The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
777-The Temptations-Just My Imagination(Running Away With Me.)
1971-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 2.32 Not your normal run of the mill love song in any shape or form.
The song is narrated by a man who imagines a relationship with a woman he loves,but he is clever enough to realize that his daydreams are fiction,in fact the woman doesn’t even know he exists.During the late 60s and early 70s producer Norman Whitfield and lyricist Barrett Strong wrote a string of Psychedelic Soul songs for The Temptations,many of the bands fans were yearning for a return to the original soul sound and this is what they delivered.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
778-Tom Robinson-War Baby.
1983-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 1.08 Writing about his war appeared to bring him peace.
By 1982 Tom Robinson was massively in debt,particularly with the British Tax Authorities,he was ‘technically bankrupt’ and depressed so he went to stay with a friend in Hamburg,Germany.Robinson describes writing the song,whilst stoned after a bad experience at a gay sauna,he wrote ‘only the very young and the very beautiful can be so aloof’ and the rest of it poured out onto the page.The song has been described as being about his experiences of the divisions between East and West Germany,however,’as to what it’s all about’ says Robinson ‘i couldn’t tell you,i just wrote what sounded right.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
779-Duke Dumont-The Giver.
2012-Never released as a single in the UK.
Best Bit-At 4.09 The calm before the storm.
Adam Dyment (born 27th August 1982) better known by his stage name Duke Dumont is an English musician,songwriter,DJ and record producer.He has had two UK Number 1 singles with ‘Need You(100%)’ and ‘I Got U’,his song ‘Won’t Look Back’ peaked at Number 2.The Giver was originally released on his 2012 E.P which was only made available in America and Canada.In 2014 Australian producer Wave Racer remixed the song as ‘The Giver(Reprise)’which charted at Number 32.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
780-Shabba Ranks-Trailer Load A Girls.
1991-Number 63 single.
Best Bit-At 0.14.He speaks more in 3.57 seconds than i do in 24 hours.
Shabba Ranks is a very important figure in the shaping of much of today’s new music.The origins of the genre ‘Reggaeton’ can be traced back to his 1990 song ‘Dem Bow’ which became very popular in Puerto Rico.His biggest hit song outside of Jamaica is ‘Mr Loverman’ which peaked at Number 3 in the UK in 1992,the song is memorable for bringing the cry ‘Shabba’ to the music world.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
781-Ram Jam-Black Betty
1977-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 2.01 Is headbanging bad for you,? The answer of course is yes,your neck will hurt each time you throw your skull back.
The origin and meaning of the lyrics are open to subject.Historically the ‘Black Betty’ of the title may refer to the nickname given to a number of objects,a musket,a bottle of whiskey,a whip,or a penitentiary transfer wagon.One of the earliest recordings of the song was in 1939 by Blues artist Lead Belly who performed acappella with hand claps,most subsequent versions added guitar accompaniment
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
783-The Railway Children-Every Beat Of The Heart.
1990-Number 24 single.
Best Bit-At 0.13 As perfect a Pop/Rock song as you will hear anytime.The kind of song that wouldn’t sound out of place in any decade.
The Railway Children were formed in Wigan In 1984 by singer/songwriter Gary Newby,Brian Bateman,Guy Keegan and Stephen Hull,they split in 1991 but in 2016 they reformed and played several concerts together.They started life as an Alternative Rock Band,but in an attempt to gain more success changed to a more ‘Pop’ style.
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
784-Players Association-Turn The Music Up.
1979-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 4.35 The even Funkier bit than the Funky bit before.’if you like it i can play all night,if you like it.’
The Players Association were New York based duo Chris Hills and Danny Weiss,together they recorded five Albums between 1977-1981.Aside from this track their other big success was their version of The Trammps classic ‘Disco Inferno’ which was notable for it’s trumpet solo from Jon Faddis.In fact Hills and Weiss would often cherry pick the worlds best session musicians to work with them.
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