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The 1975 – Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)
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The Temptations-sampling track “Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)” is a light, Jamaican-pop-esque track off of The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form. The song
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The 1975 – Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America
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“Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America” is a track of minimal production which sees an acoustic guitar being paired with distant horns. Matty sings about his love for Jesus Christ in
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The 1975 – Me & You Together Song
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“Me & You Together Song” features Matty singing about being infatuated with a friend who doesn’t feel the same way that he does about her, as well as the dreams and fantasies that
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The 1975 – If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)
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“If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)” is an uptempo, guitar and horn-heavy track released as the seventh single of Notes on a Conditional Form. Matty sings about his infatuation with a
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The 1975 – Guys
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“Guys” closes The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form. The title acts as the antithesis to their 2013 track “Girls,” which explores their lust for women
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The 1975 – Don't Worry
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“Don’t Worry” is a song by The 1975 that appeared on their fourth studio album Notes On A Conditional Form.
It was written and performed by Matty Healy’s father, Tim Healy
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The 1975 – Roadkill
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Matthew Healy described ‘Roadkill’ as one of the funniest songs he ever wrote while he utilizes his ability of expressing the biggest ideas in the fewest words:
If the album isn’t
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The 1975 – I’m in Love With You
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“I’m in Love With You” is the third single and sixth song included in The 1975’s fifth album ‘Being Funny in a Foreign Language’.
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The 1975 – Frail State of Mind
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“Frail State of Mind” is the third single from The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes On A Conditional Form. The track was released on October 24, 2019, on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio
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The 1975 – People
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“People” is the lead single on The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form. The song is a cry for people to act against the world’s problems, including the
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The 1975 – Looking for Somebody (To Love)
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“Looking for Somebody (To Love)” is the third song included in The 1975’s fifth studio album Being Funny in a Foreign Language.
The song is an 80s synth-pop record that features
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The 1975 – About You
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“About You” is the penultimate song included in The 1975’s fifth studio album Being Funny in a Foreign Language.
The song is a musical continuation of the band’s 2013 single “
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The 1975 – Bagsy Not in Net
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‘Bagsy’ is British slang with the same meaning as ‘dibs’ (to claim something). It can be used with many objects or activities. ‘Bagsy not in net’ specifically refers to football
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The 1975 – The 1975 (NOACF)
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Each of the band’s albums prior to Notes on a Conditional Form begins with a song called “The 1975”. In the past, they all had identical lyrics, which began:
Go down, soft sound
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The 1975 – I Think There's Something You Should Know
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“I Think There’s Something You Should Know” is a mellow house track that discusses a certain discomfort in one’s self. According to frontman Matthew Healy himself, the song is “
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The 1975 – Playing on My Mind
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“Playing On My Mind” is a track from English alternative band The 1975 that appears on their fourth studio album, Notes On A Conditional Form. Lead singer Matty Healy mentioned the
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The 1975 – Paris
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If Matty has a subject he’s best at writing about, it’s the fucked up individuals he meets and observes. ‘Paris’ is a masterclass in that. Its main focus is a coked up girl he
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The 1975 – What Should I Say
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[Verse 1] / They're calling out your name / Must have been something you were saying / They're calling out your name / What should I say? / (Tell 'em the things that you told me
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The 1975 – Then Because She Goes
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[Verse 1] / You are mine, I’ve been drowning in you / You fracture light again / Beautiful, please don't cry, I love you / When you leave, I cry on the inside / [Chorus] / I wake
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The 1975 – Yeah I Know
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“Yeah I Know” is a song from The 1975’s fourth studio album Notes On A Conditional Form, which was released on May 22, 2020.
Described as “probably the best of the itchy, glitchy
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The 1975 – Settle Down
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Released as the third single from The 1975’s self-titled debut album, “Settle Down” tells a tale of a secretive love affair.
Matty Healy spoke extensively about its message and
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The 1975 – I Like America & America Likes Me
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The eighth-track on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is a political song about gun violence. Matty takes a clear stance against the usage of guns in America. He has
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The 1975 – Shiny Collarbone
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“Shiny Collarbone” is an song from The 1975’s album Notes On A Conditional Form.
In their album review, NME described the song as ‘the thrilling and mind-bending’.
At around 0:23
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The 1975 – The End (Music for Cars)
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This instrumental serves as the third track off of the 1975’s highly anticipated album, Notes On A Conditional Form, released May 22, 2020. “The End (Music for Cars)” is an
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The 1975 – The Birthday Party
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“The Birthday Party” is the fifth single from The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes On A Conditional Form. Released on February 19, 2020, the song was premiered on Zane Lowe’s
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Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
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Perhaps the quintessential Bruce number, this anthemic 1975 song contains many of the lyrical and musical hallmarks that make the band from E Street so justly famous. It is the
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The 1975 – Streaming
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“Streaming” is an instrumental track that transitions into the next track “The Birthday Party,” both released on the band’s fourth studio album Notes on a Conditonal Form. The song
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The 1975 – Having No Head
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“Having No Head” is an instrumental track first played by the band’s drummer and producer, George Daniel, during an Instagram Live session on his birthday on March 22, 2020. On
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The 1975 – Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied
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Struck by the extrospective feeling that life isn’t what it seems, Healy turns this indictment inwards, described by NME as seemingly “bent on deconstructing the entire artifice of
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LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
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Taken from the acclaimed Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem’s second single is a restless raver that has the inadvertent ring of a Killers track recorded while the band holidayed in
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Fall Out Boy – Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
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“Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy” starts out with an a cappella version of the chorus before the band kicks in at a fast pace. The speaker of the song questions the
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The 1975 – How to Draw / Petrichor
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“How to Draw / Petrichor” consists of two parts, the first being a poignant vocoder-led retake on a bonus track from the 1975’s previous album, which the latter builds upon to
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The 1975's “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America” Addresses The Inner Conflict Between Sexual Identity & Faith
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It’s the latest example of the band addressing pertinent political issues of our time.
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Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
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Written at 7½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen’s last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released
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Arctic Monkeys – I Wanna Be Yours
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The song reworks John Cooper Clarke’s poem of the same name. The song focuses on similar themes in the poem. In an interview, Clarke said his poem is:
one of a classic style of
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SadBoyProlific – I miss you...
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[Chorus: The 1975 - Somebody Else] / I don't want your body / But I hate to think about you with somebody else / Our love has gone cold / You're intertwining your soul with
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