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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
990-Lee Marvin-Wand’rin’ Star.
1970-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 1.14. Each to their own, you couldn’t imagine Lee Marvin singing something like ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry,’ but at the same time, you couldn’t imagine Franki Valli singing this.
‘Wand’rin’ Star’ was one of the songs written by Alan J. Lemer (1918-1986,)(lyrics,) and, Frederick Loewe (1901-1988,) (music,) for the 1951 stage musical ‘Paint Your Wagon.’ In 1969 the musical was made in to a film starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg, although Marvin (1924-1987) was not a natural singer he sang all his own songs in the film, rejecting the idea of miming over another singers voice. The song was orchestrated and arranged by the legendary band leader Nelson Riddle (1921-1985,) who had worked with many world class vocalists of the 1950’s, and 60’s, including Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Lee Marvin is one of the few true ‘One Hit Wonders,’ which in it’s true definition means having a Number 1 song, and then never charting in the top 40 again.
‘Snow can burn your eyes, but only people make you cry.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
991-Wham!-Club Tropicana.
1983-Number 4 single.
Best Bit-At 0.28. Fancy being constantly surrounded by beautiful bikini clad girls, and not appreciating it.
‘Club Tropicana’ is one of only a few songs in the Wham! catalogue that gives Andrew Ridgeley a co-writing credit, as it was written as far back as 1981, before the band was legally established (see also best songs 342 and 142.) In the early days of their musical collaboration George Michael, and Andrew Ridgeley co-wrote home demos, and this song was the second one they composed, the first being ‘Wham Rap!’
The songs famous video was shot at ‘Pikes Hotel,’ a luxury hotel in Ibiza, it was opened on the Island in 1978, by it’s owner Tony Pike, who appears in the video, he is the gentleman with the moustache, and can be first seen at 0.38. The two girls shown flirting with Michael, and Ridgeley are Dee C. Lee, and Shirlie Holliman, who were the bands backing singers at that time. Dee C. Lee would go on to marry Paul Weller, and Shirley Holliman would marry Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet.
‘Let me take you to the place, where membership’s a smiling face.
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
992-Pink Floyd-See Emily Play.
1967-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 2.02.I am a great believer that there is a fine line between genius, and insanity.
Pink Floyd (see also best songs 280) were formed in London, England, in 1965 by Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright (1943-2008,) David Gilmour joined the band in 1967. Their critically acclaimed Albums include ‘The Dark Side of the Moon,’ ‘Wish You Were Here,’ and The Wall,’
They started out life as a Psychedelic Rock band driven by Syd Barrett (1946-2006.) Their debut Album, ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn,’ was mainly written by Barrett, as were portions of the follow up, ‘A Saucerful of Secrets.’
Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge,England, the name ‘Syd’ was a nickname he had received during his school days. In 1968 he was sacked by the other band members for his use of LSD, and other drugs.
‘See Emily Play’ is a song about a girl named Emily, who Barrett claimed to have seen while sleeping in the woods, after taking a psychedelic drug. The Emily in question is probably Emily Young a very famous sculptor, who as a teenager would attend venues where Pink Floyd were playing.
‘Emily tries, but misunderstands, she’s often inclined to borrow somebody’s dreams, till tomorrow.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
993-R.Kelly-Ignition (Remix.)
2003-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 2.37.Lock your daughters up…..No seriously, lock them up.
The song is taken from R. Kelly’s sixth studio Album ‘Chocolate Factory,’ released in 2003. What makes this song unusual is that it is a remix of the song ‘Ignition,’ which is track nine on the Album, and goes straight in to track ten ‘Ignition (Remix.’) The majority of remixes are interpretations by other artists, here R. Kelly interprets his own song.
Controversy, and rumours of sexual misdemeanours have courted R.Kelly (see also best songs 800,) for many years. On July 11th, 2019 Kelly was arrested on federal charges alleging sex crimes, and obstruction of justice. Kelly faces a total of 18 federal counts, including child pornography, kidnapping and forced labour. As a result he is currently incarcerated at Metropolitan Correctional Centre in Chicago.
‘Now usually I don’t do this but, uh, go head on and break ’em off, with a lil’ previews of the remix.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
994-Robin S.-Show Me Love.
1993-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 0.13.If your a DJ, there are certain songs, from several musical genres that should fill the dance floor. In the genre of 1990’s Dance Music, this is the daddy.
‘Show Me Love’ was co-written by Allen George, Richard Tomlinson, and Fred McFarlane (1959-2016.) The song was originally recorded in 1990 in a R&B style, with a disco beat, think, ‘Somebody Else’s Guy’ by Jocelyn Brown, a song which was produced by McFarlane.
In 1992 Swedish music producer Sten Hallstrom better known by his stage name StoneBridge contacted Champion Records, looking for songs to remix, they suggested ‘Show Me Love,’ after rejecting several efforts, StoneBridge created a new mix using the ‘Organ’ preset on the ‘Korg M1’ synthesiser.
Robin Stone was born in Hempstead, New York in 1962, she recalled the day she recorded the song.’You hear all that emotion, because I was struggling. I had the flu when I recorded it.That’s what you hear,frustration. I wasn’t at 100% vocally, but I said even if I’m hoarse, I gotta do it.’
‘Heartbreaks and promises, I’ve had more than my share.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
995-Harry Chapin-Cat’s in the Cradle.
1974-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 3.09. You have to be 18 to vote, 18 to drink alcohol, 17 to drive, but only 16 to have sex. If prospective parents had to have compulsory lessons on how to bring up children, then there would be less need for a song like this.
The lyrics were actually written by Harry Chapin’s wife Sandra as a poem, years before Harry wrote the music. Sandra was inspired by the awkward relationship between her first husband, and his father. After the birth of the Chapin’s son Josh, Harry remembered the poem, realising that he too was getting caught up in the same situation, he wrote the music, admitting, ‘Frankly, this song scares me to death.’ It went onto become Chapin’s most successful recording reaching Number 1 in America, and Canada, in 1974 (see also best songs 474.)
This sad tale tells of a father who is so caught up in work, providing for his family that he never has any quality time to spend with his son. The years fly by, until one day when the father has retired, he requests a meeting with his son, but the father is told by his son that due to his own work commitments, he hasn’t time for them to meet up. The father suddenly realises, his son has grown up just like him.
‘And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he’d grown up just like me, my boy was just like me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
996-A Flock of Seagulls-Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You.)
1982-Number 10 single.
Best Bit-At 0.10.If I ever get around to compiling a best ‘intro’s’ countdown, this could well be Number 1.
A Flock of Seagulls were formed in Liverpool, England, in 1979 by Mike Score, his brother Alister. and Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds who co-wrote this song, with Mike Score, joined the band with-in months of them forming. Their strange band name is a lyric taken from The Stranglers song ‘Toiler on the Sea.’ In the States they are best known for their song ‘I Ran,’ which reached Number nine on Billboard, but failed to chart in the UK, but in their home country this is the song they are associated with.
Mike Score has explained the songs meaning,”Wishing’ is about a real person, it was the eve of the first trip we ever took to America, and I had met a girl. We went out for the night, and I didn’t want to forget her, so I said, ‘We’re going on tour and I’ll be back.’ I’d like to get a photograph of you, and she said,’No,’ because you’re going to go on to be famous, and you’ll forget me.’
It appears that there was no fairy tale ending, the girl was right, they never met again.
‘If I had a photograph of you, it’s something to remind me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
997-Eden Kane-Forget-Me-Not.
1962-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 0.41.If you think of three very talented musical brothers, you instantly think Bee Gees, but what about the Sarstedts’
Eden Kane was born Richard Sarstedt on March 29th, 1940 in Croyden, London, England. Both of his brothers have also had hit singles as solo artists, his brother Peter (1941-2017,) had a UK Number 1 single in 1969 with ‘Where Do You Go To My Lovely,'(see also best songs 910) and the youngest brother Clive, using his stage name Robin Sarstedt, made Number 3 in 1976, with his Hoagy Carmichael cover of ‘My Resistance is Low.’
Eden Kane was an early 1960’s Teen Idol, charting with five top ten singles between 1961-1964, his biggest success being the UK Number 1, ‘Well I Ask You.’ That song was written by Les Vandyke,arranged by John Keating, (1927-2015,) and produced by Bunny Lewis (1918-2001,) the same trio that worked on this song. Les Vandyke was also responsible for many of the early Adam Faith hits, including both his UK Number 1 singles,’What Do You Want'(see also best songs 745) and ‘Poor Me.’
‘There’s no need to remind me, loves afire when the kisses grow hot.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
998-Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX- I Love It.
2013-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 2.23. It’s Pop, It’s Punk, It’s Electro. It’s Rock ‘N’ Roll, I Love It.
Music producer Patrick Berger sent English singer Charlie XCX two beats to work on, one of them ended up being the song ‘You’re the One,’ which peaked at Number 10 on Billboard in 2012, the other was to become ‘I Love it.’ Charlie XCX didn’t think that the sound of ‘I Love It’ fitted in with the type of music she was recording at that time, so she left the track off her debut Album ‘True Romance.’
The Swedish duo of Icona Pop, Caroline Hjelt, and Aino Jawo, heard Charlie XCX’s version of the song, and recorded it in an ‘Electro Pop’ style, with Charlie XCX providing the vocals, it was produced by Swedish born Johan Eklow, under his stage name of ‘Style of Eye.’ The song has sold 4.3 million copies to date worldwide.
Caroline Hjelt explained the songs meaning,’It’s a song about getting out of a really bad heartbreak, you slowly get on your feet again, and then one day you feel a little bit stronger, and then you realise like, you know what, I deserve better, and you feel kind of empowered again.’
‘You’re on a different road, I’m in the Milky Way, you want me down on earth, but I am up in space.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
999-Foo Fighters-Monkey Wrench.
1997-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 3.11.The best temper tantrum in Rock ‘N’ Roll history.
Born in Warren, Ohio, January 14,1969. David Grohl was already a superstar before forming the Foo Fighters, as he had been the drummer with Nirvana. Grohl has always said that he was in awe of the writing talents of Kurt Cobain, stating that during his time in Nirvana he would write many songs which he didn’t offer to the group, as he felt Cobain’s music was the sound of Nirvana (see also best songs 788 and 9.)
After the death of Cobain, and the split of Nirvana, Grohl recorded those songs, and they made up the majority of the Foo Fighters self titled debut Album, on which Grohl also played every instrument, apart from the guitar on track ten, ‘X-Static,'(see also best songs 292.)
In 1996 Grohl recruited Pat Smear (guitar,) Nate Mendal (bass,) and William Goldsmith (drummer,) to record the follow up Album, ‘The Colour and the Shape,’ from where ‘Monkey Wrench’ was taken. Ghrol has stated that the song is about the break up of his marriage to Jennifer Youngblood, he said ‘It’s about living with someone, and feeling like you’re living in a f..king cell.’
‘One last thing before I quit,I never wanted anymore than I could fit in to my head……’
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