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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 – 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 – 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 – Times Like These
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Florence and the Machine once covered this Foo Fighters classic in Glastonbury 2015 as a dedication to the Foos' lead singer/guitarist Dave Grohl, who was recovering from a leg
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Conductor
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“Conductor” is a song from the Deluxe edition of Florence and the Machine’s third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. The song describes a relationship with a lover using
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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 – 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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Read All The Lyrics To Florence + The Machine’s New Album ‘Dance Fever’
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Frontwoman Florence Welch co-produced the LP with Jack Antanoff and Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley.
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Postcards From Italy (Demo)
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Recorded by Florence and the Machine sometime around 2008, ‘Postcards from Italy’ is a cover of the Beirut song of the same name. It was performed live at London Calling in April
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Heavy In Your Arms
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“Heavy In Your Arms” is a moody gothic love song written for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack.
Compared to the existing material at the time off Lungs (2009), “Heavy In Your
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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 – 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 – 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 (Ft. The Maccabees) – I Love You All the Time
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Florence and the Machine and The Maccabees collaborated as a part of the Play It Forward Campaign to cover Eagles of Death Metal’s song “I Love You All The Time” from their album
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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 – 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 – Paper Massacre
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“Paper Massacre” is an unreleased song by Florence and the Machine, recorded during the Lungs album sessions. A short snippet of the song leaked in 2010 via YouTube.
In 2011, the
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Shake It Out
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The 1st official single from Florence and the Machine’s 2nd album Ceremonials.
Voted as “2012 Track of the Year” by NME magazine, the song was favourably received. The uplifting
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Florence + the Machine – Patricia
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“Patricia” is the seventh track from the Florence + the Machine album, High As Hope. It was written in homage to the American artist, Patti Smith, whom Welch calls her “North Star
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