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MIKA – Billy Brown
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“Billy Brown” is the main character in a story told by Mika. Billy isn’t sure about his sexuality and that causes him problems.
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MIKA – Grace Kelly
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“Grace Kelly” is a genre-defying pop song about being yourself. It’s named for Hollywood legend Grace Kelly—this opening dialogue is based off her 1954 film The Country Girl. The
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MIKA – Stuck in the Middle
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[Intro] / Ooh, oh-oh! / [Verse 1] / I sit and think about the day that you're gonna die / Your wrinkled eyes betray the joy with which you smile / Care to see my reason? / Care to
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MIKA – Lollipop
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The seventh track from Mika’s 2007 debut album “Life in Cartoon Motion”. Despite mixed critical reception, the album did very well sales-wise, ending up as the ninth-best-selling
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MIKA – Love Today
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I’ve been crying for so long / Fighting tears just to carry on / But now, but now it’s gone away / Hey girl why can’t you carry on / Is it cuz your just like your mother / A little
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MIKA – Over My Shoulder
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Over my shoulder, running away / Feels like I'm falling, losing my day / Cold and dry / Cold and dry / Fog out my daylight, torture my night / Feels like I'm falling far out of
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MIKA – Your Sympathy
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Running out of breath / Chasing down the big parade, rising up my hand, thought I'd beg the marching band to play, for me / All of these illusions, they really mean the world to me
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MIKA – Grace Kelly (Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / Do I attract you? / Do I repulse you with my queasy smile? / Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty? / Do I like what you like? / I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome
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MIKA – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
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[Intro] / Big girl, you are beautiful... / [Verse] / Walks into the room, feels like a big balloon / I said, "Hey girls, you are beautiful" / "Diet coke and a pizza, please." Diet
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MIKA – Any Other World
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In contrast with the more upbeat, tongue-in-cheek songs on the album, this song is of a quite serious nature and differs significantly in tempo.
Mika said of this song:
There is
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MIKA – Ring Ring
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[Verse 1] / I was sitting on the fence / And I thought that I would kiss you / I never thought I would've missed you / But you never let me fall, push my back against the wall
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MIKA – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am I to disagree? / I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something / Some of them want to use you / Some of them want
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MIKA – My Interpretation (Acoustic)
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You talk about life, you talk about death / And everything in between / Like it's nothing and the words are easy / You talk about me and talk about you / And everything I do / Like
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MIKA – Erase
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I shouldn't have called so late last night / All insecure- out of my mind / I shouldn't have left that message on your phone / I shouldn't have said the things I said / Lookin' for
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MIKA – Happy Ending
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Mika described the story behind the song:
“It’s about a few things. In a way, it’s a kind of sad break-up song like ‘My Interpretation.’ But, at the same time, it’s about a lot of
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MIKA – My Interpretation
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[Verse 1] / You talk about life, you talk about death / And everything in between / Like it's nothing / And the words are easy / You talk about me and talk about you / And
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MIKA – The Only Lonely One
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Hey / Eins, zwei, drei, vier! / Who lives without love / Got lots of things but it's not enough / Am I the only lonely one? / I turn on my TV / See lots of houses / But there's
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MIKA – Relax, Take It Easy
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[Intro] / Ooh, ah, ah / A-ah, ah, ah... / [Verse 1] / Took a ride to the end of the line / Where no one ever goes / Ended up on a broken train / With nobody I know / But the pain
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Billy Talent – Surrender
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Ben explained this song is about unrequited love. He can’t tell her he loves her and he keeps seeing her boyfriends come and go without being able to show her he’s the one.
You
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Billy Joel – Piano Man
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In what has come to be one of his trademark songs, “Piano Man” draws upon Joel’s experience as a bar pianist at The Executive Room in LA to tell the story of a typical night at the
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MIKA – Love Today (Acoustic)
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Alternative cover artwork of this single:
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MIKA – Relax, Take It Easy (BBC Blue Room Session)
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Took a ride / To the end of the line / Where no one ever goes / Ended up on a broken train / With nobody I know / But the pain / And the longing’s the same when you’re dying / Now
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Elton John – Your Song
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The song was composed and performed by Elton John but the lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin. It originally appeared in his self titled and second album.
Elton John hadn’t come
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MIKA – Relax, Take It Easy Samples
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See all of “Relax, Take It Easy” by MIKA’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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CAKE – Short Skirt/Long Jacket
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This is an exaggerated lyrical song that is simply about finding the right girl. It is about how men look for particular women with certain details about them; sometimes these
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Miley Cyrus – Flowers
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“Flowers” is the lead single from Miley Cyrus' eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation. The song speaks about her past relationship with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth, releasing
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Gotye (Ft. Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used to Know
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Having burned through the Australian charts late in 2011, Gotye’s sad tale of lost love continued to climb the charts on US soil in 2012 and 2013. The emotionally charged “Somebody
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Bob Dylan – Make You Feel My Love
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While “Make You Feel My Love” was originally written by Bob Dylan, the first released recording was actually done by Billy Joel, who put it on his Greatest Hits Volume III. The
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Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark
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The first single off of Springsteen’s seminal album Born In The U.S.A., this track was written two years after most of the other songs on the album.
Producer Jon Landau thought
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax
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“Relax” is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the United Kingdom in 1983. It was written in 1982 after frontman Holly Johnson came up with the basic idea
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Children of Bodom – Rebel Yell
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Last night a little dancer came dancin' to my door / Last night a little angel came pumpin' on the floor / She said, hiya baby, you've got a license for love / And if it expires
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Genius (Ft. Billie Eilish) – Artist Archive: Billie Eilish
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Welcome to the Billie Eilish Artist Archive! This page aims to be a comprehensive guide of online resources that pertain to Billie Eilish. These resources include:
Interviews (
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Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Eurythmics’ bold musical experimentation culminated in “Sweet Dreams”—the fourth single from duo’s second album, and their biggest hit.
When they wrote “Sweet Dreams,” Annie
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Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
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“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” is the lead single from 1985’s Hounds of Love, the fifth studio album by Kate Bush. The song’s original title, “A Deal With God,” was
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