Escrita
por Neil Young, foi gravada em 29 de novembro de 1975, no Brokwn
Arrow Ranch, em Woodisde, California. Foi lançada em 27 de maio de
1977, no disco American Stars 'n Bars, o oitavo disco de Neil Young.
Sairia depois em 8 de agosto de 1977 no compacto com Hold back the
tears como Lado B. Foi produzida por Neil Young, David Briggs e Tim
Mulligan. A melodia foi inspirada em Runaway, de Del Shannon, de
1961. Foi regravada por Adam Sandler, entre outros artistas. Neil
Young tocou guitarra solo e cantou. Frank Sampedro tocou sintetizador
e fez backing vocals. Billy Talbot tocou baixo e fez backing vocals.
Ralph Molina tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.
A
letra:
Once
I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar Dancing on the light
from star to star Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you
are I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire
You are like a hurricane There's
calm in your eye And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays I want to love you but I'm getting blown
away
I am just a dreamer but you are just a
dream And you could have been anyone to me Before that moment
you touched my lips That perfect feeling when time just slips Away
between us on our foggy trip
You are like a hurricane There's
calm in your eye And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays I want to love you but I'm getting blown
away Blown away
You are just a dreamer and I am just a
dream You could have been anyone to me Before that moment you
touched my lips That perfect feeling when time just slips Away
between us on our foggy trip
You are like a hurricane There's
calm in your eye And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays I want to love you but I'm getting blown
away
Escrita
por Jimmy Jones e Otis Blackwell, foi gravada inicialmente por Jimmy
Jones e lançada em dezembro de 1959, em um compacto com The search
is over como Lado B e foi um tremendo sucesso, vendendo mais de um
milhão de cópias e chegando ao número 3 no Billboard R&B e
número 2 no Billboard Hot 100. Del Shannon iria regravá-la em 1964,
sendo também um hit, chegando ao número 22 do Billboard Hot 100. No
entanto a nossa versão é a de James Taylor, gravada entre março e
abril de 1977, no Sound Factory, em Hollywood, California e lançada
em 22 de junho de 1977, no disco JT, o oitavo da sua carreira. Sairia
também em compacto, no mesmo mês, com Bartender's blues como Lado
B. Foi produzida por Peter Asher, ex-cunhado de Paul McCartney e que
fez dupla com Gordon. A versão de James Taylor chegou ao número 1
no Canadá, número 4 no Billboard Hot 100 e deu a Taylor um Grammy
Award for best male pop vocal performance. Leah Kunkel fez backing
vocal, fazendo famoso “comma comma”, feito por Jimmy Jones ainda
em 1959. James Taylor cantou, tocou violão e fez backing vocals.
Danny Kortchmar tocou guitarra. Leland Sklar tocou baixo. Clarence
McDonald tocou piano elétrico. Russell Kunkel tocou bateria. Leah
Kunkel fez backing vocals e Peter Asher tocou congas e cabasa.
A
letra:
Hey
girls, gather round Listen to what I'm puttin' down Hey, baby,
I'm your handy man I'm not the kind that uses pencil or rule I'm
handy with the love and I'm no fool I fix broken hearts, I know I
truly can
If your broken heart, she needs
repair Then I'm the man to see, I whisper sweet things You tell
all your friends, they'll come running to me Here is the main
thing I want to say I'm busy twenty four hours a day I fix
broken hearts, I know that I truly can
Come, come, come, come, come, come,
come Yeah, yeah, yeah Come, come, come, come, come, come, come,
oh now They'll come runnin' to me
Here is the main thing I want to
say I'm busy twenty four hours a day I fix broken hearts, baby
I'm your handy man
Come, come, come, come, come, come,
come Yeah, yeah, yeah Come, come, come, come, come, come,
come Yeah, yeah, yeah That's me (Come, come, come, come,
come, come) I'm your handy man (Yeah, yeah, yeah) That's
me (Come, come, come, come, come, come) I'm your handy
man (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Escrita
por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1977 e lançada
no disco Exodus, em 3 de junho de 1977. Sairia também em compacto no
mesmo dia com Punky reggae party como Lado B. Foi produzida por Bob
Marley and The Wailers. No linguajar jamaicano, jamming significa
festa ou celebração. Chegou ao número 9 no Reino Unido e número
99 na Austrália.
A
letra:
Ooh,
yeah! All right!
Alright.
