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Men at Work – Who Can It Be Now?
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In 1979, Colin Hay wrote “Who Can It Be Now?” in a tree house. His girlfriend commented at the time that the song would be his first hit, and she was right.
Two years later it was
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Men at Work – Who Can It Be Now (White Remix)
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / Who can it be knocking at my door? / Go 'way, don't come 'round here no more / Can't you see that it's late at night? / I'm very tired, and I'm not feeling
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Men at Work – Who Can It Be Now? Samples
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Barenaked Ladies (Ft. Colin Hay) – Who Can It Be Now?
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Who can it be knocking at my door? / Go 'way, don't come 'round here no more / Can't you see that it's late at night? / I'm very tired, and I'm not feeling right / All I wish is to
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ApologetiX – You Can Be Free Now
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Lookin' at Peter in Acts 12:4 / Knowin' James was run through with a sword / Can't you see him? It's late at night / He's very tired -- and numb from feelin' fright / Hauled to
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Men at Work – Down Under
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The song was released in 1981 on Men At Work’s first LP Business As Usual.
The group went to court over the flute riff sounding too much like Kookaburra.
By far Men At Work’s
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The Hood Internet – 1981 Samples
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Men at Work – I Can See It In Your Eyes
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By your leave, I think that I'll be going now / I think I've stayed a little long / I looked up all my mother's recipes / I can't think what I did wrong / We go to a restaurant
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The Hood Internet – 1981
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I can feel it coming in the air tonight / (Can you feel it?) Oh, Lord / (Can you feel it?) / And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life / (Can you feel it?) Oh, Lord / (
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Men at Work – Touching The Untouchables
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Hello to you, my sweet young friends / Have you got money perhaps you could lend? / I wash my leather face in the afternoon sun / My shirt's torn, my time's near done / Touching
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Ylvis – Who Can It Be
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What's this? Empty Red Bull bottles / Lying on the ground? Who can it be? / Who can it be? Who can it be? / [Sergeant! Over there] / I found a pack of protein bars / And a
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Neil Cicierega – Who Samples
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Men at Work – Overkill
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“Overkill” was released in 1983 as the second single from Men At Work’s second studio album Cargo (in the US, where the success of their first album was later, “Overkill” became
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Men at Work – Be Good Johnny
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Be Good Johnny was a single from Men at Work’s first album, Business as Usual.
It never hit the Billboard Hot 100, as it was never released as a physical single. The song peaked at
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Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Men at Work
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Kool G Rap cut off his verse to the Symphony and continued it with the first verse of Men at Work, definition of lyrical miracle
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Kristoff Krane – This Will Work For Now
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When I’m feeling under pressure / And I know I could do better / This will work for now / It could get no worse / But I know it will get better / This will work for now / Feel bad
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Drake – Thank Me Now
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The closer to Thank Me Later provides us an introspective look into Drake’s career, where he describes his influence in hip-hop and his success, as well as his personal life
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Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet – Everybody Does It Now
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Hear that music nice and sweet / Come on baby let's warm our feet / Everybody does it now, come on let me show you how / Work it Ms Fanny, everybody does it now / Went upstairs to
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Nas – I Can
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Nas spits inspirational lyrics over a very prominent Beethoven sample. KIDS: You can do anything you want in life!
From Rolling Stone:
That was a groundbreaking period for me
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Foals – My Number
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Though charmingly reverent of Bono-associated ‘80s pop-rock acts like Men at Work or Big Country, it still sounds like Foals, no mean feat considering how many bands have come
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Jett Rebel – Love Right Now
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[Intro] / Woo / [Verse 1] / I will sing if tomorrow may come / If tomorrow may come, I'll sing / But I don't know, baby, and you don't know / Whatever tomorrow may bring / Don't
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Boyz II Men – Water Runs Dry
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[Verse 1] / We don't even talk anymore / And we don't even know what we argue about / Don't even say "I love you" no more / Cause saying how we feel is no longer allowed / Some
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Althrilla – Africa Diaspora(Can We Be Free Now)
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Mama Africa,Mama Africa / Can we be free now / Cry the beloved motherland of the original man the black man Africa / Peace and bliss to our ancient forefathers resting in power
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" & Renée Elise Goldsberry – Non-Stop
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The Act I finale covers Hamilton’s life from the end of the war to his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury. Burr watches in amazement as Hamilton becomes a leading lawyer
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Drake – Shot for Me
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Drake does an ode to his exes (at least those who don’t live in Texas) on the second cut off of his Take Care LP. Here Drake demonstrates his ability to create ambiguous texts by
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Village People – Y.M.C.A.
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The opening track and lead single of the Village People’s 1978 album Cruisin'. At first, “Y.M.C.A.” appears to be expressing the virtues of the titular Young Men’s Christian
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Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
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At or near the top of every “top songs of 2011” listicle, “Helplessness Blues” is the lament of a boy who thinks he’s special growing into a man who recognizes, painfully, that
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C.Nichole – You Should Know
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[Intro] / You should know, by now, I don't care what you saying / I say, what I mean, you should know I’m not playing / I look you, in the eyes, with every word that I speak
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Kanye West – Heaven and Hell
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“Heaven and Hell” was first shown on the Donda tracklist posted to Instagram on July 22, 2021.
This track incorporates material from an unreleased song “Future Sounds,” which was
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Boyz II Men – End of the Road
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In this song, one of the Boyz know that his time with his girl is coming to an end, but he isn’t ready to let go of her.
“End of the Road” was Boyz II Men’s first ever #1 single
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Eminem – White America
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Eminem, a virtually unknown rapper, rocketed to fame with his debut album The Slim Shady LP. And while his talent cannot be denied, his success brought with it a vicious assault
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Boyz II Men (Ft. Garrison Hearst & Nafis) – Work It Out
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[Intro] / Yeah, NFL, Boyz II Men / Characters baby / Meet me on the dance floor, come on / [Nafis] / Yo / It's like this, in a nice miss we faked it some tight whips / Chromed out
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