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50+ Music<p>"Sing" is a 1971 song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JoeRaposo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeRaposo</span></a> for the children's television show Sesame Street as its <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. In 1973, it gained popularity when performed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theCarpenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theCarpenters</span></a>, a number 3 hit on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100. Raposo was a staff songwriter for Sesame Street, and the song became one of the most popular on the program, sung in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signLanguage</span></a>. In its initial appearance, it was sung by the show's adult human cast members and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theMuppets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theMuppets</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvc_dWs1f4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=1kvc_dWs1f4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"U Can't Touch This" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by American rapper <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MCHammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MCHammer</span></a>. It was released in May 1990 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CapitolRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitolRecords</span></a> as the third single from his third album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PleaseHammerDontHurtEm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseHammerDontHurtEm</span></a> (1990), and has been considered his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. Along with Hammer, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RickJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RickJames</span></a> shares songwriting credits with Alonzo Miller, as the song <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/samples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samples</span></a> the prominent opening <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/riff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riff</span></a> of James's 1981 single "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SuperFreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperFreak</span></a>". The song has been used. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNYI8VbFyY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=_NNYI8VbFyY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Misty" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> written and originally recorded in 1954 by pianist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ErrollGarner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErrollGarner</span></a>. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/32barFormat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>32barFormat</span></a>, and recorded it on July 27, 1954 for the album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Contrasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Contrasts</span></a>. Lyrics were added later by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyBurke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyBurke</span></a>. It appeared on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyMathis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyMathis</span></a>' 1959 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Heavenly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heavenly</span></a>, and this recording reached number 12 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPopSingles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPopSingles</span></a> chart later that year. It has since become Mathis’ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzt2rdWBazo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=yzt2rdWBazo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Walk on the Wild Side" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> musician <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LouReed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouReed</span></a> from his second solo studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transformer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transformer</span></a> (1972). It was produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidBowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBowie</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MickRonson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MickRonson</span></a> and released as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doubleAside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doubleAside</span></a> with "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PerfectDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerfectDay</span></a>". Known as a counterculture anthem, the song received heavy radio play and became Reed's biggest hit and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a> while touching on topics considered taboo at the time, such as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> people, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/maleProstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maleProstitution</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/oralSex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oralSex</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wffYJ5URPE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=3wffYJ5URPE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"We Are Family" is a song recorded by American vocal group <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SisterSledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SisterSledge</span></a>. Composed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BernardEdwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BernardEdwards</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NileRodgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NileRodgers</span></a>, they both offered the song to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AtlanticRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlanticRecords</span></a>; although the record label initially declined, the track was released in April 1979 as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>single</span></a> from the album of the same name (1979) and began to gain club and radio play, eventually becoming the group's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. "We Are Family" went <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpYgpF1bqQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=eBpYgpF1bqQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"This Is How We Do It" is the debut single of American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MontellJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontellJordan</span></a>. It was released by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DefJamRecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefJamRecordings</span></a> on February 6, 1995, as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name (1995). The single was Def Jam's first <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RAndB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAndB</span></a> release, and is Jordan's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. The song is a tribute to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthCentralLosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCentralLosAngeles</span></a> party culture in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hipHopSoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hipHopSoul</span></a> style popular at the time. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTY31zVUqfs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=mTY31zVUqfs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NorthernIrish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIrish</span></a> singer and songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VanMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanMorrison</span></a>. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a>. The song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. It featured <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theSweetInspirations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theSweetInspirations</span></a> singing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/backupVocals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backupVocals</span></a> and is considered to be Van Morrison's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfmkgQRmmeE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=UfmkgQRmmeE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"The Dance" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TonyArata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyArata</span></a> and recorded by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryMusic</span></a> singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GarthBrooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarthBrooks</span></a> as the tenth and final track from his self-titled debut album, from which it was also released as the album's fourth and final single in April 1990. It is considered by many to be Brooks' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. In a 2015 interview with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PatrickKielty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickKielty</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBCRadio2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCRadio2</span></a>, Brooks credits the back to back success of both "The Dance". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nblsU7NAYJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=nblsU7NAYJ4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popMusic</span></a> song written, composed, and recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonnaFargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonnaFargo</span></a>. It is written in the voice of a newlywed girl, sung to her new husband. It has since become her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMXAMR28nq0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=kMXAMR28nq0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> song, best known as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TonyBennett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyBennett</span></a>. It was written in late-1953 in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BrooklynNewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrooklynNewYork</span></a>, with music by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeorgeCory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeCory</span></a> (1920–1978) and lyrics by Douglass Cross (1920–1975). In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ColumbiaRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaRecords</span></a> as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bside</span></a> to "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnceUponATime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnceUponATime</span></a>", which peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was also included on the album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ILeftMyHeartInSanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ILeftMyHeartInSanFrancisco</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysw4svDmcxc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Ysw4svDmcxc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"The Dance" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TonyArata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyArata</span></a> and recorded by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryMusic</span></a> singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GarthBrooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarthBrooks</span></a> as the tenth and final track from his self-titled debut album, from which it was also released as the album's fourth and final single in April 1990. It is considered by many to be Brooks' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. In a 2015 interview with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PatrickKielty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickKielty</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBCRadio2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCRadio2</span></a>, Brooks credits the back to back success of both "The Dance". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpPMskJSb0M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=QpPMskJSb0M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Black Hole Sun" is a song by American rock band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Soundgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soundgarden</span></a>. Written by frontman <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChrisCornell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisCornell</span></a>, the song was released in May 1994 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AAndMRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAndMRecords</span></a> as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Superunknown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superunknown</span></a> (1994). Considered to be the band's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>, it topped the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Album Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of seven weeks at number one. Despite peaking at number two on the Billboard <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ModernRockTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModernRockTracks</span></a> chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Cat's in the Cradle" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folkRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folkRock</span></a> song by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarryChapin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarryChapin</span></a>, from his fourth studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VeritiesAndBalderdash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeritiesAndBalderdash</span></a> (1974). The single topped the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a> and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance</span></a> and was inducted into the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyHallOfFame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyHallOfFame</span></a> in 2011. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Cat's in the Cradle" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folkRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folkRock</span></a> song by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarryChapin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarryChapin</span></a>, from his fourth studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VeritiesAndBalderdash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeritiesAndBalderdash</span></a> (1974). The single topped the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a> and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance</span></a> and was inducted into the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyHallOfFame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyHallOfFame</span></a> in 2011. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYvEiv-9Zc4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=qYvEiv-9Zc4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Blue Bayou" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoyOrbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyOrbison</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JoeMelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeMelson</span></a>. It was originally sung and recorded by Orbison, who had an international hit with his version in 1963. It later became <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LindaRonstadt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindaRonstadt</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>, with which she scored a Top 5 hit with her cover in 1977. Many others have since recorded the song. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFq-rFRumNI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=qFq-rFRumNI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Respect" is a song written and performed by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, and later rearranged by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArethaFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArethaFranklin</span></a>. It was released in 1965 as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>single</span></a> from Redding's third album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OtisBlueOtisReddingSingsSoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OtisBlueOtisReddingSingsSoul</span></a> and became a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crossover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crossover</span></a> hit for Redding. In 1967, Franklin (the "Queen of Soul") rearranged, rephrased, and covered <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Respect</span></a>, resulting in one of her biggest hits and her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. The music in the two versions is significantly different. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iayJ8u4Qew" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=9iayJ8u4Qew</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NeilSedaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeilSedaka</span></a>, co-written by Sedaka and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HowardGreenfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardGreenfield</span></a>. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. Between 1970 and 1975, it was a top-40 hit three separate times for three separate artists: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LennyWelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LennyWelch</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartridgeFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartridgeFamily</span></a> and Sedaka's second version. The song was also adapted into multiple languages. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQD3At3E7TA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=XQD3At3E7TA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"This Is How We Do It" is the debut single of American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MontellJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontellJordan</span></a>. It was released by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DefJamRecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefJamRecordings</span></a> on February 6, 1995, as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name (1995). The single was Def Jam's first <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RAndB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAndB</span></a> release, and is Jordan's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. The song is a tribute to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthCentralLosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCentralLosAngeles</span></a> party culture in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hipHopSoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hipHopSoul</span></a> style popular at the time. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTY31zVUqfs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=mTY31zVUqfs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"It Must Have Been Love", originally "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ItMustHaveBeenLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItMustHaveBeenLove</span></a> (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)", is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PerGessle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerGessle</span></a> and performed by the Swedish pop duo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Roxette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roxette</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/powerBallad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerBallad</span></a> became the duo's third number one hit in the United States, and is one of their best selling releases, being certified gold or platinum in a number of countries. It remains their most well-known and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. Five different versions of the song have been officially released. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" is a song originally performed in 1969 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JackieDeShannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackieDeShannon</span></a>, who composed it with her brother Randy Myers and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JimmyHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyHoliday</span></a>. In the U.S., it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching number 4 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a> in August 1969 and number 2 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdultContemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdultContemporary</span></a> chart. In late 1969, the song reached number 1 on South Africa's hit parade. The song rivalled the success of her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>, "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhatTheWorldNeedsNowIsLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatTheWorldNeedsNowIsLove</span></a>". In 1988. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i1IOi5bfC4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=_i1IOi5bfC4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>