THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL

ANNIE LENNOX(EURYTHMICS)

SONGWTITERS: LENNOX ANNIE & TEWART DAVID ALLAN

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND

ALBUM: BE YOURSELF TONIGHT

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: SYNTH-POP

YEAR: 1985

 

           Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Appearing in the 1983 music video for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's business suit, the BBC states, "all eyes were on Annie Lennox, the singer whose powerful androgynous look defied the male gaze". Subsequent hits with Eurythmics include "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" and "Here Comes the Rain Again".

          Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". The same year, she performed "Love Song for a Vampire" for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Her 1995 studio album, Medusa, includes cover versions of songs such as "No More 'I Love You's'" and "A Whiter Shade of Pale". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection(2009). With eight Brit Awards, which includes being named Best British Female Artist a record six times, Lennox has been named the "Brits Champion of Champions". She has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard. In 2004, she received the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

         "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" is a song by the British musical duo Eurythmics, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, Be Yourself Tonight(1985). It features a harmonica solo by American musician Stevie Wonder. The song became a worldwide success; most notably in Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom, where it remains the duo's only chart-topper.

          The song has been covered by several musical artists, including Brittany Murphy, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Leningrad Cowboys, Luciano Pavarotti, Kylie Minogue, Jessica G. Pilnäs and, most noticeably, German girl group No Angels, who scored their second number-one single in Austria and Germany with their rendition for the reissue of their album Elle'ments in August 2001.

No one on earth could feel like this

I'm thrown and overblown with bliss

There must be an Angel

Playing with my heart

I walk into an empty room

And suddenly my heart goes boom

It's an orchestra of Angels

And they're playing with my heart

 

Must be talking to an Angel

Must be talking to an Angel

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No one on earth could feel like this

I'm thrown and overblown with bliss

There must be an Angel

Playing with my heart

And when I think that I'm alone

It seems there's more of us at home

It's a multitude of Angels

And they're playing with my heart, yeah

 

Must be talking to an Angel

Must be talking to an Angel

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Must be talking to an Angel

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Must be talking to an Angel

Must be talking to an Angel

 

I must be hallucinating

Watching Angels celebrating

Could this be reactivating

All my senses dislocating?

This must be a strange deception

By celestial intervention

Leaving me the recollection

Of your Heavenly connection

 

I walk into an empty room

Suddenly my heart goes boom

It's an orchestra of angels

They're playing with my heart, yeah.

FOREVER YOUNG

ALPHAVILLE

SONGWRITER: BERNHARD LLOYD; FRANK MERTENS &MARIAN GOLD

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ALBUM: FOREVER YOUNG

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: SYNTH-POP

YEAR: 1984

 

          Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singer Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set" and "Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous member of Alphaville.

      Forever Young is the debut studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville. It was released on 27 September 1984 by Warner Music Group. Four singles supported the album, "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "Forever Young", and "Jet Set". The album charted well, hitting the Top 20 in six European countries and reaching number 1 in Norway and Sweden. Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of Afternoons in Utopia.

         The album was re-released in a "super deluxe" edition in March 2019.

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while

Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies

Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst

Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

 

Let us die young or let us live Forever

We don't have the power, but we never say never

Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip

The music's for the sad man

 

Can you imagine when this race is won?

Turn our golden the faces into the sun

Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune

The music's played by the, the madman

 

Forever young

I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever, and ever

 

Forever young

I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever young

 

Some are like water, some are like the heat

Some are a melody and some are the beat

Sooner or later they all will be gone

Why don't they stay young?

I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU

A-HA

SONGWRITER: PAL WAAKTAAR

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: SCOUNDREL DAYS

LABEL: WARNER RECORDS

GENRE: SYNTH-POP

YEAR: 1986

 

   A-ha(usually stylised as a-ha; Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑˈhɑː]) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars), Magne Furuholmen(keyboards and guitars), and Morten Harket(vocals), the band rose to fame during the mid-1980s.

           A-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut álbum Hunting High and Low in 1985. The album peaked at number one in their native country Norway, number 2 in the UK, and number 15 on the US Billboard album chart; yielded two international number-one singles: "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V."; and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist. In the UK, Hunting High and Low continued its chart success into the following year, becoming one of the best-selling albums of 1986. The band released studio albums in 1986, 1988, and 1990, with single hits including "Hunting High and Low", "The Living Daylights", "Stay on These Roads", and "Crying in the Rain". In 1994, after their fifth studio album, Memorial Beach(1993), failed to achieve the commercial success of their previous albums, the band went on hiatus.

         Following a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, A-ha recorded their sixth album, 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky, which was another number-one album in Norway and Germany. This album was followed by Lifelines(2002); Analogue (2005), which was certified Silver in the UK; and Foot of the Mountain(2009), which was certified Silver in the UK and reached the top five in many European countries.

         On 15 October 2009, the band announced they would split after the 2010 worldwide Ending on a High Note Tour. Thousands of fans from at least 40 countries on six continents congregated to see A-ha for the last leg of the tour.

          On 4 December 2014, A-ha officially announced its participation at Rock in Rio 2015, which celebrated 30 years for both the band and the event. In 2015, it was announced that A-ha would reunite; their tenth studio album, Cast in Steel, was released on 4 September 2015, and the band toured in support of the album.

       The band has released ten studio albums, several compilations and four live albums. In less than a year, during 2010, the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian kroner from concert tickets, merchandise and the release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the 40–50 highest-grossing bands in the world. The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book for having the biggest-paying rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã Stadium during the Rock in Rio festival. Their exact sales figures are somewhat controversial; according to their label, Rhino Entertainment, they have sold 55 million records, but other sources assert that they have sold more than 100 million units, albums and singles combined.

          Scoundrel Days is the second studio album by Norwegian new wave band A-ha. It was released on 6 October 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. A remastered edition with additional tracks was released in 2010.

It wasn't the rain that washed away...

Rinsed out the colours of your eyes

Putting the gun down on the bedside table

I must have realized

 

It wasn't the rain

That made no difference

And I could have sworn it wasn't me

Yet I did it all so coldly

Almost slowly

Plain for all to see

 

Oh c'mon please now

Talk to me

Tell me things I could find helpful

How can I stop now

Is there nothing I can do

I have lost my way

I've been losing you

 

I can still hear our screams competing

You're hissing your s's like a snake

Now in the mirror stands

Half a man

I thought no one could break

 

It wasn't the rain

That made no difference

Nervously drumming on:Run away

But I want the guilt to get me

Thoughts to wreck me

Preying on my mind

 

So, please now

Talk to me

Tell me things I could find helpful

For how can I stop now

Is there nothing I can do

I have lost my way

I've been losing you.

HUNTING HIGH AND LOW

A-AH

INTEGRANTES: MORTEN HARKET, MAGNE FURUHOLMEN, PAUL WAAKTAAR-SAVOY

SONGWRITER: PAUL WAAKTAAR-SAVOY

COUNTRY: NORWAY

ALBUM: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW

LABEL: RHINO/WARNER BROS.

GENRE: SYNTH-POP

YEAR: 1985

 

    A-ha(usually stylised as a-ha; Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑˈhɑː]) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars), Magne Furuholmen(keyboards and guitars), and Morten Harket(vocals), the band rose to fame during the mid-1980s.

            A-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut álbum Hunting High and Low in 1985. The album peaked at number one in their native country Norway, number 2 in the UK, and number 15 on the US Billboard album chart; yielded two international number-one singles: "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V."; and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist. In the UK, Hunting High and Low continued its chart success into the following year, becoming one of the best-selling albums of 1986. The band released studio albums in 1986, 1988, and 1990, with single hits including "Hunting High and Low", "The Living Daylights", "Stay on These Roads", and "Crying in the Rain". In 1994, after their fifth studio album, Memorial Beach(1993), failed to achieve the commercial success of their previous albums, the band went on hiatus.

          Following a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, A-ha recorded their sixth album, 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky, which was another number-one album in Norway and Germany. This album was followed by Lifelines (2002); Analogue (2005), which was certified Silver in the UK; and Foot of the Mountain(2009), which was certified Silver in the UK and reached the top five in many European countries.

            On 15 October 2009, the band announced they would split after the 2010 worldwide Ending on a High Note Tour. Thousands of fans from at least 40 countries on six continents congregated to see A-ha for the last leg of the tour.

                On 4 December 2014, A-ha officially announced its participation at Rock in Rio 2015, which celebrated 30 years for both the band and the event. In 2015, it was announced that A-ha would reunite; their tenth studio album, Cast in Steel, was released on 4 September 2015, and the band toured in support of the album.

        The band has released ten studio albums, several compilations and four live albums. In less than a year, during 2010, the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian kroner from concert tickets, merchandise and the release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the 40–50 highest-grossing bands in the world. The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book for having the biggest-paying rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã Stadium during the Rock in Rio festival. Their exact sales figures are somewhat controversial; according to their label, Rhino Entertainment, they have sold 55 million records, but other sources assert that they have sold more than 100 million units, albums and singles combined.

Here I am

And within the reach of my hands

She's sound asleep and she's sweeter now

Than the wildest dream could have seen her

And I watch her slipping away

But I know

I'll be hunting high and low

High

There's no end to the lengths

I'll go to hunting high and low

High

There's no end to lengths I'll go

To find her again

Upon this my dreams are depending

Through the dark

I sense the pounding of her heart next to mine

She's the sweetest love I could find

So I guess

I'll be hunting high and low

High

There's no end to the lengths

I'll go to high and low

High

Do you know what it means to love you?

I'm hunting high and low

And now she's telling me she's got to go away

I'll always be hunting high and low

Only for you (and now she's telling me)

Watch me tearing myself to pieces

Hunting high and low

High

There's no end to the lengths I'll go to

Oh, for you, I'll be hunting high and low