LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
SONGWRITERS: CHAUNCEY HOLLIS; WOODARD; DIOGUARDI & KASIA LIVINGSTON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: DOLL DOMINATION
LABEL: INTERSCOPE RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2008
 
              The Pussycat Dolls are an American girl group and dance ensemble, founded in Los Angeles, California, by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troupe. At the suggestion of Jimmy Iovine, Antin decided to take the burlesque troupe mainstream as a pop group. Antin negotiated a record deal with Interscope Geffen A&M Records in 2003 turning the group into a music franchise comprising Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt. Their debut single, "Sway", was featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Shall We Dance?
            The Pussycat Dolls achieved worldwide success with number-one singles "Don't Cha", "Stickwitu", "Buttons", and their multi-platinum debut album PCD (2005). However, despite their commercial success, the group was plagued by internal conflict due to the emphasis on Scherzinger, the group's lead vocalist, and the subordinate treatment of the other members. Bachar's departure from the group preceded the release of their second and final studio álbum Doll Domination (2008), which contains hit singles "When I Grow Up", "I Hate This Part", and "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)". Following the completion of their 2009 world tour, the group went on hiatus and fully disbanded in 2010. The original recording line-up, minus Thornton, announced their reunion in 2019 with an upcoming tour and a new album.
            The Pussycat Dolls brand diversified into merchandise, reality television programs, a Las Vegas act, product endorsements, spin-off recording groups (Girlicious, Paradiso Girls, G.R.L.), and other ventures. Billboard ranked the Pussycat Dolls as the 80th most successful musical act of the 2000s. The group has sold 55 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. In 2012, the Pussycat Dolls ranked 100th on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music, and as the tenth all-girl group
                Doll Domination is the second studio album by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, released on September 19, 2008 by Interscope Records. The album's release was preceded by the departure of the group's longest-standing member Carmit Bachar. Development began in February 2008 where the group worked with previous collaborators Sean Garrett, Polow da Don and Timbaland and new ones such as Darkchild, J-Roc and Chase N Cashe. Polow da Don, R. Kelly and Snoop Dogg also make guest performances on the album. Four songs on Doll Domination were originally recorded for the lead singer Nicole Scherzinger's debut solo album, Her Name is Nicole, which was shelved after the under-performance of its preceding singles.
               The album consists of a mixture of pop and R&B songs that also blend elements of dance, electropop with lyrics that tackle fame, sexuality and relationships. All of the lead and background vocals were sang by Scherzinger with support from Melody Thornton, whilst the remaining group members are only credited for background vocals. Upon release, Doll Domination received mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 becoming the group's highest charting album. It experienced similar peaks in international territories, debuting at number three in Canada and number four in Australia and the United Kingdom. Doll Domination was later reissued in multiple versions throughout 2009. The album was supported with a world tour titled Doll Domination Tour in 2009.
               The album was preceded by the release of the US Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single "When I Grow Up" and the UK top-ten hit "Whatcha Think About That" (featuring Missy Elliott). Other successful singles were "I Hate This Part", "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)", and "Hush Hush; Hush Hush", all of which reached the top ten in numerous countries worldwide. Although "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" became a number-one hit in Australia, Ireland, Finland, among other countries, the single caused tension on the group as Scherzinger was billed as a featured artist. Despite their commercial success, unhappiness of Scherzinger's spotlight and prominence within the group grew leading to a public outburst by Thornton during the tour. In early-2010, the group disbanded to pursue solo projects, before reforming in 2019 with the promise of new music. In 2019, Doll Domination was re-released, excluding the R. Kelly collaboration "Out of This Club" following the airing of the Surviving R. Kelly documentary and subsequent abuse allegations against the singer.
                                

