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Laid (song)
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"Laid"
Single by James
from the album Laid
Released
1 November 1993
Format
7" single, cassette and CD single
Recorded
1993
Genre
Alternative rock, Britpop
Length
2:36
Label
Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Tim Booth, Larry Gott and Jim Glennie
Producer(s)
Brian Eno
James singles chronology
"Sometimes"
(1993) "Laid"
(1993) "Jam J/Say Something"
(1994)
"Laid" is the title song from 1993 album Laid by Manchester alternative rock band James. Emotionally evocative and featuring the risqué lyrics "This bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbours complain about the noises above, but she only comes when she's on top", it quickly gained popularity on American college radio and remains the group's best-known song in the United States. The American release of its music video would, however, go on to replace the ending of its opening lyrics with "she only sings when she's on top" (although Tim Booth is seen to lip-sync the original line, and is accompanied by a subtitle reading "hums"). Today, a number of alternative rock stations, including Boston's RadioBDC, WBOS, Maryland's WRNR-FM, Chicago's WXRT and Philadelphia's WRFF will play "Laid" with the original controversial line.
While the song did chart on the Billboard Hot 100, its peak was #61. It made it on to the chart thanks to its cult status as a popular college song, which is what helped it to peak at #3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was much more successful in the band's native United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 25, becoming another Top 40 hit for the band before it was released in the United States.
Contents
1 Legacy
2 In popular culture
3 Charts
4 References
Legacy[edit]
In the late 1990s and early 2000s the song gained some additional exposure and popularity when it was used as the theme song for the American Pie films starring Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott. A cover by Matt Nathanson was recorded exclusively for the third film, and was later included on the fourth film's soundtrack. When performed by Matt Nathanson live he often creates a lot of banter over the vocals after the second verse, where he encourages the audience to sing along with him. The seventh installment in the franchise, The Book of Love, contains a new cover of "Laid" by singer Aidan Hawken; as of 2012, it still has yet to be released on any album or as a single. The eighth and final film, American Reunion, features the original version by James in the film for the first and only time in the series' history.
In popular culture[edit]
The song was featured at the end of an episode of the second series of E4 show My Mad Fat Diary, the film The To Do List and on an episode of Hindsight. Recently it was featured in Episode 4 of the Netflix Original Series Love. It was also played on season 3 episode 4 of Broadchurch. It was also featured in 2003's American Wedding, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and American Reunion.
"Laid" was also covered by New Orleans alt-rock band Better Than Ezra on their 2005 greatest hits compilation. It has been covered by the Butch Walker-led band 1969 on a hidden track on their album Maya, and has also been covered by Thomas Ian Nicholas (an actor playing Kevin Myers in the American Pie franchise) on his Tnb EP. English band Palma Violets performed a version of the song in July 2015 for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series. The New York City Indie Pop band The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart covered the song "Laid" on their November 16, 2015 Hell EP, sold exclusively at Japan-only Tower Records on Compact Disc and worldwide on a 7" Vinyl soon after.[1]
Matt Nathanson covered the song, which was featured on the American Wedding soundtrack, as well as on American Pie Presents Band Camp.
The song plays as the finale song in the final episode of Shameless, broadcast on May 28th, 2013. The main cast dance to the song in the Jockey pub as characters reunite.
The song was featured at the end of the season four premiere of the acclaimed AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1993-1994)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 40
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 25
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 3
US Billboard Hot 100 61
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Modell, Josh (21 July 2015). "Palma Violets cover James". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – James – Laid". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
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This Is What You Came For
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"This Is What You Came For"
Single by Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna
Released
29 April 2016
Format
Digital download
Genre
EDM
Length
3:41
Label
Westbury Road[1]
Columbia[2]
Songwriter(s)
Taylor Swift
Calvin Harris
Producer(s)
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"How Deep Is Your Love"
(2015) "This Is What You Came For"
(2016) "Hype"
(2016)
Rihanna singles chronology
"Needed Me"
(2016) "This Is What You Came For"
(2016) "Nothing Is Promised"
(2016)
"This Is What You Came For" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris, featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna. The song was released on 29 April 2016, through Columbia Records and Westbury Road. Featuring influences of house music, the song was written and produced by Harris and co-written by Taylor Swift who was initially credited under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg. Rihanna and Harris had previously collaborated on her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk, which included the international chart-topper "We Found Love" and US top five single "Where Have You Been", the former of which was written and produced by Harris. He played the final version for Rihanna at the 2016 Coachella Music Festival.
The single debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's 21st top-five song and Harris's second; the song is currently Harris's highest peaking single as a lead artist. It also reached number one on the US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, became the 12th number one for Rihanna and Harris's tenth on sister chart Dance/Mix Show Airplay. and became Rihanna's 25th and Harris's fourth chart-topper on the Dance Club Songs. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and the Republic of Ireland and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland.
