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"Shout" is a song by English pop rock band #TearsForFears, released as the second single from their second studio album, #SongsFromTheBigChair (1985), on 23 November 1984. #RolandOrzabal is the #lead singer on the track, and he described it as "a simple song about protest". The single became the group's fourth top 5 hit on the #UKSinglesChart, peaking at No. 4 in January 1985. In the US, it reached No. 1 on the #Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985.
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"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British #rock band #Queen. Written by #FreddieMercury in 1979, the track is included on their 1980 album #TheGame, and also appears on the band's compilation album #GreatestHits in 1981. The song peaked at number two in the #UKSinglesChart in 1979 and became the group's first number-one single on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the US in 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks.
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"Miss You" is a song by the English rock band #theRollingStones, released on #RollingStonesRecords in May 1978. It was released as the first single one month in advance of their album #SomeGirls. "Miss You" was written by #MickJaggerAndKeithRichards. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the #UKSinglesChart. An extended version, called the "Special Disco Version", was released as the band's first dance #remix on a #12inchSingle. In 2010.
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"Suddenly" is a duet performed by #OliviaNewtonJohn and #CliffRichard from the #soundtrack #Xanadu, and is the love theme from the 1980 film of the same name. It was written and produced by #JohnFarrar. "Suddenly" reached number 15 on the #UKSinglesChart in October 1980 and number 20 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 in January 1981. It finished the year as number 91 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1981. It was also a major #AdultContemporary hit.
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"Cum On Feel the Noize" is a song by the English rock band Slade which was released in 1973 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist #NoddyHolder and bassist #JimLea and produced by #ChasChandler. It reached No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart, giving the band their fourth number one single, and remained in the charts for twelve weeks. The song was included on the band's 1973 compilation album #Sladest.
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"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a #ChristmasSong released in 1971 as a single by the #PlasticOnoBand with the #Harlem Community Choir. It was the seventh single released by #JohnLennon outside his work with #theBeatles. The song reached number four in the United Kingdom, where its release was delayed until November 1972, and has occasionally re-emerged on the #UKSinglesChart, most notably following #LennonsMurder in December 1980, when it peaked at number two.
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"I'm Sorry" is a 1960 hit song by 15-year-old American singer #BrendaLee. The song was written by Dub Allbritten and #RonnieSelf. It peaked at No. 1 on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in July 1960. On the #UKSinglesChart, the song peaked at No.12. #AllMusic guide wrote that it is the pop star's "definitive song", and one of the "finest teen pop songs of its era". In 1999, the 1960 recording by Lee on #DeccaRecords was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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"True Love Ways" is a song attributed to #NormanPetty and Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly's original was recorded with the #DickJacobs Orchestra in October 1958, four months before the singer's death. It was first released on the posthumous album #TheBuddyHollyStoryVol2 (Coral 57326/757326), in March 1960. The song was first released as a single in #Britain in May 1960, reaching number 25 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"I'm Not in Love" is a song by British group #10cc, written by band members #EricStewart and #GrahamGouldman. It is known for its innovative and distinctive backing track, composed mostly of the band's #multitracked vocals. Released in the UK in May 1975 as the second single from the band's third album, #TheOriginalSoundtrack, it became the second of the group's three number-one singles in the UK between 1973 and 1978, topping the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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"I Feel You" is a song by English #electronicMusic band #DepecheMode, released on 15 February 1993 by #MuteRecords as the first single from their eighth studio album, #SongsOfFaithAndDevotion (1993). The song was written by #MartinGore and produced by the band with #Flood. It peaked at number eight on the #UKSinglesChart and also made number one and number three on the US #Billboard #ModernRockTracks chart and the Billboard #HotDanceClubPlay chart.
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"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" is a song written by Artie Zwirn and Harry Giosasi and produced and arranged by #LeRoyHolmes. The single was performed by New York-based doo-wop group #TheImpalas. It reached #2 on the #USPopChart, behind both #TheHappyOrgan by #DaveBabyCortez and #KansasCity by #WilbertHarrison. It also went to #14 on the #USRAndBChart. Overseas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" went to #28 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1959.
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"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song written by #LeeHazlewood and recorded by American singer #NancySinatra. It charted on January 22, 1966, and reached No. 1 in the United States #Billboard Hot 100 and in the #UKSinglesChart. Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, #country, dance, and industrial. Among the more notable versions are the singles released by #Megadeth.
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"Holding Back the Years" is a song by the English #soul and pop band #SimplyRed, released as the third single from their debut studio album, #PictureBook (1985). In 1986, the #ballad reached number one on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the #UKSinglesChart. "Holding Back the Years" had initially been released in the UK the year before, reaching number 51.
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"Nikita" is a song by English musician #EltonJohn from his 19th studio album, #IceOnFire (1985). It was released as the album's lead single on 4 October 1985, charting at number three on the #UKSinglesChart, peaking at number seven in the United States, and reaching the top 10 worldwide, topping the charts of eight countries. The song features #GeorgeMichael on backing vocals and #NikKershaw on guitar.
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"Personal Jesus" is a song by the English #electronicMusic band #DepecheMode. It was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, #Violator (1990), in 1989. It reached No. 13 on the #UKSinglesChart and No. 28 on the US #Billboard Hot 100. The single was their first to enter the US top 40 since 1984's "#PeopleArePeople" and was their first gold-certified single in the US. In Germany, "Personal Jesus" is one of the band's longest-charting songs.
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"Feelin' Alright?", also known as "Feeling Alright", is a song written by #DaveMason of the English #rock band #Traffic for their eponymous 1968 album Traffic. It was also released as a single, and failed to chart on both the #UKSinglesChart and the US #BillboardHot100, but it did reach a bubbling under position of #123 on the #BubblingUnderHot100. #JoeCocker performed a more popular rendition of the song on his 1969 album #WithALittleHelpFromMyFriends.
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"Pass the Dutchie" is a song performed by British-Jamaican band #MusicalYouth, taken from their debut studio album, #TheYouthOfToday (1982). It was produced by Toney Owens from #KingstonJamaica. The single peaked at the top of the #UKSinglesChart. Outside the United Kingdom, "Pass the Dutchie" topped the charts in at least five other countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, as well as peaking within the top ten of the charts in Iceland.
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"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band #ProcolHarum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the #UKSinglesChart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US #Billboard Hot 100. One of the anthems of the 1967 #SummerOfLove, it is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having #soldMoreThan10Million copies worldwide. In the years since.
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"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American #singersongwriter #JimmyWebb that was recorded first in 1967 by Irish actor and singer #RichardHarris. Harris's version peaked at number two on the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart and number four on the #UKSinglesChart. Webb won the 1969 #GrammyAwardForBestArrangementAccompanyingVocalists at the #11thAnnualGrammyAwards for the Harris version. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists.
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