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Coldplay - Magic

Coldplay - Magic Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Ghost Stories
Released: 2014

Magic Lyrics

Call it Magic, call it true
I call it magic when I'm with you
And I just got broken, broken into two
Still I call it magic, when I'm next to you

And I don't, and I don't, and I don't, and I don't
No I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

Ooh ooh ooh

Call it magic, cut me into two
And with all your magic, I disappear from view
And I can't get over, can't get over you
Still, I call it magic, such a precious truth

And I don't, and I don't, and I don't, and I don't
No I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you

Wanna fall, I fall so far
I wanna fall, fall so hard
And I call it magic
And I call it true
Call it magic

Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh

And if you were to ask me
After all that we've been through
"Still believe in magic?"
Well yes, I do
Oh yes, I do
Oh yes, I do
Oh yes, I do
Of course I do

Writer/s: MARTIN, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY JOHN / BERRYMAN, GUY RUPERT / BUCKLAND, JONATHAN MARK / CHAMPION, WILLIAM
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Magic

The lead single from Ghost Stories is an intimate meditation on love sung by Chris Martin over minimalist, bass heavy instrumentation.

"Call it magic
Call it true
Call it magic when I'm with you."

The song was recorded by Coldplay in 2013 during sessions for Ghost Stories at their purpose-built studios, The Bakery and The Beehive in North London.

The artwork for the release depicts a white dove imposed onto a blue canvas. It was done by British etching artist Mila Fürstová, who also created a pair of wings in the shape of a broken heart for the Ghost Stories album cover.

The song's music video was directed by Jonas Škerlund, who has previously worked with Madonna, Lady Gaga and U2. The Swedish filmmaker and video director's best known achievement is his Grammy-winning contribution to the promo of Madonna's "Ray Of Light."

The clip stars Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as a "beautiful young magicienne" in a 1920s traveling circus, with Chris Martin doubling up as both her loyal assistant and jealous husband.

Explaining the song to BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, Martin said: "It's not a question of you either really love someone or you really hate someone, it's more nuanced than that - especially with the modern world's complications - like traveling and all the stuff that comes to life, and illness and addiction and all that sort of thing."

It's just saying," he added, "ultimately there is magic between two people no matter what anyone else thinks."

Martin told Zane Lowe that the song came from a jam with the rest of Coldplay, making it one of the first band's songs not kick-started by the frontman himself.

System of a Down - Suite-Pee

System of a Down - Suite-Pee Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: System Of A Down
Released: 1998

Suite-Pee Lyrics

Had an out of
Body experience
The other day
Her name was Jesus
And for her everyone cried
Everyone cried
Everyone cried

Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy, try

You die for her philosophy
Die for her philosophy
Die her philosophy die

Crossed and terrored
Ravages of architecture
Lend me thy blades
We're crossed and terrored
Ravages of architecture
Hoist around the spade

Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy, try

You die for her philosophy
Die for her philosophy
Die her philosophy die

Die, die, die, why
Lie naked on the floor
And let the messiah
Go through our souls
Lie naked on the floor
And let the messiah
Go all through our souls
Die, like a motherfucker
Die, like a motherfucker
Die, like a motherfucker
Why, like a motherfucker
I want to fuck
My way to the garden
Cause everyone needs
A motherfucker
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy, try

You die for her philosophy
Die for her philosophy
Die her philosphy die

The following of a Christ [Repeat: x4]
The falling of Christ [Repeat: x4]

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Suite-Pee

This song criticizes religion and people's willingness to accept almost anything as fact. The lyrics detail a fad religion that everyone bought into despite its fishiness.

The song uses heavy profanity to drive home the point that what is good and what is bad, religiously, can and often is completely opposite depending on personal beliefs.

One of a few system songs to feature Daron Malakian (guitar) on backup vocals (background of the bridge, screaming). (thanks, Dennis - Toledo, OH, for all above)

Eli Young Band - Angel Like You

Eli Young Band - Angel Like You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: 10,000 Towns
Released: 2014

Angel Like You Lyrics

I don't know what on earth I'd do without an Angel Like You.

I'd be lost like a ship at sea, that took a wrong turn in the dark
Could put a pen to the story of my life but never know where to start
I'd be skipping days and slipping through the nights without feeling a thing
If you weren't here putting me right what would my life mean.

I don't know what on earth I'd do without an angel like you,
Caught in a fire so hot without the rain to make it stop,
They would paint me a fool in a world so cruel,
Would be hell to go through without an angel like you.

All I need is a shot of your smile to chase the blues away
And anybody else woulda given up, your the kind of love that stays
All of that time I was looking for you I knew there had to be a plan
And I get everything I ever wanted in life, when you tell me I'm a good man

I don't know what on earth I'd do without an angel like you,
Caught in a fire so hot without the rain to make it stop,
They would paint me a fool in a world so cruel,
Would be hell to go through without an angel like you.

