ONE ON ONE

DARYLL HALL

SONGWRITER: DARRYL HALL

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ROCK’N SOUL PART 1

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1983

 

     Daryl Hall and John Oates(commonly known as Hall & Oates) are an American pop rock duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970. Daryl Hall is generally the lead vocalist; John Oates primarily plays electric guitar and provides backing vocals. The two write most of the songs they perform, separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the mid-1970s to the late-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues.

        Though they are commonly referred to as Hall & Oates, Hall has been adamant about the duo being called Daryl Hall & John Oates- its official name. They have been credited on albums as Daryl Hall & John Oates(or Daryl Hall John Oates) on all of their US releases. The duo reached the US Top 40 with 29 of their 33 singles charting on Billboard's Hot 100 between 1974 and 1991. Six of these peaked at number one: "Rich Girl" (1977), "Kiss on My List" (1980), the two 1981 releases "Private Eyes", and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (also a Hot Soul Nº 1), "Maneater"(1982) and "Out of Touch"(1984). Their overall 16 US Top Tens also include "She's Gone", "Sara Smile", "You Make My Dreams", "Family Man", "Say It Isn't So", and "Method of Modern Love". Seven of their albums have been RIAA-certified platinum and six of them gold. In the United Kingdom, they have achieved success with two Top Ten albums and six Top 40 singles, two of which – "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and "Maneater" – reached the Top Ten. The duo have spent 120 weeks in the UK Top 75 albums chart and 84 weeks in the UK Top 75 singles chart.

    Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (also titled Greatest Hits – Rock 'n Soul Part 1) is a greatest hits album by American musical duo Hall & Oates, credited as "Daryl Hall John Oates" on the album cover. Released by RCA Records on October 18, 1983, the album featured mostly hit singles recorded by the duo and released by RCA, along with one single from the duo's period with Atlantic Records and two previously unreleased songs recorded earlier in the year: "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education".

   The album was originally released on LP and cassette, with sides labeled "Side One" and "Side A". In 2006, the album was re-released on CD by RCA and Legacy Recordings with two bonus tracks. On October 16, 2015, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released the album on SACD but it doesn't include the bonus tracks of the 2006 CD.

     The duo paired with HBO for a concert special; it became their first for pay TV; they performed a show at the Montreal Forum in Quebec, Canada on March 10 and 11, 1983; the performance was filmed and released as a VHS called: Rock 'n Soul Live; the video was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 15, 1986, denoting shipments of 50,000. The concert premiered on HBO on March 20, 1983; it features selections from the duo's album H2O; it was directed by Mike Mansfield and produced by Danny O'Donovan.

       This compilation mostly features single versions of the songs.

I'm tired of playing on the team

It seems I don't get time out anymore

What a change if we set the pace face to face

No one even trying to score oh

 

Oh oh I can feel the magic of your touch

And when you move in close a little bit means so much

Ooh yeah, you've got to understand baby

Time out is what I'm here for

 

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one I know I want to play that

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one so slow

 

You can't tell me you don't miss me girl

I think I might know you too well

Wonder what you'd say if you knew that I was coming tonight

(Want to) I want you can't you tell

 

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one I know I want to play that

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one so slow

 

That's all you need to know now

'Cause if it's really right there's nothing else

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one I want to play that game tonight

One on one I want to play that game tonight

 

One on one, girl

There's nothing else but you and me

I don't want no one else

I don't want no one else

Baby I am tired of playing

I am tired of playing

I don't want to play those games no more, no more

I want to play with you girl

I want to play with you girl

Just you and me

You and me

You and me.

UMBRELLA

RIHANNA

SONGWRITERS: CHRISTOPHER A. STEWART; SHAWN C. CARTER; TERIUS YOUNGDELL NASH & TADDIS LAPHONIA HARRELL

COUNTRY: BARBADOS

ALBUM: GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

LABEL: DEF JAM RECORDING

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2007

 

           Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) (/riˈænə/ree-ANN-ə) is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna was discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes. After signing with Def Jam in 2005, she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums, Music of the Sun(2005) and A Girl Like Me(2006), both of which were influenced by Caribbean music and peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard 200 chart.

           Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad(2007), incorporated elements of dance-pop and established her status as a sex symbol in the music industry. The chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award and catapulted her to global stardom. She continued to mix pop, dance, and R&B genres on her next studio albums, Rated R(2009), Loud(2010), Talk That Talk(2011), and Unapologetic(2012), the latter of which became her first Billboard 200 number one. The albums spawned a string of chart-topping singles, including "Rude Boy", "Only Girl(In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Where Have You Been" and "Diamonds". Her eighth album, Anti(2016), showcased a new creative control following her departure from Def Jam. It became her second US number one album and featured the chart-topping single "Work". During her musical career, Rihanna has collaborations with artists such as rappers Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kanye West and singers Adam Levine, Paul McCartney, Ne-Yo, and Shakira.

             Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on May 31, 2007, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Rihanna worked with various producers on the album, including Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and Stargate. Inspired by Brandy Norwood's fourth studio album Afrodisiac(2004), Good Girl Gone Bad is a pop, dance-pop and R&B record with 1980s music influences. Described as a turning point in Rihanna's career, it represents a departure from the Caribbean sound of her previous releases, Music of the Sun(2005) and A Girl like Me(2006). Apart from the sound, she also endorsed a new image for the release going from an innocent young woman to an edgier, more mature look.

              Critics gave generally positive reviews of the album, praising its composition and Rihanna's new musical direction, though some criticized the album's lyrics and inconsistency. The album received seven Grammy Award nominations and one win in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category for "Umbrella" at the 2008 ceremony. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 162,000 copies in its first week. Certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), it sold more than 2.8 million copies in the United States. The album reached number one in Canada, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. According to IFPI, Good Girl Gone Bad has sold 3.6 million copies worldwide and became the 12th best-selling album of 2007 worldwide.

       Good Girl Gone Bad spawned five singles, including the international hits "Umbrella" and "Don't Stop the Music"; Rolling Stone placed the former at number 412 on the magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. To promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her first worldwide concert tour and third overall, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. The album was reissued as Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded in June 2008 with three new songs, including the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". It was followed by Rihanna's first remix album, Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes, in January 2009, which featured remixes from Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, the Soul Seekerz and the Wideboys.

Uh huh, uh huh

Yeah, Rihanna

Uh huh, uh huh

Good girl gone bad

Uh huh, uh huh

Take three, action

Uh huh, uh huh, Hov

 

No clouds in my stones

Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank

Comin' down at the Dow Jones

When the clouds come, we gone

We Rocafella

We fly higher than weather

In G5s or better

You know me

In anticipation for precipitation stack chips for the rainy day

Rain Man is back with little Ms. Sunshine

Rihanna, where you at?

 

You have my heart, and we'll never be worlds apart

Maybe in magazines, but you'll still be my star

Baby, 'cause in the dark

You can't see shiny cars

And that's when you need me there

With you I'll always share

Because

 

When the sun shines, we'll shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be your friend

Took an oath, I'ma stick it out 'til the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh

 

These fancy things will never come in between

You're part of my entity, here for infinity

When the world has took its part

When the world has dealt its cards

If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart

Because

 

When the sun shines, we shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be your friend

Took an oath, I'ma stick it out 'til the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh

 

You can run into my arms

It's okay, don't be alarmed

Come into me

(There's no distance in between our love)

So gon' and let the rain pour

I'll be all you need and more

Because

 

When the sun shines, we shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be your friend

Took an oath, I'ma stick it out 'til the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh

 

It's raining, raining

Ooh, baby, it's raining, raining

Baby, come into me

Come into me

It's raining, raining

Ooh, baby, it's raining, raining

You can always come into me

Come into me

It's pouring rain

It's pouring rain

Come into me

Come into me

It's pouring rain

It's pouring rain.

PARTY FOR TWO

SHANIA TWAIN FT. BILLY CURRINGTON

SONGWRITERS: ROBERT JOHN LANGE & SHANIA TWAIN

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: GREATEST HITS

LABEL: MERCURY NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY MUSIC

YEAR: 2004

 

         Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain (/aɪˈliːn/eye-LEEN,/ʃənaɪə/; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Her success garnered her several honorific titles including the "Queen of Country Pop". Billboard named her as the leader of the '90s country-pop crossover stars.

          Raised in Timmins, Ontario, Twain pursued singing and songwriting from a young age before signing with Mercury Nashville Records in the early 1990s. Her self-titled debut studio album was a commercial failure upon release in 1993. After collaborating with producer and later husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Twain rose to fame with her second studio album, The Woman in Me(1995), which brought her widespread success. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, spawned eight singles, including "Any Man of Mine" and earned her a Grammy Award. Her third studio album, Come On Over(1997), became the best-selling studio album by a female act in any genre and the best-selling country album of all time, selling over 40 million copies worldwide. Come On Over produced twelve singles, including "You're Still the One", "From This Moment On", "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" and earned Twain four Grammy Awards. Her fourth studio album, Up!(2002), spawned eight singles, including "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", "Ka-Ching!" and "Forever and for Always", selling over 20 million copies worldwide, also being certified Diamond in the United States.

         In 2004, after releasing her Greatest Hits album, which produced three new singles including "Party for Two", Twain entered a hiatus, revealing years later that diagnoses with Lyme disease and dysphonia led to a severely weakened singing voice. She chronicled her vocal rehabilitation on the OWN miniseries Why Not? with Shania Twain, released her first single in seven years in 2012, "Today Is Your Day", and published an autobiography, From This Moment On. Twain returned to performing the following year with an exclusive concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Shania: Still the One, which ran until 2014. In 2015, she launched the North American Rock This Country Tour, which was billed as her farewell tour. Twain released her first studio album in 15 years in 2017, Now, and embarked on the Now Tour in 2018. In 2019, she started her second Las Vegas residency, Let's Go! at the Zappos Theater.

         Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Shania Twain, released in 2004. The album contains 17 hits (18 on the International version) from her three Diamond albums The Woman in Me, Come On Over and Up!. Also included are three new songs: "Party for Two" which hit the top ten at country in the US, UK and Germany, "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter". No material from Twain's self-titled debut album is included.

       Greatest Hits finished 2005 as the highest selling country album in the US. The album has been certified 4× platinum in the US and 2× platinum in the UK.

        Greatest Hits debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with 530,000 copies sold. The album stayed at number one on that chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The album is recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling greatest hits album by a female artist in the US.

       As of December 2019, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US.

Whoa!

Huh! Huh!

(Aww, baby)

 

I'm having me a party

(I don't think I can come)

Uh, uh, this ain't just any kind of party

(Nah, I think I'll stay at home)

Uh, oh, no It's gonna be really, really hot

(Startin' to sound good)

I'm gonna put you on the spot

(Baby, maybe I should)

Yeah, there'll be lots of one on one

(Guess I could be there)

Come on and join the fun

(What should I wear?)

I'll tell you that it

 

It doesn't matter what you wear

'Cause it's only gonna be

You and me there (Whoa!)

 

I'm having a party

A party for two

Invitin' nobody

Nobody but you

 

You'll be sexy in your socks

(We can polish the floors)

In case that anybody knocks

(Let's lock all the doors)

Yeah, all the things I'm gonna do

(I'm gonna do with you)

I want to try something new

(I want to try it, too)

I tell you that it

 

It doesn't matter

What I wear

'Cause it's only gonna be

You and me there

 

I'm having a party

A party for two, yeah

Invitin' nobody

Nobody but you

 

You're there

(That's all) we really need

(We're gonna) We're gonna party hearty

(Just) Just you and me

(And don't) Don't think about it now

(Don't) Don't even doubt it now

(I'm inviting you to a) party for two

(Whoa!)

 

Shake it, shake it

(Come on baby!)

 

Aww, all the things I'm gonna do

(I'm gonna do with you)

I'm gonna try something new with you, boy

(I want to try that, too)

I'll tell you that it

 

It doesn't matter what you wear

('Cause it's only gonna be)

It's only gonna be you and me

(Aww, yeah)

 

I'm havin' a party

(A little bitty party baby)

A party for two

It's just me and you

(That's right)

Invitin' nobody

I ain't inviting anybody

(Nobody baby)

Nobody but you

 

I'm having a party (I'm having a party)

A party for two (A party for two)

Invitin' nobody (Invitin' nobody)

Nobody but you (Nobody but you)

 

Come on, come on

(Come on, come on)

Come on, come on, come on

(Come on, come on, yeah)

Come on, come on

(Come on, come on)

Come on, come on, come on

(Come on, come on, yeah)

(Just you and me there)

 

That was great!

(Let's do it again!).

 SWEET DREAM

ALESSIA CARA

SONGWRITERS: JON LEVINE; CAROLINE AILIN; JASON GREGORYEVIGAN; ALESSIA CARACCIOLO & SPENCER STEWART

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: IN THE MEANTIME

LABEL: DEF JAM RECORDINGS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2021

 

     Alessia Caracciolo(born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (/əˈlɛsiəˈkɑːrə/), is a Canadian singer-songwriter. When she was only 13 years of age, she started posting covers of songs that she performs on the online platform YouTube to showcase her ability and eventually gained a big enough following.

        After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as "Love Yourself" and "Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014 and released her debut single the following year. "Here" peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and was a sleeper hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

     Cara's debut studio album, Know-It-All(2015), peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 9 on the Billboard 200. The album's third single, "Scars to Your Beautiful", peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zedd on the single "Stay", which is certified seven-times platinum in Canada, and featured on rapper Logic's song "1-800-273-8255". Cara has received nominations for four Grammy Awards, winning the Best New Artist in 2018. She was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 2019 Latin Grammys for her collaboration with Juanes on "Querer Mejor". Her second studio album, The Pains of Growing(2018), saw the moderate commercial success of the singles "Growing Pains" and "Trust My Lonely". The album won Juno Award for Album of the Year and Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year while she went on to win Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year. Her third album, In the Meantime(2021), was met with generally positive reviews from critics.

       In the Meantime is the third studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Alessia Cara, released on September 24, 2021, by Def Jam Recordings. Cara collaborated with Jon Levine, Salaam Remi and Joel Little among several other producers on the project.

Three songs were released to promote the album: "Sweet Dream", "Shapeshifter", and "Best Days", with "Sweet Dream" charting at number 51 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart while the latter two acted as promotional singles. In the Meantime follows Cara's EP This Summer(2019).

4:55, everybody else is snoring

My heavy eyes, I can never seem to close 'em

My running mind, just can't catch it when it's going

Is it late at night or is it early in the morning?

 

Only

So many sheep a girl can count

Patchouli candles burning out

I try to meditate it all away but, damn it, it's too quiet now

Daylight helps distract my head

Monsters hide under my bed

They bother me with all kinds of things

Like, "Where do I go when I'm dead?"

 

Is it too much to ask for a sweet dream?

Need a step back from my feelings

Life is not so bad when I'm sleeping

Is it too much to ask, too much to ask for a

Sweet dream

For a, sweet dream

 

6:58, sun's peaking through the curtains

I drift away, suddenly the wheels are turning

Songs are in my head, scary thoughts begin to worsen

Once I'm wide awake, it's too hard to reverse it

 

Chirping, birds are flying 'round my house

Patchouli candles burning out

I try to meditate it all away but, damn it, it's too quiet now

Daylight helps distract my head

Monsters hide under my bed

They bother me with all kinds of things

Like that one stupid thing I said

 

Is it too much to ask for a sweet dream?

Need a step back from my feelings

Life is not so bad when I'm sleeping

Is it too much to ask, too much to ask for a

Sweet dream

For a, sweet dream

For a, sweet dream

For a, sweet dream

 

Sandman, can you visit me?

All I want is a sweet dream

 

8:31, I'm slurring every word now

I pray this cold coffee helps me with the rebound

How does everybody I know know how to sleep sound?

When we're all a mess

I guess the only way out is a

 

Sweet dream (sweet dream, sweet dream)

Is a, sweet dream (ah-ah)

Sweet dream (oh, yeah)

Is a, sweet dream (yeah).