LOST IN JAPAN

SHAWN MENDES

SONGWRITERS: NATE MERCEREAU; SCOTT HARRIS FRIEDMAN; SHAWN MENDES & TEDDY GEIGER

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: SHAWN MENDES

LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2018

 

         Shawn Peter Raul Mendes(/ˈmɛndɛz/; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He gained a following in 2013, posting song covers on the video-sharing application Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes's self-titled debut EP was released in 2014, followed by his debut studio álbum Handwritten in 2015. Handwritten debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making Mendes one of five artists ever to debut at number one before the age of 18. The single "Stitches" reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in the US and Canada.

         His second studio álbum Illuminate (2016) also debuted at number one in the US, with its singles "Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" reaching the top 10 in several countries. His self-titled third studio album(2018) was supported by the lead single "In My Blood". The album's number one debut in the US made Mendes the third-youngest artist to achieve three number one albums. In 2019, he released the hit singles "If I Can't Have You" and "Señorita", with the latter peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100. His fourth studio album, Wonder(2020), made Mendes the youngest male artist ever to top the Billboard 200 with four studio albums.

           Among his accolades, Mendes has won 13 SOCAN awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards, eight Juno Awards, eight iHeartRadio MMVAs, two American Music Awards, and received three Grammy Award nominations. In 2018, Time named Mendes as one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.

         "Lost in Japan" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes. It was written by Mendes, Scott Harris, Nate Mercereau and Teddy Geiger, with production handled by Mendes, Mercereau, Geiger and Louis Bell. The song was released by Island Records on March 23, 2018, as a second single for Mendes' self-titled third studio album. An official remix by German music producer Zedd was released on September 27, 2018.

All it'd take is one flight

We'd be in the same time zone

Looking through your timeline

Seeing all the rainbows, I

I got an idea

And I know that it sounds crazy

I just wanna see ya

Oh, I gotta ask

 

Do you got plans tonight?

I'm a couple hundred miles from Japan, and I

I was thinkin' I could fly to your hotel tonight

'Cause I can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind (uh)

 

I could feel the tension

We could cut it with a knife

I know it's more than just a friendship

I can hear you think I'm right, yeah

Do I gotta convince you

That you shouldn't fall asleep?

It'll only be a couple hours

And I'm about to leave

 

Do you got plans tonight?

I'm a couple hundred miles from Japan, and I

I was thinkin' I could fly to your hotel tonight

'Cause I can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind

Do you got plans tonight?

I was hopin' I could get lost in your Paradise

The only thing I'm thinkin' 'bout is you and I

'Cause I can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind

I can't seem to get you off my mind

 

Let's get lost tonight (uh)

Let's get lost tonight

Baby, you and

I can't seem to get you off my mind

Let's get lost tonight

Let's get lost tonight

Baby, you and

I can't seem to get you off my mind

 

Do you got plans tonight?

I'm a couple hundred miles from Japan, and I

I was thinkin' I could fly to your hotel tonight

'Cause I can't get you off my mind

I can't get you off my mind

Do you got plans tonight, baby?

I was hopin' I could get lost in your paradise (paradise)

The only thing I'm thinkin' 'bout is you and I

And I can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind

I can't seem to get you off my mind, yeah

 

Let's get lost tonight

Let's get lost tonight

Baby, you and

I can't seem to get you off my mind

Let's get lost tonight

Let's get lost tonight

Baby, you and

I can't seem to get you off my mind.

OLD TOWN ROAD

LIL NAS X

SONGWRITERS: JO'ZZY; LIL NAS X & BILLY RAY CYRUS

COUNTRY: U, S, A.

ALBUM: COLUMBIA

LABEL: 7

GENRE: COUNTRY RAP

YEAR: 2019

 

          "Old Town Road" is a song by American rapper Lil Nas X, first released independently in December 2018. After gaining popularity, the single was re-released by Columbia Records in March 2019. Lil Nas X also recorded a remix with American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, which was released on April 5, 2019. Both were included on Lil Nas X's first EP, 7 (2019).

          The song has been widely labeled as "country rap", a genre that had not often reached the mainstream prior to its release. Dutch record producer YoungKio composed the instrumental and made it available for purchase online in 2018. It features a sample of "34Ghosts IV" by the American industrial rock placed b hind trap-style Roland TR-808 drums and b band Nine Inch Nails. The as ple was ass. Lil Nas X purchased the instrumental for US$30 and recorded "Old Town Road" in one day. At the time, he had been living with his sister after dropping out of college; his real world struggles were an influence on some of the lyrics.

        The song initially gained popularity on the social video sharing app TikTok and eventually entered the Billboard charts in March 2019. The song reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart before the magazine disqualified it from the chart on the grounds that it did not fit the genre, sparking a debate on the definition of country music. Though it was not re-entered onto the overall country charts, both versions of the song collectively peaked at number one on the general Billboard Hot 100, for a record-breaking nineteen consecutive weeks. One or more versions of "Old Town Road" have topped the national singles charts in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and have charted in the top 10 in various other markets.

          The song was awarded diamond certification by the RIAA in October 2019, for selling ten million total units in the United States, the fastest song to be awarded diamond certification. At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, the remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video. In October 2019, Nas X's label Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment, won the Music & Sound Recordings Award from SAG-AFTRA "for work that exemplifies equal access" of LGBTQ and "other misrepresented or underrepresented groups." In January 2021, the song set a record as the highest certified song ever by the RIAA with 14-times platinum status in the United States, meaning it accumulated 14 million in equivalent song units. It has sold over 18 million records worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.

