Escrita
por Sleepy John Estes, foi gravada por Eric Clapton em 1980 no
Compass Studio, em Nassau, Bahamas e lançada em 20 de fevereiro de
1981 no disco Another Ticket, o sétimo de Eric. Foi produzida por
Tom Dowd. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra e cantou. Gary Brooker tocou
teclado e fez backing vocals. Chris Stainton tocou teclados. Albert
Lee tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Dave Markee tocou baixo.
Henry Spinetti tocou percussão e bateria.
A
letra:
Well,
I never will forget that floating bridge Lord, I never will forget
that floating bridge Lord, I never will forget that floating
bridge They tell me five minutes time underwater I was hid
I
was going down and I throwed up my hands As I was going down, I
throwed up my hands As I was going down, I throwed up my
hands Saying, "Please Lord, take me on dry land!"
Well,
they carried me in the house and they laid me 'cross the bed Well,
they carried me in the house, they laid me 'cross the bed Well,
they carried me in a house, they laid me 'cross the bed I couldn't
hear nothing but muddy waters running round my head
Oh my
mother often told me, "Quit playing a bum." My mother
always told me, "Quit playing a bum." Lord, my mother
always told me, "Son, quit playing a bum! Go out somewhere
and make a crumb!"
All the people on the bridge were
screaming and crying Well, all the people on the bridge were
screaming and crying All the people on the bridge stood screaming
and crying Saying, "Lord have mercy, we're doing fine"
Escrita
por George Harrison, foi gravada entre março e setembro de 1980 e
lançada em 1 de junho de 1981, no disco Somewhere in England, o nono
disco de George. Foi produzida por George Harrison e Ray Cooper.
George fala nessa canção da importancia do lado espiritual e da
natureza de mudanças da vida. Juntamente com Life itsel, essa canção
representa uma volta de George a temas mais espirituais e filosóficos
na sua escrita. Como se trata de uma frase no Livro de Daniel, da
Bíblia, vê-se uma chegada de George ao Cristianismo, talvez
influenciado por seu amigo Bob Dylan, que havia se convertido ao
Cristianismo anos antes. Por essa música vê-se que George não tem
o menor interesse nos novos gêneros, como disco, new wave, ou heavy
metal. A música parece ter saído dos anos 70s. Foi gravada no seu
estúdio particular, em Friar Park, em Oxfordshire. George cantou,
tocou guitarras, gubgubbi e fez backing vocals. Neil Larsen tocou
teclado. Gary Brooker tocou sintetizador. Willie Weeks tocou baixo.
Jim Keltner tocou bateria. Ray Cooper toco percussão e congas. Alla
Rakha tocou tabla. A canção fala sobre amigos serem “shot away”
e saiu como Lado B do compacto que tinha All those years ago, que
falava sobre John Lennon.
A
letra:
The
writing's on the wall brother Your life is in your hands It's
up to you to see the writing's on the wall.
It looks you in
the eye mister It's time we stand up tall Go see and understand
the writing's on the wall.
Strange we hold on to things that
have no grace or power While death holds on to us much more
with every passing hour And all the time you thought it would
last Your life, your friends would always be 'Til they're drunk
away or shot away or die away from you.
There's nothing
that you need sister The Lord is in you all Life is designed to
see the writing's on the wall.
The music's in the air
mothers You may have heard it call To you that you may see the
writing's on the wall.
Be careful going home sister Be
watchful down that road You've got a lot of love sister More to
grow.
The writing's on the wall brothers Your life is in
your hands It's up to you to see the writing's on the wall I
hope that you may see the writing's on the wall.
