800 – James Taylor – Something in the way she moves (1968)

Escrita por James Taylor, foi gravada por ele e lançada em 1968. O título da canção inspirou George Harrison a escrever a canção Something, inclusive usando o título pra começar Something. Essa foi a canção que ele tocou pra Paul McCartney e George Harrison para assinar com a Apple Records.

Foi regravada por Harry Belafonte, entre outros artistas,

A letra:

There's something in the way she moves
Or looks my way, or calls my name
That seems to leave this troubled world behind
If I'm feeling down and blue
Or troubled by some foolish game
She always seems to make me change my mind

And I feel fine anytime she's around me now
She's around me now
Almost all the time
And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now
She's been with me now quite a long, long time
And I feel fine

Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning
And I find myself careening
In places where I should not let me go
She has the power to go where no one else can find me
Yes and silently remind me
The happiness and the good times that I know, but as I had got to know them

It isn't what she's got to say
But how she thinks and where she's been
To me, the words are nice, the way they sound
I like to hear them best that way
It doesn't much matter what they mean
What she says them mostly just to calm me down

And I feel fine anytime she's around me now
She's around me now
Almost all the time
If I'm well you can tell she's been with me now
She's been with me now quite a long, long time
Yes and I feel fine

A versão de James Taylor ao vivo:

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A versão de Harry Belafonte:

0054 – Ballerina - Van Morrison (1968)

Compositor: Van Morrison

• Foi gravada em 15 de outubro de 1968 no Century Sound Studios, em New York City e lançada em novembro de 1968 no disco Astral weeks. O produtor foi Lewis Merenstein.

• Foi feita pra Janet, sua futura esposa, em San Francisco, enquanto ele estava em turnê com o Them, nos Estados Unidos.

• Van cantou e tocou violão. Jay Berliner tocou violão. Richard Davis tocou baixo. Connie Kay tocou bateria. John Payne tocou flauta. Warren Smith Jr. Tocou vibrafone.

A letra:

Spread your wings
Come on fly awhile
Straight to my arms
Little angel child
You know you only
Lonely twenty-two story block

And if somebody, not just anybody
Wanted to get close to you
For instance, me, baby
All you gotta do
Is ring a bell

Step right up, step right up
And step right up
Ballerina
Crowd will catch you
Fly it, sigh it, try it
Well, I may be wrong

But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so
You know I saw the writing on the wall
When you came up to me
Child, you were heading for a fall

But if it gets to you
And you feel like you just can't go on
All you gotta do
Is ring a bell

Step right up, and step right up
And step right up
Just like a ballerina
Stepping lightly
Alright, well it's getting late
Yes it is, yes it is

And this time I forget to slip into your slumber
The light is on the left side of your head
And I'm standing in your doorway
And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head

Here come a man, here come a man and he say, he say the show must go on
So all you gotta do
Is ring the bell

And step right up, and step right up
And step right up
Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah
Crowd will catch you
Fly it, sigh it, c'mon, die it, yeah
Just like a ballerina
Just like a, just like a, just like a, just like a ballerina

Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving, moving on, moving on, moving on up
Little bit higher, baby
You know, you know, you know, get on up baby
Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing, keep on, keep on pushing
Stepping lightly

Just like a ballerina
Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes
Working on
Just like a ballerina

A versão de Van Morrison:

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798 – Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman (1968)

Escrita por Jimmy Webb, foi gravada por Glen Campbell em 27 de maio de 1968 e 14 de agosto do mesmo ano e lançada em outubro de 1968, num compacto que tinha Fate of Man como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 3 dos charts pop americanos e número 1 dos charts de country americanos. Recebeu disco de ouro em janeiro de 1969. Chegou ao número 7 no Reino Unido e número 1 no Canadá.

É a canção número 195 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

Jimmy Webb teve a inspiração da música quando dirigia pelo Washita County, na parte sudeste rural de Oklahome. Naquela época, muitas companhias telefonicas eram de propriedade dos condados e os “linemen” eram funcionários do condado. Dirigindo, Webb passou por incontáveis postes de telefones, todos iguais. Então lá no fundo, ele viu a figura de um solitário “Lineman” em cima de um desses postes.

Ele disse que se trata de uma foto de solidão. Webb então se coloca no lugar daquele trabalhador em cima do poste e coloca o telefone na sua mão e imagina o que o lineman estaria dizendo ao interlocutor.

Foi gravada por Tom Jones, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Bobby Goldsboro, Jose Feliciano, Ray Charles, Sérgio Mendes, Kool and The Gang, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, James Taylor, R.E.M., Johnny Cash, entre outros.

