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9 Sep, 2008

Hot N Cold

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Perry releases Hot N Cold, from her album, One of the Boys. The song is inspired by an ex-boyfriend:

One day this person would send me a text and I would be so thrilled about it because I had been waiting for some kind of sign – a smoke signal. He would be all interested and then I would just lose him, or one day he would want to see me and then one day he wouldn’t. I didn’t know what was wrong with him, if he was bipolar, or if he was wearing a mood ring. I took the theme and the song kind of spilled out of me.

Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (Official Music Video)

8 Aug, 2008

John Lennon tribute

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On the Dig Out Of Your Soul album there will be a song that pays tribute to John Lennon. The song, I’m Outta Time will feature some audio from a John Lennon interview.

29 Jul, 2008

Superwoman

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The artist releases her single, Superwoman, from her album, As I Am.

A Superwoman is a woman who has incredible dreams, incredible ambitions, all the things she wants to do, but she also knows how to take care of herself.

Alicia Keys - Superwoman (Official Video)

24 Jun, 2008

Give It 2 Me

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Madonna releases her song featuring Williams, Give It 2 Me, from the album Hard Candy.

It’s going to be a great song to do live. I can see the whole place jumping. It’s the ultimate ‘Give me all you’ve got, don’t try to stop me‘. And a great song to work out to.

Madonna - Give It 2 Me feat. Pharrell (Official Video)

23 Jun, 2008

Waitin’ On A Woman

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The artist releases his single, Waitin’ On A Woman, from his album, 5th Gear. Co-writer, Varble:

A buddy of mine told me about a friend of ours who was in the hospital and wasn’t doing well at all. After I hung up with him, I talked to the guy and asked how he was doing. He was in his last days, and I asked him where his wife was. He said he told her to go home, that there was nothing she could do there. That title came to mind, and that little story, the outline of it.
Don [Sampson] and I had started a song the week before that we were going to finish, but Don said, ‘Shoot, let’s write this instead of that other one.’ We finished it in one day. That afternoon, I went to town to play it for one of my song pluggers down there, Cris Lacy. She hears a million songs, and I looked up at her afterwards, and she had tears down her face. I told Don, ‘I think we have something if it got through Cris Lacy’s hard shell.’ About a week later, somebody at Brad Paisley’s company played it for him, and he put it on hold, and the rest is history.

Brad Paisley - Waitin' On A Woman (Official Video)

9 Jun, 2008

Kiss With A Fist

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The band releases Kiss With A Fist, from Lungs. Welch:

I want to make it clear that a man has never beaten me up and I would never advocate that in a song in any way whatsoever. There are no victims in that song. They’re both beating the s–t out one another, there’s no victimisation in it. The song is describing a highly destructive relationship, but one which both partners enjoy. But it’s all metaphorical.

Florence + The Machine - Kiss With A Fist

19 May, 2008

All I Want To Do

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The group releasesAll I Want To Do, from, Love On The Inside. Nettles:

It’s fun and light-hearted, and it feels like summer. And where Stay left off with just a guitar and a vocal, this starts off with just a guitar and a vocal. Obviously it kicks in, so you can move yourself around and dance. But I think it’s sort of a nice juxtaposition, but also it shows a bit of an evolution.

Sugarland - All I Want To Do

8 Apr, 2008

Last Name

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The artist releases, Last Name, from her album, Carnival Ride.

I met a guy at an after-party and asked him his last name 3 times, but it never stuck. He got my number, we talked a few times, and I didn’t know what his last name was. I was way past the point where I should have known his last name, and if I asked him, I knew it would offend him.

Carrie Underwood - Last Name (Official Video)

17 Mar, 2008

4 Minutes

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The artist releases her song, 4 Minutes, from her album, Hard Candy. Madonna co-writes the song with Timberlake, Hills and Timbaland.

I really enjoy writing with Justin. We had psychoanalytic sessions whenever we wrote songs first. We’d sit down and we’d start talking about situations. And then we’d start talking about issues or problems or relationships with people. That was the only way, because you know, writing together with somebody is very intimate. That was fun, because he’s open and he’s got talent. He’s a songwriter. I haven’t worked with a lot of songwriters where I’m instantly connected and start riffing and playing with the rhythm of the words. He’s as interested in the rhythm of the words as the meaning of the words.

Madonna - 4 Minutes feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland (Official Video) [4K]

3 Mar, 2008

Every Day

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The band releasesEvery Day, from, Still Feels Good. DeMarcus:

I think the simple message of that song is what attracted me to Every Day. It’s one of those simple yet profound lyrics. When you hear that chorus and he says, ‘Every day you save my life,’ it hits you like a ton of bricks. There are so many people that come in and out of your life that you feel that way about. So many people have stood behind me for so long. I immediately thought of my mom and how encouraging she was to me over the years, struggling in Nashville, and I wanted to give up and come back home and get an ordinary job somewhere. That song really moved me when I thought about those people that are in my life that I lean on so heavily. My wife, my family, it’s just a really great song.

Rascal Flatts - Every Day (Official Video)

29 Jan, 2008

Picture to Burn

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Swift releases her single, Picture to Burn, from her self titled  album, Taylor Swift. Swift about the song:

I think girls can relate to the song because basically it’s about just being mad. And it’s OK to be mad after a breakup or after something goes wrong with a relationship. It’s just like completely, brutally honest. It’s also kind of funny. It’s got a comedic edge to it.

Taylor Swift - Picture To Burn

21 Jan, 2008

Chasing Pavements

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The artist releases her single, Chasing Pavements, from her album, 19.

That song is about should I give up or should I just keep trying to run after you when there’s nothing there? I was only with him for four months but when I signed my record deal I had to write an album, as I hardly had any songs, so I wrote about him.

Adele - Chasing Pavements (Official Music Video)

18 Jan, 2008

Early Winter

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The artist releasesEarly Winter, from, The Sweet Escape.

I did this when Kingston (her child) was just 3 months old. I wanted a nostalgic number like Billy Idol’s Eyes Without A Face or Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time.

Gwen Stefani - Early Winter

10 Jan, 2008

LoveGame

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Gaga releases her single LoveGame from her album The Fame.

I wanted to have that big giant dance video moment. I wanted it to be plastic, beautiful, gorgeous, sweaty, tar on the floor, bad-ass boys, but when you got close, the look in everybody’s eyes was f—ing honest and scary.

Lady Gaga - LoveGame (Official Music Video)