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Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1970

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Lyrics

Lookin' at the devil, grinnin' at his gun
Fingers start shakin', I begin to run
Bullets start chasin', I begin to stop
We begin to wrestle I was on the top

I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Stiff all in the collar, fluffy in the face
Chit chat chatter tryin', stuffy in the place
Thank you for the party but I could never stay
Many things is on my mind, words in the way

I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Dance to the music
All night long
Everyday people
Sing a simple song
Mama's so happy
Mama start to cry
Papa still singin'
We can make it if we try

I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Flamin' eyes of people fear, burnin' into you
Many men are missin' much, hatin' what they do
Youth and truth are makin' love
Dig it for a starter
Dyin' young is hard to take
Sellin' out is harder

Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
I want thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Writer/s: STEWART, SYLVESTER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Sly Stone wrote this because he was upset that people were not listening to the messages in his songs even though the band was more popular then ever. They were an integrated band and tried to spread the message of racial harmony, but Stone thought that message was getting lost. The lyrics are scathing and mostly directed at Sly himself, but once again, many people lost the message in the powerful groove.

Larry Graham played the innovative bass line using a technique where thumped the strings. He learned this technique when he was playing in a duo with his mother, who played the organ. He thumped the strings to make up for a lack of drummer. This bass style became very popular on Funk records for years to come, and was a big influence on artists like Prince and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The title is a funky way of spelling "Thank you for letting me be myself again."

The lyrics include references to some of Sly & the Family Stone's earlier hits, including "Dance To The Music" and "Everyday People."

Janet Jackson sampled the bass riff from this on her 1990 hit "Rhythm Nation."

In 2008, Brooke Hogan, who is the daughter of wrestling star Hulk Hogan, released a version of this song called "Thnku4lettinmebmahself," where she sings about the trappings of fame. Her cover, which strips all Funk from the original, was released ahead of her second album.

Jake Owen - Ghost Town

Jake Owen - Ghost Town Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Days of Gold
Released: 2013

Ghost Town Lyrics

Thought it was safe to go outside
But I guess I was wrong
Thought I could take a little ride
Just to see what was going on
Girl I know it's been a while
A while since you've been gone I swear
Aw but baby I still see you everywhere

Around every corner, cafe, back road, stop sign, stoplight streetlight glowing
Around every highway, driveway, fast song, slow song on my radio
At every party, dive bar, backseat in my car
Sounds crazy I know
But you just keep hanging around
You got me living in a Ghost Town
Girl I see you every road I go down
Your memory of me about to throw down, showdown, oh now
Why'd you leave me living in a ghost town
(Why'd you leave me living in a ghost town)

Across the room I see your face
Then it disappears
I hear your voice call out my name
Whispering in my ear
I reach for you but you're not here
You're still here

Around every corner, cafe, back road, stop sign, stoplight streetlight glowing
Around every highway, driveway, fast song, slow song on my radio
At every party, dive bar, backseat in my car
Sounds crazy I know
But you just keep hanging around
You got me living in a ghost town
Girl I see you every road I go down
Your memory of me about to throw down, showdown, oh now
Why'd you leave me living in a ghost town

I know you don't want me, so why oh why oh why do you haunt me

Around every corner, cafe, back road, stop sign, stoplight, streetlight glowing
Around every highway, driveway, fast song, slow song on my radio
At every party, dive bar, backseat in my car
Sounds crazy I know
But you just keep hanging around
You got me living in a ghost town
Girl I see you every road I go down
Your memory of me about to throw down, showdown, oh now
Why'd you leave me living in a ghost town

Writer/s: Destefano, Chris / Gorley, Ashley / Mcanally, Shane
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Ghost Town

This Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley and Shane McAnally written mournful cut paints a clear picture of heartbreak. It was the first song that Jake Owen recorded for Days Of Gold. He told Radio.com : "It was just because when I heard it, it's infectious. The way that the verse runs into the chorus, and then the chorus runs into this post-chorus. It's kinda like it never stops. Making an album, it's important to have songs that melodically make people not forget them, but also inspire you to sing along."

