THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
483-Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin-Don’t You Worry Child.
2012-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 2.40 It’s musical moments like this which remind you why being a DJ is such a fantastic job.
Prior to 2008 four Swedish music producers worked together,they were Eric Prydz,Axel Hedfors,Steve Angelo and Sebastion Ingrosso.In 2008 Prydz stated a preference for working on his own and the other three formed the Swedish House Mafia(see also best songs 883.)They wrote and performed together until their split in 2013 releasing two studio Albums and six official singles of which this song was their final release.
The vocals are provided by fellow Swede John Martin who is also one of the co-writers of the song.
‘Up on the hill across the blue lake that’s where I had my first heartbreak.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
485-Ike & Tina Turner-Nutbush City Limits.
1973-Number 4 single.
Best Bit-At 1.36.Nutbush isn’t a city.it’s actually a little old town in Tennessee,apparently a one-horse town.
This was the last song that Ike and Tina Turner worked on together(see also best songs 752) and it was unusual in that it was written by Tina.
The lyrics are semi-autobiographical as she commemorates her hometown where she lived for the first sixteen years of her life.
Turner has released new versions of the song a further twice as a solo artist,a live version which did not chart in 1988 and a dance mix which peaked at Number 23 in 1991.
In 2002 a segment of Tennessee State Route 19 near Nutbush was named ‘Tina Turner Highway’ in her honor.Nutbush is also the home of Blues pioneer musicians and recording artists Hambone Willie Newbern and Sleepy John Estes.
‘No whiskey for sale you get caught no bail.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
486-Bob Lind-Elusive Butterfly.
1966-Number 5 single.
Best Bit-At 0.56.Don’t be concerned,it will not harm you.It’s poetry put to music.
Bob Lind wrote Elusive Butterfly around sunrise sometime in 1964.Lind credits the song’s inspiration as coming from the W.B.Yeats poem ‘The Song Of The Wandering Aengus.’In the song Lind sees himself as a butterfly hunter,he is looking for romance but he finds it as elusive as butterflies are to capture.
The original version of the song is more guitar based and acoustic and is nearly six minutes long.It wasn’t until Lind was introduced to producer Jack Nitzsche who added strings to the song that it became a big hit.
Had it not been for a rival cover version from Irish singer Val Doonican who also took the song to Number 5 in the UK,it would have probably been even more successful.
‘You might have seen me runnin’ through the long abandoned ruins of your dreams you left behind.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
487-Prince-Sign O’ The Times.
1987-Number 10 single.
Best Bit-At 2.36.See what Prince was capable of writing about when he wasn’t just thinking about sex.
There are not many more talented musicians than Prince Rogers Nelson(see also best songs 884.) On this song he played all the instruments,did all the vocals and he was also the producer.Sign O’ The Times was reportedly written and composed on a Sunday when Prince usually wrote his most introspective songs.
The song deals with mid to late 1980’s social problems including Aids,gang warfare,the Cold War and drugs.The final verse is telling you to enjoy life while you can and just ignore the bad times.
‘Hurry before it’s too late lets fall in love get married have a baby,we’ll call him Nate,if it’s a boy.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
488-Wilson Pickett-Land Of 1000 Dances.
1966-Number 22 single.
Best Bit-At 0.40.The Pony,Chicken,Mashed Potato,Alligator,Watusi,Twist,Fly,Jerk,Tango,Yo-Yo,Sweet Pea,Hand Jive,Slop,Bop,Fish and the Popeye.I could mention the other 884 dances but i haven’t got enough room.
Land Of 1000 Dances was originally written and recorded in 1962 by Chris Kenner,his version peaked at Number 77 on Billboard.The ‘Na na na na na’ hook happened by accident when Frankie Garcia lead singer of Cannibal and the Headhunters forgot the lyrics during a recording of their version.It stuck and nearly all recordings since have kept it including the most famous version by Wilson Pickett.
This song gave Pickett his biggest chart hit on Billboard peaking at Number 6.It has featured in three major films over the years,Soul To Soul in 1971,Forrest Gump in 1994 and The Full Monty in 1997.
‘Put your hands on your hips,yeah,let your backbone slip.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
489-Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine-Sheriff Fatman.
1989-Did not chart until re-released in 1991 reaching Number 23.
Best Bit-At 3.19.I don’t want to start a lawsuit but this sounds a lot like The Waterboys ‘The Whole Of The Moon'(see best songs 755.)
Carter USM were formed in 1987 by Jim ‘Jim Bob’ Morrison and Les Carter,they were active together until 1998.They have played live together on occasions since,as recently as 2017.
Sheriff Fatman is about slum landlords and the threatening/violent ways used.Nicholas Van Wotsisface is Nicholas Van Hoogstraten a slum landlord who was later imprisoned for manslaughter.Also name checked in the song are notorious 1950’s landlord Peter Rachman and head of the Gestapo in Lyon,Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie.
‘There’s bats in the belfry the windows are jammed,the toilets ain’t healthy he don’t give a damn.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
490-James-Sit Down.
1991-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 3.03.The second most popular song in the world ever for sitting on the floor to dance to.’Oops upside your head say oops upside your head.’
Sit Down has been released three times between 1989-1998.The original 7 minutes plus version was released in 1989 on Rough Trade Records peaking at Number 77.When James became part of the upcoming ‘Madchester’ music scene a shorter and more radio friendly version became their most successful and best known song when peaking at Number 2 in 1991.In 1998 Liverpool Electronic Rock group Apollo 440 did a remix and this time the song reached Number 7 on the UK top 40.
Lead singer Tim Booth says he wrote the song during a difficult time when he was feeling lonely and depressed.He said he took inspiration for the song from the late author Doris Lessing and the Rock musician Patti Smith.
‘If I hadn’t seen such riches I could live with being poor.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
491-Eddie Kendricks-Keep On Truckin’
1973-Number 18 single.
Best Bit-At 0.59.’Keep On Truckin’ is a phrase of encouragement meaning to continue to stay focused regardless of circumstances or setbacks.
This was one of the very first big hits of the Disco era,becoming a Billboard Number 1 single.
Eddie Kendricks was a founding member of the Tamla Motown group The Temptations and was lead vocalist on such classics as ‘Get Ready’ and ‘Just My Imagination'(see best songs 777,) he left the group in 1971 in bitter circumstances.The line from this song ‘In old Temptation’s rain,I’m duckin’ is a dig at his former bandmates.
Eddie Kendricks died of lung cancer in 1992 at the age of 52.The American Rapper Kendrick Lamar was named by his mother after Kendricks.
‘I’ve got a fever rising with desire It’s my love Jones and I feel like I’m on fire.’
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