"This Is What You Came For" received mixed reviews from critics; while some praised them for creating a catchy track, others labeled it as boring, and cited Rihanna's vocals as overprocessed. A music video for the song premiered on 17 June 2016 and features Rihanna in an open cube with images projected on the inside walls.
Contents
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1 Writing and release
2 Composition
3 Music video
4 Critical reception
5 Chart performance
6 Live performances
7 Track listing
8 Charts
8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Year-end charts
9 Certifications
10 Release history
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
Writing and release[edit]
Harris's then-girlfriend Taylor Swift (pictured) co-wrote "This Is What You Came For". She was initially credited under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg.
Calvin Harris presented the final recording to Rihanna, two weeks prior to its release. During his performance at Coachella, Harris shared the song with Rihanna and her manager in her trailer. Harris stated that he was "nervous" to play her the song because he had "changed so many bits from when she first heard it."[3] The song was released on 29 April 2016. The song marks the pair's third collaboration, following the global chart-topper "We Found Love" and the Billboard Hot 100 top-five single "Where Have You Been", which are both featured on Rihanna's sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011).[4]
Harris and Nils Sjöberg were credited as the song's writers. On 13 July 2016, TMZ reported that the track was co-written with Harris's then-girlfriend Taylor Swift, who used the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg because they did not want their relationship to overshadow the song.[5][6] The track became a point of contention upon its release, when Harris—in response to being asked about the possibility of collaborating with Swift during an interview with Ryan Seacrest—said that he "can't see it happening."[5] Harris also took to his Twitter account to confirm that Swift wrote the lyrics and contributed some vocals, while he "wrote the music, produced the song, arranged it and cut the vocals", and also confirming her previous request for secrecy as co-songwriter.[7] The credit has since been officially changed to "Taylor Swift" in BMI's and ASCAP's entry for the song.[8][9]
Composition[edit]
"This Is What You Came For" is an EDM song.[4] Gil Kaufman of Billboard stated that the song is "a chilled-out, joyful club track that nods to classic Chicago house from the late 1980s and early 1990s, but with a modern, poppier flavor."[4] The song is written in the key of A minor with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Am–Fmaj7–G–C, and Rihanna's vocals span from G3 to E5.[10]
Music video[edit]
The official music video for the song directed by Emil Nava with Director of Photography Martin Coppen and edited by Ellie Johnson, was released to YouTube on 16 June 2016. In it, a giant white box is shown sitting in a variety of places, such as a misty field and a forest. The scene then cuts to Rihanna, dressed in a sparkly blue jumpsuit, singing while standing and dancing inside the box. While she performs, graphics are projected onto all 5 sides around her. Lasers were the only other effects used with the video projections, and were provided by Dynamic FX. These include a variety of video effects and designs, footage of a crowd partying and running horses, and a drawing of a mountain with lightning over it. The video technology used for projections blended all angles of the backing video, so it would be displayed without skewing the image and allowing it to play back in a 3D environment. This new technology was being used for the first time on this video. This video also had many scenes and different cube designs cut from it, as the filming was cut short due to time constrains. Calvin Harris makes a brief cameo appearance in the video, driving a sports car (Lamborghini Aventador).[11] As the video ends, Rihanna walks outside, revealing the box has been set up on a dark, deserted soundstage. Two months after its release, the video reached 500 million views, and on 29 November 2016, the video reached one billion views. As of October 2017, it has reached 1.8 billion views, and is the site's 22nd most viewed video.[12] Principal photography was shot in Astoria Queens, NY on May 27, 2016.
Critical reception[edit]
"This Is What You Came For" received mixed reviews. Lary Barleet from NME stated that "As it builds to a climax, he pulls it right back, eschewing the EDM drop in favour of voguish and mellow tropical house. It will definitely be a hit, however by manipulating her voice so much he's stripped away the personality that made 'We Found Love' such a standout, and her latest album 'Anti' so compelling. The result is surprisingly soulless."[13] Robbie Daw from the Idolator gave the song a positive review, stating, "The song is pretty decent Euro-centric dance floor fodder. It's just a bit subdued-which might have been the correct decision; why attempt to top a pop classic and fail when you can zig left, aiming for other territory altogether?"[14]
Rihanna's vocals on the song were met positively by critics.
