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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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2006
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2006 was designated as, International Year of Deserts and Desertification International Aspergers Year January 1 – Russia cuts the shipment of natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute. January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, January 15 – NASAs Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet. January 19 – NASA launches the first space mission to Pluto as a rocket hurls the New Horizons spacecraft on a nine-year journey. February 3 – Egyptian passenger ferry, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, february 10–26 – The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy. February 17 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines killing an estimated 1,126 people, march 9 – NASAs Cassini–Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturns moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water. March 10 – NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit around Mars, march 16 – The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council. March 28 – A scramjet jet engine, HyShot III, designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound, is tested at Woomera. April 11 The European Space Agencys Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus orbit, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium. May – The Human Genome Project publishes the last chromosome sequence, may 27 – The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of IX, leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. June 3 – Montenegro declares independence after a May 21 referendum, the state union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved on June 5, leaving Serbia as the successor state. June 9 – July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany, June 28 Israel launches an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to rocketfire by Hamas into Israeli territory. The United States Armed Forces withdraws its forces in Iceland, thereby disbanding the Iceland Defense Force, July 1 – The Qinghai–Tibet Railway launches a trial operation, making Tibet the last province-level entity of China to have a conventional railway. July 6 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years, July 12 – Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel two days later, august 22 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing all 171 people on board. August 24 – The International Astronomical Union defines planet at its 26th General Assembly, september 19 – The Royal Thai Army overthrows the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup détat. September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides with a jet over the Amazon rainforest. October 9 – North Korea claims to have conducted its nuclear test. October 13 – South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations,5,1948 by Jackson Pollock becomes the most expensive painting after it is sold privately for $140 million
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Bingo (Bela B. album)
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Bingo is the first solo album of the German singer Bela B. released in 2006. The song Lee Hazlewood & das erste Lied des Tages is also featured on the Lee Hazlewood album, B-Vertüre -1,22 Theme from Bingowings - hidden track before B-Vertüre, hearable by rewinding to -1,10. Gitarre runter -3,46 Tag mit Schutzumschlag -3,06 Irgendetwas bleibt -3,30 Traumfrau -3,07 Letzter Tag -4,13 Was ist nur los. -2,341. 2006, Sie hat was vermisst 2007, Gitarre runter Bela B
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1st Time (Yung Joc song)
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1st Time is a rap single by rapper Yung Joc. It is the single released off his debut album New Joc City. The single features Trey Songz and Marques Houston, the song failed to be as successful as Its Goin Down, I Know You See It, or Dope Boy Magic. It premiered on BETs Access Granted on Wednesday November 1,2006, the video features Eightball & MJG, Jody Breeze and Trey Songz. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 93 in February 2007, on March 2, the song returned to the charts at number 97 and has thus far peaked at number 82
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4 Hot Wave
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4 Hot Wave is Japanese singer Koda Kumis 32nd single on the Rhythm Zone label. It charted at #2 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for seventeen weeks, the sales for the single became her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba in less than three weeks. It became her highest debut single and reclaimed the title of Highest Debut Sales Female Artists,4 hot wave is singer-songwriter Kumi Kodas thirty-second single and is her first quadruple a-side, with each song containing a corresponding music video. It hit #2 on the Oricon Weekly charts and reclaimed the Highest Debut Sales Female Artists from Ayumi Hamasaki, the sales for 4 hot wave made it her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba in less than three weeks. Within its first week, the single sold 207,484 copies, despite losing the number-one spot to KinKi Kids Natu Moyou,4 hot wave outsold them by over 80,000 copies. At the end of the year, the single ranked #2 on Highest Selling Single Female Artist, losing out to Naoru Amanes Taiyou no Uta, the single was Kumis first quadruple a-side, with each songs music video tying together into one story. The singles artwork was shot in Morocco while Kumi was in the shooting for her new photo-book Maroc. The videos for With your smile and Ill be there were shot in Australia, Ningyo-hime was certified gold for full-length cellphone downloads. Ill be there was featured in a advertisement for Sea Breeze. Juicy was featured as an advertisement for jewelry company GemCereys Binary Face necklace. With Your Smile was the song for NTVs Pride & Spirit 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball. Ningyo-hime was featured in a Vodafone 705T television advertisement, the music videos tie-in together to show a story about rival treasure hunters attempting to gain a triad treasure. Juicy is the first video in the story, showing Kumi with her crew seducing a group of men in a bar, in the end of the video, the men realize the women stole the map. With your smile is the video, in which Kumi is shown trying to outrun the men. The music video shows a race through the desert, Ill be there is the video showing where the map led. In the video, Kumi is seen on a beach in Morocco, the video ends with her finding the treasure. Ningyo-hime shows what the treasure led to and its theme is of Kumi being controlled by a doctor, who is notorious for fusing parts of dolls together. While ningyo hime can translate to mermaid princess, it can translate to doll princess
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Director (album)
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Director is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Avant. The album reached number one on the Billboard magazines Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, willie Taylor co-wrote two of the songs on the album, So Many Ways and With You. Selling 600,456 copies in the U. S as of 2008, three singles were released, You Know What,4 Minutes and Lie About Us.4 Minutes describes a mans desperate attempt to mend a broken relationship
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8th of November (song)
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8th of November is a song written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in May 2006 as the third and final single from their album Comin to Your City, the song became the duos seventh Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, where it peaked at No. 18, in addition to reaching No.94 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song is in a 6/8 time signature, and is in A mixolydian with a primary chord pattern of A–G–D–A. Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a positive rating and he said the song is the best war song since Travelin Soldier. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in his review of the album for Allmusic, the music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in the week of June 12,2006. It first starts with Kristofferson saying the intro, and then cuts to the duo performing in front of a large screen, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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12"x12 New Order Vinyl Campaign
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12 x 12 New Order Vinyl Campaign is the title of a series of 12-inch singles released by New Order in February 2006 through New State Recordings. The discs contain a mixture of new and previously released remixes of past New Order songs. NSER017, which contains mixes of Blue Monday, charted in the UK top 75, waiting for the Sirens Call –7,25 B. Waiting for the Sirens Call –9,19 Chart position, someone Like You –10,00 B. Someone Like You –9,56 Chart position, UK #192 A, crystal –8,44 Chart position, UK #163 A. Everythings Gone Green –5,12 B2, waiting for the Sirens Call –7,18 Chart position, UK #142 A. Jetstream –8,59 B. Someone Like You –8,04 Chart position, UK #204 A1, krafty –5,53 Chart position, UK #203 A. Jetstream –8,31 Chart position, UK #184 A1, bizarre Love Triangle –6,43 A2. Regret –5,44 Chart position, UK #109 A, Blue Monday –8,35 Chart position, UK #73 A1. Bizarre Love Triangle –7,04 A2, thieves Like Us –6,52 A1. State of the Nation –8,02 B2, I Told You So –5,25 Chart position, UK #180 Official 12x12 site New Order discography – 12x12 listing
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1001 Arabian Nights (song)
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1001 Arabian Nights is a song by Dutch band Ch. pz, from their 2004 album The World of Ch. pz. The song remained at one in the Dutch singles chart for four weeks. It reached number two in Austria, and number three in Germany and Switzerland, filmed on location in India, the band travel to a Middle Eastern city where a magic lamp has been stolen by a thief. They battle the bodyguards and while Rachel and Cilla distract the thief by dancing for him, Kevin and Peter steal the lamp, the city is then restored with the return of the lamp and the thief is arrested while the band bid farewell to the people
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A la Primera Persona
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A la Primera Persona is a love song recorded by the Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released as the first single from his album El Tren de los Momentos, the song reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Pop Airplay charts. The music video of the song starts with a scene in which a train is passing during sunrise. Then, Alejandro is seen walking alone on the street and he then picks up a newspaper from a garbage can and starts to read it. He continues to walk and suddenly sees some objects lying in the middle of the street and he picks up a guitar, which is also thrown there. It is then revealed that he owns the objects, and that his girlfriend was the one who threw them there after an argument with him, a la Primera Persona lyrics Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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A to the B
