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"Babylon" is a song by British singer-songwriter #DavidGray. Originally released on 12 July 1999 as the second single from his fourth album, #WhiteLadder (1998), it was re-released as the album's fourth single on 19 June 2000. Described as Gray's signature song, "Babylon" is "about a love that is lost and found again". "Babylon" peaked at number five on the #UKSinglesChart on re-release in June 2000 and, eventually.
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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys from their debut studio album, #Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. After the song was featured in a Super Bowl ad in February 2021.
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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys from their debut studio album, #Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. After the song was featured in a Super Bowl ad in February 2021.
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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys from their debut studio album, #Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. After the song was featured in a Super Bowl ad in February 2021.
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"Midnight at the Oasis" is a song by the American singer #MariaMuldaur from her 1973 debut album, #MariaMuldaur. Written by #DavidNichtern, it is her best-known recording. The song peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1974. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1974. It was also nominated for both #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear at the #17thAnnualGrammyAwards, held in 1975. In Canada.
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"Living in America" is a song written by #DanHartman and #CharlieMidnight and performed by #JamesBrown. It was released as a #single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song entered the Billboard top 40 on January 11, 1986, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks. It also became a top five hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 5 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"Silver Lady" is a pop single by #DavidSoul. It was written by #TonyMacaulay and #GeoffStephens and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist #EddieCochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager #JerryCapehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the #UKSinglesChart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for #countryMusic artist #AlanJackson.
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"Baby, I Love You" is a song originally recorded by #theRonettes in 1963 and released on their debut album #PresentingTheFabulousRonettes (1964). The song was written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, and #produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, the single reached number 24 on both the US #Billboard #Hot100 and Cashbox Top 100 charts, and peaked at number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"You've Got a Friend" is a 1971 song and single by American singer-songwriter #CaroleKing. It was first recorded by King and included on her second studio album, #Tapestry (1971). Another notable version, by #JamesTaylor, appears on his album #MudSlideSlimAndTheBlueHorizon (1971). His version, which features backing vocals by #JoniMitchell, was released as a single in 1971, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Bad Moon Rising" is a song written by #JohnFogerty and performed by #CreedenceClearwaterRevival. It was the lead single from their album #GreenRiver and was released on April 16, 1969, four months before the album. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 28, 1969, and reached No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in September of that year. It was CCR's second gold single. In 2010.
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"Perfect" is a song by English singer-songwriter #EdSheeran from his third studio album, ÷ (2017). After the album's release, it charted at number four on the #UKSinglesChart. On 21 August 2017, Billboard announced that "Perfect" would be the fourth single from the album. The song was serviced to #popRadio on 26 September 2017 as the third single from the album in the United States (fourth overall). The second version of the single, titled "Perfect Duet".
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"I Feel You" is a song by the English #electronicMusic band #DepecheMode, released on 9 February 1993 as the first single from their eighth studio album, #SongsOfFaithAndDevotion (1993). The song was written by #MartinGore and produced by the band with #Flood. It peaked at number eight on the #UKSinglesChart and also made number one and number three on the US #Billboard #ModernRockTracks chart and the Billboard #DanceClubPlay chart.
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"You Need Me, I Don't Need You" (or simply "You Need Me") is a song by English singer-songwriter #EdSheeran. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2011 as the second #single from his debut studio album, + ("Plus"). The track "You Need Me" was originally released on the You Need Me #extendedPlay in 2009. The new version of "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" was re-recorded with a heavier beat, and peaked at number 4 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Tubthumping" is a song by British rock band #Chumbawamba, released in August 1997 by #EMIRecords as the first single from their eighth studio album, #Tubthumper (1997). Written and produced by the band, it is their most successful single, peaking at number two on the #UKSinglesChart and topping the charts of Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand. In the United States, it reached number six on the #Billboard Hot 100 and topped three other Billboard charts.
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"When Can I See You" is a song by American musician #Babyface from his third album, #ForTheCoolInYou (1993). It was written by Babyface and co-produced by him along with #AntonioReid and #DarylSimmons. Released in May 1994 by #EpicRecords, the song became Babyface's highest-charting single on the US #Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4. The song also peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard #HotRAndBSingles chart and at No. 35 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"When I Need You" is a song written by #AlbertHammond and #CaroleBayerSager. Its first appearance was as the title track of Hammond's 1976 album When I Need You. #LeoSayer's version, produced by #RichardPerry, was a massive hit worldwide, reaching number 1 on the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in February 1977 after three of his earlier singles had stalled at number 2. It also reached number 1 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 for a single week in May 1977;.
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"Lovin' You" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter #MinnieRiperton from her second studio album, #PerfectAngel (1974). It was written by Riperton and her husband, #RichardRudolph, produced by Rudolph and #StevieWonder, and released as the album's third single on November 29, 1974 by #EpicRecords. The song peaked at number one on the US #Billboard #Hot100 on April 5, 1975. Additionally, it reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Daydreamer" is a song by the American singer #DavidCassidy. Written by #TerryDempsey and produced by Rick Jarrard, "Daydreamer" was Cassidy's second and final No.1 single in the #UKSinglesChart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in October and November 1973. The song was a #doubleASide with a #coverVersion of #HarryNilsson's "The Puppy Song". The single was the 10th best selling single in the UK in 1973.
