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Chrissie Hynde - Down The Wrong Way

Chrissie Hynde - Down The Wrong Way Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Stockholm
Released: 2014

Down The Wrong Way Lyrics

I have become what I criticize, oh, oh, oh
The porn queen in my deck of lies, oh, oh, oh
Where was you?
In a caravan next to a Phantom ride
You’re left here with nothing, but something to hide.

I am back o Gasoline Alley
Where the smoke looks like a misty valley
And those dotted hills where pills come Down The Wrong Way.

And you can serve yourself a king and your kingdom, too

Oh, oh, oh,
I was the man and the woman, and the who knows who
The good news,
That made her an offer that she can’t refuse
The truth I have nothing to lose.

I am back o Gasoline Alley
Where the smoke looks like a misty valley
And those dotted hills where pills come down the wrong way

You could say,
I did it the only way, your own way
But life goes on and it’s another day!

I am back o Gasoline Alley
Where the smoke looks like a misty valley
And those dotted hills where pills come down the wrong way
I am back o Gasoline Alley
Where the smoke looks like a misty valley
And those dotted hills where pills come down the wrong way

Writer/s: HYNDE, CHRISTINE / YTTLING, BJORN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Down The Wrong Way

This song features a guitar cameo from Hynde's friend Neil Young. His contribution was recorded in London in the summer of 2013 when Young was in town playing the O2 with Crazy Horse.

Hynde told Mojo magazine that she is a longtime fan of Young. "He listened to it a couple of times and played it and left and we were all fighting for the plectrum that he left on the desk," she said. "Which I got. A fair cop. I was the first one to reach it."

The English Beat - Tears of a Clown

The English Beat - Tears of a Clown Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: What is Beat?
Released: 1979

Tears of a Clown Lyrics

Say oh yeah baby baby
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there tryin' to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin' you
Well, now honey that's quite a different subject

So don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
'Cause really I'm sad (so sad sad)
Oh I'm sadder than sad (so sad sad)
Look I'm hurt and I want you so bad (so sad sad)
Like a clown I appear to be glad

Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The Tears of a Clown
When there's no one around

Say oh yeah baby baby baby
Oh yeah baby baby baby

Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you decided to go
Oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
Just for others I put on a show

Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around
So just like Pagliacci did
I'm gonna keep my surface hid
Hiding in my room I try
But in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around

Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you feel that I don't care
The tears of a clown (tears of a clown)
The tears of a clown (tears of a clown, tears of a clown)
I'm going down de town
I'm going downtown
Tears of a clown

Writer/s: WONDER, STEVIE/ROBINSON, SMOKEY/COSBY, HENRY
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Tears of a Clown

The citizens of Britain are to thank for the success of the song "The Tears of a Clown," which was first recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles in 1967 but not released as a single until 1970, when it was issued in the UK and went to #1. It was subsequently issued in America, topping the chart there a few months later. In 1976, the song was re-released in the UK, this time going to #34. A favorite of The Beat (as they're known in their homeland), the group took the song back to the UK charts with their 1979 cover. This version was released as "Tears of a Clown," omitting the the in the original title.

This was the first single recorded and released by The English Beat, a group that would soon be instrumental in the UK Ska revival movement, borrowing its sounds from early '60s Jamaican music. Dave Wakeling, who was a guitarist and singer in the band, told us how they came to record this song: "When we first started rehearsing the songs, the drummer (Everett Morton) thought our songs were a bit weird. We had rehearsed the songs, and it would go okay for a minute, and then we would all veer off on our own little tangents and we'd lose the groove on it again. And so Everett said, 'Why don't we find a song that we all know and learn that one by ourselves, come back next Tuesday, and we'll play that song and get a groove with that one. And then we'll go back and play one of your weird songs, like that mirror thing.' And so that's what we did, we'd play 'Tears Of A Clown,' then we'd play 'Mirror in the Bathroom,' then we'd play 'Tears Of A Clown.' We'd play 'Twist And Crawl,' and we'd play 'Tears Of A Clown,' 'Big Shot,' 'Tears Of A Clown,' 'Click Click,' 'Tears Of A Clown.' And by the time we got five or six songs together that would hold together, David Steele, the bass player, said, 'Let's do a show. We should do a concert.' We're like, 'We've only got six songs.' He said, 'Yes, but one concert is worth a thousand rehearsals.' Because you can sit around and be pretentious in rehearsals as long as you like. So we started doing shows, and in order to have seven songs instead of six, we put 'Tears Of A Clown' in the set. We'd practiced that song more than any of the others, it turned out. Because it was our magnet, our training model for all the other tunes.

We took all and any sort of gigs, some were punk gigs, some were reggae gigs, some were working men's clubs, some were pubs that were trying to get some business going midweek, we'd take anything. And sometimes the punky songs went well, sometimes the reggae songs went well, and sometimes neither of them would go down well, but everywhere we went, every time, 'Tears Of A Clown' always went down fantastic. So Jerry Dammers came to us, told us about 2-Tone and came and saw the band. He said, 'Would you like to do a single for 2-Tone,' and we said yes, we'd love to, thanks. And he said, 'We really liked that 'Mirror In The Bathroom' song.' And we said, 'That's probably our best song. Yeah, that would be a good one.' Then he came back a week or so later and he said, 'Oh, Chrysalis says you can do 'Mirror In The Bathroom,' they like it, but they would own the rights to it for five years.' We're like, 'No.' I said, 'You know, that's our best tune. We'd want it on our album. But so long as we can bring it out on our album, that would be fine, you can have it as a single.' So he went off again and he came back and he said, 'No, Chrysalis said if it's the single it can't be on your first album.' So we said, 'Well, tell them to f--k themselves.' and we said, 'We'll do 'Tears Of A Clown' then.' Because that always goes down great. And you can tell the fellows at Chrysalis they can argue with Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson about whose song it is. And so we just insisted, and as luck would have it, our song came out in October, and by December 6 it was #6 in the charts, and it was the runaway dance party hit of the Christmas of '79. It was on every jukebox and every turntable for every Christmas party. So I think it probably worked out really well, because I don't know if 'Mirror In The Bathroom' would have been that cheery as a Christmas single." (Read the full Dave Wakeling interview.)

The 2-Tone label was started by The Specials, another prominent band in the Ska movement, and Jerry Dammers was The Specials keyboard player. The song was not included on an album until the 1983 greatest hits collection What is Beat?.

In the US, this was never released as a single.

Colbie Caillat - Try

Colbie Caillat - Try Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Gypsy Heart Side A
Released: 2014

Try Lyrics

Put your make-up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on
Don't be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?

You don't have to Try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Mm, mm

Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards
You don't have to choose, buy it all, so they like you
Do they like you?

Wait a second,
Why, should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Mm, mm

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Take your make-up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don't you like you?
'Cause I like you

Writer/s: DIXON, ANTONIO / EDMONDS, KENNETH / REEVES, JASON / CAILLAT, COLBIE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Try

Colbie Caillat wrote this empowering piano ballad with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. It was one of several songs that Caillat recorded several songs with the R&B legend for her album. "He's one of my favorite producers," she told USA Today. "He can make any style production he wants. He's done Boyz II Men and all these R&B records, then he has worked with Barbra Streisand and Ariana Grande. Now, he's working with me."

The song contains a message of self-love aimed at females. "It's exhausting being a woman," Caillat told Billboard magazine. "This song is not to say that we should never wear makeup, but to say that, sometimes, it's okay not to."

Caillat explained the song's meaning to Radio.com "['Try'] is about how us women feel like we need to change ourselves in so many different ways for people to accept us and like us," she said. "As much as we all hate that we allow that to happen, we still do it. Every day we wake up and change the way we look just so that we feel better about ourselves. Me and Kenny [Babyface] and Jason [Reeves] , we were talking about that. We wanted a song that was honest and vulnerable."