Ryan Middleton from Music Times states "The song starts out with Rihanna's vocals and mostly cooing with a soft build that "drops" into a steady house, four-on-the-floor rhythm and deep bass stabs, using Rihanna's voice as the main element for the melody. It doesn't have the soaring, pop radio synths one might expect from these two, but then again this isn't 2011 and a simple revamp of 'We Found Love,' would be disappointing. The drop may be a little disappointing for fans upon first listen, but give a second, third or fifth spin and there is an earworm quality to this one that will stick with you for a while. It may not have the lasting power of 'We Found Love,' but it will dominate the radio all summer."[15] He praised the song for creating a catchy hit, however he criticized Harris for failing to create anything new. NPR listed it at 89 on its "Top 100 Songs of 2016" list,[16] while Fuse considered it the 10th best song of the year.[17]
Chart performance[edit]
"This Is What You Came For" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart. The single debuted at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at number three on the chart, becoming Rihanna's 28th top ten hit in the US, Harris's fourth, while on the magazine's Dance/Mix Show Airplay it extended Rihanna's number-one streak on that chart to 12 (the most of any artist on that chart) and gave Harris his tenth (the most among male artists, but at the same time extended his most weeks at number one on the chart among artists to 73).[18] "This Is What You Came For" became Rihanna's 25th and Harris's fourth number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs Chart, where it became the first song since 2013's "Wake Me Up" to stay at number one for two weeks.[19] As of October 2016, the single has sold 1.2 million copies in the United States.[20]
"This Is What You Came For" debuted at number one on the Scottish Singles Chart, and peaked at number one in Australia, Canada and Ireland. The song also reached the top 10 in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Slovakia. The song has reached the top 10 in all except three of the countries it has charted in.
Live performances[edit]
Taylor Swift performed "This is What You Came For" on the piano for the first time live at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on October 22, 2016. Swift then performed an acoustic guitar version at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night in Houston, Texas, on February 4, 2017.[21]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download
No.
Title
Length
1. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) 3:41
Digital download – Remixes[22]
No.
Title
Length
1. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (Extended Mix) 4:47
2. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (Dillon Francis Remix) 3:43
3. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (R3hab vs Henry Fong Remix) 4:18
4. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (R3hab Remix) 2:30
5. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (Grandtheft Remix) 3:01
6. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (Tony Junior Remix) 3:35
7. "This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna) (Bobby Puma Remix) 4:44
Total length: 26:38
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2016–17)
Peak
position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[23]
3
Argentina Digital Songs (CAPIF)[24]
10
Australia (ARIA)[25]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[26]
4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27]
4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[28]
4
Brazil (Billboard Brasil Hot 100)[29]
3
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[30]
1
Colombia (National-Report)[31]
21
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[32]
1
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[33]
1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[34]
3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[35]
3
France (SNEP)[36]
4
Germany (Official German Charts)[37]
5
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[38]
1
Hungary (Single Top 40)[39]
1
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[40]
1
Ireland (IRMA)[41]
1
Italy (FIMI)[42]
4
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[43]
1
Israel (Media Forest)[44]
1
Mexico (Monitor Latino)[45]
1
Mexico (Billboard Mexico Airplay)[46]
1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[47]
3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[48]
3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[49]
2
Norway (VG-lista)[50]
3
Philippines (Philippine Hot 100)[51]
64
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[52]
3
Poland (Dance Top 50)[53]
6
Portugal (AFP)[54]
1
Romania (Media Forest)[55]
3
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[56]
1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[57]
1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[58]
1
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[59]
1
South Africa (EMA)[60]
1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[61]
3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[62]
3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[63]
3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[64]
2
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[65]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[66]
3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[67]
15
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[68]
8
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[69]
1
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[70]
1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[71]
2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[72]
3
Venezuela (Record Report)[73]
72
Venezuela English (Record Report)[74]
1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2016)
Position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[75]
8
Australia (ARIA)[76]
6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[77]
27
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[78]
20
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[79]
9
Brazil (Brasil Hot 100)[80]
14
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[81]
11
Denmark (Tracklisten)[82]
21
France[83]
15
Germany (Official German Charts)[84]
17
Hungary (MAHASZ)[85]
13
Israel (Media Forest)[86]
17
Italy (FIMI)[87]
15
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[88]
18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[89]
10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[90]
18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[91]
16
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[92]
5
US Billboard Hot 100[93]
17
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[94]
6
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[95]
45
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[96]
21
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[97]
1
US Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[98]
3
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[99]
13
Venezuela English (Record Report)[100]
2
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[101]
7× Platinum 490,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[102]
Gold 15,000*
Belgium (BEA)[103]
2× Platinum 60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[104]
4× Platinum 320,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[105]
Platinum 60,000^
France (SNEP)[106]
Diamond 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[107]
Platinum 400,000^
Italy (FIMI)[108]
4× Platinum 200,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[109]
Gold 30,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[110]
Platinum 15,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[111]
2× Diamond 200,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[112]
2× Platinum 80,000^
Sweden (GLF)[113]
4× Platinum 160,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[114]
2× Platinum 1,467,000[115]
United States (RIAA)[116]
4× Platinum 4,000,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
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Date
Format
Version
Label
29 April 2016 Digital download Single (1 track)
Sony
Westbury Road
Columbia
17 June 2016 Remixes (4 tracks)
2 August 2016 Remixes (7 tracks)
See also[edit]
List of best-selling singles in Australia
List of number-one singles of 2016 (Australia)
List of number-one singles of 2016 (Ireland)
List of number-one singles of 2016 (Scotland)
List of UK top 10 singles in 2016
List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2016
List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2016
List of number-one dance singles of 2016 (U.S.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna) – Single by Calvin Harris". iTunes US. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
Jump up ^ "Calvin Harris: This Is What You Came For – Music on Google Play". play.google.com.
