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"Supermodel" was written by David Baerwald, David Kitay, Brian MacLeod, and Kristen Vigard for the soundtrack to the 1995 film Clueless.The song was conceptualized after Karyn Rachtman, the film's music supervisor, hired Baerwald to write a "fresher" song as a replacement to David Bowie's "Fashion", which was originally set to play during a makeover scene in the film. [1]
The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and prime interest rates (leading to the misery index), and the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis.
The country single, which interpolates J-Kwon’s 2009 single, “Tipsy,” was also the first song by Black male artist to simultaneously top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs (where it leads for a ...
The Muffs contributed a cover of the 1981 Kim Wilde hit "Kids In America" to the soundtrack for the 1995 film Clueless. [7] Their version of the song is also used in the music video game Rock Band 2, and was later reissued on The Muffs' 2000 compilation album, Hamburger.
Each entry in the "Year" column links to the list of number ones for that particular year. Hank Williams gained his first number one in 1949. Webb Pierce was one of the biggest country stars of the 1950s. George Jones had his first number one in 1959. Connie Smith held the record for the longest run at number one by a female artist for nearly ...
Andy Samberg. When Andy Samberg arrived at SNL in 2005, it was like the show finally got Wi-Fi. Along with The Lonely Island crew, he pioneered the Digital Shorts, redefining how SNL connected ...
"Living in America" is a song written by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight and performed by James Brown. It was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song entered the Billboard top 40 on January 11, 1986, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks.
In this year’s World Happiness Report, the U.S. fell from No. 15 to No. 23 on the list. This is the first time the U.S. has not been one of the top 20 happiest places in the report’s history.