I don't know what on earth I'd do without an angel like you,
Caught in a fire so hot without the rain to make it stop,
They would paint me a fool in a world so cruel,
Would be hell to go through without an angel like you.

I don't know what on earth I'd do without an angel like you.

Writer/s: MORGAN, HEATHER LYNN / ROSE, LIZ / ELI, MIKE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Angel Like You

This was written by the band's vocalist Mike Eli with Heather Morgan and Liz Rose. Eli told Billboard magazine the romantic song was drawn from real-life inspiration: "I know it came from a very genuine place," he said. "I wrote that song for my wife, and I think that some of the stuff we came up with lyrically on that tune made it special. It feels very organic and broken down, when it comes to the production of it. The guitar solo on that track is one of my favorites that James (Young) has ever played."

Mike Eli married Kacey Herndon on May 27, 2010. The nuptials were held on the family ranch of Eli's bandmate and best man, James Young, in Meridian, Texas.

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Elephant
Released: 2003

Seven Nation Army Lyrics

Seven Nation Army

The title of the song originates from what Jack White thought the Salvation Army was called when he was a child. White will often take a distinctive phrase he finds interesting and use it as the title of a song - "Rag And Bone" is another good example.

This song deals with The White Stripes' rising popularity and the negatives that came with it. After White came up with the riff, he devised a storyline in which a protagonist comes into town and all his friends are gossiping about him. "He feels so bad he has to leave town, but you get so lonely you come back," said White. "The song's about gossip. It's about me, Meg and the people we're dating."

The White Stripes have no bass player, so the popular riff is actually a guitar with an octave effect to sound like a bass.

The video, while novel and cleverly directed, has gained a reputation as one of the most effective motion-sickness-inducing devices since the invention of spinning carnival rides. (thanks, Dennis - Toledo, OH, for all above)

The Salvation Army has featured in a number of songs, the best known being The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever, which is about a Salvation Army home in Liverpool where John Lennon used to go. Two UK hit singles from the 1970s, Long Live Love by Olivia Newton-John, and Banner Man by Blue Mink featured the church organisation as a central theme. Amongst the songs The Salvation Army has cropped up in as an incidental motif are Life In a Northern Town by The Dream Academy and Leonard Cohen's Suzanne.

Jack White once said that the main riff was the riff he planned to use if they ever got asked to write the theme to the next James Bond film. He decided it was unlikely and used it in this. (thanks, Simon - Salisbury, England)

On the album, it states: "No computers were used during the writing, recording, mixing or mastering of this record."

in the video when Jack White points to his hand as he begins the third verse, he's showing you where he is from. The state of Michigan is shaped like a mitten and people in the state often point to a spot on their hand when asked where they are from. (thanks, Angelo - Detroit, MI)

Artist to cover this song include Audioslave, The Hives, Metallica, The Flaming Lips, Joss Stone and Jamie Cullum.

Italian soccer fans latched onto this song as their national team played to victory in the 2006 World Cup. Fans would often chant the guitar riff at games and victory celebrations, and the song re-entered the Italian charts as a result, hitting #3. To win the World Cup, Italy had to defeat 7 different nations.
White was delighted: "Nothing is more beautiful in music than when people embrace a melody and allow it to enter the pantheon of folk music," he said. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 2)

This, along with the rest of the album, was recorded on analogue equipment that was over 50 years old at Toe Rag Studios. Toe Rag Studios were set up in Hackney, east London in 1991 as a strictly analogue enterprise using only pre-1960 studio equipment. The success of Elephant established Toe Rag as a trendy antidote to digital music-making.

US website Consequence of Sound named this as their top rock track of the noughties. Their explanation: "Remains as vibrant and as popular today as it did in 2003, resonating on a daily basis from record players and football stadiums alike. And like any rock'n'roll anthem, White's should continue to be equally vibrant and as popular for an eternity to come."

The riff was composed at a sound check before a show at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. Jack White recalled to Rolling Stone: "There's an employee here at Third Man named Ben Swank, and he was with us on tour in Australia when I wrote that song at soundcheck. I was playing it for Meg and he was walking by and I said, 'Swank, check this riff out.' And he said, 'It's OK.' [Laughs] He added: "I didn't have lyrics for it until later on and I was just calling it 'Seven Nation Army' - that's what I called the Salvation Army when I was a kid. So that was just a way for me to remember which one I was talking about, but it took on a new meaning with the lyrics."

According to Jack White, neither the labels in America or in the UK wanted to put this out as the first single. They eventually relented and it became the White Stripes' first Hot 100 hit in the US and Top 10 entry in Britain. In an interview with XFM, White said: "I can think back to when Elephant came out. I wanted to put 'Seven Nation Army' out as a single. The label in England and the label in America both didn't want to. They wanted to put 'There's No Home For You Here' [out], can you imagine not putting 'Seven Nation Army' out as a single?"

