I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON

ANNI-FRID LYNGSTADT

SONGWRITER: Russell Glyn Ballard

COUNTY: NORWAY

ALBUM: I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON

LABEL: POLAR

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1982

 

        Princess Anni-Frid Reuss, Dowager Countess of Plauen(Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad; born 15 November 1945), widely known as Anni-Frid Lyngstad and also known by her nickname "Frida", is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer, songwriter and environmentalist, who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA. Born in Bjørkåsen (Ballangen), Norway, to a Norwegian mother and a German father, she grew up in Torshälla, Sweden, and started her first solo career there, as a jazz singer in 1967, through a talent competition called New Faces.

          She won the competition with her song, "En ledig dag", leading to a television appearance on Hylands Hörna on Dagen H; as a result, she was signed by EMI, and in turn was signed by Stig Anderson's record label, Polar Music, after years of releasing several singles and an album, Frida under the earlier record label. Although she had moderate success in Sweden, as she was a contestant for Melodifestivalen 1969 with her song "Härlig är vår jord", she did not reach international fame until she joined ABBA, which has sold over 150 million albums and singles worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music acts in history.

      After the break-up of ABBA, she continued an international solo singing career with mixed success, releasing the albums Something's Going On(1982) and Shine (1984); the latter being her last international album. In 1996, Lyngstad recorded her final album in Swedish, Djupa andetag(Deep Breaths), released by Anderson Records, before retiring from music.

      "I Know There's Something Going On" is a song recorded in 1982 by ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad(Frida). It was the lead single from her solo album Something's Going On. The song was a hit around the world during 1982 and 1983.

       Recording began in ABBA's Polar Music Studio, Stockholm, in February 1982. Frida recorded the album during the last year of ABBA in the 20th century. At the time of recording this song/album, Frida wanted to distance herself from "the typical ABBA pop sound". "I Know There's Something Going On" was written by Russ Ballard and produced by Genesis drummer and singer Phil Collins, who also played drums on the song. The backing vocals are sung by Lyngstad herself and Collins.

         "I Know There's Something Going On" was released in the summer of 1982 and became a major success for Frida. It hit #1 in Flemish Belgium and Switzerland, and was a Top 10 hit throughout most of Europe, as well as in Australia and South Africa. The song reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1983, where it had a total chart run of 29 weeks. Though the song did not reach the top ten, Billboard's Year-End chart ranked it as the 20th most popular song of 1983. However, in the UK, traditionally a popular market for ABBA, the song failed to reach the Top 40, peaking at #43 (and spending seven weeks inside the Top 75).

           A one-hour TV documentary about the making of the album and this song is included in Frida - The DVD. The whole recording process, from day one in the studio to the release party, was filmed by Swedish TV SVT. This documentary includes interviews with Lyngstad and Collins, Björn and Benny from ABBA, as well as all the musicians involved with the album.

I can see that it won't be long
You grow cold when you keep holding on
You know you've changed and your words, they lie
That's something you can't deny
 
I call, you're not at home
You're home, but you're not alone
If you wanna leave then why don't you say it
Your love has gone anyway
 
I know there's something going on
I know there's something going on
I know it won't be long
Won't be long before you're gone
There's something going on
There's something going on
 
I know a good thing must come to an end
But it's hard to take losing a friend
I know what you think and what's in your mind
So darling, look, why pretend?
 
I know there's something going on
I know there's something going on
I know it won't be long
It won't be long before you're gone
There's something going on
There's something going on
There's something going on
There's something going on
 
I know there's something going on
I know there's something going on
I know it won't be long
It won't be long before you're gone
There's something going on
There's something going on
There's something going on
There's something going on
 
I know there's something
I know there's something
I know there's something
I know there's something
I know there's something
I know there's something
I know there's something.

BE YOURSELF

AUDIOSLAVE

SONGWRITERS: BRAD WILK; CHRIS CORNELL; TIMOTHY COMMERFORD & TOM MORELLO

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: OUT OF EXILE

LABEL: GEFFEN RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 2005

 

     Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Glendale, California, in 2001. The four-piece band consisted of Soundgarden's lead singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell with Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello(lead guitar), Tim Commerford (bass/backing vocals), and Brad Wilk(drums). Critics first described Audioslave as a combination of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile, it was noted that they had established a separate identity. Their unique sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock and 1990s alternative rock, with musical influences that included 1960s funk, soul and R&B. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitars, bass, drums, and vocals, with emphasis on Cornell's wide vocal range and Morello's unconventional guitar solos.