The lyric video features female celebrities like Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Sara Bareilles, Christina Perri, Hayden Panettiere appearing without makeup, to help prove Caillat's point. "I have a couple celebrity friends that would be more impactful for everyday people to see what we look like normally," said the singer.

Caillat wrote the track about herself and is pleased so many others have responded to it. "It's this song I've had in my head my entire life about personal insecurities, imperfections, self-confidence issue," she told Billboard magazine. "I thought I was the only person who felt that way and now I release this song that so many people around the world are relating too, so many different age ranges, men and women. It makes me feel great that I'm not the only one in this situation. For them, hearing a song that speaks to them about something they've gone through, it connects us."

The song's music video shows a number of women, including Caillat herself, gradually removing their makeup, wigs, and fake eyelashes and letting their natural beauty shine. Caillat said: "We shot the video in reverse, we started bare, and by the end we finished with the full hair and makeup, and then reversed the film for the finished product. All of the women were amazing."

"My favorite was the woman who has no hair," she added. "I first saw her completely bald, no makeup, with a huge smile, she was just so happy and confident. She was so beautiful to me. And then we kept getting more hair and makeup on, and the next scene I saw where she's in full make-up and wig, I was like, Who is this woman? She was not the same person. She still looked beautiful but it wasn't the same beauty that I saw when she was liberated, showing who she really was."

The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom

The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: I Just Can't Stop It
Released: 1980

Mirror in the Bathroom Lyrics

Mirror in the Bathroom
Please talk free
The door is locked
Just you and me
Can I take you to a restaurant
That's got glass tables
You can watch yourself
While you are eating

Mirror in the bathroom
I just can't stop it
Every Saturday you see me
Window shopping
Find no interest in the
Racks and shelves
Just a thousand reflections
Of my own sweet self, self, self

Mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom

Mirror in the bathroom
Recompense
For all my crimes
Of self defense
Cures you wiser
Make no sense
Drift gently into
Mental illness

Mirror in the bathroom
Please talk free
The door is locked
Just you and me
Can I take you to a restaurant
That's got glass tables
You can watch yourself
While you are eating

Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom

Writer/s: Cox, Andrew / Charlery, Roger / Morton, Everett / Steele, David / Wakeling, David Frederick
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Mirror in the Bathroom

This was written by The English Beat singer and guitarist Dave Wakeling. He told us the story of the song: "I was working in construction at the time, and it was the winter. I had forgotten to hang my jeans up to dry overnight, so when I got into the bathroom to shower up, I noticed my jeans were still on the floor, soaking wet, covered in sand. So I hung them up thinking well, it's probably best to have them steaming hot and wet. I went to shave, and it was snowing, and I really, really didn't want to go. So I started talking to myself in the mirror as I was shaving up. And it was weird, because I looked deeper in the mirror, and I could see the little caption on the door behind, and I said to myself, Look, David, there's just me and you in here. The door's locked. We don't have to go to work. Of course we did. Got on the motorbike, and I just started pondering as I skated my way to the construction site on this motorbike. And that's how it started. It was thinking about how self-involvement turns into narcissism and how narcissism turns into isolation, and then how isolation turns into self-involvement again, and how what a vicious cycle that can become. So then I just started thinking about different situations where people would ostensibly look like they were doing something, but in fact they were checking their own reflection out. And you'd see it perhaps on Saturday afternoon with people window shopping, half the time they're actually just looking at their own reflection. Then this restaurant opened, and it was a big deal at the time because it had glass tables, and I was like, oh, you can watch yourself."

This song is often misinterpreted to be about cocaine, which is often consumed on mirrors brought into bathrooms. The song actually has nothing to do with drugs, as Wakeling explains: "In America in the early '80s, everybody gave me knowing winks and said, 'Oh, I know what that one's about, then, Dave.' And it wasn't that mirror in the bathroom at all, it was the one on the wall, and not the one on your knee. And oddly, songs can become sort of strangely prophetic, though. But certainly at the time of writing, nobody had any money or any access to cocaine... until after the song was out."

