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U2 – The Hands That Built America
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[Verse 1] / Oh, my love / It's a long way we’ve come / From the freckled hills to the steel and glass canyons / From the stony fields to hanging steel from the sky / From digging
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U2 – The Hands That Built America Samples
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See all of “The Hands That Built America” by U2’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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XV – American Dream
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The music samples Hands that built America from U2 and talks about the story of and mafioso drug dealer.
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Eminem’s ‘8 Mile’ Is Coming To Netflix This Month
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The Detroit rapper won an Oscar for “Lose Yourself.”
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Q-Unique – Paradise & The Abyss
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The theme of the song “Paradise and the Abyss” by Q-Unique is about the duality of life and the struggle to find balance between the good and the bad. The lyrics describe the
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Howard Shore – Brooklyn Heights, Pt. 1
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The Pogues (Ft. Kirsty MacColl) – Fairytale of New York
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The song took years to write, it was released in 1987. Now a Christmas Standard, it enters the UK Top Twenty every December.
It’s about an Irish couple who emigrated to America
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U2 – North and South of the River
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[Verse 1] / I wanna reach out over the lough / And feel your hand across the water / Walk with you along an unapproved road / Not looking over my shoulder / I wanna see and I wanna
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The Chainsmokers – Sick Boy
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In “Sick Boy,” Andrew Taggart deals with the cultures of the East and West coasts of America and the self-doubt they cause in him. Unlike previous tracks, usually revolving around
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Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of Love
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“Mystery of Love” is one of two songs written by Sufjan Stevens for the soundtrack of the 2017 film ‘Call Me By Your Name’. The film’s director, Luca Guadagnino, originally
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U2 – Dirty Day (Junk Day Mix)
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[Verse 1] / I don't know you / And you don't know the half of it / I had a starring role / I was the bad guy who walked out / [Verse 2] / They say be careful where you aim / 'Cause
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U2 – Lemon (Jeep Mix)
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Lemon / See through in the sunlight / She wore lemon / But never in the daylight / She's gonna make you cry / She's gonna make you whisper and moan / And when you're dry / She
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U2 (Ft. Luciano Pavarotti) – Miss Sarajevo
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[Verse 1: U2] / Is there a time for keeping your distance? / A time to turn your eyes away? / Is there a time for keeping your head down / For getting on with your day? / [Verse 2
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U2 – Your Blue Room
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It's time to go again / To your blue room / Got some questions to ask of you / In your blue room / The air is clean / Your skin is clear / I've had enough of / Hanging round here
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U2 – Electrical Storm
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[Verse 1] / The sea, it swells like a sore head / And the night, it is aching / Two lovers lie with no sheets on their bed / And the day it is breaking / On rainy days, we'd go
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Vance Joy – Riptide
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The intro and first single to Vance Joy’s debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing was a critical and commercial success. Critics praised its clever lyrics filled with pop
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Rise Against – Prayer of the Refugee
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This song is about an immigrant or a refugee trying to make ends meet in America. He faces frequent discrimination at the hands of the people and government.
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U2 – Mysterious Ways (2002)
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[Verse 1] / Johnny, take a walk with your sister the moon / Let her pale light in to fill up your room / You've been living underground, eating from a can / You've been running
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Queen – Killer Queen
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“Killer Queen” was the breakthrough song that turned Queen into worldwide rock stars. Peaking at #2 in the UK, the song became a hit in seven other European countries as well. “
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U2 – Numb (Mike Hedges Mix)
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Don't move / Don't talk out of time / Don't think / Don't worry / Everything's just fine / Just fine / Don't grab / Don't clutch / Don't hope for too much / Don't breathe / Don't
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U2 – Staring at the Sun (Mike Hedges Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Summer stretching on the grass / Summer dresses pass / In the shade of a willow tree / Creeps a-crawling over me / Over me and over you / Stuck together with God's glue
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U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
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“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” is the lead single to the soundtrack to the 1995 film “Batman Forever.”
According to Bono, the song is about “being in a rock band” and “
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P!nk – Raise Your Glass
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Is a song by American singer Pink, released as the lead single of her first compilation album, Greatest Hits… So Far!!! The song celebrates the first decade since Pink’s debut in
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Norah Jones – Don't Know Why
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“Don’t Know Why” was written by Jesse Harris which originally appeared on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. Jones then covered it for her debut 2002 album Come Away
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Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
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On their controversial self-titled album which came to be known as the Black Album, “Nothing Else Matters” was perhaps the greatest example of the new Metallica sound that
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Ivan & Alyosha – Bury Me Deep
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Don't blame the doctor for giving me those pills / Don't blame my mother for holding my hand up the hill / Don't blame my childhood friends for speaking their minds / I'll take it
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Finbar Furey – New York Girls
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As I walked down through Chatham Street / A fair maid I did meet / She asked me to see her home-- / She lived in Bleecker Street / Chorus: / To me a-weigh, you Santy, My dear Annie
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Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Once described by frontman David Byrne as “the most direct love lyrics that I’ve ever written”, the island-y vibe of this beautiful song is the soundtrack for when everything in
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Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
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Originally written in 1937 by Abel Meeropol, “Strange Fruit” is a dark and profound song centered around the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States during the
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Crowded House – Don't Dream It's Over
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[Verse 1] / There is freedom within, there is freedom without / Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup / There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost / But you'll never see the end
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Genius Lists – List of Road Trip Songs
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It’s hard to say which is more fun, making a new road trip playlist or listening to it on your ride. Road Trip playlists are as unique as the person who made them, so consider this
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire
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This monster hit of a song was created in 1989, when Joel turned 40. The idea spawned from a conversation he had with a friend of Sean Lennon. The friend just turned 21 and was
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Peter Gabriel (Ft. Kate Bush) – Games Without Frontiers
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This song came out in 1980 and is featured on his 1980 self-titled solo album. The album cover has a photo of Peter Gabriel that is melting away, and the album is therefore often
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Grover Washington Jr. (Ft. Bill Withers) – Just the Two of Us
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“Just the Two of Us” is a smooth-jazz/R&B single that establishes an emphasis on how love ebbs and flows. Particularly, the protagonist doesn’t wish to plunder his opportunity to
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Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake – King's Dead
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A star-studded collaboration. In his first single as the main credited artist since 2015, Jay Rock links up with Future, James Blake and Black Hippy partner and label mate
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Steve Stoute – The Tanning Of Amerca: Chapter 1 Walk This Way
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Most cultural movements that go on to have staying power begin in the grass roots. They may appear to come about by accident and more or less spontaneously. But more often than not
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