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A to the B is a single by Danish dance/house duo Infernal from the album From Paris to Berlin. Released in the beginning of 2006, the peaked at number 3 in Denmark, number 49 on the French singles chart. The music video of A to the B illustrates the fictional character, at the beginning, he is seen trying to seduce some dancing women, but this seems to fail. We then see a different woman, wearing a wolfskin standing at the top of a skyscraper, in an attempt to get Supermans attention, she falls off the skyscraper. Hearing her scream, he runs off and grabs her, returning her safely to the ground and he then leaves her and starts dancing with the other women. The woman wearing the wolfskin walks away, and we see her sitting on a bench and we then see her trying to get Supermans attention by tying herself to a railway track. Superman saves her again by lifting the train of the track, but does not return to her - he instead returns to where the women were dancing, a TV close by narrates - It seems to me that all us strong, independent women make men lazy. All of a sudden, they think they dont have to court us properly, but boys, let me tell you something, there is nothing like a man who knows how to treat a lady. We now see a succession of jumping off the skyscraper from Supermans lover - she seems adamant that she will get his attention, the second time she jumps off, Superman does not leave her, but takes her to his Fortress of Solitude. His lover walks into crystals, and comes out as a Superwoman, Superman is seen flying off, while Superwoman experiments with her new vision. One vision shows her the Eiffel Tower, and another shows her Sydney, Australia while a man preparing to take a shower
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About Us (song)
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About Us is a dance-pop song by Brooke Hogan featuring rapper Paul Wall It was released as the first single from Brookes debut album Undiscovered in June 2006 in the US. The music video premiered on June 25,2006, after the season two finale of Hogan Knows Best, in which Brooke prepares and then films the video for the song. The song features Paul Wall and is the first single released by Scott Storchs record label, Hogan was the first person signed to this record label. DJ E-Rock collaborated a Bay Area hyphy remix of the single About Us and this track features lyrics from E-40 and beats from Traxamillion. In the video Brooke does a routine in a gym with a jump rope. Later, she goes to a club and dances along with her backup dancers, the video ends in the club with a dance competition between Brookes crew and a rival crew. In some scenes she is seen wearing rhinestone-encrusted sunglasses, a pair of grills given to her by Paul Wall for her 18th birthday and she also is depicted in a nightclub and has a dance-off with other girls. The video premiered on Hogan Knows Best on June 25,2006, the music video also premiered on Total Request Live on July 24,2006 as a PRE-RL. Later on, WWE Raw premiered the video, a snippet of this video was seen on The Soup weeks later, infamously mocking the lyrics Im just trying to live, but youre all up in my grill. About Us debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 19,2006, the song was the Hot Shot Debut of the week, landing at number 53. In its second week, the song went from #53 to #33, on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, it peaked at number 21. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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ADHD (Blood Red Shoes song)
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ADHD is a 2006 single by Blood Red Shoes, and was the first to feature an accompanying video featuring the band. Both the A-side and the B-side tracks continued to be played live by the band as late as 2008, as with their previous singles, the release was a limited edition vinyl only. ADHD was regularly used by the band to close their live shows, drowned in Sound rated the single 9/10, describing it as one of the brashest and best singles of two-zero-zero-six thus far, while musicOMH called it a marvellous bloody, pop punk death frenzy
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The Adventure
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The Adventure is a song by the American rock band Angels & Airwaves. It was the single from their debut studio album, We Dont Need to Whisper. The song received increased attention when it aired on a Smallville trailer, after the season finale of Smallville aired, The Adventure climbed to #30 on Amazon. During concerts, DeLonge has often used both Down and I Miss You by Blink-182 as part of an intro to the song. The track was played in the crowd warm-up session before Barack Obamas presidential election rallies in 2008, the Adventure is also featured as downloadable content in the karaoke game Lips and in the music game Rock Band. It is also a song in the music game Band Hero. The song was featured on a Ford and X-Play commercial. The Adventure –5,12 The Adventure –4,40 An acoustic version of The Adventure appears as a B-side on the Everythings Magic single and this song was featured on MuchMusics Big Shiny Tunes 11. The song was released on February 20,2006, as an internet-only short film. Although DeLonge had stated differently, the version of the song that had been leaked previously after someone hacked into DeLonges email account. It is shot on 8mm black and white, with the film having a science fiction feel to it, DeLonge stated that. it kind of looks like George Lucas THX1138, where its all beautiful naked women and fast cars and concrete and glass architecture. The subsequent short-film, It Hurts, was released on April 18, the music video for the song was directed by The Malloys. It was shot in March 2006 was released on April 5, the video was leaked onto the Internet soon after its release. The Adventure begins with the boarding a spacecraft to pick up their instruments and begin playing. It ends with clips of World War II and DeLonge walking off into the distance in a meadow with the sky lit with planets, the video was nominated for Best Effects by the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Editing. It was also one on MuchTopTens, Top Ten Out of This World Videos on December 14,2006. Official music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Afterglow (INXS song)
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Afterglow is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released as the second single from the bands eleventh studio album, Switch, on 25 April 2006. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Desmond Child, and was a tribute to Michael Hutchence, one of INXS founders, in singing the song, J. D. Fortune, winner of Rock Star, INXS, described his role in Hutchences legacy—his afterglow. The song is described as rock, with melody reminiscent of INXS earlier work with Hutchence. Afterglow peaked at #24 on the ARIA Singles chart, spending 10 weeks in the top 50, the song reached #22 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, and #20 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks. Afterglow appeared on the Kuschelrock, Vol.20 compilation released in September 2006, the video for the single features actress Estella Warren and J. D. Fortune in a loft in downtown Los Angeles, Fortune walks alone on the empty Sixth Street Viaduct and is later joined by the rest of the band of INXS. Additionally Randy Boyer has reworked the song in a remix with Eric Talda, music critic Matt Collar of the publication Allmusic praised the song as an epic ballad, noting how it drew influence from U2s track With or Without You
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Again and Again (Jewel song)
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Again and Again is the lead single taken from Jewels sixth studio album, Goodbye Alice In Wonderland. Promotional singles of the song were sent out in late February 2006, however, Again and Again is an upbeat soft tempo ballad, written by Jewel and John Shanks and produced by Rob Cavallo. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic wrote that the song is one of her best pop songs, preston Jones from Slant Magazine wrote that the track is a slick, radio-ready ditty as vacuous as it is catchy. Catie James from Blogcritics wrote that the track has addictive cadence, Again and Again is Jewels fifth single released to airways that did not receive any form of remixing. A radio version was released on a 1 track European promo CD which simply sped up the tempo of the song The single eventually became the most added song to AC radio stations in the US. However, as the single from the album, it didnt do as well as her previous lead singles. The music video was released to television around March 2006. The video was directed by Matthew Rolston, and featured Jewel walking around a farm house, while relatively plotless, the end of the video shows Jewel finding the man she sings about in the song. Again and Again received no sort of release within the US besides a promotional single. A digital download single wasnt even released in the US for purchase, however, there was a commercial release for the US release of the double a-side single. For the international release of the CD Single, a different single cover was distributed and for the US release of the double a-side single, the cover shown above is the cover for the US release of the Promotional Single. US Promotional Single Again and Again US CD Single Goodbye Alice in Wonderland Again and Again International CD Single Again and Again Long Slow Slide Foolish Games Again and Again Music Video
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Age Age Every Knight
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Age Age Every Knight is the debut single of DJ OZMA. It peaked at #4 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and for the year of 2006 it was the #41 song on the annual charts, for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, it won in the Best Dance Video of the Year. It is coupled with the song BOYS BRAVO, a cover/remix of a song performed by Kishidan. The song itself is a cover of DJ DOCs Run to you with new lyrics written by OZMA, Run to you samples from Boney Ms Daddy Cool. The limited edition version of the single was also shipped with a DVD containing the music video, the song is best known for DJ OZMAs controversial performance at the 2006 Kōhaku Uta Gassen competition. Age Age Every Knight BOYS BRAVO, Age Age Every Knight BOYS BRAVO. DJ OZMA was invited to perform at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, during his performance of Age Age Every Knight, several of his female dancers removed their dresses to reveal flesh-colored body suits with painted on breasts and nipples. After his performance, the dancers removed their panties that revealed mushrooms covering their privates, the following day, NHK issued an apology to parents of children who stayed up to watch the performance and assured that the dancers were not actually nude. DJ OZMA also issued an apology, but placed part of the blame on NHK, in the aftermath of the performance, Age Age Every Knight went up 65 places in the Oricon Ranking on January 15,2007, from #107 the week before to #42
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The Agent (Little Man Tate song)
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The Agent was the debut single by Sheffield based indie band Little Man Tate. The single was released as a limited pressing of 1,800 copies on 7 vinyl. The single peaked at #117 in the UK Singles Chart, the single was very highly rated by Planet Sound, who gave it 9/10, calling it the best single of 2006 thus far. What You Got. also scored 9/10, making one of only 3 artists to get 2 9/10 ratings with songs on one album, along with Muse. The Agent Just Cant Take It Official Website
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Agitated Screams of Maggots
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Agitated Screams of Maggots is a single released by Dir en grey on November 15,2006 in Japan and later in Europe and the United States. The limited edition comes housed in a casing and includes a sticker. The title track is followed by three songs, recorded during the It Withers and Withers and Inward Scream tours at Nippon Budokan. The single was featured on their sixth studio album, The Marrow of a Bone. The version released in the United States, collaboratively between Warcon and Fontana, was sold through For Your Entertainment, and marketed as an EP. A live recording of Agitated Screams of Maggots is featured on the Dozing Green single, an unplugged version of Agitated Screams of Maggots is featured on the single Glass Skin. This is the last release in which the name is stylised as Dir en grey. All lyrics written by Kyo, all composed by Dir En Grey. It is created by Keita Kurosaka and done in his characteristically full traditional animation with ero guro-inspired motifs and it has been shown as a film at festivals such as the 2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam for its animation based on their music exemplifying his fascination for violence and relationships
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Ai no Kotoba
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Ai no Kotoba is a single by Hitomi and her last single released from her album Love Concent. Overall, this is Hitomis 32nd single released throughout her career, the lyrics for Ai no Kotoba were written by Hitomi herself while the lyrics for Arittake no Ai, the b-side of this single, were written by Taiji Sato. Arittake no Ai is a cover and was performed by Theatre Brook in 2000. To date, this has been Hitomis 2nd lowest selling single, though, the main reason why this single performed so poorly is because Love Concent, the album this song is included on, was to be released only 2 weeks afterward. In English, Ai no Kotoba means Words of Love, September 2,2006 – Music Fair 21 September 15,2006 – PopJam DX Oricon Sales Chart
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Ain't No Other Man
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Aint No Other Man is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her fifth studio album, Back to Basics. It was released on June 6,2006 by RCA Records as the single from the album. The song was written by Aguilera, DJ Premier, Charles Martin Roane, Kara DioGuardi, and Harold Beatty, Aint No Other Man is described as a pop/R&B and funk song that incorporates elements of soul, blues and jazz music. Lyrically, the song was inspired by her marriage to Jordan Bratman in 2005, Aint No Other Man received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented the tracks musical style and deemed it as a standout on Back to Basics. It won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2007 ceremony, commercially, the track peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies. Elsewhere, the reached the top five of record charts of several countries including Australia, Italy, New Zealand. A music video for Aint No Other Man was directed by Bryan Barber, the video jumps back in time and depicts Aguilera as her then newly established alter ego Baby Jane. The visual was praised for the image that Aguilera adopted. It earned four nominations at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, Aguilera performed Aint No Other Man during several television performances, including the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. The track was included in the set list of her Back to Basics Tour. Following the release of her studio album, Stripped, and several collaborations. She commented that she wished to revolve as an artist and a visionary in between production of the records. Aguilera sent letters to various producers that she hoped could help her with the direction she was taking for the project, encouraging them to experiment, re-invent, the final product, her fifth album Back to Basics, comprises two discs. For the first half disc, Aguilera collaborated with more beat-driven producers including DJ Premier and Mark Ronson and she described it as kind of a throwback with elements of jazz, blues and soul music combined with a modern-day twist, like hard-hitting beats. The contents of the disc were written and produced solely by Linda Perry. Aguilera had first collaborated with DJ Premier after hearing his work with Gang Starr. She revealed that she was impressed, and she wanted to make jazz-influenced materials. Aguilera stated that she was unsure if DJ Premier would accept the offer, Premier later agreed and commented, I was surprised I got that call cause of our differences in the audiences we hit, but Im always up for challenges and trying something new
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Blood, Sweat and Towers
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Blood, Sweat and Towers is the debut album of English punk rock band the Towers of London, released on 5 June 2006. The album features thirteen tracks, four of which have released in the United Kingdom as singles. The album was influenced by Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks. Sonically the songs contained on Blood, Sweat and Towers are played in a punk rock style. The song Fuck It Up features on the album twice, one version is a rendition, while the other is a version by the full band. It is one of only six UK top 50 singles to have the word fuck in the title
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Akatsuki/Ikuoku no Chandelier
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Akatsuki/Ikuoku no Chandelier is a double A-side single released by rock band Alice Nine. Its release coincided with the release of single, Fantasy. Akatsuki and Ikuoku no Chandelier were used as the opening and closing themes, respectively, the single came in two versions, one regular edition which only came as a CD and a special edition which had a music video for Akatsuki. King Records Official Website Official myspace
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Alala (song)
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Alala is the second international single by Brazilian indie electroclash band CSS, taken from their debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy. Alala and Lets Make Love and Listen to Death from Above have been included preloaded on the Zune multimedia player and it also, together with Off the Hook, features on Forza Motorsport 2 and FIFA08, videogames for the Xbox 360. Alala Ódio, Ódio, Ódio, Sorry C, Alala Ódio, Ódio, Ódio, Sorry C. Alala Alala Alala Alala Ódio, Ódio, Ódio, Sorry C, Alala Alala Alala Alala Alala Ódio, Ódio, Ódio, Sorry C. An alternate music video directed by Daniel Zanardi, filmed at Cintras ranch in Bragança Paulista and it shows CSS playing the song and having fun and a cardboard box dancing, then the box eats up all the band. Alala official music video on YouTube, Alala alternate music video on YouTube. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Alibi (David Gray song)
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Alibi is a song by David Gray. It was released as the third and final single from his album Life in Slow Motion, the single coincided with the release of his Live in Slow Motion DVD, filmed live at the Hammersmith Apollo on December 13,2005. The version of Alibi on CD2 features the version from the DVD. The single received mixed reviews, and peaked at #71 on the UK Singles Chart, the B-side Golden Ray was featured exclusively on the limited edition 7 vinyl version of the single. CD1, Alibi –3,49 Tracer –4,59 CD2, Alibi –5,30 Long Gone Now –3,05 Sacred Ground –3,51 Alibi –4,36 Limited edition 7 vinyl, Alibi –3,49 Golden Ray –2,07 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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In My Blood (En Mi Sangre)
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In My Blood is the third studio album by Gibraltarian Flamenco metal quintet Breed 77. This album was produced by Ron Saint-Germain noted for his work with Soundgarden, Tool, Creed and it was slated for release July 3,2006, but was eventually released on September 11,2006. In My Blood has produced three singles so far, these being Alive, Look at Me Now, and Blind and it was recorded in Monnow Valley Studio and Alberts Studio in London. All tracks written by Paul Isola, Danny Felice, Pedro Caparros López & Stuart Cavilla
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All Good Things (Come to an End)
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All Good Things is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album Loose. It was written by Furtado, Tim Timbaland Mosley, Chris Martin, the song was released as the albums third European single in November 2006. It was released as the single in the United States. The single featured Chris Martin, frontman of the band Coldplay, the original version had him say a few words at the beginning, and sing the chorus behind Furtado. Critically, All Good Things was praised for having diversity in comparison to songs on Loose. Commercially, the song did well on the charts, reaching number-one in more than fifteen countries including Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany. All Good Things was conceived near the end of the recording of Loose, Furtado was at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, which was held in Miami, Florida in August, when she bumped into her old friend Chris Martin, who had been performing with Coldplay. Furtado told Martin she was working with Timbaland on a new album, Timbaland had been listening to Coldplays album X&Y in the studio frequently the previous week, so Furtado agreed and invited Martin to The Hit Factory the following night. The song was reviewed favorably by critics, often comparing this song as a reminiscence to Furtados previous records.5 out of five stars, chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote that the song is adventurous, hip, playful and enduring. Allmusics Stephan Thomas described the song as an ideal soundtracks to chill-out moments, the single reached number four in the United Kingdom. It reached number one in twenty countries, including Switzerland and Austria and it topped the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles — Furtados first number-one on the chart — and reached number five on the United World Tracks Chart. The song was released as the single from Loose in the U. S. A new mix of the song was released to radio on 10 April in the U. S. where it debuted at number ninety-nine on the Billboard Hot 100. The All Good Things video, directed by Gabriel Coss and Israel Lugo, was filmed in Puerto Rico and shot back-to-back with the video for Say It Right, the albums third single in North America. It features a story between Furtado and a male model, and Furtado is seen walking along a beach and into a forest. There are accompanying shots of the finding, and subsequently hanging from. The video includes flashbacks to when Furtado and the model were eating at the table, Furtado said that the video is very tropical and romantic and reminded her of videos for Sarah McLachlan singles, it has that element of art to it
