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Alexandra Burke - Day Dream

Alexandra Burke - Day Dream Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: NewRules
Released: 2013

Day Dream Lyrics

Day Dream

This song from Alexandra Burke's NewRules EP finds the X Factor winner hitting out at her former boyfriend, footballer Jermaine Defoe. The singer ended her relationship with the England striker in 2012 after it was alleged he cheated on her with a model:

"Millions of people and me, one.
And I'm feeling I'm the last to know.
Our private network we built became a best-seller show.
What were you thinking at the time when you decided to sleep with her?
It didn't stop there, this I know, 'cos the papers f--king told me so."

Burke told The Mirror: "Working on this new material has been really emotional. I've opened up lyrically more than ever and talked about things I never thought I would. But I always write from the heart."

Basement Jaxx - Good Luck

Basement Jaxx - Good Luck Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Kish Kash
Released: 2003

Good Luck Lyrics

Tell me tell me is life just a playground
Think you're the real deal honey
And someone'll always look after you

But wake up baby
You're so totally deluded
You'll end up old and lonely
If you don't get a bullet in your head

Good Luck good luck
Good luck in your new bed
Enjoy your nightmares honey
When you're resting your head

You sold me sold me
Sold me down the river now
Hope you're feeling happy now
Now you'll always have a sneer in your smile

But wake up baby
You're so totally deluded
You'll end up old and lonely
If you don't get a bullet in your head

Good luck good luck
Good luck in your new bed
Enjoy your nightmares honey
When you're resting your head

And I'm glad so glad that I'm done with you
No more crying crying leaving me so black and blue
You backed me up against the wall but I stand tall
Don't give a damn no more

Oh baby bye bye
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
Without you

Good good luck
In your new bed
Enjoy your nightmares when your resting your head
Good good luck
In your new bed
Enjoy your nightmares

Good luck good luck
Good luck in your new bed
Enjoy your nightmares honey
When you're resting your head

Writer/s: FELIX MAJOR BUXTON, LISA LEILANI KEKAULA, SIMON RATCLIFFE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Good Luck

This song tells the story of a woman getting her no-good boyfriend out of her life. Felix Buxton of Basement Jaxx wrote the lyric. "It was from the perspective of my girlfriend singing to me," he said in our interview . "I was having a go at myself from another person's perspective."

Lisa Kekaula from the American group The Bellrays provided vocals on this track. Basement Jaxx brought her to England to sing a different track, "Plug It In," but it didn't work out. They wanted to make use of her talents, so on the morning before she left, the duo quickly put a song together, which became "Good Luck." It had the "old-soul" feel that suited Kekaula's voice, and the singer nailed it.

Kekaula stars in the video as a prison guard whose ex arrives as an inmate. It was helmed by the UK director
Mat Kirkby, who also did the Basement Jaxx video for "You Don't Know Me" and the Muse video for "Hysteria."

Babyshambles - Fall From Grace

Babyshambles - Fall From Grace Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sequel To The Prequel
Released: 2013

Fall From Grace Lyrics

Fall From Grace

Co-penned by Babyshambles frontman Peter Doherty a decade after he first admitted to problems with addiction, this Country-flavored song is a frank confrontation of the ugliness of his condition. Doherty commented to NME: "This was mostly written by (band associate) John Robinson from The Bandits who I wrote 'I Am the Rain' with. It's got a nice, friendly guitar lick, Á  la Bob Dylan."

Billy Joel - The Longest Time

Billy Joel - The Longest Time Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: An Innocent Man
Released: 1983

The Longest Time Lyrics

Oh, oh, oh
For The Longest Time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest
If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time

Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's more than I hoped for

Who knows how much further we'll go on
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time

I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's more than I hoped for

I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for the longest time

Writer/s: BILLY JOEL
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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The Longest Time

This song would be considered "next-to" a cappella - it contains only one actual instrument, that being a bass guitar. Everything else is voice, finger snaps and claps.

The song is a tribute to the Doo-Wop sounds of the '50s that Joel loved, complete with lyrics about being crazy in love with a girl. The song began, however, as a classical piano piece Joel was working on, which is also how is song "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" came about.

Joel did all the vocal tracks himself, which required him to cover a lot of range. The original plan was to bring in a vocal group to sing it with him, but that didn't work out. Joel's producer Phil Ramone told Billy that their best option was for him to do it all himself.

