HEROES

MÅNS ZELMERLÖW

SONGWRITERS: Anton Malmberg Haard Af Segerstad; Joy Deb & Linnea Deb

COUNTRY: SWEDEN

 WHERE: LIVE AT EUROVISION 2015 GRAND FINAL

ALBUM: PERFECTLY DAMAGED

GENRE: POP

LABEL: WARNER MUSIC SWEDEN

YEAR: 2015

 

  Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (pronounced[ˈmɔnːs ˈsɛ̂lmɛˌɭøːv]; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer and television presenter. He took part in Idol 2005, eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of Let's Dance, and scored a hit with his 2007 song "Cara Mia", which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen. Zelmerlöw was the host of Allsång på Skansen from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2009 and won in 2015. Zelmerlöw represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes", winning the contest with 365 points. Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm.

      Perfectly Damaged is the sixth studio album from Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 3 June 2015 through Warner Music Sweden. On 11 May 2015, Zelmerlöw revealed the artwork and track list for the album. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Copenhagen and London in 2015 during spring and summer. The album was produced by Winterlude, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Fredrik Sonefors and Martin Bjelke.

        Perfectly Re: Damaged, a re-issue of the album, was released on 13 May 2016.

       In an interview with Digital Spy Zelmerlöw was asked, "Coming off the back of your Eurovision win, what are your hopes for the international release of your new album Perfectly Damaged?" He replied: "Well I don't know really. It remains to be seen if 'Heroes' can stay up there on the charts. If it can, then I think that will have a great impact on the album as well. I do think Perfectly Damaged is an international album, and I'm really proud of it. I hope this can be the album that takes me across Europe and even further." When asked, "Is 'Heroes' a good indication of what we can expect?" he said "Well my last album, Barcelona Sessions, was organic and kind of indie, and so I think this is a good balance between 'Heroes' and Barcelona Sessions. It still has the organic sound, but with some electronic elements in it, and very powerful choruses like 'Heroes'."

Don't tell the gods I left a mess

I can't undo what has been done

Let's run for cover

 

What if I'm the only hero left

You better fire off your gun

Once and forever

 

He said go dry your eyes

And live your life like there is no tomorrow son

And tell the others

To go sing it like a hummingbird

The greatest anthem ever heard

 

We are the heroes of our time

But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

 

We are the heroes of our time

Heroes

 

But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

Heroes

 

We are the heroes of our time

Heroes

 

But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

Heroes

The crickets sing a song for you

Don't say a word don't make a sound

It's life's creation

 

I make worms turn into butterflies

Wake up and turn this world around

In appreciation

 

He said I never left your side

When you were lost I followed right behind

Was your foundation

 

Now go sing it like a hummingbird

The greatest anthem ever heard

Now sing together

 

We are the heroes of our time

Heroes

 

But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

Heroes

We are the heroes

 

Now go sing it like a hummingbird

The greatest anthem ever heard

Now sing together

 

We are the heroes of our time

Heroes

 

But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

Heroes

 

We are the heroes of our time

Heroes

 

But we're dancing with the demons in our minds

Heroes

We are the heroes.

FRÄMLING

CAROLA HÄGGKVIST

SONGWRITER: MONICA YVONNE FORSBERG

COUNTRY: SWEDEN

WHERE: EUROVISION 1983

ALBUM: FRÄMLING

LABEL: MARIANN

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1983

 

        Carola Maria Häggkvist(Swedish pronunciation: [kaˈrôːla ˈhɛ̂ɡːkvɪst]; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, Främling(1983), sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her career, she has recorded many top-selling albums and singles and is referred to as Sweden's most prominent female singer. Some of her biggest hits are "Främling", "Tommy tycker om mig", "Fångad av en stormvind", "All the Reasons to Live", "I Believe in Love", "Genom allt", and "Evighet". She has released records in various languages: Swedish, Dutch, German, English, Norwegian and Japanese.

   Häggkvist has represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions: in 1983, finishing third; in 1991, winning the contest; and in 2006, finishing fifth.

       Carola Maria Häggkvist was born on 8 September 1966 at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm. She grew up in Norsborg, south of the Swedish capital. At the age of eight, she began to perform at Stockholm's Miniteatern; she also attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School. In 1977, Häggkvist won a talent competition and appeared on television for the first time, on Sveriges magasin, performing "Krokodilbarnets klagan".

         Främling(English: "Stranger") is the debut studio album by Swedish pop singer Carola Häggkvist, released on 26 March 1983. On the album charts, the album debuted and peaked at number one in Sweden and number two in Norway.

Främling, vad döljer du för mig i dina mörka ögon

En svag nyans av ljus nånstans men ändå

En främling, så känner jag för dig

Jag ber dig låt mig få veta

Vem vill du vara kan du förklara det för mig?

 

Som Mona Lisa har sitt leende

Så gömmer också du en hemlighet

Stjärnor jag ser dom vill gärna ta ner nå'n till dig

 

Där bortom himlen finns en evighet

Om du vill upptäcka den här med mig

Ta första stegen och visa mig vägen i kväll

En känsla och jag litar på den

Se'n blir vår kärlek aldrig främmande igen

 

Natten finns till för dig och mig

Glöm det som är omkring oss

Låt mig få komma låt mig få vara nära dig

 

Som Mona Lisa har sitt leende

Så gömmer också du en hemlighet

Stjärnor jag ser dom vill gärna ta ner nå'n till dig.

THE APRIL FOOL

BURT BACHARACH

SONGWRITERS: BURT BACHARACH & HAL DAVID

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BURT BACHARACH

LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1971

 

         Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ˈbækəræk/BAK-ə-rak; May 12, 1928– February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Starting in the 1950s, he composed hundreds of pop songs, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Bacharach's music is characterized by unusual chord progressions, influenced by his background in jazz harmony, and uncommon selections of instruments for small orchestras. He arranged, conducted, and produced much of his recorded output.

     Over 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to 1963) saw the composing duo work with Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Gene McDaniels, and Jerry Butler. Following the initial success of these collaborations, Bacharach wrote hits for singers such as Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, and B. J. Thomas.

Bacharach wrote seventy-three U.S. and fifty-two UK Top 40 hits. Those that topped the Billboard Hot 100 include "This Guy's in Love with You" (Herb Alpert, 1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Thomas, 1969), "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (the Carpenters, 1970), "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Christopher Cross, 1981), and "That's What Friends Are For" (Warwick, 1986). His accolades include six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and one Emmy Award.

        Bacharach is described by writer William Farina as "a composer whose venerable name can be linked with just about every other prominent musical artist of his era"; in later years, his songs were newly appropriated for the soundtracks of major feature films, by which time "tributes, compilations, and revivals were to be found everywhere". A significant figure in easy listening, he influenced later musical movements such as chamber pop and Shibuya-kei. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Bacharach and David at number 32 for their list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. In 2012, the duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first time the honor has been given to a songwriting team.

Are we just April fools?

Who can't see all the thing just around us?

If we just April fools, I'd okay

We'll find the way some how.

GET DOWN

BACKSTREET BOYS

SONGWRITERS: BUELENT ARIS; TONI COTTURA & KEITH MCGUFFY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BACKSTREET BOYS

GENRE: POP

LABEL: JIVE RECORDS

YEAR: 1996

 

       Backstreet Boys(often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson.

   The Backstreet Boys gained mainstream popularity with the release of their second international album Backstreet's Back(1997), along with their self-titled U.S. debut album, Backstreet Boys(1997). Their third studio album Millennium(1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue(2000), continued the group's success worldwide. They also released a greatest hits album, The Hits - Chapter One(2001), with a new single, "Drowning." After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album, Never Gone(2005). After the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet: Unbreakable(2007) and This Is Us(2009).

     Richardson permanently rejoined the group in 2012. In the following year, they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This. In March 2017, the group began a residency in Las Vegas that lasted two years, titled Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life. Their follow-up album DNA(2019) debuted at number one, more than two decades after the group formed and 19 years after they last topped in 2000, making them the first boy band to top the U.S. album charts in three different decades. They released their first Christmas album, A Very Backstreet Christmas in 2022.

       The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. The albums Backstreet Boys and Millennium were both certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), making them one of the few bands to have multiple diamond albums. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013. They also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of(2015).

Backstreet Boys is the debut studio album by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released on May 6, 1996, by Jive Records in Germany. It was a success, becoming one of the biggest debut albums ever. It contains a number of the band's most memorable singles. All of those singles were later released on the group's second self-titled album, Backstreet Boys(1997), their debut in the United States in 1997, which compiled songs from this album and the band's second international release Backstreet's Back(1997).

       The album was first released in Germany on May 6, 1996, where the group was based at the time. It was then released in Switzerland followed by Austria.

You're the one for me

You're my ecstasy

You're the one I need

Hey, yeah

Ohh

 

Get down, get down

And move it all around

Get down, get down

And move it all around

 

Hey, baby love, I need a girl like you

But tell me if you feel it too

I'm in delusion every minute, every hour

My heart is crying out for you

 

I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes

I know that you are the one for me (one for me)

You drive me crazy

'Cause you're one of a kind

I want your lovin'

And I want it right now

 

Get down, get down

And move it all around

Get down, get down

And move it all around

Get down, get down

And move it all around

 

Get down, get down

And move it all around

 

Ooh baby, you're so fine

I'm gonna make you mine

Your lips, they taste so sweet

You're the one for me

You're my ecstasy

You're the one I need

 

Bang, bang, bang

Here we come, here we slam

It's the fun factory with the B-S, B-S

Yo, you girls, get on your knees

Tryin' to scream or touch me please

Backstreet Boys, are you with it? (yeah)

AJ, hit it!

Come on, girl and get down

Spike it up, flip it

 

And move it all around

Here it is if you wanna get with this

Put you at the top of my list

 

I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes

I know that you are the one for me (one for me)

 

You drive me crazy

'Cause you're one of a kind

I want your lovin'

And I want it right now

 

Get down, get down

And move it all around (You better get down)

Get down, get down

And move it all around

Get down, get down

And move it all around

Get down, get down

And move it all around

 

Ooh baby, you're so fine

I'm gonna make you mine

Your lips, they taste so sweet

You're the one for me

You're my ecstasy

You're the one I need

 

I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes

I know that you are the one for me (one for me)

You drive me crazy

'Cause you're one of a kind

I want your lovin', baby

And I want it right now

 

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

 

You're the one for me

You're my ecstasy

You're the one I need

 

Get down (get down)

Get down (get down)

And move it all around

 

Get down (get down)

Get down (get down)

And move it all around

 

Get down (get down)

Get down (get down)

And move it all around

 

Get down (get down)

Get down (get down)

And move it all around

 

Get down (get down)

Get down (get down)

And move it all around

 

Get down (get down)

Get down (get down) yeah.