1275 – Rod Stewart – You wear it well (1972)

 

Escrita por Rod Stewart e Martin Quittenton, foi lançada em 21 de julho de 1972 no disco Never a dull moment e depois saiu em compacto em 12 de agosto de 1972 e tinha Los Paraguayos como Lado B. Se tornou um hit internacional, chegando ao número 1 nos charts britânicos e número 13 nos charts pop americanos. Chegou também ao número 7 no Canadá, número 4 na Nova Zelandia e número 2 na Irlanda.

A letra:

I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
But to settle down and write you a line
I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota
Hell it's been a very long time
You wear it well
A little old fashioned but that's all right

Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking
Or he wouldn't get in touch with me
Oh I ain't begging or losing my head
I sure do want you to know that you wear it well
There ain't a lady in the land so fine, oh my

Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate
The all day rock and roll shows
Them homesick blues and radical views
Haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well
A little out of time but I don't mind

But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
But I blew it without even tryin'
Now I'm eatin' my heart out
Tryin' to get a letter through

Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on
I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town
When you sat down and cried on the stairs
You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth
You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well
Madame Onassis got nothing on you, no no

Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told
That I gotta get back to work
So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone
Think of me and try not to laugh and I wear it well
I don't object if you call collect

'Cause I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
But I blew it without even tryin'
Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you

I love you, I love you, I love you, I Love you...

Oh yeah

After all the years I hope it's the same address
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on

A versão de Rod Stewart:

A versão de Ali Campbell:

A versão de Acoustic Axis:

1274 – Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you (1972)

 

Escrita por Gerry Rafferty e Joe Egan, foi lançada em outubro de 1972 no disco Stealers Wheel e depois saiu em compacto com Jose como Lado B. Foi produziada nada mais nada menos pela dupla Jerry Leiber e Mike Stoller. Chegou ao número 8 no Reino Unido e número 6 nos charts HOT100. Rafferty cantou e Egan cantou harmonias vocais. Vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias. Chegou também ao número 2 no Canadá.

A letra:

Well I don't know why I came here tonight.
I've got the feeling that something ain't right.
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,

And I'm wondering what it is I should do.
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face.
Losing control and running all over the place.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Trying to make some sense of it all
But I see it makes no sense at all.
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
I don't think that I can take anymore.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Well I don't know why I came here tonight.
I've got the feeling that something ain't right.
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Her I am stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .

A versão do Stealers Wheel:

A versão de Susanna Hoffs:

A versão de Mary Spender:

1273 – Stevie Wonder – Superstition (1972)

 

 

Escrita por Stevie Wonder, foi gravada em 1972 em New York City e lançada em 24 de outubro de 1972 em um compacto que tinha You've got it bad girl como Lado B. Quatro dias depois foi lançada no LP Talking Book. A letra fala das superstições populares e seus efeitos negativos.

Chegou ao número 1 dos charts pop americanos e nos charts de Soul. Chegou tambem ao número 11 nos charts birtânicos e número 6 no Canadá. É o número 74 da lista da revista Rolling Stone das 500 greatest songs of all time.

Stevie Wonder cantou. Tocou Hohner Clavinet, bateria e Baixo Moog. Trevor Lawrence tocou sax tenor e Steve Madaio tocou trompete.

Foi regravada por Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughn e U40, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Very superstitious,
Writing's on the wall,
Very superstitious,
Ladders bout' to fall,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck,
The good things in your past

When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way

Hey

Very superstitious,
Wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem,
Do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream,
Keep me goin' strong,
You don't wanna save me,
Sad is the soul

When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way,
Yeh, yeh

Very superstitious,
Nothin' more to say,
Very superstitious,
The devil's on his way,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck,
Good things in your past

When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way,
No, no, no

A versão de Stevie Wonder:

A versão de Stevie Ray Vaughn:

A versão de Stevie Wonder ao vivo com Jeff Beck na guitarra:

1272 – The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes (1972)

 

Escrita por Ray Davies, foi gravada em maio de 1972 e lançada em 25 de agosto de 1972 no disco Everybody's in show-biz e depois lançada em compacto em 24 de novembro de 1972, que tinha Hot potatoes como Lado B.

A canção cita o nome de vários artistas do cinema do século 20 e até cita a rua de Los Angeles chamada Hollywood Boulevard e sua Walk of Fame. Fala sobre Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders e Mickey Rooney.

