THERE'S NO THING HOLDING ME BACK

SHAW MENDES

SONGWRITERS: GEOFF WARBURTON; TEDDY GEIGER; SHAWN MENDES & SCOTT HARRIS

WHERE: LIVE FROM THE 2017 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: ILUMINATE

LABEL: ISLAND RCORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 2016

"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes. Written by Mendes, Teddy Geiger, Geoff Warburton and Scott Harris, and produced by Geiger and Andrew Maury, it was released as a single on April 20, 2017. The song was included in the reissue of his second studio album Illuminate (2016). The song's accompanying music video was released on June 20, 2017. The single reached the top 10 in several countries, including the US and the UK.

I wanna follow where she goes

I think about her and she knows it

I wanna let her take control

'Cause every time that she gets close, yeah

She pulls me in enough to keep me guessing, mmm

And maybe I should stop and start confessing

Confessing, yeah

Oh, I've been shaking

I love it when you go crazy

You take all my inhibitions

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

You take me places that tear up my reputation

Manipulate my decisions

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

There's nothing holdin' me back

There's nothing holdin' me back

She says that she's never afraid

Just picture everybody naked

She really doesn't like to wait

Not really into hesitation

Pulls me in enough to keep me guessing, whoa

And maybe I should stop and start confessing

Confessing, yeah

Oh, I've been shaking

I love it when you go crazy

You take all my inhibitions

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

You take me places that tear up my reputation

Manipulate my decisions

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

There's nothing holdin' me back

'Cause if we lost our minds

And we took it way too far

I know we'd be alright,

Know we would be alright

If you were by my side

And we stumbled in the dark

I know we'd be alright,

I know we would be alright

'Cause if we lost our minds

And we took it way too far

I know we'd be alright,

I know we would be alright

If you were by my side

And we stumbled in the dark

I know we'd be alright,

We would be alright

Oh, I've been shaking

I love it when you go crazy

You take all my inhibitions

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

You take me places that tear up my reputation

Manipulate my decisions

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

There's nothing holdin' me back

I feel so free

When you're with me,

Baby

Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back.

BEFOUR

ZAYN

SONGWRITERS: ZAYN MALIK; TERRENCE SMITH; JAMES HO & HAROLD LILLY

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: MINDE OF MINE

LABEL: RCA

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2016

"Befour" (stylised as "BeFoUr") is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Zayn for his debut solo studio album, Mind of Mine(2016). It was written by Zayn Malik,  ames Ho, Harold Lilly and Terrence "Scar" Smith, and produced by Malay. It was released as the third promotional single from the album on 17 March 2016 by RCA Records. "Befour" is a smooth R&B and synth-pop song, which incorporates musical elements of disco and soul music. It features four-on-the-floor beats, mellow synths, and a grinding guitar loop in its instrumentation. The song is also noted for Malik's high-reaching falsetto during the song's middle eight section.

Lyrically, the song talks about the story of a man who has finally broken out on his own, and also addresses critics of his career with his former band One Direction and how he felt frustrated and suffocated during the time he was with the band. The song's music video was released on 25 March 2016 (same day as the album's release), and it focuses on youth culture around the North of England, splitting scenes between Malik hanging with friends to images of young people boxing, drinking and dancing.

I've done this before

Not like this

I don't drink to get drunk

I feel all the right funk

If there's something I want

I'll take all the right wrongs

Now, I'm gonna stay in my zone

I'm tired of picking that bone

And I can't be bothered to fight it no more, no!