A letra:

I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singin' in the wire,
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you,
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

And I need you more than want you,
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

A versão de Glen Campbell muitos anos depois, ao vivo:

A versão do R.E.M. de 2014:

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797 – Bobby Goldsboro – Honey (1968)

Escrita por Bobby Russell, foi gravada por Bobby Goldsboro em 30 de janeiro de 1968 e lançada em 17 de fevereiro de 1968 no compacto que tinha Danny como Lado B. Foi anteriormente gravada por Bob Shane.

O narrador da canção fala sobre o seu amor que morreu, começando com ele olhando pra uma árvore no jardim e lembrando como era somente um graveto no dia que ela pantou, com o desaprovação dele. Essa canção chegou ao número 1 nos Estados Unidos uma semana após a morte de Martin Luther King Junior.

Além de chegar ao número dos charts pop americanos, também chegou ao número 1 dos charts de country americanos. Chegou também ao número 2 nos charts britânicos. Também foi número 1 na Austrália.

Foi regravada por Ray Conniff, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, The Four Tops, Hank Snow, Lynn Anderson, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad,
The first day that she planted it
Was just a twig
Then the first snow came and she ran out
To brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came runnin' in all excited,
Slipped and almost hurt herself
And I laughed till I cried

She was always young at heart,
Kinda dumb and kinda smart
And I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
And it would sure embarrass her
When I came in from workin' late
'Cause I would know
That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'
Over some sad and silly late, late show

And honey, I miss you and I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could

She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of a day
And it was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away

And honey, I miss you and I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could

One day while I was not at home
While she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories of honey
And I wake up nights and call her name
Now my life's an empty stage
Where honey lived and honey played
And love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed
That honey loved

And see the tree how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
And I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it,
Was just a twig

A versão de Bobby Goldsboro:

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796 – Bruce Channel – Keep on (1968)

Escrita por Wayne Carson Thompson, foi lançada em junho de 1968 e teve Dale Hawkins como produtor. Chegou ao número 12 nos charts britanicos.

A letra:

Hey!
Na na na na ....

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me
I'm a hard guy, was never been hurt
It's happened before
But you've got sweet lips
That's something about you
That makes me beg for more

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me

I swore up and down to myself
I'll never fall again
But you opened up
A new kinda love to me
And I fell in

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me
You touch me like nobody else
So touch me again
You put love where love never was
Again and again and again ..... (repeats)

Keep on
Keep on doing whatever it is you do to me
Keep on
I don't understand it, but baby
You're getting through to me

Keep on .... (fading out)

A versão de Bruce Channel:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

795 – Bee Gees – I've gotta get a message to you (1968)

Escrita por Barry, Maurice e Robin Gibb, foi gravada em 12 de julho de 1968 e lançada em 7 de setembro de 1968 num compacto que tinha Kitty can como Lado B. Foi o segundo número 1 deles no Reino Unido e o primeiro nos charts pop americanos. Foi também número 1 na Irlanda, Itália e Africa do Sul.

A canção é sobre um homem que está esperando sua morte na ante-sala da cadeira elétrica e quer mandar uma mensagem pra sua esposa. O crime que ele cometeu foi o matar o amante dela.

Robin Gibb cantou o primeiro e o terceiro verso e fez backingo vocals. Barry Gibb cantou o segundo verso, tocou violão ritmico e fez backing vocals. Maurice Gibb tocou baixo, piano, mellotron e fez backing vocals. Vince Melouney tocou guitarra solo e Colin Petersen tocou bateria.

Foi também número 3 na Australia, Canada e Alemanha, número 2 na Holanda e Nova Zelandia, número 9 na Bélgica, número 5 na Dinamarca, e número 6 na Suíça e Noruega.

A letra:

The preacher talked to me and he smiled
Said, "Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile
Now for once in your life you're alone
But you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone"

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on

I told him I'm in no hurry
But if I broke her heart, won't you tell her I'm sorry
And for once in my life I'm alone,
And I've got to let her know just in time before I go

I've just go to get a message to you, hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on

Well I laughed but that didn't hurt
And it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt
Now I'm crying but deep down inside
Well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on
Hold on
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on
I've just got to get a message to her, hold on, hold on

A versão dos Bee Gees ao vivo em 2007:

A versão Percy Sledge:

A versão de Jesse Kinch:

794 – Van Morrison – The way young lovers do (1968)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em 15 de outubro de 1968 e lançada em novembro de 1968 no disco Astral Weeks.

Foi regravada por Jeff Buckley, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

We strolled through fields all wet with rain
And back along the lane again
There in the sunshine
In the sweet summertime
The way that young lovers do

I kissed you on the lips once more
And we said goodbye at your front door
In the night-time
Yeah, that's the right time
To feel the way that young lovers do

Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that we were
And the way that we wanted to be
Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that I was for you
And you were for me
And then we danced the night away
And turning to each other, say, 'I love you, I love you'
The way that young lovers do

Do, do, do, do...

Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that we were and the way
That we wanted to be
Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that I was for you
And you were for me
Ah, we long to dance the night away
And turning to each other, say, 'I love you. Baby, I love you'
The way that young lovers do, lovers do, lovers do

Do, do, do, do...

A versão de Van Morrison:

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A versão de Norbert Leo Butz:

793 – Procol Harum – Quite rightly so (1968)

Escrita por Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher e Keith Reid, foi gravada em Londres, no final de 1967 e começo de 1968 e lançada no segundo disco do Procol Harum chamado Shine on Brightly.

A letra:

For you (whose eyes were opened wide whilst mine refused to see)
I'm sore in need of saving grace. Be kind and humour me
I'm lost amidst a sea of wheat
where people speak but seldom meet
And grief and laughter, strange but true
Although they die, they seldom cry
An ode by any other name I know might read more sweet
Perhaps the sun will never shine upon my field of wheat
But still in closing, let me say
for those too sick, too sick to see
though nothing shows, yes, someone knows
I wish that one was me

A versão do Procol Harum:

A versão de Paul McIntosh:

A versão de Procol Harum ao vivo em 2003:

792 – Tom Jones – Delilah (1968)

Escrita por Les Reed, Barry Mason e Sylvan Whittingham, foi gravada por Tom Jones em dezembro de 1967 e lançada em fevereiro em um compacto que tinha Smile como Lado B. Foi gravada em novembro de 1967 por P.J. Proby, que odiou e não incluiu no seu disco.

Chegou ao número 1 na Alemanha, Finlândia, Suíça e Irlanda e número 2 no Reino Unid e, Noruega e número 3 na Áustria. Número 5 no Canadá e número 15 nos charts pop americanos.

Fala sobre um amor traído que espia a silhueta da sua mulher através de uma persiana enquanto ela faz amor com outro homem. Mesmo sabendo que isso não é legal pra ele, ele se torna temporariamente insano. Espera quando o amante vai embora e bate na porta da sua amada pela manhã, e quando ela abre, ela fica rindo da sua cara e então ele a mata a facadas. Mas vendo que fez besteira, ele pede perdão antes da polícia chegar e leva-lo preso.

A letra:

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free

At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more

She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more

Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more

A versão de Tom Jones:

Tom Jones com Luciano Pavarotti:

A versão de Benjamim Gillham:

791 – Donovan – Jennifer Juniper (1968)

Escrita por Donovan Leitch, foi gravada em 13 de novembro de 1967 e lançada em 5 de fevereiro de 1968 em um compacto que tinha Poor cow como Lado B. Chegou ao número 5 no Reino Unido e número 26 nos charts pop americanos.

Foi escrita para Jenny Boyd, irmã de Patti Boyd, pouco antes deles irem pra Índia.

A letra:

Jennifer Juniper, lives upon the hill
Jennifer Juniper, sitting very still

Is she sleeping? I don't think so
Is she breathing? Yes, very low
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

Jennifer Juniper, rides a dappled mare
Jennifer Juniper, lilacs in her hair

Is she dreaming? Yes, I think so
Is she pretty? Yes, ever so
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

I'm thinking of what it would be like if she loved me
And how just lately this happy song, it came along
And I like to somehow try and tell you

Jennifer Juniper, hair of golden flax
Jennifer Juniper, longs for what she lacks

Do you like her? Yes, I do, sir
Would you love her? Yes, I would, sir
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?

Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper

Jennifer Juniper, vit sur la colline
Jennifer Juniper, assise très tranquille

Dort-elle? Je ne crois pas
Respire-t-elle? Oui, mais tout bas
Qu'est-ce que tu fais, Jenny, mon amour?

Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper
Jennifer Juniper

A versão de Donovan:

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790 – Van Morrison – Sweet thing (1968)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada em 15 de outubro de 1968 e lançada em novembro de 1968 no album Astral Weeks, o segundo da carreira de Van Morrison. Foi feita pra sua esposa Janet. É uma canção romântica.

Foi regravada por Jeff Buckley, The Waterboys, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

And I will stroll the merry way
And jump the hedges first
And I will drink the clear
Clean water for to quench my thirst
And I shall watch the ferry-boats
And they'll get high
On a bluer ocean
Against tomorrow's sky
And I will never grow so old again
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I shall drive my chariot
Down your streets and cry
Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite
And I don't know why'
And you shall take me strongly
In your arms again
And I will not remember
That I even felt the pain.
We shall walk and talk
In gardens all misty and wet with rain
And I will never, never, never
Grow so old again.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I will raise my hand up
Into the night time sky
And count the stars
That's shining in your eye
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder
That's just fine
And I'll be satisfied
Not to read in between the lines
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain
And I will never, ever, ever, ever
Grow so old again.
Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
Sugar-baby with your champagne eyes
And your saint-like smile

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Jeff Buckley:

A versão de Waterboys:

789 – The Monkees – Valleri (1968)

Escrita por Tommy Boyce e Bobby Hart, foi gravada em 26 e 28 de dezembro de 1967 e lançada em 17 de fevereiro de 1968. Chegou ao número 3 nos charts pop americanos, número 1 no Canadá e número 12 no Reino Unido.

