1990 – The Clash – Train in vain (1979)

 

Escrita por Joe Strummer e Mick Jones, foi gravada entre agosto e dezembro de 1979, no Wessex Studios, em Londres e lançada em 14 de dezembro de 1979, no disco London Calling, o terceiro da banda. Sairia também em compacto em 12 de fevereiro de 1980, com London Calling no Lado B. Foi produzida por Guy Stevens. Foi a primeira canção do Clash a chegar ao Top 30 nos Estados Unidos. Chegou ao número 23 do Billboard Top100, número 26 na Nova Zelandia e número 62 no Canadá. É uma resposta à música Typical girls, da banda The Slits, que fala de mulheres que ficam ao lado dos seus homens. Mick Jones era namorado de Viv Albertine, guitarrista das Slits e o namoro havia acabado pouco antes dele escrever à canção. Ou seja, foi feita pra ela. Foi regravada por Annie Lennox, entre outros artistas. Mick Jones cantou, tocou guitarra e gaita. Joe Strummer tocou piano. Paul Simonon tocou baixo. Topper Headon tocou bateria e percussão. Mick Gallagher tocou orgão.

A letra:

Say you stand by your man
Tell me something I don't understand
You said you love me and that's a fact
Then you left me, said you felt trapped

Well some things you can explain away
But my heartache's in me till this day

[Chorus]
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way

All the times
When we were close
I'll remember these things the most
I see all my dreams come tumbling down
I won't be happy without you around

So all alone I keep the wolves at bay
There is only one thing that I can say

[Chorus]

You must explain why this must be
Did you lie when you spoke to me

Did you stand by me
No, not at all

Now I got a job
But it don't pay
I need new clothes
I need somewhere to stay
But without all these things I can do
But without your love I won't make it through

But you don't understand my point of view
I suppose there's nothing I can do

[Chorus]

You must explain why this must be
Did you lie when you spoke to me?

Did you stand by me
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way

A versão do Clash:

A versão do Engagements:

A versão de Annie Lennox:

1989 – Bob Dylan – Gotta serve somebody (1979)

 

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em 4 de maio de 1979 no Muscle Shoals Soudn Studios, em Sheffield, Alabama e lançada em 20 de agosto de 1979, no compacto com Trouble in mind como Lado B e no disco Slow train coming, o décimo nono disco de Bob Dylan. Foi produzida por Jerry Wexler e Barry Beckett. Ganhou o Grammy pelo Best Vocal Performamce by a Male em 1980. Esse é o primeiro lançamento de Dylan como Cristão. John Lennon o criticou bastante e escreveu uma paródia com o título “Serve yourself”. Foi o último TOP40 de Dylan no Billboard Hot100, chegando ao número 24. Chegou também ao número 23 no Canadá e número 96 na Austrália. A revista Rolling Stone disse que era a 43a melhor canção de Dylan. O Guardian incluiu-a na lista das 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know. Foi regravaad por Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Etta James, Aaron Neville, Eric Burdon e Judy Collins, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You might be a socialite with a long string of pearls

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

Might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage
You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage
You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief
They may call you doctor or they may call you chief

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are
You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)

You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk
You may be the head of some big TV network
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame
You may be livin' in another country under another name

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you arre
You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)

You may be a construction worker workin' on a home
Might be livin' in a mansion, you might live in a dome
You may own guns and you may even own tanks
You may be somebody's landlord, you may even own banks

But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Well, it may be the Devil or it might be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)

You may be a preacher preaching spiritual pride
Maybe a city councilman takin' bribes on the side
May be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair
You may be somebody's mistress, maybe somebody's heir

But you're gonna have to serve somebody
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
Might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
May be sleeping on the floor, sleepin' in a king-size bed

But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Yes indeed, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
You may call me RJ, you may call me Ray
You may call me anything, no matter what you say

You're still gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Well, it may be the Devil and it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

A versão de Bob Dylan:

A versão de Willie Nelson:

A versão de Etta James:

1988 – U2 – Stories for boys (1979)

Escrita por Bono Vox, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. E Adam Clayton, foi gravada entre 4 e 5 de agosto de 1979, no Windmill Lane Studios e lançada em 26 de setembro de 1979, no EP Three, o primeiro disco da banda. Foi produzida por Chas de Whalley e U2. Bono cantou, The Edge tocou guitarra e cantou. Adam Clayton tocou baixo. Larry Mullen Jr. Tocou bateria.

