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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
337-Willie Nelson-Funny How Time Slips Away.
1961-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 2.22. …and the older you get the quicker it slips.
Willie Nelson’s early success came as a songwriter providing hits for Patsy Cline(Crazy) and Roy Orbison(Pretty Paper.) The original hit version of this song was by Country singer Billy Walker in 1961.
Nelson is regarded as a very influential figure in the development of Country Music,many of that genres artists cite him as an inspiration on today’s modern Country music in America.
Nelson thought that he was born on April 30,1933 but discovered late in life from an elderly relative that he was actually born just before midnight on the 29th and the doctor didn’t record his time of birth accurately.Now,Willie celebrates both days.
‘It’s been so long now but it seems now that it was only yesterday.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
338-Little Anthony and The Imperials-Better Use Your Head.
1966-Did not chart until re-released in 1976,reaching Number 42.
Best Bit-At 0.38.If success was judged by longevity then this band would be top of the tree.
Little Anthony and The Imperials were formed in the mid 1950’s in New York City starting out life as a Doo-Wop group.Two of the original line up still tour to this day,Ernest Wright and Jerome ‘Little Anthony’ Gourdine. 
They released their first hit single ‘Tears On My Pillow'(1958,Billboard Number 4) under the name of The Imperials but it was legendary American DJ Alan Freed who added the ‘Little Anthony.’
It was the popularity of Northern Soul music in the mid 1970’s which prompted the re-release and renewed interest in this song.
‘Better use your head to hold on baby,better turn around what your sayin’.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
339-Carly Rae Jepsen-Call Me Maybe.
2012-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 2.00.Lust at first sight.
Carly Rae Jepsen was born in Mission,British Columbia,Canada on November 21st,1985.In 2007 she placed third performing her original song ‘Sweet Talker’ in the final of ‘Canadian Idol.’
Her big break occurred in 2012 when this song went to Number 1 in 18 different countries and to date has sold and streamed over 18 million worldwide,it is the best selling song by a female artist this Century.
Jepsen co-wrote the song with guitarist Tavish Crowe in the style of Folk music.but when presented to music producer Josh Ramsey it was transformed into the infectious ‘Teen Pop’ song we know today.
Billboard have ranked the song at Number 1 on their list of ‘The best chorus of the 21st Century.’
‘Hey I just met you and this is crazy but here’s my number so call me maybe.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
340-Funkadelic-(Not Just) Knee Deep.
1979-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 2.32. The ‘Freak’ in this song is a dance and like ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’ has that naughty double entendre interpretation.
The mastermind behind Funkadelic is George Clinton.His musical career began in the late 1950’s when he formed the ‘Doo Wop’ group The Parliaments.Over the years he developed his music adding Soul,R & B,Rock and Funk,as well as incorporating many original ideas.
Due to contractual problems with his record label he had to record under different names,one was Parliament(see best songs 612) which leaned more towards Soul and Funk and the other was Funkadelic which incorporated more of a Rock sound influenced by the work of Jimi Hendrix.
Clinton working with many others would release several Albums by both groups in the 1970’s.The music was to become known as ‘P-Funk,’ meaning Parliament,Funkadelic.
Clinton’s music was to become a very important part in the development of 1980’s Hip-Hop with several influential artists such as Dr Dre and De La Soul sampling his songs.
‘Not just knee deep she was totally deep when she did the freak with me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

COMING NEXT THE BEST 340.

‘Cause I just can’t look it’s killing me
And taking control
Jealousy turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibi
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes.

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
341-Janis Joplin-Me and Bobby McGee.
1970-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 3.21.What a clever thing to do.Use a name(Bobby) that can refer to either sex and double the amount of artists who can record it.
Kris Kristofferson was a struggling singer/songwriter when Fred Foster head of Monument records set him the challenge to write a song about a couple,one who was to be called Bobby McGee who travel around the country and the hook is he turns out to be a she.
The song was first recorded in 1969 by Country singer Roger Miller achieving moderate success on Billboard.
In October of 1970 only a few days before her death Janis Joplin recorded the song for inclusion on her Album ‘Pearl.’
After her death the song was released as a single becoming only the second song to become a posthumous Billboard Number 1 single(see also best songs 712.)
‘But I’d trade all my tomorrow’s for a single yesterday.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
342-George Michael-Outside.
1998-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 1.31.If your having your dinner on his kitchen table,give it a wipe first.
In 1998 George Michael(see also best songs 991) was arrested by an undercover police officer in the public lavatory of the Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverley Hills,California,an incident which led him to declare his homosexuality.
George Michael wrote this song about that incident in a humorous and self deprecating manner which is aided by the official video, with lyrics such as ‘I’d service the community,but I already have you see.’He had been sentenced to 80 hours community service for the offence.
‘Outside’ was the lead single from Michael’s best of compilation Album ‘Ladies and Gentlemen,’ which was a play on words as Ladies and Gentlemen can also refer to public toilets.
‘There’s nothing here but flesh and bone there’s nothing more.nothing more.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
343-The Marcels-Blue Moon.
1961-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 1.30.Co-writer of the song the legendary Richard Rodgers hated The Marcels ‘Doo-Wop arrangement so much that he took out advertisements in the music papers urging people not to buy it.
Blue Moon was written by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart in 1933.It was to be used in the movie musical ‘Hollywood Party’ but it was cut from the film.It’s first use was in ‘Manhattan Melodrama’ starring Clark Gable the following year.
The song first charted on Billboard in 1949 when the American Jazz singer Billy Eckstine took the song to Number 21,in the same year fellow American Jazz singer Mel Torme took his version to Number 20.
The most successful recording of the song was this version by the American Doo-Wop group The Marcels who had a Number 1 hit both in the UK and also on Billboard in 1961.
I heard somebody whisper please adore me and when i looked the moon had turned to gold.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
344-Arrow-Hot Hot Hot.
1984-Number 59 single.When remixed and released in 1994 it reached Number 38.
Best Bit At 5.54.The song has been featured in numerous Film and Television programmes over the years,but most fittingly when used as the theme for the 1989 Miss Universe competition.
Alphonsus Casell,MBE,better known by his stage name Arrow(1949-2010) was a Calypso and Soca musician from the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
Calypso music is a style of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid 19th Century.It’s rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of French planters and their slaves in the 18th Century.
The genre of Soca music(the ‘SOul of CAlypso) was developed in the 1970’s by Trinidadian born Garfield Blackman also known by his performing name of Lord Shorty.
Soca incorporates Calypso with elements of traditional Caribbean music and other genres including Funk,R&B and Soul.
‘A-what to do on a night like this.Is it sweet? I can’t resist.
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
345-Bessie Smith-Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out.
1929-Has never charted in the UK.There was no UK chart until 1952.
Best Bit-At 0.56.Every generation is influenced by whom has gone before.This singer and the song helped pave the way for Billie Holiday and Eric Clapton among many others.
Bessie Smith (1894-1937) was an American Blues singer nicknamed the ‘Empress of the Blues,’she was the most popular female Blues singer of the 1920’s and 1930’s.She died in 1937 in an automobile accident,her grave was unmarked until a tombstone was erected on August 7th,1970,paid for by the singer Janice Joplin.
‘Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out’ was written during the years of prosperity in the U.S.(The Roaring Twenties.) It was written by Jimmy Cox (1882-1925) in 1923 as a warning about the fickle nature of fortune and how you wont see fair weather friends when the going gets tough.
‘I get my hands on a dollar again.I’m gonna hang on to it till that eagle grins.’
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