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12 Mar, 2007

Ticks

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The artist releases Ticks, from his album, 5th Gear. When asked about writing humorous songs:

I think it’s all in the timing. It’s like fishing. It’s baiting the hook and knowing when to set it. In ‘Ticks’ you bait them and go all the way down the chorus to ‘I’d like to walk you through a field of wild flowers.’ I could have ended it then with ‘So let’s take a drive’ (laughs). But that’s not setting the hook. After ‘I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers’ the ball is sitting on the T, so you swing and give it a line like ‘And I’d like to check you for ticks.

Brad Paisley - Ticks (Live)

21 Feb, 2007

Break the Ice

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Spears releases her single, Break the Ice, from her album, Blackout. One of the songwriters, Keri Hilson, tells about the single:

It’s about two people, a girl and a guy,and the girl is saying, ‘You’re a little cold. Let me warm things up and break the ice.’ Here, Spears’ breathy vocals are layered, so that she’s singing, ‘Hot hot hot — ahh,’ on top of the chorus, and stopping the song à la Janet Jackson to say, ‘I like this part. It feels kind of good.’

Britney Spears - Break The Ice (Official HD Video)

13 Feb, 2007

High Maintenance Woman

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Keith releases his single, High Maintenance Woman, from his album, Big Dog Daddy.

My manager T.K. met his ex-wife years ago when she was the head cheese at an apartment complex in Nashville. They had a basketball goal outside for the residents and T.K. would shoot baskets with the complex’s maintenance man Curt while waiting for Betty to get off work. Curt eventually asked T.K. how he could get into the music business and, long story short, he’s now one of the head guys at my booking agency Monterey Peninsula Artists. The three of us were at dinner one night and got to talking about Betty, who was just a country girl back at the apartment complex, but is kind of a high maintenance chick now. Likes her Dolce & Gabbana. T.K. said something about having known her for 20-some years, and Curt mentioned he’d known her a lot longer since they’d worked together before T.K. was in the picture. I asked Curt if he ever dated Betty and he said, ‘No, she was too high maintenance for the maintenance man’.

Toby Keith - High Maintenance Woman

31 Oct, 2006

Jump

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The artist releases her song Jump. The song is on the album Confessions On A Dance Floor and is a collaboration between Madonna and writers Stuart Price and Joe Henry.

Madonna - Jump (Official Video) [HD]

Wind It Up

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The artist releases her song, Wind It Up, from, The Sweet Escape. The song uses a sample of “The Lonely Goatherd” from the musical, The Sound of Music.

You can only do a song like this if you don’t care what people think. I grew up with that film and I cried when I heard the finished song.

Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up (Official Music Video)

11 Sep, 2006

Teardrops on My Guitar

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 Swift releases her single, Teardrops on My Guitar, from her self titled album, Taylor Swift.Swift shares her motivation to write the song:

I used to have a huge crush on this guy, who would sit there every day talking to me about…another girl: how beautiful she was, how nice and smart and perfect she was. And I sat there and listened, never meaning it any of the times I said `Oh, I’m so happy for you.’ I guess this is a good example of how I let my feelings out in songs, and sometimes no other way. And I’ve never been afraid of using names. I love this song because of its honesty and vulnerability. To this day, they are still together and he has no idea about this song.

 

Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar

9 Sep, 2006

Our Song

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Swift releases her single, Our Song, from her self titled album, Taylor Swift. About what inspired her to write her song:

I wrote this song in my freshman year of high school for my 9th grade talent show. So I was sitting there thinking, ‘I’ve gotta write a song that’s gonna relate to everyone in the talent show, and it’s gotta be upbeat.’ And at that time, I was dating a guy, and we didn’t have a song. So I went ahead and wrote us one, and I played it at the talent show at the end of the year. And months later, people would come up to me and they’re like, ‘I loved that song that you played – ‘Our Song’.’ And then they’d start singing lines of it back to me. And they’d only heard it once, so I thought, ‘There must be something here!’

Taylor Swift - Our Song

22 Aug, 2006

Once In A Lifetime

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Urban releases his single, Once In A Lifetime, from his album, Love, Pain, And The Whole Crazy Thing. Urban says in the lyrics:

She doesn’t need to be afraid to love him, because she knows how much he loves her. He also says it’s tough, but he’ll never give up because what they share is a ‘Once in a Lifetime Love.’

Keith Urban - Once In A Lifetime (Official Music Video)

19 Aug, 2006

Before He Cheats

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The artist releases, Before He Cheats, from, Some Hearts.

I remember at that time – because that was right after Idol – we [were] on the road, and then I get this song,” she recalled. “I [thought], ‘People are going to hate me for singing this song.’ They’re gonna be like, ‘Oh my gosh, we can’t listen to her album. She’s bad, and I can’t let my children listen to this.’ Finally I was just like, ‘You know what? I like this song. I would turn this song up on the radio, so I’m just gonna go for it.

Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats (Official Video)