A letra:

There's a place I go
And I am far away
There's a TV show
And I can grow

Sometimes the hero takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Hello hello

There's a picture book
With colored photographs
There's a comic strip
That makes me laugh

Sometimes the lady takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Hello hello

There's a place I go
And it's a part of me
There's a radio
And I will crawl

Sometimes the hero takes me
Sometimes I can't let go
Hello hello

A versão do U2:

A versão de Lemon Chile:

1987 – Patti Smith – Dancing barefoot (1979)

 

 

Escrita por Patti Smith e Ivan Kral, foi gravada no Bearsville Studio, em Woodstock, New York, em 1979 e lançada em 17 de maio de 1979, no disco Wave, o quarto disco dela. Sairia também no mesmo mês em compacto, com 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 no Lado B. Foi produzida por Todd Lundgren. Foi dedicada à mulheres como Jeanne Hebuterne, amante de Amedeo Modigliani. Foi regravada pelo U2, Simple Minds e Pearl Jam, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

She is benediction
She is addicted to thee
She is the root connection
She is connecting with he

Here I go and I don't know why
I fell so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
Makes me come on like some heroine

She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on he
Chosen by she

Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
Makes me come on like some heroine

She is re-creation
She, intoxicated by Thee
She has the slow sensation that
He is levitating with she

Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Till I lose my sense of gravity

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
Makes me come on like some heroine

Oh God, I fell for You

The plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face
The mystery of childbirth, of childhood itself
Grave visitations
What is it that calls to us?

Why must we pray screaming?
Why must not death be redefined?
We shut our eyes, we stretch out our arms
And whirl on a pane of glass

An afixiation, a fix on anything
The line of life, the limb of a tree
The hands of he and the promise that she
Is blessed among women

Oh God, I fell for You
Oh God, I fell for You
Oh God, I fell for You

A versão de Patti Smith:

A versão do U2:

A versão do Simple Minds:

1986 – Elvis Costello – Oliver's army (1979)

 

Escrita por Elvis Costello, foi gravada entre agosto e outubro de 1978 e lançada em 5 de janeiro ed 1979, no disco Armed Forces, seu terceiro disco. Sairia também em compacto, com My funny Valentine como Lado B, em 2 de fevereiro de 1979. Foi produzida por Nick Lowe. Fala dos aspectos sócio-economicos de uma guerra, mais especificamente sobre “The Troubles”.. Em uma viagem à Irlanda do Norte, Costello viu os soldados britânicos patrulhando Belfast. Foi o compacto mais bem sucedido de Costello no Reino Unido. Chegou ao número 2 no Reino Unido, número 4 na Irlanda, número 24 na Austrália, número 25 na Nova Zelandia e número 31 Holanda. Foi regravada pelo Blur, entre outros artistas. Oliver é Oliver Cromwell, que liderou as forças parlamentares na conquista da Irlanda, em 1649. Mas não fala somente nos Troubles, fala também nos conflitos em Hong Kong, Palestina e África do Sul. Ele usa a frase “White nigger”, o que gerou muita polêmica. Em 2022, Costello abaixou os fundos das calças e disse que não mais tocaria a canção e pediu as rádios pra fazer o mesmo. Elvis Costello tocou guitarra e cantou. Steve Nieve tocou piano, orgão e sintetizador. Bruce Thomas tocou baixo e Pete Thomas tocou bateria.

