FOREVER YOUNG

MARIAN GOLD

SONGWRITERS: BERNHARD LLOYD; FRANK MERTENS & MARIAN GOLD

WHERE: LIVE@GOLDENE EUROPE, 1984, GERMANY

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ALBUM: FOREVER YOUNG

LABEL: WEA

GENRE: NEW WAVE

YEAR: 1984

“Forever Young" is a song from German synthpop group Alphaville's 1984 debut album of the same name. The single was a strong hit in Scandinavia and in the European German-speaking countries in the same year.

Although it was not the group's highest-charting European hit, and it failed to reach the American top 40 despite three separate U.S. single releases (nevertheless, the single achieved more success in the United States than in the United Kingdom), "Forever Young" became one of the signature songs of the band and it has subsequently been covered by numerous artists.

Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum on 26 May 1954) is the lead singer of the German synthpop group Alphaville, and has also recorded as a solo artist.

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 going to 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 men

Can you imagine when this race is won

Turn our golden faces into the sun

Praising our leaders we're getting in tune

The music's played by the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever, or never

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

It's so hard to get old without a cause

I don't want to perish like a fading horse

Youth's like diamonds in the sun

And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today

So many songs we forgot to play

So many dreams swinging out of the blue

We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever, or never

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Forever, or never

Forever young, I wanna be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

HOLLABACK GIRL

GWEN STEFANI

SONGWRITERS: CHAD HUGO; GWEN STEFANI & PHARRELL WILLIAMS

WHERE: LIVE IN “THE VOICE” 2014

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: LOVE. ANGEL. MUSIC. BABY.

LABEL: UNIVERSAL

GENRE: HIP HOP

YEAR: 2004

"Hollaback Girl" is a song recorded by American Singer Gwen Stefani for her debut solo studio album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.(2004). As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance record", "Hollaback Girl" is a hip hop song that draws influence from 1980s hip hop and dance music. The song was written by Stefani, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, supposedly as a response to Courtney Love's statement that Stefani was a "cheerleader" in an interview with Seventeen magazine. The song was released as the album's third single on March 15, 2005, and was one of the year's most popular songs, peaking inside the top 10 on the majority of the charts it entered. It reached number one in Australia and the United States, where it became the first digital download to sell one million copies.

"Hollaback Girl" received several award nominations, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year at the 48th Grammy Awards, but lost in both categories. The single divided pop music critics, with some praising its minimalistic production and others declaring it embarrassing; men's magazine Maxim called it the "Most Annoying Song Ever". In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and was ranked at number two on the Year-End Hot 100. The recording topped the charts in Australia and reached the top ten in several other countries, including Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It has since been certified platinum in United States by the RIAA, and in Australia by ARIA.

A music video representing Stefani as a cheerleader at a California high school was released on March 21, 2005, and was directed by Paul Hunter. The visual received four nominations at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, and ultimately won for Best Choreography. The singer has performed "Hollaback Girl" on numerous occasions, including on all three of her concert tours, and on several televised appearances.

Uh huh, this is my shit

All the girls stomp your feet like this

A few times I've been around that track

So it's not just gonna happen like that

'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooh, ooh, this is my shit, this is my shit

I heard that you were talking shit

And you didn't think that I would hear it

People hear you talking like that

Getting everybody fired up

So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack

PUBLICIDADE

inRead invented by Teads

Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out

That's right, put your pom-poms downs

Getting everybody fired up

A few times I've been around that track

So it's not just gonna happen like that

'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooh, ooh, this is my shit, this is my shit

So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers

No principals,no student-teachers

Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one

So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all

Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you

That's right I'm the last one standing, another one bites the dust

A few times I've been around that track

So it's not just gonna happen like that

'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooh, ooh, this is my shit, this is my shit

Let me hear you say this shit is bananas

B-a-n-a-n-a-s

(This shit is bananas)

(B-a-n-a-n-a-s)

Again

This shit is bananas

B-a-n-a-n-a-s

(This shit is bananas)

(B-a-n-a-n-a-s)

A few times I've been around that track

So it's not just gonna happen like that

'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooh, ooh, this is my shit, this is my shit.

