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In 1965, the song was the subject of an unsuccessful lawsuit by songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young against Wonderland Music, Disney's music publishing subsidiary, and publisher of the song from the film. [11] The plaintiffs alleged that it was a copyright infringement of their 1949 song
Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress, pictured in 1945. The song is named after the Enola Gay, the USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber that carried Little Boy, the first atomic bomb to be used in an act of war, dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, killing more than 100,000 of its citizens.
In vocal music, contrafactum (or contrafact, pl. contrafacta) is "the substitution of one text for another without substantial change to the music". [1] The earliest known examples of this procedure (sometimes referred to as ''adaptation'') date back to the 9th century used in connection with Gregorian chant.
"Subways of Your Mind" is a song by German rock band Fex, recorded in 1983. In the 2000s, a recording on a cassette tape from a radio broadcast in the mid-1980s was uploaded online and garnered significant attention.
"Opposite of Adults" is a song by American hip hop duo Chiddy Bang. It was released in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2010. [1] The song contains samples of "Kids" by MGMT. [2] It was released in the United States on April 20, 2010. It was released online to blogs under the name "Kids" approximately one year prior to that. [3]
Lyrically, the song encourages the listener to be stupid in various ways; mostly by advising them to do the opposite of common idioms (e.g. "let the bedbugs bite" or "put all your eggs in one basket"), with the occasional absurd non sequitur (e.g. "stick your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan").
"Opposites Attract" is a song by American singer Paula Abdul from her debut album, Forever Your Girl (1988). It was written and produced by Oliver Leiber. It was written and produced by Oliver Leiber.
"A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed" is an indie-rock song written by Billy Reeves for Theaudience's eponymous album Theaudience, released as the third single on 11 May 1998. "A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed" became one of the band's most popular songs, peaking at #27 on the UK Singles Chart .