On the TV show Family Guy, this song was used in a flashback to discuss the invention of singing. It showed several cavemen sitting around grunting, until they all spontaneously break out into this song.

The song got a lot of airplay in Philadelphia, where Joel was always a very popular artist. It was even played on Soul stations there, and the song became a favorite of the guys who would later form the vocal group Boyz II Men. When Howard Stern hosted a Billy Joel town hall special in 2014, Boyz II Men performed this song. They explained that when they were going to high school, most of the selections for acapella groups were much older songs, but this one was "the most contemporary song we could sing and still be cool."

In the music video, directed by Jay Dubin, Joel sits alone after his high school reunion, class of '59, and recalls the good old days with his doo-wop group. Fans have been wondering about the janitor in the clip for years. Was he an old-school doo-wop star making a sly cameo? Dubin told us the answer , along with an unfortunate reminder of black stereotypes in the '80s:

"No, that's all bulls--t," he said of the rumors. "This is how that guy gets hired: There was this black guy who got us all this talent on one of the other music videos, I think 'Tell Her About It.' I remember he used to come in the office all the time saying, 'Hey, you got any work for me?'

[Producer] Jon Small said, 'No, but I need an older guy who looks like a janitor.' He said, 'No problem.' He gets on the phone: 'Uncle Willy? you want to be on TV?'

'Yeah, Uncle Willy'll do it.' He says to Jon, 'How much?' Jon says, 'A hundred dollars.' He says, 'Uncle Willy, I'll make you fifty dollars!' He took fifty and gave Uncle Willy fifty. That's all I remember about that. [Laughing]

Who the guy was, I have no idea. Was it racist? Absolutely. Back then, 8 out of 10 janitors at the local schools were black. They wanted to do that.

All I had to do was make sure the pictures looked good, he was in sync, and it was edited well. That was all I had to do. It was easy."

This is the only song with the word "Longest" in the title ever to chart on the Hot 100.

Babyshambles - Seven Shades Of Nothing

Babyshambles - Seven Shades Of Nothing Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sequel To The Prequel
Released: 2013

Seven Shades Of Nothing Lyrics

Seven Shades Of Nothing

Vaccines singer Justin Young is a guest vocalist on this song. Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell told NME how the collaboration came about: "When I wrote it, I realized the middle-eight sounded like The Vaccines," he said. "I thought they'd think I was ripping them off so asked Justin to sing on it. He e-mailed me to say they were going to be in town for a show, so we went and had lunch. He told me he'd come up with something. I was like, 'No, let's do it now,' and they all burst out laughing. But he came to the studio and got it really quickly."

Skid Row - 18 And Life

Skid Row - 18 And Life Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Skid Row
Released: 1989

18 And Life Lyrics

Ricky was a young boy
He had a heart of stone
Lived nine to five and worked his fingers to the bone

Just barely out of school
Came from the edge of town
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down

He had no money, oh
No good at home
He walked the streets a soldier
And he fought the world alone and now it's

Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go

Tequila in his heartbeat
His veins burned gasoline
It kept his motor runnin'
But he never kept it clean

They say he loved adventure
Ricky's the wild one
He married trouble
Had a courtship with a gun

Bang, bang, shoot 'em up
The party never ends
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's

Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go

Accidents will happen
They all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind
That child blew a child away

Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go, yeah
Oh oh

Writer/s: RACHEL BOLAN SOUTHWORTH, DAVID MICHAEL SABO
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir One Music, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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18 And Life

Skid Row guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo wrote this song after reading in a local newspaper about an 18-year-old boy who shot his friend by accident. He thought the gun wasn't loaded, and eventually ended up in prison for life.

This song achieved a great success and was MTV's most played video in 1989.

