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| x Stairway to Heaven |
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"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's fourth studio album, Led Zeppelin IV (1971). It was voted #3 in 2000 by VH1 on their list of the...
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| x Relax |
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"Relax" is the debut single by British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in 1983. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984).
Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, ...
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| x Two Tribes |
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"Two Tribes" is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in May 1984 (see 1984 in music). The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome.
The single was a phenomenal success in the UK,...
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| x Welcome to the Pleasuredome |
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Welcome to the Pleasuredome is the title track of the 1984 debut album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
In March 1985, the album track was substantially abridged...
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| x Golden Brown |
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"Golden Brown" is a song by the English rock band The Stranglers. It was released as a 7" single in December 1981, on Liberty.
Originally featured on the group's album La Folie, which was released in November 1981, and later on some pressings of...
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| x Imagine |
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"Imagine" is a song written and performed by English rock musician John Lennon. It is among Lennon's best known and most influential songs. It is the opening track on his album Imagine released in 1971. "Imagine" was released as a single in the...
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| x American Pie |
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"American Pie" is a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean.
Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one U.S. hit for four weeks in 1972. A re-release in 1991 did not chart in the U.S., but reached...
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| x Rock Around the Clock |
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"Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar-blues-based song from 1952, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight"). The song is ranked #158 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs...
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| x Smells Like Teen Spirit |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. Written by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and produced by Butch Vig, the...
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| x Fish Out of Water |
"Fish Out Of Water" is the sixth song from One Minute Silence's 2000 album Buy Now... Saved Later. It was released as a single on January 8th 2001. There were two versions of the single released by V2 Records.
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| x Professional Widow |
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"Professional Widow" is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was originally a harpsichord-driven rock dirge included on her 1996 album Boys For Pele, but it gained international popularity after being remixed by house music...
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| x Angry Johnny |
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"Angry Johnny" is a song by Poe, released as a single from her debut album Hello. The song received heavy radio airplay, and an accompanying music video was shown frequently on television. Despite its success and positive critical review the only...
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| x Hey Pretty |
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"Hey Pretty" was the name of a critically noted song by singer-songwriter Poe. The song in its original version, on her 2000 album Haunted, was a sultry pop rant of a woman seeking sexual satisfaction on any grounds possible. It was remade by having...
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| x Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
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"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was the first major single released by singer Cyndi Lauper as a solo artist. It gained renown as a feminist anthem, an award winning video and a worldwide smash hit.
With the inclusion of promotional releases, the...
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| x Du hast |
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"Du hast" (German, "you have/thou hast") is a song by the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein from the 1997 album Sehnsucht. The song is one of the band's best known worldwide, owing to its inclusion on the soundtrack of The Matrix and heavy airplay...
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| x Heartbreak Hotel |
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"Heartbreak Hotel" is a rock and roll song performed by Elvis Presley (Rhythm Guitar) , with Bill Black (bass), Scotty Moore (guitar), D.J. Fontana (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano) and Elvis on rhythm guitar as the main supporting musicians. Recorded...
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| x Get Back |
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"Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." It later became the closing...
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| x Penny Lane |
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"Penny Lane" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, and released in February 1967 (see 1967 in music) as one side of a double A-sided single, along with John Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever...
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| x I Am the Walrus |
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"I Am the Walrus" is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Lennon claimed he wrote the first two lines on separate acid trips. The song was in The Beatles' 1967 television film and album Magical Mystery...
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| x Strawberry Fields Forever |
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"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Recorded at the end of 1966, the song was written by John Lennon during the filming of How I Won The War and is formally credited to the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team....
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| x Yesterday |
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"Yesterday" is a pop song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. According to the Guinness Book of Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 3,000...
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| x Adam's Song |
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"Adam's Song" is a song by American pop punk band Blink-182, from their third album Enema of the State, which was the album largely credited for the band's success. It was released as the third CD single from the album behind "What's My Age Again?"...