The Soul-Pop singer Marcus Collins released this song as his debut single on March 4, 2012. Collins first entered the music business when he replaced Anthony Hannah in the boyband Eton Road, following their exit from the third series of The X Factor. Collins remained with the five-piece for ten months, initially to pursue a solo career, before moving back to his hometown of Liverpool, where he got a job as a hairdresser. In 2011, Collins auditioned as a solo artist for the eighth series of The X Factor, eventually finishing as runner-up to girlband Little Mix. After the final he signed a record deal with RCA Records, and released this song. Collins' self-titled debut album was executive produced by Gary Barlow, who was the singer's mentor on X Factor.

Collins' more soulful arrangement is based on the version recorded by French singer-songwriter Ben l'Oncle Soul in 2010.

The song debuted at #9 on the UK singles chart. It was not the first White Stripes track to be covered as a Pop-Soul offering and made into a UK hit. Their 2002 single "Fell in Love With A Girl" was reworked by Joss Stone as "Fell In Love With A Boy" for her debut single, which peaked at #18 in 2004.

The song is very popular in European football stadia. Around the UK, fans sing different words to the riff. In Falkirk it's "We're the navy blue army,'' whilst in Oldham they chant the less imaginative "We're following Oldham." Meanwhile in Germany, every time Bayern Munich score, a remixed version of the song is played.

In keeping with the seven (7) figure that is a distinctive, distinguishing and essential characteristic of this track, the riff consists of seven notes that are repeated in the same order throughout the song. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Eric Hutchinson - A Little More

Eric Hutchinson - A Little More Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Pure Fiction
Released: 2014

A Little More Lyrics

A Little More

Hutchinson explained the song's meaning to Bilboard magazine: "This song is about being home alone late at night, feeling vulnerable and armed with the one thing most dangerous to ourselves: our phones," he said." "You could be waiting for a friend, lover, drug dealer - the late night texting always seems to lead to trouble. And that's good for songwriting."

Whilst we're on the subject of texting, did you know the British engineer Neil Papworth sent the first text in 1992? It read: "MERRY CHRISTMAS."

Lesley Gore - It's My Party

Lesley Gore - It's My Party Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: I'll Cry if I Want To
Released: 1963

It's My Party Lyrics

It's My Party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone
But Judy left the same time
Why was he holding her hand
When he's supposed to be mine

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

Playin' my records, keep dancin' all night
But leave me alone for a while
Till Johnny's dancin' with me
I've got no reason to smile

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

Judy and Johnny just walked through the door
Like a queen with her king
Oh what a birthday surprise
Judy's wearin' his ring

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

Oh it's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to

Writer/s: GRIFFIN, TYRONE / SEPEHRMANESH, MARCUS / WEINER, HERBERT / LOELV, ELOF / GLUCK, JOHN / GOTTLIEB, SEYMOUR / GOLD, WALLY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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It's My Party

Gore was 16 when she recorded this song, which led the media to call her "The Teen Queen." She took some voice lessons in New York City and recorded some piano demos with her instructor, which somehow got to Quincy Jones - at the time an up-and-coming producer.

Jones liked what he heard and decided to record her. In late February 1963, he brought a stack of demo tapes to her house and they spent an afternoon listening to one after another. The only one they both liked was "It's My Party," so they decided to record it.

Jones booked a standard 3-hour session at Bell Studios in New York City, and had Paul Anka write two more songs for Gore to record. They completed all three at the session on March 30, and Gore went back to ordinary teenage life. Just six days later, "Party" was released as Gore's first single, and she heard it on the radio for the first time. On June 1 the song went to #1, making her teenage life far less ordinary.

In the tale of this song, the lead character's birthday party does not turn out to be the happy occasion she thought it would be. In the middle of the party, her boyfriend Johnny departs with a girl named Judy. Since it's her party, she feels she has every right to cry.

Gore almost missed out on her party, as after she recorded the song with Quincy Jones, Jones went to an event at Carnegie Hall where he ran into Phil Spector, who told him about a great song he was planning to record with his group The Crystals: "It's My Party."

Jones didn't mention that he had recorded the song that day, but the following Monday, he picked up the tape from the recording studio and had 100 copies pressed, which he sent to the top 100 radio stations in America. The song was rush-released and quickly climbed the charts. The Crystals never did record the song.

This was recorded using 4-track technology, which meant you needed to record a bunch of musicians at once. As Gore remembers it, there were about 15 musicians in the studio with two microphones hung overhead. There were about eight backup singers around another microphone, and she was in the booth. Two of the four tracks were for the band, another for the backup singer, and the fourth for Leslie's vocals. It took them about three hours to do four songs.