Big Sean - Sierra Leone

Big Sean - Sierra Leone Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hall of Fame
Released: 2013

Sierra Leone Lyrics

She tell me she love me
I'm everything that she want
Top floor, only way that we go
Diamonds and gold, Sierra Leone, Leone
Hotel look like Sierra Leone, Leone
Chain, ring look like Sierra Leone, Leone
And she don't ever tell me I'm wrong, I'm wrong
'Cause she don't want to leave Sierra Leone, Leone

Get to it, I be getting to it
Hella groovin', rooftop, better viewin'
Always hella coppin', no propellers, moving bank tellers
Movin', youngin', revenuin', mozzarella chewin', you know?
Lobster butter basted
I deserve every crumb tasted, road to riches one way and
Sunbathing, tongue tastin'
After that she wine tasting, Sean tastin'
You know? I gave her diamonds and gold
That's Sierra Leone, her friends like "Girl don't let go!"
So she ain't askin', she ain't whinin'
Complainin' or trippin', man I got her damn near strippin'
For the handbag livin', Saks Fifth'n, tag rippin'
No more tab splittin', cab gettin', who wants to go back to that livin'? Do yah?
So let's sex on the beach
Then the rest on the sheets for the rest of the week, 'til

She tell me she love me
I'm everything that she want
Top floor, only way that we go
Diamonds and gold, Sierra Leone, Leone
Hotel look like Sierra Leone, Leone
Chain, ring look like Sierra Leone, Leone
And she don't ever tell me I'm wrong, I'm wrong
'Cause she don't want to leave Sierra Leone, Leone
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

What you know about wake up to fuckin' 'fore you even can stretch?
Yeah I'm on vacay and my dick still need a rest
I might get her on film, star and direct
Just might win an award if that shit hit the net
Oh, reclinin' in seats
Not liftin' a finger 'less I'm signin' receipts
Livin' life like I got a degree
Fuck it, I'm livin' life like I done got in the league
Look, my car look like it play for the Lakers
Credit card look like it play for the Raiders, I watch it play for the paper
Chandelier, marble floor on the feet
She said I'm a don, I gotta agree, I fuck her to sleep

She tell me she love me
I'm everything that she want
Top floor, only way that we go
Diamonds and gold, Sierra Leone, Leone
Hotel look like Sierra Leone, Leone
Chain, ring look like Sierra Leone, Leone
And she don't ever tell me I'm wrong, I'm wrong
Cause she don't want to leave Sierra Leone, Leone

Writer/s: RAY EVANS, NEAL HEFTI, JAY LIVINGSTON, ERNEST WILSON, JAMES POYSER, SEAN MICHAEL ANDERSON
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Sierra Leone

This song was co-penned by Puerto Rican Nicole Lequerica, who in addition to helping Sean with writing tracks also serves as his assistant. Lequerica also supplied backing vocals for the Hall Of Fame tracks "Fire" and "First Chain."

Mike Posner makes a vocal contribution and he also co-produced the track. The "Cooler Than Me" singer and Sean were mutual supporters long before they were signed. Posner was an intern at 102.7 FM, the radio station where Sean first met Kanye West, who went on to sign him.

David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us

David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Don't Give Up On Us
Released: 1976

Don't Give Up On Us Lyrics

Don't Give Up On Us, baby
Don't make the wrong seem right
The future isn't just one night
It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

I really lost my head last night
You've got a right to start believin'
There's still a little love left, even so

Don't give up on us, baby
Lord knows we've come this far
Can't we stay the way we are?
The angel and the dreamer
Who sometimes plays a fool
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

Don't give up on us, baby
Don't give up on us, baby

Writer/s: TONY MACAULAY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Don't Give Up On Us

This was written by Tony Macaulay, who co-wrote 4 other UK #1s: "Baby Now That I've Found You" for the Foundations, "Let The Heartaches Begin" for Long John Baldry, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" for Edison Lighthouse and "Silver Lady" for David Soul.

David Soul played Hutch (the blonde) on the TV cop show Starsky & Hutch. Soul was a singer before he became an actor, and recorded folk and pop singles in the early '70s without any success. In desperation he sent a photograph of himself to the top New York entertainment agency William Morris. His ploy of disguising his face with a ski mask caught their imagination and he was immediately contracted to become the Covered Man, the resident singer on the Merv Griffin TV show. After completing the first series of Starsky & Hutch, Soul released an album before teaming up with Tony Macaulay and recording this, which became his first hit single. In the US this remained his only chart entry but in the UK he achieved four more Top 20 singles including another #1 with "Silver Lady" and a #2 with "Going In With My Eyes Wide Open."