Jump up ^ "Calvin Harris Debuts New Song This Is What You Came For With Rihanna, Admits He Was Nervous About It". E! News. 29 April 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Listen To Rihanna and Calvin Harris' 'This Is What You Came For'". Billboard. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "Taylor Swift Secretly Wrote 'This is What You Came For' and Calvin 'Disrespected' Her". TMZ. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Wrote Ex Calvin Harris and Rihanna's Hit 'This Is What You Came For,' Her Rep Confirms". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
"This Is What You Came For" music video on YouTube
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"I Need Your Love"
"Thinking About You"
Motion
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"Summer"
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"Open Wide"
"Pray to God"
Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
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"Rollin"
"Feels"
"Faking It"
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"How Deep Is Your Love"
"This Is What You Came For"
"Hype"
"My Way"
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A Girl like Me
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"We Ride"
"Break It Off"
Good Girl Gone Bad
"Umbrella"
"Don't Stop the Music"
"Shut Up and Drive"
"Hate That I Love You"
"Rehab"
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
"Disturbia"
"Take a Bow"
"If I Never See Your Face Again"
Rated R
"Wait Your Turn"
"Hard"
"Stupid in Love"
"Rockstar 101"
"Russian Roulette"
"Rude Boy"
"Te Amo"
"Cold Case Love"
Loud
"S&M"
"What's My Name?"
"Cheers (Drink to That)"
"Fading"
"Only Girl (In the World)"
"California King Bed"
"Man Down"
"Raining Men"
"Complicated"
"Skin"
"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"
Talk That Talk
"You da One"
"Where Have You Been"
"We Found Love"
"Talk That Talk"
"Cockiness (Love It)"
"Birthday Cake"
"Drunk on Love"
"Roc Me Out"
"Watch n' Learn"
"Farewell"
"Do Ya Thang"
"Fool in Love"
Unapologetic
"Phresh Out the Runway"
"Diamonds"
"Numb"
"Pour It Up"
"Loveeeeeee Song"
"Jump"
"Right Now"
"What Now"
"Stay"
"Nobody's Business"
"Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary"
"No Love Allowed"
"Half of Me"
Home
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"Dancing in the Dark"
Anti
"Consideration"
"Kiss It Better"
"Work"
"Desperado"
"Needed Me"
"Love on the Brain"
"Pose"
"Sex with Me"
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"All of the Lights"
"Bad (Remix)"
"Can't Remember to Forget You"
"Famous"
"Fly"
"Live Your Life"
"Love the Way You Lie"
"Loyalty"
"Nothing Is Promised"
"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)"
"Princess of China"
"Roll It"
"Run This Town"
"Selfish"
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)"
"Take Care"
"The Monster"
"This Is What You Came For"
"Too Good"
"Who's That Chick?"
"Wild Thoughts"
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"American Oxygen"
"Bad Girl"
"Birthday Cake (Remix)"
"Bitch Better Have My Money"
"Cockiness (Love It) (Remix)"
"FourFiveSeconds"
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"Redemption Song"
"S&M (Remix)"
"Sledgehammer"
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Murray the K
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Murray the 'K'
1961 album cover
Born
Murray Kaufman
(1922-02-14)February 14, 1922
New York City, United States
Died
February 21, 1982(1982-02-21) (aged 60)
Los Angeles, United States
Occupation
Disc jockey
Years active
1958–1981
Murray Kaufman (February 14, 1922 – February 21, 1982), professionally known as Murray the K, was an influential rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. During the early days of Beatlemania, he frequently referred to himself as the fifth Beatle.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Post-war
3 Deejay: from AM to FM
3.1 "This meeting of the Swingin' Soiree is now in session!"
3.2 "The Fifth Beatle"
3.3 The move to FM
3.3.1 Dylan
3.4 Last years in radio
4 Brooklyn Fox shows
5 Records, television, stage, and syndication
6 Film
7 Family and death
8 Legacy
8.1 Recordings made by Murray Kaufman
9 References
10 External links
Early life[edit]
Murray Kaufman came from a show business family: his mother, Jean, played piano in vaudeville and wrote music and his aunt was a character actress on the stage and in film. He was a child actor – an extra – in several 1930s Hollywood films. He attended a military boarding school, and later was inducted into the United States Army where he arranged entertainment for the troops. Following the war, he put together shows in the Catskills' "Borscht Belt", also doing warm-ups for the headline performers.