Escrita
por Sting, foi gravada em 1981 e lançada em 2 de outubro de 1981 no
disco Ghost in the machine, o quarto disco da banda. Saiu também no
compacto que tinha Low life como Lado B, no dia 4 de dezembro de
1981. Foi produzida por Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers e Hugh
Padgham. Foi regravada por Pato Banton, entre outros artistas. Chegou
ao número 11 no Billboard Hot100, número 12 no Reino Unido e número
4 na França. Chego ao número 6 na Holanda e na Irlanda. Número 13
no Canadá. Número 44 na Alemanha e número 50 na Austrália. Foi
escrita em um teclado Casiotone enquanto estavam viajando. Na verdade
era um sintetizador e Sting não queria que Andy tocasse guitarra na
gravação, que ficasse somente o sintetizador. Andy não aceitou e
queria a guitarra no lugar do sintetizador. No fim, ficaram os dois,
guitarra e sintetizador. Stewart Copeland disse que essa era a canção
da banda mais difícil pra ele tocar, porque não tinha uma batida
principal, todas eram upbeat. Foi gravada no Air Studios, em
Montserrat. A letra fala da existencia da natureza humana e a falha
das instituições terrenas. Sting cantou, fez backing vocals, tocou
baixo, sintetizador e sax. Andy Summers tocou guitarra e
sintetizador. Stewart Copeland tocou bateria.
A
letra:
There
is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no
faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution
We are
spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world We
are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material
world
Our so-called leaders speak With words they try to
jail you They subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of
failure
We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in
the material world We are spirits in the material world Are
spirits in the material world
Where does the answer
lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't
buy There must be another way
We are spirits in the
material world Are spirits in the material world We are spirits
in the material world Are spirits in the material world We are
spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world We
are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material
world
Escrita
por Tom Petty, foi gravada no começo de 1981 e lançada em 20 de
abril de 1981, no compacto que tinha Nightwatchman como Lado B.
Sairia também no disco Hard Promises, o quarto disco de Petty, em 5
de maio de 1981. Foi produzida por Tom Petty e Jimmy Iovine. Chegou
ao número 19 no Billboaard Hot100, número 6 no Canadá e número 27
na Nova Zelandia. O título foi inspirado numa frase de Janis Joplin,
que uma vez disse que amava estar no palco e todo o resto é apenas a
espera. Foi regravada por Linda Ronstadt e Natalie Imbruglia, entre
outros artistas. Tom Petty tocou guitarra base e cantou. Mike
Campbell tocou guitarra solo e baixo. Benmont Tench tocou teclado e
fez backing vocals. Stan Lynch tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.
Phil Jones tocou percussão.
A
letra:
Oh baby, don't it feel like
heaven right now? Don't it feel like something from a dream? Yeah,
I've never known nothing quite like this Don't it feel like
tonight might never be again? Baby, we know better than to try and
pretend Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this
I said
yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The waiting
is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it
on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest
part
Well yeah, I might have chased a couple women around All
it ever got me was down Then there were those that made me feel
good But never as good as I feel right now Baby, you're the
only one that's ever known how To make me wanna live like I wanna
live now
I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah
The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one
more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The
waiting is the hardest part
Oh, don't let it kill you baby,
don't let it get to you Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it
get to you I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin'
fool Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you
Yeah,
yeah (Yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The waiting is the
hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on
faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest
part Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part
Ooh Is the
hardest part Ooh Is the hardest part Ooh
Escrita
por Bob Dylan, foi gravada entre março e maio de 1981 e lançada no
disco Shot of love, o vigésimo primeiro disco de Bob Dylan, em 12 de
março de 1981. Foi produzida por Chuck Plotkin, Bob Dylan e Bumps
Blackwell esteve no estudio no dia da gravação dessa canção
supervisionando a produção. Bumps foi o produtor de Little Richard,
nos anos 50s. Dylan ficou super contente com a presença de Bumps,
mas ele só foi um dia, por questão de saúde, que já estava
debilitada. Trouble é um blues que fala sobre a tribulação ser
intrinseca à existencia humana. Bob Dylan tocou
guitarra, gaita, percussão, piano, teclado e cantou. Carolyn Dennis,
Clydie King, Regina McCrory, Madelyn Quebec e Monalisa Young fizeram
backing vocals. Steve Douglas tocou Sax. Tim Drummond tocou baixo.
