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The Cranberries – I Just Shot John Lennon
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This spinning song recalls the death of Beatles member and musical icon John Lennon. Dolores O'Riordan had a good explanation behind the song:
“I was reading a book about John
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The Cranberries – When You're Gone
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[Intro] / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / Do-be-da, do-be-da / [
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The Cranberries – Salvation
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The biggest hit off of To The Faithful Departed deals with addiction. Limerick in ‘96 was a cesspool of drugs that The Cranberries had bubbling all around them.
The song charted
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The Cranberries – Cordell
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Though once you ruled my mind / I thought you'd always be there / And I'll always hold on to your face / But everything changes in time / And the answers are not always fair / And
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The Cranberries – Free to Decide
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This song is by The Cranberries and appears on the album To the Faithful Departed (1996).
Fergal (November 2002, Hot Press) :
That was basically just because we were starting to
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The Cranberries – I'm Still Remembering
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I'm still remembering the day / I gave my life away / I'm still remembering the time / You said you'd be mine / Yesterday was cold and bare / Because you were not there / Yesterday
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The Cranberries – The Rebels
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Seems like yesterday we were sixteen / We were the rebels of the rebel scene / He wore Doc Martens in the sun / Drinking vintage cider having fun / We were drinking vintage cider
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The Cranberries – Bosnia
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I would like to state my vision / Life was so unfair / We live in our secure surroundings / And people die out there / Bosnia, was so unkind / Sarajevo, change my mind / And we all
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The Cranberries – Electric Blue
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Electric blue eyes, where did you come from / Electric blue eyes, who sent you / Electric blue eyes, always be near me / Electric blue eyes, I need you / Domine, Domine, Deus
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The Cranberries – Joe
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There was a time, I was so lonely (away) / Remember the time, It was a Friday (away) / You made me feel fine, We did it my way (away) / I sat on your knees, every Friday (away) / (
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The Cranberries – War Child
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Who will save the war child baby / Who controls the keys / The web we weave is thick and sordid / Fine by me / At times of war we’re all the losers, there’s no victory / We shoot
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The Cranberries – Intermission (Early Mix)
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Q&A. Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning ... I Just Shot John Lennon (Paris Demo) (Unreleased) · Go Your Own ...
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The Cranberries – I Can't Be With You (Live At The Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto/1996)
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[Intro] / I can't be with you, you, you / [Verse 1] / Lying in my bed again and I cry 'cause you're not here / Crying in my head again and I know that it's not clear / Put your
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The Cranberries – Will You Remember?
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Will you remember the dress I wore? / Will you remember my face? / Will you remember the lipstick I wore? / This world is a wonderful place / Will you remember the black limousine
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The Cranberries – Free To Decide (Live At Pine Knob Music Theatre, Michigan/1996)
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[Intro] / This is our current single / It's called "Free To Decide" / [Verse 1] / It's not worth anything more than this at all / I live as I choose or I will not live at all / [
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The Cranberries – The Icicle Melts (Live in Detroit/1996)
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[Intro] / This is one of our older songs / It's a song, kind of a sad song called "The Icicle Melts" / [Verse 1] / When, when will the icicle melt? The icicle, icicle / And when
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The Cranberries – Go Your Own Way
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[Verse 1] / Loving you isn't the right thing to do / How can I ever change things that I feel? / If I could, maybe I'd give you my world / How can I when you won't take it from me
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The Cranberries – The Picture I View
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I haven't changed but my life has / People are strange when it's like us / I did something wrong to them / And I don't even know your name / No I don't even know your name / I
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The Cranberries – Forever Yellow Skies
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Yellow skies, I can see you in yellow skies / See you again, I see you again / In my dreams, in my dreams / In my dreams, in my dreams / Morning light, I remember morning light
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The Cranberries – Linger (Live At The Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto/1996)
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[Intro] / If you know this one, I want you to sing it with me, alright? / [Verse 1] / If you, if you could return / Don't let it burn / Don't let it fade / I'm sure I might be rude
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The Cranberries – God Be With You
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The truth will ever hide / Even though I tried / They tried to take my pride / But they only took my father from me / They only took my father / Even though I cried / Even though I
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The Cranberries – Hollywood
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[Verse 1] / I've got a picture in my head, in my head / It's me and you, we are in bed, we are in bed / You'll always be there when I call, when I call / You'll always be there
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The Cranberries (Ft. Luciano Pavarotti) – Ave Maria
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Ave maria / Gratia plena / Maria, gratia plena / Maria, gratia plena / Ave, ave dominus / Dominus tecum / Benedicta tu in mulieribus / Et benedictus / Et benedictus fructus ventris
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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