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"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" is a country-pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton was known for charting hits on the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Country charts - and this song has the distinction of being the only single of hers to reach the top 10 on all three of those charts, peaking at #1 on two of them.
"Fu-Gee-La" is a song by American hip-hop trio, Fugees, released on December 13, 1995 by Ruffhouse Records, as the lead single from their second and final album, The Score (1996). Produced by Salaam Remi , it contains a sample of " If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right) " by Ramsey Lewis , while its chorus contains an interpolation ...
Juice Newton & Silver Spur is the eponymous debut studio album by country-rock trio Juice Newton & Silver Spur. The album contains Newton's first charting single, "Love Is a Word", and the original version of "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)", which was re-recorded in 1981 as a Newton solo piece and became a number-one hit.
The musical qualities of the first Fugees record were revisited with their sophomore effort The Score, which was released in February 1996. The Score was the Fugees' final record before their disbandment the following year. The Score became one of the biggest hits of 1996 and one of the best-selling hip-hop albums of all time.
Greatest Hits is a compilation released by American hip-hop trio, the Fugees. The album was released on March 25, 2003, by the group's former record label, Columbia Records . The band had long since split at the time of the album's release, although renewed interest sparked them to record a release a single, "Take it Easy", in 2005, the first ...
While Blunted on Reality does not contain nearly as many overtly political lyrics as The Score, the album is still political. Wyclef Jean described the meaning of the title of the album in a 1994 interview on the topical talk show program, Lorna's Corner: “When the cop is messing around with somebody for something that the person didn’t do and they try to set ‘em up, that makes me ...
"Sweetest Thing" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It was originally released as a B-side on the " Where the Streets Have No Name " single in 1987. The song was later re-recorded and re-released as a single in October 1998 for the band's compilation album The Best of 1980–1990 .
As a songwriter, Young was best known for Juice Newton's #1 hit from 1982, "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)", which reached the top spot on both Billboard's "Adult Contemporary" and "Hot Country" charts, as well as reaching #7 on the Hot 100, remaining in the Top 40 for 18 weeks. According to Billboard, the song was #21 of 1982's Hot 100 ...