O presidente da gravadora deles pediu uma música com nome de mulher e eles fizeram no caminho do escritório dele.

Também chegou ao número 4 na Austrália, número 20 na Áustria, número 11 na Alemanha, número 8 na Irlanda, número 12 na Holanda, número 9 na Noruega e número 4 na Nova Zelandia.

A letra:

Valleri I love my Valleri
There's a girl I know who makes me feel so good
And I wouldn't live without her, even if I could
They call her Valleri
I love my Valleri

Oh yeah, come on

She's the same little girl who used to hang around my door
But she sure looks different than the way she looked before
I call her Valleri
I love my Valleri

Valleri I love my Valleri
I love my Valleri
I need ya, Valleri

A versão dos Monkees:

A versão de King of Luxembourg:

A versão Enoch Light Singers:

788 – The Beatles – The inner light (1968)

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada em janeiro e fevereiro de 1968 e lançada em 15 de março de 1960 em um compacto que tinha Lady Madona como Lado A. Foi a primeira composição de Geprge Harrison a ser lançada em compacto dos Beatles.

A primeira parte da gravação foi feita em Bombay e contém muitos instrumentos indianos. Essa música era muito respeitada pelos outros menbros dos Beatles, particularmente Paul McCartney.

George Harrison cantou, John Lennon fez backing vocals, Paul McCartney fez backing vocals, e músicos indianos tocaram instrumentos indianos.

Foi regravada por Junior Parker, Jeff Lynne, entre outros.

A letra:

Without going out of my door
I can know all things of earth
Without looking out of my window
I could know the ways of heaven
The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows

Without going out of your door
You can know all things on earth
Without looking out of your window
You could know the ways of heaven
The farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows

Arrive without traveling
See all without looking
Do all without doing

A versão dos Beatles:

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0093 – Build me up buttercup - The Foundations (1968)

Escrita por Mike D'Abo e Tony Macaulay, foi gravada em 1968 e lançada em compacto em novembro de 1968, com New Direction como Lado B. Coling Young fez os vocais principais. Chegou ao número 3 dos charts Billboard HOT100, número 2 no Reino Unido e recebeu disco de ouro por vendas acima de 1 milhão de cópias somente nos Estados Unidos. Foi também número 1 no Canadá, Austrália, número 3 na Irlanda e África do Sul e número 4 na Nova Zelandia. Colin Young fez os vocais principais, como já dito. Alan Warner tocou guitarra. Peter McBeth tocou baixo. Tim Harris tocou bateria e percussão. Tony Gome tocou os teclados. Mike Elliott tocou sax tenor. Eric Allandale tocou trombone e Mike D'Abo tocou piano.

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But you're late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah)
I went to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you, you let me down again

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

To you I'm a toy, but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know (bah-dah-dah)
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do I need you so

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

I-I-I need you-oo-oo more than anyone, baby
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

A versão dos Foundations:

A versão de Us The Duo:

A versão de Clay Aiken:

786 – Etta James – The same rope (1968)

Escrita por Leonard Caston Jr. e Lloyd Webster, foi gravada entre agosto e dezembro de 1967 e lançada no disco Tell Mama em fevereiro de 1968.

A letra:

Just because you are riddin high
And doing good for yourself
You want to smile and wave goodbye
And give your love to someone else
Uhun
One day just wait and see
You’re gonna be hurt just like me
You know you are wrong
But ahead on
I don’t think it will be long before she will be gone
And i'm willing to set you free
If you avoid her company
I believe that the...(same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
I said the (same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
I believe the same rope that pull you up
Sure can hang you
One day she will get tired of you
The way that you got tired of me ..ohh yeah
You will see what i'm going through
When you’re alone and in misery ..ohh yeah
I hate to say i told you so
So you better think before you go
I think you are such a full
For making such a move
Nobody else would do the things i've done for you
And i'm willing to set you free
If you take this.. this tip from me
I believe that the (same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
I said the (same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
The same rope that pull you up
Sure can hang you
You the we week may same day be strong
(oohh I will I know)
Never could do nobody wrong
I found out a long time ago
I believe the same rope (the same rope)
That pulls you (up up)
Is gonna hang you
(the same rope)

A versão de Etta James: