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Vampire Weekend – Exit Music (For a Film)
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Wake from your sleep / The drying of your tears / Today we escape / We escape / Pack and get dressed / Before your father hears us / Before all hell / Breaks loose / Breathe, keep
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Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
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Radiohead was in the middle of their 1996 tour when they were approached by director Baz Luhrmann to record a song meant for his upcoming film, Romeo + Juliet.
The band was shown
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Radiohead – Let Down
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Featured on Radiohead’s 1997 alternative-rock classic OK Computer, “Let Down” was recorded at 3 AM in a ballroom at the historic St Catherine’s Court. The song structure features
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Genius Lists – Songs Based On Stories
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The perfect way for Lit Geniuses to get in on the music scene, or vice versa. Let us know if you work on any of these songs by making an annotation.
– Album cover to Leviathan
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Kendrick Lamar – LUST.
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“LUST.” can be seen as Kendrick Lamar’s perspective on the repetetive nature of life. Centered around themes of sexual intimacy, Kendrick explores the monotonous routine of daily
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Ken Carson – Succubus
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[Intro] / (Wake up—) / Yeah-ah, yeah-ah / Yeah-ah, yeah, yeah, uh / Yeah-ah / [Chorus] / My emo bitch like to slit her wrists, yeah, she's so dark / She was moving too fast, I had
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Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz (Ft. Ying Yang Twins) – Get Low
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“Get Low,” the third single from Kings of Crunk, is an anthem both dedicated to and centered around one simple act: the gyration of the female posterior.
Containing a perfect mix
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Katy Perry – Firework
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“Firework” is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song was released as the third single, following the success of singles “
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Chris Brown (Ft. Gucci Mane & USHER) – Party
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“Party” is the second release of Chris Brown’s highly anticipated eighth studio album, Heartbreak on a Full Moon. The song features Gucci Mane and Usher which both have
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Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out for a Hero
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Written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford for the soundtrack to the 1984 movie Footloose, “Holding Out For A Hero” features many characteristics of Steinman’s “Wagnerian rock
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Bruce Springsteen – I'm Goin' Down
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“I’m Goin' Down” was the sixth of seven singles released from Born in the USA. All seven reached the top 10 in the US. In the UK, it did not chart despite all six of the album’s
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Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
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In an interview with Daily Telegraph, Gaga said that “Paparazzi” is about “struggling to balance success and love.”
An excerpt from a separate interview:
The song is about a few
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The Supremes – You Can't Hurry Love
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“You Can’t Hurry Love” is a song performed by American female vocal group and Motown Records' most commercially successful act The Supremes.
Written and produced by one of Motown’
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The Genius Community’s 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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Pusha T, Lana Del Rey and J.Cole all made the list, but who will be at the top?
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Kendrick Lamar – Auntie Diaries
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“Auntie Diaries” is the sixth track on disc two from Kendrick Lamar’s fifth and final studio album with Top Dawg Entertainment, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers; it is the fifteenth
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The Whispers – And the Beat Goes On
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[Chorus] / And the beat goes on / Just like my love, everlasting / And the beat goes on / Still moving strong, on and on / [Verse 1] / Do you ever wonder / That to win, somebody's
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URLtv (Ft. Danny Myers & Young Kannon) – Danny Myers vs. Young Kannon
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[Round 1: Danny Myers] / 49 people were killed in Chicago over a single weekend / The headline was undersold / 49 people were killed in Florida...now they talkin' 'bout gun control
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MAD SIC – Ghost with my eyes
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This is where the story reads to me why my son looks like all three / I did not write this / I have not finished reading it. / I just need to have it to finish my quest / Who is
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