Soul: (from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh): "I made an album in San Francisco for Private Stock but there was nothing suitable for a single. The company told me that Tony Macaulay had some good tunes and he came over and played me Don't Give Up On Us and Going In With My Eyes Wide Open. Within 10 days, I had leant the songs and recorded them and Tony had mixed them and taken them back to England. They bazoomed to the top and they are 2 songs which have stood the test of time."

In the UK, this was the top single of 1977.

Big Sean - World Ablaze

Big Sean - World Ablaze Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hall of Fame
Released: 2013

World Ablaze Lyrics

Stay close to me, so close to me
That's how it's supposed to be
Long as you've been knowing me
You been holding me down
I'm sure as fuck, so fuck hopefully
I watch over you, you watch over me
And that's how it's supposed to be
And we are, alright

Now, when the world's ablaze, the stars will fall
The lights go off
Say its going to be, alright
It's going to be, alright
Cause, when the world's ablaze, the stars will fall
The lights go off
Say its going to be, alright
It's going to be, alright

Just tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, just tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be

Might not make it this time
Is what not to say at this time
Sometimes, the truth ain't what you need to hear
And you tell them they alright, when they need a cure
I'mma believe in paradise if I don't see the sand
Only palm trees I got is this weed off in my hand
Around the same time my mom said "Sean, you need a plan
Mrs. Freeman's son, across the street got shot
Now she need a hand!"
Traumatized, gotta watch, his momma cry
Now I gotta look up, up in his momma eyes, and gotta tell his momma lies
Like, "It's gonna be alright," knowing it ain't alright
I know there's just so much pain, and there's probably more on the way

Now, when the world's ablaze, the stars will fall
The lights go off
Say its going to be, alright
It's going to be, alright
Cause, when the world's ablaze, the stars will fall
The lights go off
Say its going to be, alright
It's going to be, alright

Just tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Just tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be

You know I love you momma like she mine
Whether we together, or we trying
We fuck, three times, we smoke, tree times
We climb, I left, came back in town, it wasn't in time
The cancer done came, it just hit it's prime
It came from the breast, just spread to the spine
It might make her blind, she stare at the blinds
"This can't be my mom!"
Got me thinking, "whats a girl to do, a girl to do?
When her world's a pool?
And she comes up for air, and it's walls of flames
And all the stress is all propane
She's burned again"
Hoping I could make her smile
Take cancer and David Blaine it out
POOF! Disappear, God make an out!

Now, when the world's ablaze, the stars will fall
The lights go off
Say its going to be, alright
It's going to be, alright
Cause, when the world's ablaze, the stars will fall
The lights go off
Say its going to be, alright
It's going to be, alright

Just tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Just tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be
Tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be, tell me it'll be

Stay close to me, so close to me
That's how it's supposed to be
Long as you've been knowing me
You been holding me down
I'm sure as fuck, so fuck hopefully
I watch over you, you watch over me
And that's how it's supposed to be
And we are, alright

Stay close to me, so close to me
That's how it's supposed to be
Long as you've been knowing me
You been holding me down
I'm sure as fuck, so fuck hopefully
I watch over you, you watch over me
And that's how it's supposed to be
And we are, alright

Stay close to me, so close to me
That's how it's supposed to be
Long as you've been knowing me
You been holding me down
I'm sure as fuck, so fuck hopefully
I watch over you, you watch over me
And that's how it's supposed to be
And we are, alright

Writer/s: DWANE WEIR, ERNEST WILSON, SEAN MICHAEL ANDERSON, JAMES FAUNTLEROY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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World Ablaze

This Key Wayne & No I.D.-produced track kicks off and closes with Roc Nation singer-songwriter James Fauntleroy, who has penned songs for and with the likes of Rihanna, Drake and Justin Timberlake.