Unlike artists like Bruce Springsteen who never had a job that wasn't related to music, Wakeling did lots of real work before becoming a full time musician. He liked working construction because it was a "neck-down" job, enabling him to devote his mind to concerns like songwriting.

The same mirror played a part in another track on I Just Can't Stop It. Says Wakeling: "In the song 'Best Friend,' I'm actually singing it to myself in the same mirror that 'Mirror In The Bathroom' was written in. It was actually my sister's bathroom in Birmingham. But I kept that mirror for a long time, eventually lost it."

The English Beat's record label wanted to release this as their first single - and keep the publishing rights for 5 years. Not a good arrangement for the band, as Wakeling explains: "We said, 'We'll do 'Tears Of A Clown' then.' Because that always goes down great. And you can tell the fellows at Chrysalis they can argue with Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson about whose song it is. And so we just insisted, and as luck would have it, our song came out in October, and by December 6 it was #6 in the charts, and it was the runaway dance party hit of the Christmas of '79. It was on every jukebox and every turntable for every Christmas party. So I think it probably worked out really well, because I don't know if 'Mirror In The Bathroom' would have been that cheery as a Christmas single. A British song about isolation and narcissism that will morph into a song about cocaine in the bathroom, you know?" (Read the full Dave Wakeling interview.)

This was one of the first big singles of the early '80s UK Ska revival. This genré borrowed heavily from the Reggae rhythms of Jamaica. The premier band in the movement was The Specials, and this song lifted The English Beat to that same level.

This sounds nothing like the group's later MTV hits in the US. The raw Ska influence of the band is much more evident here than on their later singles.

This was the first digitally-recorded single released in the UK. (thanks, Derek - Manchester, England)

Jennifer Lopez - Emotions

Jennifer Lopez - Emotions Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: A.K.A.
Released: 2014

Emotions Lyrics

Someone took my Emotions,
Don't forgive me, I didn't ask
Someone took my emotions,
I feel good, 'cause I don't feel bad

You say that you gon' take my heart babe
But I don't believe in fairytale
It's the same old thing, not a damn thing changed
You're playing games, playing games
Now I'm taking names, taking names now
And I don't play no more, baby, this is game over

Broke your heart so you could feel it
Think we're gonna think we're really through
Me and you
Tears fall down, feels like it's raining
Somewhere walkin' feel the pain in you
Only you (someone took)

Someone took my emotions,
Don't forgive me, I didn't ask
Someone took my emotions,
I feel good, 'cause I don't feel bad

I've tried to give you all my time babe
But they never meant a thing to you
So don't you call my name, all my info changed
It's such a shame, what a shame
Now I'm breaking chains, breaking chains oh
And I don't play no more, baby this is game over

Broke your heart so you could feel it
Think we're gonna think we're really through
Me and you (this is)
Tears fall down, feels like it's raining
Somewhere walkin' feel the pain in you
Only you (someone took)

Someone took my emotions,
Don't forgive me, I didn't ask
Someone took my emotions,
I feel good, 'cause I don't feel bad

All I ever wanted was your time
Right now I
Don't even have the patience
I'm tired of waiting for you
I just wanna let go
You tryin' to change me mind
But the answer's still no
Who are you
You don't mean nothing
You ain't worth nothing
When I tell you something
You don't learn from it
I got my bags at the door, Passport to go
When I leave, you gon' come running
You did it yeah
I got no feelings left
I'm so numb, you're so dumb
It's over, it's over

Someone took my emotions
Someone took my emotions

Everything, everything I do
Ah
Everything, everything I do

Writer/s: KREVIAZUK, CHANTAL / LOPEZ, JENNIFER / JOSEPH, SHAMA / BROWN, CHRIS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Emotions

This piano-driven ballad finds a vulnerable Lopez singing of her anguish over trickling keys:

Someone took my emotions…
I tried to give you all my love but that never meant a thing to you

The song was co-written by Chris Brown. "Chris fu--ed with it after [hearing] the hook," Lopez said during A.K.A's listening party.