Gore's second single, "Judy's Turn to Cry," is a sequel to this song which told the story of the lead character forgiving Johnny and reuniting with him. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)

This was Gore's first single and only #1. She did have big hits with "She's A Fool" and "You Don't Own Me," but her chart success tapered off in the mid-'60s and her last Top 40 was "California Nights" in 1967.

Some Lesley Gore trivia: On the TV series Batman, she played Pussycat, who was Catwoman's version of Robin, but more evil. Also, she came out as a lesbian in 2005.

For a huge hit song, this one has some pretty obscure writers. It was composed by John Gluck, Wally Gold and Herb Weiner, who were staff writers at a music agency. The first to record the song was Helen Shapiro, but her version was relegated to an album cut.

It seems odd that an esteemed producer like Quincy Jones would play demos tapes for a teenager and get her input on which one to record, but it's what makes Jones such an appealing collaborator - he knew if Gore wasn't onboard with the song, he would have a hard time coaxing a great performance out of her.

Gore was driving when she heard this song on the radio for the first time. She had never heard her voice through a car radio before, and didn't recognize it as her. "I said to myself, 'Wow, somebody else has recorded by song," she told Performing Songwriter.

As she was singing along, Gore realized that it was indeed her song. She drove a quick two blocks to her friend's house, honked for her to come out, and listened to the end of the song with her pal.

The lyrical phrase, "It's my party, I'll cry if I want to," has been referenced by a number of singers and rappers. Drake, for instance sings, "It's my birthday, I'll get high if I want to," on his 2011 song "Take Care" and Icona Pop nodded to the track on their single, "My Party." Even The Beatles sung of not wanting to spoil the party.

The song was written by freelance song writer Seymour Gottlieb with John Gluck, Wally Gold and Herb Weiner, who were all staff writers employed at the Aaron Schroeder Music firm. Gottlieb's lyrics were based on actual events relating to his daughter Judy's sweet 16 party. Judy recalled to the New York Daily News in 2015. "My parents insisted that my grandparents had to be invited. I of course, being a bratty teenager, said I didn't want them there. I burst into tears, and my father said, 'Don't cry.'"

She responded by exclaiming: "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to."

Kid Cudi - Balmain Jeans

Kid Cudi - Balmain Jeans Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
Released: 2014

Balmain Jeans Lyrics

Help me take off my Balmain Jeans
I’ll undo yours
You can lick it after I’m done lickin’ you first
I wanna taste it
Tired of waitin’
Are you tasty?

Yum yum
Come on baby
Yum

Hope you can feel that vibe
The vibes of the night
Your body is warm
In my arms
We're under the stars

Can I come inside your vortex
Can I come inside your vortex
Let me baby

It’s been so long, been such a hobby
Finding someone who electrifies my body
I need you to protect my heart
Gimme your hand, put it here
This is where you start

Keep feelin’ on me (Don’t stop)
Keep feelin’ on me

Keep feelin’ on me (Don’t stop)
Keep feelin’ on me

Lord help me
Lord help me
I got a lover under my covers
I don’t want her to leave
She said I'm perfect
Perfectly kissing on my neck
She is the sexiest
She said she loves my scent

Hope you can feel that vibe
The vibes in the night
Her body is warm
In my arms
We're under the stars

I wanna taste it
Tired of waitin’
Are you tasty?

Yum yum
Come on baby
Yum

It’s been so long, been such a hobby
Finding someone who electrifies my body
I need you to protect my heart
Gimme your hand, put it here
This is where you start

Keep feelin’ on me (Don’t stop)
Keep feelin’ on me

Keep feelin’ on me (Don’t stop)
Keep feelin’ on me

Zoom with me baby
Zoom with me baby
Yeah yeah

Oh girl you’re so sweet to me
I love it when you’re zoomin'
Oh girl you’re so sweet to me
I love it when we're zoomin'
Oh girl you’re so sweet to me
I love it when you’re zoomin'
Oh girl you’re so sweet to me
I love it when we're zoomin'

It’s been so long, been such a hobby
Finding someone who electrifies my body
I need you to protect my heart
Gimme your hand, put it here
This is where you start

Keep feelin’ on me (Don’t stop)
Keep feelin’ on me

Keep feelin’ on me (Don’t stop)
Keep feelin’ on me

Help me take off my Balmain jeans

(Help me)
Help me take off my Balmain jeans

Writer/s: SCOTT MESCUDI
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Balmain Jeans

Balmain is a designer fashion label that was started in 1914 by Pierre Balmain. Their jeans are a favorite of Cudi's, but he told Complex magazine that he didn't pen this song for Balmain. "To be honest I gave it that title to throw people off. I hate that people try to read my titles and think they know what's going on," he said. "The song could've easily been "Keep Feeling On Me," easily. Or "Electrify My Body" or whatever. It could've been totally literal, but I like the fact that it's a flip."