Numb on a roof

Set it on fire

Just to give me proof

I'm living on a wire

Numb on a roof

Set it on fire

Just to give me proof

I'm living on a wire

So say what you wanna say, what you wanna

So say what you wanna say, what you gotta say, now

So say what you wanna say, what you want

Shame is you won't say that to my face

I've done this before

Not like this, not like this

Time for me to move up

So many hours have gone

Heart beats the pump of my blood

No strings for you to pull on

You've got your tongue in your cheek

So pardon if I don't speak

Can't tune my chords into your songs, no

Numb on a roof

Set it on fire

Just to give me proof

I'm living on a wire

So say what you wanna say, what you wanna

So say what you wanna say, what you gotta say, now

So say what you wanna say

So say what you wanna say, what you want

Shame is you won't say that to my face

I've done this before

Not like this, not like this

Flashing lights

So say what you wanna say, what you wanna

So say what you wanna say, what you gotta say, now

So say what you wanna say, what you want

Shame is you won't say that to my face

So say what you wanna say, what you wanna

So say what you wanna say, what you gotta say, now

So say what you wanna say, what you want

Shame is you won't say that to my face

I've done this before

Not like this, not like this

I've done this before

(Not like this, not like this).

ARTHUR'S THEME

CHRISTOPHER CROSS

SONGWRITERS: BURT BACHARACH; CAROLE BAYER SAGER; CHRISTOPHER CROSS & PETER ALLEN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: WALKING IN AVALON

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1981

"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" is a song performed and co-written by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross, which was the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1982. In the US, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot Adult Contemporary charts during October 1981, remaining at the top on the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks. Overseas, it also went to number one on the VG-lista chart in Norway, and was a top ten hit in several other countries. The song became the second and last American number one hit by Christopher Cross. It was included as a bonus track only on the CD & Cassette versions of his second album Another Page, released in 1983.

The B-side of record, "Minstrel Gigolo," was the same song used on the back of Cross's debut single, "Ride Like the Wind."

Indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums recorded a cover of this song for the soundtrack to the 2011 remake of the film.

Once in your life you find her

Someone that turns your heart around

And next thing you know you're closing down the town

Wake up and it's still with you

Even though you left her way across town

Wondering to yourself: Hey, what've I found?

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City

I know it's crazy, but it's true

If you get caught between the Moon and New York City

The best that you can do

The best that you can do is fall in love

Arthur he does as he pleases

All of his life, he's mastered choice

Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy

Living his life one day at a time

And showing himself a really good time

Laughing about the way they want him to be

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City

I know it's crazy, but it's true

If you get caught between the Moon and New York City

The best that you can do

The best that you can do is fall in love

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City

I know it's crazy, but it's true

If you get caught between the Moon and New York City

The best that you can do

The best that you can do is fall in love.

LIVING DOLL

CLIFF RICHARD

SONGWRITER: LIONEL BART

WHERE: LIVE IN LONDON 1980

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: CLIFF SINGS

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1959

"Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still 'the Drifters') in 1959. It has topped the UK charts twice; in its original version in 1959 (their first number 1 single) and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief.

"Living Doll" was written for the film Serious Charge. Lionel Bart had been approached by film producer Mickey Delamar to write songs for the film. The idea for the song came on a Sunday morning in October 1958 while reading a newspaper and seeing an advert for a child's doll. The doll was said to "kneel, walk, sit and sing". Bart recounted, "I was looking at the back pages and there was a small advert for a doll which could apparently do everything. I wrote the song in ten minutes." The song was written as an up-tempo light rock and roll song (rather than a ballad), and this is how Cliff Richard performs the song in the film.

Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking, living doll

Got to do my best to please her, just 'cause she's a living doll

Got a roving eye and that is why she satisfies my soul

Got the one and only walking talking, living doll

Take a look at her hair, it's real

And if you don't believe what I say, just feel

I'm gonna lock her up in a trunk

So no big hunk can steal her away from me

Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking, living doll

Got to do my best to please her, just 'cause she's a living doll

Got a roving eye and that is why she satisfies my soul

Got the one and only walking talking, living doll

Well, take a look at her hair, it's real

And if you don't believe what I say, just feel

Gonna lock her up in a trunk

So no big hunk can steal her away from me

Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking, living doll

Got to do my best to please her, just 'cause she's a living doll

Got a roving eye and that is why she satisfies my soul

Got the one and only walking talking, living doll.