WHAT THE HELL

AVRIL LAVIGNE

SONGWRITERS: AVRIL LAVIGNE; MAX MARTIN & SHELLBACK.

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: GOODBYE LULLABY

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: POP PUNK

YEAR: 2011

 

             Avril Ramona Lavigne (/ˌævrɪl ləˈviːn/ AV-ril lə-VEEN, French: [avʁil laviɲ]; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain, and by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million.

          Lavigne's debut studio album, Let Go(2002), is the best-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist. It yielded the singles "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi", which emphasized a skate punk persona and earned her the title "Pop Punk Queen" from music publications. She is considered a key musician in the development of pop punk music since she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Her second studio album, Under My Skin(2004), became Lavigne's first album to reach the top of the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, going on to sell 10 million copies worldwide.

       Lavigne's third studio album, The Best Damn Thing(2007), reached number one in seven countries worldwide and saw the international success of its lead single "Girlfriend", which became her first single to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Her fourth and fifth studio albums, Goodbye Lullaby(2011) and Avril Lavigne(2013), saw continued commercial success and were both certified gold in Canada, the United States, and other territories. In 2019, Lavigne released her sixth studio album, Head Above Water. Alongside her music career, Lavigne voiced Heather, a Virginia opossum, in the animated film Over the Hedge(2006), and made her screen acting debut in Fast Food Nation (2006).

       "What the Hell" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne from her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby(2011). It was released on 10 January 2011 by RCA Records as the lead single from the album. The song was produced by Max Martin and Shellback, who co-wrote the song with Lavigne. According to Lavigne, she wrote the song as her "personal message for freedom".

      Upon its release, "What the Hell" received positive reviews from music critics with many complimenting its catchiness and comparing it to her 2007 single "Girlfriend". The song was successful, reaching number one in Japan, the top five in Asia, the Top 10 in Europe, Australia, South America, Mexico, Canada, and the Top 20 in the US and the UK, peaking at eleven and sixteen, respectively.

          An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Marcus Raboy and premiered on 23 January. "What the Hell" was performed by Lavigne on several television programs such as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, Daybreak, The View, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on the Much Music Video Awards, America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent. Additionally, she added the song to the setlist of The Black Star Tour(2011).

You say that I'm messing with your head

All 'cause I was making out with your friend

Love hurts whether it's right or wrong

I can't stop 'cause I'm having too much fun

 

You're on your knees

Begging please,

Stay with me

But honestly

I just need to be a little crazy

 

All my life I've been good, but now

Ah, I'm thinking "what the hell"

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about

If you love me, if you hate me

You can't save me, baby, baby

All my life I've been good, but now

Whoa, what the hell

 

What? What? What? What the hell?

So what if I go out on a million dates

You never call or listen to me anyway

I'd rather rage than sit around and wait all day

Don't get me wrong, I just need some time to play

 

You're on your knees

Begging please,

Stay with me

But honestly

I just need to be a little crazy

 

All my life I've been good, but now

Ah, I'm thinking "what the hell"

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about

If you love me, if you hate me

You can't save me, baby, baby

All my life I've been good, but now

Whoa, what the hell

 

La la la la la la la la

Whoa, whoa

La la la la la la la la

Whoa, whoa

 

You say that I'm messing with your head, boy

I like messing in your bed

Yeah, I'm messing with your head

When I'm messing with you in bed

 

All my life I've been good, but now

Ah, I'm thinking "what the hell"

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about

 

All my life I've been good, but now

Ah, I'm thinking "what the hell"

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about me

If you love me, if you hate me

You can't save me, baby, baby

All my life I've been good, but now

Whoa, what the hell

 

La la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la.

 UNDER THE SAME SUN

SCORPIONS

SONGWRITERS: HUDSON MARK JEFFREY; MEINE KLAUS & FAIRBAIRN SCOTT GEFFERY

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ALBUM: FACE THE HEAT

LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1993

 

           Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine(vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell(drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.