"Ultimately the song is about, I'm having this electric experience with someone for the first time in a long time and I forgot that I could have this with someone," he added. "So it's my way of just playing with things and throwing people off a little bit."

The song features the only guest verse on Satellite Flights courtesy of Raphael Saadiq, who performs the third verse.

Sublime - What I Got

Sublime - What I Got Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sublime
Released: 1996

What I Got Lyrics

Early in the morning, risin' to the street
Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet
Got to find a reason, a reason things went wrong
Got to find a reason why my money's all gone
I got a dalmatian, and I can still get high
I can play the guitar like a motherfucking riot

Well, life is too short, so love the one you got
'Cause you might get run over or you might get shot
Never start static I just get it off my chest
Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest
Take a small example, take a tip from me
Take all of your money, give it all to charity

Love is What I Got
Within my reach
And the Sublime style's still straight from Long Beach
It all comes back to you, you'll finally get what you deserve
Try and test that you're bound to get served

Love's what I got
Don't start a riot
You'll feel it when the dance gets hot

Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that

(That's) why I don't cry when my dog runs away
I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay
I don't get angry when my Mom smokes pot
Hits the bottle and goes right to the rock
Fuckin' and fightin', it's all the same
Livin' with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane
Let the lovin', let the lovin' come back to me

Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that

Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that

Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that

Lovin', is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin', is what I got, I got I got I got I got

Writer/s: NOWELL, BRADLEY JAMES / ROBERTS, LINDON ANDREW
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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What I Got

A band composition with lyrics by lead singer Brad Nowell, this song is an anthem for the spiritually free but financially downtrodden. Nowell finds himself getting up in the morning, smoking his special cigarette, and wondering how he ended up broke. Then things start to look up as he reframes his life and sees all the good things about it: he has a dog, he can get high, and he's never gone to war. Instead of focusing on what he doesn't have (money) he sees what he does have (love), and realizes that's all he needs if he can keep a good attitude and not let problems bring him down. The song became far more poignant when Nowell died of a drug overdose on May 25, 1996.

Many elements of this song, including the "Loving, is what I got" chorus, are based on a 1986 song called "Loving" by the Jamaican dancehall singer Half Pint (which can be found on the Skunk Records release of his album Recollection). At first, Sublime didn't share the love - Half Pint got no credit on "What I Got" when the song was released. Once the song took off, however, Half Pint was listed as a co-writer and awarded the subsequent royalties. It ended up all good; Sublime bass player Eric Wilson explained in his Songfacts interview : "Half Pint wanted to get paid for it, so then we got a relationship through that, and when we did the Dub Allstars, Half Pint went on the road with us for a summer, and I got to know him really well and play with him every day. That was a blessing in itself."

This song is key to Sublime's success - the first one all but their earliest fans heard. It has a strange an convoluted recording and release history, spanning two producers and two labels.

The first version of the song was released in America as a 12" single in 1996 on Sublime's independent label, Skunk Records. It's likely that this single was issued before Nowell died. When the band signed to MCA Records, two versions were included on their self-titled label debut album, which was released two months after Nowell's passing: one produced by David Kahne, and a "reprise" produced by Paul Leary. MCA sent these two versions, along with their "clean" edits to radio stations, many of which put the song in rotation (usually the Kahne version). In October, the song made #29 on the Billboard Airplay chart. MCA didn't release Sublime singles for sale, but kept sending them to radio stations: "Santeria" (#43, April 1997), "Wrong Way" (#47, August 1997), "Doin' Time" (#87, January 1998). Securing airplay for an unknown band without a living lead singer was no small feat, especially since radio stations often expected acts to make station appearances and play listener showcases in exchange for airplay.

The album became one of the best sellers of 1997, with over 5 million copies sold. Many fans had no idea that their lead singer had died - Brad Nowell's father Jim recalls getting lots of fanmail for his son around this time.

Sublimes back catalog also started selling, with their first album, originally released in 1992, going Platinum. The remaining members of Sublime formed the Long Beach Dub Allstars, which later morphed into Sublime With Rome when they took on lead singer Rome Ramirez.

After Brad Nowell sings, "I can play the guitar like a motherf--king riot," instead of gnarly guitar section, a mellow acoustic solo follows. This is a sly bit of humor on the part of the band.

Nowell didn't even play the solo; it was performed by their guitarist Michael "Miguel" Happoldt, who produced the demo. In the "reprise" version, producer Paul Leary, who is a founding member of the Butthole Surfers, played the electric guitar solo.

The radio edits were labeled "very clean radio version" on the promotional CDs, since the explicit versions contain some very clear F-bombs. In the most-played edit, Brad Nowell plays the guitar "like a mother... riot."

