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Avicii – Lay Me Down (Avicii By Avicii)
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[Verse 1] / I believe, things get tough / Sometimes my knees can barely hold me up, yeah / I'm no fool, but it's said / You gotta walk a mile to get outta my head / [Pre-Chorus
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Avicii – Lay Me Down
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“Lay Me Down” is a disco-house track sung by Adam Lambert, with guitar backing by Nile Rodgers. You may recognize the latter from Daft Punk’s works.
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Avicii – Lay Me Down (Black Coffee Remix)
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I feel weak, things get tough / Sometimes my knees can barely hold me up, yeah / I'm no fool, but it's said / That you gotta walk a mile to get outta my head / Come within, taste
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Avicii – Wake Me Up
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“Wake Me Up” is the lead single for Avicii’s first studio album #True. It features Aloe Blacc, who wrote the lyrics on a plane flying from Geneva, Switzerland, to L.A.
Like many
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Avicii – Somewhere In Stockholm
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“Somewhere In Stockholm” is a track of the second studio album Stories by Avicii. It was released on 2 October 2015.
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Sam Smith – Lay Me Down
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“Lay Me Down” was released on Sam’s debut album, In The Lonely Hour, as the lead single from the album. Much of In the Lonely Hour deals with a case of unrequited love Smith
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Avicii – You Make Me (Avicii By Avicii)
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[Verse] / We are one, one for sure / All united / You'll want some more / (Oh-oh-oh-oh) You make me / (Oh-oh-oh-oh) You make me / We are one, one for sure / All united / And need
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Avicii – Addicted To You (Avicii by Avicii)
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[Verse 1] / I don't know just how it happened; I let down my guard / Swore I'd never fall in love again, but I fell hard / Guess I should have seen it coming; caught me by surprise
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Avicii – Dear Boy (Avicii by Avicii)
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[Verse 1] / So bold and fine, I′ve known you for some time / Whole life changed while bones like yours and mine / Go dance in the woods and down we go, down, down / Oh boy, you're
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Avicii (Ft. Salem Al Fakir) – Hey Brother (Avicii by Avicii)
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[Verse 1] / Hey, brother / There's an endless road to rediscover / Hey, sister / If you ever think my blood is thicker / [Refrain] / Oh, wear the liar's heart on my sleeve / For
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Avicii – Liar Liar (Avicii By Avicii)
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[Verse 1] / Follow you to dust / Leaving footprints on the clouds as we're walking home / Iron hearts all turn to rust / By tears and the daze on a diamond street / Kiss this
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Avicii – Wake Me Up (Avicii By Avicii)
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[Verse 1: Aloe Blacc] / Feeling my way through the darkness / Guided by a beating heart / I can't tell where the journey will end / But I know where to start / They tell me I'm too
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Avicii – Hope There's Someone (Avicii By Avicii)
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[Verse 1] / Hope there's someone who'll take care of me / When I die, will I go? / And hope there's someone who'll set my heart free / Rest alone when I'm tired / [Pre-Chorus
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Avicii – Shame On Me (Avicii By Avicii)
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[Hook] / Shame on me for loving you / But you can't deny that you've been untrue / You lie so sweet but you love to tease / You're putting out fire with your gasoline / Uh-dut-dut-
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Avicii – Dear Boy
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Also known as “Dance In The Water (Wild Boys)”, this song is about trying to find that nostalgic love you had with your spouse; looking for that same spark that once drove you
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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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Avicii – Addicted to You
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[Verse 1: Audra Mae] / I don't know just how it happened / I let down my guard / Swore I'd never fall in love again / But I fell hard / Guess I should have seen it comin' (Ah
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Avicii – The Nights
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“The Nights” by Avicii is an ode to good fun and also to the singer’s father. The “pirate-y fight” (as described by the writer Nicholas Furlong) sound to the song was inspired by
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Avicii – Long Road to Hell
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The tale of a man who thought he could trick out the devil after having sold his soul. The story is told, perhaps, from the man’s coincience point of view.
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Avicii – Long Road to Hell
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The tale of a man who thought he could trick out the devil after having sold his soul. The story is told, perhaps, from the man’s coincience point of view.
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Jessie J – Domino
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“Domino” was the fifth single in Jessie’s debut studio album Who You Are and was released on the 29 August 2011. The song was Jessie’s second UK number one single.
Jessie revealed
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Sam Smith – Stay With Me
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“Stay with Me” sees Smith yearning for a lasting relationship after a one-night stand leaves them craving more. One of their biggest hits, it’s gone #1 in countries like the United
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Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly
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In this song, Alec is talking about a moment of his life with his ex-girlfriend.
This song was later officially remixed by Alec and featured GRAMMY award-winning artist, Alessia
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Avicii – Heart Upon My Sleeve
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This version of “Heart Upon My Sleeve” is the 2013 re-release of the instrumental track in all countries except the United States. The song was originally composed by Avicii as an
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Whale Bones – Backyard
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[Verse 1] / Lay me down in the backyard / Like I always knew that I should be / And hold me down in the front yard / Because I don't always do what I believe / [Chorus] / I hope
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Avicii – You Make Me
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The second single of #True. Avicii had a project for his fans to release this track. He set up a black box in an abandoned nuclear silo in Sweden surrounded by speakers. He had
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Avicii – Hey Brother
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Avicii was inspired for this song from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Avicii tried six different singers before going with Dan Tyminski, who was the voice of The Soggy
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Avicii – Liar Liar
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Liar Liar is the sixth track on Avicii’s debut album, True. It features vocals from Aloe Blacc (who also sang the album’s lead track, “Wake Me Up” and Blondfire.
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Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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A cover of the Cher song, written by Sonny Bono.
Nancy Sinatra’s version was not well known until it was used in the opening sequence of Kill Bill.
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OneRepublic – Counting Stars
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The first track on OneRepublic’s third studio album Native, “Counting Stars” was inspired by lead singer Ryan Tedder’s writing sessions with Beyonce in the Hamptons. The song has
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Avicii (Ft. Simon Aldred) – Run Run (Reference)
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[Verse 1] / Run run we gotta get gone / Cold cold city, got me coming I'm done / Run run, and while we're still young / We'll find heaven in each other's arms / Run run, so we can
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Hozier – Take Me to Church
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“Take Me to Church” is the debut single by Irish recording artist Hozier. It has become an international hit, reaching #1 in 12 countries, and has been certified five times
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Avicii – EDOM
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[Instrumental]
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Vance Joy – Lay It on Me
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“Lay It On Me” is the lead off single off Vance Joy’s second studio LP. The song released July 12, 2017 and radio-premiered one day later on Triple J.
According to Vance Joy, “
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Avicii – All You Need Is Love
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All You Need Is Love is a bonus track to Avicii’s debut album, True. It is available only on the Japanese release of the album and as a Spotify exclusive track. The tile and its
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Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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The idea for the chorus of the song came from a note left by bandmate Andrew Ridgeley:
Don’t forget to wake me up up before you go go, George
Apparently it wasn’t a cute way of
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida
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Revered as an essential rock song of the 2000s, “Viva La Vida” tells the story of a monarch who’s lost his kingdom. In another aspect, the song is also seen as a narrative on the
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Avicii – Hope There's Someone
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[Verse 1] / Hope there's someone who'll take care of me / When I die, will I go? / And hope there's someone who'll set my heart free / Nice to hold when I'm tired / [Chorus
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Avicii – Shame on Me
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“Shame on Me” is a maniac, jazzy electro-track between two lovers who just broke off an unhealthy relationship.
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Coldplay – Clocks
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Continuing the existential themes of A Rush of Blood to the Head, “Clocks” opens with a haunting piano melody into Chris Martin’s falsetto vocals.
The song concerns the paradox
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The Weeknd (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Sidewalks
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On “Sidewalks,” Abel and Kendrick use sidewalks as a metaphor for their path from humble beginnings to fame and fortune.
Both The Weeknd and Kendrick grew up in less-than-ideal
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