Modest Mouse - Milo (Interlude)

Modest Mouse - Milo (Interlude) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Released: 2004

Milo (Interlude) Lyrics

Milo (Interlude)

This song is an interlude played on the organ. A baby laughs in the background. In order to play songs with an organ on their CD, the band built their own homemade instrument. It is a small, wooden organ without paint or finish. It was featured when the band played "Satin In A Coffin" on The David Letterman Show. "Satin In A Coffin" also features the organ.

Jake Owen - What We Ain't Got

Jake Owen - What We Ain't Got Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Days of Gold
Released: 2013

What We Ain't Got Lyrics

We all want What We Ain't Got,
Our favorite doors are always locked.
On a higher hill with a taller top,
We all want what we ain't got.

We ain't happy where we are,
There's greener grass in the neighbors yard.
A bigger house and a faster car,
We ain't happy where we are.

All I want is what I had,
I'll trade it all just to get her back.
She's moving on, but I guess I'm not
We all want what we ain't got

We all wish it didn't hurt,
When you try your best and it doesn't work.
And goodbye's such a painful word,
We all wish it didn't hurt.

All I want is what I had,
I'd trade it all just to get her back.
She's moving on, but I guess I'm not.
We all want what we ain't got.

All I want is what I had,
I'd trade it all just to get her back.
She's moving on, but I guess I'm not.
We all want what we ain't got.

I wanted the world until my whole world stopped,
You know a love like that ain't easily forgot.
I guess we all want what we ain't got.
Yeah, we all want what we ain't got.

Writer/s: MEADOWS, TRAVIS / GOFF, TRAVIS JEROME
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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What We Ain't Got

This Travis Jerome Goff and Travis Meadows written piano and pedal-steel vocal ballad finds Jake Owen singing about a guy lamenting a lost relationship. He explained to Radio.com why as a happily married man, he can relate to the lyric about a heartbroken lover. "I don't think songs have to be literal in order for listeners to truly relate to them," said Owen. "I've definitely been there before, where I've let someone go that I shouldn't have. And looking back I could probably have been a better person. But where I am in my life right now, I have everything I need. I have a wife that I love, and a beautiful girl [his daughter Pearl]. But I kinda also want to be better dad, I want to be a better husband. And I think that's that same sentiment of wanting more than what you have right now."

Owen released the ballad as the third single from his Days Of Gold album. "It's a big, big step for me to put out a song that's a ballad that has a lot of meaning behind it," he told Radio.com. "It's a deep song that deals on a lot of levels with everyone looking at their own life. We all work so hard day to day, and we want more and more and more. This is a world of wanting more. It's a song about looking at where you are and appreciating what you have, 'cause once it's gone we all want what we don't have."

Co-writer Travis Meadows is a recovering alcoholic and cancer survivor and he originally released the song on his 2011 album Killin' Uncle Buzzy. "My whole world started over with that record," Meadows told Rolling Stone. "Jake has always been very kind to me. After he sang 'What We Ain't Got' on Jimmy Kimmel, he called me soon after. He goes, 'How'd I do, man? Did you like it?' It says a lot about his heart."

Owen said that he was immediately taken by Meadows' honesty on his album and he recorded the piano and steel guitar ballad as he found similarities in his own life. "There's a line that goes 'I wanted the world 'til my whole world stopped,'" Owen said. "I know what he meant by that. I have to be careful to not want too much out of this world and lose my own. Even though I have a lot in my life right now, and I'm thankful for everything, I find myself working really hard every day to attain more and more."

"But yet sometimes by doing that, I disregard the things I already have that are precious to me," he continued. "Whether it's my wife who gets upset sometimes because I'm always on my phone, or it's my twin brother who is like, 'Dude, you never call me back.'"

