 Genius Meanings
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The Beatles – Michelle
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A McCartney song inspired by a comical faux-French ballad he used to busk in the streets when he was a teenager in order to attract women and make his friends laugh. Paul asked
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Sir Chloe – Michelle
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[Verse 1] / Walk in the room, take off your coat / You look so nice, I've been so cold / You wanna be my special one / I cannot breathe, please just go home / [Chorus] / Michelle
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The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
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A dry-witted story of a man who failed to charm his love interest into bed, and how he got his revenge in an extreme (and sociopathic) way.
Norwegian Wood is my song completely
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The Beatles – Here, There and Everywhere
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Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.
A simple love song and Mojo Magazine’s 4th best song ever written, “Here, There And Everywhere
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The Beatles – In My Life
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“In My Life” is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
The song originated with Lennon, and while McCartney contributed to the final version, the extent
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The Beatles – Nowhere Man
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“Nowhere Man” is the fourth track of The Beatles' album Rubber Soul. In a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon recalled the background to this song: “I remember I was just
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Matt Monro – Michelle
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Michelle, ma belle / These are words that go together well / My Michelle / Michelle, ma belle / Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble / Tres bien ensemble / I love you, I love
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The Beatles – Girl
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John Lennon’s answer to McCartney’s “Michelle,” typically downbeat and self-aware in comparison to McCartney’s twee faux-French love song. The track stars as the ninth song of The
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Paul McCartney – Michelle (Live / 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Michelle, ma belle / These are words that go together well / My Michelle / Michelle, ma belle / Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble / Tres bien ensemble / [Chorus
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The Beatles – And I Love Her
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The Beatles began recording “And I Love Her” on 25 February, 1964. They recorded two takes that day, with a full electric line-up, but it was evidently not the sound they were
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Wayne Newton – Michelle
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[Verse 1] / Michelle, ma belle / These are words that go together well / My Michelle / [Verse 2] / Michelle, ma belle / Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble / Très bien
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The Beatles – Paperback Writer
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This song was released in 1966, and its creation was spawned when McCartney was requested to “not make a song about love.” The primary inspiration came from Macca finding Ringo
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The Beatles – Help!
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The title track of the album and film of the same name, “Help!” was released in 1965 as a single, and eventually ranked No. 29 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of
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Vance Joy – Riptide
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The intro and first single to Vance Joy’s debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing was a critical and commercial success. Critics praised its clever lyrics filled with pop
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The Beatles – Mother Nature's Son
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A typically upbeat acoustic ditty by McCartney, composed after he was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi in India.
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The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand
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This is the song that topped the U.S. charts and made The Beatles, in their own words, “toppermost of the poppermost” (sourced here. This is where Beatlemania took off on a global
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The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun
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“Here Comes the Sun” is a George Harrison-penned track from Abbey Road. Following a period of disillusionment with the music industry, he skipped a day at Apple’s offices and went
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The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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The opening track from the ubiquitous concept album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, introduces the fictional band and leads into the Ringo-fronted “With A Little Help From
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The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There
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Track one, side one of Please Please Me.
Now considered a rock'n'roll standard covered by everyone from Pharrell Williams to Led Zeppelin, it was originally titled Seventeen as
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The Beatles – Revolution
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The B-side of The Beatles' best selling single “Hey Jude”, “Revolution” has John Lennon expressing doubt in regard to some of the tactics used by the 1968 protests. While the song
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The Beatles – We Can Work It Out
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Recorded during the Rubber Soul sessions, “We Can Work It Out” was a gold certified single McCartney possibly wrote about girlfriend Jane Asher.
It’s an important song in the
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Count Basie – Michelle
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