“Not Gonna Get Us” is a song recorded by Russian music duo t.A.T.u. for their first English-language studio album, 200km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002). IThe song was written by Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, Elena Kiper and Valery Polienko, while production was handled by Horn. Musically, the song is a Eurodance-inspired song, and lyrically it […]
Forgotten Songs – 2000’s (1)
Today we move into not only a new decade but also a new century. The closer we come to the present the less likely it is that there will be so many forgotten songs but, then again then musical output seems to be on the increase, especially as new platforms for music develop. So we […]
Some Odd Songs for Father’s Day
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a two-part single in 1965, it was Brown’s first song to reach the Bilboard Top Ten, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one R&B hit, topping the charts for eight weeks. It won Brown his first Grammy. […]
Forgotten Songs – 1990’s (7)
“Maria” is a song by American band Blondie. The song was written by Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri and produced by Craig Leon. Taken from their seventh album, No Exit (1999), it was Blondie’s first new release since 1982. “Maria”, issued as a single in Europe in January 1999, reached number one in the United Kingdom; […]
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“No Scrubs” is a song recorded by American group TLC as the lead single from their third studio album, FanMail, in February 1999, by LaFace Records. The song was written by producer Kevin Briggs, former Xscape members Kandi Burruss and Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, and TLC member Lisa “Lef Eye” Lopes. The song lyrics describe the […]
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“All Together Now” is a song by British band The Farm from their 1991 album Spartacus. Peter Hooton wrote the lyrics in his early 20s, after reading about the Christmas Truce of 1914. The song was first recorded under the title “No Man’s Land” for a John Peel session in 1983. In 1990, Hooton wrote […]
Forgotten Songs – 1990’s (4)
“Lovefool” is a song written by Peter Svensson and Nina Persson for Swedish band the Cardigans’ third studio album, Fist Band on the Moon (1996). It was released as the album’s lead single in Sweden in mid-1996 and in September 1996 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the song was serviced to radio […]
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“Kiss Me” is a song by American band Sixpence None the Richer from their self-titled third album (1997). The ballad was released as a single in August 1998, in the United States and was issued in international territories the following year. Several music critics compared the song to works by English alternative rock band the […]
Forgotten Songs – 1990’s (2)
“Stay (I Missed You)” is a song by American singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb. It was released in May 1994 as the lead single from the original movie soundtrack to Reality Bites (1994). The song was written and composed by Loeb herself, while production was handled by Juan Patiño. “Stay” was originally conceived in 1990, at one […]
Forgotten Songs – 1990’s (1)
So now our journey through forgotten songs takes us into the 1990’s. It was was one filled with a variety of pop, rap, and alternative music artists as well as a plethora of one-hit wonders. It was a time when musical taste was as varied as the events that were happening at the time. Many […]