Jun Keltner tocou bateria. Carl Pickhardt tocou piano. William Smith
tocou orgão Hammond. Benmont Tench tocou teclado. Danny Kortchmar,
Steve Riplev e Fred Tackett tocaram guitarra.
A
letra:
Trouble
in the city, trouble in the farm You got your rabbit’s foot, you
got your good-luck charm But they can’t help you none when
there’s trouble
Trouble Trouble, trouble, trouble Nothin’
but trouble
Trouble in the water, trouble in the air Go all
the way to the other side of the world, you’ll find trouble
there Revolution even ain’t no solution for
trouble
Trouble Trouble, trouble, trouble Nothin’ but
trouble
Drought and starvation, packaging of the
soul Persecution, execution, governments out of control You can
see the writing on the wall inviting trouble
Trouble Trouble,
trouble, trouble Nothin’ but trouble
Put your ear to the
train tracks, put your ear to the ground You ever feel like you’re
never alone even when there’s nobody else around? Since the
beginning of the universe man’s been cursed by
trouble
Trouble Trouble, trouble, trouble Nothin’ but
trouble
Nightclubs of the broken-hearted, stadiums of the
damned Legislature, perverted nature, doors that are rudely
slammed Look into infinity, all you see is
trouble
Trouble Trouble, trouble, trouble Nothin’ but
trouble
Escrita
por Jerry Chesnut, foi gravada inicialmente por George Jones e
lançaada em 1970. A nossa versão no entanto é a de Elvis Costello,
foi gravada em maio de 1981, nos estudios da CBS, em Nashville,
Tennesse e lançada em setembro de 1981, no disco Almost blue, o
sexto disco de Costello. Foi produzida por Billy Sherrill. A letra
fala dos pensamentos de um homem quando é deixado pela sua esposa. A
versão de Costello chegou ao n'mero 6 no Reino Unido, número 11 na
Holanda, número 25 na Bélgica e número 34 na Austrália.
A
letra:
I
can hardly bear the sight of lipstick on the cigarettes there in the
ashtray Lyin' cold the way you left 'em, but at least your lips
caressed them while you packed Or the lip-print on a half-filled
cup of coffee that you poured and didn't drink But at least you
thought you wanted it, that's so much more than I can say for me
What a good year for the roses
(roses) Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand
another mowin' Funny, I don't even care As you turn to walk
away And as the door behind you closes The only thing I have to
say It's been a good year for the roses
After three full years of marriage,
it's the first time that you haven't made the bed I guess the
reason we're not talkin', there's so little left to say we haven't
said While a million thoughts go racin' through my mind, I find I
haven't said a word From the bedroom, the familiar sound of one
baby's crying goes unheard
What a good year for the roses
(roses) Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand
another mowin' Funny, I don't even care As you turn to walk
away As the door behind you closes The only thing I have to
say It's been a good year for the roses
Escrita
por Eric Clapton e Gary Brooker, foi gravada em 1980, no
Compass Point Studios, em Nassau, Bahamas
e lançada
em 20 de fevereiro de 1981, no disco Another ticket, o sétimo disco
de Eric. Foi produzida por Tom Dowd. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra e
cantou. Gary Brooker tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Chris
Stainton tocou teclado. Albert Lee tocou guitarra e fez backing
vocals. Dave Markee tocou baixo e Henry Spinetti tocou bateria e
percussão.
A
letra:
Rita
Mae, Rita Mae Come and visit me today Rita Mae, Rita Mae Come
and visit me today I'll do anything you want Give you anything
you say
I saw you out walking With your other man today I
saw you out walking With your other man today If I catch you
one more time I'm gonna blow you both away
Rita Mae, Rita
Mae I'll see you one more time today Rita Mae, Rita Mae I'll
see you one more time today When I've finished what I've
done Gonna come and drive you away
Escrita
por George Harrison, foi gravada entre março de 1980 e fevereiro de
1981 e lançada no disco Somewhere in England, em 1 de junho de 1981.
Foi produzida por George Harrison e Ray Cooper. Trata-se de uma
canção de amor pra Deus. É o trabalho religioso mais aberto de
George desde 1974. A letra fala de amor por Critso, Vishu, Jehovah e
Buda, falando de um Deus sem a demarcação religiosa, da mesma forma
que fez em My sweet Lord. Foi gravada no seu estúdio no Friar Park.
Traçaram inclusive um paralelo entre Life itself e Every grain of
sand, de Bob Dylan, de 1980, como sendo canções irmãs. Canções
de fé. George Harrison cantou, tocou guitarra, slide guitar e fez
backing vocals. Neil Larsen tocou teclado. Gary Brooker tocou orgão.
Al Kooper tocou orgão Hammond. Willie Weeks tocou baixo. Jim Keltner
tocou bateria. Ray Cooper tocou percussão.
A
letra:
You
are the One You are my love You send the rain and bring the
sun You stand alone and speak the truth You are the breath of
life itself, oh yes you are You are the One
You're in my
dream I hold you there in high esteem I need you more each step
I take You are the love in life itself, oh yes you are You are
the One
You are the one that I'd die for And you're all
that is real You are the essence of that which We taste, touch
and feel
You are the One No matter what You are the real
love that I've got You are my friend and when life's through You
are the light in death itself, oh yes you are You are the One
They
call you Christ, Vsnu, Buddha, Jehovah, Our Lord You are,
Govindam, Bismillah, Creator of All
You are the One No
matter what You are the real love that I've got You are my
friend and when life's through You are the light in death itself,
oh yes are You are the One You are my love You send the rain
and bring the sun You stand alone and speak the truth You are
the breath of life itself, oh yes you are You are the breath of
life itself, oh yes you are You are the One
Escrita
por Sting, foi gravada entre janeiro e julho de 1981, no Le Studio
(Morin Heights), em Montréal, no Québec, Canadá e em Montserrat.
Foi lançada em 2 de outubro ed 1981 no disco Ghost in the machine, o
quarto da banda. Sairia também no compacto com Flexible strategies
como Lado B. Foi produzida por Sting e Hugh Padgham. Chegou ao número
3 no Billboard Hot 100 e n Bélgica. Número 1 no Reino Unido,
Canadá, Irlanda e Holanda. Número 2 na Austrália e Itália. Número
5 na Noriega, número 7 na Nova Zelandia, número 12 na África do
Sul e número 15 na Finlandia. Número 21 na Alemanha Ocidental. Teve
a participação especial do tecladista Jean Alain Roussel. A música
foi feita ainda em 1977, por Sting. Diferente de outras canções do
Police, essa tem um forte arranjo de piano e sintetizadores, por
causa da Roussel. A letra fala de um sujeito romantico que é
apaixonado por uma pessoa por muito tempo, mas que tem medo partir
pra cima. Foi composta antes da criação da banda, no ano do jubileu
de prata da Rainha Elizabeth. Sting era casado com Frances Tomelty e
morava vizinho de Trudie Styler. Elas eram melhores amigas. Sting
deixou Frances pra casar cm Trudie e estão casados até hoje. Ele
disse que compôs essa música pra Trudie. Summers não queria
Roussel na gravação mas acabou cedendo. Copeland estava do lado de
Sting e venceram. Roussel ficou. Sting tocou baixo, cantou e fez os
backing vocals. Andy Summers tocou as guitarras. Stewart Copeland
tocou bateria. Jean Alain Roussel tocou piano e sintetizadores.
A
letra:
Though
I've tried before to tell her Of the feelings I have for her in my
heart Every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve as
I've done from the start
Every little thing she does is
magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life
before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on
Do I have to tell the story Of a
thousand rainy days since we first met? It's a big enough
umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet
Every little thing she does is
magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life
before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on
I resolved to call her up A thousand
times a day And ask her if she'll marry me Some old-fashioned
way
But my silent fears have gripped
me Long before I reach the phone Long before my tongue has
tripped me Must I always be alone
Every little thing she does is
magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life
before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on
Every little thing she does is
magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life
before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on
On and on and on and
Every little thing, every little
thing Every little thing, every little thing Every little,
every little, every little Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does Every
little thing she does Every little thing she does Thing she
does is magic
E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh
E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh E-oh Every little
thing, every little thing Every little thing she do is magic,
magic, magic Magic, magic, magic Oh oh, Oh oh E-oh oh oh oh
oh
I have to tell a story Of a thousand
rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella But it's
always me that ends up getting wet
Escrita
por Tom Petty e Mike Campbell, foi gravada em 1981 e lançada em 5 de
maio de 1981, no disco Hard promises, o quarto do grupo. Saiu também
em compacto, com Gator on the lawn como Lado B, em 29 de junho de
1981. Foi produzida por Tom Petty e Jimmy Iovine. Chegou ao número
79 no Billboard Hot100. Tom Petty tocou guitarra base e cantou. Mike
Campbell tocou guitarra solo. Bennont Tench tocou teclado. Stan Lynch
tocou bateria. Duck Dunn tocou baixo e Phil Jones fez percussão.
A
letra:
She
laughed in my face, told me good-bye Said, "Don't think about
it, you can go crazy Anything can happen, anything can end Don't
try to fight it, don't try to save me"
She's a woman in love She's a woman
in love And he's gonna break her heart to pieces She don't
wanna see She's a woman in love But it's not me
Well alright, do what you want Don't
try to talk, don't say nothin' She used to be the kind of
woman You have and you hold She could understand the
problem She let the little things go
She's a woman in love She's a woman
in love And he's gonna break her heart to pieces She don't
wanna know She's a woman in love She can't let go
Time after time, night after night She
would look up at me And say she was lonely I don't understand
the world today I don't understand what she needed I gave her
everything she threw it all away On nothin'
She's a woman in love She's a woman
in love And he's gonna break her heart to pieces She don't
wanna see She's a woman in love But it's not me
Escrita
por Bob Dylan, foi gravada entre março e maio de 1981 e lançada no
disco Shot of love, o vigésimo primeiro disco de Bob Dylan. Foi
produzida por Chuck Plotkin e Bob Dylan. Fala sobre o comediante
judeu Lenny Bruce, um comediante influente cuja linguagem provocativa
o levou a um julgamento acusado de obscenidade. Ele morreu de uma
overdose em 1966. A música tem uma cadencia de um piano gospel. Bob
disse que não sabe porque escreveu essa música sobre ele tantos
anos após sua morte, mas que a fez em cinco minutos. Talvez pra
dizer aos comediantes da época quem era Lenny Bruce e o que ele
fazia muitos anos antes era melhor do que o que eles faziam naquela
época. Bob Dylan tocou guitarra, gaita, percussão, piano, teclado e
cantou. Carolyn Dennis, Clydie King, Regina McCrory, Madelyn Quebec e
Monalisa Young fizeram backing vocals. Steve Douglas tocou Sax. Tim
Drummond tocou baixo. Jun Keltner tocou bateria. Carl Pickhardt tocou
piano. William Smith tocou orgão Hammond. Benmont Tench tocou
teclado. Danny Kortchmar, Steve Riplev e Fred Tackett tocaram
guitarra.
