THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
GEORGE MICHAEL
SONGWRITERS:
JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: FREEEK!
LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2002
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos
Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter,
record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music
duo Wham! and
later embarked on a solo career. Michael sold over 80 million records worldwide
making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
He achieved seven number one songs on the UK
Singles Chart and eight number one songs on the US
Billboard Hot 100.
Michael won various music awards including two Grammy
Awards, three Brit
Awards, three American
Music Awards, 12 Billboard
Music Awards, four MTV
Video Music Awards and six Ivor
Novello Awards. In 2008, he was ranked 40th on Billboard's
list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time.
Born in East
Finchley, Michael formed the duo Wham! With Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. The band's first two albums, Fantastic (1983) and Make It
Big (1984), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard
200. Certifying themselves as a global act, Wham!'s tour
of China in April 1985 was the first visit to China by a Western popular music act, and generated worldwide media coverage. Michael's first solo
single "Careless Whisper"
reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and US. His debut
solo album, Faith, was released in 1987, topping
the UK Albums Chart and staying at number one on the Billboard 200 for 12
weeks. Four singles from the album—"Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", and "Monkey"—reached
number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Faith was awarded Album of the Year at the 1989
Grammy Awards. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
was a UK number-one and included the Billboard Hot 100 number-one "Praying for Time"."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a
1991 duet with Elton John,
was also a transatlantic number one. Michael went on to release the albums Older (1996), Songs from the Last Century (1999)
and Patience (2004). In 2004, the Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period
1984–2004.
"Freeek!" is a single written and
performed by English singer George
Michael, and a remastered version called
"Freeek! '04"
was later featured on his álbum Patience.
The
single was released on 18 March 2002; the first of six to come from Patience,
although the album itself was not released until 2004. The song
peaked at number seven on the UK
Singles Chart and also charted within the top ten
in many other European countries. It topped the charts in Denmark, Hungary, Italy,
Portugal, and Spain and reached number two in Switzerland, number five in
Australia, and number six in Finland. The song contains samples
from "Try Again" by Aaliyah, "Breathe and Stop"
by Q-Tip,
and "N.T." by Kool & the Gang.
"The Long and Winding Road" is a
song by the English rock band the
Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
When issued as a single in May 1970, a month after the
Beatles' break-up, it became the group's 20th and
last number-one hit on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart in the United States.
The
main recording of the song took place in January 1969 and featured a sparse
musical arrangement. When preparing the tapes from
these sessions for release in April 1970, producer Phil Spector added orchestral and choral overdubs. Spector's modifications
angered McCartney to the point that when the latter made his case in the
English High
Court for the Beatles' disbandment, he
cited the treatment of "The Long and Winding Road" as one of six
reasons for doing so. New versions of the song with simpler instrumentation were
subsequently released by McCartney and by the Beatles.
In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked "The Long and
Winding Road" at number 90 on their list of 100 greatest Beatles songs.
The long and winding
road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me here
Lead me to your door
The wild and windy
night
That the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears
Crying for the day
Why leave me standing here?
Let me know the way
Many times I've been
alone
And many times I've cried
Any way youll never know
The many ways I've tried
And still they lead
me back
To the long winding road
You left me standing here
A long long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here
Lead me to your door
Many times I've been
alone
And many times I've cried
Any way youll never know
The many ways I've tried
But still they lead
me back
To the long winding road
You left me standing here
A long long time ago
Don't keep me waiting here
Lead me to your door.
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