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"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter #SophieBHawkins. Released in March 1992 as the first single from her debut album, #TonguesAndTails (1992), the song achieved success in many countries worldwide; in the United States, it reached number five on the #Billboard Hot 100. It also reached the top 10 in six other countries, including Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway. In the United Kingdom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6r-k9Bk6o
"Why Can't I?" is a song by American singer-songwriter #LizPhair. It was released on May 5, 2003, as the lead single from her self-titled fourth album. It reached number 32 on the US #Billboard Hot 100, becoming Phair's highest-charting single and only top-40 single. The song was certified gold in the US, having sold 500,000 copies there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l43UtSGmoxQ
"Guilty" is a vocal duet between #BarbraStreisand and #BarryGibb. The song was written by all three #BeeGees: #BarryRobinAndMauriceGibb. Released as a single from Streisand's 1980 album of the same name, "#Guilty" peaked at No. 3 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 5 on the #adultContemporaryChart. In the UK, the song reached No. 34 on the #UKSinglesChart. The single was certified gold by the #RIAA. In addition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfIR9NCcUKI
"That's the Way (I Like It)" is a song by American #disco and #funk band #KCAndTheSunshineBand from their self-titled second studio album (1975). The single became the band's second No. 1 hit in the #Billboard Hot 100, and it is one of the few chart-toppers in history to hit No. 1 on more than one occasion during a one-month period, as it did between November and December 1975. It topped the US pop chart for one week, and then was replaced by another disco song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3svW8PM_jc
"Walkin' on the Sun" is a song by American rock band #SmashMouth from their first album, #FushYuMang (1997). Smash Mouth released it as their debut single in June 1997, the song was Smash Mouth's first major single, reaching No. 1 on the US #Billboard #ModernRockTracks chart and No. 2 on the Billboard #Hot100Airplay chart. It was also a success abroad, peaking at No. 3 in Canada and Iceland, No. 5 in Italy and Spain, and No. 7 in Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQj--Kjn0z8
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"Take It Away" is a #single by the English musician #PaulMcCartney from his third solo studio album #TugOfWar (1982). The single spent sixteen weeks on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10 and spending five consecutive weeks at that position. It reached #15 in the UK. The music video, directed by #JohnMackenzie, features former #Beatles drummer #RingoStarr, long-time producer #GeorgeMartin, and songwriting collaborator #EricStewart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyzY6sTqY0
"Superstition" is a song by American singer-songwriter #StevieWonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the #leadSingle from his fifteenth studio album, #TalkingBook (1972), by #Tamla. The lyrics describe popular #superstitions and their negative effects. "Superstition" reached number one in the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 in January 1973 and on the soul singles chart. It was Wonder's first number-one single since "#FingertipsPt2" in 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hwNY3ni10
"Hip to Be Square" is a song by #HueyLewisAndTheNews, written by #BillGibson, #SeanHopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album #Fore The song features #SanFrancisco49ers players #JoeMontana, #RonnieLott, #DwightClark, and #RikiEllison singing backup vocals. The single reached number three on the #Billboard Hot 100. In later concerts, Lewis performed the song as "(Too) Hip to Be Square".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbF1g3k2mtw
"A Sorta Fairytale" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter #ToriAmos. It was released as the first single from her 2002 album #ScarletsWalk. The song reached number 14 on the #Billboard #BubblingUnderHot100Singles chart, and number two on the Triple A (adult album alternative) chart. The song has since been featured in episodes of the television shows #NipTuck and #TheLWord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Q3k1Zj0A8
"Solsbury Hill" is the debut solo single by the English rock musician #PeterGabriel. He wrote the song about a #spiritualExperience atop #SolsburyHill in #Somerset, England, after his departure from the #progressiveRock band #Genesis, of which he had been the lead vocalist since its inception. The single was a Top 20 hit in the UK, peaking at number 13, and reached number 68 on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977. Gabriel has said of the song's meaning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YwdVINq5s8
"When She Cries" is a song written by #SonnyLeMaire and #MarcBeeson and performed by American #countryMusic group #RestlessHeart. It was released in August 1992 as the first single from their fifth studio album, #BigIronHorses. It was the band's first album not to feature lead singer #LarryStewart. In his place, drummer John Dittrich sings lead. The song reached number nine on the US #Billboard #HotCountrySinglesAndTracks chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVXYz9FQnB0
"My Sharona" is the debut single by American #powerPop band the Knack. The song was written by #BertonAverre and #DougFieger, and it was released in 1979 from their debut album, #GetTheKnack. It reached number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, where it remained for six weeks, and was number one on Billboard's #1979TopPopSinglesYearendChart. It was #certifiedGold by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica, representing 1,000,000 copies sold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbr60I0u2Ng
"Come See About Me" is a 1964 song recorded by #theSupremes for the #Motown label. The track opens with a #fadein, marking one of the first times the technique had been used on a studio recording. The song became third of five consecutively released Supremes songs to top the #Billboard pop singles chart in the United States (the others being "#WhereDidOurLoveGo", "#BabyLove", "#StopInTheNameOfLove" and "#BackInMyArmsAgain"). It topped the chart twice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkH_dm9NkxQ
"Saturday in the Park" is a song written by #RobertLamm and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1972 album #ChicagoV. It was successful upon release, reaching No. 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100, and became the band's highest-charting single at the time, helping lift the album to No. 1. Billboard ranked it as the #No76SongFor1972. The single was certified Gold by the #RIAA, selling over 1,000,000 units in the U.S. alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8H9vrJCcU
"Runaway" is a 1961 number-one #Billboard Hot 100 song by #DelShannon. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist #MaxCrook, and became a major international hit. It topped the Billboard charts for four consecutive weeks, and Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1961. It was No. 472 on the 2010 version of #RollingStone's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime and No. 466 on the 2004 version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veRHPL9xFpY
"I Will Remember You" is a song from #AmyGrant's twelfth album, #HeartInMotion. The single was a remixed version of #theOriginal album track. A&M Records put the remix in lead position on a three-track promotional CD single it released in March 1992, which it followed with a promotional music video. "I Will Remember You" became Heart in Motion's first release to fail to achieve top 10 status on the #Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nqbaXDb0rw
"Summer Rain" is a song written by #JamesHendricks and performed by American musician #JohnnyRivers on his 1968 LP Realization. Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his sixth greatest hit internationally. It reached No. 14 on the US #Billboard #Hot100, No. 6 on the US Cash Box Top 100, and No. 10 in Canada in early January, 1968. "Summer Rain" is about lifelong love during "the #summerOfLove" of 1967. It was released in the late fall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjK2rlKyc4U
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" is a song written by #JackClement and recorded by #JohnnyCash, with background music by #TheTennesseeTwo. Recorded for his 1958 album #SingsTheSongsThatMadeHimFamous, it hit number 1 on the #USCountry charts and number 14 on the #Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-DjCdKcg_s
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band #DefLeppard from their 1987 album #Hysteria. It reached number two on the US US #Billboard Hot 100 chart on 23 July 1988. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is considered the band's #signatureSong, and was ranked number two on #VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52FFFWAPZpk