A letra:

Don't start that talking
I could talk all night
My mind goes sleep walking
While I'm putting the world to right
Call careers information
Have you got yourself an occupation ?
Oliver's Army is here to stay
Oliver's Army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
Than here today
There was a Checkpoint Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
But it's no laughing party
When you've been on the murder mile
Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow one less white nigger
Oliver's Army is here to stay
Oliver's Army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
than here today
Hong Kong is up for grabs
London is full of Arabs
We could be in Palestine
Overrun by the Chinese lion
With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck or out of work
We could send you to Johannesburg
Oliver's Army is here to stay
Oliver's Army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
Than here today
And I would rather be anywhere else
Than here today
And I would rather be anywhere else
Than here today

A versão de Elvis Costello:

A versão do Blur:

A versão de Nick Lowe:

1985 – The Cure – Jumping someone else's train (1979)

 

Escrita por Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith e Lol Tolhurst, foi gravada entre 1978 e 1979 e lançada em um compacto que tinha I'm cold como Lado B, em 2 de novembro de 1979. Saiu também em 5 de fevereiro de 1980, no disco Boys don't cry, o primeiro album de compilação da banda, que reunia gravações anteriores e compactos. Foi produzida por Chris Parry. Michael Dempsey tocou baixo. Robert Smith tocou guitarra e canto. Lol Tolhurst tocou bateria.

A letra:

Don’t say what you mean
You might spoil your face
If you walk in the crowd
You won’t leave any trace
It’s always the same
You’re jumping someone else’s train

It won’t take you long
To learn the new smile
You have to adapt
Or you’ll be out of style
It’s always the same
You’re jumping someone else’s train

If you pick up on it quick
You can say you were there
Again and again and again
You’re jumping someone else’s train

It’s the latest wave
That you’ve been craving for
The old ideal was getting such a bore
Now you’re back in line
Going not quite as far
But in half the time
Everyone’s happy
They’re finally all the same
Because everyone’s jumping
Everybody else’s train

Jumping someone else’s train
Jumping someone else’s train
Jumping someone else’s train

A versão do The Cure:

1984 – The Clash – London calling (1979)

 

Escrita por Joe Strummer e Mick Jones, foi gravada entre agosto e novembro de 1979, no Wessex Studios (Mesmo estúdio dos Sex Pistols e Pretenders), em Highbury, North London e lançada em 7 de dezembro de 1979, no compacto que tinha Armagidion Time como Lado B. Saiu também no disco de mesmo nome, o terceiro da banda, em 14 de dezembro de 1979. Foi produzida por Guy Stevens. A canção faz uma alusão ao serviço da BBC World Service's Station Identification, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Eles diziam: “This is London Calling...”, quando transmitiam sua rádio pros páises ocupados. Fala de um erro nuclear, o incidente da Three Mile Island. Fala sobre o Rio Thames transbordar e Londres ficar debaixo de água, o que em 1984 foi construída uma barreira pra proteger a cidade. Fala também da brutalidade policial londrina. Fala também das altas dívidas da banda. Joe Strummer cantou e tocou guitarra rítmica. Mick Jones fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra solo. Paul Simonon fez backing vocals e tocou baixo. Topper Headon tocou bateria. Foi o primeiro compacto da banda a entrar nos charts em outros países. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock and roll, do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Em 2007, entrou pro Grammy Hall of Fame. Chegou ao número 11 no Reino Unido, número 16 na Irlanda, número 23 na Nova Zelandia e número 28 na Austrália.

A letra:

London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared, and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing

The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river

London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out, and draw another breath
London calling, and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes

The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river

The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river

Now get this...
London calling, yes, I was there too
And you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
London calling...

I never felt so much alike alike alike alike...

A versão do Clash:

A versão de Lady Stefane:

A versão de Cruz:

1983 – Van Morrison – And the healing has begun (1979)

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada na primavera de 1979, no Record Plant Studios, em Sausalito, California e lançada em Agosto de 1979, no disco Into the music, o décimo primeiro de Van. Foi produzida pelo próprio Van Morrison. Van Morrison cantou e tocou violão. John Allair tocou orgão. Herbie Armstrong tocou guitarra. David Hayes tocou baixo. Mark Jordan tocou piano. Toni Marcus tocou violino e viola. Peter Van Hooke tocou bateria. Foi regravada por Glen Hansard, entre outros.

A letra:

And we'll walk down the avenue again
And we'll sing all the songs from way back when, yeah
And we'll walk down the avenue again and the healing has begun

And we'll walk down the avenue in style
And we'll walk down the avenue and we'll smile
And we'll say:
"Baby, ain't it all worthwhile when the healing has begun?"

I want you to put on your pretty summer dress
You can wear your Easter bonnet and all the rest
And I wanna make love to you yes, yes, yes
When the healing has begun
"Alright"
When the healing has begun

"Whoe"
"Whoe"
Nananananana, "wheee", "alright", "whooo", "hey", "whoe"

When you hear the music ringin' in your soul
And you feel it in your heart and it grows and grows
And it came from the backstreet Rock & Roll
When the healing has begun
"That's where it comed from, man"

I want you to put on your, your all summery dress
You can wear your Easter bonnet and all the rest
And I wanna make love to you
"Yes, yes"
When the healing has begun, "ai, can't stand myself"

We're gonna make music underneath the stars
We're gonna play to the violin and the two guitars
And we're sit there and play for
Hours and hours when the healing has begun
Hours, hours and hours
When the healing has begun
Hours and hours, hours
When the healing has begun

"Wait a minute, baby, listen, listen"
"I didn't know you stayed up so late"
"Oh you know I just got home from a gig
"And I saw you standing on the street"
"Just let me move on up to this window-sill a lot"
"Yeah, I got some, take some sherry"
"You want a drop of port"
"Let's move behind this door here"
"Let's move on up behind this letter-box behind this door"
"Let's go in your front room"
"Let's play this Muddy Waters record you"
"Got here, if you just open up a little bit"
"And give me some of this backstreet jellyroll"

We're gonna stay out all night long
And then we're gonna go out and roam across the field
Baby, you know how I feel when the healing has begun
When the healing, when the healing has begun
Heeey, the healing has begun
We're gonna stay out all night long
We're gonna dance to the Rock & Roll
When the healing has begun
Ohw baby, just let me ease on a
Little bit, dig this
Backstreet jellyroll
And the healing, healing has begun
Heeeee
And the healing has begun
And the healing, and the healing

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Glen Hansard:

1982 – U2 – Out of control (1979)

 

Escrita por Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton e Larry Mullen Jr., foi gravada em 4 e 5 de agosto de 1979, no Windmill Lane Recording Studios, em Dublin, Irlanda. Foi lançada em 26 de setembro de 1979, no compacto que tinha Stories for Boys e Boy/Girl no Lado B. Foi produzida por U2 e Chas de Whalley. Foi o primeiro compacto da banda, na verdade um EP. O nome do EP foi Three. Chegou ao número 19 na Irlanda. Foi regravda pela banda em 2023 em uma versão acústica. Foi muito difícil de gravar. A bateria nunca estava no timing certo e o que ficou na gravação foi um baixo e uma bateria sem sincronia. O produtor disse também que Clayton tinha um senso de timing diferente de qualquer outro músico.

A letra:

Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I said how long
Say how long

It was one dull morning
I woke the world with bawling
I was so sad
They were so glad

I had the feeling it was out of control
I was of the opinion it was out of control

Boys and girls to school
And girls they make children
Not like this one

I was of the feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

I fought fate
There's blood at the garden gate
The man said childhood
It's in his childhood

One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late?
You can't fight fate

I was of the feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

A versão do U2:

1981 – Patti Smith – Frederick (1979)

Escrita por Patti Smith, foi gravada no Bearsville Studio, em Woodstock, New York, em 1979 e lançada em 17 de maio de 1979, no disco Wave, o quarto disco de Smith. Sairia também em compacto no mesmo mês, com Frederick ao vivo como Lado B. Foi produzida por Todd Rundgren. A canção é dedicada à Fred Smith, gutarrista da banda MC5 de Detroit, que seria o futuro marido de Patti Smith. A melodia é uma homenagem ao arranjo ao vivo de Prove it all night ed Bruce Springsteen, da turnê Darkness Tour, de 1978. Chegou ao número 90 no Billboard Hot 100 e número 63 no Reino Unido.

A letra:

Hi hello, wake from thy sleep
God has given you soul to keep
All of the power that burns in the flame
Ignites the light in a single name

Frederick, name of care
Fast asleep in a room somewhere
Guardian angels lay a bed
Shed their light on my sleepy head

High on a threshold, yearning to sing
Down with the the dancers having one last fling
Here's to the moment when you said hello
Come on my spirit, are you ready, let's go

Hi hi, hey hey
Maybe I will come back some day now
But tonight on the wings of a dove
Up above to the land of love

Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
Kiss to kiss, breath to breath
My soul surrenders astonished to death

Night of wonder for us to keep
Set our sails, channel the deep
After the rapture two hearts meet
Mine entwined in a single beat

Frederick, you're the one
As we journey from sun to sun
All the dreams I waited so long for
Fly tonight so long, so long

Bye bye, hey hey
Maybe we will come back some day now
But tonight on the wings of a dove
Up above to the land of love

Frederick, name of care
High above in sky that's clear
All the things I've been dreamin' of
Are expressed in this name of love

Bye bye, hey hey
Maybe we will come back some day now
But tonight on the wings of a dove
Up above to the land of love

A versão de Patti Smith:

A versão de Gustav Ejstes & Dungen:

A versão de Valentina Ghiorzi e Vladimir Safatle:

1980 – Elvis Costello – Accidents will happen (1979)

 

Escrita por Elvis Costello, foi gravada entre agosto e setembro de 1978 e lançada em 5 de janeiro de 1979, no disco Armed Forces, o terceiro disco de Elvis Costello. Sairia também em compacto, com Talking in the dark como Lado B, em 4 de maio de 1979. Foi produzida por Nick Lowe. Fala sobre suas varias infidelidades na época, incluindo um encontro com uma motorista de taxi em Tucson, Arizona. Quando a motorista o deixou no hotel, ele ficou ouvindo um casal fazer sexo no quarto ao lado e escreveu a canção. Ele diz que fala sobre ele falhar como marido e pai, pois havia ficado famoso e não conseguia lidar com os assédios. Chegou ao número 28 no Reino Unido. No filme, ET, o Extraterrestre, Michael, irmão de Elliott, canta essa música na cozinha da familia de voltar da escola. Elliott tinha um poster de Elvis Costello no seu quarto.

A letra:

Oh, I just don't know where to begin
Love doesn't wait forever
It's now or never
But she keeps 'em hangin' on
The silly champion
She says she can't go home without a chaperone

Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
You used to be a victim now you're not the only one
Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
I don't want to hear it cause I know what I've done

There's so many fish in the sea
That only rise up on the sweat and smoke of mercury
But they keep you hangin' on
they say you're so young
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone

Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
You used to be a victim now you're not the only one
Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
I don't want to hear it cause I know what I've done

And it's the damage that we do we never know
it's the words that we don't say that scare me so
there's so many people to see
so many people you can check up on and add to your collection
But they keep you hangin' on
until you're well hung
Your mouth is make up but your mind is undone

Accidents will happen
They're only hit and run
You used to be a victim now you're not the only one
Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
I don't want to hear it cause I know what I
I know what I
I know what I've done
I know (x lots)

A versão de Elvis Costello:

1979 – The Cure – Boys don't cry (1979)

 

Escrita por Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst e Michael Dempsey, foi gravada em 1979 e lançada em 12 de junho de 1979 no compacto que tinha Plastic passion como Lado B. Sairia também em 5 de fevereiro de 1980, no disco Boys don't cry, o segundo da banda. Foi produzida por Chris Parry. Falade um homem que desistiu de tentar ganhar novamente o amor que perdeu e fica tentando esconder o seu real estado emocional. Chegou ao número 99 na Australia. Michael Dempsey tocou baixo. Robert Smith cantou e tocou guitarra. Lol Tolhurst tocou bateria.

