The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
821-Wizzard-I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday.
1973-Number 4 single.
Best Bit-At 0.35 i wish it could be Christmas everyday,your probably thinking the same thing at this very moment.
Roy Wood was co-founder of The Move,The Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard,he has also had hit singles as a solo artist.On most of his solo Albums he plays all the instruments,including drums,guitar,bass,cello,bagpipes,French horn and keyboards.He wrote and produced this classic Christmas song himself which is influenced by the sound and production of Phil Spector’s 1960s Wall Of Sound.
The cash till at the start was made by a proper old fashioned metal cash register by pressing the buttons and dropping coins in.The children’s choir at the end of the song came from Stockland Green School in Birmingham,Wood insisted that they had to be from his hometown.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
822-Mariah Carey-All I Want For Christmas Is You.
1994-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 0.50 At last a song from Mariah Carey that isn’t a ballad.
The last great Xmas song,well worth its place among the acknowledged festive classics.The song was co-written by Carey and long time writing partner Walter Afanasieff for her forth studio Album ‘Merry Christmas.’Since digital downloading has become available the song re-enters the top 40 every December.With sales of over 16 million copy’s it is currently the 11th biggest selling single of all time and has earned over $50 million in royalties.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
823-The Isley Brothers-This Old Heart Of Mine(Is Weak For You).
1968-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 1.36 The Funk Brothers who played on so many Motown classics blow their Funky Horn.
The Isley Brothers were Ronald,Ernie,Rudolph,O’Kelly,Marvin and Vernon,in one form or another they have been performing since 1954,infact they are the only act to have charted on Billboard in six separate decades from the 50s to the 2000s.
The song was written by the legendary Motown team of Holland,Dozier and Holland and on this song also by Sylvia Moy,she passed away on April 15th 2017 at the age of 78.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
824-Katy Perry-Last Friday Night.
2011-Number 9 single.
Best Bit-At 1.08 Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves except for Barbie.
Katy Perry revealed she was inspired to write the song after running naked through a park with friends.’we had a couple of beers and danced until we died,most of the song is actual truth apart from the menage a trois’
Last Friday Night made Perry the first and only female to have five Billboard Number 1s from the same Album which is Teenage Dream.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
825-Freeez-I.O.U.
1983-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 3.09 Electronic Dance Music and Break Dancing gets its commercial breakthrough.
Freeez were a dance music group from London who began life as a Jazz Funk outfit,they had a UK Number 8 hit with Southern Freeez in 1981.Their biggest success came in early 1983 with this song written and produced by Arthur Baker who is best known for his work with New Order and Hip Hop artist Afika Bambaataa.Founding member of Freeez John Rocca provided the falsetto vocal.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
826-Wretch 32-6 Words.
2014-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 1.19 The Drum and Bass backing provided by producer Mark Wilkinson.
Wretch 32 was born Jermaine Sinclair(9th March 1985) in Tottenham,London.His mother was from Jamaica where ‘wretch’ means slim or skinny.She called him wretch as a child,32 is his lucky number and he thought it would be fun to have a number as a surname.Wretch 32 doesn’t actually Rap on this track and received criticism in some quarters for that but he admits he cannot sing ‘but it still sounds good because its in tune.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
827-Dean Friedman-Lucky Stars.
1978-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 3.07 There’s no relationship without trust.
In America Dean Friedman is known as a one hit wonder for his 1977 Number 26 single Ariel which did not chart in the UK In this country apart from this song his only other chart action was Lydia which peaked at Number 31 also in 1978.Lucky Star is a duet between Friedman and Denise Marsa who is not credited on the record,because of this she was known as the ‘mystery voice.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
828-Eddie Floyd-Knock On Wood.
1966-Number 19 single.
Best Bit-At 0.46 In the UK the expression is ‘touch wood’,this American expression fits in better with the song.
Eddie Floyd was a Member of American R and B group The Falcons from 1957-1963 when he left to go solo.Floyd co-wrote this classic Stax track with Steve Cropper.The song has been a hit on three occasions in the UK.,a live version from David Bowie peaked at Number 10 in 1974 and the most successful version is by Ami Stewart who took a Disco re-make to Number 6 in 1979 and a remixed re-release of the song peaked at Number 7 in 1985.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
829-Dire Straits-Sultans Of Swing.
1978-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 4.59 The songs guitar solo reached Number 22 on Guitar World’s list of the greatest guitar solo’s and Number 32 on Rolling Stone’s list of greatest guitar songs.
Inspiration for the song came from Mark Knopfler witnessing a Jazz Band playing in the corner of a practically deserted pub in Deptford South London.At the end of their performance the lead singer announced that they were the ‘Sultans Of Swing’ and Knopfler found the contrast between the groups dowdy appearance and surroundings and their grandiose name amusing.
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