[Billy Ray Cyrus]

Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road

I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more

I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road

I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more (Kio, Kio)

 

[Lil Nas X]

I got the horses in the back

Horse tack is attached

Hat is matte black

Got the boots that's black to match

Ridin' on a horse, ha

 

You can whip your Porsche

I been in the valley

You ain't been up off that porch, now

 

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

 

Ridin' on a tractor

Lean all in my bladder

Cheated on my baby

You can go and ask her

My life is a movie

Bull ridin' and boobies

Cowboy hat from Gucci

Wrangler on my booty

 

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

 

Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road

I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more

I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road

I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more

 

[Billy Ray Cyrus]

Hat down, cross town, livin' like a rockstar

Spent a lot of money on my brand new guitar

Baby's got a habit, diamond rings and Fendi sports bras

Ridin' down Rodeo in my Maserati sports car

Got no stress, I've been through all that

I'm like a Marlboro Man so I kick on back

Wish I could roll on back to that old town road

I wanna ride 'til I can't no more

 

[Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus]

Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road

I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more

I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road

I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more.

WAITING ON THE WORLD CHANGE

JOHN MAYER

SONGWRITER: JOHN MAYER

COUNTRY: U. S. A

ÁLBUM: CONTINUUM

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ ROCK

YEAR: 2006

 

       John Clayton Mayer (/ˈmeɪ.ər/MAY-ər; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with Clay Cook. Together, they formed a short-lived two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a following. After his appearance at a 2001 South by Southwest Festival, he was signed to Aware Records, and eventually to Columbia Records, which released his first extended play Inside Wants Out. His following two studio albums—Room for Squares(2001) and Heavier Things(2003)—performed well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his single "Your Body Is a Wonderland".

        By 2005, Mayer had moved away from the acoustic music that characterized his early records, and begun performing the blues and rock music that had originally influenced him as a musician. He collaborated with blues artists such as B. B. King, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. Forming the John Mayer Trio, he released a live album, Try!, in 2005 and his third studio álbum Continuum in 2006. Both albums received positive reviews, and Continuum earned Mayer a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change". That album was followed by Battle Studies in 2009, a return to pop, with a Battle Studies World Tour.(...)

        "Waiting on the World to Change" is a song by American singer-songwriter John Mayer. It was released as the lead single from his third studio album, Continuum(2006), on August 1, 2006. The song enjoyed commercial success as a single and won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards.

Me and all my friends

We're all misunderstood

They say we stand for nothing

And there's no way we ever could

Now we see everything that's going wrong

With the world and those who lead it

We just feel like we don't have the means

To rise above and beat it

 

So we keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

 

It's hard to beat the system

When we're standing at a distance

So we keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

 

Now, if we had the power

To bring our neighbors home from war

They would have never missed a Christmas

No more ribbons on their door

And when you trust your television

What you get is what you got

Cause when they own the information

They can bend it all they want

 

That's why we're waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

 

It's not that we don't care

We just know that the fight ain't fair

So we keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

 

We're still waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

One day our Generation

Is gonna rule the population

 

So we keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

Now we keep on waiting (waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting (waiting)

 

Waiting on the world to change

Waiting on the world to change

Waiting on the world to change

Waiting on the world to change.

UNDER THE BRIDGE

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

SONGWRITERS: ANTHONY KIEDIS; CHAD SMITH; FLEA & JOHN FRUSCIANTE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

YEAR: 1992

 

         "Under the Bridge" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is the eleventh track on the group's fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and was released as its second single on March 10, 1992. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics to express feelings of loneliness and despondency, and to reflect on narcotics and their impact on his life. Kiedis was driving home from rehearsals when Blood Sugar Sex Magik was in pre-production and said he sang the lyrics to himself. Kiedis initially did not feel that "Under the Bridge" would fit into the Chili Peppers' repertoire, and was reluctant to show it to his bandmates until producer Rick Rubin implored him to do so. The rest of the band was receptive to the lyrics and wrote the music.

      The song became a critical and commercial success, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 behind "Jump" by Kris Kross, and later receiving a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. To date, "Under the Bridge" is the band's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. The single's success was widened with the release of its accompanying video, which was frequently played on music television channels. It won the "Viewer's Choice Award" and "Breakthrough Video" at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

      "Under the Bridge" helped the Red Hot Chili Peppers enter the mainstream. David Fricke of Rolling Stone said that the song "unexpectedly drop-kicked the band into the Top 10", while Philip Booth of The Tampa Tribune commented that it was a "pretty, undulating, [and] by-now omnipresent single." The song has become an inspiration to other artists, and remains a seminal component of the alternative rock movement of the early and mid-1990s.

Sometimes I feel like

I don't have a partner

Sometimes I feel like

My only friend

Is the city I live in

The city of angels

Lonely as I am

Together we cry

 

I drive on her streets, 'cause

She's my companion

I walk through her hills, 'cause

She knows who I am

She sees my good deeds and

She kisses me windy

And I never worry

Now that is a lie

 

I don't ever wanna feel

Like I did that day

But take me to the place I love

Take me all the way

I don't ever wanna feel

Like I did that day

But take me to the place I love

Take me all the way

 

It's hard to believe that

There's nobody out there

It's hard to believe

That I'm all alone

At least I have her love

The city, she loves me

Lonely as I am

Together we cry

 

I don't ever wanna feel

Like I did that day

But take me to the place I love

Take me all the way

I don't ever wanna feel

Like I did that day

But take me to the place I love

Take me all the way

 

(Under the bridge downtown)

Is where I drew some blood

(Under the bridge downtown)

I could not get enough

(Under the bridge downtown)

Forgot about my love

(Under the bridge downtown)

I gave my life away

 

Yeah, yeah

Oh, no, no, no, no, yeah, yeah

Oh, no, I said oh, yeah, yeah

Here I stay.