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| x First Date |
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"First Date" is the second single from the pop punk trio Blink-182's album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. It was written by Tom DeLonge (guitar and vocals), on the same night that Mark Hoppus (bass and vocals) wrote "The Rock Show". Both "First...
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| x The Rock Show |
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"The Rock Show" is the first single from Blink-182's 2001 album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. It was released in July 2001. The song was the most successful song on Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart...
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| x Stay Together for the Kids |
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"Stay Together for the Kids" is the third single from pop punk band Blink-182's record Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Although Mark Hoppus sings the song's two verses, Tom DeLonge, who sings the choruses, wrote this song about his parents' divorce...
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| x A Day in the Life |
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“A Day in the Life” is a song by the British rock band The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, based on an original idea by Lennon. It is the final track on the group's 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Since its...
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| x We Are the Champions |
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"We Are the Champions" is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury, recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. One of their most famous and popular songs, it has since become an anthem for sporting victories and has...
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| x Revolution |
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"Revolution" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and attributed to Lennon/McCartney.
The song appeared in two distinctly different incarnations, a raucous electric "Revolution", and a slowed "Revolution 1". A third connected piece...
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| x Oh, Pretty Woman |
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"Oh, Pretty Woman" is a song, released in 1964, which was a worldwide success for Roy Orbison. Recorded on the Monument Records label in Nashville, Tennessee, it was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The song spent three weeks at number one on...
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| x The Real Slim Shady |
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"The Real Slim Shady" is a hip hop song written by Eminem for his second album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the lead single a week before the album's release. The song was later released in 2005 on Eminem's greatest hits album...
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| x When My Baby Smiles at Me |
When My Baby Smiles at Me is the name of a popular song and of a motion picture.
"When My Baby Smiles at Me", music by Bill Munro with words by Andrew B. Sterling and Ted Lewis, was published by Von Tilzer Publishing in 1920. It was the first big...
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| x Hey Jude |
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"Hey Jude" is a song written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon/McCartney, and released as a single by The Beatles in 1968. Originally titled "Hey Jules", McCartney wrote the ballad to comfort John Lennon's son Julian during his parents' divorce....
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| x Under Pressure |
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"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song by David Bowie and Queen. It marked David Bowie's first released collaboration with another recording artist as a performer, and is featured on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart...
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| x Thousand |
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"I Feel It/Thousand" are two songs by techno artist Moby, released as a double a-side single as the fourth single from his self-titled debut album Moby.
"Thousand" has the Guinness world record for the fastest tempo in beats-per-minute (BPM) of any...
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| x Watching The Wildlife |
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"Watching the Wildlife" is the seventh and last single by British pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Released in early 1987, it is taken from the album Liverpool.
Of the singles culled from Liverpool, "Watching the Wildlife" is the most poppy and...
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| x Volvo Driving Soccer Mom |
"Volvo-Driving Soccer Mom" is a song by the alternative rock band Everclear, from their album Slow Motion Daydream (2003). The song is about girls who use drugs and have promiscuous sexual intercourse in high school and college but later grow up to...
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| x Control |
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"Control" is the fourth single from Janet Jackson's third album Control. The song was written by Jackson, James Harris III, and Terry Lewis and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Its arrangement, built upon complex rhythmic tracks, showcased...
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| x California Über Alles |
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"California Über Alles" was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in June 1979 on Optional Music with "The Man with the Dogs" as the b-side. The title track was re-recorded for the band's first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting...
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| x If You're Happy and You Know It |
"If You're Happy and You Know It" is a popular children's song, or nursery rhyme, of which the authorship is uncertain. The song is supposed to belong to the public domain, although many of the different versions of the song are still protected by...
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| x In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida |
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"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is a seventeen-minute, five-second psychedelic rock song by Iron Butterfly, released on their 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, occupying the entire second side of the album. The lyrics are simple, and heard only at the beginning...
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| x Stardust |
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"Stardust" is an American popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish.
"Stardust" (the song's original title was "Star Dust", which has long been compounded into "Stardust") was written at the Book...