There's a widely disputed "lyric" at the beginning of the original version of this song that exists in the commercially released versions but is toned down, possibly for copyright issues. Before the music starts, someone says what sounds like "F--k you Kenny." This is in fact a sample from Richard Pryor's standup comedy album That Nigger's Crazy, track name "Have your ass home by 11" where he says, imitating a girl who wouldn't sleep with him, "I don't want to f--k you, you can't even sing!" Pryor was talking about how musicians had a hard time picking up women in his day because there were Doo-Wop groups on every corner. (thanks, Matt Maguire - Watertown, MA)

According to the band's guitarist Michael Happoldt, it's the drum loop that makes this song so popular. "It sounds so dope that when people hear it, they just want to get up and jump around," he told Billboard. "And Brad's voice is like from another planet."

In the UK, the "Super No Mofo Edit" (produced by David Kahne) was released as a single, charting at #71 in 1997.

A music video was pieced together after the death of Brad Nowell from photos and existing footage of the singer. It won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1997. At the ceremony, Sublime bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh were pretty drunk by the time they were announced, and Wilson yelled "Lynyrd Skynyrd!" when he got to the mic.

Wilson and Gaugh later explained that they figured they wouldn't win, so they decided to celebrate the nomination by splitting a bottle of tequila before the show.

Blues Traveler started covering this in 2011 and released their version on their 2012 collection Blues Traveler: 25. Their guitarist Chan Kinchla told us: "We actually played a show with a band, Rebelution, who are managed by and related to some of the people that were in Sublime. They always loved the track, and that was kind of in the air, and they were like, 'You should record that and release it.' Because we did the best cover of it. Mainly because we didn't really try and copy their cover, we did our own version, which I think is why they liked it."

Chan adds that the song suited the band, especially their lead singer John Popper: "John's great at that kind of quick vocal scan anyway. And when you release a new record, you always want to put a few new things on it, and it just came together."

Little Mix - Word Up!

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Album: single release only
Released: 2014

Word Up! Lyrics

W-o-r-d we're coming up
K-k-k-k-keep it keep it coming up
So do your dance do your dance do your dance quick, mama
Come on, baby tell me what's the word
OW!
Woo!
Ah-hey!
Word Up!
C'mon, c'mon! Woo!

Yo pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you
So tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister and your mama, too
'Cause we're about to throw down
And you know just what to do

Wave your hands in the air
Like you don't care
Glide by the people
As they start to look and stare
Do your dance
Do your dance
Do your dance quick, mama
Come on, baby tell me what's the word

Word up
Everybody say
When you hear the call
You've got to get it underway
Word up
It's the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you'll be heard

All you sucker DJs
Who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason
And we know the reason why
You try to put on those airs
And act real cool (you ain't cool!)
But you've got to realize
That you're acting like fools

Give us music
We can use it
We need to dance
We don't have the time
For psychological romance
No romance
No romance
No romance for me, mama
Come on, baby
Tell me what's the word

Word up
Everybody say
When you hear the call
You've got to get it underway
Word up
It's the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you'll be heard

W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up (Everybody say)
W-O-R-D up

W-O-R-D we're coming up
Dial "L" for low
K-k-k-keep it keep it coming up
So do your dance do your dance do your dance quick, mama
Come on, baby tell me what's the word
Word up
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Word up
Word up
Hey, hey

Word up
Everybody say
When you hear the call
You've got to get it underway, get it underway
Word up
It's the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you'll be heard

Word up
Everybody say
When you hear the call
You've got to get it underway
Word up
It's the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you'll be heard, yeah

Writer/s: BLACKMON, LARRY / JENKINS, TOMI
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Word Up!

This track is a cover of Cameo's 1986 hit of the same name and was first played on Nick Grimshaw's BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show on January 21, 2014. The single was released to UK stores on March 16, 2014.

The song was recorded in aid of Sport Relief, a biannual UK charity event that brings together celebrities from the sport and entertainment worlds to raise money to benefit vulnerable people. "We've all seen people push themselves and do incredible things for Sport Relief, so it's a dream come true to be releasing the official single this year," said Little Mix's Perrie.

Here's a list of the previous Sport Relief singles with their UK chart placings:

2002 "Your Song" by Elton John with opera singer Alessandro Safina (#4).
2004 "Some Girls" by Rachel Stevens (#2).
2006 "Don't Stop Me Now"/"Please, Please" by McFly (#1).
2008 "Footprints In The Sand" by Leona Lewis (#2).
2010 "Morning Sun" by Robbie Williams (#45).
2012 "Proud" by JLS (#6).

The song's music video finds Little Mix exercising with a number of famous faces, including Spice Girls star Mel "Sporty Spice" C, TV personality and choreographer Louis Spence, comic actor Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire) and Olympic gymnast Louis Smith.

Mel C's appearance on set was a surprise for the foursome. "We didn't even know she was going to be there. Literally, we were filming and then she come running out," Little Mix's Jesi told MTV News. "It was so weird though, I was thinking, God, I was such a massive fan."

Pat Benatar - Little Too Late

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Album: Get Nervous
Released: 1982

Little Too Late Lyrics

I hear you had a good offer down on Third Avenue
You tell me that was the reason
For whatcha' put me through, yeah
And now you come collapsin' back
I feel the heat of your attack
Want me to take you back
I'm givin' you the sack
So don't waste your time

[Chorus:]
It's a little too little
It's a Little Too Late
I'm a little too hurt
And there's nothin' left that I've gotta say
You can cry to me baby
But there's only so much I can take
Ah, it's a little too little
It's a little too late

You say you had a good time
But did ya' think it was for free - yeah
And how much did it get ya', all their flattery
And now you come back, runnin' for protection
You've been bitten by love and stung by rejection
You can't connect
What did you expect?
I'm still gettin' over you

[Chorus x4]

Writer/s: CALL, ALEXANDER HUGHES
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Little Too Late

This was written by Alex Call, a songwriter and musician who was lead singer in the group Clover (Huey Lewis was also in the group). Says Call, "I wrote that around the same time I wrote '(867-5309).' I was really angry at a guy who had been playing lead guitar with me who had split to go play with somebody else, so that's what the song is about. It wasn't actually a boy-girl thing, it was more like a bandleader-lead guitarist thing - 'You want to come back and play with me, I don't think so, Bud.'"

Call: "From a production standpoint, it was kind of funny. There used to be these vinyl LPs called Drum Drops. Drum Drops were just drum tracks recorded by some drummer in a studio. They're like 3 1/2 minute long things. There'd be a fill every 8 bars and a little something every 4 bars. I was going through and went, 'Oh, I kind of like this,' and started playing around. We had the very first drum machines, which were these little cocktail things, they looked like a little suitcase. They had 'Rock 1,' 'Rock 2,' 'Conga,' 'Jazz' and 'Waltz.' One output, a mono output. I used that a lot, I ran it through a little spring reverb, but we're talking about the early days of multitrack home recording. I had a big 15 inch reel 4-track as my recording thing. The way you multitrack on that, you have to flip these sync switches, so when you actually overdub, you're hearing it off the first head, so it was really murky-sounding, like you're playing underwater. When you get done recording, you flip the sync switches back and all of the sudden it sounds great, it sounds clear again. What you do then is, you record 3 tracks of stuff and pong it down to one. Then you record 2 tracks, and pong it down to another 2, so by continuing to pong tracks around, you could record 16 or 24 tracks of stuff, but with each generation, the sound got smaller and smaller. That's how it was done back then, the spring reverbs, the old cocktail drum machines. The drum drops were much better than the drum machines. I only used them on that one song, for everything else, I used 'Rock 1' on my old drum machine."

Like "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," this became one of Benatar's most recognizable songs, and is often considered a female-empowerment anthem. Both songs, however, were written by men under interesting circumstances. Says Call, "Somebody said, it's not necessarily the truth, it's somebody's truth. For a song to connect, it has to have some reality to it, but it may be the reality's slightly skewed from what people think." (Check out our interview with Alex Call.)

Benatar said of this song: "That was Alex Call. I just liked the song. Some outside songs we rip to pieces. That song is not far from what he originally wrote."

Rick Ross - Mafia Music III

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Album: Mastermind
Released: 2014

Mafia Music III Lyrics

My corner so polluted, young niggas looting
I studied Kenneth Williams, I'm one hell of a student
Remarkable hustle, my niggas coming home
I kept the candle lit, my nigga never rowed
Niggas caught him slipping, gave him a shit bag
Five shots to the stomach, 2Pac gift pack
It's death row, conspiracy theories
Concealed indictments handed to the grand jury
Get some money now, you hated by your own kind
The home invasion done by niggas in your bloodline
GABOS, game ain’t based on sympathy
So he put a hit on his cousin at 18
A sweet potato pie, oh me, oh my
Showing no remorse watching the others cry
Heroin sales, detectives'll sell
A lot of yellow tape, where that Obama care?
This the mob, bitch, silk underwear
Yeezy concerts, Kim Instagrams
Niggas hating, though they studied my moves
I'm like Farrakhan, in view of hundreds of Jews
Two attempts on my life, they threatened venues
Can't you see what I am? The hustle continue
I bought more jewels, I ordered the Wraith
I got a new style of shoes, match the watch in the face
Bill Belichick, coaching and calling the shots
Throw a yellow flag, pussy nigga body drops
Then we celebrate, black bottles pop
Time to elevate, we re-open shop
Wale a genius, Meek Mill a superstar
My new crib in Phoenix, ten car garage
Petite felite, platinum Audemars
Ain't no tags needed, nigga, I own them cars
I know them bitches, we met them broads
Never loved one, fucked them all
I'm a fucking dog, Ricky fucking Ross
Nigga Birkin bags just for my runner-ups
But my main bitch she get the main dish
Not the old range, that was a lame bitch
Brazilian weave, she say I came quick
I let her see a hundred ki's, a different St. Nick
Moving bricks like it's Black Friday
She gotta fuck me or call me a fat crybaby
Looking over my shoulder, I can't trust a soul
Bought a spot in Anguilla just for me and my ho
Glock .40, even when I shower
Chrome .22 in my swimming towel
Mob ties and I pray the music set me free
May the powers that be, nigga let me be