Owen feels the song is a game-changer for him. "I take a lot of pride in being a pretty good singer, and songs like 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' and 'Beachin',' where I'm kind of just talking, don't showcase that," he admitted. "For the first time in my career, I feel like it's imperative for me to put out a song that offers some validity."

The song's music video shows various people looking serious and sad before the struggles in their lives are shown. The clip was directed by Mason Dixon, who has helmed all of Jake Owen's visuals since "Tell Me" in 2010. Owen said the credit for the concept deserves to be shared among several people. "It was a group effort on my part, his part and my creative team at the label," the explained. "It's such an important song in my career and one of the greatest songs I've ever recorded, so we put a lot of effort into making the video as good as the song."

Owen told Entertainment Tonight about the video: "It's really hard sometimes to create a visual depiction of something that's so well written as a song, and I've never made a video for a serious song before. It was a lot harder to work on than others. The people in the video are real characters and once you listen to the lyrics and the video together, you'll see it's very real."

The first guy you see is co-writer Travis Meadows. Owen told Billboard magazine: "It was important to have him in there because everything he went through to write the song - from addiction to losing his wife -- you can see it in his face in the video."

Owen contacted Meadows directly on the phone about covering his song. "I told him that the song was so brilliant, and though I had never been addicted to any kind of drugs or been divorced, there was one line in the song: 'I wanted the world until my whole world stopped' - that hit me," he told Billboard. "As a 33-year-old man that is married with a child, I try to balance my life out on the road. I've noticed that my chase of wanting to be better and wanting to win awards sometimes clouds my vision of what is real on a day-to-day basis. Although I might not relate to the song in other ways, that's what hit me."

"I asked him if he minded if I recorded the song, because I really wanted to sing it. I wanted people to hear this side of me," Owen added. "I believe in music like this. It also gives me a chance to be something different than the 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' guy. I fought hard for it to be a single, because I felt like it was the time in my career to put it out."

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Spanish Fly
Released: 1987

Head To Toe Lyrics

Head To Toe
I know

Today started with a crazy kiss
On our way home
We were in for a surprise
Who would have known

Who would have thought that we would become lovers
As friends we were so, so tight
Can't help myself, you make me feel so right
I got to, got to, got to tell you, darlin'

Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe
Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe

I think I love you from head to toe
I know

Here today, gone tomorrow
It's possible, but I doubt it
His kiss is credit in the bank of love
I never leave home without it

He's different from any boy I know
Body supreme
Bedroom eyes, head back to the side
Please don't be so mean

14 karat love, you are my jewel of the Nile
When we make love diamonds are forever
Top to bottom I love you, I will leave you never
I got to, got to, got to tell you, darlin'

Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe
Ooh, baby, I've got to kiss you
From head to toe

Ooh, baby, I think I love you
You got to know
Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe

I think I love you from head to toe
You can't hurry love, you got to take it slow
But my angel, you forget your wings tonight [Heaven up above]
Baby, you got the love

Fourteen karat love, you are my jewel of the Nile
When we make love diamonds are forever
Top to bottom I love you, I will leave you never
I got to, got to, got to tell you, darlin'

Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe
Ooh, baby, I want to kiss you
From head to toe

Ooh, baby, I think I love you
You got to know
Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe

I think I love you from head to toe
I know

Ooh, baby, I want to kiss you
From head to toe
Ooh, baby, I think I love you
You got to know

Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe

Writer/s: MURS, OLIVER STANLEY / HARMON, CHARLES T. / KELLY, CLAUDE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Head To Toe

Paul Anthony came up with the idea for this. One day when he was working out, his girlfriend screamed that "she loved him from head to toe." Anthony was part of the New York production and songwriting team Full Force, and he brought the song to the rest of the group who added their input.

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam were a Harlem R&B trio made up of Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Velez in 1967), Mark Hughes and Alex "Spanador" Moseley. The follow up to this, "Lost In Emotion" was also a #1 hit.

