 Genius Meanings
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ABBA – My Mama Said
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[Verse 1] / Tried to sneak out without saying / With my loudest record playing / Ooh, my mama said / "Look at this, you haven't done your bed" / My mama said / "That's a thing that
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Lady Gaga – Born This Way
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“Born This Way” is about self-liberation, and loving every part of yourself, no matter your race, gender, or sexuality; the song was released as the lead single from the album of
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ABBA – Mamma Mia
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“Mamma Mia” is the opening track off of the group’s third album, the self-titled ABBA.
The song’s name is derived from Italian, where it is an interjection used in situations of
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first single released from Queen’s fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera. It became
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ABBA – Thank You for the Music
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[Verse 1] / I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore / If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before / But I have a talent, a wonderful thing / 'Cause everyone listens
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ABBA – Suzy Hang-Around
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[Verse 1] / Suzy was nine and I was ten / Right at the time when boys like to think they're men / She used to follow us from school / We really thought that she was a little fool
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Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
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As the opening song and fourth single of Thriller, “Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'” picks up where Off the Wall left off and begins the new phenomenon of Thriller. According to Epic
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MIKA – Lollipop
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The seventh track from Mika’s 2007 debut album “Life in Cartoon Motion”. Despite mixed critical reception, the album did very well sales-wise, ending up as the ninth-best-selling
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ABBA – Waterloo
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“Waterloo” was Swedish pop group ABBA’s breakout song (and also the first single to be released under the name “ABBA”), winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.
The song
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MattyPasq – Oi Vey
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[Chorus] / Ever since I was a young boy in corduroys / My mama said I like noise (I like noise) / Ever since I was a young boy in Polaroids / My mama said I brung joy (I brung joy
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Rihanna – Don't Stop the Music
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“Don’t Stop the Music” is an energetic dance-pop track about leaving the stress of life and dancing to the music. It was the fourth single off Good Girl Gone Bad and was promoted
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Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
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Written and demoed by Robert Hazard in 1979, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was found and revived by Rick Chertoff and rewritten by Hazard (who retained all songwriting credits) for
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Miley Cyrus – Angels Like You
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“Angels Like You” is the third track and single on Miley Cyrus' seventh studio album Plastic Hearts.
The personal nature of the lyrics has led many to believe this song is about
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Wings – Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
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[Verse 1] / Oh, no one ever left alive in nineteen hundred and eighty-five / Will ever do / She may be right, she may be fine / She may get love, but she won't get mine / 'Cause I
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ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
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‘The Winner Takes it All’ is a single off the album Super Trouper.
With long running vocal on the back, the song sounds much more vivid.
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Erez Zobary – Don't Go Chasing
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Verse 1: / Do you have the answers / It shouldn’t take this long / I’m a patient person / But not when I know you’re wrong / While you sat there thinking / Silently and still / I
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Nic D & Connor Price – Tuesday
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[Intro: Connor Price & Nic D] / One hunnid / Bamsy made it big, yeah! / Yeah (Let's go!) / [Verse 1: Connor Price & Nic D] / They talkin' this and that, but it's easy callin' that
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ABBA – Does Your Mother Know
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[Verse 1] / You're so hot, teasing me / So you're blue, but I can't take a chance on a chick like you / That's something I couldn't do / There's that look in your eyes / I can read
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J. Cole – Lost Ones
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“Lost Ones” is a dialogue between a young couple who’ve just discovered the girl is pregnant. Exploring the whirlwind of thoughts and emotion that follow this revelation, Cole adds
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ABBA – My Love, My Life
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[Verse 1] / I've seen it on your face / Tells me more than any worn-out old phrase / So now we'll go separate ways / Never again we two / Never again, nothing I can do / [Chorus
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ABBA – Watch Out
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[Verse 1] / You move like a flame of fire / Your eyes like a flash of lightning / The answer to all desire / And I'm gonna tame you, wild thing / [Chorus] / You'd better watch out
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
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One of Michael Jackson’s signature songs, “Billie Jean” tells the tale of a young girl who claims to be the mother of Jackson’s alleged son. The song was the second single from his
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ABBA – When All Is Said and Done
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[Verse 1] / Here's to us, one more toast, and then we'll pay the bill / Deep inside, both of us can feel the autumn chill / Birds of passage, you and me / We fly instinctively
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Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
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“No More Tears” is the fifth song on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal album No More Tears. With a running time of 7:23, it is the longest solo song that Osbourne has ever
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ABBA – Chiquitita
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“Chiquitita” is a Spanish term of endearment for women, meaning “little one."
Originally, “If It Wasn’t for the Nights” was going to be the lead single for Voulez-Vous, but when “
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ABBA – Money, Money, Money
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“Money, Money, Money” is about a woman who works hard but can’t seem to get ahead so she dreams of being with a well-off man.
Like most ABBA songs, this was written by Benny
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Austin Weber – Mamma Mia
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[Verse 1] / I've been cheated by you since I don't know when / So I made up my mind, it must come to an end / Look at me now, will I ever learn? / I don't know how, but I suddenly
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Bryan Ferry – Don't Stop the Dance
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[Verse 1] / Mama says truth is all that matters / Lying and deceiving is sin / Drifting through a world that's torn and tattered / Every thought I have don't mean a thing / [Chorus
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Captain & Tennille – Shop Around
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[Verse 1] / Just because you've become a young woman now / There's still some things that you don't understand now / Before you ask some guy for his hand now / You keep your
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ABBA – Slipping Through My Fingers
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“Slipping Through My Fingers” is a popular single on the album The Visitor, and is inspired by Linda Ulvaeus, the daughter of two band members.
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