 Genius Lyrics
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Tom MacDonald (Ft. Ben Shapiro) – FACTS
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In “FACTS,” Tom MacDonald attacks the political left and expresses many of his conservative views in the song, and also features well-known conservative debater and Daily Wire host
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Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me
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[Intro: Cadillac Dale] / I don't like no whips and chains and you can't tie me down / But you can whip your lovin' on me, baby / Whip your lovin' on me, baby / [Chorus: Jack Harlow
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Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger
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“Don’t Look Back in Anger” was released as the fourth single off of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, February 19th 1996. In 2006, it was included in the “Best Of”-compilation
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Tame Impala – Let It Happen
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On the opening track of Tame Impala’s third record, Currents, Kevin Parker introduces the album’s theme of “letting go” and allowing nature to take its course, merging Tame Impala’
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Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire
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“Girl On Fire” is the leading and title single from Keys' 5th solo album Girl On Fire. It was released on September 4, 2012 and peaked at #11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Nirvana – Drain You
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According to Kurt, this song was written about a dorky, old-fashioned kind of love. One of his favorite tracks, it was performed in most concerts ever since its composition up
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Christmas Songs – The Twelve Days of Christmas
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“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is an English Christmas carol that enumerates each day by the gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
Frederic Austin was known to
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Adele – Rolling in the Deep
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The 2012 song and record of the Year at the Grammy’s, “Rolling In The Deep” was described in an interview with Spin Magazine as a ‘gospel disco’ kiss-off to an unfaithful dude:
It
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Doja Cat – Paint The Town Red
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[Intro: Dionne Warwick] / By / Walk on by / Walk on by / Walk on by / Walk on by / [Chorus: Doja Cat] / Yeah, bitch, I said what I said / I'd rather be famous instead / I let all
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry
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One of Bob Marley’s most enduring songs, “No Woman No Cry” is a call to a woman in his life to be positive and not to worry about the bad times originally from the album Natty
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Aerosmith – Dream On
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Off of their first LP, this is one of Aerosmith’s biggest early hits, along with “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion.”
Frontman Steven Tyler began writing the song on his father’s
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Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
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One of Springsteen’s most iconic songs, “Born in the U.S.A.” is about the troubled return home of a Vietnam veteran. It’s original working title was “Vietnam Blues”.
On January 3
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Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
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In “Watermelon Sugar”, Harry Styles recalls a summer past, singing of scrumptious berries and a former love. The song was released without warning to fans, less than an hour before
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Dexys – Come On Eileen
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“Come On Eileen” is the fourth single and final track of DMR’s 1982 album Too-Rye-Ay. In the UK, the band was already well-established with their 1980 chart-topping “Geno” along
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Eminem (Ft. Dina Rae) – Superman
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Adding to Eminem’s collection of songs expressing his anger against ex-wife Kim Mathers, “Superman” contains a lot of harsh truths about the kinds of women that Eminem interacts
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R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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“It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”, stylized as ITEOTWAWKI(AIFF), features stream-of-consciousness lyrics that border on a rant, encompassing a wide
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Nirvana – Lithium
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“Lithium” is a perfect description of manic depression, where every line is both happy and sad, up and down, while having references to God recalling when Kurt lived with a devout
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The Killers – Somebody Told Me
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“Somebody Told Me” is the second single by American rock band The Killers. The song is featured on the group’s debut album Hot Fuss and was written by Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci
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Kermit the Frog – The Rainbow Connection
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The Rainbow Connection was written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher to be the first number in The Muppet Movie by Jim Henson. Williams describes it as “that down-home Americana
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Linkin Park – Numb
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“Numb” is the third single and the final track of Linkin Park’s second studio album, Meteora.
One of Linkin Park’s most well known and critically acclaimed songs, “Numb” topped
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Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July
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This song is a conversation between Sufjan and his mother, Carrie, while she was dying in the hospital. Each stanza alternates between them.
Sufjan spoke of this time in an
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Taylor Swift – marjorie
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“marjorie” is track 13 off of Taylor Swift’s ninth album evermore, and is a tribute to her late grandmother Marjorie Finlay. Appropriately, “epiphany” (the 13th track on evermore’s
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Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
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Written at 7½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen’s last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released
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a-ha – Take On Me
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“Take on Me” is a synthpop song that combines various instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. It was released as a-ha’s debut single in September
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Fiona Apple – Criminal
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“Criminal” is the fourth track on Fiona Apple’s debut album, Tidal. It was released as the third single in September 1997 and is her biggest hit. The song won the Grammy Award for
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Eminem – Marshall Mathers
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The title track off The Marshall Mathers LP is a direct reaction to the turmoil his life went in to after the release and runaway success of The Slim Shady LP, most notably the
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Eminem (Ft. White Gold) – Zeus
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“Zeus,” featuring New York recording artist White Gold, contains some of Eminem’s most ruthless bars and name-drops from Music To Be Murdered By: Side B. This is the fourteenth
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Nickelback – Rockstar
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“Rockstar” is about wanting to live the life as a Rockstar and all its pros but is actually satirical in it’s execution. The band sing about how they have to give up their lives to
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Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
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Radiohead was in the middle of their 1996 tour when they were approached by director Baz Luhrmann to record a song meant for his upcoming film, Romeo + Juliet.
The band was shown
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Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
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This song was given a lucky break when a Studio 54 DJ flipped to the B-side of “Substitute”, a Righteous Brothers cover. During a time when most disco hits were heavily produced
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t
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Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
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“Unholy” is the second single from Sam Smith’s fourth studio album, Gloria, released on 27th January 2023. The song is a collaboration with German-born singer and songwriter, Kim
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
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“Fast Car” is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released in April 1988 as the lead single from her self-titled debut album. Her appearance on the Nelson
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax
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“Relax” is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the United Kingdom in 1983. It was written in 1982 after frontman Holly Johnson came up with the basic idea
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Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?
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Written to raise money to help relief efforts for the famine raging in Ethiopia in the mid 80s, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, sung by supergroup ‘Band Aid’, broke several chart
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Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
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“The Real Slim Shady” is the quintessential early Eminem song—funny and serious simultaneously, with crazy rhyme schemes and devices.
As K-Solo had asked, will the “Real Solo
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Cardi B (Ft. Megan Thee Stallion) – WAP
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“WAP” (Wet-Ass Pussy) is Cardi B’s fourth number 1 hit on Billboard, her first release of 2020, and her first single since 2019’s “Press.” It is expected to appear on her upcoming
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Skee-Lo – I Wish
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“I Wish” I had another hit! Skee-Lo’s debut single and signature song became an international hit, reaching the top 30 in several countries around the world including a #13 peak in
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Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
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“Beds Are Burning” is a 1987 single by Midnight Oil, released as the opening track of the sixth studio album Diesel and Dust. It is one of the band’s most internationally best
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
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“Bitter Sweet Symphony” is perhaps the most ambitious Britpop hit of the late 90s. It is now absolutely everywhere. It’s lyrically opaque, and it is six minutes long, but that hasn
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Laura Branigan – Gloria
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“Gloria”—a cover of the Italian original by Umberto Tozzi— was Laura Branigan’s first major hit, and her self-described ”signature song.” It stayed for 36 weeks in the Top 100—a
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Journey – Don't Stop Believin'
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“Don’t Stop Believin'” was released as a single off of Journey’s hugely successful album Escape. To many, this song is considered the definitive Journey track. AllMusic’s Mike
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Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)
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In 1949, Dámaso Pérez Prado recorded the original with the same name.
Then in 1999, Lou Bega sampled it and made this song as a result.
Various parodies of this song include a
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John Travolta & Jeff Conaway – Greased Lightnin'
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[Intro: Danny & Kenickie] / Why, this car is automatic / It’s systematic / It’s hydromatic / Why, it’s Greased Lightnin'! / Greased Lightnin' / [Verse 1: Danny, Kenickie & (T-Birds
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