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LP – The One That You Love
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[Verse 1] / Now that you've got what you wanted / Now that you've got what you need / Girl, if we're gonna be honest / Honestly, what's left for me, oh-oh-oh? / [Refrain] / 'Cause
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LP – One Like You
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[Verse 1] / Right on time as I was thinking I'm nowhere / I caught your vibe and you were takin' me somewhere / And I can't wait / Don't hesitate / Hey, I can't hide it / My face
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LP – Lost On You
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The Death Valley EP’s second single sees Pergolizzi sing a toast to the time spent (and wasted) on a failed relationship, as she tries to come to terms with the break-up that she
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Eminem – Kim
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Written in 1998, this is the prequel to 1997’s “97' Bonnie & Clyde”.
Em wrote in Angry Blonde:
This little media favorite was actually the first official song that I wrote for
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LP – One Last Time
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[Verse 1] / Another verse, another search for something holy / Another chance to make it right / Oh when it's young and it's fun / There's nothing lost, nothing won and / No
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Rihanna (Ft. Future) – Loveeeeeee Song
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“Loveeeeeee Song” is the first collaboration between Rihanna and trap-rapper Future. The track was released as the fourth single from her seventh studio album Unapologetic on April
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Linkin Park – One More Light
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“One More Light” is the eponymous song on this album. Mike Shinoda sat down to describe the song in an interview with Zach Sang:
The song, “One More Light”, was actually, it’s
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TV Girl – Hate Yourself
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“Hate Yourself” is the fourth song from TV Girl’s first LP French Exit. It describes a woman who, desperate for affection and attention, engages in short-lived affairs that
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Rick Ross (Ft. Lil Wayne) – Thug Cry
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Outro of the standard version of Mastermind, it was eventually released as the third single from Mastermind on April 1, 2014.
This song uses the same sample that Souls of Mischief
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Linkin Park – In the End
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“In the End” is mainly based on one person’s failure.
Its most possible meaning is that it’s about time wasted on trying to build a relationship with a girl who doesn’t want to be
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Chicago – You're the Inspiration
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Peter Cetera was originally contacted by producer David Foster who told him Kenny Rogers wanted Cetera to write a song for him. Foster and Cetera spent two hours coming up with the
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Jesus Loves You – Love Hurts (LP Mix)
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Love hurts / You know love hurts / Not everybody knows the way a river flows / Not everybody sees the sun up in the sky / Maybe you and I should not try to plan our lives / If only
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Randy Crawford – Only Your Love Song Lasts (LP Version)
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Loveliness your song inside of me / Through life's shadows I feel your melody / Life touching life with [Incomprehensible]poetry / Your verse of gentleness setting my heart free
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Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones
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Lost Ones is the second track from Lauryn Hill’s 5-time Grammy winning album, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
This song is written to an ex, following a relationship break-up. It
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Dean Lewis – Be Alright
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“Be Alright” is a deep and meaningful song about the hardships of a break-up. Completely destroyed, Dean goes to a friend for help who offers the very painful, but necessary advice
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LP – Strange
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[Verse 1] / Hey / Anyone can get love / Anyone can get laid / You know you're home when you find the ones who stay / Brave enough not to tame / They let you burst into flames
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The Cure – Lovesong
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Frontman Robert Smith wrote “Lovesong” as a wedding present for his bride-to-be Mary Poole in 1988.
“Lovesong” was the second UK and third US single from Disintegration, The
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Nirvana – Drain You
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According to Kurt, this song was written about a dorky, old-fashioned kind of love. One of his favorite tracks, it was performed in most concerts ever since its composition up
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Scorpions – No One Like You
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[Solo 1] / [Verse 1] / Girl, it's been a long time that we've been apart / Much too long for a man who needs love / I miss you since I've been away / Babe, it wasn't easy to leave
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Mac DeMarco – Another One
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The second single from Mac’s 2015 mini-LP Another One, he discussed his relationship with it in an interview with NPR.
“Another One” is my favorite song on the album because I’m
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Jewel – You Were Meant For Me
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A simple yet heartbreaking song, “You Were Meant For Me” follows a young woman as she tries to get through the day without her ex, clinging onto her hope that he/she will realize
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Eminem – The Way I Am
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The second single from Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP, also featured on his 2005 album Curtain Call: The Hits
In the tradition of most of Eminem’s follow-up singles, “The Way I Am
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LP – Other People
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Chronologically in a story pattern, this song would be before the famous single “Lost On You”.
