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  2. Matchbox (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Matchbox" is a song written and recorded by Carl Perkins and released in 1957. Blind Lemon Jefferson wrote and recorded a song entitled "Match Box Blues" in 1927, [1] which is musically different but which contains some lyric phrases in common.

  3. Lyric poetry - Wikipedia

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    Much lyric poetry depends on regular meter based either on syllable or on stress – two short syllables or one long syllable typically counting as equivalent – which is required for song lyrics in order to match lyrics with interchangeable tunes that followed a standard pattern of rhythm. Although much modern lyric poetry is no longer song ...

  4. Lyric setting - Wikipedia

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    A mis-stressed lyric is a word with one or more stressed and/or unstressed syllables that do not properly align with the strong and weak beats of a measure, and, therefore, neither preserve the natural shape of the language nor promote prosody. Mis-stressed lyrics in a song create: Distraction; Confusion; Misunderstanding; Loss of meaning; Loss ...

  5. Prosody (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, prosody is the way the composer sets the text of a vocal composition in the assignment of syllables to notes in the melody to which the text is sung, or to set the music with regard to the ambiance of the lyrics. However, the relationship between syllables and melodic notes is just one dimension of musical prosody.

  6. 3AM (Matchbox Twenty song) - Wikipedia

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    The song was first recorded by that band on its debut EP, Tabitha's Secret?. The lyrics are inspired by Thomas as an adolescent having to live with a mother fighting to survive cancer. [ 2 ] In 1997, after the other members of Tabitha's Secret left to form Matchbox 20, Goff and Stanley released other early recordings of the band, including "3 ...

  7. Push (Matchbox Twenty song) - Wikipedia

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    "Push" is a song by American rock band Matchbox Twenty. It was released in 1997 as the second single from their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996). After landing "Long Day" on several rock radio stations paving the way, "Push" topped the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and became one of the band's signature songs.

  8. Sunny Came Home - Wikipedia

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    Shawn Colvin was inspired to write the lyrics of "Sunny Came Home" by the painting she had chosen for the album cover, which shows a woman with a lit match in her hand. [2] The song is written in the key of B minor (with its chorus in D major) in common time with a tempo of 84 beats per minute. [3] Colvin's vocals span from F ♯ 3 to B 4 in ...

  9. Musixmatch - Wikipedia

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    Musixmatch is an Italian music data company and platform for users to search and share song lyrics with translations. Musixmatch has 80 million users (50M active users), [2] 12 million songs with their respective lyrics, and 115+ employees.