 Genius Meanings
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Dierks Bentley (Ft. Brothers Osborne) – Burning Man
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[Verse 1] / Half your life you struggle / Half your life you fly / Half your life makin' trouble / Half your life makin' it right / One day I'm the exception / Most days I'm just
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Brooks & Dunn (Ft. Brothers Osborne) – Hard Workin' Man (2019)
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[Verse 1] / I'm a hard working man / I wear a steel hard hat / Yeah, I can ride, rope, hammer and paint / Do things with my hands that most men can't / I can't get ahead no matter
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Neil Young – Harvest Moon
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From his album of the same name, this song was written as a tribute to his wife, Pegi. The song celebrates longevity and fidelity in relationships, both in its lyrics and in a
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The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
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“Gimme Shelter” is the opening track of the Rolling Stones’s 1969 album Let It Bleed (where it was actually spelled “Gimmie Shelter”, but the more accurate spelling was adopted
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The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
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This song is sung in first person form, with Mick Jagger playing no one else but Satan himself. He documents events through history that could be seen as “works of the devil.” The
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NOFX – The Decline
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This song, known for having a run time of 18:21, is the only track on the NOFX EP “The Decline.”
The themes vary, but it is essentially a satire of American politics. Some of the
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Cam – Burning House
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This haunting yet organic track uses the imagery of a house fire as a metaphor for a dying relationship.
Cam performed a verse and a chorus from “Burning House” on widely-
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Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey
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Kentucky songwriter Chris Stapleton’s breakout solo hit is a bluesy ballad about the intoxicating power of love. The song reached #1 on Billboard’s Country Songs chart after
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Steely Dan – Reelin’ In the Years
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“Reelin' In the Years” is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second single from their 1972 album, Can’t Buy a Thrill. It reached No. 11 in the Billboard
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Chris Young – I'm Comin' Over
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“I’m Comin’ Over” is a heart breaker that features a weeping pedal steel. It’s a power ballad, and Young’s voice (described by some as the sexiest voice in country music) is
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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
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[Verse 1] / Whenever I'm with him / Something inside (Inside) / Starts to burnin' / And I'm filled with desire / Could it be a devil in me / Or is this the way love's supposed to
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Eric Church – The Outsiders
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Eric has said this song is about his ambition to remain on the outside of the Country music Genre. Something he has maintained throughout his music career.
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Niall Horan – Heaven
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“Heaven” is the lead single from Niall Horan’s third studio album, The Show, which will be released in June 2023.
The song was first teased on January 20th 2023, when some fans
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Grammys – 2016 Nominees
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After Alicia Keys unveiled the nominees for the “big four” categories live on CBS, the Grammys unveiled the remaining categories shortly after on their website on December 7th 2015
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The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice
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“Tumbling Dice” was the only major hit on Exile on Main St. peaking at number 5 in the UK and number 7 on the US charts in April 1972.
The song is about a promiscuous gambler:
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Genius – September 2023 Album Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' SEPTEMBER 2023 ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For September 2023 singles releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable albums, EPs, mixtapes, etc
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SiriusXM – Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time (2022)
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1000. Alan Jackson - Country Boy / 999. Greater Bakersfield Show Interview (w/ Dwight Yoakam & Dave Alvin) / 998. The Oak Ridge Boys - Trying To Love Two Women / 997. Chris Cagle
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Al Hoffman – Heartaches
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[Verse 1] / You said you loved me just as I love you / And I believed it all / I never dreamt your words would prove untrue / I was a fool to fall / You brought me / [Chorus
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Brett Young – In Case You Didn't Know
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“In Case You Didn’t Know” is a song by Brett Young, released as the second single from his debut self-titled EP. The song was later included on his debut self-titled album.
The
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The Statler Brothers – Flowers On the Wall
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“Flowers on the Wall” is sung by a narrator responding to an ex-lover’s worries about his loneliness and isolation. The tone is rather ambiguous, and could be either a tongue-in-
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The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
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From their 4th album, Aftermath. Per pophistorydig, the song is about the funeral of a girl from her lover’s viewpoint, and he wants the color of everything to match his mood.
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Lee Brice – Rumor
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[Verse 1] / Girl you know I've known you forever / How many nights we hung out together / Same little crowd, little bar, little town / Round this old dance floor / My boys are
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Eric Church – Springsteen
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Taken from his 2011 album ‘Chief’, the song was originally centered around a memory of a girl and another one’s song, but it centers around Bruce Springsteen and tells the story of
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Brooks & Dunn (Ft. Tyler Booth) – Lost and Found (2019)
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[Verse 1] / I lost her trail on a Friday night / She was gone before I got home / She'd been getting restless / In that big house all alone / And I've been up and down these city
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The Spinners – I'll Be Around
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[Verse 1] / This is our fork in the road / Love's last episode / There's nowhere to go, oh no / You made your choice / Now it's up to me / To bow out gracefully / Though you hold
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Burna Boy – Sittin' On Top Of The World
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[Intro] / Yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah / [Chorus] / (I'm just tryna be me) Go, go ahead, it's your time, baby / It's your time, baby, get wild, baby (I'm just tryna be me) / That's the
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