Big Sean shares two real-life heartbreaking scenarios in his verses, the latter of which is about when the mother of his girlfriend at the time, Ashley Marie, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything

The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Children Of The Ghetto: The Pye Anthology
Released: 1976

You To Me Are Everything Lyrics

I would take the stars
Out of the sky for you
Stop the rain from falling
If you asked me to
I'd do anything for you
Your wish is my command
I could move a mountain when
Your hand is in my hand
Words cannot express
How much you mean to me
There must be some other way
To make you see
If it takes my heart and soul
You know I'd pay the price
Everything that I possess
I'd gladly sacrifice

Oh You To Me Are Everything
The sweetest song
That I could sing
Oh baby, oh baby
To you I guess
I'm just a clown
Who picks you up
Each time you're down
Oh baby, oh baby
You give me just
A taste of love to
Build my hopes upon
You know you got
The power boy
To keep me holding on
So now you got
The best of me
Come on and
Take the rest of me
Oh baby

Though you're close to me
We seem so far apart
Maybe given time
You'll have a change of heart
If it takes forever boy then
I'm prepared to wait
The day you give your love to me
Won't be a day too late

Oh you to me are everything
The sweetest song
That I could sing
Oh baby, oh baby
To you I guess
I'm just a clown
Who picks you up
Each time you're down
Oh baby, oh baby
You give me just
A taste of love to
Build my hopes upon
You know you got
The power boy
To keep me holding on
So now you got
The best of me
Come on and
Take the rest of me
Oh baby
Writer/s: KEN GOLD, MICHAEL DENNE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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You To Me Are Everything

Although they prided themselves on writing their own material, brothers Chris and Eddie Amoo, who were members of The Real Thing, decided they needed to be more commercial just to get radio play. So they recorded this song, which was written by songwriters Ken Gold & Michael Denne, which gave them the commercial success they were looking for.

The Real Thing were four Liverpudlians who first came to public notice in the UK on television's talent show Opportunity Knocks. After an unsuccessful spell with two other labels, their fortunes changed after signing with Pye Records. This was their first chart entry and 8 other hits followed over a 3 year period, including "Can't Get By Without You," also written by Ken Gold & Michael Denne, which reached #2. Most of their other hits were written by the Amoo brothers. In the mid 1980s, re-mixed versions of their '70s hits revived interest in them and a re-mixed version of this song by Froggy, Simon Harris & KC took the band back into the Top 5. The new version stayed on the UK charts for 13 weeks, two weeks more than the chart-topping original.

Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Halcyon Days
Released: 2013

Goodness Gracious Lyrics

I lost the signal and put you away
Swore upon the sun I'd save you for a rainy day
Loosen the noose and let go of the rope
I know if it's never coming back it has to go

I keep callin' your name, keep callin' your name
I wanna hold you close but I never wanna feel ashamed
So I keep callin' at night, keep callin' at night
I wanna hold you close I just never I wanna hold you tight

Goodness Gracious I can see the stars
Callin' me out, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms
Goodness gracious I can see the stars
Callin' me out, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms

I found the weakness and put it to play
Swore upon the stars I'd keep you til the night was day
Shake my head dizzy so I'll never know
You said if you're never comin' back you have to go

I keep callin' your name, keep callin' your name
I wanna hold you close but I never wanna feel ashamed
So I keep callin' at night, keep callin' at night
I wanna hold you close I just never wanna hold you tight

Goodness gracious I can see the stars
Callin' me out, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms
Goodness gracious I can see the stars
Callin' me out, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms

Ah, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms
Callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms

Oh my goodness, here I go again
Pullin' you back to me, pullin' you back into my arms so selfishly
I don't think I understand 'cause I don't really know myself
I keep callin' you callin' you out
Callin' you out, callin' you out, callin' you out

Goodness gracious I can see the stars
Callin' me out callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms
Goodness gracious I can see the stars
Callin' me out callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms

Ah, ah, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms
Ah, ah, callin' me out just to keep crawlin' into your arms

Writer/s: ELLIE GOULDING, GREGORY ALLEN KURSTIN, CRAIG PRUESS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Goodness Gracious

This Electro, tropically-infused tune finds Goulding singing about attempting to break free from a relationship but unable to sever the ties. She penned the song with Fun frontman Nate Ruess, who also co-wrote Pink's "Just Give Me A Reason" and Kesha's "Die Young." Goulding told Coup De Main magazine about their collaboration: "In Australia we first met and we hung out loads, and it turned out we were big fans of each other's writing," she said. "Sadly, we didn't get to write the song in the same room which was a shame, but he wrote his bit and I wrote my bit and I sent it back to him to see what he thought and thank goodness he liked it, because that would have been embarrassing if he didn't."