Post-war[edit]
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he worked in public relations and as a song plugger, helping to promote tunes like Bob Merrill's "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window." From there, he worked as a radio producer and co-host at WMCA (and briefly thereafter at WMGM), working with personalities such as Laraine Day on the late night interview program "Day At Night" and with Eva Gabor. At the same time, he was doing promotion for several baseball players, including Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, and his radio beginnings may be attributable to his connection with the New York Giants, whose manager, Leo Durocher, was the husband of Laraine Day. His work on those shows earned him his own late-night show that often featured his wife as co-host, as was popular at the time. For a while in the 1950s he was president of the National Conference of Disk Jockeys.
Deejay: from AM to FM[edit]
"This meeting of the Swingin' Soiree is now in session!"[edit]
Murray the K Fan Club promo, c. 1960
Kaufman's big break came in 1958 after he moved to WINS/1010 to do the all-night show, which he titled "The Swingin' Soiree." Shortly after his arrival, WINS's high energy star disk jockey, Alan Freed, was indicted for tax evasion and forced off the air. Though Freed's spot was briefly occupied by Bruce Morrow, who later became known as Cousin Brucie on WABC, Murray was soon moved into the 7–11 pm time period and remained there for the next seven years, always opening his show with Sinatra and making radio history with his innovative segues, jingles, sound effects, antics, and frenetic, creative programming. Jeff Rice, writing in M/C Journal,[1] says that Tom Wolfe calls Murray "the original hysterical disk jockey".[2]
"The Fifth Beatle"[edit]
Murray the K reached his peak of popularity in the mid-1960s when, as the top-rated radio host in New York City, he became an early and ardent supporter and friend of The Beatles. When the Beatles came to New York on February 7, 1964, Murray was the first DJ they welcomed into their circle, having heard about him and his Brooklyn Fox shows from American groups such as the Ronettes (sisters Ronnie and Estelle Bennett and their first cousin Nedra Talley). The Ronettes met the Beatles in mid January 1964, just a few weeks before, when the Harlem-born trio first toured England (the Rolling Stones were the group's opening act). The Beatles and Decca Records (distributor of Philles Records, the Ronettes' U.S. label) jointly threw the Ronettes a welcome party in London. When the band arrived in New York, Murray was invited by Brian Epstein to spend time with the group, and Murray persuaded his radio station (WINS) to let him broadcast his prime time show from the Beatles' Plaza Hotel suite. He subsequently accompanied the band to Washington, D.C. for their first U.S. concert, was backstage at their The Ed Sullivan Show premiere, and roomed with Beatles guitarist George Harrison in Miami, broadcasting his nightly radio shows from his hotel room there. He came to be referred to as the "Fifth Beatle", a moniker he said he was given by Harrison during the train ride to the Beatles' first concert in Washington, D.C. or by Ringo Starr at a press conference before that concert. (However, in The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit he is seen christening himself thus in a phone conversation with the Beatles on the morning of their arrival in New York). His radio station WINS picked up on the name and billed him as the Fifth Beatle, a moniker he came to regret. He was invited to the set of A Hard Day's Night in England and made several treks to England during 1964, giving WINS listeners more Beatle exclusives.[3]
The move to FM[edit]
By the end of 1964, Murray found out that WINS was going to change to an all news format the following year. He resigned on the air in December 1964 (breaking news about the sale of the station and the change in format before the station and Group W released it) and did his last show on February 27 prior to the format change that occurred in April 1965. A year later, in 1966, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that AM and FM radio stations could no longer simply simultaneously broadcast the same content, opening the door for Murray to become program director and primetime dj on WOR-FM—one of the first FM rock stations, soon airing such djs as Rosko and Scott Muni in the new FM format. Murray played long album cuts rather than singles, often playing groups of songs by one artist, or thematically linked songs, uninterrupted by commercials. He combined live in-studio interviews with folk-rock—he called it "attitude music"—and all forms of popular music in a free-form format. He played artists like Bob Dylan and Janis Ian, the long album versions of their songs that came to be known as the "FM cuts". Al Aronowitz quotes Murray as saying about this formula, "You didn't have to hype the record any more. The music was speaking for itself."[4]
Dylan[edit]
During that time Murray was often a champion of the much-maligned electric Bob Dylan. He introduced him to boos at a huge Forest Hills Tennis Stadium concert in August 1965, saying "It's not rock, it's not folk, it's a new thing called Dylan."[5]
He defended Dylan on a WABC-TV panel:
"Even in his months of seclusion after the motorcycle accident, WABC-TV dedicated a television show to a discussion of what Bob Dylan was really like. When one member of the panel accused Dylan of all but inventing juvenile delinquency, there was only Murray the K to defend him. 'Is Bob Dylan every kid's father?' Murray asked."[6]
Last years in radio[edit]
WOR switched to the tighter Drake format where DJ's weren't allowed to pick the music and talk as much, so Murray the K left New York radio to host programs in Toronto—on CHUM—and on WHFS 102.3 FM in Bethesda, Maryland in 1972. He returned to New York after his short stint on WHFS on the weekend show NBC Monitor and as a fill-in morning dj, and then in 1972 moved to a regular evening weekend program on WNBC radio where Don Imus was broadcasting; he was joined there by the legendary Wolfman Jack, a year later. Although it was low-key, Murray's WNBC show featured his own innovative trademark programming style, including telling stories that were illustrated by selected songs, his unique segues, and his pairing cuts by theme or idiosyncratic associations.[7] In early 1975, he was brought on for a brief stint at Long Island alternative rock station WLIR, and his final New York radio show ran later that year on WKTU after which—already in ill health—he moved to Los Angeles. The syndicated show Soundtrack of the '60s mentioned below was heard in New York City on WCBS-FM. Gary Owens succeeded Murray as its host.