All Lisa Lisa hits were written and produced by Full Force, who went on to work with artists as diverse as James Brown and Samantha Fox. Earlier in 1985 Full Force had a #9 hit for themselves in the UK with "Alice, I Want You Just For Me," a homage to the Alice Cramden character of the classic sitcom The Honeymooners.

Janelle Monáe - Sally Ride

Janelle Monáe - Sally Ride Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Electric Lady
Released: 2013

Sally Ride Lyrics

Sally Ride

The Electric Lady found Monáe standing tall for her race and her sex and envisaging a society where one can exist without needing to stay within preset boundaries. She addresses the first female/LGBT astronaut Sally Ride on this song as well as the fight against oppression and prejudice.

Dr. Sally Kristen Ride (1951-2012) achieved national ranking as a tennis player, but chose not to follow this as a career. She was chosen as an astronaut candidate by NASA, and in 1983 she was selected to serve on a six-day flight of the orbiter Challenger, becoming the first American woman to reach outer space. The bisexual Ride engaged in a lesbian relationship with the writer Tam O'Shaughnessy from 1985 until her death on July 23, 2012 from pancreatic cancer.

Fairground Attraction - Perfect

Fairground Attraction - Perfect Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The First Of A Million Kisses
Released: 1988

Perfect Lyrics

I don't want half hearted love affairs
I need someone who really cares
Life is too short to play silly games
I've promised myself I won't do that again

It's got to be Perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second base
Well I won't take anything less
It's got to be, yeah, perfect

Young hearts are foolish, they make such mistakes
They're much too eager to give their love away
Well, I have been foolish too many times
Now I'm determined, I'm gonna get it right

It's got to be perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second best
But I won't take anything less
It's got to be, yeah, perfect

Young hearts are foolish, they make such mistakes
They're much too eager to give their love away
Well, I have been foolish too many times
Now I'm determined, I'm gonna get it right

It's got to be perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second best
But I won't take anything less
It's got to be, yeah, perfect

It's got to be, yeah, worth it
It's got to be perfect

Writer/s: SHAPIRO, TOM/EVANS, SARA/MARTIN, TONY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Perfect

This is a rare '80s hit with a Skiffle flavor. It was written by the band's guitarist Mark E. Nevin.

This was Fairground Attraction's first hit. They followed it up with "Find My Love," which made the Top-10 in the UK, but the band broke up soon after. Lead singer Eddi Reader left the band after their second album and started a new band called The Patron Saints Of Imperfection - the band name showing her distaste for this song. Nevin continued to write, play and produce with such artists as Kirsty MacColl.

Bass player Simon Edwards played the guitaron (a Mexican acoustic bass) on this song.

In 1989 this won a Brit Award for Best Single while in the same year First of a Million Kisses won the Brit Award for the Best Album.

The song's writer Mark Nevin explains the song: "It's just about having girlfriends that haven't really worked out. You get into a relationship and go along with it in a half-hearted atitude and then you think, well, it's time to stop messing about and get it right this time. Find that perfect one."

Eddi Reader: "We used 'Perfect' at the end of the set to cheer everyone up because the rest of the songs were full of angst, breakup and love gone wrong, so 'Perfect' was thrown in at the end of the hour to make everyone dance a little bit." (Both quotes from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh.)

Peace - Float Forever

Peace - Float Forever Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: In Love
Released: 2013

Float Forever Lyrics

Float Forever

Peace vocalist Harrison Koisser told NME: "It's the only really dark song on the album. I wrote it late at night on a bridge. Weird."

The band were intent on finding the perfect click for this song. Said Koisser: "I will always stand by the clicking sound before the second verse on 'Float Forever.' We spent one complete day with me flicking every switch I could find."

Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Solitude Standing
Released: 1987

Tom's Diner Lyrics

I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner

I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee

And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue

He is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in

"It is always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter

To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
Her umbrella

And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
Their hellos

I'm pretending
Not to see them
And Instead
I pour the milk

I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor

Who had died
While he was drinking
He was no one
I had heard of

And I'm turning
To the horoscope
And looking
For the funnies

When I'm feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my head

There's a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
Does she see me?

