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The song was originally recorded as a mayoral campaign song for Progressive Party candidate Walter A. O'Brien. A version of the song with the candidate's name changed became a 1959 hit when recorded and released by The Kingston Trio, an American folk singing group. [1]
"I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to "Help!" in July 1965. The song originated in McCartney's attempt to write a song in the style of Little Richard, whose song "Long Tall Sally" the band regularly covered.
The song was played on ITV in 1998, when the England National Football Team was knocked out of the France 98 tournament, losing to Argentina. [citation needed] On May 28, 2015, Rolling Stone named "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" as one of the 20 Best Graduation Songs of the Past 20 Years (1995–2015). [24]
"I just picked it up and started moving my fingers around until the chords sounded right, which is the same way I work on compositions when the guitar's in different tunings." [37] It is also one of Page's favourite songs on Led Zeppelin III. [35] Led Zeppelin performed the song a few times live during Led Zeppelin concerts in 1971. [34]
The song's lyrics establish a threatening tone towards the singer's unnamed girlfriend (referred to throughout the song as "little girl"), claiming "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man." The line was taken from an early Elvis Presley song, "Baby Let's Play House" (written by Arthur Gunter). [2] [3]
This song is an anti-drug message. In the chorus section, the phrase: "Oh Life", is repeated a few times, in an echo that fades falsely, depicting a heartbeat. ("Oh Life, Oh Life, Oh Life"). Before the song's ending, the "Oh" in the phrase is heard stronger, with the repeated phrase fading in the spoken coda section.
2. “At Last” by Etta James (1960) Chances are, you’ve heard this song at least once in your lifetime. The minute Etta James croons “At last…” you’re swaying to the music and ...
Cash Box called the song "an exercise in hard rocking" that doesn't break new ground but "does what it does well." [6] Billboard said that Twisted Sister "strip down their stadium-sized sound to a minimum of power chords and slogan lyrics." [7] In 2009, "I Wanna Rock" was named the 17th-Greatest Hard Rock Song by VH1. [8]