A letra:

I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I have said too much
Been too unkind

I tried to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I tried to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

I would break down at your feet
And beg forgiveness, plead with you
But I know that it's too late
And now there's nothing I can do

So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

I would tell you that I loved you
If I thought that you would stay
But I know that it's no use
And you've already gone away

Misjudged your limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
Thought that you needed me more, more, more

Now I would do most anything
To get you back by my side
But I just keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

Boys don't cry

A versão do The Cure:

A versão de Miley Cyrus:

A versão do Blink 182:

1978 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Survival (1979)

Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e fevereiro de 1979 no Tuff Gong Recording Studio, em Kingston, Jamaica e lançada no disco Survival, o décimo primeiro disco da banda, em 2 de outubro de 1979. Foi produzida por Bob Marley and The Wailers e Alex Sadkin. Bob Marley cantou, tocou guitarra base, violão e percussão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, guitarra base e percussão. Carlton Davis tocou bateria e percussão. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado, percussão e fez backing vocals. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals. Headley Bennett tocou sax alto. Ronaldo Robinson, Luther François e Melba Liston tocaram trombone. Junior Chin, Jackie Willacy e Micky Hanson tocaram trompete. Lee Jaffe tocou gaita.

A letra:

Yeah, yeah, yeah!
How can you be sitting there
Telling me that you care
That you care?
When every time I look around,
The people suffer in the suffering
In every way, in everywhere

Say, na-na-na-na-na (na-na, na-na!)
We're the survivors
Yes, the Black survivors!
I tell you what some people got everything
Some people got nothing
Some people got hopes and dreams
Some people got ways and means

Na-na-na-na-na (na-na, na-na!)
We're the survivors
Yes, the Black survivors!
Yes, we're the survivors, like Daniel out of the lions' den
(Black survivors) Survivors, survivors!
So I Idren, I sistren,
A-which way will we choose?
We better hurry oh, hurry oh, hurry wo, now!
'Cause we got no time to lose
Some people got facts and claims
Some people got pride and shame
Some people got the plots and schemes
Some people got no aim it seems

Na-na-na-na-na, (na-na, na-na!)
We're the survivors,
Yes, the Black survivors!
Tell you what, we're the survivors
Yeah! the Black survivors
Yeah! we're the survivors, like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
(Black survivors), thrown in the fire, but never get burn
So I Idren, I sistren,
The preaching and talkin' is done
We've gotta live up, wo now, wo now!
'Cause the Father's time has come
Some people put the best outside
Some people keep the best inside
Some people can't stand up strong
Some people won't wait for long

Na-na-na, na-na-na na!
We're the survivors
In this age of technological inhumanity (Black survival)
Scientific atrocity (survivors)
Atomic misphilosophy (Black survival)
Nuclear misenergy (survivors)
It's a world that forces lifelong insecurity (Black survival)

Together now
(Na-na-na-na-na!) Na na-na na na! (Na na-na na na!)
We're the survivors, yeah!
We're the survivors!
Yes, the Black survivors!
We're the survivors
A good man is never honored (survivors)
in his own country (Black survival)
Nothing change, nothing strange (survivors)
Nothing change, nothing strange (Black survivors)
We got to survive, y'all! (survivors)

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1977 – Van Morrison – You make me feel so free (1979)

 

 