Foi regravada por Joan Jett, Seteve Vai e Jon Bon Jovi com Ritchie Sambora, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Everybody's a dreamer
And everybody's a star
And everybody's in movies
It doesn't matter who you are
There are stars in every city
In every house and on every street
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete

Don't thread on Greta Garbo
As you walk down the boulevard
She looks so weak and fragile
That's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne
But she turned her back on stardom
Because she wanted to be alone

Well You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Rudolph Valentino
Looks very much alive
And he looks up ladies' dresses
As they sadly pass him by
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
Because he's liable to turn and bite
But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life

Well You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Everybody's a dreamer
And everybody's a star
And everybody's in show-biz
It doesn't matter who you are
But those who are successful
Be always on your guard
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
'Cause celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die

You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

La la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Oh, celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh, celluloid heroes never really die

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die

A versão dos Kinks:

A versão de Joan Jett:

 

A versão de Jon Bon Jovi e Ritchie Sambora:

1271 – Bee Gees – Alive (1972)

 

Escrita por Barry Gibb e Maurice Gibb, foi gravada em 21 de outubro de 1971, em Londres e lançada em outubro de 1972 no disco To whom it may concern e posteriormente saiu em compacto em novembro de 1972 com Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings como Lado B.

Foi o último trabalho de Geoff Bridgeford como baterista da banda. O compacto chegou ao número 34 nos charts pop americanos, número 28 no Canadá e número 17 na Holanda.

Barry Gibb cantou. Maurice Gibb tocou piano e baixo. Geoff Bridgeford tocou bateria.

A letra:

Maybe you talk too high, man
Maybe I talk too slow
But you've got to live a little bit faster
'Cause you've got a little less time to go
I ain't lost and I ain't searching
But then you know me very well
And I can't change the wind and make it blow the other way
I'm a fool and I can tell
That I'm alive and that's all
That I can get up just as fast as I fall
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl
And in the end it doesn't matter at all
I don't know about the people that I read about in books
And the kings and queens around my room with their quiet dirty looks
I know I should be going somewhere, I just can't arrive
There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive, alive
I ain't lost and I ain't searching
But then you know me very well
And I can't change the world and make it go the other way
I'm a fool and I can tell
That I'm alive and that's all
That I can get up just as fast as I fall
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl
And in the end it doesn't matter at all
I don't know about the people that I read about in books
And the kings and queens around my room with their quiet dirty looks
I know I should be going somewhere, I just can't arrive
There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive
I know I should be going somewhere I just can't arrive
There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive, alive, alive

A versão dos Bee Gees:

1270 – Al Green – Simply beautiful (1972)

Escrita por Al Green, foi lançada no disco I”m still in love with you em 23 de outubro de 1972.

Foi regravada por Queen Latifah, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

If I gave you my love,
I tell you what I'd do
I'd expect a whole lot of love out of you

You gotta be good to me
I'm gonna be good to you
There's a whole lot of things you and I
Could do
Hey hey

Hey hey hey

Simply beautiful, simply beautiful, simply
Beautiful
Simply beautiful, simply beautiful, simply
Beautiful
Simply beautiful [Repeat: x4]

What about the way you love me
And the way you squeeze me
Hey
Hey simply beautiful hey

And you get right down it
And the love is getting you through it

Simply beautiful [Repeats]

A versão de Al Green:

A versão de Jennifer Hudson:

A versão de Queen Latifah:

1269 – John Lennon – Woman is the nigger of the world (1972)

 

Escrita por John Lennon e Yoko Ono, foi gravada em novembro de 1971 e mixada em março de 1972, no Record Plant East, em New York City e lançada em 24 de abril de 197 no compacto que tinha Sisters, O Sisters como Lado B. Posteriormente saiu no disco Some time in New York City, em 1 de junho de 1972.

O título foi criado por Yoko e fala sobre subserviencia da mulher e misoginia em todas as culturas. Porque usou um termo racista no título, mesmo sendo pra comparar o sofrimento da mulher com o do negro, as rádios se recusaram a tocar e a música só chegou ao numero 57 nos charts pop americanos. Foi o compacto que ficou em pior posição nos Estados Unidos em toda a vida de Lennon.

John cantou e tocou guitarra. Stan Bronstein tocou sax tenor. Gary Van Scyoc tocou baixo. Adam Ippolito tocou piano e orgao. Wayne Tex Gabriel tocou guitarra. Richard Frank Jr. tocou bateria e percussão e Jim Keltner tocou bateria.

A letra:

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes, she is, think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it, do something about it

We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While puttin' her down, we pretend that she's above us

You know, woman is the nigger of the world, yeah
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Ah, yeah, if you believe me, scream about it

We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her, home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend

Well, now, woman is the nigger of the world, yeah, she is
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Yeah, if you believe me, you better scream

We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her will to be free
This is the one that I can never remember
But you get the message anyway

You know that woman is the nigger of the world
Yes, she is, if you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Yeah, Connely was right, we scream it

We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance

You know, we make her paint her face and dance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
We make her paint her face and dance

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Sharnette Hyter:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

1268 – John Denver – Rocky mountain high (1972)

Escrita por John Denver e Mike Taylor, foi gravada em agosto de 1972 e lançada em 15 de setembro de 1972 no disco de mesmo nome. Depois sairia em compacto em 30 de outubro de 1972 com Spring como Lado B. Se transformou em uma das duas canções oficiais do Estado do Colorado.

Chegou ao número 9 nos charts pop americanos e número 8 no Canada. Denver disse que levou 9 meses pra terminar de compor a canção. A Western Writers of America disse que era uma das 100 maiores canções de country de todos os tempos.

Tem a ver com a mudança de Denver pra Aspen, Colorado três antes antes.

A letra:

He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Coming home to a place he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hanging by a song
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changing fast and it don't last for long

But the Colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high (Colorado)

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory

Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

And the Colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply
Rocky mountain high

Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land

And the Colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky mountain high

It's Colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire and everybody's high
Rocky mountain high
Rocky mountain high
Rocky mountain high
Rocky mountain high
Rocky mountain high
Rocky mountain high

A versão de John Denver:

A versão de Mike Sinatra:

A versão de Carly Lackey:

1267 – Graham Nash and David Crosby – Immigration man (1972)

 

Escrita por Graham Nash e gravada por Nash e Croby, foi lançada em março de 1972 no compacto que tinha Whole cloth como Lado B. Foi lançada também em 5 de abril de 1972 no LP da dupla chamado Graham Nash David Crosby.

Chegou ao número 36 nos charts pop americanos.

Nash escreveu a música quando ficou preso por muito tempo na Imigração dos Estados Unidos. E só foi solto quando as pessoas começaram a pedir autografo a ele e o sujeito achou melhor deixa-lo entrar.

O solo de guitarra é feito por Dave Mason. David Crosby cantou e tocou guitarra. Graham Nash cantou e tocou piano. Greg Reeves tocou baixo e Johnny Barbata tocou bateria.

A letra:

There I was at the immigration scene
Shining and feeling clean, could it be a sin?
I got stopped by the immigration man
He said he doesn't know if he can let me in
Let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway
There he was with his immigration face
Giving me a paper chase but the sun was coming
'Cos all at once he looked into my space
And stamped a number all over my face and he sent me running
Come on and let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway
Here I am with my immigration form and it's big enough to keep me warm
When a cold wind's coming, go where you will
As long as you think you can, you'd better watch out
Watch out for the man anywhere you're going
Come on and let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway

A versão de Nash e Crosby:

A versão de Yorick Van Norden:

A versão de Deja Vu:

1266 – Gordon Lightfoot – That same old obssession (1972)

 

Escrita por Gordon Lightfoot, foi lançada em novembro de 1972 no disco Old Dan's Records e no compacto que tinha You are what I am como LadoA.

A letra:

I come to this garden, I come here to rest
Early each day upon rising
I think of my lost love from over the sea
And sometimes I've wondered, if she thinks of me

I long to recall every kiss, every kind word
I miss her so much I could die
But the creatures of evil have captured her heart
And that same old obsession still keeps us apart

There's peace in the garden, there's peace in the air
Peace in the sound of the river
There's peace in the meadow, the sun shines like gold
And if she were with me there'd be peace in my soul

I long to return to the place I remember
The taste of her lips close to mine
I could do much better if I could be strong
Come into my garden but leave me alone

I come to this garden, I come here to rest
Just as the night comes stealing
Someone is weeping, I'm calling her name
Deep in the garden, deep in my brain

I long to recall every kiss, every kind word
I miss her so much I could die
But the creatures of evil have captured her heart
And that same old obsession still keeps us apart
But the creatures of evil have captured her heart
And that same old obsession still keeps us apart

A versão de Gordon Lightfoot:

A versão de Brian Ekard:

1265 – Neil Diamond – Song sung blue (1972)

 Escrita por Neil Diamond, lançada em maio de 1972 em um compacto que tinha Gitchy Gooy como Lado B. E depois foi lançada no disco Moods, em 15 de julho de 1972. Foi inspirada no segundo movimento do concerto 21 de piano de Mozart.

Chegou ao número 1 nos charts pop americanos e número 14 nos charts britânicos.

Foi regravada por Andy Williams, Bobby Darin e Frank Sinatra, entre outros.

A letra:

Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one

Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again
Sing them out again

Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it get to feeling good
You simply got no choice

Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again

Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it started feeling good
You simply got no choice

Song sung blue
Song sung blue
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice

A versão de Neil Diamond:

A versão de Bobby Darin:

A versão de Frank Sinatra:

1264 – Al Green – I'm still in love with you (1972)

 

Escrita por Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. e Willie Mitchell, foi lançada em 23 de outubro de 1972 no disco de mesmo nome. Depois sairia em compacto com Old time lovin' como Lado B. Chegou ao número 3 dos charts pop americanos e vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias.

