THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1055-The All-American Rejects-Gives You Hell.
2009-Number 18 single.
Bet Bit-At 2.47.They say that bottling things up is not good for you, so here is the perfect song to express your true feelings.
The All-American Rejects are an Alternative Rock/Pop Rock group, formed in 1999 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. by Nick Wheeler, and Tyson Ritter, who met while still at high school. To date they have released four studio Albums, the most recent being 2012’s ‘Kids in the Street.’ In the UK they have had three top 20 singles, the most successful being their debut hit ‘Swing Swing,’ which peaked at Number 13, in 2002.
‘Gives You Hell’ is the bands signature tune, selling more than 5.000.000 copies worldwide.The song tells of a relationship which has broken down, the narrator is telling his ex that the life she wanted them to lead, hasn’t worked out as well as the path he chose to take on his own. He takes great pleasure in reminding her of this.
‘And truth be told I miss you, and truth be told I’m lying.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1054-Barbie Gaye-My Boy Lollypop.
1956-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-0.02.Sometimes to know what a song is all about, you have to suck it and see.
‘My Boy Lollypop,’ originally called My Girl Lollypop, was written in the mid 1950’s by Robert Spencer of the ‘Doo-Wop’ group The Cadillacs. The song was purchased by the notorious American music entrepreneur Morris Levy(1927-1990,) and the alleged gangster Johnny Roberts,both were listed as the songs writers with Spencer’s name being removed. The song caught the attention of alleged mobster, and concert promoter Gaetano Vastola, who had recently been introduced to a 14 year old singer called Barbie Gaye, who recorded the original version of this song.
Although the song has what sounds like a ‘Ska’ beat, it would be years before that genre would be modified in Jamaica. In fact the beat used was known as the ‘Shuffle,’a style of R&B music developed in the early 1940’s in America’s black community’s, and played by artists such as Rosco Gordon, and Louis Jordan.
The best known recording of the song was by the Jamaican singer Millie Small, in 1964, whose version reached both Number 2 in the UK, and on Billboard. Chris Blackwell the founder of ‘Island Records’ knew of the song, and this recording by Millie Small ,produced by Blackwell, went on to sell in excess of six million copies worldwide, establishing the Island Record label.
‘You are as sweet as candy, you are my sugar dandy.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS,’ here is another that just missed the cut..

1053-M-Beat featuring General Levy-Incredible.
1994-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 0.58.Back in the day this song was more ‘Massive’ than the Amazon Jungle.
Jungle music is a genre of Electronic music that developed in the early 1990’s in England, as part of the UK rave scene, it was the predecessor to Drum and Bass, which became popular later in that decade.
‘Incredible’ was produced by Marlon Hart, using his working name of M-Beat, he would go on to have a further two top twenty singles with ‘Sweet Love,’ featuring Nazlyn, and ‘Do U Know Where You’re Coming From,’ featuring Jamiroquai.
The song was written and performed by Paul Levy, better known by his stage name General Levy. At the time of the songs success Levy caused controversy by telling ‘The Face’ magazine, that ‘I run Jungle at the moment,’ many thought that Levy was commercialising the genre, and selling out, the controversy has since died down, and now he is cited as one of the UK.MC’s ‘Who changed the game.’
General Levy recently bridged the generation gap when performing on one of the remixes of AJ Tracey’s 2019 Number 3 hit ‘Ladbroke Grove'(see also best songs 1015.)
‘So wah,booyaka booyaka,when the General ah pass, booyaka booyaka, M-Beat run the dance.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1052-Della Reese-If It Feels Good,Do It.
1972-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 0.45.The late great DJ Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman tried to get all his ‘Pop Pickers’ to buy this song, by constantly playing it on his radio shows, ‘All Right,’ unfortunately his good taste did not rub off on the general public, and the song was never a hit, ‘Not Arf!’
Delloreese Early was born in Black Bottom, Detroit, U.S. on July 6. 1931, she died on November 19, 2017. Her career spanned seven decades, taking in singing, acting in films, and hosting her own talk show on television. Her talents were evident from a very early age, performing Gospel music under the tutelage of ‘The Queen of Gospel,’ Mahalia Jackson.Her commercial breakthrough came in 1959 when she reached Number 2 on Billboard with the song ‘Don’t You Know,’ being kept off the top spot by Bobby Darin’s ‘Mack The Knife.’
‘If It Feels Good Do It’ has become something of a Northern Soul favourite, it was written by Michael Vale, who in the 1960’s had been the bass player for Tommy James and the Shondells. The song was produced by ‘Hugo & Luigi(see also best songs 194,) and arranged by Jimmie Haskell(see also best songs 328-71 and 18.)
‘I don’t care what people say, I’m gonna do it anyway.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