The story runs in a couple in which one of the two wants to have an open relationship
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Barbie (Ft. Julie Stevens & Mark Luna) – If You Love Me For Me
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“If You Love Me For Me” is a duet between Erika disguised as Anneliese and King Dominick. King Dominick urges Erika to sing for him as he plays the piano in the palace.
The song
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Eminem – Marshall Mathers
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The title track off The Marshall Mathers LP is a direct reaction to the turmoil his life went in to after the release and runaway success of The Slim Shady LP, most notably the
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LP – One Last Mistake
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[Verse 1] / Head on the rise again / There's a road / Suddenly something is up ahead / I see somebody I don't know / Dreams are all I own / I guess I should go / Love is the shadow
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The Rembrandts – I'll Be There for You
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“I’ll Be There for You” is the Friends theme song. It was recorded by the American pop rock duo The Rembrandts.
The Friends theme song is generally seen as a memorable anthem
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Barry White – For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything) (LP Edit)
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I need to ask you something / I know my timing is probably bad / Baby, I really can't wait any longer, I... / I need to know what would it take / For me to convince you, that I
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James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go
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“Say You Won’t Let Go” is the first single from British singer-songwriter James Arthur’s second studio album, Back from the Edge. The song has peaked at No. 1 in several countries
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Kali Uchis) – See You Again
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Tyler’s favorite off of Flower Boy, “See You Again” is a love song. The song features vocals from Kali Uchis, who appeared on Tyler’s 2015 album Cherry Bomb on “FIND YOUR WINGS
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LP – One Night in the Sun
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[Verse 1] / Get your one night in the sun / Be sure to take your adulation / Get your pinch just when the moment's right / Get your one night in the sun / Ooh ooh ooh / Ooh ooh ooh
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LP – No Witness
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[Verse 1] / How do I get you outta my head? / How do I get you back in my bed? / Oh no, oh no / Tell me you're crazy, tell me you're scared / Tell me you still love what you had
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Stephen Stills – Love the One You’re With
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Love The One You’re With was written by Stephen Stills after he was inspired by the late Billy Preston’s tagline: “If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with
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Eminem (Ft. Dido) – Stan
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In this song, Eminem corresponds with a crazed fan who becomes increasingly unhinged as the story progresses. This is one of his most well-received singles and was listed at #15 on
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Morgan Wallen – Last Night
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[Intro] / Last night, we let the liquor talk / I can't remember everything we said, but we said it all / You told me that you wish I was somebody you never met / But, baby, baby
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MF DOOM (Ft. Pebbles the Invisible Girl) – Doomsday
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Samples “Kiss of Life” by Sade and “Poetry” by Boogie Down Productions.
DOOM explains in XXL Magazine:
[This song was] a while ago, so I’m trying to remember what inspired it. It
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Eminem – Kill You
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“Kill You” is the opening track to the album, and is a lyrical tirade against Kim, Debbie Mathers, girlish rappers and women in general. The call-and-response part after the hook
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Eminem – Bad Guy
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“Bad Guy” is a sequel to Eminem’s song “Stan”, which was released as a single from The Marshall Mathers LP. “Stan” is about a crazed fan who kills himself, his girlfriend and their
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LP – Love Will Keep You Up All Night
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[Verse 1] / I won't tell nobody / I'll just scream it in my mind / Nothing good in life is scripted / It's not like we predicted / That the one you want / Is gonna be the one you
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LP – Blow
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[Verse 1] / You wanna be rescued, wanna be the best you, why / Do you love when they test you? Think they gonna get you high / Are you ready for the weather? Keepin' it together
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LP – Die for Your Love
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[Verse 1] / Turn the lights up, nothin' to hide from / Let's see those eyes / Turn your glance up, girl, just man up / It'll be alright / Let's be old souls and sweep the low lows
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LP – Love Song
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[Verse 1] / My mortal enemies are still my fantasies / They get the best of me and turn me from a friend to fiend / It's such a tragedy because I wanna be / Back in that time when
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