 Genius Meanings
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MIKA – Ice Cream
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[Verse 1] / When I hear that sound, I know what's coming 'round / Thirty-nine degrees, too hot for the bees / The grass is turning yellow / Streets are slow and mellow / The faucet
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MIKA – Ice Cream (Wideboys 99 Flake Remix)
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[Intro] / Ice cream, ice, ice cream, ice cream / Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream / [Verse 1] / When I hear that sound, I know what's coming 'round / Thirty-nine degrees
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Audrey Mika – Talk About A Glo Up
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[Verse 1] / Tryna get some groceries for my cool new fridge / Glidin' down the cold ice cream isle (Of course) / Gotta love that spoon full of mint chocolate chip / In my sweats
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Audrey Mika – Just Friends
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[Intro] / Just friends don't do what we do / [Verse 1] / Hey, what's up, where you been? / I've been waitin' by my phone / I don't know what you think / I've been tryin' figure you
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MIKA – Blue
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[Verse 1] / Blue is a feminine color (Ooh) / Blue is deep and bold (Ooh) / Blue is like no other (Ooh) / As sacred as it's old (Ooh) / Blue like the ocean's water (Ooh) / But you'
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MIKA – Paloma
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Mika said in an interview:
To a song like, “Paloma…” It’s about my sister and it’s about the night that I found her on railings having fallen from the window of the fourth floor
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MIKA – Sanremo
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[Verse 1] / Light brown skin / Lips like Campari / And words like soda / Can I come over? / Just let me in / I wanna go where / The nights are blinding / The sun keeps shining / [
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MIKA – I Went to Hell Last Night
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[Verse 1] / I went to hell last night / Followed you there, I was standing by your side / The saddest thing I've ever seen / Made me angrier than I've ever been / [Pre-Chorus
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MIKA – Platform Ballerinas
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This song is a lot like his 2007 hit “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” in that it is an empowering song about women who don’t fit a certain mold.
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Audrey Mika – Pure
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[Verse 1] / You tossed up my life like a piece of salad / I wish it was like before I made it me / I'm not that naïve, think before you share it / But I'm not gonna share it with
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MIKA – Tiny Love
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[Verse 1] / It's not a sunrise over canyons shaped like hearts / It isn't bursting into song in Central Park / It's not the outline of your face drawn in the stars / It's a 'still-
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MIKA – Dear Jealousy
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[Intro] / Jealousy, bring the music back to me / [Verse 1] / Dear jealousy / You know every part of me / Hiding where no one can see / I want you to leave / Dear jealousy / Why you
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MIKA – Cry
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause I can't be your slave to the rhythm / I've got shackles on my feet / Won't it be nice to get a little bit into you? / It's just that I'm a little bit into you
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MIKA – Tomorrow
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[Intro] / Tomorrow / Tomorrow / Tomorrow / [Verse 1] / You and I, we're really / Really not so innocent / Consequences won't be easy / From here, every road leads to regret / But
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MIKA (Ft. Jack Savoretti) – Ready To Call This Love
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[Verse 1: MIKA, Jack Savoretti] / I'm afraid of the world / Losing love in the dark / Every time that I move too fast, I fall apart / But I think you're the same / And I know that
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MIKA – Tiny Love Reprise
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[Verse 1: MIKA] / My name is Michael Holbrook / I was born in 1983 / No, I'm not losing my mind / It's just this thing that you do to me / [Chorus: MIKA] / You get me high on a
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Ghostface Killah (Ft. Chrisette Michele) – Slow Down
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This song is about how Ghostface Killah is spending so much money so fast. Chrisette is reminding him that time goes quickly and he should slow down to appreciate it. At the end
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SAYGRACE – Boys Ain't Shit
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[Intro] / These boys ain't shit, I'm not here for it / If you want me, act like it, act like it, mm / [Verse 1] / You only hit me on the late night / I never see you in the
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Elizabeth & The Catapult – Ambrosia
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[Verse 1] / My name is Ambrosia, I take care of mother / I won't go to bed 'til I know that she's alright / Pancakes for breakfast, ice cream for dinner / She says to live every
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Genius – December 2023 Album Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' DECEMBER 2023 ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For December 2023 singles releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable albums, EPs, mixtapes, etc
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Beyoncé & Nicki Minaj) – Sweet Dreams
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[Intro: Beyoncé] / Turn the lights on / [Verse 1: Beyoncé] / Every night I rush to my bed / With hopes that maybe I'll get a chance to see you / When I close my eyes, I'm going out
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DMX Dark Man X (Ft. Sisqó & Dru Hill) – What These B$#@&! Want
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DMX ,Cisco / La, la, la, la, la, la / What these b****** want from a n**** / Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah / Dru Hill you know what I'm saying / What they really want / Def jam
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Nightwish – Slow, Love, Slow
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[Verse 1] / Come and share this painting with me / Unveiling of me, the magician that never failed / This deep sigh coiled around my chest / Intoxicated by a major chord / I wonder
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Millie Parfait – Sana ako na lang
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[Chorus] / Sana ako na lang / Ba't kasi nando'n ka sa kanya? / Sana ako na lang / Kasi mas bagay tayong dalawa / Bakit pa 'ko umaasa kahit alam ko naman na / Meron ka nang iba at
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Silk (Ft. Teno West) – Freak Me
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A sexy, sensual ballad, “Freak Me” became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B chart in 1993, making it Silk’s biggest and most famous hit to date.
