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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
787-Nomad-(I Wanna Give You)Devotion.
1991-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 0.37 a couple of political comments relevant to the era about Poll Tax and ex Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The Rap is performed MC Mikee Freedom who is also credited as co-writer.The female vocals are provided by Sharon Dee Clarke who pursued a career as an actress and is best known for her role as Lola Griffin in the BBC medical drama Holby City.Nomad were the duo of Damon Rochefort and Steve McCutcheon.Rochefort switched to script writing in 1995 writing several episodes of ‘Birds Of A Feather’ and over 200 episodes of ‘Coronation Street.’Steve McCutcheon is now a very successful song writer and producer having written for One Direction, Westlife,Ed Sheeran and Susan Boyle among many others.
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House Classic from 1991.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
788-Nirvana-Lithium.
1992-Number 11 single.
Best Bit-At 1.58.I Like It!
Lithium was written by Kurt Cobain,the song is about a man who turns to religion amid thoughts of suicide.Lithium is a drug prescribed to manic depressive/schizophrenic patients that appear to have a violent nature about them.On April 8th 1994 Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle,the death was ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.His family had a history of suicide,mental illness and alcoholism,two of his uncles also committed suicide with guns.
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Music video by Nirvana performing Lithium. (C) 1992 Geffen Records
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
789-Junior Murvin-Police And Thieves.
1980-Number 23 single.
Best Bit-At 2.27 Murvin singing a Reggae song in Falsetto.
The song was written and sung by Junior Murvin and produced by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry in 1976,the theme of the song is about gang war and police brutality.The song became an anthem in the UK in 1976 as the Notting Hill Carnival erupted into a riot.Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of The Clash were involved in the rioting,which inspired them to cover the song on their debut Album,in a style that they called Punk Reggae,not white reggae.Junior Murvin’s version has featured in the 1978 film ‘The Rockers’ and the 1998 film ‘Lock,Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
790-T Rex-Hot Love
1971-Number 1 single
Best Bit-At 1.58 seven verses of la la la,la la la make this song one of the longest outro’s in Pop Music.
Hot Love spent six weeks at Number 1,it was the first of Marc Bolan’s four UK chart toppers.The two performances of the song in March 1971 on Top Of The Pops,which saw Bolan dressed for the first time in shiny satin stage-wear and glittery makeup was a crucial trigger for the Glam Rock movement.
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“Hot Love” is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex, released as a standalone single on 12 February 1971 by record label Fly. It was the group’s first numbe…
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.

COMING NEXT THE BIG 790

Come on dance jump on it if you sexy then flaunt it
if you freaky then own it don’t brag about it come show me
well its Saturday night and we in the spot
don’t believe me just watch come on

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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
791-Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe-Lean Back.
2004-Number 24 single.
Best Bit-At 1.31.The dance they are doing is called The Rockaway,i would imagine it is one of the easier ones to choreograph.
Fat Joe was born on August 19th 1970,his real name is Joseph Cartagena.He has suffered with weight problems all his life and by 1996 weighed over 21 stone.In 2011 Fat Joe unveiled his latest weight loss efforts in the video for his song ‘Drop A Body’ after shedding 88 pounds of his previous weight of 350 pounds.
Lean Back was a Billboard Number 1 for three weeks during August and September of 2004.The second verse is performed by Rapper Remy Ma who is one of only five female Rappers to have ever topped the Billboard chart.
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Music video by Terror Squad performing Lean Back. (C) 2004 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
792-Bob Dylan-Subterranean Homesick Blues.
1965-Number 9 single.
BEST Bit-At 0.10 Dylan was doing Rap Music over a decade before anyone else.
Subterranean Homesick Blues reflects certain elements of society in the 1960s.Using slang terms the song references the drug culture and politics of the time,the turmoil surrounding Vietnam and the American Civil Rights Movement.In addition to the songs influence on music,the track was used in one of the first ‘modern’ promotional film clips,the forerunner of what was later known as the music video.
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In 1965, Bob Dylan released his fifth studio album, Bringing it All Back Home – watch the official music video for “Subterranean Homesick Blues” now. http://…
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
793-The Wannadies-You And Me Song.
1996-Number 18 single.
Best Bit-At 0.49 You get the best of both worlds with this one as it transforms from easy listening to Rock N Roll.
The Wannadies were an Alternative Rock band who formed in Sweden in 1988.’You And Me Song’ was originally released in 1994 but failed to chart.It became the bands biggest success when included on the soundtrack to the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film Romeo + Juliet.The band split in 2009.
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This was just for my media coursework that me and my pals Andy and Henry did, nothing amazing because we just made it up on the spot. Thought it would be nic…
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
794-Guy Mitchell-Singing The Blues.
1956-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.13 Not the kind of Blues that Lead Belly,Lightin’ Hopkins,Bessie Smith,etc were known for singing.
The song was written in 1954 by Melvin Endsley who as a three year old in 1937 contracted polio,requiring him to use a wheel chair for the rest of his life.Back in the 1950s it was not unusual for more than one version of the same song be in the chart at the same time.In 1956 Guy Mitchell spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks at Number 1,the sequence being broken by Tommy Steele’s version.In America Mitchell was challenged by a version by Marty Robbins.In the UK the song has also charted for Dave Edmunds in 1980,Daniel O’Donnell in 1994 and Cliff Richard in 2009.
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Writer: Melvin Endsley ● Releasing date: October 1956 [Usa]; December 1956 [UK] ● Format: 7″ single ● Label: Columbia (4-40769) [Usa]; Philips (JK 1001) [UK]…
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
795-Maria Muldaur-Midnight At The Oasis.
1974-Number 21 single.
Best Bit-At 0.46 Cactus’s may be your friend,but i was always taught it was cacti.
The song was written by David Nichtern and peaked at Number 6 on Billboard in 1974.It was nominated for both record of the year and song of the year at the 17th annual Grammy Awards in 1975.In 1994 the song became a hit for British Jazz Funk band The Brand New Heavies reaching Number 13.
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Hit for Maria in 1974 – Re-uploaded.
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