La la la la la la… La la la la
Mr. Invisible, tell me how did I miss you, boy
How could you have never caught me eye
Were you there all alone, or were you just shy?
Mr. I never noticed you, tell me that you ain't got a girl at home
See you're a catch, I wanna snatch you up
I know that I slept on you now I woke up
Boy how did I miss that smile, your style, your game, juicy
If you lick your lips one more time, boy you about to have it, yeah
 
'Cause I like it smooth like that, you're cool like that
Must be good like that, I can tell by that
I'm gonna love the way you love me, I'm gonna love the way you love me
Staring at you too like that, oh like that
What it do like that, how you do all that
I'm gonna love the way you love me, you're gonna love the way you love me
 
La la la la la la (la, la, la)
La la la la (la, la, la)
So come with me and walk for a while
Can I spring you outta here and talk for awhile
Gotta know what the deal with you, Mr. Now I'm really feelin' you
 
'Cuz I even like the way you sip your drink
Just enough ice on you to make me think
What I gotta do for you to scoop me up
What I say to be the one you touch
Boy how did I miss that smile, your style, the game, juicy
If you got a little extra style, then won't you let me have it?
 
I like how your t-shirt cut you right
And how you melt me deep inside
Oh, you're running in a different league
Don't make me chase you, boy, you know I'm game
By the way you're rocking it in the Nike's
Won't you let me play on your team tonight?
We can go one-on-one, you and me
That's the way that it should be, yeah.

SI YO FUERA UN CHICO

BEYONCÉ
SONGWRITERS: BC JEAN & TOBY GAD.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I AM… SASHA FIERCE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2008
 
        Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biːˈjɒnseɪ/bee-YON-say; née Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Beyoncé is often cited as an influence by other artists.
              During Destiny's Child's hiatus, Beyoncé made her theatrical film debut with a role in the US box-office number-one Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) and began her solo music career. She became the first music act to debut at number one with their first six solo studio albums on the Billboard 200. Her debut album Dangerously in Love (2003) featured four Billboard Hot 100 top five songs, including the number-one singles "Crazy in Love" featuring rapper Jay-Z and "Baby Boy" featuring singer-rapper Sean Paul. Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2006, she released her second solo album, B'Day, which contained her first US number-one solo single "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar", which topped the charts in most countries. Beyoncé continued her acting career with starring roles in The Pink Panther (2006), Dreamgirls (2006), and Obsessed (2009). Her marriage to Jay-Z and her portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008) influenced her third album, I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), which earned a record-setting six Grammy Awards in 2010. It spawned the UK number-one single "If I Were a Boy", the US number-one single "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and the top five single "Halo".
                After splitting from her manager and father Mathew Knowles in 2010, Beyoncé released the album (2011); it was influenced by 1970s funk, 1980s pop, and 1990s soul. She achieved back-to-back widespread critical acclaim for her sonically experimental visual albums, Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016); the latter was the world's best-selling album of 2016 and the most acclaimed album of her career, exploring themes of infidelity and womanism. In 2018, she released Everything Is Love, a collaborative album with her husband, Jay-Z, as the Carters. As a featured artist, Beyoncé topped the Billboard Hot 100 with the remixes of "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran in 2017 and "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. The same year, she made her directorial and screenwriting debut with the musical film and visual album Black Is King, which received widespread critical acclaim after premiering on Disney+.
          Beyoncé is one of the world's best-selling recording artists, having sold 118 million records worldwide. Her success during the 2000s was recognized with the Recording Industry Association of America's Top Certified Artist of the Decade, as well as Billboard magazine's Top Radio Songs Artist and the Top Female Artist of the Decade. Beyoncé is the most nominated woman in the Grammy Award's history and has the second most wins for a woman with a total of 24. She is also the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 24 wins, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. In 2014, she became the highest-earning black musician in history and was listed among Time's 100 most influential people in the world for a second year in a row. Forbes ranked her as the most powerful female in entertainment on their 2015 and 2017 lists. She occupied the sixth place for Time's Person of the Year in 2016, and in 2020, was named one of the 100 women who defined the last century by the same publication. Beyoncé was also included on Encyclopædia Britannica's 100 Women list in 2019, for her contributions to the entertainment industry.
              I Am... Sasha Fierce is the third studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on November 12, 2008, by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment. In its original release, the album was formatted as a double album, intending to market Beyoncé's dichotomous artistic persona. The first disc, I Am..., contains slow and midtempo pop and R&B ballads, while the second, Sasha Fierce (named after Beyoncé's on-stage alter ego), focuses on more uptempo beats that blend electropop and Europop elements. In composing the songs' lyrics, Beyoncé worked with writers, with each session accompanied by live orchestration.
         Beyoncé credited both her husband—rapper Shawn Carter—and jazz singer Etta James for inspiring her to push the limits of her songwriting and artistry. Musically, I Am... drew inspiration from folk and alternative rock, while blending acoustic guitar elements into contemporary ballads, and its tracks were written and produced by Beyoncé, during collaborative efforts with Babyface, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream and Ryan Tedder. Sasha Fierce boasted production from Darkchild and Sean Garrett.
            I Am... Sasha Fierce received mixed reviews from music critics, but was a commercial success nonetheless, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 482,000 units, earning Beyoncé her third consecutive US number-one solo album. The album has earned one diamond and over thirty platinum certifications in separate worldwide markets, being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 16, 2009, selling over three million copies in the United States. As of 2015, I Am... Sasha Fierce has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The album garnered seven Grammy Award nominations at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony (2010), including a nomination for Album of the Year, winning five and eventually collecting a record setting six wins—the most awards won in one night by a female artist.
             The album was marketed with the release of several singles, including "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", both of which charted highly internationally. The former topped the charts in over eight countries and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, with the latter becoming her fifth number-one single on the Hot 100 chart. "Diva" and "Ego" were released exclusively in the United States, while "Halo" and "Sweet Dreams" were promoted internationally as the third and fourth singles, respectively. "Broken-Hearted Girl" was released internationally as the fifth single, while "Video Phone" was released in September 2009 as the overall eighth, and "Why Don't You Love Me" was released in July 2010 as the ninth and final single. To further promote the album, Beyoncé made several award show and televised appearances across Europe and America, and embarking on the worldwide I Am... World Tour (2009–10).