This is one of several songs on A.K.A. that are personal to Lopez. "I have a song called 'First Love,' I have a song called 'Emotions,' I have song called 'Let It Be Me' — all very personal," she told Pop Crush . "They're very personal songs in different things about my life and how I feel about love or different moments."

"You know, everything's a moment or an emotion that you have, a day you feel a certain way, and you kind of put that into a song or you relate to it in a way that you know people are gonna understand — like, 'Yeah, I've felt that way,'" Lopez added. "It feels like it's something that I would say. I think this album, of any album, is really owning all of who I am musically and emotionally."

Tool - Sober

Tool - Sober Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Undertow
Released: 1993

Sober Lyrics

There's a shadow just behind me,
Shrouding every step I take,
Making every promise empty,
Pointing every finger at me.
Waiting like a stalking butler
Who upon the finger rests.
Murder now the path called "must we"
Just before the son has come.
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?
Why can't we not be Sober?
I just want to start this over.
Why can't we drink forever.
I just want to start things over.
I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
Just enough to bring you down.
Trust me.
Mother Mary won't you whisper
Something but what's past and done.
Trust me.
I want what I want.

Writer/s: D. CAREY, P. D'AMOUR, A. JONES, J. KEENAN
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Sober

This was written about a guy the band knows who can only do great, inspired, stuff when he's high. The words "Jesus won't you F--king whistle, something but the past and gone" is actually referring to how this guy kept talking about the same old stuff over and over again, as in, "Christ almighty, can't we talk about something new???"
Tool guitarist Adam Jones explained in an interview wtih Guitar School: "The song and video are based on a guy we know who is at his artistic best when he's loaded. A lot of people give him s--t for that. I don't tell people to do or not do drugs. You can do what you want, but you have to take responsibility for what happens. If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault." (thanks, Richard - Hamilton, New Zealand and Jorge - Pittsburgh, PA)

For radio play, the line, "Jesus, won't f--king whistle" was changed to, "Jesus, won't you try and whistle." (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

On August 18, 2006, Kirk Hammett from Metallica played this with Tool at a show in Hawaii. Hammett said it was "One of the most profound jamming experiences I have ever encountered."

Kenny Chesney - American Kids

Kenny Chesney - American Kids Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Big Revival
Released: 2014

American Kids Lyrics

Doublewide Quick Stop midnight T-top
Jack in her Cherry Coke town
Momma and Daddy put their roots right here
'Cause this is where the car broke down
Yellow dog school bus kickin’ up red dust
Pickin’ us up by a barbed wire fence
Mtv on the RCA, no A/C in the vents

We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby
Born in the USA
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots
New York to LA
We were teenage dreamin’, front seat leanin’
Baby, come give me a kiss
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
Uptown down home American Kids
Growin’ up in little pink houses
Makin’ out on living room couches
Blowin’ that smoke on a Saturday night
A little messed up, but we’re all alright

Baptist church parkin’ lot, tryin’ not to get caught
Take her home and give her your jacket
Makin’ it to second base, but sayin’ you went all the way
Monday afternoon at practice
Sisters got a boyfriend Daddy doesn’t like
Now he’s sittin’ out back, 3030 in his lap
In the blue bug zapper light

We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby
Born in the USA
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots
New York to LA
We were teenage dreamin’, front seat leanin’
Baby, come give me a kiss
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
Uptown down home American kids
Growin’ up in little pink houses
Makin’ out on living room couches
Blowin’ that smoke on a Saturday night
A little messed up, but we’re all alright

We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby
Born in the USA
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots
New York to LA
We were teenage dreamin’, front seat leanin’
Baby, come give me a kiss
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
Uptown down home American kids
Growin’ up in little pink houses
Makin’ out on living room couches
Blowin’ that smoke on a Saturday night
A little messed up, but we’re all alright

Writer/s: LAIRD, LUKE ROBERT / MCANALLY, SHANE L. / CLAWSON, RODNEY DALE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, ROUND HILL MUSIC
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American Kids

This Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird and Shane McAnally penned tune celebrates the spirit of America's young people. Chesney first came across the song on a writing trip with McAnally, who wrote his previous hits "Somewhere With You" and "Come Over." "When I heard it, I knew I was gonna cut it," Chesney said. "It was unlike anything I'd ever heard - and I listen to a lot of songs. The rhythms, the images, the way the melody moved… It just grabs you and holds on, but even more importantly, it feels really good."