CRAZY FOR YOU

MADONNA

SONGWRITERS: JOHN BETTIS; JON LIND & MIKE STOLLER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: VISION QUEST

LABEL: GEFFEN RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1985

"Crazy for You" is a song by American Singer Madonna, written by John Bettis and Jon Lind, from the soundtrack album to the film Vision Quest (1985). It was released on March 2, 1985 by Geffen Records as the first single from the soundtrack. The song appears remixed on the greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection (1990) and was re-released on February 24, 1991 by Sire Records to promote the album. The song was also included on the ballads compilation Something to Remember (1995) and the greatest hits compilation Celebration (2009). Producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber, along with music director Phil Ramone, decided to use Madonna after listening to her previous recordings, employing Bettis and Lind to write the song. After reading the script of the film, Bettis and Lind wrote the song about the situation in which the lead characters meet at a nightclub. Initial recording sessions did not impress Bettis and Lind, and they felt that "Crazy for You" would be dropped from the soundtrack. However, a new version was recorded to their liking.

John "Jellybean" Benitez was the producer for the song, and it was a challenge for him, as previously he was associated with recording dance-pop songs only. Initially Warner Bros. Records did not want the song to be released as a single, since they believed that it would take away the attention from Madonna's second studio album Like a Virgin (1984). In the end, Peters and Guber convinced Warner officials to greenlight its release. "Crazy for You" ushered a new musical direction for Madonna, as she had not previously released a ballad as a single. The track features instrumentation from snare drums, harp, bass synthesizer and electric guitar. Lyrically, the song speaks of sexual desire between two lovers and consists of innuendos.

Swaying room as the music starts

Strangers making the most of the dark

Two by two their bodies become one

I see you through the smokey air

Can't you feel the weight of my stare

You're so close but still a world away

What I'm dying to say, is that

I'm crazy for you

Touch me once and you'll know it's true

I never wanted anyone like this

It's all brand new

You'll feel it in my kiss

I'm crazy for you

Crazy for you

Trying hard to control my heart

I walk over to where you are

Eye to eye we need no words at all

Slowly now we begin to move

Every breath I'm deeper into you

Soon we two are standing still in time

If you read my mind, you'll see

I'm crazy for you

Touch me once and you'll know it's true

I never wanted anyone like this

It's all brand new

You'll feel it in my kiss

You'll feel it in my kiss

Because I'm crazy for you

Touch me once and you'll know it's true

I never wanted anyone like this

It's all brand new

You'll feel it in my kiss

I'm crazy for you

Crazy for you

Crazy for you

Crazy for you

It's all brand new

I'm crazy for you

And you know it's true

I'm crazy, crazy for you

It's all brand new

I'm crazy for you

And you know it's true

Yeah I'm crazy for you

Crazy for you baby

I'm crazy for you

I'm crazy for you.

A KIND OF CHRISTMAS CARD

MORTEN HARKET

SONGWRITERS: HÅVARD REM & MORTEN HARKET

COUNTRY: NORGE

ALBUM: WILD SEED

LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS

GENRE: TECNOPOP

YEAR: 1995

Wild Seed is the second studio album and first English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. The album was released on 4 September 1995 through Warner Bros. Records. After a-ha went on a hiatus in 1994, Harket began recording Wild Seedwith British record producer Christopher Neil, who previously worked with the band on their fourth studio album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990). Wild Seed charted at number one in Norway and at number 89 in the United Kingdom. It has since sold 160.000 copies in Norway.

All you folks back home

I'll never tell you this

You're not supposed to know

Where your daughter is

There are ways of life

You never understood

It's right here

Downtown Hollywood

It's afternoon on Sunset Boulevard

I've got a stolen moment trying hard

To write a kind of Christmas card

But I am burning out again

Tonight there is fever in my veins

Mama, dear

All the love you gave

I guess there's really nothing

Nothing much to save

This place is as steady as I feel myself

There are still some riches

At the Roosevelt

That evening prayer

Those memories

In my little bedroom, mama, on my knees

That's where I am at

Down in Los Angeles

And I am burning out again

And I must rise above the shame

Tonight there is fever in my veins

Just think of the girl I used to be

You were my age once, mama

twenty-three

I can still hear some of the songs you used to play

From that summer of love in '68

Seems it's turned into a winter of hate

And I am burning out again.