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada na primavera de 1979 e lançada no disco Into the music, o décimo primeiro de Van Morrison. Saiu também em compacto, com Full force gale como Lado B, em 1980. Foi produzida por Van Morrison. Van Morrison cantou. Herbie Armstrong tocou guitarra. Pee Wee Ellis tocou sax tenor. David Hayes tocou baixo. Mark Isham tocou trompete. Mark Jordan tocou piano. Peter Van Hooke tocou bateria. Katie Kissoon fez backing vocals. Foi regravada por Sinéad O'Connor, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Some people spend their time just runnin' round in circles
Always chasing some exotic bird
I prefer to spend some time just listening for that special something
That I've never ever heard
I like a new song to sing, another show or somewhere entirely different to be
But baby you make me feel so free

And so I yearn for mistress calling me
That's the muse, that's the muse
But we only burn up with that passion
When there's absolutely nothing left to lose
I make it to spring and there's no bed of roses
Just more hard work and bad company
But baby you make me feel so free

I heard them say that you can have your cake and eat it
But all I wanted was one free lunch
How can I eat it when the man that's next to me, he grabbed it
Lord, he beat me to the punch

How can I even talk about freedom
When you know it's sweet mystery
But baby I wanna say that you make me feel so free

I'm gonna lay my cards just right down on the table
And spin the wheel and roll the dice
And whatever way it comes out
And whatever way it turns out
Well you know that's the price
Well I'll order again there's no need to explain
I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity

But baby you make me feel so free

What ya say what you say
What you say what you say what you say
Say it say it say it say it again

You make me feel so free.
So doggone free

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1976 – Led Zeppelin – Fool in the rain (1979)

 

Escrita por John Paul Jones, Robert Plant e Jimmy Page, foi gravada entre novembro e dezembro de 1978, no Polar Studios, em Estocolmo, Suécia. Foi lançada no disco In through the out door, o oitavo e último disco da banda, em 22 de agosto de 1979. Saiu também em compacto, com Hot dog como Lado B, em 7 de dezembro de 1979. Foi produzida por Jimmy Page. Foi o último compacto da banda nos Estados Unidos. Foi inspirada em batidas de samba que John Paul Jones ouviu na Copa de 1978, na Argentina. Chegou ao número 21 no Billboard Hot 100 e número 12 no Canadá. Robert Plant cantou. Jimmy Page tocou guitarra, violão de 6 e de 12 cordas. John Paul Jones tocou baixo, piano e sintetizador. John Bonham tocou bateria, agogô e marimba.

A letra:

Oh, baby
Well there's a light in your eye that keeps shining
Like a star that can't wait for night
I hate to think I been blinded baby
Why can't I see you tonight?
And the warmth of your smile starts a burning
And the thrill of your touch give me fright
And I'm shaking so much, really yearning
Why don't you show up and make it alright, yeah?
It's alright right

And if you promised you'd love so completely
And you said you would always be true
You swore that you never would leave me baby
Whatever happened to you?
And you thought it was only in movies
As you wish all your dreams would come true, hey
It ain't the first time believe me baby
I'm standing here feeling blue, blue ha!
Yes I'm blue
Oh, babe

Now I will stand in the rain on the corner
I watch the people go shuffling downtown
Another ten minutes no longer
And then I'm turning around, 'round
And the clock on the wall's moving slower
Oh, my heart it sinks to the ground
And the storm that I thought would blow over
Clouds the light of the love that I found, found

Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found
Oh, that I found

Hey, babe, ooh

Hand that ticks on the clock
Just don't seem to stop
When I'm thinking it over
Oh, tired of the light
I just don't seem to find
Have you wait, yeah played
Whoa, I see it in my dreams
But I just don't seem to be with you, you
I gotta get it all, gotta get it all, gotta get it all
I've got to get all

Ooh now my body is starting to quiver
And the palms of my hands getting wet, oh
I got no reason to doubt you baby
It's all a terrible mess
And I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless
When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop, hey!
And the thoughts of a fool's kind of careless
I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah

Hey, now, oh, oh, oh
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I
Light of the love that I found
Light of the hey, now light of the hey, now
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found

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