh ho ho
I, I, I, I'm so tired
But I just can't lose my stride

I got fifteen miles to go now
And I can hear my baby calling my name
It's as if as though I'm standing at her front door
I can hear that doggone plain
Now I'll be so glad to see my baby
And hold her in my arms
Now when I kiss her lips
I turn a back over flip and I'll forget these feet of mine
I got to keep on walkin'
I got to walk on oh ho ho
I, I, I, I, I'm so tired but I just can't lose my stride
Walk on let me tell you ya'll I, I, I, I, I, I'm so tired
But I just can't lose my stride
Come on feet don't fail me now
I got ten more miles to go
I got nine, eight, seven, six, eight, six
I got a five more miles to go
Now over the hill just around the bend
Huh although my feet are tired I can't lose my stride
I got to get to my baby again
Writer/s: Berns, Bert / Wexler, Jerry / Bristol, Johnny William / Starr, Edwin / Fuqua, Harvey
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Twenty-Five Miles

This was the first hit for Motown (Gordy Records) after Berry Gordy's corporation bought Starr's Ric-Tic label.

The "walking" that is heard on the record was that of Starr, the Originals ("Baby I'm for Real"), and the studio janitor all marching on a single wooden board. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)

Sia - Big Girls Cry

Sia - Big Girls Cry Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: 1000 Forms of Fear
Released: 2014

Big Girls Cry Lyrics

Tough girl in the fast lane
No time for love, no time for hate
No drama, no time for games
Tough girl whose soul aches

I'm at home, on my own
Check my phone, nothing, though
Act busy, order in
Pay TV, it’s agony

I may cry ruinin' my makeup
Wash away all the things you've taken
And I don't care if I don’t look pretty
Big Girls Cry when their hearts are breaking
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking
Big girls cry when their heart is breaking

Tough girl, I'm in pain
It's lonely at the top, black outs and airplanes
And I still pour you a glass, of champagne
Tough girl whose soul aches

I'm at home, on my own
Check my phone, nothing, though
Act busy, order in
Pay TV, it’s agony

I may cry ruinin' my makeup
Wash away all the things you’ve taken
And I don’t care if I don’t look pretty
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up,
I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up,
I wake up, I wake up, I wake up,
I love

I may cry ruinin' my makeup
Wash away all the things you've taken
And I don't care if I don’t look pretty
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking
Big girls cry when their heart is breaking

Writer/s: FURLER, SIA / BRAIDE, CHRISTOPHER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Big Girls Cry

Despite the claims of The Four Seasons and Fergie, the toughest girl does break down once in a while.

I don't care if I don't look beauty
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

The soaring ballad finds Sia singing about a hard-bitten girl who lives alone. Having bottled up her emotions, she finally breaks down over the lack of a text message from the man she loves.

Sia penned the song with English singer-songwriter Chris Braide. The pair previously collaborated on Britney Spears' single, "Perfume " and David Guetta's hit tune "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)."

Directed by Sia with Daniel Askill, the video is the Australian singer-songwriter's third collaboration with Maddie Ziegler. Filmed in front of a stark black backdrop, the preteen dancer and actress performs straight to camera with only her shoulders upwards in view for the majority of the clip. Ziegler previously appeared in Sia's videos for "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart."

Chuck Jackson - Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)

Chuck Jackson - Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Any Day Now
Released: 1962

Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Lyrics

Any day now I will hear you say "Goodbye, my love, way
Begging you to stay
Any day now when the clock strikes, Go"

Writer/s: BOB HILLIARD, BURT F BACHARACH
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, BOURNE CO.
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Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)

Burt Bacharach wrote this with Bob Hilliard. Bacharach cut the backing track a year before presenting it to Jackson, but the composer didn't want Wand Records boss Florence Greenberg to release a version by Tommy Hunt.

This was a #12 hit for Ronnie Milsap in 1982. It was also covered by Percy Sledge. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 2)

Burt Bacharach (from Record Collector magazine): "I wrote that song with Bob Hilliard, a wonderful lyric writer, not that we wrote that much together but it was in the Brill Building days. I thought it was a pretty good song, a good R&B song. We'd been doing that song in my show with John Pagano, up-tempo, it's pretty funky and it's good."