        In their six years together, Audioslave released three albums, received three Grammy nominations, sold more than eight million records worldwide and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba. They disbanded in February 2007 after Cornell issued a statement announcing that he was leaving the band. Later that year, Cornell and Morello released solo albums, and Morello, Commerford, and Wilk reunited with Zack de la Rocha for the Rage Against the Machine Reunion Tour.

            Audioslave reunited to perform at Prophets of Rage's Anti-Inaugural Ball, which took place on January 20, 2017. Cornell's death later that year precluded any chance of further reunions.

      Out of Exile is the second studio album by American rock supergroup Audioslave. It was released on May 23, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States, by Epic Records and Interscope Records. It is the band's only album to chart at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Four singles were released from the album, which were "Be Yourself", "Your Time Has Come", "Doesn't Remind Me", and "Out of Exile". "Doesn't Remind Me" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006.

Someone falls to pieces

Sleeping all alone

Someone kills the pain

Spinning in the silence

She finally drift away

Someone gets excited

In a chapel yard

Catches a bouquet

Another lays a dozen

White roses on a grave

 

And be yourself is all that you can do

To be yourself is all that you can do

 

Someone finds salvation in everyone

Another only pain

Someone tries to hide themselves

Down inside himself he prays

Someone swears their true love

Until the end of time

Another runs away

separate or united?

Healthy or insane?

 

And be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)

To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)

To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)

Be yourself is all that you can do

 

Even when you've paid enough

Been pulled apart

Or been held up

Every single memory of

The good or bad, faces of love

Don't lose any sleep tonight

I'm sure everything will end up alright

You may win or lose

 

But to be yourself is all that you can do

To be yourself is all that you can do

To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)

To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)

To be yourself is all that you can

Be yourself is all that you can

Be yourself is all that you can do. 

BLACK NIGHT

DEEP PURPLE

SONGWRITER: RITCHIE BLACKMORE; IAN GILLAN; ROGER GLOVER; JON LORD & IAN PACE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: THE ESSENCIAL

LABEL: HARVEST RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1970

 

         Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, but their musical approach has changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

        Deep Purple have had several line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–1984). The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up consisted of Ian Gillan(vocals) and Roger Glover(bass), who joined founder members Jon Lord(keyboards), Ian Paice(drums) and Ritchie Blackmore(guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973 and was revived from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1993. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening periods between 1968 and 1969 with the line-up including Rod Evans (lead vocals) and Nick Simper(bass, backing vocals), between 1974 and 1976 with the line-up including David Coverdale(lead vocals) and Glenn Hughes(bass, vocals) (and Tommy Bolin replacing Blackmore in 1975), and between 1989 and 1992 with the line-up including Joe Lynn Turner(vocals). The band's line-up(currently including Ian Gillan, and guitarist Steve Morse from 1994) has been much more stable in recent years, although keyboardist Jon Lord's retirement from the band in 2002(being succeeded by Don Airey) left Ian Paice as the last original Deep Purple member still in the band.

    Deep Purple was ranked number 22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, and a poll on radio station Planet Rock ranked them 5th among the "most influential bands ever". The band received the Legend Award at the 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple (specifically Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Gillan, Glover, Coverdale, Evans, and Hughes) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

          "Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, Deep Purple in Rock. It became a hit following its release, peaking at Nº 2 on UK charts, and remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It topped the charts in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at Nº 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was also the second non-album single penned by the band and also reached number 6 in South Africa.

Black night is not right

I don't feel so bright

I don't care to sit tight

 

Maybe I'll find on the way down the line

That I'm free, free to be me

Black night is a long way from home

 

I don't need a dark tree

I don't want a rough sea

I can't feel, I can't see

 

Maybe I'll find on the way down the line

That I'm free, free to be me

Black night is a long way from home

 

Black night, black night

I don't need black night

I can't see dark night

 

Maybe I'll find on the way down the line

That I'm free, free to be me

Black night is a long way from home.

YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME

BON JOVI

SONGWRITERS: RICHARD SAMBORA; DESMOND CHILD & JON BON JOVI

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SLIPPERY WHEN WET

LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1986

 

             Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such quit the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. The band have been credited with "[bridging] the gap between heavy metal and pop with style and ease".

            In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet, which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of which reached Nº 1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer") Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and featuring five Top 10 singles (a record for a glam metal album), two of which reached Nº 1 ("Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You"). After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s, culminating in the 1988–1990 New Jersey Tour, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

          In 1992, the band returned with the double-platinum Keep the Faith. This was followed by their biggest-selling and longest-charting single "Always" (1994) and the album These Days(1995), which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States, producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom. Following a second hiatus, their 2000 album Crush, particularly the lead single, "It's My Life", successfully introduced the band to a younger audience. The band followed up with Bounce in 2002. The platinum albums Have a Nice Day(2005) and Lost Highway(2007) saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs, including the 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which won the band a Grammy Award and became the first single by a rock band to reach Nº 1 on the country charts. The Circle(2009) marked a return to the band's rock sound. The band also enjoyed great success touring, with both the 2005–2006 Have a Nice Day Tour and 2007–2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s and the 2013 Because We Can Tour ranking among the highest-grossing of the 2010s. The band continues to tour and record, with their most recent album, 2020, being released that year, and their most recent tour, supporting their album This House Is Not For Sale, encompassing 2016–2019.

          "You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached Nº 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986 and became the band's first number one hit. In 2007, the song reentered the charts at Nº 29 after Blake Lewis performed it on American Idol.

Shot through the heart

And you're to blame

Darlin', you give love a bad name

 

An angel's smile is what you sell

You promise me Heaven, then put me through hell

Chains of love got a hold on me

When passion's a prison, you can't break free

 

Oh, you're a loaded gun, yeah

Oh, there's nowhere to run

No one can save me

The damage is done

 

Shot through the heart

And you're to blame

You give love a bad name (bad name)

I play my part and you play your game

You give love a bad name (bad name)

Hey, you give love, a bad name

 

Paint your smile on your lips

Blood red nails on your fingertips

A school boy's dream, you act so shy

Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

 

Whoa, you're a loaded gun

Whoa, there's nowhere to run

No one can save me

The damage is done

 

Shot through the heart

And you're to blame

You give love a bad name (bad name)

I play my part and you play your game

You give love a bad name (bad name)

You give love, oh

 

Oh, shot through the heart

And you're to blame

You give love a bad name

I play my part and you play your game

You give love a bad name (bad name)

 

Shot through the heart

And you're to blame

You give love a bad name (bad name)

I play my part and you play your game

You give love a bad name (bad name)

 

You give love

You give love (bad name)

You give love

You give love (bad name)

You give love

You give love (bad name)

You give love

You give love.

 COME BACK TO ME

URIAH HEEP

SONGWRITER: KEN HENSLEY & LEE KERSLAKE

COUNTRY: U. K

ALBUM: FALLEN ANGEL

LABEL: CASTLE COMUNICATIONS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1978

 

         Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Their current lineup consists of lead and rhythm guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist Dave Rimmer. They have experienced numerous lineup changes throughout their 52-year career, leaving Box as the only remaining original member. Notable former members of the band are vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby, and Steff Fontaine, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley, Paul Newton, and John Jowitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.

      Uriah Heep were part of the early 1970s rock scene, and have been referred to as pioneers of the hard rock, heavy metal and progressive rock genres. The band has sold over 40 million albums worldwide, where its best-known songs include "Gypsy", "Easy Livin'", "The Wizard", "Sweet Lorraine", and "Stealin'". They also maintain a significant following and perform at arena-sized venues in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Finland and Scandinavia.

       Uriah Heep have released twenty-four studio albums of original material, twenty live albums and forty-one compilation albums (including two greatest hits albums). Twelve of the band's studio albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart (Return to Fantasy reached Nº 7 in 1975), while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums, Demons and Wizards was the most successful (Nº 23, 1972). In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the "Lady in Black" single was a big hit.

           Fallen Angel is the 12th studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1978 by Bronze Records in the UK and Chrysalis Records in USA. It is the last album to feature John Lawton on vocals, before his firing in 1979. Fallen Angel only reached Nº 186 in the US Billboard 200, but in Germany, the band were at the height of their popularity. On this album, the band moved toward na AOR sound, as opposed to the progressive rock of previous albums.

      The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

Alone again I feel so alone again

With this emptiness I just can't hide

Picture me with a broken heart

See the tears run down my face

 

Everything I had has gone

Loneliness... still lingering on

Everything I thought was mine...

Come back to me can't, we try it one more time

Come back to me

 

I know I'll find another love in time

But you'll always be there in the back of my mind

The power of love can bring such pain

I still love you I just love you

 

Alone again I'm so alone again

With nothing but you in my mind

Can't you see what you've done to my life

What can I do to win you back again

 

Everything I had has gone

Loneliness... still lingering on

Everything I thought was mine...

Come back to me can't we try it one more time

Come back to me, take a piece of my heart

Come back to me.

YOU'RE THE ONE

GRETA GREEN

SONGWRITERS: JOSHUA MICHAEL KISZKA; JACOB THOMAS KISZKA & DANIEL ROBERT WAGNER

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY

LABEL: REPUBLIC RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1988

 

       One more track from Greta Van Fleet's new album was released. “You're The One” is part of the album, “Anthem of the Peaceful Army”, which will be released next Friday, the 19th, through Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG).

        This will be Greta Van Fleet's first full-length studio album – previous releases “Black Smoke Rising” and “From The Fires” (both 2017) are in EP format.

Source: Kiss fm

          Anthem of the Peaceful Army is the first studio album by American rock band Greta Van Fleet. The album was released on October 19, 2018, and follows the band's two EP releases, Black Smoke Rising and From the Fires. The first single, "When the Curtain Falls", was released in July 2018. A second single, "You're the One" was released around the time of the album's release.

         The album was the top selling album in its debut week in the US, selling 87,000 copies. Factoring in album equivalent units, it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.

Ooh mama

We're stopping at the green light girl

Because I want to get your signal

No going at the green light girl

Because I want to be with you now

 

You are my special

You are my special

You are my midnight, midnight yeah

 

So sweet

So fine

So nice

All mine

Mine mine

Mine mine

Ooh

 

We're stopping on the highway girl

'Cause I want to burn my gas

There's one girl that I know I'm never gonna pass

 

She is my special

She is my special

She is my midnight, midnight yeah

 

So sweet

So fine

So nice

All mine

Mine mine

Mine mine

Ooh

 

Ooh yeah

 

So sweet

So fine

So nice

All mine

Mine mine

Mine mine

Ooh sugar. 

BLINDED BY LOVE

THE ROLLING STONES

SONGWRITERS: KEITH RICHARDS & MICK JAGGER

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: STEEL WHELES

LABEL: ROLLING STONES

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1989

 

      The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Diverging from the pop rock of the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, heavier-driven sound that came to define hard rock. Their first stable line-up was vocalist Mick Jagger, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, guitarist Keith Richards, drummer Charlie Watts, and bassist Bill Wyman. During their formative years Jones was the primary leader: he assembled the band, named it, and drove their sound and image. After Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager in 1963, he encouraged them to write their own songs. Jagger and Richards became the primary creative force behind the band, alienating Jones, who developed a drug addiction that interfered with his ability to contribute meaningfully.

       Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, also being identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. They then found greater success with their own material as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965), "Get Off of My Cloud" (1965) and "Paint It Black" (1966) became international No. 1 hits. Aftermath (1966) – their first entirely original album – is considered the most important of their formative records. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend the Night Together" and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic Majesties Request. They went back to their roots with such hits as "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1968) and "Honky Tonk Women" (1969), and albums such as Beggars Banquet (1968), featuring "Sympathy for the Devil", and Let It Bleed(1969), featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter". Let It Bleed was the first of five consecutive Nº 1 albums in the UK.

     Steel Wheels is the 19th British (and 21st American) studio album by British rock band the Rolling Stones. Released on 29 August 1989, it was the final album of new material that the band would record for Columbia Records.

          Heralded as a major comeback upon its release, Steel Wheels is notable for the patching up of the working relationship between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, a reversion to a more classic style of music and the launching of the band's biggest world tour to date. It is also the final full-length studio album to involve long-time bassist Bill Wyman, preceding the announcement of his departure in January 1993. Wyman's final tenure with the band would be on two studio tracks for the 1991 album Flashpoint. Steel Wheels was also the first album not to feature former member and frequent contributor on piano Ian Stewart, who died shortly before the release of their previous album Dirty Work. It was produced by Richards and Jagger, along with Chris Kimsey, who had previously produced the Stones' 1983 Undercover.

        After the relative disappointment of their prior two albums, Steel Wheels was a hit, reaching multi-platinum status in the United States, Top 5 status in numerous markets around the world, and spawning two hit singles: "Mixed Emotions," which peaked at No. 1 in Canada and Nº 5 in the United States, and "Rock and a Hard Place", the band's last Top-40 hit in the US. Critics were generally lukewarm towards the album, exemplified by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: 'It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback.'

 The queen of the Nile

She laid on her throne

And she was drifting downstream

On a barge that was burnished with gold

Royal purple the sails

So sweetly perfumed

And poor Mark Antony's

Senses were drowned

And his future was doomed

 

He was blinded by love

The Philistines paid

For Samson's blind rage

The secrets that two lovers share

Should never have been betrayed

 

He was blinded by love

He was blinded by love

 

Now it's no use crying or weeping

You better lock up your soul for safe keeping

Promise me

The poor Prince of Wales

He gave up his crown

All for the trivial pursuit of

A parvenu second-hand lady

So lovers beware

If you lose your heart

Careful now, don't lose your mind

Don't mortgage your soul to a stranger

 

Don't be blinded by love

Don't be blinded by love

 

Blinded by love

Blinded by love.