SCARED TO BE LONELY

DUA LIPA

SONGWRITERS: NATE CAMPANY; MARTIJN GARRITSEN; KYLE SHEARER; GEORGIO HESDEY TUINFORT & GEORGIA OVERTON

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SCARED TO BE LONELY

LABEL: STMPD RCRDS

GENRE: FUTURE BASS/ELECTRO

YEAR: 2017

 

         "Scared to Be Lonely" is a song recorded by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and English singer Dua Lipa. It was written by Garrix, Giorgio Tuinfort, Nathaniel Campany, Kyle Shearer, and Georgia Ku, while the production was handled by Garrix, Tuinfort, Valley Girl, and Lorna Blackwood. The song was released for digital download and streaming as a standalone single on 27 January 2017 by Stmpd Rcrds and Epic Records, after being premiered by Garrix at the 2017 AVA Festival a month earlier. It was later included on Dua Lipa: Complete Edition(2018), the super deluxe reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album.

          "Scared to Be Lonely" is a future bass track with electro and emo-EDM elements. Lyrically, the song sees Lipa singing about the ending of a relationship. The song received acclaim from music critics, with many commending Lipa's vocals and the song's emotive production. The song was a commercial success, reaching the top 10 of charts in 17 countries worldwide, including Garrix's native region of the Netherlands, reaching the third position. It additionally reached number 14 and 76, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100. The song has since been certified platinum or higher in 15 territories, including quadruple platinum awards in Norway and Sweden as well as a triple platinum award in the Netherlands.

         The music video for "Scared to Be Lonely" was directed by Blake Claridge and filmed in Scotland. It features Garrix walking around a landscape, reminiscing about past relationships, while Lipa sings in a forest. The two further promoted the song in 2017 with live performances at Capital FM's the Jingle Bell Ball, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Two remix EPs and an acoustic version were released. The EPs include remixes by Brooks, DubVision, and Loud Luxury.

It was great at the very start

Hands on each other

Couldn't stand to be far apart

Closer the better

 

Now we're picking fights and slamming doors

Magnifying all our flaws

And I wonder why, wonder what for

Why we keep coming back for more

 

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

 

Too much time, losing track of us

Where was the real?

Undefined, spiraling out of touch

Forgot how it feels

 

All the messed up fights and slamming doors

Magnifying all our flaws

And I wonder why, wonder what for

It's like we keep coming back for more

 

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

 

Scared to be lonely

Even when we know it's wrong

Been somebody better for us all along

Tell me, how can we keep holding on?

Holding on tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely

Even when we know it's wrong

Been somebody better for us all along

Tell me, how can we keep holding on?

Holding on tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely

 

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?

Is the only reason you're holding me tonight

'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

 

Scared to be lonely

Scared to be lonely

Eh, eh, scared to be lonely.

CALL OUT MY NAME

THE WEEKND

SONGWRITERS: ABEL TESFAYE; NICOLAS JAAR & ADAM FEENEY

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: MY DEAR MELANCHOLY

LABEL: XO RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2018

 

        "Call Out My Name" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter the Weeknd, taken from his first EP, My Dear Melancholy, released on March 30, 2018. The Weeknd co-wrote the song with his producer Frank Dukes, with Nicolas Jaar receiving writing credits for the sampling of his 2016 song "Killing Time". The song was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on April 10, 2018, as the EP's first single in the United States.

We found each other

I helped you out of a broken place

You gave me comfort

But falling for you was my mistake

 

I put you on top, I put you on top

I claimed you so proud and openly

And when times were rough, when times were rough

I made sure I held you close to me

 

So call out my name (call out my name)

Call out my name when I kiss you so gently

I want you to stay (I want you to stay)

I want you to stay, even though you don't want me

Girl, why can't you wait? (Why can't you wait, baby?)

Girl, why can't you wait 'til I fall out of love?

Won't you call out my name? (Call out my name)

Girl, call out my name, and I'll be on my way and

I'll be on my

 

I said I didn't feel nothing baby, but I lied

I almost cut a piece of myself for your life

Guess I was just another pit stop

'Til you made up your mind

You just wasted my time

 

You're on top, I put you on top

I claimed you so proud and openly, babe

And when times were rough, when times were rough

I made sure I held you close to me

 

So call out my name (call out my name, baby)

So call out my name when I kiss you

So gently, I want you to stay (I want you to stay)

I want you to stay even though you don't want me

Girl, why can't you wait? (Girl, why can't you wait 'til I)

Girl, why can't you wait 'til I fall out of loving?

Babe, call out my name (say call out my name, baby)

Girl, call out my name, and I'll be on my way, girl

I'll be on my

 

On my way, all the way

On my way, all the way, ooh

On my way, on my way, on my way

On my way, on my way, on my way

(On my).