Sia - Straight for the Knife

Sia - Straight for the Knife Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: 1000 Forms of Fear
Released: 2014

Straight for the Knife Lyrics

Put on my best dress, I wanted to impress
I put a little make-up on
Put a bow in my hair, wore pretty underwear
Hoping you might take it off
Don't know your etiquette
But I'm strapped to my chair
And it ain't 'cause you're pretty
You were charming, until
You saw your chance to kill
Your chance to make history

You went Straight for the Knife
And I prepared to die
Your blade it shines
Looked me straight in the eye
You turned the gas on high
Held the flame alight
You wonder why
I'm scared of fire
You wonder why you make girls cry

My mascara a mess, harsh words for your princess
Boy, you and your promises
If your goal was to love, you scored an epic miss
Now you'll just have memories

You went straight for the knife
And I prepared to die
Your blade it shines
Looked me straight in the eye
You turned the gas on high
Held the flame alight
You wonder why
I'm scared of fire
You wonder why you make girls cry

Boy, you draw me back in
I'm hungry for your bad loving
But will someone find me swinging from the rafters
From hanging on your every word

You went straight for the knife
And I prepared to die
Your blade it shines
Looked me straight in the eye
You turned the gas on high
Held the flame alight
You wonder why
I'm scared of fire
You wonder why you make girls cry

You wonder why you make girls cry

Writer/s: PARKER, JUSTIN / FURLER, SIA
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Straight for the Knife

Sia penned this love-gone-bad song with Justin Parker, who composed much of the music on Lana Del Rey's debut Born to Die album. The English producer also co wrote "Stay" with Mikky Ekko, which became an international hit single for Rihanna.

Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Life And Times
Released: 1973

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Lyrics

Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown

Now Leroy more than trouble
You see he stand 'bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him "Treetop Lover"
All the men just call him "Sir"

And it's Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Leroy he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody's nose
He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Friday 'bout a week ago
Leroy shootin' dice
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And oo that girl looked nice
Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
And Leroy Brown learned a lesson
'Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Well the two men took to fighting
And when they pulled them off the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Writer/s: Croce, James
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce joined the US National Guard in 1966, hoping it would keep him from getting sent to Vietnam. He married Ingrid that year, and hoped to continue his education and launch his music career. Unfortunately, Jim was sent for training less then two weeks after their wedding. As Ingrid told us, Jim had no interest in being a soldier and had the distinction of having to repeat basic training. Ingrid explains how Jim got the idea for this song: "Leroy Brown is a guy that he actually met. When he was in the service - The National Guard - this guy had gone AWOL. He was a guy that Jim kind of related to, he liked to sing with him. This guy had gone AWOL but he came back to get his paycheck, and he got caught. Jim just thought he was such a funny guy that he thought he'd include his name in the song, and it just worked. There really was a Leroy Brown, and sometimes having a name helps you to build a song around it."

Ingrid runs Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar in San Diego, where she keeps Jim's legacy alive and hears from many patrons who were touched by Jim's songs. Says Ingrid: "I have a lot of staff members that come up to me and say, 'You know what, there's a guy named Leroy Brown, he kind of looks like the part, and he's sitting at our bar right now.' I say, 'Well, I'll be glad to come over and say hi.' There's so many Leroy Browns who have come up to me and said, 'I'm sure I'm the one he was talking about.'"

When Jim Croce would introduce this song, he said there were two people he encountered in the military who inspired this song: a sergeant at Fort Jackson and a private at Fort Dix. The actual Leroy was the sergeant, but it was the private who went AWOL and returned for his paycheck.

The piano riff at the beginning was based on Bobby Darin's "Queen of the Hop."

This was Jim Croce's first #1 hit ("Time in a Bottle" was the other). It topped the charts 10 weeks before he died in a plane crash.

This is sung by a parrot in the movie Home Alone 3. Shelly Smith covered it for that film's soundtrack. (thanks, Greg - Calgary, Canada)

In 2008, producer Warren Zide (American Pie) bought the movie rights to this song. Ingrid Croce said: "We've always wanted to do a movie with one of Jim's character songs - we just want him and his memory and his music to live on. Most importantly, it sounds as if it's going to be a lot of fun. And Jim liked to have fun." (Read more in Ingrid Croce's Songfacts interview)

This wasn't the first hit from the '70s to feature a "Leroy." In Todd Rundgren's song "We Gotta Get You A Woman," the lovelorn character is named Leroy. In real life, he was Paul, but Rundgren couldn't find a good rhyme for that name.