We around when the sun goes down
And the real, real killers they mourn for ya
It's gonna be a bloodshed
One month, one day it's gonna be a bloodshed
Bop, gunshot in the head
Payback is a motherfucker
Yes, I feel it when I squeeze the trigger
I feel the air when my enemies die
I feel the strength of ten killas
What is to be, will be
Only God on earth can kill me
'Cause these fucking streets filthy
And I ain't fucking guilty

Gangsta no take no chance, from no guy
Know why? Violate a gangsta and bullets fly
Boy die
Guns go off ah suh me say
Murderings in anyway
Gangsta no take no chance, from no guy
Know why? Violate a gangsta and bullets fly
Boy die
Guns go off ah suh we say
Murderings in anyway

You better not be around, when the sun goes down
And the real real killas, them hunt for you
Ay, it's gonna be a bloodshed
One bust, one dead, it's gonna be a bloodshed
Gun shot in a head

Sizzla Kalonji have de girls dem screaming
Entire country every sweet gyal
Ya already know the meaning but its streaming
Go and clean, ya cant diss me ya must be dreaming

Jamaicans make dem know we can't defeat dem (Mo' fire)

Writer/s: BENNETT, KIRK ANDRE / CONSTANTINE, DAVID / HARRELL, ROOSEVELT III / ROBERTS, WILLIAM LEONARD II / DIXON, BOBBY / COLLINS, MIGEL ORLANDO
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Mafia Music III

This Mastermind track finds Ross filled with paranoia. "Looking over my shoulder," he starts, "I can't trust a soul," before later revealing there are guns hidden under his bath towels. "Where I come from," the Miami MC revealed to Billboard magazine, "it's nothing to glorify. I come from Carol City. The city renamed it Miami Gardens. The streets renamed it 'Murder Gardens.'"

'It's something that I've witnessed my whole life," Ross added." I could never accept being murdered. I feel like I would have lost in the game of chess."

This is the third installment of Ross' "Mafia Music" series. "Mafia Music" was a track on 2009's Deeper Than Rap and "Mafia Music II" was recorded and intended to be released on Teflon Don back in 2010, but did not make the final album cut.

The track features the Jamaican Dancehall artists Mavado and Sizzla.

The song was produced by B!nk, who is noted for his work with Roc-A-Fella Records artists, including three tracks on Jay-Z's album, The Blueprint. He also made the Deeper Than Rap bonus cut "Cigar Music."

Smash Mouth - Then The Morning Comes

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Album: Astro Lounge
Released: 1999

Then The Morning Comes Lyrics

Paint the town take a bow
Thank every body you're gonna do it again
You are the few the proud
You are the antibody mind soul and Zen

And the world's a stage
And the world's a faze and the end is near
So push rewind just in time
Thank anybody you're gonna do it again

[Chorus]
The way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then The Morning Comes

Take your knocks shake them off
Duck everybody you're gonna take them again
You are your foe, your friend
You are the paparazzi

You are the tragedian
And the world's a craze
And the world's a faze and the end is near
So push rewind just in time

Thank anybody you're gonna do it again

[Chorus]

And when it comes it moves so slow
Kind of like it's saying "I told you so"
Looking back before she goes
Tomorrow's gonna hurt

And the world's a stage
And the world's a faze and the end is near
So push rewind just in time
Thank anybody

[Chorus]

Writer/s: BARRY, JOHN / CAMP, GREGORY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Then The Morning Comes

Guitarist and lead songwriter Greg Camp wrote this. Says Camp: "If you've ever been on a tour bus, you've seen what happens - it's crazy. You drink and do stupid things and you wake up the next day and go, 'What was I thinking?' Of course I was doing that long before we started going on the road, and I'm sure I'll be doing it long afterward."

Camp: "'Then The Morning Comes' was written in my little garage studio at my old house just after we got back from the first tour. It's basically about being on the road and how every day is like Groundhog Day - partying with friends and fans after the show, waking up feeling terrible and tired, then doing it all over again. The line that says 'Push Rewind' refers to how it's like starting the same tape over as soon as it's finished. You get caught up in the moment with everybody after the show, knowing you'll be hurtin' the next day - but you get up and do it again anyway. We did it for years and years. We still do. I can't believe we've survived it. Steve once said in an interview that I wrote it about him, but it's more about all four of us during that first tour." (thanks, Amy - Chicago, IL, for above 2)