 Genius Meanings
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Brandi Carlile) – Paper Flowers (Originals)
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[Verse 1: Alicia Keys] / Somebody never told me there's a last time for everything / Even a landslide is an opening / Turning metal into gold, silver lining / Somebody never told
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Drake (Ft. Alicia Keys) – Fireworks
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Drake opens his debut LP Thank Me Later with a “monologue” that answers some of the common questions that he ignores in interviews. The song was produced by Drake’s frequent
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Brent Faiyaz) – Trillions
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[Verse 1: Alicia Keys] / Ain't gon' let me down / Ain't gon' break my heart, baby / Only gon' love me back / Only gon' fill me up, yeah, never gon' fuck it up, no way / Definitely
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Alicia Keys – Is It Insane (Unlocked)
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[Intro] / Turn my mic up / [Verse 1] / Is it insane, my life's in your loves hands? / Is it insane, you got a hold on me? / When you're near, all of me trembles / Slightest touch
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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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Alicia Keys – Best Of Me (Unlocked)
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[Verse 1] / You get the side of me / I would hold back and not reveal / You feed the mystery / You are my red and my blue pill / It made me come alive / Don't be a lie, it feels so
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Alicia Keys – Only You (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / I am nothing without you here / With you, I love without fear / Nothing, oh, nothing they say about you / Has meaning to me / [Chorus] / We won't let nothing / Take
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Lucky Daye) – Stay
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[Verse 1: Alicia Keys] / You send my heart way up / And you let me in your space / Show me everything you're made of / Give me more than I can take / When I don't know what to say
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Alicia Keys – Skydive (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes it's pouring rain / Houselights are out / And I need you to follow my direction / Yeah, follow me, I'm falling out / Like you know me, hold my hand / [Pre-
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Khalid & Lucky Daye) – Come For Me (Unlocked)
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[Verse 1: Lucky Daye] / Look me in my eye, know you know the vibe / In you I confide, something I can't hide / Tell me what it's worth, I put in the work / You know I'm the one
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Lil Wayne) – Nat King Cole (Unlocked)
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[Verse 1: Lil Wayne] / So unforgettable / More than incredible / More than a metaphor, more than you're ready for / More intellectual / More than electrical, glowing like Eddison
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Alicia Keys – Like Water (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes I'm doing good / Sometimes I feel so bad / Sometimes we give up the fight / Sometimes we can't see the light bright / You know how lovers flow / You know how
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Alicia Keys – Dead End Road (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / My heart is heavy like a stone / Hot as Hell up in the cold / Loneliness is sleeping in my room / Love is empty on the plate / Nothing left to give or take / Waiting
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Swae Lee) – LALA (Unlocked)
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[Intro: Alicia Keys] / (EarDrummers) / Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh / La, la-la, la, la-la, la, la (Ooh, ooh) / (Mike WiLL Made-It) / [Chorus: Swae Lee & Alicia Keys] / Light the
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Alicia Keys (Ft. Pusha T) – Plentiful (Originals)
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[Verse 1: Pusha T] / The devil's always preying on the weaker souls / All that we can know, it was all good just a week ago / Prada carry-ons, off to Mikonos / Celebrating life on
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Alicia Keys – Billions (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / Ain't gonna let me down / Ain't gonna break my heart, baby / Only gonna love me back / Only gonna fill me up, yeah / Never gonna fuck it up, no way / Definitely drive
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Alicia Keys – Old Memories (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / Old memories, they don't go away / They show up before you leave / And disappear when you wish they'd stay / No heart is immune, no secret is kept / Yeah, they only get
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Alicia Keys – Is It Insane (Originals)
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[Intro] / Turn my mic up / [Chorus] / Is it insane? / My life's in your love's hands / Is it insane? / You got a hold on me / [Verse 1] / When you're near all of me trembles
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Alicia Keys – Daffodils (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / I, I've been walking in the snow / Looking for myself in the cold / You, you've been afraid of the night / Looking for the money on your own / [Pre-Chorus] / Sun always
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Alicia Keys – Love When You Call My Name (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / I hear your voice and it's all around me / I can't contain all the ways you make me feel / Love when you call my name / Even if I go for miles and hours / There's only
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Kanye West (Ft. Rick Ross) – Devil In a New Dress
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Produced by Bink!, “Devil In a New Dress” finds Kanye using familiar religious imagery in contemplating all kinds of nasty thoughts about his girl.