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Milky Chance – Stolen Dance
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The first single released from their debut album Sadnecessary, the song was originally released to little worldwide fanfare on April 5th 2013 and became number one in Austria
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EPMD – So Wat Cha Sayin'
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The only single from EMPD’s second album Unfinished Business. It would later be remade by Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek
Samples:
“So Amazing” by Luther Vandross
“Public Enemy
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Genius – February 2020 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' FEBRUARY 2020 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For February 2020 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Rihanna (Ft. Mikky Ekko) – Stay
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“Stay” is the second single off of Rihanna’s seventh studio album Unapologetic. It features guest vocals from Mikky Ekko and was written by Ekko and Justin Parker.
With this
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Ariana Grande – 7 rings
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“7 rings,” which features Ariana boasting about money and many other luxuries, including diamonds and houses, is the second official single from Ariana Grande’s fifth studio album
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Gwen Stefani (Ft. Akon) – The Sweet Escape
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“The Sweet Escape” was released as the second single from Stefani’s album of the same name. The song features guest vocals from Akon, which marks the first collaboration between
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Chris Brown & Young Thug – Go Crazy
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On “Go Crazy,” Thugger and Chris sing and trade bars over familiar topics: sex and women. In particular, about keeping some trysts secret and women who are shy but nevertheless
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Elton John – Crocodile Rock
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Likely inspired by the song Daddy Cool’s “Eagle Rock” and Neil Sedaka’s “Oh! Carol,” “Crocodile Rock” comments on rock’s evolution over time using metaphors.
Elton John actually
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MIKA – Domani
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[Intro] / Domani / Domani / Domani / [Strofa 1] / Cercherò una scusa / Per sentirmi fragile / Perché tu mi fai paura / E non lo so nascondere / Il cuore ha sempre ciò che vuole
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Vika & Linda – Hard Love
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[Verse 1] / I don't want a love / Changing like the wind / You know I want the kind of lovin' / That sticks by me through thick and thin / [Refrain] / I want a hard love this time
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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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Genius – May 2022 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' MAY 2022 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For May 2022 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
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“Everybody Hurts” seems kind of saccharine and overly heartfelt because it was meant to be. In an interview, Michael Stipe mentioned that the song was meant to be a genuine message
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Falling in Reverse – Good Girls Bad Guys
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[Chorus] / So why do good girls like bad guys? / I had this question for a real long time / I've been a bad boy, and it's plain to see / So why do good girls fall in love with me
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Static Major) – Lollipop
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Here, we encounter Wayne’s masterful foray into electropop. He is known to experiment with different genres hence his rock album, Rebirth.
This was his breakout single, and is to
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Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
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“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” is an ode to partying heavily. In the music video, Perry (portraying her alter ego, Kathy Beth Terry) celebrates a party at her house on a Friday
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Kate Nash – Foundations
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“Foundations” is the lead single from Kate Nash’s debut album Made of Bricks. Nash wrote it about a couple trying to stay in love despite falling out of friendship:
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