Clawson, Laird and McAnally wrote this song in a non-linear fashion, each adding words and phrases as they formed the song's lyric. McAnally says that in the end, the successive images give you the feeling that you're watching a slide show.

The song contains the line, "A little messed up, but we're alright." Chesney reflected: "Hey, life is hard. People work long hours, have all kinds of stuff going on in their personal lives. But if there's one thing I've seen over the last 10 years, looking out at the faces in the crowd: you can't keep my fans down. These are people who no matter what are in love with life, and they're gonna find the good times no matter what."

"It's not a perfect world," he added. "We are all a little screwed up, but we're all okay. I love the idea of the screw up as part of it, because honestly it makes the parts that're great, that much better. You appreciate those things that much more."

The song celebrates the spirit of youth across America. "There is so much more to being alive than partying, tailgates and bonfires," said Chesney. "It's every single detail of being young, growing up, remembering when, laughing about how, but especially knowing you can still do all those things! American kids are so much more complicated, more fun, more real — and if there's anything about this song, beyond the rhythms, the hooks and the playing, that I love, it's the fact that it captures all the little things that life really is made of."

Chesney worked with director Shaun Silva on the song's music video, which shows the country star out in the Southern California desert with a group of young people and a colorful psychedelic school bus. "The spirit of this thing - the song, the bus, the idea of the kids riding around, having fun, playing music and just celebrating life - makes you want to get involved," Chesney told Entertainment News. "Fun is where and how you make it. Out in the sun with a bunch of friends - and the people who work on my videos have been making them with me for more than a decade - even buckets of paint and a bus that needs to be covered can give you a reason to have fun."

Kenny Chesney was the first choice for this song, but the writers never heard back from him so Little Big Town started working on it. Shane McAnally later joined Chesney in St. John, where the pair wrote "Wild Child." When they were flying back home, Chesney said he was worried that he didn't have a first single for his The Big Revival album. He opened his laptop and started going through some old emails when he noticed the demo of "American Kids" that McAnally had sent him months earlier. Chesney admitted that he never listened to the song, but when he put on his headphones and gave it a spin, he was hooked and knew right away that it would be the single. McAnally says that Little Big Town was very gracious about it when he asked them to give the song up.

Lady Antebellum passed on the song before Chesney recorded it. "It just didn't fit," said Charles Kelley of the trio to The Tennessean. "'American Kids' is a song about growing up in the '70s. It makes more sense with Kenny Chesney."

John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses," Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A." and Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" are all referenced in the song (the latter with the lyric "blue jean baby").

Matthew Good - Anti-Pop

Matthew Good - Anti-Pop Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Audio Of Being
Released: 2002

Anti-Pop Lyrics

Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do

Let's get the party started
All born to stay up late
No one gets out of this one
No one gets out of this

Got a life from life on TV
Two eyes that stay in my skull
Long enough to start believe
If you give it up they'll love you for it
Give them blood and they'll love you for it

You're not my girl
You're just tired

You're not my girl
You're just tired

You're not my girl
You're just tired

Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do

Let's get the party started
All born to stay up late
No one gets out of this one
No one gets out of this

You're not my girl
You're just tired

You're not my girl
You're just tired

You're not my girl
You're just tired
You're just tired

Give it up and they'll love you for it
Give them blood and they'll love you for it

You're not my girl
You're just tired

You're not my girl
You're just tired

You're not my girl
You're just tired
You're just tired

Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do

Writer/s: GOOD, MATTHEW
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Anti-Pop

This song is about Sugar Jones, a Canadian Pop band formed on a TV show that dissolved after two singles.

