BLURRED LINES

ROBIN THICKE

SONGWRITERS: CLIFFORD HARRIS JR; PHARRELL WILLIAMS & ROBIN THICKE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.XCANADA

ALBUM: BLURRED LINES

LABEL: STAR TRAKE

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2013

 

      Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer.

         He has collaborated with numerous artists, such as Nicki Minaj, 3T, T.I., Christina Aguilera, Jessie J, K. Michelle, Pharrell, DJ Cassidy, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Flo Rida, Brandy, Kid Cudi, Mary J. Blige and even composed songs for Marc Anthony. Thicke worked on albums such as Usher's Confessions and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, while releasing his own R&B singles in the United States including "Lost Without U", "Magic", and "Sex Therapy". He gained international fame in 2013 with his single "Blurred Lines", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. He is currently a judge on the Fox musical competition show The Masked Singer.

      Thicke is the son of actress Gloria Loring and actor Alan Thicke. He married actress Paula Patton in 2005; in 2014, their separation and divorce were covered extensively by the tabloid press.

        "Blurred Lines" is a song by American singer Robin Thicke featuring fellow American singer Pharrell Williams and American rapper T.I., from Thicke's studio album of the same name(2013). The song was solely produced by Williams. It was released as the album's lead single on March 26, 2013, through Star Trak Recordings and Interscope Records. For the lyrics, Thicke said the song is about his former wife Paula Patton. Musically, "Blurred Lines" is na R&B and pop track with instrumentation consisting of bass guitar, drums, and percussion.

        The single was negatively reviewed by many music critics, with some saying it glorified rape culture. Commercially, the song topped the charts of 25 countries and reached the top five of six others. "Blurred Lines" spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running single of 2013 in the United States. In June 2018, the song was certified a diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). It became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million, simultaneously breaking the record for the largest radio audience in history. The song was nominated for awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

             A music video for "Blurred Lines" was directed by Diane Martel and was released on March 20, 2013, while an unrated version was released on March 28. In both videos, Thicke, T.I., and Williams are featured with models Emily Ratajkowski, Elle Evans, and Jessi M'Bengue performing several activities, including the models snuggling in bed with Thicke and sitting on a stuffed dog. After being on the site for just under one week, the unrated version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service. Many critics panned both visuals, with some calling it misogynist and sexist.

       To promote the song, Thicke performed on televised live events including the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival, the The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and a highly controversial performance with American singer Miley Cyrus at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. The song became the subject of a bitter legal dispute with the family of American singer Marvin Gaye and Bridgeport Music, who argued the song infringed on copyrights to Gaye's 1977 single "Got to Give It Up". Williams and Thicke were found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in March 2015, and Gaye was awarded posthumous songwriting credit based on the royalties pledged to his estate.

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

 

If you can't hear what I'm trying to say

If you can't read from the same page

Maybe I'm going deaf

Maybe I'm going blind

Maybe I'm out of my mind

 

Ok, now he was close

Tried to domesticate you

But you're an animal

Baby, it's in your nature

Just let me liberate you (hey, hey, hey)

You don't need no papers (hey, hey, hey)

That man is not your maker

And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl

 

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

 

You're a good, girl

Can't let it get past me

You're far from plastic

Talk about getting blasted

 

I hate these blurred lines

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

 

But you're a good girl

The way you grab me

Must wanna get nasty

Go ahead, get at me (everybody get up)

 

What do they make dreams for

When you got them jeans on?

What do we need steam for?

You the hottest bitch in this place

 

I feel so lucky (hey, hey, hey)

You wanna hug me (hey, hey, hey)

What rhymes with, "Hug me?" (hey, hey, hey)

 

Ok, now he was close

Tried to domesticate you

But you're an animal

Baby, it's in your nature

Just let me liberate you (hey, hey, hey)

You don't need no papers (hey, hey, hey)

That man is not your maker

And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl

 

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

 

You're a good, girl

Can't let it get past me

You're far from plastic

Talk about getting blasted

 

I hate these blurred lines

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

 

But you're a good girl

The way you grab me

Must wanna get nasty

Go ahead, get at me (everybody get up)

 

One thing I ask of you

Let me be the one you back that ass to

Go, from Malibu to Paris, boo

Yeah, I had a bitch, but she ain't bad as you

So hit me up when you pass through

I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two

Swag on, even when you dress casual

I mean it's almost unbearable

In a hundred years not dare, would I

Pull a Pharside let you pass me by

Nothing like your last guy, he too square for you

He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that

So I just watch and wait for you to salute

But you didn't pick

Not many women can refuse this pimpin'

I'm a nice guy, but don't get it if you get with me

 

Shake the vibe, get down, get up

Do it like it hurt, like it hurt

What you don't like work?

 

Baby, can you breathe?

I got this from Jamaica

It always works for me

Dakota to Decatur

 

No more pretending (hey, hey, hey)

'Cause now you winning (hey, hey, hey)

Here's our beginning

I always wanted a good girl

 

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

 

You're a good girl

Can't let it get past me

You're far from plastic

Talk about getting blasted

 

I hate these blurred lines

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

 

But you're a good girl

The way you grab me

Must wanna get nasty

Go ahead, get at me

 

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey.

LOST IN YOUR LOVE

BRANDON LAKE, FEAT. SARAH REEVES

SONGWRITERS: BRANDON LAKE & SARAH ELIZABETH REEVES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: HOUSE OF MIRACLES

LABEL: BETHEL MUSIC

GENRE: CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP MUSIC/GOSPEL

YEAR: 2020

 

        Michael Brandon Lake is an American Christian worship singer, songwriter and worship pastor. Lake is a member of the Bethel Music collective and the Maverick City Music collective, and serves as a worship pastor at Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Lake began his recording career with a successful crowdfunding campaign to produce an album in 2015, which resulted in the independent release of his debut studio album, Closer, in 2016.

        Lake signed with Bethel Music in January 2019, and made his debut on the record label by releasing his version of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's hit single "This Is a Move". Due to his contributions as a songwriter on "This Is a Move", Lake received the GMA Dove Award Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year in the 2019 GMA Dove Award. "This Is a Move" also earned Lake his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song in the 2020 Grammy Awards. In 2020, he released his second studio album House of Miracles, which contained the singles "I Need a Ghost" and "Just Like Heaven". House of Miracles debuted at No. 22 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart in the United States. He also featured on the Elevation Worship's hit single "Graves into Gardens" which became the first number one Hot Christian Songs chart single for both acts, and peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States.

         House of Miracles is the second studio album by American contemporary worship musician Brandon Lake. Bethel Music released the album on August 28, 2020. The album contains guest appearances by Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Sarah Reeves. The album was produced by David Leonard, Jacob Sooter, and Lael.

        The album was supported by the release of "I Need a Ghost" and "Just Like Heaven" as singles. The album debuted at number twenty-two on the US Top Christian Albums chart.

I just want to be close to Your heart

This is where my healing finds its start

Here is where I find my peace

Where my soul is finally free

 

I'm going all in, in over my head

I'm not scared to get drenched in Your love

Wherever You go, God, I will follow

I'm not scared to get lost in Your love

 

I don't have to see where this road ends

Just as long as my hand's in Your hand

Here is where I wanna stay

Held within Your sweet embrace

 

I'm going all in, in over my head

I'm not scared to get drenched in Your love

Wherever You go, God, I will follow

I'm not scared to get lost in Your love

I'm not scared to get lost in Your love

 

'Cause Your power's found in the roughest Waters

Where I have no choice but to trust You, Father

Where my every fear has to surrender

I will trust in You forever

Take me there, oh, take me there

 

Your power's found in the roughest waters

Where I have no choice but to trust You, Father

Where my every fear has to surrender

I will trust in You forever

Take me there, oh, take me there

 

I'm going all in, in over my head

I'm not scared to get drenched in Your love

Wherever You go, God, I will follow

I'm not scared to get lost in Your love

No, I'm not scared to get lost in Your love

 

I'm going all in, in over my head

I'm not scared to get drenched in Your love

Wherever You go, God, I will follow

I'm not scared to get lost in Your love

No, I'm not scared to get lost in Your love.