Brooklyn Fox shows[edit]
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Throughout his New York radio career, Kaufman produced multi-racial rock 'n' roll shows three or four times a year, usually during the Easter school recess, the week before Labor Day, and between Christmas and New Year at the Brooklyn Fox Theater. Those shows featured the top performers of the era and introduced new acts, such as The Delicates, Dionne Warwick, The Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, The Zombies, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, Gene Pitney, Ben E. King, The Tymes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Bobby Vinton (who was the leader of the house band when he asked for a chance to perform as a singer), The Lovin' Spoonful, Cream, and The Who, among many others.
Records, television, stage, and syndication[edit]
Throughout his radio career, from the 1950s through the 1970s, Murray also released numerous LP record albums, often compilations of hits by the acts that appeared in his famous Brooklyn Fox shows. These albums frequently had names such as Murray the K's Blasts from the Past or Murray the K's Sing Along with the Original Golden Gassers. He also released two albums of shows recorded live from the Brooklyn Fox Theatre: Murray the K's Holiday Revue (1964) and Greatest Holiday Revue (1966), combined on the two-record set Live as it Happened (1976).
"Meusurray" (named after a language game Murray invented and based on a technique used by carnival barkers to attract a crowd was a regular shtick on his 1010 WINS radio show)[8] and it was, subsequently, turned into a single by the girl group The Delicates, released on the United Artists label. The Delicates were Denise Ferri, Arleen Lanzotti and Peggy Santiglia (Murray's Original Dancing Girls") They wrote the song which was arranged by Don Costa. The Delicates also wrote and recorded his "Submarine Race Watcher" theme, used to open and close his radio show. It was during the "twist craze" that Kaufman introduced a song sung by an unidentified artist named, "The Lone Twister", which in fact was Murray.
In the mid-1960s, Kaufman also produced and hosted television variety shows featuring rock performers. The best known was a national broadcast entitled It's What's Happening, Baby which was made under the auspices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The show aired on June 28, 1965 and featured performances by many of the popular artists of the day, including Jan & Dean, Mary Wells, the Dave Clark Five, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles, The Drifters, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, The Ronettes, The Righteous Brothers and Little Anthony & the Imperials He also ran shows with British Invasion bands that included The Zombies and The Yardbirds who featured Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame on guitar. That show also introduced the first music video-style programming, pre-dating MTV by 15 years.
In 1967, Murray produced and wrote "Murray the K in New York" which expanded on the music video-style approach he began in It's What's Happening, Baby and featured an eclectic line-up of stars, including The Doors, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Spanky & Our Gang, and The Four Tops with guest appearances by Ed Sullivan and Joe Namath.
Other locally broadcast shows from the period included "Murray the K at Shea" with James Brown and The Four Seasons and "Music in the Year 2000."
In 1968, Murray produced and hosted a studio panel discussion program entitled "The Sound is Now"; it included appearances by Phil Ochs and Sonny and Cher who were grilled by Henry Morgan and Tex McCrary.
Kaufman also created Murray the K's World, a multimedia discothèque in an abandoned airplane hangar at Roosevelt Field on Long Island where live and recorded music played while slides and film were projected.
During the early 1970s, Murray acted as a special consultant to the stage show Beatlemania, and he toured the country giving interviews on behalf of the show.
In Los Angeles in the late 1970s he hosted Watermark's syndicated "Soundtrack of the '60s" until ill health forced him to resign and forced the cancellation of "A Salute to Murray the K", a tribute concert slated for Madison Square Garden.
Film[edit]
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Kaufman was parodied in the film The Rutles – All You Need Is Cash as a radio host named Bill Murray the K, played by actor Bill Murray. Kaufman appeared as a guest star on the 1960s television series Coronet Blue and also appeared as himself in the film I Wanna Hold Your Hand. He also appeared in the 1975 film That's the Way of the World.
Family and death[edit]
He was married six times and had three sons, Peter (Altschuler), Jeff and Keith. His first wife, Anna May, died in childbirth. He was married to his second, Toni, for three years; his third, Beverly, for three months; his fourth, Claire, for about nine years in the 1950s; his fifth, Jackie Hayes (called "Jackie the K"), until about 1973; and finally, his sixth, actress Jackie Zeman for just one year, although they were together for seven years before marrying.
Kaufman died of cancer a week after his 60th birthday on February 21, 1982.[9]
Legacy[edit]
He shares writing credit with his mother and Bobby Darin for Darin's breakout song, "Splish Splash".[10]
Beginning in 1960, Kaufman's rock 'n' roll shows at the Brooklyn Paramount theater (as co-host with Clay Cole), Manhattan's Academy of Music theater on 14th Street and, predominantly, the Brooklyn Fox theater provided an inter-racial environment in which the performers and the audiences both thrived. The week-long, eight-show-a-day presentations continued throughout the most explosive periods of civil rights unrest in the mid-'60s, culminating in Kaufman's final show at the RKO 58th Street theater in Manhattan with a line-up that included The Who and Cream in their American debuts.
Murray was the author of a 1966 book, Murray the K Tells It Like It Is, Baby.[11]
Kaufman was program director and primetime evening DJ on the nation's first FM rock station WOR-FM, changing the way in which radio listeners heard rock music. During the short run of progressive rock programming – the station switched to an oldies format within the first year – listeners would have been able to hear the full, album versions of songs like Like A Rolling Stone and Society's Child which were either played in shorter versions on AM radio or not played at all.
He is mentioned in the 1980 Ramones song Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? as well as Who Will Save Rock 'n' Roll by the Dictators.
A recording of Murray the K introducing the band Devo appears on their live compilation DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years.
Murray the K introduced Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as the band took the stage on November 4, 1976 in New York City.
He is mentioned in the episode "My Fair David" of the Eighties' detective show Moonlighting when "Maddie Hayes" (Cybill Shepherd) accuses "David Addison" (Bruce Willis) of giving their employees a bad example because he behaves like "Murray The K".
He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1997.[12]
Yo La Tengo frontman Ira Kaplan DJs under the name "Ira the K" for WFMU Jersey City, New Jersey.
Recordings made by Murray Kaufman[edit]
April 1955: Fraternity F-714 "The Crazy Otto Rag" as by Ludwig Von Kaufman/"Out Of The Bushes" as by Murray Kaufman (made while a DJ at WMCA)
1959: Murray Kaufman Part 1/Part 2 (Part 1 is a 1010WINS radio jingle item featuring Murray and the Delicates and his themes; Part 2 is his "Ah, Bey, ah bey, koowi zowa zowa" chant, along with an explanation of its meaning.) The chant was lifted intact from a Thomas J. Valentino music library recording (on the Major Records label) entitled "African Drums With Native Chants" on the A side and "Drums (African)", "Native Work Chant (African)", and "Native Choral Chant (African)" on the B side.
1961: Atlantic 2130 "The Lone Twister"/"Twistin' Up A Storm" as by The Lone Twister
1965: Red Bird 10-045 "It's What's Happenin, Baby"/"The Sins Of A Family" as by 'Murray the "K"'. (The B side was a P. F. Sloan song.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "They Put Me in the Mix: William S. Burroughs, DJs, and The New Cultural Studies", M/C Journal, vol 4 issue 2, April 2001
Jump up ^ Quoted by Rice as from Wolfe's 1965 book The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (New York: Pocket Books, 1965).
Jump up ^ Read a late 70s interview with Murray, conducted by Martin A. Grove; published in his book Beatle Madness, (Manor, 1978) for more on Murray and the Beatles.
Jump up ^ Al Aronowitz, "The Fifth Beatle, or Everyone Hated Murray", Column 18 of The Blacklisted Journalist February 1, 1997.
Jump up ^ Peter Stone Brown, "You Only Had to Feel Them" and this description of the Forest Hills concert
Jump up ^ "Bob Dylan: Rebel King of Rock 'n' Roll", The Saturday Evening Post, 30 July 1966
Jump up ^ See Paul Levinson, "Murray the K in Nostalgia's Noose", The Village Voice, October 26, 1972.
Jump up ^ Fong-Torres, Ben (2001). The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-87930-664-9.
Jump up ^ "Fifth Beatle, 'Murray the K,' Dies". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 1982. Retrieved 2010-09-18. Murray (The K) Kaufman, the New York disc jockey who rose to nationwide fame during the British rock invasion of the 1960s and was once called "The Fifth Beatle", has died at this home in Studio City.