A
letra:
Lenny
Bruce is dead, but his ghost lives on and on Never did get any
Golden Globe Award Never made it to Synanon He was an outlaw,
that's for sure More of an outlaw than you ever were Lenny
Bruce is gone, but his spirit's livin' on and on
Maybe he had some problems Maybe
some things that he couldn't work out But he sure was funny, and
he sure told the truth And he knew what he was talkin' about
Never robbed any churches, nor cut off
any babies' heads He just took the folks in high places, and he
shined a light in their face He's on some other shore, he didn't
wanna live anymore
Lenny Bruce is dead, but he didn't
commit any crime He just had the insight to rip off the lid before
its time I rode with him in a taxi once, only for a mile and a
half Seemed like it took a couple of months Lenny Bruce moved
on, and the ones that killed him, are gone
They said that he was sick, 'cause he
didn't play by the rules He just showed the wise men of his day to
be nothing more than fools They stamped him, and they labeled him
like they do with pants and shirts He fought a war on a
battlefield where every victory hurts Lenny Bruce was bad, he was
the brother that you never had
Escrita
por Colin Hay, foi
gravada entre março e setembro de 1981 e lançada no disco Business
as usual, o disco de estréia da banda, em 9 de novembro de 1981. Foi
produzida por Peter McIan. Colin Hay cantou e tocou guitarra. Greg
Ham tocou flauta, teclado e sax e fez backing vocals. Ron Strykert
tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. John Rees tocou baixo e fez
backing vocals. Jerry Speiser tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.
A
letra:
Don't
take the fire from your eyes Must make them feel the heat They
build castles underground for the rich and politic elite Keep all
the home fires burning Don't let the lights go out The streets
are empty, and there's nobody about
We'll be alright in the morning time,
yeah We're doing fine, I'll see you on the night line
There's no need for you to fight,
boys Hang up all your guns Find your mask and as best as you
can Get ready to run Keep all the food lines moving Don't
come crying for more The signs were there You should have
bought connections before
We'll be alright in the morning time,
yeah We're doing fine I'll see you on the nightline
It's such a big joke It's the talk
of the town All the planets to whom I spoke Are trying their
best to play it down
Don't take the fire from your eyes Must
make them feel the heat But my head's unsteady I can't seem to
keep my feet
We'll be alright in the morning time,
yeah We're doing fine I'll see you on the nightline
Jump off the Eiffel Tower Just have
a look around Move fast, in the tunnels of the underground Move
fast, in the tunnels of the underground
Escrita
por Eric Clapton e Gary Brooker, foi gravada em 1980, no
Compass Point Studios, em Nassau, Bahamas e lançada
em 20 de fevereiro de 1981, no disco Another ticket, o sétimo disco
de Eric. Foi produzida por Tom Dowd. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra e
cantou. Gary Brooker tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Chris
Stainton tocou teclado. Albert Lee tocou guitarra e fez backing
vocals. Dave Markee tocou baixo e Henry Spinetti tocou bateria e
percussão.
A
letra:
Catch
me if you can; I won't be easy to find I got a woman at home
that's driving me out of my mind Catch me if you can; it won't be
easy to do And I'm warning you brother I won't be leaving no
clues
Catch me if you can; I won't be leaving no scent I've
been running the wrong way, I think it's time that I went Believe
me, I'm a man; I ain't easy to tend And I'm moving on out, so
catch me if you can
There's no use bothering with the lost and
found You'd better find a shovel, 'cause I've gone to
ground Little girl never did pay me no mind I guess I'll have
to go and leave her behind. So
Catch me if you can; I won't be
easy to find I got a woman at home that's driving me out of my
mind Catch me if you can; it won't be easy to do And I'm
warning you brother I won't be leaving no clues
Catch me if
you can; I won't be leaving no scent I've been running the wrong
way, I think it's time that I went Believe me, I'm a man; I ain't
easy to tend And I'm moving on out, so catch me if you can
Catch
me if you can; I won't be easy to find I got a woman at home
that's driving me out of my mind Catch me if you can; it won't be
easy to do And I'm warning you brother I won't be leaving no clues
Escrita
por George Harrison, foi gravada em novembro de 1980 (instrumental) e
em fevereiro de 1981 (novos vocais e backing vocals), no Friar Park
Studio (Casa de George) e foi lançada em 11 de maio de 1981, no
compacto que tinha Writing's on the wall como Lado B. Saiu também no
disco Somewhere in England, o nono disco solo de George, em 1 de
junho de 1981. Foi produzida por George Harrison e Ray Cooper. É um
tributo à John Lennon, que havia sido assassinado no dezembro
passado. Ringo toca bateria e Paul junto com Linda McCartney e Denny
Laine fizeram os backing vocals. Chegou ao número 2 do Billboard
Hot100, ficando apenas de Bette Davis Eyes, de Kim Carnes. Chegou ao
número 13 no Reino Unido. Chegou ao número 1 no Canadá. Chegou
também ao número 2 na Noruega, número 4 na Irlanda, número 8 na
Suíça, número 9 na Austrália, número 11 na Suécia, número 14
na Nova Zelandia e Austria, número 20 na Itália, número 38 na
Bélgica, número 43 na Holanda e número 44 na Alemanha Ocidental.
Foi a primeira vez que George, Ringo e Paul gravaram juntos desde I
me mine, em 1970. Só foram gravar juntos de novo em 1995, com Free
as a bird. Inicialmente George fez a música com outra letra e deu
pra Ringo gravar. Ele gravou mas não gostou do tom e da letra e
devolveu pra George. Ele refez a letra e ficou assim. A letra fala de
Imagine e All you need is love. Estavam presentes na gravação o
grande George Martin e o engenheiro de som dos Beatles Geoff Emerick,
que estavam gravando o disco Tug of War de Paul e foram com ele pra
casa de George. George Harrison cantou, tocou guitarra, sintetizador
e fez backing vocals. Al Kooper tocou piano elétrico. Herbie Flowers
tocou baixo. Ringo Starr tocou bateria. Ray Cooper tocou pandeiro.
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney e Denny Laine fizeram backing vocals.
A
letra:
I'm
shouting all about love While they treated you like a dog When
you were the one who had made it so clear All those years ago
I'm
talking all about how to give They don't act with much honesty But
you point the way to the truth when you say All you need is
love
Living with good and bad I've always looked up to
you Now we're left cold and sad By someone the devil's best
friend Someone who offended all
We're living in a bad
dream They've forgotten all about mankind And you were the one
they backed up to the wall All those years ago You were the one
who Imagined it all All those years ago
Deep in the darkest
night I send out a prayer to you Now in the world of
light Where the spirit free of the lies And all else that we
despised
They've forgotten all about God He's the only
reason we exist Yet you were the one that they said was so
weird All those years ago You said it all though not many had
ears All those years ago You had control of our smiles and our
tears All those years ago
A
versão de George Harrison:
A
versão de Gavin Pring, Danilo Fiani e Kevin Ashba:
Escrita
por Hugh McCraken e Jay Hirsh, foi gravada em 1980 na Hit Factory, em
New York City e lançada em janeiro de 1981. Foi produzida por
Stewart Levine. BB King cantou e tocou guitarra. Hugh McCracken tocou
guitarra. David Newman tocou sax tenor. Ronald Cuber tocou sax
barítono. Hank Crawford tocou sax alto. Waymon Reed e Charlie Miller
tocaram trumpete. Tom Malone tocou trombone. Bernard Purdie tocou
bateria. Dr. John tocou teclado. Wilbur Bascomb tocou baixo.
A
letra:
When
I was eighteen years old Broke down and you know I cried I said
I was true with one woman But you know I think I lied 'Cause I
take all I can get But you know I'm never never satisfied I
just won't more more more I want more more more I said it then
more more more I want more more more You know enough Enough
is just not enough Hey I want more
Now I woke up this morning I was an
old well my baby used to be Said she new all about my other
women Because she had been checking up on me Well you know
that's just the way I am And I think that's the way I'll gone with
me I just won't more more more I want more more more I said
it then more more more I want more more more You know
enough Enough is just not enough Hey I just want more
Yes I want more hmmm I can't help
it I want more I want more Can you bring me to a three
bar More more more I said I want more more more Can you tell
them have more More more more I said I want more more more I
just wanna have more more more I just found it wanna do more more
more I just want more more more I want more more more I may
have just not enough More more more I want more more more I
just gonna have more more more I wanna more more more More
more I said I want I'm gonna have more more more I want more
more