Si yo fuera un chico
Sólo por una vez
Yo me vestiría como quiero
Con lo que vea primero y me voy
 
Saldría a buscar
Chicas por montón
Mis amigos que són leales
Siempre van acompañarme hasta el fin
Cada noche a mentir
 
Si yo fuera un chico
Sé que podría saber
Comprender mucho mejor
Lo que es amar a una mujer
 
Sabria escuchar
Pues conozco el dolor
De perder a quién se quiere
Porque ignoras lo que tienes
Y quedas sin saber que pasó
 
Si yo fuera un chico
Pero ves no lo soy
Los chicos són de molde
Y nosostras somos de corazón
 
Se piensan que són
Los del sexo superior
Pero cuando lo queremos
Los vence nuestra seducción, seducción
 
Si yo fuera un chico
Sé que podría saber
Comprender mucho mejor
Lo que es amar a una mujer
 
Sabria escuchar
Pues conozco el dolor
De perder a quién se quiere
Porque ignoras lo que tienes
Y quedas sin saber que pasó
 
Es muy tarde ya vez para regressar
Perdonarte otra vez
Ya no lo vas a lograr
El lugar que ocupabas
Tú, ya no está más
 
Pero eres un chico, que le vas hacer
No puedes comprender
Que se siente al comprender mejor
Y amar enserio a una mujer
 
No sabes escuchar
No te importa el dolor
Hasta que pierdes a quién quieres
Porque ignoras lo que tienes
Y queda sin saber que pasó
Pero eres un chico.

NOUVELLE VAGUE

RICHARD ANTHONY
COMPOSITEUR: RICHARD ANTHONY & ARMAND CANFORA
PAYS: ÉGYPTE
ALBUM: LET’S TWIST AGAIN…
RECORD: EMI FRANCE
GENRE: POP
ANNÉE: 2012
 
            Ricardo Abraham Btesh, alias Richard Anthony, né le 13 janvier 1938 au Caire (Égypte) et mort le 19 avril 2015 à Pégomas (Alpes-MaritimeS), est um chanteur français.
             Pionnier du twist em France et importateur de rock, il est surnommé « le père tranquille du rock», et compte plus de 600 titres enregistrés et plus de 50 millions de disques vendus. Il a enregistré des titres dans six langues: français, anglais, allemand, espagnol, italien et arabe.

Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague
Une p’tite M.G. trois compères
Assis dans la bagnole sous un réverbère
Une jambe ou deux par-dessus la portière
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague
Trois mignonnes s’approchent fort bien balancées
Elles chantent une chanson d’Elvis Presley
Voilà nos trois pépères
Soudain tout éveillés par cette
Nouvelle vague
Pas mal pas mal du tout
Ça c’est un sacré coup
Allez venez on leur paye un coca
Moi j’veux la grande blonde
Moi j’prends la petite ronde
Eh! Les gars, n’oubliez pas
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague
Faut pas grand chose pour faire connaissance
On boit, on cause, on rit, on danse
Mais faut garder cette indépendance
De la
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague
Une p’tite M.G. trois compères
Assis dans leur bagnole
Sous un réverbère
Lisent leur canard d’un air très fier
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague
Et dans ce canard qu’est-ce qu’on y lit?
Des tas d’histoires écrites par des gens rassis
Donnant des coups de griffe avec dépit
Sur la
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle vague.

I'M THE OCEAN

NEIL YOUNG
SONGWRITER: NEIL YOUNG
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: MIRROR BALL
LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS
GENRE: CLASSICK ROCK
YEAR: 1996
 
              Neil Percival Young OC OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Since his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has been prolific, recording a steady stream of studio and live albums.
             Young has received several Grammy and Juno Awards. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him twice: in 1995 as a solo artist and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield. In 2000, Rolling Stone named Young the 34th greatest rock 'n roll artist. His guitar work, deeply personal lyricsand signature tenor singing voice define his long career. He also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk, rock, country and other musical styles. His often distorted electric guitar playing, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname "Godfather of Grunge" and led to his 1995 album Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam. More recently he has been backed by Promise of the Real. His 21 albums and singles have been certified Gold and Platinum in U.S by RIAA certification.
             Young directed (or co-directed) films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY/Déjà Vu (2008). He also contributed to the soundtracks of the films Philadelphia (1993) and Dead Man (1995).
           Young has lived in California since the 1960s but retains Canadian citizenship. He was awarded the Order of Manitoba on July 14, 2006, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 30, 2009. He became a United States citizen, taking dual citizenship, on January 22, 2020.
          Mirror Ball is the 21st studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, and features members of American rock band Pearl Jam. It was released on August 7, 1995 through Reprise Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.
 

I'm an accident
I was driving way too fast
Couldn't stop though
So I let the moment last
I'm for rollin'
I'm for tossin' in my sleep
It's not guilt though
It's not the company I keep
 
People my age
They don't do the things I do
They go somewhere
While I run away with you
I got my friends
And I got my children too
I got her love
She's got my love too
 
I can't hear you
But I feel the things you say
I can't see you
But I see what's in my way
Now I'm floatin'
Cause I'm not tied
to the ground
Words I've spoken
Seem to leave a hollow sound
 
On the long plain
See the rider in the night
See the chieftain
See the braves
in cool moonlight
Who will love them
When they take another life
Who will hold them
When they tremble
for the knife
 
Voicemail numbers
On an old computer screen
Rows of lovers
Parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens
Echoing across the bay
To the old boats
From the city far away
 
Homeless heroes
Walk the streets
of their hometown
Rows of zeros
On a field
that's turning brown
They play baseball
They play football
under lights
They play card games
And we watch them every night
 
Need distraction
Need romance and candlelight
Need random violence
Need entertainment tonight
Need the evidence
Want the testimony of
Expert witnesses
On the brutal crimes of love
 
I was too tired
To see the news
when I got home
Pulled the curtain
Fell into bed alone
Started dreaming
Saw the rider once again
In the doorway
Where she stood
and watched for him
Watched for him
 
I'm not presente
I'm a drug
that makes you dream
I'm an aerostar
I'm a cutlass supreme
In the wrong lane
Trying to turn
against the flow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
 
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean.