Genius Meanings
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Will Smith – Friend Like Me
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“Friend Like Me” is the fifth song in the 2019 live action remake soundtrack, but is actually the third song to be sung in the movie (not counting the One Jump Ahead reprise).
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Will Smith (Ft. DJ Khaled) – Friend Like Me (End Title)
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This hip-hop version of “Friend Like Me”, played over the end-credits of the movie, features Will Smith teaming up with DJ Khaled.
Whereas the version played during the movie
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Robin Williams – Friend Like Me
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A big, bold introduction befitting Robin Williams' energetic Genie, “Friend Like Me” not only introduces the character to Aladdin, but the audience as well. Entertaining and
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Alan Menken (Ft. Will Smith) – Friend Like Me (Finale)
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[Instrumental] / [Outro] / You ain't never had a friend like me!
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Alan Menken (Ft. Adam Jacobs & James Monroe Iglehart) – Friend Like Me (Broadway)
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[GENIE] / (Scat fill) Can you give me a "bada-yada-yada"? / (Aladdin repeat) / Good! Scotty-wop / (Aladdin repeat) / Everybody! Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo / (Audience repeat) / (Scat fill
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Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
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“Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” is the lead single from Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album of the same name.
It was released on 7 December, 2022 as a surprise
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Nicki Minaj – Chun-Li
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Named after the first female character in the video game series Street Fighter (or any fighting game), “Chun-Li” was released alongside “Barbie Tingz” on the 12th of April, 2018
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McQontheBeat – Aladdin Trap Remix - Jafar Becomes Sultan
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(Instrumental, but a FIRE remix)
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Lauren Spencer Smith – Best Friend Breakup
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[Verse 1] / Everyone at school thought we were sisters / Dressed the same, talked the same, together all the time / You could find me in your family pictures / Next to you, in the
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Sam Smith – Love Me More
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“Love Me More” is the first track on Sam Smith’s fourth album Gloria, released on 27th January 2023. It was also Sam’s first release of 2022 following their third studio album
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Sam Smith – I'm Not Here To Make Friends
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“I’m Not Here To Make Friends”, together with “Unholy”, is perhaps a stand-out track on Sam Smith’s Gloria album. Sam performed it flawlessly on the BBC 1 Graham Norton Show on
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Rachel Grae – Friend Like Me
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[Chorus] / Damn I need a friend like me / Wish I knew the secret recipe / Of how to make a person that I need / Damn I really need a friend like me / [Verse 1] / One-sided
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Tallah – Friend Like Me
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Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves / Scheherazade had a thousand tales / But master you're in luck, 'cause up your sleeves / You've got a brand of magic never fails / You've got
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Jaden Smith & BloodPop® (Ft. Ezra Koenig) – Friend Like U (Magistocratic Remix)
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[Chorus: Ezra Koenig] / I never had a friend like you / I don't think I'll ever find another / All the bad things that we been through / It's so good we got each other / I know
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Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
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“The Real Slim Shady” is the quintessential early Eminem song—funny and serious simultaneously, with crazy rhyme schemes and devices.
As K-Solo had asked, will the “Real Solo
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twenty one pilots – Heathens
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“Heathens” premiered in June 2016 and was the first new single from twenty one pilots following the success of their 2015 album, Blurryface, and its singles. Billboard hinted
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Michael Jackson – Ben
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“Ben” is a song lyrically written by Don Black (music by Walter Scharf) about the subject – a boy and his pet rat – of the 1972 film Ben for its soundtrack. It was originally
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Taylor Swift – betty
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“betty” touches on the aftermath of “august,” which describes a summer love that was doomed from the start. Listeners learn that while the summer affair was going on, the speaker
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Lana Del Rey Sings For A Forgotten California Landmark On New Song “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd”
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It’s the title track off her forthcoming ninth studio album.
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Dean Lewis – Be Alright
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“Be Alright” is a deep and meaningful song about the hardships of a break-up. Completely destroyed, Dean goes to a friend for help who offers the very painful, but necessary advice
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Celeste – Strange
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[Verse 1] / I tried for you / Tried to see through all the smoke and dirt / It wouldn't move / What could I do? / [Pre-Chorus] / I touch your head to pull your thoughts into my
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Miguel (Ft. J. Cole) – All I Want Is You
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“All I Want Is You” is the single for Miguel’s debut album. The song is produced by Salaam Remi. Miguel and J. Cole tell separate tales about girls they just can’t seem to move on
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Daft Punk (Ft. Julian Casablancas) – Instant Crush
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“Instant Crush,” the fourth single off of Random Access Memories, sees Daft Punk team up with Julian Casablancas from The Strokes in a mid tempo song with bass driven mellow verses
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Smith & Thell (Ft. Swedish Jam Factory) – Forgive Me Friend
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[Verse 1: Victor Thell & Maria Jane Smith] / I, I've been keeping secrets from you, dear / There's things in me I'm scared that you might fear / It crackles in the ground / And you
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Will Smith – Potnas/interlude
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This here's a record I wrote about friendship / The kind that X and Ja 'Lil was talking bout / When they wrote / Friends, how many of us have them? / I'm talkin 'bout, friends
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Lauren Spencer Smith – Fingers Crossed
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On “Fingers Crossed” Lauren sings of an ex-lover, and remembers when the pair were still together. Spencer-Smith recalls the good and bad of the relationship, going from the two
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Kanye West – Violent Crimes
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“Violent Crimes” chronicles Kanye’s shift in perspective towards women with the birth of his children, specifically his daughters North and Chicago. He also brings up his fears
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Lauren Spencer Smith – Back to Friends
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[Verse 1] / Guess you were right to hide the way you feel / We’d keep pretending like it wasn’t real / Said you need space and now I finally understand / Why you refused to take my
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Jaden (Ft. WILLOW) – Let It Breathe
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A 10 minute breakup song, reminiscent of his song Blue Ocean, featuring his younger sister. It’s theorized that the song is either about his After Earth co-star Zoe Kravitz, his ex
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Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One
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“I’m Not the Only One” was written by Sam Smith about a friend and their slow realisation that their lover has been cheating on them and lying about it. It’s one of several songs
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Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy wit It
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The first hit single from Will’s 1997 album Big Willie Style, this song was so significant that the particular time period in hip-hop from which it came is often called “The Jiggy
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Michael W. Smith – Friends Are Friends Forever
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Packing up the dreams God planted / In the fertile soil of you / Can't believe the hopes He's granted / Means a chapter in your life is through / But we'll keep you close as always
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
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The song is about front man Anthony Kiedis and the period in his life when he walked around Los Angeles sad and very alone, finding solace in the streets and hills and the wind
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Will Smith – Arabian Nights (2019)
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“Arabian Nights” is the opening act for the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin, and similarly so for the Broadway adaptation and the original 1992 movie.
Unlike other versions
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Lauren Spencer Smith – That Part
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[Verse 1] / We've only been dating for a year / But I'm gonna take a risk and sound a little weird / I want the picket fences / And an arch around the entrance / Two IKEA twin beds
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