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Barry Manilow – I Write the Songs
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“I Write the Songs” was written by Bruce Johnston (of The Beach Boys) and was first released by Captain & Tennille on their debut album in May, 1975. It was featured on Barry’s
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Barry Manilow – I Write the Songs Samples
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See all of “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Barry Manilow – I Really Do Write the Songs
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You start off with the verse / That's the part that tells you / What the song is gonna to be about / You gotta grab a verse / Dope is good or death is nice / But love is still the
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Barry Manilow – I Write the Songs (Single Edit)
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I've been alive forever / And I wrote the very first song / I put the words and the melodies together / I am music and I write the songs / I write the songs that make the whole
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Big Daddy – I Write the Songs
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I've been alive forever, and I wrote the very first song / I put the words and the melodies together / I am music and I write the songs / I write the songs that make the whole
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – I Write the Songs
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[Verse 1] / I've been alive forever / And I wrote the very first song / I put the words and melodies together / I am music and I write the songs / [Chorus 1] / I write the songs
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Marley Marl – We Write the Songs Samples
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Barry Manilow – The Gonzo Hits Medley
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One voice singing in the darkness / All it takes is one voice / Singing so they hear what's on your mind / And when you look around you'll find / There's more than one voice
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Barry Manilow – A Linda Song
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He never wrote a song for Linda / He wrote as though he lived alone / He wrote of dreams that end of sad brave men / Inventing worlds he never known / But he never wrote a song for
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Barry Manilow – Beautiful Music
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Before I knew that I was blessed / When I was just like the rest of the people / Who never let dreams in their minds / Music would play and say / Maybe you're wastin' your time
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Ray Stevens – I Need Your Help Barry Manilow
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My account is overdrawn, my car slid down the hill / I'm givin' up, I've got no more to give / My beagle bit the vet, and my daughter's on the pill / And my fiscus plant has lost
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Jermaine Dupri – Money Ain’t A Thang Samples
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See all of “Money Ain’t A Thang” by Jermaine Dupri’s samples
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Barry Manilow – Could It Be Magic (Single Edit)
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In 1971 Barry wrote the music to this song but it was a total flop commercially then. It took 4 more years to get to to right with a 1975 single release that charted.
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Barry Manilow – I Can’t Get Started
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I've flown around the world in a plane / I've settled REVOLUTIONS in Spain / The North Pole I have charted / Still I can't get started with you / On the golf course, I'm under par
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Barry Manilow – Mandy
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After Manilow’s debut album went largely unnoticed, Arista Records president Clive Davis encouraged him to record a cover of “Mandy”. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a
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Jermaine Dupri – Money Ain’t A Thang Samples
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See all of “Money Ain’t A Thang” by Jermaine Dupri’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Barry Manilow – Copacabana
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While in the Copacabana Hotel in Rio De Janeiro, Barry Manilow and lyricist Bruce Sussman, the former of which being a regular at a New York bar called the Copacabana nightclub
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Barry Manilow – This One’s for You
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This one will never sell / They'll never understand / I don't even sing it well / I try but I just can't / But I sing it every night / And I fight to keep it in 'cause this one's
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Barry Manilow – She’s a Star
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It really doesn't matter if she suffered all she claims / You know she started somewhere and she found her way to fame / And feeding on the lonely crowd, she finally belongs / A
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Chino XL (Ft. Ras Kass) – Riiiot!
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This song contains a line that possibly alluded to Tupac getting raped in prison. Tupac later called him out on “Hit Em Up,” and Chino responded with a freestyle diss.
Chino
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Jermaine Dupri (Ft. JAY-Z) – Money Ain’t A Thang
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“Money Ain’t a Thang” is the second single from rapper Jermaine Dupri’s 1998 album Life in 1472, featuring Jay-Z. It also appeared as a bonus track on Hov’s third studio album Vol
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Barry Manilow – Some Kind of Friend
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I saw you at the Beechwood Cafe / You looked at me and then you looked away / That was some kind / Some kind of friend you turned out to be / You said you had places that you had
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Barry Manilow – I'll Make You Music
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Who would have thought / After all of each others / Looking at you / Wanna be your lover / You won't regret it if you agree / You and me / So let me love you / And I'll make you
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Barry Manilow – Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again
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Doctor, my woman is comin' back home late today / Could ya' maybe give me something? / 'cause the feelin' is gone and I must get it back right away / Before she sees that I've been
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Barry Manilow – You’re Leavin' Too Soon
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You're leavin' too soon / You oughta try believin' just for a day or two / You're trying to be wise / And that's a foolish thing to do / Close the door, you're leaving too soon
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Barry Manilow – It's Just Another New Year's Eve
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Don't look so sad / It's not so bad you know / It's just another night / That's all it is, it's not the first / It's not the worst you know / We've come through all the rest / We'
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Barry Manilow – When October Goes
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When October Goes peaked at #6 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart.
The song was based on a lyric written by Johnny Mercer, but it wasn’t finished. After Mercer passed away
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