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"Guilty" is a vocal duet between #BarbraStreisand and #BarryGibb. The song was written by all three #BeeGees: #BarryRobinAndMauriceGibb. Released as a #single from Streisand's 1980 album of the same name, "Guilty" peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 5 on the #adultContemporaryChart. In the UK, the song reached No. 34 on the #UKSinglesChart. The single was certified gold by the #RIAA. In addition.
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"Nights in White Satin" is a song by English #rock band #theMoodyBlues, written by #JustinHayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album #DaysOfFuturePassed. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 103 in the United States in 1968. It was the first significant chart entry by the band since "Go Now" and its recent line-up change, in which #DennyLaine and #ClintWarwick had resigned.
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"Be My Guest" is a song written by #FatsDomino, #JohnMarascalco and #TommyBoyce. Arranged and produced by #DaveBartholomew and recorded by Domino on September 26, 1959, it was released as a single by #ImperialRecords the following month and reached number 8 on the #Billboard #popChart, number 2 on the #RAndBChart, and number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was Boyce's first hit as a writer.
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"Dance with Me" is a song written by Lewis Lebish and #ElmoGlick and performed by #TheDrifters with #BenEKing singing lead. In 1959, the track reached No. 2 on the #USRAndBChart, No. 15 on the #USPopChart, and No. 17 on the #UKSinglesChart. It was featured on their 1960 album, The Drifters' Greatest Hits.
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"School's Out" is a song first recorded as the title track of #AliceCooper's fifth studio album. It was released as the album's only single on April 26, 1972. "School's Out" was Alice Cooper's biggest international hit and it has been regarded as their signature song and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, number three in the Canadian #RPM 100 Singles chart, number two on the #IrishSinglesChart and number one on the #UKSinglesChart. In 2015.
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"Cupid" is a song by the American singer #SamCooke, released on May 16, 1961. It charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the #HotRAndBSides chart; the track performed best in the #UnitedKingdom, peaking at number seven on the #UKSinglesChart. The song is featured on Cooke's greatest hits album, #TheBestOfSamCooke (1962).
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"Good Times" is a #disco #soul song by American R&B band #Chic, released in June 1979 by #AtlanticRecords as the first single from their third album, #Risqué (1979). It was both written and produced by #BernardEdwards and #NileRodgers, and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on August 18, 1979. In Europe, the song peaked at number five on the #UKSinglesChart and was a top-20 hit in Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden.
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"Another Saturday Night" is a 1963 hit #single by #SamCooke from the album #AintThatGoodNews. The song was written by Cooke while touring in England when staying in a hotel where no female guests were allowed. It reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 1 on the R&B chart for a single week. In the UK, the song peaked at No. 23 on the #UKSinglesChart. In #Canada it reached No. 30. Cooke's version featured his spoken recitation.
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"It's My Life" is a song by the English band #TalkTalk. Written by #MarkHollis and #TimFrieseGreene, it was the title track on the band's second album, #ItsMyLife (1984), and released as its first single on 3 January 1984. It became a moderate hit in many countries, reaching number 46 on the #UKSinglesChart, number 33 in #Germany, number 32 in #NewZealand, number 25 in #France, number nine in Italy, and number 30 in #Canada. In the United States.
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"Show Me the Way" is a song by the English rock musician #PeterFrampton. Originally released in June 1975 as the lead single from his fourth studio album #Frampton, it gained popularity after being recorded live and released in February 1976 as the lead single from his live album #FramptonComesAlive In the US, the song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the #UKSinglesChart, becoming his biggest US hit until "I'm in You" in 1977.
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"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the English #popRock band #DuranDuran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by #ColinThurston for the group's second studio album, #Rio (1982). The song was released on 4 May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom, and 7 June 1982 in the United States. It reached No. 5 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the #ElectricLightOrchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album #OutOfTheBlue (1977). Written and produced by frontman #JeffLynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite on side three of the original double album. "Mr. Blue Sky" was the second single to be taken from Out of the Blue, peaking at number 6 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 35 on the US #Billboard Hot 100.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Kiss the Rain" is a song by British singer-songwriter #BillieMyers from her debut album, #GrowingPains (1997). Produced by #DesmondChild, the song was released on 23 September 1997 as the lead single from the album by #UniversalRecords. Myers co-wrote it with Child and #EricBazilian, and also recorded a #Spanish version titled "Besa la lluvia (Piensa en mí)" ("Kiss the Rain (Think of Me)"). The song charted at number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Midnight at the Oasis" is a song by the American singer #MariaMuldaur from her 1973 debut album, #MariaMuldaur. Written by #DavidNichtern, it is her best-known recording. The song peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1974. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1974. It was also nominated for both #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear at the #17thAnnualGrammyAwards, held in 1975. In Canada.
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"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" is a #noveltySong by #LonnieDonegan. Released as a single in 1959, it entered the #UKSinglesChart on 6 February 1959 and peaked at number three. It was also Donegan's greatest chart success in the United States, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. In #Canada it reached number 20 in August 1961.
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"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" is a #noveltySong by #LonnieDonegan. Released as a single in 1959, it entered the #UKSinglesChart on 6 February 1959 and peaked at number three. It was also Donegan's greatest chart success in the United States, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. In #Canada it reached number 20 in August 1961.
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