“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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
Forgotten Songs – 1990’s (5)
“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 […]