We're jammin' (See) I wanna jam
it wid you We're jammin', jammin', And I hope you like jammin',
too
We're jammin' To think that jammin'
was a thing of the past We're jammin', And I hope this jam is
gonna last
We're
jammin' Jammin' Jammin' Jammin' Jammin'
Now we're jammin' in the name of the
Lord We're jammin', Jammin' Jammin' Jammin' Now we're
jammin' right straight from yard
Ooh, yeah!
We're jammin' I wanna jam it wid
you We're jammin', jammin', And I hope you like jammin', too
Jam's about my pride and truth I cannot
hide To keep you satisfied Love that now exist, true love I
can't resist, Jam by my side. Oh, yea-ea-yeah!
We're jammin' (See) I wanna jam
it wid you We're jammin', jammin', And I hope you like jammin',
too
We're jammin' To think that jammin'
was a thing of the past We're jammin', And I hope this jam is
gonna last
We're jammin' Jammin' Jammin' Jammin'
Now we're jammin' in the name of the
Lord We're jammin', Jammin' Jammin' Jammin' Now we're
jammin' right straight from yard
Ooh, yeah!
We're jammin' I wanna jam it wid
you We're jammin', jammin', And I hope you like jammin', too
We're
jammin', Jammin' Jammin' Jammin' I wanna jam it wid
you We're jammin', jammin', And I hope you like jammin', too
Escrita
por Benny Andersson e Bjorn Ulvaeus, foi gravada em 21 de julho de
1977 e lançada em 12 de dezembro de 1977, no disco The Album, o
quinto disco do ABBA. Sairia também em compacto, com Eagle como Lado
A, em 18 de maio de 1978. Foi produzida pela própria dupla de
compositores. Agnetha Faltskog cantou e fez backing vocals. Anni-Frid
Lyngstad fez backing vocals. Bjorn Ulvaeus fez backing vocals, tocou
violão base e bandolim. Benny Andersson fez backing vocals e tocou
teclado. Lasse Wellander tocou violão solo e bandolim. Rutger
Gunnarsso tocou baixo. Roger Palm tocu bateria e pandeiro. Foi
regravada pelos Carpenters, entre outros artistas.
A
letra:
I'm
nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore If I tell a joke,
you've probably heard it before But I have a talent, a wonderful
thing 'Cause everyone listens when I start to sing I'm so
grateful and proud All I want is to sing it out loud
So I say Thank you for the music,
the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who
can live without it? I ask in all honesty What would life
be? Without a song or a dance, what are we? So I say thank you
for the music For giving it to me
Mother says I was a dancer before I
could walk She says I began to sing long before I could talk And
I've often wondered, how did it all start? Who found out that
nothing can capture a heart Like a melody can? Well, whoever it
was, I'm a fan
So I say Thank you for the music,
the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who
can live without it? I ask in all honesty What would life
be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you
for the music For giving it to me
I've been so lucky, I am the girl with
golden hair I wanna sing it out to everybody What a joy, what a
life, what a chance
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm
singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live
without it, I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a
song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For
giving it to me
So I say Thank you for the music,
for giving it to me
Escrita
por Roger Hodgson, mas creditada à dupla Hodgson/Davies, foi gravada
entre novembro de 1976 e janeiro de 1977, no Colorado e em Los
Angeles. Foi lançada no disco Even in the quietest moments, o quinto
da banda, em 3 de abril de 1977. Foi produzida pela própria banda.
São três músicas diferentes que se uniram pra forma uma. Contém
partes do discurso de Churchill de 4 de junho de 1940, quando do
envolvimento da Grã-Bretanha na Segunda Guerra Mundial, conhecido
como “Never Surrender”. Tem também a leitura do primeiro verso
do poema And did those feet in ancient time, do poeta William Blake.
Roger Hodgson cantou, tocou piano, sintetizador e orgão. Rick Davies
cantou, e tocou sintetizador. Dougie Thomson tocou baixo. John
Helliwell tocou sax e clarinete. Bob Sienberg tocou bateria.
