STRANGERS

CITY AND COLOUR
SONGWRITER: DALLAS GREEN
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: A PILL FOR LONELINESS
LABEL: STILL RECORDS
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE
YEAR: 2019
 
     Dallas Michael John Albert Green(born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who records under the name City and Colour. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. In 2005, he debuted his first full-length album, Sometimes, which achieved platinum certification in 2006. City and Colour began performing in small intimate venues between Alexisonfire tours. The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green".
          "Strangers" is a single released by Canadian artist City and Colour on 21 June 2019, the second single released from A Pill for Loneliness. Dallas Green has said of the track in a statement “You’ll never really understand what it’s like to be inside someone else’s brain or heart. So, we need to appreciate the differences. If we do, maybe we can live better with one another.”
          The music video was released on 8 August 2019, co-directed by Chris Verene and Michael Maxxis, who Green had previously collaborated with on Alexisonfire's video for Familiar Drugs.
Don't wake me when this is over
Just let me drift amidst my dreams
I need to regain composure
And right now my heart is still and asleep
I refuse to believe
That we've become so obsolete
Don't wake me when this is over
'Cause I need to find the time lost in between
 
If we get back (Get back)
To loving each other (Loving each other)
Can we get back (Get back)
To learning how to live?
We are strangers in this land
With so much left to discover
Can we get back
To learning how to live?
 
We look to the heavens above
For advice on our lives
Searching for God at the bottoms of bottles
And in strangers' eyes
We're living in desperation
Drowning in medication
Lost in the folly of our age
 
If we get back (Get back)
To loving each other (Loving each other)
Can we get back (Get back)
To learning how to live?
We are strangers in this land
With so much left to discover
Can we get back
To learning how to live?
 
We are strangers in this land
We are strangers in this land.

CAPRI C'EST FINI

HERVÉ VILLARD
SONGWRITER: HERVÉ VILLARD
COUNTRY: FRANCE
ALBUM: SALUT LES COPAINS
LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS
GENRE: CHANSON FRANÇAISE
YEAR: 1965
 
         René Villard, dit Hervé Vilard, né le 24 juillet 1946 à Paris, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète français.
          Il connaît le succès dès 1965 grâce à sa chanson Capri c'est fini. Nous(1979), Reviens(1981) et Méditerranéenne(1983) font partie de ses autres grands tubes.
         Capri c'est fini est une chanson française, écrite et interprétée par Hervé Vilard. Cette chanson rencontra un grand succès en France lors de sa sortie em juin 1965 et lança la carrière du jeune chanteur alors âgé de 19 ans. Enregistrée en sept langues, le titre s'est vendu à 3 millions d'exemplaires, dont plus de 400.000 en France.
          Les paroles évoquent une rupture amoureuse. Le titre de la chanson fait référence à l'île italienne de Capri, où la relation s'est formée et a perduré, pour désigner le couple qui se sépare, selon le principe de la synecdoque

Nous n'irons plus jamais
Où tu m'as dit je t'aime
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Tu viens de décider
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Ce soir c'est plus la peine
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Capri, c'est fini
 
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
Capri, c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
 
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Où tu m'as dit je t'aime
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Parfois je voudrais bien
Te dire recommençons
Mais je perds le courage
Sachant que tu diras non
Capri, c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
 
De mon premier amour
Capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
Capri, c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
 
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Mais je me souviendrais
Du premier rendez-vous
Que tu m'avais donné
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Plus jamais, plus jamais
 
Capri, c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
Capri, oh c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Capri, oh c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
 
Oh capri, oh c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Oh capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour
Oh capri, oh c'est fini
Et dire que c'était la ville
De mon premier amour
Oh capri, c'est fini
Je ne crois pas
Que j'y retournerai un jour.

IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW

HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES
SONGWRITERS: KENNY GAMBLE & LEON HUFF
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: I MISS YOU
LABEL: PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1972
 
       Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal group. One of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s, the group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until Melvin's death in 1997. Despite group founder and original lead singer Harold Melvin's top billing, the Blue Notes' most famous member was Teddy Pendergrass, their lead singer during the successful years at Philadelphia International. The remaining members of the Blue Notes have reunited for Soul Train Cruises in 2013, 2015, and 2017.
          "If You Don't Know Me by Now" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and recorded by the Philadelphia soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. It became their first hit after being released as a single in September 1972, topping the US R&B chart and peaking at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
       "If You Don't Know Me by Now" was originally written for Labelle(a trio led by Patti LaBelle) but they never recorded it. Much like the issue with "I Miss You" and The Dells passing on it, the song's composers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff gave it to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which featured Teddy Pendergrass as lead vocalist. In addition to the single release, the track was included on their debut álbum I Miss You.
         Patti LaBelle later made the song part of her concert repertoire in 1982; a live version appears on her 1985 album, Patti.
      "If You Don't Know Me by Now" has since been recorded by a number of other artists, most notably the English pop and soul band Simply Red, who took their version to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989.
         The song was chosen as one of the "Songs of the Century" by the RIAA
Sing the song, everybody
C'mon
 
If you don't know me by now (wunderbar)
You will never, never, never know me
Oooh
 
Now all the things
That we've been through
You should understand me
Like I understand you
 
Now girl I know the difference
Between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothing
To upset our happy home
 
Don't get so excited
When I come home
A little late at night
You know we only act like children
When we argue fuss and fight
 
If you don't know me, baby
(You will never never never know me)
No, you won't (oooh)
Oooh, yeah, c'mon
 
Oh, if you don't know me, girl
(You will never never never know me)
You... (Uuuh)
 
We've all got
Our own funny moods
I've got mine
I bet you woman you've got yours too
 
You better trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we've been together
It should be so easy to do
 
Just get yourself together
Or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair
When you can't see eye to eye
 
If you don't know me, baby
(You will never never never know me)
No, you won't (Oooh)
No, you won't, no, you won't, no, you won't
 
Twenty long years we've been together
(You will never never never know me)
(Ooohh) ooh ooh-ooh oh
 
Well...
Oooh (You will never never never know me)
No, you won't (oooh).

IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW

SIMPLY RED
SONGWRITERS: KENNY GAMBLE & LEON HUFF
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: A NEW FLAME
LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1989
 
          Simply Red are a British soul and pop band which formed in Manchester in 1985. The lead vocalist of the band is singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who, by the time the band initially disbanded in 2010, was the only original member left. Since the release of their debut studio album Picture Book(1985), they have had ten songs reach top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, including "Holding Back the Years" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now", both of which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. They have had five number one albums in the UK, with their 1991 album, Stars, being one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.
        At the 1992 and 1993 Brit Awards, they received the award for Best British Group. They received three Grammy Award nominations: for Best New Artist in 1987, and "Holding Back the Years" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now" for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The band re-formed in 2015. Simply Red has sold over 50 million albums.
        Simply Red's version of "If You Don't Know Me by Now" was a major commercial success on the charts in 1989, giving the band their second US number one (also topping the Adult Contemporary chart), and peaking at number 38 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This version also won the Grammy Award for the Best R&B Song of 1989. The track was also a number-one hit in Australia and New Zealand; in the latter country, it was the best-selling single of 1989. It reached number 2 in the UK, becoming the band's second top-10 hit after the re-issue of "Holding Back the Years" in 1986, which also reached number 2.
       According to the producer Stewart Levine, he didn't want too much orchestration on the record, and went with a two-part harmony instead of a three-part harmony. Mick Hucknall admitted he loved Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' version, and stated he danced to their music when he was 13.
          This version can be heard in the films American Psycho(2000) and Class Action(1991) and appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. It is also available to download for the Xbox 360 game Lips, which contains the music video.
Sing the song, everybody
C'mon
 
If you don't know me by now (wunderbar)
You will never, never, never know me
Oooh
 
Now all the things
That we've been through
You should understand me
Like I understand you
 
Now girl I know the difference
Between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothing
To upset our happy home
 
Don't get so excited
When I come home
A little late at night
You know we only act like children
When we argue fuss and fight
 
If you don't know me, baby
(You will never never never know me)
No, you won't (oooh)
Oooh, yeah, c'mon
 
Oh, if you don't know me, girl
(You will never never never know me)
You... (Uuuh)
 
We've all got
Our own funny moods
I've got mine
I bet you woman you've got yours too
 
You better trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we've been together
It should be so easy to do
 
Just get yourself together
Or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair
When you can't see eye to eye
 
If you don't know me, baby
(You will never never never know me)
No, you won't (Oooh)
No, you won't, no, you won't, no, you won't
 
Twenty long years we've been together
(You will never never never know me)
(Ooohh) ooh ooh-ooh oh

Well...
Oooh (You will never never never know me)
No, you won't (oooh).