             During the mid-1970s, with guitarist Uli Jon Roth part of the line-up, the music of the Scorpions was defined as hard rock. After the departure of Roth in 1978 and short-lived reunion with Schenker's brother Michael, Matthias Jabs joined and, following the guidance of producer Dieter Dierks, the Scorpions changed their sound towards hard rock/heavy metal, mixed with rock power ballads. Throughout the 1980s the group received positive reviews and critical acclaim from music critics, and experienced commercial success with the albums Animal Magnetism(1980), Blackout(1982), Love at First Sting(1984), the live recording World Wide Live(1985), Savage Amusement(1988) and Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads(1989), which is their best-selling compilation album.

     Scorpions' eleventh studio álbum Crazy World(1990) was also well-received, and included the song "Wind of Change", a symbolic anthem of the political changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is one of the best-selling singles in the world with over fourteen million copies sold. Scorpions have sold over 110 million records in total. They have released 18 studio albums, 27 compilation albums and 74 singles. Six of their singles have reached number one on the charts in different countries. Their albums, singles, compilations and video releases have reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status 200 times in different countries.

          Rolling Stone described the Scorpions as "the heroes of heavy metal", and MTV called them "Ambassadors of Rock". The band has influenced a number of acts such as Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, Skid Row, Cinderella, Doro, Helloween, Hanoi Rocks, and Yngwie Malmsteen. The Scorpions were ranked number 46 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, with "Rock You Like a Hurricane" at number 18 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. "Still Loving You" ranked 22nd place among the greatest ballads. They have received prestigious awards such as three World Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Rock wall and a presence in the permanent exhibition of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2015, the group celebrated its 50th anniversary.

       Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock band Scorpions in 1993.

           It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the PolyGram label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in Unbreakable in 2004. This is the last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

       "Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film On Deadly Ground.

            "Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album The Phoenix.

          "Lonely Nights" was later included in the 2017 compilation álbum Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads.

                                              

I saw the morning

It was shattered by a gun

Heard a scream, saw him fall, no one cried

I saw a mother

She was praying for her son

Bring him back, let him live, don't let him die

 

Do you ever ask yourself

Is there a Heaven in the sky

Why can't we get it right

 

'cause we all live under the same sun

We all walk under the same moon

Then why, why can't we live as one

 

I saw the evening

Fading shadows one by one

We watch the lamb, lay down to the sacrifice

I saw the children

The children of the sun

How they wept, how they bled, how they died

 

Do you ever ask yourself

Is there a Heaven in the sky

Why can't we stop the fight

 

'cause we all live under the same sun

We all walk under the same moon

Then why, why can't we live as one

 

Sometimes I think I'm going mad

We're loosing all we had and no one seems to care

But in my heart it doesn't change

We've got to rearrange and bring our world some love

 

And does it really matter

If there's a heaven up above

We sure could use some love

 

'cause we all live under the same sun

We all walk under the same moon

Then why, why can't we live as one

'cause we all live under the same sky

We all look up at the same stars

Then why, tell me why can't we live as one.

FIRE ON FIRE

SAM SMITH

SONGWRITERS: SAM SMITH & STEVE MAC

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: LOVE GOES

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2020

 

         Samuel Frederick Smith(born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. They rose to prominence in October 2012 after being featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Smith was subsequently featured on Naughty Boy's "La La La", which became a number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, they were nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both.

          Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became Smith's second number one single in the UK. The third single, "Stay with Me", was an international success, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while their singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

          For Smith's and Jimmy Napes's song "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), Smith won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017 and debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. They released the single "Promises" with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK. Smith released "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani in 2019, which reached the top ten in the UK and the US and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards, and followed it by releasing a string of commercially successful singles "How Do You Sleep?", "To Die For", and "I'm Ready" with Demi Lovato; all of which feature on Smith's third album, Love Goes.

           Smith has won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award through their career. Smith has been publicly gay since 2014 and genderqueer since 2017, and has used they/them pronouns since 2019.