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1051-The Mission-Butterfly on a Wheel.
1990-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 2.55.The expression ‘Butterfly on a Wheel’ dates back to the year 1735.
The Mission(see also best songs 984,) who are known as The Mission UK in the United States, formed in Leeds, England in 1985. Lead singer Wayne Hussey had previously been a guitarist with ‘The Sisters of Mercy,’ Craig Adams, the bass player, had also been in that band, Simon Hinkler had been in the Punk band ‘Artery,’ he would later join Jarvis Cocker in Pulp.The lineup was completed by drummer Mick Brown, who had previously been a member of the Leeds based ‘Gothic Rock’ band, ‘Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.’
‘Butterfly on a Wheel’ is a love song about the break-up of Simon Hinkler, and his girlfriend Julianne Regan, who was the lead singer of the Rock group ‘All About Eve.’
The expression ‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’ is a quotation from English poet Alexander Pope’s ‘Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot,’ which was a satirical work written in poetic form, in 1735.
In 1965 the editor of the British newspaper ‘The Times’ William Rees-Mogg, wrote an editorial with the headline ‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel,’ referring to the severity of a possible prison sentence, that could be handed to Mick Jagger, if found guilty of drug offences.
The expression means that the crime doesn’t fit the punishment, like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
‘Wise men say all is fair in love and war.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1050-Patti Page-Old Cape Cod.
1957-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 0.16.If I were to ask you who was the biggest selling female artist of the 1950’s, you probably wouldn’t say Patti Page.
Patti Page was born Clare Ann Fowler, on November 8,1927, in Claremore,Oklahoma,U.S.,she died on January 1, 2013. She was the best selling female artist of the 1950’s,selling over 100 million records, over her six decade career. However in the UK it is a completely different story, as her only charting success was her original version of the novelty song ‘(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window,’ which reached Number nine in 1953.
Cape Cod is a geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean, from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States.The songs lyrics were originally written as a poem by Boston based housewife Claire Rothrock, for whom Cape Cod was a favourite vacation spot. She took her poem to ‘Ace Studios,’ a Boston based recording studio owned by the songwriter Milton Yakus, who modified the lyrics, with Allan Jeffrey writing the music,all three are credited as the songs writers.
Patti Page had never been to Cape Cod before recording the song,but visited several times after,her last visit was in 2010, in which she attended a ceremony, held in her honour. At the ceremony a street ‘Patti Page Way’ was named after her, in recognition of her contribution to the promotion of Cape Cod, as a place to visit.
‘If your fond of sand dunes, and salty air,quaint little villages, here and there.’

THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1049-Estelle featuring Kanye West-American Boy.
2008-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.41.It is difficult to convince the world that you are a ‘Gangsta Rapper’ when your favourite drink is Ribena.
Back in the early noughties Estelle was trying to break into the music business, and after a less than successful recording session in L.A. she went for something to eat in a ‘Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffle,’ where she saw Kanye West(see also best songs 849-636-477 and 267,) and John Legend, she got the nerve up, and went over to introduce herself.
Estelle Swaray was born on January 18th, 1980 in London, England, to date she has released five studio Albums, and has had five UK top 40 hit singles.
The beat of ‘American Boy’ was written by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, and can be heard on his solo Album ‘Songs About Girls,’ from 2007, the track is called ‘Impatient.’
Of the song Estelle has said,’There are too many man bashing songs, so it was nice to have one with the opposing view, we were also trying to get John Legend into House Music.’ Although Estelle has stated publicly that the ‘boy’ is an amalgam of male friends, it is rumoured to be about American comedy writer Sam Means.
‘Don’t like his baggy jeans, but I’ma like what’s underneath it.’