MANDOLIN RAIN

BRUCE HORNSBY, THE RANGE

SONGWRITERS: BRUCE HORNSBY & JOHN HORNSBY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE WAY IT IS

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1986

 

       Bruce Randall Hornsby(born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He draws from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, gospel, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions.

His recordings have been recognized with industry awards, including the 1987 Grammy Award for Best New Artist with Bruce Hornsby and the Range, the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

       Hornsby has worked with his touring band Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, his bluegrass project with Ricky Skaggs, and as a session and guest musician. He was a touring member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, playing over 100 shows during that period.

     His 21st album, Absolute Zero, was released in April 2019 and features collaborations with Justin Vernon and Sean Carey of Bon Iver; Jack DeJohnette, Blake Mills, yMusic, The Staves, and Brad Cook.

      "Mandolin Rain" is the third track from The Way It Is, the debut album for Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The song was co-written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John, and featured Range member David Mansfield on the title instrument.

      The song, released in late 1986, was a #4 Billboard Hot 100 hit single for the band in March 1987, following on the success of their previous single, the #1 hit and title track of their debut album, "The Way It Is". It also reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart for three weeks, and #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for two weeks, also in early 1987. The song reached the Top 40 on the Country chart, hitting #38.

The song came and went

Like the times that we spent

Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent

I laughed and she'd smile

It would last for awhile

You don't know what you got till you lose it all again

 

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Listen to my heart break every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go

 

A cool evening dance

Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill

From the air till they play the last song

I'll do my time

Keeping you off my mind but there's moments

That I find, I'm not feeling too strong

 

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Listen to my heart break every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go

 

Running down by the lakeshore

She did love the sound of a summer storm

It played on the lake like a mandolin

Now it's washing her away once again

 

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Listen to my heart break every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go

 

The boat's steaming in

I wat

H the sidewheel spin and I

Think about her when I hear that whistle blow

I can't change my mind

I knew all the time that she'd go

But that's a choice I made long ago

 

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Listen to my heart break every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go.

I FEEL FOR YOU

CHAKA KHAN

SONGWRITER: PRINCE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: I FEEL FOR YOU

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1984

 

       Yvette Marie Stevens(born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the "Queen of Funk", Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with "I Feel for You" in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.

          With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. In the course of her solo career, Khan achieved three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album with I Feel for You. She has collaborated with Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, among others. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance artist of all time. She was ranked at No. 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. She has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times as a solo artist and four times as a member of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan; the first time in 2012 as a member of Rufus.

         "I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan and appeared on her 1984 album I Feel for You. It became the recipient of two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song(with Prince as its songwriter) and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Khan.

Baby, baby, when I look at you

I get a warm feeling inside

There's something about the things you do

That keeps me satisfied

 

I wouldn't lie to you, baby

It's mainly a physical thing

This feeling that I got for you, baby

It makes me wanna sing

 

I feel for you

I think I love you

I feel for you

I think I love you

 

Baby, baby, when I lay wit' you

There's no place I'd rather be

I can't believe, can't believe it's true

The things that you do to me

 

I wouldn't lie to you, baby

I'm physically attracted to you

This feeling that I got for you, baby (Ooh baby)

There's nothing that I wouldn't do (For you girl)

 

I feel for you

I think I love you

I feel for you

I think I love you

 

Play

 

I think it's love

I feel for you

I think it's love

I feel for you

I think I love you

I feel for you

I think it's love

 

Play

 

I feel for you

I think I love you

I feel for you

I think I love you.