“Raise Your Glass” is a song by American singer Pink from her first great hits compilation Greatest Hits…So Far!!! (2010). The song was written by Pink, Max Martin and Karl “Shellback” Schuster, and produced by the latter two, who are responsible for many of Pink’s hits. The song celebrates the first decade since Pink’s debut […]
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“Night Shift” is a song by American indie rock musician Lucy Dacus. It was released as the lead single from her album Historian in December 2017. Dacus described the song as, “The only breakup song I’ve ever written.” It was inspired by her relationship with her former bassist, with whom she broke up after finishing […]
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“Me & Magdalena” is a song from The Monkees 50th-anniversary LP Good Times! released in 2016. The Monkees turned creative control over to lifelong fans of the group, like producer Adam Schlesinger and songwriters like Rivers Cuomo, Paul Weller, and Noel Gallagher. The result is, improbably enough, the greatest album of the 2010s by a […]
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“Emmylou,” is a song by First Aid Kit a Swedish folk duo consistingKlara and Johanna Söderberg who sweetly pay tribute to country power couples so accurately that you forget the sisters are Swedish. “I’ll be your Emmylou, and I’ll be your June,” they sing over blazing steel guitar. “If you’ll be my Gram and my […]
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So, we embark on our final decade of exploration of forgotten songs. These songs will have been out of mind for the least time of all our choices but hopefully we will still be able to surprise and delight you by stirring old memories in the way only music can do. So let us begin. […]
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A final delve into the decade that has become know as the ‘Noughties’. “Bubbly” is the debut single of American singer Colbie Caillat from her first album, Coco (2007). Written by Caillat and Jason Reeves and produced by Mikal Blue, the song was released as the album’s lead single in May 2007. “Bubbly” is Caillat’s […]
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“No One Knows” is a song by American band Queens of the Stone Age written by band members Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. It was the first single and second track from their third album, Songs for the Deaf, and was released in November 2002. “No One Knows” was a chart success, becoming the band’s […]
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“Superstar” is a song written by Cutfather, Joe Belmaati, and Remee and performed by Danish pop singer Christine Milton. It was released in 2003 as the lead single from her debut studio album, Friday (2004), and spent seven weeks at number one on the Danish Singles Chart. According to a HitQuarters interview with co-writer and […]
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“Foundations” is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album, Made of Bricks (2007). It was released as the album’s lead single in June 2007, her first single since signing with Fiction Records. The music video was directed by Kinga Burza and makes use of video, still shots and stop motion […]
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“Breathless” is a song by Irish group the Corrs. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from their third studio album, In Blue (2000). “Breathless” was co-written and produced by famed music producer Robert Lange. “Breathless” is a pop song with lyrics about seduction. “Breathless” reached number one in the Czech Republic […]