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Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
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“Dog Days Are Over” is a single off of Lungs, and is considered the band’s first big hit in both the US and the UK.
This harp-based track is about suddenly finding happiness, and
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Florence + the Machine – Howl
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Howl is the fourth track from Florence + The Machine’s debut album, Lungs. The song uses metaphors from the Gothic horror to talk about the feelings and sensations provided by love
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Florence + the Machine – Falling
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[Verse 1] / I've fallen out of favor / And I've fallen from grace / Fallen out of trees / And I've fallen on my face / Fallen out of taxis / Out of windows too / Fell in your
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Florence + the Machine – Hiding
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[Verse 1] / I think you hide / When all the world's asleep and tired / You cry a little, so do I, so do I / I think you hide / And you don't have to tell me why / You cry a little
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Florence + the Machine – What the Water Gave Me
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The first promotional single from Florence + the Machine’s sophomore album Ceremonials (2011). The title comes from from a painting called “Lo que el agua me dio” (literally
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Florence + the Machine – King
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“King” is the first single from Florence + the Machine’s fifth studio album, Dance Fever. The lyrics depict Florence Welch struggling with the desire of going on with her a career
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Florence + the Machine – Mermaids
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“Mermaids” is the second single from Florence + the Machine in 2023. The song was initially cut from Dance Fever but was released as part of the Complete Edition on 21st April 2023
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Florence + the Machine – Blinding
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“Blinding” is track 12 on Florence + The Machine’s multi-platinum debut album “Lungs”. Florence uses fairytale flights of fantasy to tell her listeners about the love and pain in
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Florence + the Machine – Drumming Song
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“Drumming Song” is from Florence + the Machine’s debut album, Lungs (2009). It was later released as the album’s fourth single, two months after its release, in September 2009.
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Florence + the Machine – Sky Full of Song
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“Sky Full Of Song” is the first track to be taken from Florence + the Machine’s fourth studio album, High As Hope. It will be included on a limited 7" vinyl single for Record Store
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Florence + the Machine – Over the Love
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This song is prominently featured on the second trailer for the 2013 film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The central symbol of the green light is a
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Florence + the Machine – Grace
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Talking to Annie Mac, Florence describes how this song is dedicated to her sister Grace. For her whole life, Florence has always felt like the little sister, despite being older
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Florence + the Machine – Delilah
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“Delilah” was the 4th song to be released in advance of the 2015 album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. It premiered on BBC Radio 1 at the Hottest Record. It uses the biblical
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Florence + the Machine – Breaking Down
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The upbeat piano melody of “Breaking Down” is a juxtaposition against the sorrowful whispered vocals, which speak of Florence’s depression as a friend greeting her in the dead of
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Florence + the Machine – Between Two Lungs
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This is the almost-title track to Florence + The Machine’s debut album. Lungs was later re-released with a special Between Two Lungs edition, solidifying this.
Welch told the
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Florence + the Machine – Ship to Wreck
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“Ship to Wreck” is the second song released from Florence and the Machine’s album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. It premiered on on the BBC Radio program Annie Mac’s Hottest
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Florence + the Machine – Girl with One Eye
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[Verse 1] / She told me not to step on the cracks / I told her not to fuss and relax / Well, her pretty little face stopped me in my tracks / [Pre-Chorus] / But now she sleeps with
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Florence + the Machine – Heartlines
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With encouraging and hopeful lyrics, “Heartlines” comes right before “Spectrum”, making the duo a silver lining combo in the middle of a sorrowful album, as Florence Welch stated
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Florence + the Machine – Caught
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[Verse 1] / It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do / To try and keep from calling you / Well, can my dreams keep coming true? / How can they? / 'Cause when I sleep, I never
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Florence + the Machine – St. Jude
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“St. Jude” is a somber, low-key track. It relates both the patron saint of lost causes and the 2013 British storm of the same name as Florence contemplates her failing relationship
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Florence + the Machine – Back in Town
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Back In Town is a “love song to New York”; the last song that Florence wrote before having to return to the UK after starting recording for Dance Fever in New York in March 2019.
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Florence + the Machine – Make Up Your Mind
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“Make Up Your Mind” is the 13th song from Florence + the Machine’s third studio album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” and the second bonus track on the deluxe edition of the
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Florence + the Machine – You’ve Got The Love
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Described as one of Florence Welch’s “favorite songs ever”, the 1986 single “You Got the Love” by the Source was covered by Florence and the Machine as “You’ve Got the Love.”
The
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Florence + the Machine – What Kind of Man
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“What Kind of Man” is the lead single of Florence + the Machine’s third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 with Zane Lowe on February 12
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Florence + the Machine – Just a Girl
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“Just a Girl” is a Florence + the Machine dramatic ethereal rock cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl” from their 1995 album Tragic Kingdom.
The track was featured in the season two
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Florence + the Machine – 100 Years
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“100 Years” is the eighth track from Florence + the Machine album, High As Hope. It was premiered live, just over two months before the album release, at the Victoria Theatre in
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Florence + the Machine – Prayer Factory
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[Verse] / All the things that I ran from / I now bring as close to me as I can / Gripping hotel sheets with gritted teeth / My montage of lost things / My shining trinkets of grief
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Florence + the Machine – Wish That You Were Here
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In “Wish That You Were Here”, Florence Welch finds that, counter to her expectation, she yearns for companionship. This reflects the themes of family in the film, Miss Peregrine’s
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Florence + the Machine – No Choir
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“No Choir” is a stripped, short ballad that closes Florence + The Machine’s fourth studio album High as Hope.
Florence breaks the fourth wall and sings about the relationship
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Florence + the Machine – I Will Be
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“I Will Be” was written and recorded for the soundtrack of the 2016 video game Final Fantasy XV. The song is largely instrumental in its composition, with a repeating two lines
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Florence + the Machine – Queen of Peace
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“Queen of Peace” is the fourth track from Florence + The Machine’s third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.
Speaking about its creation to Jo Wiley (BBC), Florence says:
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Florence + the Machine – Remain Nameless
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[Verse 1] / I was born in a big grey cloud / Screaming out a love song / All the broken chords and unnamed cries / What a place to come from / I wish to remain nameless / And live
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Florence + the Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
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Although open to interpretation, the song is a description of what Florence felt whilst on the precipice of fame.
I think it was just all about me about to jump into the limelight
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Florence + the Machine – No Light, No Light
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The second single from Ceremonials, “No Light, No Light” was the first song that Florence Welch wrote for the album. She penned the intro on her tour bus at four in the morning
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Florence + the Machine – Heaven Is Here
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“Heaven Is Here” is the second single from Florence + the Machine’s fifth studio album, Dance Fever.
The single was announced on March 6, and came out on the following day, just
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Florence + the Machine – Long & Lost
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“Long & Lost” is a track off of Florence + the Machine’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.
After being slighted in the previous song, Florence considers returning to her lover
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Florence + the Machine – As Far As I Could Get
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This song features as the limited edition bonus track on “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”, and was released on the 18th of April 2015 in vinyl form for Record Store Day.
The
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Florence + the Machine – Seven Devils
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“Seven Devils” uses medieval demons as a metaphor for Florence’s rage against a wrongdoer.
In a Track-By-Track interview given after the release of Ceremonials, Florence indicates
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Florence + the Machine – Third Eye
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In “Third Eye”, Florence encourages a fellow friend to come out of their shell and learn to love again, only to reveal that she’s going through the same problems also.
They
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Florence + the Machine – White Cliffs of Dover
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[Chorus] / There'll be bluebirds over / The white cliffs of Dover / Tomorrow / Just you wait and see / There'll be love and laughter / And peace ever after / Tomorrow / When the
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Florence + the Machine – Stand By Me
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This cover of the Ben E. King classic serves as the main theme of the RPG video game Final Fantasy XV.
In the announcement trailer, Florence described “Stand By Me” as “one of the
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Florence + the Machine – Landscape (Demo)
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The main themes of this song cover the narrator’s depression and her relative’s depression which came before her.
Florence often writes about her grandmother, and this is likely
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Florence + the Machine – Lover to Lover
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“Lover to Lover” is a song from Florence + the Machine’s Ceremonials, reportedly directly inspired by Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding.
Florence stated that she wrote this song
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