Mary J. Blige - See That Boy Again

Mary J. Blige - See That Boy Again Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Think Like a Man Too
Released: 2014

See That Boy Again Lyrics

I remember standing there grooving
Nodding my head just moving
My girlfriend dragged me to this place
Staring at the crowd like we do
I saw this guy through the people
And that’s when I saw your face
But you came over to me
As sweet as can be
And grabbed my left hand
Started stepping
What else did I need to know
I said yes if you wanted to go
'Cause you are heaven
But you left me here

So I gotta See That Boy Again
'Cause I wanna feel that joy again
I remember leaning on his shoulder
Something and Cola
What he ordered
That’s why I, I am on this floor again
I wanna see that boy again

Listen to me

My girlfriend says introduce her
But I ain’t gonna lie, I wanna lose her
You’re so nice you want to pay
Ooh you have a way with females
I didn’t get your number or email
What the hell was in my brain
'Cause I know that you believe
But I couldn’t let you see that I was stressing
I lost breath and
Then you grabbed your Mercedes keys
But you paused before you leave
And I just stood there
Like I didn’t have a care

So I gotta see that boy again
'Cause I gotta feel that joy again
I remember leaning on his shoulder
Something and Cola
What he ordered
That’s why I, I am on this floor again
I wanna see that boy again

Listen to me

It’s like the part in a movie
That get away
Oh no, not the person you want
The person you want is losing
So you pray
But the circumstances, changes course
Which is entirely up to the boss
But remember
Just because it’s written don’t mean you can’t play
Your hand to change your fate

So I wanna see that boy again
'Cause I wanna feel that joy again
I remember leaning on his shoulder
Something and Cola
What he ordered
And so I, I’m on this floor
I’m on this floor looking for you
Where did you go
Where did you go
I’m on this floor
I don’t wanna leave without you baby
Where is my baby

Writer/s: WILLIAMS, PHARRELL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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See That Boy Again

This soulful ballad finds Blige regretting a missed opportunity to hook up with a guy who captured her heart. She recorded the orchestral song for the Think Like a Man Too movie soundtrack.

The song features a contribution from Pharrell Williams. The "Happy" star previously worked with Blige when he produced her No More Drama track "Steal Away."

Matthew Good - Deep Six

Matthew Good - Deep Six Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Underdogs
Released: 1998

Deep Six Lyrics

Deep Six come to bed,
Good night and take care
Who knows maybe our luck will change
Poly-urethane
People live in the rain
Who knows maybe our luck will change

[Chorus]
And I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where you think you are,
I don't know pretend you know
I don't know where you think you are
And I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where you think you are

Big crash, funny car
It's where you been, where you are
Think fast and kill what you cannot change
Still though this is fun
Find a box when I'm done
Who knows maybe my luck will change

[Chorus]

Deep Six come to bed,
It's midnight everywhere
Who knows, who knows
Poly-urethane,
People live in the rain
Who knows maybe our luck will change
Maybe our luck will change

[Chorus]

Writer/s: Good, Matthew / Genn, Dave
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Deep Six

This is Good's rebuttal to Oasis singer Noel Gallagher's comment that rock and roll is only about "partying and getting drunk."

Ne-Yo - Money Can't Buy

Ne-Yo - Money Can't Buy Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Non Fiction
Released: 2014

Money Can't Buy Lyrics

You lookin' better than a Scarface starter kit
All hundreds, small faces nothin’ counterfeit
You want this ghetto D? Or that over the counter shit?
Catch you slippin’ in the kitchen, on the counter shit (damn)
Oh shit (sup), I guess I’ll pause for these bitches
Guess I’ll ball for these niggas, swear this my last three swishers
On my grown man shit I’m ‘bout to kill this bitches

Baby you know I got some money
Girl, the dough ain't a problem for me
But when I look in your eyes
Baby you got everything money just can’t buy
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)

Diamond in the back, sunroof top
Got a diamond on my lap and my sunroof off
Her mind strong but her body so soft
Tattoo on her hip read “Only for a Boss†
She ain’t impressed with the way I ball
She said “You seen one ghost, you seen ‘em all†
Even though that thing cold
She said “A Rolls Royce or a Civic, Daddy I’mma roll with you†
She ride for me, die for me, love me, that’s how she do
I pulled up close and I tell her what’s true

Baby you know I got some money
Girl, the dough ain't a problem for me
But when I look in your eyes
Baby you got everything money just can’t buy
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)

Shawty where you at? Meet me at the mall
Told her “Let me buy you something†, she replied “Naw†
She said her love won’t be bought
I don’t need to spend some no money, spend some time that’s all
I told her “Daddy don’t mind spending†
I want to see you shine like the diamonds in my pendant
She told me she don’t care for the flash
Want affection not cash, girl I ain’t even mad at you
She ride for me, die for me, love me, that’s how she do
I pulled up close and I tell her what’s true

Baby you know I got some money
Girl, the dough ain't a problem for me
But when I look in your eyes
Baby you got everything money just can’t buy
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)

What’s happening with it baby? Hope you don’t think that I’m crazy
Say me and you, get us some practice makin' a baby
I will take some out the stash and buy you that new Mercedes
Then be all up in that ass in the back of that new Mercedes
You call for the protectin', yeah, send me your issues
They ain’t ‘bout to be playing with her, me and these pistols
See that thirty-six for D’Usse, I’m the provider
Come scoop me in that 458, you be the rider
(Yeah) Oh well, that’s that, back to the party
Bet you niggas anything I’m leaving here with shawty
Got a feeling that she fuckin’ with me for me
She got me feeling like I got a million on me

Baby you know I got some money
Girl, the dough ain't a problem for me
But when I look in your eyes
Baby you got everything money just can’t buy
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)
(All the things money can’t buy)

Writer/s: SMITH, SHAFFER / HESTER, ANTHONY / DE VAUGHN, WILLIAM E. / JENKINS, JAY W. / HUMPHREY, MONTAY DESMOND
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Money Can't Buy

The lead single from Ne-Yo's Non Fiction album finds the singer returning to his R&B roots. Ne-Yo said that the sound of the record was, "99.999998 percent R&B." He added: "I can't completely abandon that fanbase, because, as I said, they kept the lights on for a very long time."

This song, like the rest of the LP is based on an actual experience. Ne-Yo said. "The album is composed of songs based on true stories from my fans, family and my life."

This features a couple of rapped verses by Jeezy. Previous collaborations between the pair include "Leave You Alone," the fifth single from the then Young Jeezy's album, Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition.

Matthew Good - Everything Is Automatic

Matthew Good - Everything Is Automatic Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Underdogs
Released: 1998

Everything Is Automatic Lyrics

Miss my head, miss my heart, miss my lungs
Be what you want to be
Watch what you want to see
Killed for fun
Down a hole, up a rope
Down some pills, up some hope
This karma machine only takes quarters
New age soldier, new age soldier

Everybody's all right
Everything Is Automatic
And everybody's all right
Everything is skin deep

Everybody's all right
And everything is automatic
Everybody's all right
And everything is skin deep, me

Say hey, say hey, say how ya doing
Say hey, say hey, say how ya doing

I miss my lazy boy
I miss my tv
I miss myself
Do you miss your lazy boy
Do you miss your tv
Do you miss yourself

Everybody's all right
Everything is automatic
Everybody's all right
Everything is skin deep

Everybody's all right
Everything is automatic
Everybody's' all right
Everything is skin deep, me

It's always what i wanted
It's always what i wanted
It's always what i

Killed for fun
It's fucking funny don't you think
One day you'll decompose
And you wake up and those
Those birds are singing
Those birds are singing

It's always what i wanted
It's always what i wanted
It's always what i
It's always what i

Everything is skin deep

Writer/s: Faithfull, Marianne / Mavety, Joe / York, Stephen / Reynolds, Barry / Stannard, Terence
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Everything Is Automatic

According to Good, this is about "the plasticity of things."

The lyric, "Those birds are singing..." is most likely a reference to a line towards the end of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.