       "Fire on Fire" is a song by English singer Sam Smith, produced by Steve Mac. It was co-written by Smith and Mac for the Netflix reboot of the 1972 novel, Watership Down. "Fire on Fire" was released as a single on 21 December 2018 through Capitol Records. It reached top forty in Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Ireland. The song appears on Smith's third studio álbum Love Goes(2020).

   

My mother said I'm too romantic

She said ‘You're dancing in the movies'

I only started to believe her

Then I saw you and I knew

Maybe it's ‘cause I got a little bit older

Maybe it's all that I've been through

I'd like to think it's how you lean on my shoulder

And how I see myself with you

 

I don't say a word

But still you take my breath and steal the things I know

There you go

Saving me from out of the cold

 

Fire on fire

Would normally kill us

But this much desire

Together we're winners

They say that we're out of control

And some say we're sinners

But don't let them ruin

Our beautiful rhythms

‘Cause when you unfold me

And tell me you love me

And look in my eye

You are perfection

My only direction

It's fire on fire

It's fire on fire

 

When we fight, we fight like lions

But then we love and feel the truth

We lose our minds in a city of roses

We won't abide by any rules

 

I don't say a word

But still you take my breath and steal the things I know

There you go

Saving me from out of the cold

 

Fire on fire

Would normally kill us

But this much desire

Together we're winners

They say that we're out of control

And some say we're sinners

But don't let them ruin

Our beautiful rhythms

‘Cause when you unfold me

And tell me you love me

And look in my eye

You are perfection

My only direction

It's fire on fire

 

Oh

It's fire on fire

 

Fire on fire

Would normally kill us

But this much desire

Together we're winners

They say that we're out of control

And some say we're sinners

But don't let them ruin

Our beautiful rhythms

 

Fire on fire

Would normally kill us

But this much desire

Together we're winners

They say that we're out of control

And some say we're sinners

But don't let them ruin

Our beautiful rhythms

‘Cause when you unfold me

And tell me you love me

And look in my eye

You are perfection

My only direction

It's fire on fire

 

You are perfection

My only direction

It's fire on fire.

A CERTAIN SOMEONE

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

SONGWRITER: ANTHONY KIEDIS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: TELL ME BABY

LABEL: WARNER RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 2006

 

       The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock and psychedelic rock. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. With over 80 million records sold worldwide, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time. They are the most successful band in the history of alternative rock, with the records for most number-one singles (13), most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. and in 2012 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in Los Angeles by Kiedis, Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. Because of commitments to other bands, Slovak and Irons did not play on the band's 1984 self-titled debut album, which instead featured guitarist Jack Sherman and drummer Cliff Martinez. Slovak rejoined for their second album, Freaky Styley (1985), and Irons for their third, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan(1987). Slovak died of a drug overdose on June 25, 1988; Irons, devastated, left the band.

     With new recruits Frusciante and Smith, the Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded Mother's Milk(1989) and their first major commercial success, Blood Sugar Sex Magik(1991). Frusciante was uncomfortable with their newfound popularity and left abruptly on tour in 1992; he was replaced by Dave Navarro, who appeared on the group's sixth album, One Hot Minute(1995). Although successful, the album failed to match the critical or popular acclaim of its predecessor. Frusciante and Kiedis struggled with drug addiction throughout the 1990s.

      In 1998, following Navarro's departure, Frusciante rejoined the band. Their seventh album, Californication(1999), became their biggest commercial success, with 16 million copies sold worldwide. By the Way(2002) and Stadium Arcadium(2006) were also successful; Stadium Arcadium was their first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Frusciante left again in 2009 to focus on his solo career; he was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer, who appeared on I'm with You(2011) and The Getaway(2016), before Frusciante rejoined in 2019.

When it will come around

The wind that... will inspire

 

When will it make a sound

The sound... I desire

 

'Cause we all need something to do

A certain something... that's true

 

Floating upstream I've seen

The spider and the snake

A trip without pause when

I saw... my mistake

 

'Cause we all need something to do

A certain something... that's true

 

All my life... I have known who I am

A troubled man but I stand

 

All my life I have seen what it means

To be myself in this dream

 

'Cause we all need something to do

A certain someone... that's you.