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Arcade Fire – My Heart Is an Apple
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[Verse 1] / I'll admit I'm full of shit / That's how I know I love you / That's how I know I trust you / You're not sure if there's a right or wrong / But it feels like there is
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Arcade Fire – Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
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“Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” is Arcade Fire’s second single from their sixth album WE, (annouced on 12 April via instagram post) following “The Lightning I, II”. The song is
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Arcade Fire – Headlights Look Like Diamonds
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“Headlights Look Like Diamonds” was written by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the married couple at the heart of Arcade Fire, on their first date as a couple (although she
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Arcade Fire – Peter Pan
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“Peter Pan” is the fifth song on Arcade Fire’s new album Everything Now. The song gathers inspiration from the fictional character Peter Pan, created by J.M. Barrie. He has the
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Arcade Fire – I'm Sleeping in a Submarine
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[Intro] / She's gone to sea / She's fighting for me / What bravery / [Verse] / I'm sleeping in a battle ship / I'm sleeping in a submarine / I'm sleeping in a fighter plane / I'm
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Arcade Fire – Old Flame
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This song is about breaking up and the want to get back together after being broken up over and over again and how painful that can be.
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Arcade Fire – Vampire / Forest Fire
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[Verse 1] / You want to be set apart? / Burn all of your art repair the wasteful part / I'm a vampire in a forest fire / Hey! we all got to keep warm / Driving towards the storm
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Arcade Fire – WE
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The song/album borrows its title from Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin’s 1921 sci-fi novel “We” and comes after it’s divided into two parts “I” and “WE”, with “I” channeling “the
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Arcade Fire – The Woodlands National Anthem
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[Intro] / I guess we'll have to move / The neighborhood is on to us / Let's join the little babes / Throwing rocks in front of us / [Verse 1] / Riding on my bicycle / I pass my
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Arcade Fire – No Cars Go (EP version)
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We know a place where no planes go! / We know a place where no ships go! / [Chorus] / Hey! / No cars go! / Hey! / No cars go, where we know! / We know a place no spaceships go
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Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
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“Punisher” is the title track from Phoebe Bridgers' sophomore album, written about her musical hero Elliott Smith. The song details a fictional encounter that Phoebe had with the
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Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
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“Do I Wanna Know” is the second single from AM, premiered live at the Ventura Theatre, CA on May 22, 2013.
In it, Alex portrays himself as an obsessive lover that is paranoid
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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Sting – Shape of My Heart
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“Shape of My Heart” is the 9th track (10th on international copies) on Ten Summoner’s Tales. It was co-written by Dominic Miller, Sting’s guitarist, which makes it one of the few
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Lana Del Rey – Arcadia
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“Arcadia” is the fourth single from Lana Del Rey’s eighth studio album Blue Banisters. A snippet of the track and music video was released via Lana’s social media on July 4, 2021
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Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
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The first single from In Utero, “Heart-Shaped Box” details the battle of wills inherent to a new relationship when one doesn’t quite feel so strongly about another person.
“Heart-
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
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1 | Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | 1971 / 2 | The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds | 1966 / 3 | Joni Mitchell | Blue | 1971 / 4 | Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 1976 / 5 | The
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O.C. Smith – Little Green Apples
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This is the original version of the song Little Green Apples, as it has been covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, and etc.
The song was released in
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50 Cent – Hustler's Ambition
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The lead single to the [“Get Rich or Die Tryin' Movie Soundtrack”] consists of “rags to riches” theme of “getting rich or dying trying”. Written by 50 in his trailer on set of the
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The Weeknd – After Hours
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“After Hours” is the title track and the third promotional single for The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours. The song addresses a failed relationship that ended in
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Sparklehorse (Ft. PJ Harvey) – Piano Fire
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A surrealist song with pacifist overtones.
The songs features many descriptions of inabilities and twisted characters, some of which are anthropomorphised.
Featuring PJ Harvey
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Machine Gun Kelly & glaive – more than life
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“more than life” marks Machine Gun Kelly and glaive’s first official collaboration, with the song bringing MGK’s recent pop-rock and punk sound to glaive’s wide range of singing
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The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
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“Blinding Lights” is the second single to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours, following the record’s lead single “Heartless,” which released two days prior on November 27
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Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars
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“All the Stars” is the lead single from the Black Panther soundtrack. Released on January 4, 2018, the single was announced as part of the soundtrack that would be produced and
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Kanye West & The Weeknd (Ft. Lil Baby) – Hurricane
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“Hurricane” is the lead single from Donda, the song was highly expected after being one of the biggest leaks from the Yandhi era.
The song was first previewed by Kanye West in an
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Styx – Mr. Roboto
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The 1983 multi-message hit, combining Japanese (the “land of robots”) and English, topping at No. 3 in the charts. The song addresses a robot in a futuristic prison in which the
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J. Cole – Javari (Want You to Fly)
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On “Javari,” Cole offers a modern-day version of the life of Jesus Christ, swapping His name with Javari. Cole’s version is darker and more realistic than that of traditional
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Ed Sheeran & Elton John – Merry Christmas
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“Merry Christmas” serves as Ed Sheeran’s first Christmas song, and serves as Elton John’s second Christmas single, following the release of 1973’s “Step Into Christmas.”
In an
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Sade – Like a Tattoo
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The final night of Sade’s 1993 Love Deluxe World Tour, Sade explained to her audience that “Like A Tattoo” was a true story based on the accounts of a stranger Sade met years ago
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Adele – Easy On Me
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“Easy On Me” marked Adele’s return after a six-year hiatus. The song is the lead single off her fourth studio album 30. In an October 2021 BBC Radio 1 interview, Adele revealed
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girl in red – Serotonin
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Serotonin is the first song off of girl in red’s debut album, if i could make it go quiet. Marie grapples with depressive episodes and her struggle with mental health, a common
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Arctic Monkeys – There'd Better Be a Mirrorball
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“There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” is the lead single and opening track from Arctic Monkeys' seventh studio album, The Car. The song resurrects the same jazz-inspired style featured
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Phoebe Bridgers – Kyoto
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“Kyoto” is an uptempo indie rock song that takes a glimpse into Bridgers' inner musings during her time spent on tour in Japan.
With a little help from Bright Eyes‘ Nathaniel
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