HOW YOU REMIND ME

NICKELBACK

SONGWRITERS: CHAD KROEGER; RYAN PEAKE; RYAN VIKEDAL & MICHAEL KROEGER

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: SILVER SIDE UP

LABEL: ROADRUNNEER RECORDS

GENRE: POST-GRUNGE/ROCK

YEAR: 2001

 

        "How You Remind Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio álbum Silver Side Up(2001). A "Gold Mix" was made for latter editions of the single with the heavier guitars edited out of the chorus. Singer Chad Kroeger referred to this song as the song that put Nickelback on the map when played at their concert in Sturgis, South Dakota.

       Considered to be Nickelback's signature song, "How You Remind Me" reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and was named the number-one most played song on U.S. radio of the 2000s decade by Nielsen Soundscan, being spun over 1.2 million times on U.S. airwaves since its release in 2001 to the end of 2009. The song was ranked fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and 75th on the UK decade-end chart. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "How You Remind Me" was also rated the number-one rock song and number-four alternative song of the decade of the 2000s by Billboard.

          The song was featured in the music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and in a recut, PG-13 version of titled Once Upon a Deadpool. The song played a large role in a Saturday Night Live skit on March 10, 2018, with Sterling K. Brown in which the lyrics are a dying woman's final words.

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of living like a blind man

I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

 

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

 

It's not like you to say "Sorry"

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

 

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

 

It's not like you didn't know that

I said, "I love you, " and I swear, I still do

And it must have been so bad

'Cause living with me must have damn near killed you

 

And this is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

 

It's not like you to say "Sorry"

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

 

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

 

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

 

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

This is how you remind me

Of what I really am

 

It's not like you to say "Sorry"

I was waiting on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breaking

 

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

 

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

 

Yeah, yeah

No, no!

 HOPE, I THINK, I KNOW

OASIS

SONGWRITER: NOEL GALLAGHER

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BE HERE NOW

LABEL: CREATION RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK/BRITPOP

YEAR: 1997

 

          Be Here Now is the third studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 21 August 1997 by Creation Records. The album was recorded at multiple recording studios in London, including Abbey Road Studios, as well as Ridge Farm Studio in Rusper, West Sussex. According to co-producer Owen Morris, the recording sessions were marred by arguments between the band members and drug abuse, and that the band's only motivations were commercial. Although most tracks retain the anthemic quality of previous releases, the songs on Be Here Now are longer and contain many guitar overdubs. Noel Gallagher said this was done to make the album sound as "colossal" as possible. The album cover features a shot of the band members at Stocks House in Hertfordshire.

         Following the worldwide success of their first two albums, Definitely Maybe, (1994) and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995), the album was highly anticipated. Oasis' management company, Ignition, were aware of the dangers of overexposure, and before release sought to control media access to the album. The campaign included limiting pre-release radio airplay and forcing journalists to sign gag orders. The tactics alienated the press and many industry personnel connected with the band and fueled large-scale speculation and publicity within the British music scene.

        Preceded by the lead single "D'You Know What I Mean?", Be Here Now was an instant commercial success, selling faster than its two predecessors, and became the fastest-selling album in British chart history, and topping the albums chart in 15 countries. It was the biggest selling album of 1997 in the UK, with 1.47 million units sold that year. As of 2016, the album has sold eight million copies worldwide. It has been certified 7× Platinum in the UK and Platinum in the US, being Oasis' third and final Platinum album in the country.

     While initial reviews for Be Here Now were overwhelmingly positive, retrospective reviews have been more negative, with many calling it bloated and over-produced. The band members have had differing views of the album, with Noel severely criticising it and Liam Gallagher highly praising it, with the latter declaring it his favourite Oasis album in 2017. Critic Jon Savage would later pinpoint the album as the end of the Britpop movement. In 2016, the album was reissued with bonus tracks, including a new remix of "D'You Know What I Mean?".

They're trying hard to put me in my place

And that is why I've gotta keep running

The future is mine and it's no disgrace

'Cause in the end the past means nothing

 

You tell me I'm free then you tie me down

And from my chains I think it's a pity

What did it cost you to wear my crown?

You don't like me, why don't you admit it?

 

D'you feel a little down today?

I bet you ain't got much to say

But you're gonna miss me when I'm not there

You know I don't care, you know I don't care

 

As we beg and steal and borrow

Life is hit and miss and this

I hope, I think, I know

If I'll ever hear the names you call

And if I stumble, catch me when I fall

 

Baby after all, you'll never forget my name

You'll never forget my name

 

You're trying hard to put me in my place

And that is why I gotta keep running

The future's mine and it's your disgrace

'Cause in the end your past means nothing

 

I feel a little down today

And I ain't got much to say

But you're gonna miss me when I'm not there

You know I don't care

You know that I don't care

 

As we beg and steal and borrow

Life is hit and miss and this

I hope you think, you know

If you'll ever hear the names I call

And if I stumble, catch me when I fall

 

Baby after all, you'll never forget my name

Forget my name

You'll never forget my name

As we beg and steal and borrow

Life is hit and miss and this

I hope, I think, I know

If I'll ever hear the names you call

When I stumble, catch me when I fall

 

Baby after all, you'll never forget my name

Never forget my name

Never forget my name

That's that then.