A
letra:
History
recalls how great the fall can be While everybody's sleeping, the
boats put out to sea Borne on the wings of time It seemed the
answers were so easy to find "To late, " the prophets
(profits) cry The island's sinking, let's take to the sky
Called the man a fool, striped him of
his pride Everyone was laughing up until the day he died And
though the wound went deep Still he's calling us out of our
sleep My friends, we're not alone He waits in silence to lead
us all home
So tell me that you find it hard to
grow Well I know, I know, I know And you tell me that you've
many seeds to sow Well I know, I know, I know
Can you hear what I'm saying Can you
see the parts that I'm playing "Holy Man, Rocker Man, Come on
Queenie, Joker Man, Spider Man, Blue Eyed Meanie"
So you found your solution What will
be your last contribution? "Live it up, rip it up, why so
lazy? Give it out, dish it out, let's go crazy, Yeah!"
Escrita
por Stevie Nicks, foi gravada entre fevereiro e agosto de 1976, no
Record Plant, em Sausalito e e no Wally Heider's Studio, em
Hollywood e lançada em 4 de fevereiro de 1977 no disco Rumours, o
décimo primeiro da banda. Saiu também em compacto, em março de
1977, com Songbird como Lado B. Foi produzida pela própria banda,
por Ken Caillat e por Richard Dashut. Chegou ao primeiro lugar do
Billboard Hot 100 e vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias somente nos
Estados Unidos. Foi o único número 1 da banda naquele país. Chegou
também ao número 1 no Canadá e número 24 no Reino Unido. . Chegou
ao número 8 na Holanda, número 16 na Nova Zelandia, número 19 na
Austrália, número 22 na Bélgica e número 33 na Alemaha Ocidental.
É o número 9 da lista das 500 greatest songs of all time da revista
Rolling Stone. Foi regravada pelo The Corrs, entre outros artistas.
Stevie Nicks cantou e fez backing vocals. Christine McVie tocou piano
elétrico Fender Rhodes, orgão, vibrafone e fez backing vocals.
Lindsey Buckingham tocou violão, guitarra e fez backing vocals. Mick
Fleetwood tocou bateria e congas. John McVie tocou baixo.
A
letra:
Now
here you go again, you say you want your freedom Well, who am I to
keep you down? It's only right that you should play the way you
feel it But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad In
the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost And
what you had And what you lost
Oh, thunder only happens when it's
raining Players only love you when they're playing Say, women,
they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean,
you'll know You'll know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal
vision I keep my visions to myself But it's only me who wants
to wrap around your dreams, and Have you any dreams you'd like to
sell, dreams of loneliness?
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad In
the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost And
what you had Ooh, what you lost
Thunder only happens when it's
raining Players only love you when they're playing Women, they
will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll
know
Oh, thunder only happens when it's
raining Players only love you when they're playing Say, women,
they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean,
you'll know
Escrita
por Elvis Costello, foi gravada em maio de 1977 e lançada em
compacto em 14 de outubro de 1977, com Blame it on Cain como Lado B.
Foi produzida por Nick Lowe. Foi inspirada no The Clash e em Bernard
Herrmann, tem uma batida de reggae e uma letra cínica. Sendo seu
quarto compacto, foi o primeiro dele a entrar nos charts, chegando ao
número 15 no Reino Unido, número 35 na Austrália e número 60 no
Canadá. Chegou ao número 108 do Billboard Hot 100. É o número 363
das 500 greatest songs of all time da revista Rolling Stone. A canção
fala de um amante que prefere assistir TV do que namorar. Elvis
Costello disse que essa é a música que ele mais gosta da fase que
compreende os cinco primeiros anos de sua carreira. Steve Goulding
tocou bateria e Andrew Bodnar tocou baixo. Steve Nason tocou teclado
e órgão. Elvis Costello canto e tocou guitarra. Foi regravada por
Toto e Duran Duran, entre outros artistas. Steve Nason tinha apenas
19 anos e foi a primeira vez que ele gravou algo na sua vida.
A
letra:
Nice
girls, not one with a defect Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so
correct Red dogs under illegal legs She looks so good that he
gets down and begs
She is watching the detectives "Ooh,
it's so cute" She's watching the detectives When they
shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot They beat him up until the teardrops
start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
Long shot of that jumping
sign Invisible shivers running down my spine Cut to baby taking
off her clothes Close-up of the sign that says: "We never
close"
You snatch a chill and you match a
cigarette She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet I
don't know how much more of this I can take She's filing her nails
while they're dragging the lake
She is watching the detectives "Oh,
he's so cute" She is watching the detectives Oh, and they
shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot They beat him up until the teardrops
start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
You think you're alone until you
realize you're in it Now baby's here to stay, love is here for a
visit They call it instant justice when it's past the legal
limit Someone's scratching at the window, I wonder, who is it?
