SAY YOU'LL BE MINE

CHRISTOPHER CROSS

SONGWRITER: CHRISTOPHER C. CROSS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CHRISTOPHER CROSS

LABEL: WARNER RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1979

 

        Christopher Cross(born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer from San Antonio, Texas. Cross won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).

         Christopher Cross is the self-titled debut album by Christopher Cross, released in December 1979. Recorded in mid-1979, the album was one of the early digitally recorded albums, utilizing the 3M Digital Recording System. In 1981, it won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, beating Pink Floyd's The Wall and it has been noted for being one of the most influential soft rock albums of the late 1970s and early 1980s. That Album of the Year Grammy was bestowed upon its producer, Michael Omartian.

Say you'll be mine

Say you'll be mine until the sun shines

Say you'll be mine

And bring me the dream of a lifetime

 

I just can't hide the truth no more

I've got to get my feet back down on the floor

I love you so

I need you so

I just don't think I can let you go

 

Say you'll be mine

Say you'll be mine until the sun shines

Say you'll be mine

And bring me the dream of a lifetime

 

Well, it's you that keeps me feeling this way

I don't think I can take it even one more day

It don't seem right

That I should be alone tonight

 

Say you'll be mine

Say you'll be mine until the sun shines

Say you'll be mine

And bring me the dream of a lifetime

 

I just can't hide the truth no more

I've got to get my feet back down on the floor

I love you so

I need you so

I just don't think I can let you go

 

Say you'll be mine

Say you'll be mine until the sun shines

Say you'll be mine

And bring me the dream of a lifetime.

I DON’T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU

FOREIGNER

SONGWRITER: MICHAEL LESLIE JONES

COUNTRY: U. K. X U. S. A.

ALBUM: INSIDE INFORMATION

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1987

 

    Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran British guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones and fellow Briton and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald, along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. Jones came up with the band's name as he, McDonald and Dennis Elliott were British, whereas Gramm, Al Greenwood and Ed Gagliardi were American.

          In 1977 Foreigner released its self-titled debut album, the first of four straight albums to be certified at least 5x platinum in the US. Foreigner peaked at Nº 4 on the US album chart and in the Top 10 in Canada and Australia, while yielding two Top 10 hits in North America, "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice". Their 1978 follow-up, Double Vision, was even more successful peaking at Nº 3 in North America with two hit singles, “Hot Blooded” a Nº 3 hit in both countries, and the title track, a US Nº 2 and a Canadian Nº 7. Foreigner's third album, Head Games(1979), went to Nº 5 in North America producing two Top 20 singles, including its title track.

           Reduced to a quartet, their álbum 4(1981) hit Nº 1(for 10 weeks) in the US and Nº 2 in Canada, while becoming Foreigner's break-through album outside of North America, going Top 5 in the UK, Germany and Australia. Three of 4’s singles were hits: "Urgent" reached Nº 1 in Canada and on the new US Rock Tracks chart, rose to Nº 4 on the US Hot 100 and became their first Top 15 hit in Germany; the ballad “Waiting for a Girl Like You” peaked at Nº 2 in both the US(for a record 10 weeks) and Canada, topped the US Rock Tracks chart and became their first Top 10 hit in the UK and Australia; and "Juke Box Hero" reached Nº 3 on the Rock Tracks chart and the Top 30 on the Hot 100. In 1982 Foreigner released its first greatest hits album, Records, which has gone on to sell 7 million copies in the US. In 1984 Foreigner had its biggest hit single, the anthemic ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is", which topped the US, UK, Canadian and Australian charts, while hitting Nº 3 in Germany and the Top 10 in numerous other countries. Its source album, Agent Provocateur, was the band's most successful in the UK, Germany and some other countries in Europe, where it peaked at Nº 1, and in Australia where it peaked at Nº 3, while making the Top 5 in the US and Canada.

    After a break, Foreigner released Inside Information(1987), which despite the Nº 6 US and Australian hit, “Say You Will” (which also rose to Nº 1 on the US Rock Tracks chart), had a large sales drop-off, only hitting the Top 10 in a few European countries with a Nº 15 peak in the US. The band's most recent albums, Unusual Heat(1991), without Gramm, who departed due to the band's shift towards the use of synthesizers, Mr. Moonlight(1994), with Gramm back on vocals, and Can't Slow Down(2009), once again without Gramm, were not major sellers; the highest chart positions were obtained in Germany, where the last album peaked at Nº 16. Foreigner is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records, including 37.5 million in the US. Leader Mick Jones has been for many years the only founding member still involved.

         Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 8, 1987. The album debuted at 15, on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and was certified Platinum in the U.S. for sales exceeding one million copies. Although a huge standard by any country's charting method, the band's sales were certainly plummeting since the release of 4 in 1981. It was the last album to feature the '80s core lineup of Gramm, Jones, Wills, and Elliott.

          "Say You Will" was released as the album's first single. Allmusic later noted that the single was a "good example" of the band's "balancing act" as "the guitar-heavy style of their early work gave way to slick arrangements that pushed electronics to the fore...temper(ing) its rock guitar edge...and Lou Gramm's quasi-operatic vocals...by thick layers of chiming synthesizers and an array of electronic textures." The single reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their fourth #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, holding the top spot for four weeks. The song also became the band's third-highest charting hit in Germany, where it reached #22, faring even better in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and particularly Norway, where it reached #4. A rare CD single featured an extended remix version of the track.

        The second single, "I Don't Want to Live Without You", reached #5 on the Hot 100. Markedly softer than any of their work to date, the record was their first and only #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, after the more rousing ballads "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "I Want to Know What Love Is" had reached #5 and #3 on that chart respectively. Allmusic would later observe that while "the end result lacked the distinctive rock touches of past Foreigner ballads, "Lou Gramm" contributes a lead vocal that avoids histrionics in favor of an emotional but very smooth delivery" over "washes of synthesizer...fleshed out by some meditative electric piano riffs". Nevertheless, the song charted at mainstream rock radio, where it peaked at #18. The #5 Hot 100 peak was their best showing in six singles, yet despite being followed up by more impassioned, up-tempo material it would be their last major pop hit to date.

          Further singles from the album included "Heart Turns to Stone", which had peaked at #7 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in an earlier non-commercial release only to rock radio but only managed #56 on the Hot 100 several months later in 1988, and the harder "Can't Wait", which matched the #18 Mainstream Rock Tracks charting of "I Don't Want to Live Without You" but failed to crack the Hot 100, as it was a non-commercial release except in Canada. The following year saw a successful solo album and singles from Lou Gramm and found Mick Jones releasing an album and producing for artists including Billy Joel.

           "Out of the Blue" was notable for being the only song in the band's catalog to be credited to all four members from the classic 80's lineup.

I find myself in a strange situation

And I don't know how

What seemed to be an infatuation

Is so different now

I can't get by if we're not together

Ooh can't you see

Girl, I want you now and forever

Close to me

I'm longing for the time

I'm longing for the day

Hoping that you will promise to be mine

And never go away

 

I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live without you

I could never live without you

Live without your love

 

I ask myself but there's no explanation

For the way I feel

I know I've reached the right destination

And I know it's real

 

I'm longing for the time

I'm longing for the day

When I'll be giving you this heart of mine

Believe me when I say

 

I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live without you

I could never live without you

Live without your love

 

Now I don't want to live without you

I don't want to live without you

I could never be without you

Be without your love

 

I don't want to live without you

Live without your love

(Live without your love)

Live without your love

(Live without your love)

You see I'm lost without your love

(Live without your love) oh, oh.

7 YEARS

LUKAS GRAHAM

SONGWRITERS: CHRISTOPHER BROWN; LUKAS FORCHHAMMER; STEFAN FORREST; MORTEN RISTORP JENSEN; MORTEN PILEGAARD & DAVID LABREL

COUNTRY: DANMARK

ÁLBUM: LUKAS GRAHAM(BLUE ÁLBUM)

LABEL: COPENHAGEN RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL-POP

YEAR: 2015

 

             Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Forchhammer, bassist Magnus Larsson, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released their first album, Lukas Graham, with labels Copenhagen Records and Then We Take The World in 2012. The album peaked at number one on the Danish charts. Their second album was released in 2015 and earned international attention with singles like "Mama Said" and "7 Years", the latter of which topped the singles charts in many major music markets. The self-titled international debut album was officially released in the United States by Warner Bros. Records on 1 April 2016.

           "7 Years" is a song by Danish soul-pop band Lukas Graham from their second studio album, Lukas Graham. The song was released as a digital download on 18 September 2015 by Copenhagen Records. The lyric video was uploaded to YouTube on 17 November 2015, and the music video was uploaded on 15 December 2015. It has since garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube.

        "7 Years" topped the Danish Singles Chart. Outside Denmark, the singles topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, while peaking within the top ten of the charts in many other European countries and the United States. The song was written by Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, and Morten "Pilo" Pilegaard. The song was produced by Stefan Forrest and Morten Ristorp under their stage name Future Animals, and Pilegaard. The song was mixed by Delbert Bowers and Morten Pilegaard.

            On 12 February 2017, "7 Years" was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI), "7 Years" was the seventh best-selling song of 2016 worldwide with 10.4 million digital downloads and track-equivalent streams.

Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely

Once I was seven years old

 

It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger

Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker

By 11 smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure

 

Once I was 11 years old, my daddy told me

Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely

Once I was 11 years old

 

I always had that dream like my daddy before me

So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

Something about the glory, just always seemed to bore me

'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me

 

Once I was 20 years old, my story got told

Before the morning sun, when life was lonely

Once I was 20 years old

(Lukas Graham)

 

I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure

'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major

I got my boys with me atleast those in favor

And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later

 

Once I was 20 years old, my story got told

I was writing 'bout everything, I saw before me

Once I was 20 years old

 

Soon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold

We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming

Soon we'll be 30 years old

 

I'm still learning about life

My woman brought children for me

So I can sing them all my songs

And I can tell them stories

Most of my boys are with me

Some are still out seeking glory

And some I had to leave behind

My brother I'm still sorry

 

Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61

Remember life and then your life becomes a better one

I made the man so happy when I wrote a letter once

I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month

 

Soon I'll be 60 years old, will I think the world is cold

Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

Soon I'll be 60 years old

 

Soon I'll be 60 years old, will I think the world is cold

Or will I have a lot of children who can hold me

Soon I'll be 60 years old

 

Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely

 

Once I was seven years old

Once I was seven years old.

 FAIXA AMARELA

ZECA PAGODINHO

COMPOSITORES: ZECA PAGODINHO; LUIZ CARLOS; BETO GAGO & JESSE PAI

PAÍS: BRASIL

ÁLBUM: HOJE É DIA DE FESTA

GRAVADORA: LISTA

GÊNERO: PAGODE

ANO: 1997

 

             Zeca Pagodinho, nome artístico de Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, (Rio de Janeiro, 4 de fevereiro de 1959) é um cantor e compositor brasileiro.

       Gravou mais de 20 discos e é considerado um grande nome do gênero samba. O artista, que começou sua carreira nas rodas de samba dos bairros de Irajá e Del Castilho, subúrbio do Rio de Janeiro, tornou-se tão imensamente popular que seus shows chegam a ser contratados por cachês generosos, sendo realizados nas mais badaladas casas de espetáculo do país. Sempre fiel a suas características de irreverência e jocosidade, Zeca recebe também reconhecimento da crítica e de artistas e compositores consagrados. Nei Lopes afirma que o sambista "é uma das poucas unanimidades nacionais, elevado ao patamar do mega-estrelato pop pelas gravadoras".

Eu quero presentear

A minha linda donzela

Não é prata nem é ouro

É uma coisa bem singela

 

Vou comprar uma faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

E vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS: 1 E 2)

 

Vou dar-lhe um gato angorá

Um cão e uma cadela

Uma cortina grená

Para enfeitar a janela

 

Sem falar na tal faixa amarela

Bordado com o nome dela

Que eu vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela(BIS)

 

 

E para o nosso papá

Vai ter bife da panela

Salada de petit-pois

Jiló, chuchu e beringela

 

Sem falar na tal faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

Que eu vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS)

 

Vou fazer dela rainha

Do desfile da Portela

Eu vou ser filho do Rei

E ela minha Cinderela

 

Sem falar na tal faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

Que eu vou mandar pendurada

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS)

 

Eu quero presentear

A minha linda donzela

Não é prata nem é ouro

É uma coisa bem singela

 

Vou comprar uma faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

E vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela

 

E para gente se casar

Vou construir a capela

Dentro de um lindo jardim

Com flores, lago e pinguela

 

Sem falar na tal faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

Que eu vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS)

 

Mas se ela vacilar

Vou dar um castigo nela

Vou lhe dar uma banda de frente

Quebrar cinco dentes e quatro costelas

 

Vou pegar a tal faixa amarela

Gravada com o nome dela

E mandar incendiar

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS)

 

Vou comprar uma cana bem forte

Para esquentar sua goela

E fazer uma tira-gosto

Com galinha à cabidela

 

Sem falar na tal faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

Que eu vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS)

 

Eu quero presentear

A minha linda donzela

Não é prata nem é ouro

É uma coisa bem singela

 

Vou comprar uma faixa amarela

Bordada com o nome dela

E vou mandar pendurar

Na entrada da favela

 

(BIS 2X AS 2 quadras)