The collaboration between Ruess and Goulding didn't begin too promisingly. The Fun frontman avoided the English singer in a hotel lobby, only to sheepishly email her working together hours later. "We did a tour together in Australia, the Future of Music Tour, myself, Fun., Azealia Banks and a few other artists," Goulding explained to MTV News. "He walked past me in a hotel lobby, and then e-mailed me and was like 'I just walked past you and was too shy to say hello.' And I was like 'I was too shy too!'"

"And then we hung out and instantly hit it off. I think he's an amazing songwriter, and I love the way he writes lyrics. We went running and then we decided we wanted to write together," she continued. "We realized we had very similar taste in music, and we just wanted to do something, we didn't care what it was."

Goulding told Rolling Stone about this ode to fickleness. "I've been in situations where I knew someone wasn't right for me, yet I kept bringing them back," she said "The song is about dissing yourself for not thinking straight and not being fair."

Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back

Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Can't Fight Fate
Released: 1989

Love Will Lead You Back Lyrics

Saying goodbye
Is never an easy thing
But you never said
That you'd stay forever
So if you must go
Oh, darling I set you free
But I know in time
That we'll be together

I won't try
To stop you now from leaving
'Cause in my heart I know

Love Will Lead You Back
Someday I just know that
Love will lead you back to my arms
Where you belong
I'm sure, sure as stars are shining
One day you will find me again, it won't be long
One of these days our love will lead you back

One of these nights
Ooh, I'll hear your voice again
You're gonna say
Ooh, how much you missed me
You'll walk out this door
But someday you'll walk back in
And darling I know, ooh
I know this will be

Sometimes it takes
Sometime you on your own now
To find your way back home

Writer/s: DIANE EVE WARREN
Publisher: RealSongs
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Love Will Lead You Back

This song evokes the emotions you would feel after being separated or divorced when all the love you had for that person remains in your heart. Through all the pain and suffering, you fell that love will lead you back again.

Written by Diane Warren, it was the fifth #1 hit she wrote, and one of her favorite titles. Said Warren: "I like the idea of someone being strong enough to let somebody go, knowing in their heart they're going to come back. It takes a lot of strength, and I'm always attracted to songs with strong characters."

"Tell It To My Heart" was when Leslie Wunderman became Taylor Dayne, getting a deal with Arista Records just for the single. When the song became a global hit, Clive Davis and Arista put their promotional power behind her, and she delivered 3 more hits from her first album. For her second album Can't Fight Fate, Arista continued using outside songwriters, even though Dayne was anxious to be part of the process. In our 2010 interview, Taylor told us: "This was my sophomore record. That was 1989, so at that point you're talking 3 years of really understanding, seeing more publicly what really moves people. You're part of the machine, and the machine's moving with or without you, because I was in that pop world. But I also understood that a great ballad, a great song like that can touch millions of people in such a way that you'll never understand, you can't comprehend. Yet you can look at your own history, like myself personally, and think of the songs that have moved me. 'Love Will Lead You Back' was instant for me. I remember sitting there with Clive and he played me 'Love Will Lead You Back' and that's one of Diane's biggest gems. Just one of those incredible, incredible songs."
Regarding Diane Warren, Dayne added: "Diane is probably one of the most passionate, involved songwriters I've ever met in my entire life. She was calling the studio on that first record. We had no idea who she was, we just knew that this girl was Tenacious D. That's what we call her. She is Tenacious D right there." (Check out our interview with Taylor Dayne.)

This clocks in at 4 minutes and 39 seconds. However, most radio stations resort to playing the single version, which clocks in at 4 minutes and 24 seconds. Six years later in 1995, the 4 minute and 24 second "Single Version" of the song was released again on Taylor Dayne's Greatest Hits. Then, to Taylor's surprise, five years later in 2000, R&B Soul diva Patti LaBelle released a cover version of this song as part of her album When A Woman Loves, an album of ballads and melodies composed by Diane Warren.

Smooth Jazz saxophonist Tom Scott recorded an instrumental version of this song, which was featured on the TV Show Melrose Place. Tom Scott's version appears on his album The Art Of Smooth Jazz, as well as the compilation album Midnight Romance: Smooth Grooves.

Johnny Mathis covered this song in 1999 as part of his album, Because You Loved Me: Songs Of Diane Warren. American Idol Contestants Carmen Rasmusen and Mikalah Gordon were also notable artists to cover this song.