The detectives come to check if you
belong to the parents Who are ready to hear the worst about their
daughter's disappearance Though it nearly took a miracle to get
you to stay It only took my little fingers to blow you away
Just like watching the detectives Don't
get cute Just like watching the detectives I get so angry when
the teardrops start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no
heart
Watching the detectives It's just
like watching the detectives Watching the detectives Watching
the detectives Watching the detectives We're watching the
detectives They're watching the detectives Watching the
detectives Watching the detectives
Escrita
por Neil Young, foi gravada em novembro de 1974 e lançada no disco
Stars'n'bars, o oitavo da carreira de Neil, em 27 de maio de 1977.
Foi produzida por Elliot Mazer. Nei Young cantou, tocou violão e
gaita. Ben Keith tocou dobro e fez backing vocals. Tim Drummond tocou
baixo. Karl T. Himmel tocou bateria. Emmylou Harris fez harmonias
vocais.
A
letra:
Ain't
it hard when you wake up in the morning And you find out that
those other days are gone? All you have is memories of
happiness Lingerin' on
All your dreams and your lovers won't
protect you They're only passing through you in the end They'll
leave you stripped of all that they can get to And wait for you to
come back again
Yet still a light is shining From
that lamp on down the hall Maybe the star of Bethlehem Wasn't a
star at all
Escrita
por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1977 e lançada
em 3 de junho de 1977, no disco Exodus, o nono disco do grupo. Foi
produzida por Bob Marley and The Wailers. Nesse disco, Bob separou as
músicas em duas metades. Na primeira metade, fala sobre política e
religião e é nessa metade que So much things to say se enquadra. So
much things to say cita Jesus Christ na sua letra. Bob Marley tinha
sofrido um atentado no mês de dezembro de 1976, na Jamaica e se
mudou pra Londres, onde ele gravou essa canção logo em seguida.Bob
cantou, fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra. Junior Marvin tocou
guitarra. Aston Barrett tocou baixo. Calrton Barrett tocou bateria.
Tyrone Downie tocou sintetizador, piano elétrico, órgão e fez
backing vocals. Alvin patterson tocou percussão. Rita Marley, Marcia
Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals. David Madden tocou
trompete. Vin Gordon tocou trombone e Glen da Costa tocou sax.
They got so much things to say right
now They got so much things to say They got so much things to
say right (now) They got so much things to say
Hey, but I'll never forget, no way They
crucified Jessus Christ I'll never forget, no way They sold
Marcus Garvey for rice, ooh I'll never forget, no way They
turned their backs on Paul Bogle, hey, hey So don't you forget, no
you Who you are and where you stand in the struggle
They got so very, so very, so very, so
very, so very So very, so very, so, so very They sayin'
everything, they sayin' so much today They got so much things to
say, so much things to say
Well, I and I and I no come to fight
flesh and blood But spiritual wickedness in high and low places So
while they fight you down Stand firm and give Jah thanks and
praises 'Cause I and I no expect to be justified By the laws of
men, by the laws of men Whole jury found me guilty But prove,
truth shall prove my innocency
Oh, when the rain fall, fall, fall
now It won't fall on one man's housetop, remember that When the
rain fall It won't fall on one man's housetop They singin', so
very much, so very much, oh, so So very much, so, so very They
got so much things to say right (now) Yeah, they got so much
things to say
Hey, but I and I, I and I no come to
fight flesh and blood Spiritual wickedness in high and low
places So while, so while, so while they fight you down Stand
firm and give Jah thanks and praises I and I no expect to be
justified By the laws of men, by the laws of men Hey, truth got
to prove my innocency I'm told the wicked think they found me
guilty They got, well, well, well, well, we we we well, la la la
la la la la La la la la la la la la, they lubberin' all the
time So much things to (say) rumour about They gotta rumour
without humour, they don't know what they're doin', yeah
Escrita
por Benny Andersson e Bjorn Ulvaeus, foi gravada em 15 de agosto de
1977 e lançada em 12 de dezembro de 1977, no quinto disco da banda
chamado apenas de The Album. Sairia também em compacto, com I'm a
marionette como Lado B, em janeiro de 1978. Foi produzida pela mesma
dupla de compositores, Andersson e Ulvaeus. Agnetha Faltskog e
Anii-Frid Lyngstad cantaram juntas os versos e refrão, enquanto
Faltskog canta sozinha duas bridges. Foi regravada, entre outros,
pela banda Erausre, em 1992. Foi uma das primeiras canções onde o
manager da banda, Stig Anderson, não participou da composição,
firmando assim a dupla Andersson e Ulvaeus como uma dupla
compositora. Se tornou o sétimo número 1 da banda no Reino Unido.
Foi também o último número 1 da banda no Reino Unido dos anos 70s.
E transformou o grupo como o sendo o artista que mais teve número 1
no Reino Unido nos anos 70s. Nos Estados Unidos, chegou ao número 3
do Billboard Hot 100, assim como no Canadá, Suíça e Alemanha
Ocidental. Foi número 1 também na Áustria, Bélgica e Irlanda.
Número 2 na Holanda e Rodésia. Número 6 na África do Sul e número
8 na Noruega. Número 12 na Austrália, número 14 na Nova Zelandia
e número 18 na Finlandia. Agnetha Faltskog e Anni-Frid Lyngstad
cantaram. Bjorn Ulvaeus tocou violão, guitarra e cantou. Benny
Andersson tocou teclado, sintetizadores e cantou. Rutger Gunnarsson
tocou baixo, Roger Palm tocou bateria e Malando Gassama tocou
percussão.
A
letra:
If
you change your mind, I'm the first in line Honey, I'm still
free Take a chance on me If you need me, let me know, gonna be
around If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down If
you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown Honey, I'm still
free Take a chance on me Gonna do my very best and it ain't no
lie If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me (That's all I
ask of you, honey) Take a chance on me
We can go dancing, we can go walking,
as long as we're together Listen to some music, maybe just
talking, get to know you better 'Cause you know I've got So
much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you It's
magic You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair But
I think you know That I can't let go
If you change your mind, I'm the first
in line Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me If you
need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to
go, if you're feeling down If you're all alone when the pretty
birds have flown Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on
me Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie If you put me to
the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me (Come on, give
me a break will you?) Take a chance on me
Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in
no hurry, know I'm gonna get you You don't wanna hurt me, baby
don't worry, I ain't gonna let you Let me tell you now My love
is strong enough to last when things are rough It's magic You
say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind No, I
can't let go 'Cause I love you so
If you change your mind, I'm the first
in line Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me If you
need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to
go, if you're feeling down If you're all alone when the pretty
birds have flown Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on
me Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see Gotta put me to
the test, take a chance on me (Take a chance, take a chance, take
a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa Honey,
I'm still free Take a chance on me Gonna do my very best, baby
can't you see Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me (Take
a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
ba-ba Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me Gonna do my
very best, baby can't you see Gotta put me to the test, take a
chance on me
Escrita
por Rick Davies, embora creditada à dupla Davies/Hodgson, foi
gravada entre novembro de 1976 e janeiro de 1977 e foi lançada em 3
de abril de 1977, no disco Even in the quietest moments, o quinto da
banda. Foi produzida pela própria banda. Foi inspirada em um anúncio
em revista masculina que mostrava como se pegar mulher. Que se
usassem o método, era infalível. Se você não comesse pelo menos
cinco mulheres em duas semanas, eles te dariam o dinheiro de volta.
Roger Hodgson cantou e tocou guitarra. Rick Davies cantou e tocou
piano e sintetizadores. Dougie Thomson tocou baixo. John Helliwell
tocou sax e Bob Siebenberg tocou bateria e percussão.
