The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
687-The Platters-Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
1958-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 1.06 Jerome Kern’s widow disliked The Platters recording so much she considered taking legal action,she thought the song was ‘Too Rock N Roll.’
Jerome Kern was an American composer of Musical Theatre,he wrote over 700 songs including ‘Ol Man River’ and ‘A Fine Romance.’Smoke gets in your eyes was originally written for the 1933 musical ‘Roberta’ starring Bob Hope.The song has been recorded hundreds of times by artists as diverse as Nat King Cole,Glen Miller and Freddie Mercury.
‘When your hearts on fire you must realize smoke gets in your eyes.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
688-Pixies-Cactus.
1988-Never released as a single.
Best Bit-At 1.10 P.I.X.I.E.S.
The song was written and sung by the band’s front man Black Francis and produced by Steve Albini.It tells the story of a man in prison missing his wife and wishing she would send him something with her scent.’Bloody your hands on a cactus tree,wipe it on your dress and send it to me.’
David Bowie recorded a version of the song for his 2002 Album ‘Heathen.’This version features D-A-V-I-D spelled during the instrumental break instead of P-I-X-I-E-S.
‘Sitting here wishing on a cement floor just wishing that i had something you wore.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
689-Chris Rea-The Road To Hell.
1989-Number 10 single.
Best Bit-At 2.22 Bloody speed cameras and roadworks and middle lane drivers.
Chris Rea wrote the lyrics while feeling frustrated by being in peak-hour traffic on the M25 Motorway.At the start of the song he imagines the ghost of his dead mother approaching his vehicle and warning him he is on ‘The Road To Hell’ and that he should choose a different path through life.
‘I said mama,i come to the valley of the rich,myself to sell,she said son this is the road to hell.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
691-Missy Elliott-Get Ur Freak On.
2001-Number 4 single.
Best Bit-At 0.08 Everyone start dancing together wildly now.’Let’s make some noise,let’s make some noise’….as they say in Japan.
Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott is the worlds most successful female Rap artist with sales of over 30 million records.Get Ur Freak On is a Bhangra based track that was co-written by Elliott and long term collaborator Timberland who also produced it.
‘Missy be puttin’ it down I’m the hottest ’round.I told y’all mother-ooh.Y’all can’t stop me now.’
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The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
692-Mary Hopkin-Those Were The Days.
1968-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.40. ‘Don’t look back in anger,i heard you say.’
The song is credited to Gene Raskin who put English lyrics to the Russian song ‘Dorogoi Dinnoyu (By The Long Road,) composed by Boris Fomin in the early 1920s.Having been impressed by seeing Mary Hopkin perform on the TV talent show ‘Opportunity Knocks’ supermodel ‘Twiggy’ recommended her to Paul McCartney who had been looking for someone to record the song on his new ‘Apple Records’ label.
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‘Once upon a time there was a tavern where we used to raise a glass or two.’