No she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflection

And I'm trying
Not to notice
That she's hitching
Up her skirt

And while she's
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
Is getting wet

Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening

To the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
Of your voice

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began

I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

Writer/s: VEGA, SUZANNE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Tom's Diner

This is an a cappella song that became a hit in 1990 when the British production duo DNA added a beat and released the remix as a bootleg. The contrast between Vega's subtle vocal and the driving dance rhythm meshed unexpectedly well. Of course, DNA didn't ask Vega's permission, and when Suzanne first heart it, she said she wasn't sure whether she should sue them or congratulate them. She decided against litigation and her record company, A&M, proving that sometimes there's more to be gained without filing a lawsuit, officially released the remix along with other bootleg recordings that had emerged, including one with a German disco flavor and another with a reggae beat.

Suzanne Vega wrote this song while eating breakfast at Tom's Restaurant on the corner of Broadway and 112th Street in New York City. Tom's has another famous place in pop culture as well: it was Jerry Seinfeld's hangout in his hit sitcom Seinfeld. On the show, where it was called "Monk's Cafe," the "Tom's" was cropped out so the exterior sign just said "Restaurant," and the interior shots were done with TV magic on a sound stage. Check out a photo of Tom's Diner.

The song has been sampled many times by other artists, including Tupac for his track "Dopefiend's Diner," Aaliyah on her single "Hot Like Fire" and Drake on a cut titled "Juice."

Giorgio Moroder covered the song for his 2015 DéjÁ  Vu album. His version features vocals by Britney Spears. "The song doesn't have a big range, and I added a bridge and some instrumental stuff," the EDM godfather told Billboard magazine. "Britney sounds so good, you would hardly recognize her."

When German engineers were developing the MP3 file format, they used this song to test their creation, checking for loss of fidelity. They picked an a cappella tune because they were particularly concerned about degrading the human voice.

Fall Out Boy sampled this song and used various elements from it on their 2014 hit "Centuries."

Union J - Loving You Is Easy

Union J - Loving You Is Easy Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Union J
Released: 2013

Loving You Is Easy Lyrics

Loving You Is Easy

Producer Steve Mac penned this song with his frequent songwriting partner Wayne Hector. The two British hitmakers have been responsible for many of the singles recorded by the likes of JLS, The Wanted and Westlife. The other songwriter was American artist Jason Derülo, whose resume includes the UK #1 singles "In My Head," "Don't Wanna Go Home" and "Talk Dirty."

The song was also recorded by the American Pop star Austin Mahone on a demo that leaked onto the net. However, his version was never officially released.

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Never for Ever
Released: 1980

Army Dreamers Lyrics

"B.F.P.O."
Army Dreamers
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
"Mammy's hero"

Our little army boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy's hero

Mourning in the aerodrome
The weather warmer, he is colder
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star"
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician"
But he never had a proper education
"What could he do?
Should have been a father"
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers

Tears o'er a tin box
Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox
He couldn't win the war with ego

Give the kid the pick of pips
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
Now he's sitting in his hole
He might as well have buttons and bows

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star"
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician"
But he never had a proper education
"What could he do?
Should have been a father"
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers, oh

"B.F.P.O."
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum
Army dreamers
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
Army Dreamers
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
No harm heroes
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
Army dreamers.
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
No harm heroes
Writer/s: BUSH, KATE
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
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Army Dreamers

This song is about a young man who has just been killed in a war. He joined the Army because he didn't know what else to do with his life, and became just another casualty. It's a very depressing and effective anti-war song.