A
letra:
I'll
tell you from the start He's gonna break your heart You can't
stop the lover boy You can't stop the lover boy
He's gonna tell you lies But you
won't realize Because you can't stop the lover boy You can't
stop the lover boy
He's got a thing in his head It's
from a book he's read It's got a funny title It tells you how
to be vital
He took a lot of time Over every
line Because it's guaranteed To satisfy
He's gonna knock 'em dead (He treats
'em like a toy) The boy got that book read You can't stop the
lover boy (the lover boy'll never) You can't stop the lover boy
(the lover boy'll never)
Right from the clothes he wears The
way he combs his hair You can't stop him now Because he knows
all the tricks He used to have a problem But he got it fixed
(got it fixed)
He took a small apartment Above a
shoe department And he could see from his window All the lights
in the street glow
And there's a club on the corner And
tonight he will go there To find a new affair So all you ladies
beware
Na na, na na Na na, na na, na na, na
na, na na Na na, na na
Na na, na na Na na, na na, na na, na
na, na na
He's got to have a good time in the
city He's got to have a good time every night He's gonna love
'em and leave 'em And cheat and deceive 'em
He's gonna show 'em who's wrong and
who's right
He's got to have a good time in the
city He's got to have a good time every night He's gonna love
'em and leave 'em And cheat and deceive 'em
He's gonna show 'em who's wrong and
who's right
He's got to have a good time in the
city He's got to have a good time every night He's gonna love
'em and leave 'em And cheat and deceive 'em
Escrita
por Eric Clapton, foi gravada em maio de 1977 e lançada em 25 de
novembro de 1977, no disco Slowhand, o quinto da carreira solo de
Eric Clapton. Sairia também em compacto, com Peaches and Diesel como
Lado B, em 10 de março de 1978. Foi produzida por Glyn Johns. Foi
escrita pra Pattie Boyd, sua então esposa, em 7 de setembro de 1976.
Foi escrita enquanto ela se arrumava pra sairem pra festa anual de
Buddy Holly, organizada por Paul e Linda McCartney. As harmonias
vocais da gravação foram feitas por Marcy Levy e Yvonne Elliman.
Foi regravada por Michael Bublé, entre outros artistas. Eric cantou
e tocou guitarra. Jamie Oldaker tocou bateria e percussão. Carl
Radle tocou baixo. Dick Sims tocou Fender Rhodes e órgão Hammond.
George Terry tocou guitarra. Yvonne Elliman e Marcy Levy fizeram
harmonias vocais e backing vocals. Chegou ao número 16 do Billboard
Hot 100. Número 81 no Reino Unido. Número 1 no Japão, número 2 na
Holanda, número 3 na França, número 5 na Bélgica, número 13 na
Irlanda, número 15 no Canadá e número 26 na Nova Zelandia.
A
letra:
It's
late in the evening She's wondering what clothes to wear She
puts on her makeup And brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me "Do I look
all right?" And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight"
We go to a party And every one turns
to see This beautiful lady Who's walking around with me
And then she asks me "Do you
feel all right?" And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful
tonight"
I feel wonderful because I see the love
light in your eyes Then the wonder of it all is that you just
don't realize How much I love you
It's time to go home now And I've
got an aching head So I give her the car keys And she helps me
to bed
And then I tell her As I turn out
the light I say, "My darling you were wonderful tonight" "Oh,
my darling, you were wonderful tonight"
Escrita
por Elvis Costello, foi gravada entre 1976 e 1977, no Pathway
Studios, em Londres e lançada em 22 de julho de 1977 no disco de
estréia de Elvis Costello, My aim is true. Sairia uma semana depois
em compacto, com Mystery dance no Lado B. Foi produzida por Nick
Lowe. Foi escrita em um trem pra de Londres pra Liverpool, em 1976 e
fala de uma desilusão amorosa. Musicalmente foi inspirada nos Byrds
e teve a introdução feita por John MCFee, da banda Clover. Os anjos
queriam trocar a imortalidade pelos tênis do cantor.
A
letra:
Oh,
I used to be disgusted And now I try to be amused But since
their wings have got rusted You know, the angels wanna wear my red
shoes But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain That's
when I knew that I could not refuse And I won't get any older, now
that angels wanna wear my red shoes
Oh, oh, I was watching while you're
dancing away Our love got fractured in the echo and sway How
come everybody wants to be your friend? You know that it still
hurts me just to say it
Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh,
why's that?) Because she's feeling so abused (oh, that's too
bad) She gets tired of the lust (oh, I'm so sad) But it's so
hard to refuse Can you say that I'm too old When the angels
have stolen my red shoes?
Oh, oh I said, "I'm so happy I
could die" She said, "Drop dead, " then left with
another guy That's what you get if you go chasing after
vengeance Ever since you got me punctured, this has been my
sentence
Oh, I used to be disgusted But now I
try to be amused But since their wings have got rusted You
know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes But when they told me
'bout their side of the bargain That's when I knew that I could
not refuse And I won't get any older, now that the angels wanna
wear my red shoes
Oh, I won't get any older, now the
angels wanna wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my
red shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes Red
shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels
wanna wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red
shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes Red shoes,
the angels wanna wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna
wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red
shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes
