COME BACK TO ME

URIAH HEEP

SONGWRITER: KEN HENSLEY & LEE KERSLAKE

COUNTRY: U. K

ALBUM: FALLEN ANGEL

LABEL: CASTLE COMUNICATIONS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1978

 

         Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Their current lineup consists of lead and rhythm guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist Dave Rimmer. They have experienced numerous lineup changes throughout their 52-year career, leaving Box as the only remaining original member. Notable former members of the band are vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby, and Steff Fontaine, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley, Paul Newton, and John Jowitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.

      Uriah Heep were part of the early 1970s rock scene, and have been referred to as pioneers of the hard rock, heavy metal and progressive rock genres. The band has sold over 40 million albums worldwide, where its best-known songs include "Gypsy", "Easy Livin'", "The Wizard", "Sweet Lorraine", and "Stealin'". They also maintain a significant following and perform at arena-sized venues in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Finland and Scandinavia.

       Uriah Heep have released twenty-four studio albums of original material, twenty live albums and forty-one compilation albums (including two greatest hits albums). Twelve of the band's studio albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart (Return to Fantasy reached Nº 7 in 1975), while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums, Demons and Wizards was the most successful (Nº 23, 1972). In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the "Lady in Black" single was a big hit.

           Fallen Angel is the 12th studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1978 by Bronze Records in the UK and Chrysalis Records in USA. It is the last album to feature John Lawton on vocals, before his firing in 1979. Fallen Angel only reached Nº 186 in the US Billboard 200, but in Germany, the band were at the height of their popularity. On this album, the band moved toward na AOR sound, as opposed to the progressive rock of previous albums.

      The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

Alone again I feel so alone again

With this emptiness I just can't hide

Picture me with a broken heart

See the tears run down my face

 

Everything I had has gone

Loneliness... still lingering on

Everything I thought was mine...

Come back to me can't, we try it one more time

Come back to me

 

I know I'll find another love in time

But you'll always be there in the back of my mind

The power of love can bring such pain

I still love you I just love you

 

Alone again I'm so alone again

With nothing but you in my mind

Can't you see what you've done to my life

What can I do to win you back again

 

Everything I had has gone

Loneliness... still lingering on

Everything I thought was mine...

Come back to me can't we try it one more time

Come back to me, take a piece of my heart

Come back to me.

ECHOES

PINK FLOYD

SONGWRITERS: DAVID GILMOUR; GEORGE WATERS; NICHOLAS MASON & RICHARD WRIGHT

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: MEDDLE

LABEL: HARVEST RECORDS

GENRE: PROGRESSIVE ROCK

YEAR: 1971

 

         "Echoes" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the sixth and final track from their 1971 album Meddle. It is 23 and a half minutes long and takes up the entire second side of the original LP. The track was composed by combining a variety of different musical themes and ideas, including instrumental passages and studio effects, resulting in a side-long piece. The music was written by the group, while Roger Waters' lyrics addressed themes of human communication and empathy, which he returned to in later work.

           The song was performed live regularly by Pink Floyd from 1971 to 1975, including a performance in the film Live at Pompeii(1972). It was used for the opening shows on the 1987 A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour but dropped from subsequent performances. David Gilmour revived "Echoes" for his 2006 On an Island Tour, which featured Richard Wright, but retired the piece after Wright's death in 2008. The studio recording was used in the film Crystal Voyager(1973) while an edited version is included on the greatest-hits album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd(2001).

       "Echoes" has been regarded by critics as an important song that transitions between Pink Floyd's early experimental material as a cult band, and later mainstream success. Several publications have remarked it as one of the best songs by the group. The group have mixed views of the track, but it was a particular favourite of Wright's.

Overhead the albatross

Hangs motionless upon the air

And deep beneath the rolling waves

In labyrinths of coral caves

The echo of a distant time

Comes willowing across the sand

And everything is green and submarine

 

And no one showed us to the land

And no one knows the where's or why's

But something stirs and something tries

And starts to climb toward the light

 

Strangers passing in the street

By chance, two separate glances meet

And I am you and what I see is me

And do I take you by the hand

And lead you through the land

And help me understand the best I can?

 

And no one calls us to move on

And no one forces down our eyes

No one speaks and no one tries

No one flies around the sun

 

Cloudless everyday

You fall upon my waking eyes

Inviting and inciting me to rise

And through the window in the wall

Come streaming in on sunlight wings

A million bright ambassadors of morning

 

And no one sings me lullabies

And no one makes me close my eyes

So I throw the windows wide

And call to you across the sky.

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE

SIMPLY RED

SONGWRITER: ALBERT HAMMOND & MIKE HAZLEWOOD

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BLUE

LABEL: EAST WEST RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1998

 

        Blue is the sixth studio album by British band Simply Red. It was released by East West Records on 19 May 1998 in the United Kingdom. Initially conceived as a cover album, it features production from lead singer Mick Hucknall as well as Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki, Stevie J, and Joe "Jake" Carter. Hucknall, Wright, and Yashiki are the only musicians featured in the Blue CD booklet's photography; this is a first for a Simply Red album, as all prior albums featured photos of the various band members credited.

          The album includes five cover versions: "Mellow My Mind" from the 1975 Neil Young album Tonight's the Night; two versions of the frequently covered "The Air That I Breathe", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood; the Gregory Isaacs hit "Night Nurse"; and "Ghetto Girl" by Dennis Brown, from whom the band would cover another song in 2003. New versions of previously recorded Simply Red songs also appear here: "Come Get Me Angel" is a rewritten version of the 1996 single "Angel", and "Broken Man" was first released as a B-side in 1987. "The Air That I Breathe Reprise" samples "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp. "So Jungiful", found on the Japanese edition of the album, is a jungle remix of "So Beautiful" from the band's previous album, Life.

If I could make a wish I think I'd pass

Can't think of anything I need

No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound

Nothing to eat no books to read

Making love with you, has left me peaceful warm inside

What more could I ask

There's nothing left to be desired

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

Just to have you now

All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want

 

Peace came upon me and it breathes in me

Don't sleep silent angel don't you sleep

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love

You just to have you now

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe.

DARK HORSE

KATY PERRY

SONGWRITERS: LUKASZ GOTTWALD; JORDAN HOUSTON; SARAH HUDSON; MARTIN MAX; KATY PERRY & HENRY RUSSELL WALTER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: PRISM

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: HIP HOP

YEAR: 2013

 

          "Dark Horse" is a song by American singer Katy Perry featuring American rapper Juicy J. It was originally released on September 17, 2013, by Capitol Records as the first promotional single from Perry's fourth studio album, Prism(2013). Three months later, it was released as the third official single on December 17. Both artists co-wrote the song with its producers, Max Martin, Cirkut, and Dr. Luke, alongside Sarah Hudson. It was conceived by Perry and Hudson during a writing session in Perry's hometown of Santa Barbara, California, and Juicy J was later commissioned for a verse on the song.

          "Dark Horse" combines the genres of trap, hip hop, pop-rap and electropop, replicating what has been described as a "Southern rap-techno mashup". The track features a minimal production, with a "seductive" and "mature" tone to Perry's vocals, while Juicy J is featured on the song's intro and rapped bridge. Perry, in interviews, said she wanted the song to have a "witchy, spell-y kind of black magic-y idea", so she wrote it from the perspective of a witch warning a man not to fall in love with her because if he does, she will be his last. The song was part of a competition sponsored by Pepsi in which fans could vote via Twitter on whether they would prefer either "Dark Horse" or "Walking on Air" to be released as the first promotional single from Prism.

"Dark Horse" was a commercial success, charting at number one in Canada, the Netherlands, Poland and the United States. It also reached the top ten in almost 20 countries including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Sweden and Venezuela as well as the Digital Songs chart of Billboard magazine. Billboard credits "Dark Horse" for helping cement trap music's place on the charts. Perry first performed the song live at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 20, 2013. The song's first major television performance was at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014. "Dark Horse" was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The song has sold 13.2 million units (combined sales and track-equivalent streams), becoming the second best-selling song worldwide for 2014. As of 2019, it is one of the best selling songs in digital history.

Oh, new

Yeah, ya'll know what it is

Katy Perry

Juicy J

Uh huh, let's rage!

 

I knew you were

You were gonna come to me

And here you are

But you better choose carefully

'Cause I, I'm capable of anything

Of anything and everything

 

Make me your Aphrodite

Make me your one and only

But don't make me your enemy

your enemy, your enemy

 

So you wanna play with magic?

Boy, you should know whatcha falling for

Baby, do you dare to do this?

'Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse (hey)

 

Are you ready for, ready for (hey)

A perfect storm, a perfect storm? (hey, hey)

'Cause once you're mine, once you're mine

(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

There's no going back

 

Mark my words

This love will make you levitate

Like a bird, like a bird without a cage

But down to earth

If you choose to walk away, don't walk away

 

It's in the palm of your hand now baby

It's a yes or no, no maybe

So just be sure before you give it up to me

Up to me, give it up to me

 

So you wanna play with magic?

Boy, you should know whatcha falling for

Baby, do you dare to do this?

'Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse (hey)

 

Are you ready for, ready for (hey)

A perfect storm, a perfect storm? (hey, hey)

'Cause once you're mine, once you're mine

(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

There's no going back

 

Uh, she's a beast

I call her Karma (come back)

She eats your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer (whoa!)

Be careful

Try not to lead her on (mm)

Shawty's heart was on steroids

'Cause her love was so strong

 

You may fall in love when you meet her (meet her)

If you get the chance you better keep her (keep her)

She's sweet as pie, but if you break her heart

She'll turn cold as a freezer (freezer)

That fairy tale ending with a knight in shining armor

She can be my Sleeping Beauty

I'm gon' put her in a coma (whoa!)

 

Damn, I think I love her

Shawty so bad, I'm sprung and I don't care

She got me like a roller coaster

Turn the bedroom into a fair (a fair)

Her love is like a drug

I was tryna hit it and quit it

But lil' mama so dope

I messed around and got addicted

 

So you wanna play with magic?

Boy, you should know whatcha falling for (you should know)

Baby, do you dare to do this?

'Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse (like a dark horse)

Are you ready for, ready for (ready for)

A perfect storm, a perfect storm? (a perfect storm)

'Cause once you're mine, once you're mine (oh)

There's no going back.