It’s perhaps an ode to Amber
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Alicia Keys – Old Memories (Unlocked)
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[Intro] / Ee, ee-ee, ee-ee, ee / Oh, ooh, ooh / Oh, old memories / They don't go away, no / They don't go / [Instrumental Break] / [Verse 1] / Old memories, they don't go away
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Pop Smoke – Welcome to the Party
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Featuring hard-hitting production from UK drill producer 808Melo, “Welcome to the Party” is a drill banger and the breakout hit for Brooklyn-native rapper Pop Smoke.
The track
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Alicia Keys – Nat King Cole (Originals)
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[Verse 1] / Take off your coat, take off your clichés / Show off a side that no one sees / You got the whole world right here in your pocket / Chasing those stardust melodies / [
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David Guetta (Ft. Sia) – Titanium
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Sia and David Guetta’s massive track “Titanium” soared as the fourth single from Guetta’s Nothing but the Beat. Visceral, tall lyrics accompanying daring vocals and addictive
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Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)
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[Verse 1] / She wakes up early every morning / Just to do her hair, now / Because she cares, ya'll / Her day, oh, wouldn't be right / Without her makeup / She's never out of makeup
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Solange – Cranes in the Sky
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“Cranes in the Sky” describes Solange’s attempts at avoiding painful feelings.
While asked by her sister Beyonce about the meaning of the song in Interview magazine, she explained
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Song a Day (Ft. Jake the Dog) – Learn How to Make Bacon Pancakes
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[Intro & Chorus] / Bacon Pancakes / Making Bacon Pancakes / Take some bacon and I'll put it in a pancake / Bacon Pancakes that's what it's gonna make / Bacon Pancake / [2x] / [
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Billie Eilish – ocean eyes
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“ocean eyes” is the debut single from then 13-year-old Billie Eilish. She posted the song on SoundCloud where it organically went viral, generating over a million plays. The song
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The Beatles – Across the Universe
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In a 1970 interview, Lennon referred to this song as:
[…] one of the best lyrics I’ve written. In fact, it could be the best. It’s good poetry, or whatever you call it, without
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Genius – January 2020 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' JANUARY 2020 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For January 2020 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
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Originally, Keith wrote “Wild Horses” as a simple lullaby for his son, finding it more and more difficult to part from Marlon to go on tour.
The song then took on a different
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Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
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Prince’s definitive power ballad “Purple Rain” peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 on November 17, 1984 behind Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”. It was the title track of the album and
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JAY-Z – Never Change
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Jay-Z drapes his vocals over a sample from David Ruffin’s “Common Man”, rapping about some of his familiar life stages: growing up poor, selling crack, making music, getting rich
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Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine
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“Everybody Loves the Sunshine” is a 1976 song by Roy Ayers and his band Roy Ayers Ubiquity. The song has an instantly recognizable repeating siren-like synthesizer riff that
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Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
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“vampire” doubles as the lead single from Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, GUTS, as well as her comeback single following the release of her debut album, SOUR, in 2021. A small
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Mary Lambert) – Same Love
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The third single from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s debut album The Heist, “Same Love” is a powerful song about marriage equality for same-sex couples, and has played a big part in
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Aklesso – Florida State of Mind
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[Verse 1] / Right turn, but he took a left now he bleeding / Opp man in the penitentiary now he seasoned / Yeah, right put a voodoo man in the cement / I’ve never seen a triggered
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JVKE – golden hour
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“golden hour” is the third song released off of JVKE’s debut album, this is what ____ feels like.
Prior to announcing the song, JVKE shared on his Instagram story on July 12, 2022
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Genius – September 2021 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' SEPTEMBER 2021 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For September 2021 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all
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