Foi regravada por Seal, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Spending my day, thinkin' 'bout you girl
Being here with you, being near with you
I can't explain myself
Why I, feel like I do (like I do)
Though it hurt me so to let you know when I
Look in your eyes, you want to let me know
How you feel
Let me know, that love is really real
But it seems to me
That I'm, wrapped up in your love

Don't you know that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you, hey

Heaven knows that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you, hey

And I look in your eyes
And all, and all the years I, I see (I see)
Me lovin' you and you lovin' me
Well it seems to me
That I'm so wrapped up in your love

Don't you know that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you
I, I, I, I

Don't you know that I'm
Still in love (Still in love, in love with you)
Sho' 'nuff in love with you
Hey I tried, in love with you, I, I

A versão de Al Green:

A versão de Jill Scott:

A versão de Seal:

1263 – John Lennon e Yoko Ono – The luck of the Irish (1972)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em 1972 e lançada em 12 de junho de 1972 no disco Some time in New York City. Foi escrita no fim de 1971.

John Lennon tocou violão e cantou. Yoko cantou. Wayne Gabriel tocou violão. Stan Bronstein tocou flauta. Gary Van Scyoc tocou baixo. Adam Ippolito tocou piano e orgao. Richard Frank Jr. Tocou bateria e percussão e Jim Keltner tocou bateria.

A letra;

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!

A thousand years of torture and hunger
Drove the people away from their land
A land full of beauty and wonder
Was raped by the British brigands! Goddamn! Goddamn!

If you could keep voices like flowers
There'd be shamrock all over the world
If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
Then the world would be high as the mountain of morn

In the 'Pool they told us the story
How the English divided the land
Of the pain, the death and the glory
And the poets of auld Eireland

If we could make chains with the morning dew
The world would be like Galway Bay
Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns
The world would be one big Blarney stone

Why the hell are the English there anyway?
As they kill with God on their side
Blame it all on the kids the IRA
As the bastards commit genocide! Aye! Aye! Genocide!

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you was dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!
Yes you'd wish you was English instead!

A versão de John Lennon e Yoko Ono:

A versão de Danny McEvoy:

A versão de Paul Van Huet:

1262 – Deep Purple – Smoke on the water (1972)

Escrita por Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord e Ian Paice, foi gravada em dezembro de 1971 e lançada no disco Machine Head, em 25 de março de 1972 e posteriormente lançada em compacto em maio de 1973 com a mesma Smoke on the water, sendo que ao vivo, no Lado B.

É a canção de numero 434 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Total guitar magaine disse que era o quarto maior riff de guitarra da história. Q magazine disse que era o número 12 das 100 maiores músicas de guitarra. Número 37 do cana VH1 das 40 maiores canções de metal de todos os tempos e número 11 do mesmo VH1 das 100 maiores canções de hard rock.

Blackmore disse que o riff é uma interpretação Sinfonia numero 5 de Beethoven.

A letra fala de uma historia verdadeira. Em 4 de dezembro de 1971, o Deep Purple estava em Montreux, na Suiça, pra gravar um disco, em um estudio movel alugado dos Rolling Stones. Eles iriam gravar no Casino de Montreux (Gambling house) depois de um show de Frank Zappa. Mas um cara soltou uma pistola de fogos de artificio e o casino pegou fogo. O fogo se espalhou sobre o lago Geneva.

Chegou ao número 4 dos charts pop americanos e número 2 no Canadá.

Ritchie Blackmore tocou as guitarras. Ian Gillan cantou. Roger Glover tocou baixo. Jon Lord tocou orgao Hammond e Ian Paice tocou bateria.

A letra:

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Uh, Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids on the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold, and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights, a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
Ha, I know, I know we'll never forget

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

A versão de Deep Purple:

A versão de Sina, Emma Marie e Lucy Gowen:

A versão de P&J Covers:

 

1261 – Neil Young e Graham Nash – War song (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young e Graham Nash, foi gravada em 22 de maio de 1972 e lançada em compacto com The needle and the damage done como LadoB. A banda que gravou com eles foi o Stray Gators. Foi feita pra campanha de George McGovern contra Richard Nixon. Chegou ao número 40 no Canadá e número 61 nos charts pop americanos.

A letra:

In the morning when you wake up
You've got planes flying in the sky
Flying bombs made to break up
All the lies in your eyes

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

They shot George Wallace down
He'll never walk around
Our mines are sleeping in the sea
Blow those bridges down
And burn that jungle down
And kill those Vietnamese

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

In the morning when you wake up
You've got planes flying in the sky
Flying bombs made to break up
All the lies in your eyes

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

A versão de Neil Young and Graham Nash: