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Eminem - Cleanin Out My Closet


Eminem - Cleanin Out My Closet Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Eminem Show
Released: 2002

Cleanin Out My Closet Lyrics


Where's my snare?
I have no snare in my headphones
there you go
Yeah
yo, yo

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?
I have, I've been protested and demonstrated against
Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times
Sick as the mind of the motherfucking kid that's behind
All this commotion emotions run deep as ocean's exploding
Tempers flaring from parents just blow 'em off and keep going
Not taking nothing from no one give 'em hell long as I'm breathing
Keep kicking ass in the morning and taking names in the evening
Leave 'em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth
See they can trigger me, but they'll never figure me out
Look at me now, I bet ya probably sick of me now ain't you momma?
I'mma make you look so ridiculous now

I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet (one more time)
I said I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet

Ha! I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they thrown me inside my coffin and close it
I'mma expose it, I'll take you back to '73
Before I ever had a multi-platinum selling CD
I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch
'Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye
No I don't. On second thought I just fucking wished he would die
I look at Hailie, and I couldn't picture leaving her side
Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I'd try
To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake
I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human
but I'm man enough to face them today
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets outta that gun
'Cause I'da killed him, shit I would've shot Kim and him both
It's my life, I'd like to welcome y'all to "The Eminem Show"

I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet (one more time)
I said I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet

Now I would never diss my own momma just to get recognition
Take a second to listen for who you think this record is dissing
But put yourself in my position, just try to envision
Witnessing your momma popping prescription pills in the kitchen
Bitching that someone's always going through her purse and shit's missing
Going through public housing systems, victim of Munchhausen's Syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
'Til I grew up, now I blew up, it makes you sick to ya stomach
Doesn't it? Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me Ma?
So you could try to justify the way you treated me Ma?
But guess what? You're getting older now and it's cold when you're lonely
And Nathan's growing up so quick he's gonna know that you're phony
And Hailie's getting so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful
But you'll never see her, she won't even be at your funeral!
See what hurts me the most is you won't admit you was wrong
Bitch do your song, keep telling yourself that you was a mom!
But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get
You selfish bitch, I hope you fucking burn in hell for this shit
Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well guess what, I am dead, dead to you as can be!

I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet (one more time)
I said I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet

Writer/s: MATHERS/BASS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Cleanin Out My Closet
  • In this song Eminem talks about his mother who he feels neglected and mistreated him. When he says "Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished that was me," he is referring to his uncle Ronnie who committed suicide in 1991. Eminem has a tattoo with his name on his left arm which reads R.I.P. with Ronnie written below it. (thanks, Modi Palmer - Houston, TX)
  • This was used in some of the first trailers for Eminem's movie 8 Mile. It was going to be featured in the film, but Eminem objected because he thought it was too personal. He wrote "Lose Yourself" to use in the movie and made sure to write it as the character he played in the movie.
  • The phrase "Cleaning out my closet" is saying that he is tired of keeping the truth about his past inside, and he wants to let everyone know about the things that happened in his childhood.
  • At one point, Eminem raps about his mother having Munchausen Syndrome, which is a condition where someone fakes illness to get attention. In this case, Eminem accuses him mom of keeping him sick for this purpose. (thanks, Mary - Baltimore, MD, for above 2)
  • When Eminem raps, "Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, ma, so you could try to justify the way you treated me?," he's referring to a 2001 CD called "Set The Record Straight" by the rap duo ID-X. The disc contains a song called "Dear Marshall" where Debbie Mathers, who is Eminem's mom, reads a letter to her son. (thanks, Bryan - Rockville, MD)
  • On his 2013 track "Headlights," Eminem apologizes to his mother for this song when he raps, "I'm sorry mama for 'Cleanin' Out My Closet.'" He also includes a line about how he dropped the song from his setlist: "That song I no longer pay at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio."

  • Magic! - How Do You Want to Be Remembere
    Magic! - How Do You Want to Be Remembered


    Magic! - How Do You Want to Be Remembered Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Don't Kill the Magic
    Released: 2014

    How Do You Want to Be Remembered Lyrics


    How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
    As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
    Think about the steps you take
    How do you want to be remembered?
    When they're standing at your grave
    On your tombstone, what is written?
    Think about the steps you take

    All my life I've been searching for the answers
    How did I lose so much of the things that really mattered
    Is there no paradise 'cause I feel no joy or laughter
    Seems everything I touch only turns into disaster
    So I ask myself.

    How do you want to be remembered?
    As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
    Think about the steps you take
    How do you want to be remembered?
    When your children come to aid
    And they need some inspiration
    Think about the steps you take

    Do I reach for love only when she says she's leaving?
    Do I pray above only when I feel I'm needed?
    See I can't sleep at night, when my sheep turning to demons
    There's no alibi when the jury knows your secret
    So I ask myself.

    How do you want to be remembered?
    As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
    Think about the steps you take
    How do you want to be remembered?
    When your children come to aid
    And they need some inspiration
    Think about the steps you take

    'Cause on the day when you face judgment
    You better have your story straight
    Were you a good friend and a husband
    To the ones that give you love, love, love
    Who you love, love, love, oh

    How do you want to be remembered?
    As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
    Think about the steps you take
    How do you want to be remembered?
    When they're standing at your grave
    On your tombstone, what is written?
    Think about the steps you take

    How do you want to be remembered?
    How do you want to be remembered?
    Think about the steps you take
    How do you want to be remembered?
    How do you want to be remembered?

    Writer/s: Messinger, Adam David / Spivak, Benjamin / Pellizzer, Mark Richard / Tanasijczuk, Alex / Atweh, Nasri Tony
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    How Do You Want to Be Remembered
  • This song is the closing track of Don't Kill the Magic, the debut studio album by Magic! The Canadian Reggae fusion band are fronted by hit-making producer Nasri Atweh (Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never," Chris Brown's "Next 2 You," Pitbull's "Feel This Moment").
  • Before this song came to the table, "One Woman One Man" was earmarked to be the closing track on Don't Kill The Magic. Atweh recalled to Artist Direct : "I was in Barcelona, working with Shakira. I ended up on her album. One of the days she wasn't there, I had this guitar and I thought, 'I want to do a James Taylor meets Bob Marley-esque melody.' We didn't have a hulky kind of song."

    "I always had that melody in my head for 'How Do You Want To Be Remembered,' he continued. "I couldn't figure out the lyrics until after that. Once I figured out 'as a hero or a villain,' I was like, 'This is a song to inspire people.' Once I made that commitment to that, it just started to come to life."

    "I went back to L.A. and said, 'Guys, we've got to do this song," Atweh added. "The guys loved it, and it was done. It was great because I really took the reins. It was the only one on the album where I was like, 'I really want to control this one. I have a vision for this. Let me run with it.' That's it. It just came together."
  • Nasri Atweh is generally a relaxed kind of guy, having learnt over time that there's nothing he can force and the decisions he makes affect the next ones. He sings here about his laid-back state of mind. "In that song, I'm saying, 'Think about the steps you take, because everything, there's cause and effect,'" Atweh explained to Spin magazine. "And I've been through enough and seen enough that now I could kind of see a little bit of the future from my actions. So I have nothing to worry about."

    "I'm in a good headspace and my bandmates are smart and Sony Music and Latium are great," he added, "and I have a very good family and friends."

  • Rooftop Singers - Walk Right I
    Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In


    Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Walk Right In
    Released: 1963

    Walk Right In Lyrics


    Walk Right In, sit right down
    Daddy, let your mind roll on
    Walk right in, sit right down
    Daddy, let your mind roll on
    Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'
    Do you want to lose your mind?
    Walk right in, sit right down
    Daddy, let your mind roll on

    Walk right in, sit right down
    Baby, let your hair hang down
    Walk right in, sit right down
    Baby, let your hair hang down
    Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'
    Do you want to lose your mind?
    Walk right in, sit right down
    Baby, let your hair hang down

    Walk right in, sit right down
    Daddy, let your mind roll on
    Walk right in, sit right down
    Daddy, let your mind roll on
    Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'
    Do you want to lose your mind?
    Walk right in, sit right down
    Daddy, let your mind roll on
    Daddy, let your mind roll on

    Writer/s: CANNON, GUS / WOODS, HOSEA
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Walk Right In
  • 1963 was an eclectic year at the top of the charts, with #1 hits coming from crooners ("Blue Velvet"), girl groups ("He's So Fine"), an underage superstar ("Fingertips (Part 2)") and even an import from Japan ("Sukiyaki"). There was even room for folk music, as the Rooftop Singers hit the top spot with their adaptation of this Jug Band classic originally recorded by The Jug Stompers in 1929.

    The song was written by two members of The Jug Stompers who used to perform at medicine shows: Gus Cannon (banjo, jug) and Hosie Woods (guitar, kazoo). When the Rooftop Singers turned it into a feisty singalong, Cannon and Woods got huge windfalls. Cannon, who once hocked his banjo for $20 worth of coal, not only got royalties for the hit, he also got a recording contract with Stax Records.
  • The Rooftop Singers were Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe and Lynne Taylor. Darling, formerly of the Tarriers ("Cindy Oh Cindy," "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)") and the Weavers (he replaced Pete Seeger), put the trio together specifically to record this song. Darling modified some of the original lyrics; "Two way woman" became "new way of walking," for example, and the group recorded it using two 12-string guitars. Follow-up songs "Tom Cat" and "Mama Don't Allow" barely made the charts, but this group that was put together to record one song stayed together more than four years.
  • This being the '60s, many listeners spotted a marijuana reference in the lyrics, "Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walking... do you wanna lose your mind?" It's doubtful that the writers of the song had that intention - especially in 1929.

  • Magic! - Mama Didn't Raise No Foo
    Magic! - Mama Didn't Raise No Fool


    Magic! - Mama Didn't Raise No Fool Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Don't Kill the Magic
    Released: 2014

    Mama Didn't Raise No Fool Lyrics


    Woah (Oh)
    Eh (Oh)

    Mama says love is once in a lifetime
    How you gonna find love and nights for the one time
    See the thing about me, it's just not the right time
    My mama says, "Son, you can't fight the sunshine"

    I did not go, here tonight
    To be struck by your light
    But here I stand in your ?
    Should I stay, should I go?

    I want to run, I want to run from you
    Mama Didn't Raise No Fool
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    I want to run, I want to run from you
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise no fool

    Woah (Thank you mama, thank you mama)
    Eh (Thank you mama, thank you mama)

    Mama says, "Lately I don't recognize you
    But if this is who you want to be you've got the right to"
    (You buried your heart so guilt could never find you)
    Mama says, "Love will find the boy that I knew"

    I did not come, here tonight
    To be brought back to life
    But here I stand in my greed
    Second chance is your name

    I want to run, I want to run from you
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    I want to run, I want to run from you
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise no fool

    I loved you since I said, "Hello"
    I need you much more than I know
    I did not come, here tonight
    To be struck by your light
    But here I stand in your ?
    Should I stay or should I go?

    I want to run, I want to run from you
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    I want to run, I want to run from you
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise no fool

    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool
    Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
    Mama didn't raise no fool

    Writer/s: ATWEH, NASRI / MESSINGER, ADAM
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Mama Didn't Raise No Fool
  • Magic! is a Canadian reggae-pop band based in California. They are fronted by producer Nasri Atweh, who is best known for his pop resume having co-penned hits for the likes of Justin Bieber ("Never Say Never") Chris Brown ("Next 2 You") and Pitbull "Feel This Moment"). He recalled to Billboard magazine in June 2014, "Four or five years ago, I want[ed] to do this Police thing. So we did this song 'Mama Didn't Raise No Fool.'"

    "For years, everybody would say, 'That song is crazy. You should do this style,'" Atweh added: "I'd go, 'I'll never find the right musicians.' But, I met [Magic! guitarist Mark Pelli] and the rest is history."

  • Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Los
    Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost


    Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Greatest Hits
    Released: 1973

    The Love I Lost Lyrics


    [Chorus]
    The Love I Lost
    Was a sweet love
    The love I lost
    Was complete love
    The love I lost
    I will never no no never
    Love again ooh

    I can remember planning
    Building my whole world around you
    And I can remember hoping
    That you and I could make it on through
    But something went wrong
    We loved each other
    We just couldn't get along
    Take a good look at me
    I'm in misery, can't you see

    The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
    Was a sweet love (yes it was)
    The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
    Was complete love
    The love I lost
    I will never no no never
    Love again

    I can't remember nothing, no no no
    But the good times we used to share (my love)
    I'm so sad and lonely
    Without you my life is so dead
    I'm sorry to say
    You go your way and I'll go my way
    It hurts deep inside
    The day we said goodbye, but

    [Chorus]
    The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
    Was a sweet love (yes it was)
    The love I lost
    Was complete love
    The love I lost
    I will never (never) no no never
    (Never) love again (I'll never love again)

    I will never (never) no no never
    (Never) love again ooh ooh ooh ooh
    I will never (never) no no never
    (Never) love again

    Never (never) no no never [Repeat until fade]

    Writer/s: GAMBLE, KENNY / HUFF, LEON
    Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    The Love I Lost
  • This was originally a slow, painful ballad. It was sped up as an experiment, and a major hit ensued. Co-writer Kenny Gamble recalled to Mojo magazine March 2012: "It was a ballad when we wrote it. We got in the studio and said, This is dragging, it's too slow. We told Karl (Chambers, drummer) to put that 'tsh-up, tsh-up,' that sock cymbal in there and that was the beginning of that whole Philly disco sound."
  • Karl Chambers was used solely on the sock cymbal. Philadelphia-based drummer Earl Young played the full kit. He is best known as the founder and leader of The Trammps, who had a hit record with "Disco Inferno."
  • American R&B/pop singer Sybil had a #3 hit in the UK with her 1993 cover of this song. It was billed as West End featuring Sybil.

  • Honey Cone - Want Ad
    Honey Cone - Want Ads


    Honey Cone - Want Ads Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Sweet Replies
    Released: 1971

    Want Ads Lyrics


    Wanted, young man single and free
    Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee
    Oh I'm gonna put it in the Want Ads, I need a love that's true
    Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through

    At home I find myself, lost and all alone
    My man is playing the field, the thrill is gone
    He stays out all night, says he's with the boys
    But lipstick on his collar, perfume on it too
    Tells me he's been lying, tell ya what I'm gonna do
    I'm gonna put it in the want ads, this girl's in misery
    Gonna put it in the want ads, somebody rescue me

    I spend my nights alone, cryin' bitter tears
    Although I cry aloud, nobody really hears
    And when I need him most, he's never by my side
    He's either playing cards, or drinking at the bar
    He thinks that I'm a fool, I'm going to the evening news
    Gonna put it in the want ads, I need somebody new
    Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through

    Extra extra, read all about it, wanted, young man single and free
    Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee

    Extra extra, read all about it, wanted, young man single and free
    Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee

    Oh I'm gonna put it in the want ads, I need somebody new
    Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through
    Gonna put it in the want ads, this girl's in misery
    Gonna put it in the want ads, please somebody rescue me

    Lipstick on his collar, perfume on it too
    Tells me he's been lying, I'm going to the evening new
    Gonna put it in the want ads, I need somebody new
    Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through
    Gonna put it in the want ads, this girl's in misery
    Gonna put it in the want ads, please som

    Writer/s: JOHNSON, GENERAL N. / PERRY, GREGORY S. / PERKINS, BARNEY
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Want Ads
  • Honey Cone was the first act signed to the Hot Wax label, which Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland) formed after leaving Motown in 1969. The group was the trio of Shelly Clark, Carolyn Willis and Edna Wright. Wright was an accomplished singer, having done background work on various TV shows as well as tours with Bill Medley and Billy Preston, and singing backup for Motown, which is where she met Eddie Holland. Hot Wax wanted to sign Wright's sister, Darlene Love (Phil Spector is the one who suggested she change her name from Darlene Wright to Darlene Love), but she was busy with her group the Blossoms and passed on the offer. When Darlene got an offer to do an Andy Williams TV special, she turned it down but suggested Edna, who called her friend Carolyn Willis, who called her friend Shelly Clark, and they sang together for the first time at the gig.

    They continued to perform together, and when Hot Wax signed them, they took a page from Motown's book and crafted an image for them. The attractive trio was christened Honey Cone and sent to charm school and to dance classes where they choreographed some routines. The girls returned to Detroit and released the singles "Girls It Ain't Easy" and "While You're Out Looking For Sugar" (both written by H-D-H, "Girls hit #68 and "Sugar went to #62, both in 1969) before hitting it big with "Want Ads," a song about a girl who is fed up with her lying, cheating man and is ready to advertise for a new one (and even willing to train). The song topped both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts.
  • This was written by the Hot Wax songwriting team of General Johnson (the Showmen, the Chairmen of the Board) and Greg Perry (Chairmen of the Board), who produced versions by Glass House, Scherrie Payne (who later joined the Supremes), and Frieda Payne (Scherrie's sister, who hit #1 with "Band of Gold") before deciding to try the song with Honey Cone. An engineer at the studio named Barney Perkins also got a songwriting credit.

    It was Perkins who suggested a song about want ads, which were the way goods and services were solicited before the internet. A week later, Perry was sitting at the piano when the chorus line came to him: "Gonna put it in the want ads, I need some love for sale." Johnson suggested they tweak the lyric so the girl didn't sound like a prostitute, and they came up with the idea of looking for a new man to replace the defective one.

    Johnson and Perry teamed up to write a follow-up hit for Honey Cone (this time with Angelo Bond as co-writer) called "Stick-Up," which made #11 on the Hot 100 and gave the group their second #1 R&B hit. Subsequent hits for the group were "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part I)" (#15) and "The Day I Found Myself" (#23).
  • Sixteen years later in 1987, Taylor Dayne, who was nearly unknown at the time, recorded a cover version of this song for her debut album Tell It To My Heart. Dayne's cover wasn't released as a single, but the album was a big hit, selling over 2 million copies. (thanks, Annabelle - Eugene, OR)

  • Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Busines
    Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business


    Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: World Peace Is None of Your Business
    Released: 2014

    World Peace Is None of Your Business Lyrics


    World Peace Is None of Your Business
    You must not tamper with arrangements
    Work hard and sweetly pay your taxes
    Never asking what for
    Oh, you poor little fool oh, you fool

    World peace is none of your business
    Police will stun you with their stun guns
    Or they'll disable you with tasers
    That's what government's for
    Oh, you poor little fool oh, you fool

    World peace is none of your business
    So would you kindly keep your nose out
    The rich must profit and get richer
    And the poor must stay poor
    Oh, you poor little fool oh, you fool

    Each time you vote you support the process
    Each time you vote you support the process
    Each time you vote you support the process
    Brazil and Bahrain
    Oh, Egypt, Ukraine
    So many people in pain
    No more, you poor little fool
    No more, you fool

    Writer/s: MORRISSEY, STEVEN / BOORER, MARTIN JAMES
    Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    World Peace Is None of Your Business
  • Recorded in France with Morrissey's touring band, this is a barbed lament on the futility of voting or any kind of engagement with the political system as it stands. Morrissey debuted the tune live on May 7, 2014 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California.
  • The track is paired with a spoken-word performance video directed by Natalie Johns, which features a cameo from Nancy Sinatra.

  • Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjo
    Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos


    Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Deliverance Soundtrack
    Released: 1973

    Dueling Banjos Lyrics


    Dueling Banjos
  • This was written and recorded in 1955 as "Feuding Banjos" by the Country star Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. A group called The Dillards popularized the song in the mid '60s on the folk circuit, and it was their version that the author James Dickey heard and thought would fit nicely in the film version of his novel Deliverance. The song became famous when it was used in the 1973 movie in a scene where a city guy from Atlanta trades licks with a young simpleton in the backwoods. The film version was performed by Eric Weissberg on 5-string banjo and Steve Mandell on acoustic guitar. Weissberg and Mandell were folk musicians from New York City, but their musical inspiration was the Bluegrass sound of Appalachia. Weissberg had been playing in folk bands since the '50s, and was a popular studio musician who played on Judy Collins' albums. Mandell had been with the Phoenix Singers and was also an in-demand session pro. When the song became a hit, Arthur Smith had to file a lawsuit to get credit for writing it.
  • By the '70s, folk music was more of a niche genre; gone were the days when The Kingston Trio or Peter, Paul and Mary could reach the top of the charts with a true folk song. This song had tremendous nostalgic appeal to listeners who fondly remembered those days, and to younger listeners, it was a quirky and fun new sound. Weissberg and Mandell seized the moment and formed a band that they called Deliverance. They played state fairs, colleges and other assorted venues, and made several TV appearances, playing "Dueling Banjos" until the novelty wore off.
  • This song was recorded two years before the movie was released. It was the first track on the soundtrack for the film, and the only newly-recorded song. The rest of the soundtrack was made up of songs recorded in 1963 by Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman and released on an album called New Dimensions in Bluegrass.
  • Largely as a result of its use in the movie, this in often associated with country bumpkins. The first few notes are often used in movies and TV shows to imply a hillbilly mentality.
  • The Dillards version of this song that gained popularity in the '60s was titled "Duelin' Banjo," which makes more sense, as there's only one banjo in the song. The Weissberg/Mandell version used in the movie was retitled "Dueling Banjos."
  • This song has been used in TV commercials for Toyota and Mini Cooper. It was also used in a popular Showtime promo.

  • Morrissey - Earth Is the Loneliest Plane
    Morrissey - Earth Is the Loneliest Planet


    Morrissey - Earth Is the Loneliest Planet Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: World Peace Is None of Your Business
    Released: 2014

    Earth Is the Loneliest Planet Lyrics


    Earth Is the Loneliest Planet of all
    Earth is the loneliest planet of all
    Day after day you say one day, one day
    Day after day you say one day, one day

    But you're in the wrong place, and you've got the wrong face
    And humans are not really very humane
    And earth is the loneliest planet of all

    Earth is the loneliest planet of all
    Live with a loneliness that no one else knows

    Time after time you say next time, next time
    Time after time you say next time, next time
    But you failed as a woman, and you lose as a man
    We do what we can
    And earth is the cruelest place you will never understand

    But you're in the wrong skin
    And the skin that you're in says
    Oh, let it begin
    And earth is the loneliest planet of all

    Earth is the loneliest planet of all
    Earth is the loneliest planet of all
    Day after day you say one day, one day
    Day after day you say one day, one day

    But there's always a reason why you're refused
    They always blame you, you, you
    And there is nothing anyone can do

    Writer/s: MORRISSEY, STEVEN / MANZUR, GUSTAVO ADOLFO JR
    Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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    Earth Is the Loneliest Planet
  • This Latin-flavored lament for a person stuck within gender dysphoria features backing vocals from Kristeen Young. The American singer-songwriter opened for Morrissey during his 2007-08 and 2014 North American tours and also supplied the operatic vocals for his 2008 single "That's How People Grow Up."
  • Morrissey teamed up with Pamela Anderson to shoot a spoken-word video on the roof of the Capitol Records building overlooking Los Angeles with director Natalie Johns behind the camera. Morrissey and Anderson are both dedicated vegetarians,who have each been part of campaigns for PETA in the past.

  • The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Bab
    The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby


    The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Shut Down, Vol. 2
    Released: 1964

    Don't Worry Baby Lyrics


    Well its been building up inside of me
    For oh I don't know how long
    I don't know why
    But I keep thinking
    Something's bound to go wrong

    But she looks in my eyes
    And makes me realize
    And she says "Don't Worry Baby"
    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby
    Everything will turn out alright

    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby

    I guess I should've kept my mouth shut
    When I started to brag about my car
    But I can't back down now because
    I pushed the other guys too far

    She makes me come alive
    And makes me want to drive
    When she says "Don't worry baby"
    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby
    Everything will turn out alright

    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby

    She told me "Baby, when you race today
    Just take along my love with you
    And if you knew how much I loved you
    Baby nothing could go wrong with you"

    Oh what she does to me
    When she makes love to me
    And she says "Don't worry baby"
    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby
    Everything will turn out alright

    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby
    Don't worry baby

    Writer/s: WILSON, BRIAN DOUGLAS / CHRISTIAN, ROGER VAL / MARGO, MITCHELL STUART / MARGO, PHILIP / MEDRESS, HENRY / SIEGEL, JAY
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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    Don't Worry Baby
  • This was conceived as a followup to the Ronettes' #2 hit "Be My Baby." When he heard the Ronettes' song on the radio, Brian Wilson wondered aloud if he could match it. Wilson's wife Marilyn reassured him, saying, "Don't worry, baby." Wilson remembered it when it came time to write songs with his DJ friend Roger Christian.
  • Brian Wilson told Goldmine in 2011 regarding this track: "I wrote that with Roger Christian and it took me two days to write it. I started out with the verse idea and then wrote the chorus. It was a very simple and beautiful song. It's a really heart and soul song, I really did feel that in my heart. Some say it's about a car and others say it's about a girl, who's right? It's both. It's about a car and a woman."
  • Philip Lambert, author of Inside The Music of Brian Wilson, said of the similarities between this song and "Be My Baby": "They're in the same key - E Major - and they start the same. The phrase structure is the same, the chord progressions are almost the same, the melodies are almost the same." Lambert points out that the key change in this song is an unexpected touch that helps make the song memorable. The drums at the beginning are the same rhythm as "Be My Baby."
  • This song was recorded in two 8-hour sessions. Brian Wilson often used the famous Los Angeles session musicians on his songs, but this one was mostly in the family: Brian played piano and bass, Carl Wilson played guitar, and Dennis Wilson played the drums.
  • The Beach Boys used as the B-side of their hit, "I Get Around."
  • B.J. Thomas covered this in 1977. His version hit #17 in the US.
  • This song was used in the Drew Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. It also appeared in Good Morning Vietnam.
  • Billy Joel sang this at the "Tribute to Brian Wilson" concert that aired on July 4, 2001. (thanks, Jim - Melbourne, FL)
  • Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo covered this in 1993. Fifteen years later he included his version on his solo Alone II album. He told Billboard magazine that this song was immensely influential on his songwriting. Cuomo explained: "I discovered the Beach Boys around that time in 1992-93, and to help me learn how to write those kinds of melodies and harmonies and chord progressions, I would learn their songs and record my own versions of them more like Weezer-style, with distorted guitars."
    Cuomo added: "I love Brian Wilson's melody when he's saying, 'Well, it's been building up inside of me for oh, I don't know how long.' I love the lyrical innocence. It's just like a straightforward pop song, singing about a girl as opposed to something like the Pixies, where the lyrics were pretty abstract. And I love the big harmonies in the chorus -- actually five-part vocal harmonies -- and I carefully transcribed them in my bedroom on my tape player. But then I added the element of the modern crunchy guitar sound. And that's what really helped me figure out what I wanted to do as a songwriter and a performer in Weezer."
  • Al Jardine told Mojo magazine June 2012 that this was his favorite Beach Boys recording session. He recalled: "(Engineer) Chuck Britz got such a great sound on that song; the drums, the singing, the clicky sound on the Fender Precision bass. There's something about the way the track sat. Just about everything about it was an era-change for us."

  • Rise Against - The Great Die-Of
    Rise Against - The Great Die-Off


    Rise Against - The Great Die-Off Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: The Black Market
    Released: 2014

    The Great Die-Off Lyrics


    There's a fire on the borders
    And it's burning down the walls you built high
    And there's a steady stream of anger
    And it's spilling from the coasts
    A tidal wave

    And the world says we reap what we sow
    To where I bury you up in my home
    The nights we'll reclaim but we’re sick of the wait

    We want it all and we want it now
    Tonight I'll watch your fires burn out
    With guns in hand we pry these guns from yours
    We want it all and we want it now
    A tide has come in to drown you out
    We make ourselves at home while your body’s still warm

    Creation tell us that the rituals
    Are only just clocks on wrong times
    And something triggers each
    And every time I hear you say
    God bless this place

    But your numbers are dwindling now
    Though endangered we'll still hunt you down
    With heads on a stake long may you reign

    We want it all and we want it now
    Tonight I'll watch your fires burn out
    With guns in hand we pry these guns from yours
    We want it all and we want it now
    A tide has come in to drown you out
    We make ourselves at home
    While your body’s still warm

    And there's a fire on the borders
    And it's burning down the walls you built high
    And there's a steady stream of anger
    And it's spilling from the coasts
    A tidal wave

    We want the motherfucking world and we want it now
    Tonight I'll watch your fires burn out
    With guns in hand we pry these guns from yours

    No I don't want to wait
    I know I better way
    So step aside, come on or better yet just go away
    Our chance has finally come
    Tomorrow I’ll be another one now
    No I’m not gonna wait
    We want it now
    Yeah we’re dousing the flames
    We want it now

    Writer/s: BLAIR, ZACH / PRINCIPE, JOSEPH / MCILRATH, TIMOTHY / BARNES, BRANDON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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    The Great Die-Off
  • Frontman Tim McIlrath explained the song's meaning to Kerrang! "It's about a previous generation's type of thinking dying off, as the people who think it die off," he said. "There's no way that way of thinking will survive after they've gone. It's about bigotry, which persists as long as people do."

  • Eric Carmen - Hungry Eye
    Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes


    Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
    Released: 1987

    Hungry Eyes Lyrics


    I've been meaning to tell you
    I've got this feelin' that won't subside
    I look at you and I fantasize
    Now and tonight
    Now I've got you in my sights

    [Chorus]
    With these Hungry Eyes
    One look at you and I can't disguise
    I've got hungry eyes
    I feel the magic between you and I

    I want to hold you so hear me out
    I want to show you what love's all about
    Now an tonight
    Now I've got you in my sights

    [Chorus]

    Now I've got you in my sights
    With these hungry eyes
    Now did I take you by surprise
    I need you to see
    This love was meant to be

    [Chorus]

    Writer/s: PREVITE, FRANKE / DENICOLA, JOHN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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    Hungry Eyes
  • Look for a musical interlude about an hour into many movies - especially romantic comedies - which is when audiences start to tire of dialogue. In the movie Dirty Dancing, this song provided the soundtrack to Jennifer Grey's undercover dance lessons with Patrick Swayze. The song was not only a key piece of the movie, but helped the soundtrack sell over 48 million copies worldwide.
  • Eric Carmen is best known as one of the founding members of The Raspberries and writer of "All By Myself," "Almost Paradise" (Ann Wilson and Mike Reno) and other hits of his own like "Make Me Lose Control." This is one of the few songs Eric recorded that he did not write. He was asked to do it by his old Raspberries producer Jimmy Ienner, who was the musical director for Dirty Dancing.
  • This song was co-written by John DeNicola and Franke Previte, who also wrote another huge hit from Dirty Dancing, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." Previte was the singer and DeNicola was the bass player in the '80s Pop group Franke & the Knockouts, who had a hit with "Sweetheart." The group recorded for Millenium Records, which was helmed by Jimmy Ienner, who asked Franke for songs when he was producing the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Previte told us: "Jimmy had closed his label and 'Hungry Eyes' was a song on my demo reel, because I was trying to get a new recording contract. No one thought the song had a chance. I guess history proves them wrong."
  • Eric Carmen said of recording this song: "At the point when that happened, I had moved back from Los Angeles to Ohio and decided to concentrate on being a songwriter. I had become disillusioned with the idea of being an artist. I only learned to sing because I had to. I never really liked my voice, and I still don't really. So I decided I'd just be a songwriter. I'd be in Ohio and have a normal life. One day, my former producer, Jimmy Ienner, called and said he was working on the film Dirty Dancing. He had this one song, and he thought I was the guy to sing it. He sent the tape. It sounded like Air Supply with Led Zeppelin's drummer. It was very strange. But through it, you could hear there was actually a pretty good song in there somewhere. The next thing I knew, Dirty Dancing sold 15 million albums, and all of a sudden, I was a performer again." (thanks to Bernie and the folks at EricCarmen.com)
  • On September 8, 2010, the original demo of this song will be released as part of the collection Dirty Dancing: The Original Demos, which will raise money for the Patrick Swayze Pancreas Cancer Resarch Foundation at Stanford University.

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