Janet Jackson - Control

Janet Jackson - Control Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Control
Released: 1986

Control Lyrics

This is story about Control
My control Control of what I say
Control of what I do
And this time I'm gonna do it my way
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do
Are we ready?
I am 'Cause it`s all about control,
And I've got lots of it

When I was 17 I did what people told me
Did what my father said,
and let my mother mold me
But that was a long ago,

I'm in Control - Never gonna stop
Control - To get what I want
Control - I like to have a lot
Control - Now I'm all grown up

First time I fell in love, I didn't know what hit me
So young and so naive, I thought it would be easy
Now I know I got to take

Control - Now I've got a lot
Control - To get what I want
Control - I'm never gonna stop
Control - Now i'm all grown up

Jam, woo woo...
Rebel, that's right
I'm on my own,
I'll call my own shots
Thank you

Got my own mind
I want to make my own decisions
When it has to do with my life, my life
I wanna be the one in control

So let me take you by the hand,
and lead you on this dance (Control)
Is what I've got, because I do with chance
I don't wanna rule the world,
just wanna run my life (ooh
So make your life a little easier ...
When you get the chance just take control

Control - Now I've got a lot, ooh
Control - To get what I want, oww!
Control - I'm never gonna stop
Control - Now I'm all grown up, ohh!

Free...at last
Out here on my own
Ooh ooh ooh yeah, hee
Now control this...

Uh Control - That's right
Control - Career moves
Control - I do what's right for me
Control - And me wants to groove, Is that ok?
Yeah...Oooh, Control

I've got own mind
Ooh baby
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
I've got my own mind
Wanna make my own decisions
When it has to do with my life
I wanna be the one in control

Hop to it
I'm in control, and I love it, hahaha... thats right
Control
Now I've got a lot
Control
Now I'm all grown up Aahh!
I'm in control - Uhhh
I'm in control - Ahhhh I'm in control
Uhhh Don't make me lose it!

Writer/s: Lewis, Terry / Harris Iii, James Samuel
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Ultra Tunes
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Control

In the title song of her breakthrough album, Janet proclaims her independence for the first time in her life. It doesn't take much reading between the lines to figure out the whole album represents a break from her famous family, including superstar brother Michael and father, Joe, who was primarily interested in being a manager rather than a dad. "'Control' came from the heart," she told the Los Angeles Times. "It was all about stepping out, taking control of your life... a certain point in your life when you ask yourself who you are and what you want to do."

The album hooked her up with producers/songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who helped her create a sexy and funky image. Jam and Lewis went on to write and produce most of her hits, including this one (Janet also has a writing credit on the track).

Although Janet wanted a fresh start, she didn't want to forget about her past or her old friends. Ja'net Dubois, her former co-star from the '70s sitcom Good Times, played her mother in the music video for this song.

The unique break in this song came about by accident during the production of "Nasty," another hit from the album. Jimmy Jam explained: "When you program drum machines, you program a lot of different patterns in. But the way we do it, we never put the programs in a sequence. We play and change the sequences by hand. So at one point in 'Nasty,' I changed to the wrong sequence and it made this weird drum break. A lot of times when that happens, we leave it and figure out what to do with it musically later. That's what happened on 'Control.' There are two or three breaks where it stops and there's a little 'do-do-do-do-do,' and that was the creation of hitting the wrong drum program at the wrong time. But it worked."

Producing the music video for this song was one of the worst experiences in Sharon Oreck's career. Behind the scenes, Janet's soon-to-be-fired manager Joe Jackson was trying to sabotage the project by making wild demands (which were last-ditch efforts to control his daughter). He angrily insisted Janet be insured for $1 million before she was allowed to be lowered onstage via trapeze. Meanwhile, the live footage was being recorded at the Grand Olympics Auditorium in Los Angeles in front of an audience who expected a free Janet Jackson concert, not "50 takes of Janet lip-synching," Oreck remembered. The crowd was disgruntled over that, but nearly rioted when white members of the audience, who had been scattered throughout, were slowly being moved to the front. An A&M label representative was able to calm everyone down when he explained the migration wasn't an act of segregation but a trick to make it look like the audience was more diverse. The video later won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Video, but Oreck called it her "worst nightmare."

Glee's Dianna Agron, Darren Criss and Kevin McHale covered this song on the season 3 episode "Hold On to Sixteen."