STAND BY ME

SARAH MENESCAL
SONGWRITERS: BEM KING; JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
COUNTRY: ARGENTINA
ALBUM: STAND BY ME
LABEL: MUSIC BOOKERS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2021
 
          Sarah Menescal is a rising star in the world of contemporary Bossa Nova. The artist began her singing career as a participant on the acclaimed Jazz and 90s where her take on the No Doubt hit Don't Speak set the bar for jazz versions. She soon realized that her true calling lay in the swinging beats of the Brazilian musical genre. Her first album released in 2014 found her applying bossa touches to a number of contemporary pop classics and the results were astounding. Sarah has since released two studio albums including 2016Çs Consequence of Love and plans to head out on tour for the first time. While she mainly works alone, Sarah can be found in the studio recording with James Farrelli , with whom she has worked on versions of Africa and Eye in the Sky.
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon
Is the only light we'll see
 
No, I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
 
So, darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand, stand by me
Stand by me
 
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain
Should crumble to the sea
 
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
 
And, darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Woah, stand now
Stand by me, stand by me
 
Darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now
Stand by me, stand by me
 
Whenever you're in trouble
Won't you stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Woah, stand now
Oh, stand by me.

TEARS DRY ON THEIR OWN

AMY WINEHOUSE
SONGWRITERS: AMY WHINEHOUSE; NICOLAS ASHFORD & VALERIE SIMPSON
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: BACK TO BLACK
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2007
 
        "Tears Dry on Their Own" is a song by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse from her second and final studio album, Back to Black(2006). It was released on 13 August 2007 as the album's fourth single. While the melody and lyrics are composed by Winehouse, the music behind her voice is na interpolation of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's 1967 song "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", penned by the married duo of Ashford & Simpson. The original ballad version of the track is featured on the posthumous álbum Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011). The song was featured in the documentary film based on the life and death of Winehouse, Amy(2015) and was also included on the film's soundtrack.
All I can ever be to you
Is a darkness that we know
And this regret I got accustomed to
Once it was so right
When we were at our high
Waiting for you in the hotel at night
 
I knew I hadn't met my match
But every moment we could snatch
I don't know why I got so attached
It's my responsibility
And you don't owe nothing to me
But to walk away I have no capacity
 
He walks away
The sun goes down
He takes the day, but I'm grown
And in your way
In this blue shade
My tears dry on their own
 
I don't understand
Why do I stress the man?
When there's so many bigger things at hand
We coulda never had it all
We had to hit a wall
So this is inevitable withdrawal
 
Even if I stopped wanting you
A perspective pushes through
I'll be some next man's other woman soon
I cannot play myself again
I should just be my own best friend
Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men
 
He walks away
The sun goes down
He takes the day, but I'm grown
And in your way
In this blue shade
My tears dry on their own
 
So we are history
Your shadow covers me
The sky above ablaze
 
He walks away
The sun goes down
He takes the day, but I'm grown
And in your way
In this blue shade
My tears dry on their own
 
I wish I could say no regrets
And no emotional debts
'Cause as we kissed goodbye, the sun sets
So we are history
The shadow covers me
The sky above, a blaze
Only lovers see
 
He walks away
The sun goes down
He takes the day, but I'm grown
And in your way
My blue shade
My tears dry on their own
 
Whoa, he walks away
The sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
And in your way
My deep shade
My tears dry on their own
 
He walks away
The sun goes down
He takes the day, but I'm grown
And in your way
My deep shade
My tears dry.

 BY YOUR SIDE

CALVIN HARRIS
SONGWRITERS: CALVIN HARRIS; JAMIE SCOTT; JOHN NEWMAN; MICHAEL DAVID NEEDLE; THEO HUTCCRAFT & TOM GRENNAN
COUNTRY: SCOTLAND
ALBUM: EVERING ROAD
LABEL: SONY MUSIC
GENRE: HOUSE
YEAR: 2021
 
           Adam Richard Wiles(born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. After focusing on self-sung projects, in 2012, Harris released his third álbum 18 Months, which involved various vocalists in its single records and gained international recognition. He has released five studio albums and runs his own record label, Fly Eye Records, which he founded in 2010.
          His debut studio album, I Created Disco, was released in June 2007. Its singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls" both reached the top 10 in the UK. In 2009, he released his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and whose lead single, "I'm Not Alone", became his first song to top the UK Singles Chart. In 2012, Harris rose to international prominence with the release of his third studio album, 18 Months, which topped the UK Albums charts and became his first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 19. All eight of the album's singles reached the top 10 in the UK, breaking the record for the most top 10 songs from one studio album on the UK Singles Chart with eight entries, surpassing Michael Jackson's record. In 2014, he released his fourth studio album, Motion, which debuted at number two in the UK and number five in the US. In 2017, he released his fifth studio album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, which reached the top 2 in the UK and the US and became his third consecutive number one album on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
          In October 2014, he became the first artist to place three songs simultaneously on the top 10 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart. He also became the first UK solo artist to reach more than one billion streams on Spotify. Harris has received 18 Brit Award nominations–winning British Producer of the Year and British Single of the Year for "One Kiss" with Dua Lipa, both in 2019, as well as five Grammy nominations, including a win for Best Music Video in 2013. In 2013 he also received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, and was named the Top Dance/Electronic Artist at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. He appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom. He topped Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid DJs for six consecutive years from 2013 to 2018.
       "By Your Side" is a song by Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris featuring English singer Tom Grennan, released on 4 June 2021 via Sony Music.
When you wake up in the morning
And you're shadowed by the darkness of the night
When you wake up in the morning
Darling, I'll be by your side
 
when you get a little lonely
And you lose your head then don't give up the fight
When you wake up in the morning
Darling, I'll be by your side
 
when you wake up in the morning
And you're shadowed by the darkness of the night
When you wake up in the morning
Darling, I'll be by your side
 
I'll be there by your side
I'll be everything you wanted
I'll be there by your side
If you need a light to shine in
I'll be there
 
Oh-oh
(Darkness of the night) oh-oh
(I'll be by your side) oh
 
So lift your hand 'cause you know that you can
There'll be fire again in the dark
Hold out your hand, let the stars shoot again
Let the light shine in through the dark
And I'll be there
 
I'll be there
(I'll be by your side)
I'll be there
(I'll be by your side, hey).

NUMB

LINKIN PARK
SONGWRITERS: BENNINGTON CHESTER CHARLES; WEST KANYE OMARI; CARTER SHAWN C; SHINODA MICHAEL KENJI; HAHN JOSEPH; DELSON BRADFORD PHILIP; BOURDON ROBERT G. & FARRELL DAVID MICHAEL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: METEORA
LABEL: WARNER BROS.
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 2002
 
        "Numb" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, Meteora(2003), and is the closing track on the album. One of Linkin Park's most well-known and critically acclaimed songs, "Numb" topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for 12 weeks. The song spent six weeks at the top of the chart in 2003 and six weeks in 2004. The song also spent three weeks atop the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
    The song was remixed as "Numb/Encore", a collaboration between the band and American rapper Jay-Z. It was a massive hit for both artists that was featured on the álbum Collision Course and earned them the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. "Numb" was ranked number 95 on Rhapsody's list of the "Top 100 Tracks of the Decade".
           In January 2011, "Numb" was released in a Linkin Park DLC pack for Rock Band 3. In August 2020, it, together with several other Linkin Park songs, was added in an update to Beat Saber.
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
 
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
 
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware
 
I'm becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you
 
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?
'Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
 
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take
 
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware
 
I'm becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you
 
And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
 
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware
 
I'm becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you
 
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be).