07 March 2009
Tim McGraw "Please Remember Me"
"Please Remember Me" is the title of a song co-written by American country music artist Rodney Crowell and Will Jennings. Originally recorded by Crowell on his 1995 album Jewel of the South, his version was release as a single that year. Crowell's version of the song peaked at #69 on the Billboard country charts upon its release. Eventually, "Please Remember Me" made its way to Tim McGraw, who recorded it for his 1999 album A Place in the Sun. Released that year as the first single from that album, McGraw's rendition reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, a position that it held for five weeks. The song was also McGraw's biggest solo hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #10. [Wikipedia]
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill "It's Your Love"
"It's Your Love" is a song by Tim McGraw, released as the first single from his album Everywhere. The song, featuring wife Faith Hill, was a massive hit in the United States, reaching number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in its fifth week. The song stayed there for six weeks, and became McGraw's and Hill's first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 7. The song was originally recorded by pop trio She Moves; their version peaked at number 67 on the Hot 100. The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country. [Wikipedia]
06 March 2009
France Gall "Ella Elle L'a"
"Ella, elle l'a" (English: "Ella, she's got it") is a song tribute to Ella Fizgerald. It was released by a French artist France Gall as a single from her album Babacar, on August 24, 1987, and became a hit all around Europe being number one in Austria and Germany. [Wikipedia]
Desireless "Voyage Voyage"
Desireless is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit record, "Voyage Voyage" topped the charts in many European and Asian countries, and even reached number five in the UK Singles Chartmade. All together it sold over five million copies. [Wikipedia]
Alizee "Moi Lolita"
"Moi Lolita" (English: "Me Lolita") is a song by French singer Alizée, which was released as her debut single. It was popular in France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Syria, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Italy, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom. It is one of the few songs in French, or indeed any other language apart from English, to be a UK Top 10 hit. The video for the single, which was the first to be filmed of her, showed Alizée as a village girl visiting a night-club and showcasing Alizée's image as a seductive Lolita character, referring to the novel by Vladimir Nabakov. [Wikipedia]
05 March 2009
Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind"
Always on My Mind" is a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee. Elvis Presley recorded his version of "Always on My Mind" on March 29, 1972. The song became a huge hit, reaching Gold status in the U.S for sales of over half a million copies. It reached number 16 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in November 1972. Brenda Lee's version had stalled at #45 on the country charts in 1972. Over thirty years later, Presley's version was played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and included on that year's promotional compilation album Voices from the FIFA World Cup.
In 1987, Pet Shop Boys performed a version of "Always on My Mind" on Love Me Tender, an ITV network television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Presley's death, in which various popular contemporary acts performed cover versions of his hits. Their performance was so well-received that the group decided to record the song and release it as a single. This version became the U.K.'s Christmas number one single that year and topping the charts for four weeks in total. It also reached number one in Germany in 1988, and peaked at number four in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year, becoming the duo's fifth and last Top 10 hit there. It is their best selling single in the official UK Singles Chart. [Wikipedia]
New Order "Blue Monday"
"Blue Monday" is a dance pop song recorded in 1982 and originally released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order. The Official UK Chart Company (UK Singles Chart) has estimated its total UK sales at over one million. In the all-time UK best-selling singles chart, published in 2002, "Blue Monday" came 76th. "Blue Monday" is often seen as one of the most important crossover tracks of the 1980s pop music scene. Synthpop had been a major force in British popular music for several years, but "Blue Monday" was arguably the first British dance record to exhibit an obvious influence from the New York club scene. [Wikipedia]
Ace of Base "All That She Wants"
"All That She Wants" was a hit single of Swedish pop group Ace of Base. The song was produced by Denniz Pop. In late 1992 and early 1993, the song reached the top of the charts in many countries, including Denmark, the United Kingdom and Australia. The single was certified Platinum in the United States, where it peaked at #2. It is one of the highest-selling #2 songs of all time in the States: it stayed in the top three songs on Billboard's Hot 100 list for three months, but never actually reached the #1 position. [Wikipedia]
La Bouche "Be My Lover"
La Bouche is a German Eurodance/Dance-pop duo formed in 1994, consisting of Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray. They scored a major worldwide hit in the mid-1990s with "Be My Lover". The song was released in 1995, which peaked at number one in Germany and Australia, while also reaching the Top 10 in fourteen European countries. It was also number one in US Hot Dance Club Play Chart. La Bouche's album Sweet Dreams including the hit "Be My Lover" was released in 1996. It peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200 and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA and sold over 8 million copies worldwide. [Wikipedia]
Haddaway "What Is Love"
"What Is Love" is a 1993 dance track by the singer Haddaway, popular with club DJs. Recorded in the early '90s, it later experienced a revival as the song from the Saturday Night Live "Roxbury Guys" sketches, which were later made into the 1998 feature film A Night at the Roxbury. The song was also featured as the background music for the previous night's NBA highlights on NBC's NBA Showtime in the mid-to-late '90s. The music video featured clips from Metropolis. Since 1994, it has been played prior to the opening pitch of every Tulane Green Wave home baseball game.
The song peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom and Germany, but it reached #1 in thirteen other countries, all of them European or Asian. In the United States the song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #12 in Australia. [Wikipedia]
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