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| x Seasons in the Sun |
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"Seasons in the Sun" is the English language translation of the song "Le Moribond" by Belgian singer Jacques Brel. It was made famous as a worldwide hit song for Terry Jacks in 1974, and again as a hit single for Westlife in late 1999 / early 2000....
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| x Wanksta |
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"Wanksta" is the second single from the 8 Mile soundtrack. Released in 2002, the single, performed by 50 Cent, reached No. 13, becoming 50 Cent's first Top 20 single and his commercial debut single. It was first used on the mixtape No Mercy, No Fear...
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| x Misty Mountain Hop |
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"Misty Mountain Hop" is a song from English rock band Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, released in 1971. In the United States and Australia it was the B-side of the "Black Dog" single, but still received considerable FM radio airplay. It was...
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| x The Battle of Evermore |
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"The Battle of Evermore" is an acoustic guitar and mandolin song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured on their untitled fourth album, released in 1971.
The tune for this was written by guitarist Jimmy Page at Headley Grange while he was...
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| x Every Breath You Take |
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"Every Breath You Take" is a song written by Sting and originally performed by The Police. It was released on their 1983 album Synchronicity. The single was one of the biggest of 1983, topping the Billboard Music Charts (North America) for eight...
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| x Angel of Death |
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"Angel of Death" is the opening track on the American thrash metal band Slayer's 1986 album Reign in Blood. The lyrics and music were written by Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman and are based on Nazi physician Josef Mengele, who conducted human...
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| x Gimme Shelter |
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"Gimme Shelter" is a song by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. Although the first word was spelt "Gimmie" on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and...
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| x Street Fighting Man |
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"Street Fighting Man" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. Called the Stones' "most political song", Rolling Stone ranked the song #295 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of...
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| x Jumpin' Jack Flash |
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"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, released as a single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by Rolling Stone, the song is seen as the band's return to their blues roots...
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| x Chester |
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Among the patriotic anthems sung during the American Revolutionary War, only Yankee Doodle was more popular than William Billings's Chester. Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made...
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| x Primitive |
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Primitive, a song written and performed by singer Cyndi Lauper, appeared on her third album A Night to Remember (1989). Lyrically it describes the physical reaction the body has to sexual tension or physical attraction to someone: "My heart starts...
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| x Lili Marleen |
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"Lili Marleen" (a.k.a. "Lili Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" etc.) is a German love song, which became popular on both sides during World War II.
The words were written in 1915 during World War I by Hans Leip (1893-1983), a school teacher...
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| x Stan |
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"Stan" is the third single from The Marshall Mathers LP, by rapper Eminem featuring Dido. It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is also included on Curtain Call: The Hits, performed with Eminem and Elton John. The song was...
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| x War Pigs |
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"War Pigs" is an anti-war song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, Paranoid.
As explained in the liner notes of the band's live album Reunion, the original title of the song was Walpurgis, and it dealt with the witches'...
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| x Peaches |
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"Peaches" is a song and single by The Stranglers. It was one of the big summer hits of 1977 in the UK, a close rival to The Sex Pistols' "God Save The Queen" in terms of notoriety.
While "God Save the Queen" was notorious for its political sentiment...
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| x Great Balls of Fire |
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"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 song written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer.
The song is best known for Jerry Lee Lewis's rendition, which was recorded in the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee on October 8, 1957, and released as a 45rpm single on...
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| x Norwegian Wood |
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"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. While credited to Lennon/McCartney, it was primarily written by John Lennon, though Paul McCartney contributed to the middle eight...
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| x Every Way That I Can |
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"Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, by Sertab Erener.
"Everyway That I Can" was written by Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works...
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| x Djibouti |
The national anthem of Djibouti was adopted upon independence from France in 1977. The words are by Aden Elmi and the melody is by Abdi Robleh.
Somali Lyrics
Hinjinne u sara kaca
Calankaan harraad iyo
Haydaar u mudateen.
Hir cagaarku qariyayiyo...
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