Jump up ^ Murray's mother Jean suggested that "Splish Splash I was taking a bath" would be a good first line for a song. Bobby Darin and Murray wrote the lyrics; Murray's mother wrote most of the music. The song was credited to "Bobby Darin and Jean Murray" to avoid any possible suggestion of payola if the song became a hit. (Story told at http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1820 and retold in slightly different versions elsewhere.)
Jump up ^ Murray Kaufman, Murray the K Tells It Like It Is, Baby with forewords by Tony Bennett, Sybil Burton, Tucker Frederickson, and George Harrison (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966)
Jump up ^ "Murray “The K” Kaufman". National Radio Hall Of Fame. 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
External links[edit]
Another blast from the past: "Swingin' Soiree"
The Murray the K Collection
Murray the K Official site
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(You're) Having My Baby
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"(You're) Having My Baby"
Single by Paul Anka
B-side
"Papa"
Released
June 1974 (US)
Format
7"
Recorded
1974
Genre
Soft rock[1]
Length
2:32
Label
United Artists Records 454
Songwriter(s)
Paul Anka
Producer(s)
Rick Hall
Paul Anka singles chronology
"Let Me Get to Know You"
(1974) "(You're) Having My Baby"
(1974) "One Man Woman/One Woman Man"
(1974)
"Let Me Get to Know You"
(1974) "(You're) Having My Baby"
(1974) "One Man Woman/One Woman Man"
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"(You're) Having My Baby" is a song written and recorded in 1974 by Canadian singer Paul Anka. Recorded as a duet with female vocalist Odia Coates, the song became Anka's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 15 years, since 1959's "Lonely Boy". The song became a Gold record.
Contents
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1 Song information
2 Controversy
3 Chart performance
3.1 Weekly charts
3.2 Year-end charts
4 Covers
5 References
6 External links
Song information[edit]
Anka, whose last chart-topping hit had been 1959's "Lonely Boy", had written the song for his wife and their four daughters while appearing at Lake Tahoe.[2] The song was going to be a solo effort by Anka, but the unknown Coates, whom Anka had met while on tour, was at the studio during the recording session. Upon suggestion by United Artists recording executive Bob Skaff, the song became a duet.[2] Released in late June 1974, "(You're) Having My Baby" climbed the chart and became Anka's third No. 1 song. A follow-up single "One Man Woman/One Woman Man", reached the Top 10 in early 1975.
Controversy[edit]
Despite its commercial success, the song has been criticised for its maudlin sentimentality[3] and perceived sexist undertones,[2] and has appeared in "worst song" lists. It was voted the #1 "Worst Song of All Time" in a poll conducted by CNN.com in 2006.[4]
The song was also criticized for declaring the child was the man's, rather than the couple's. Anka defended his choice in a 1974 interview, saying, "it's not meant to alienate anyone. I could have called it 'having our baby', but the other just sounded better. It's not a male ego trip—my baby."[5] Anka did sometimes sing the line as "you're having our baby" while performing in concert.[6] While reviewing a 2005 concert, Dan MacIntosh of PopMatters noted that while Anka had "covered most of his career highlights", he had "wisely neglected to include 'You're Having My Baby.'"[7]
Others criticized a line stating that while the woman could have "swept it from [her] life" (a euphemism for having an abortion, which had recently been legalized across the United States through the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling), she had not because it was "a wonderful way of showing how much she loves him".[8] In response, Anka said the song was "a love song".[8] He also explained in 1974, "what I'm saying in the song is that there is a choice. The libbers will get on me; I can't help that. I am into the antihuman thing, and I do understand the other side of it. There are those who can't cope, and it's not in the cards for them to have kids. I'm a libber myself, in the sense that ... if you've got to abort, you do. Some people just can't cope."[5]
The National Organization for Women gave Anka the "Keep Her in Her Place" award during "its annual putdown of male chauvinism" in the media on Women's Equality Day.[9] Ms. magazine "awarded" Anka their "Male Chauvinistic Pig of the Year" award.[10]
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1974)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 2
Canada (RPM)[12] 1
Germany 15
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 4
UK 6
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 5
US Cashbox Top 100[15] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1974)
Rank
Australia[11] 15
Canada[16] 7
UK[17] 78
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 28
US Cash Box[19] 24
Covers[edit]
Around the same time "(You're) Having My Baby" was climbing the Hot 100, a female country vocalist named Sunday Sharpe recorded a cover version called "I'm Having Your Baby." With lyrics altered to the female perspective, "I'm Having Your Baby" peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in October 1974.[20]
The Coolies covered "Having My Baby" in 1986 on their first album, dig..? on DB Records. While Anka's version of "Having My Baby" received criticism, Coolies lead singer Clay Harper takes it to another level during a brief spoken interlude at the end of the song in which he reveals that she is not the only woman in town having his baby. Thus, he must leave town.
An excerpt from the song was recorded by the Circle Jerks in the 1983 medley "Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)".
The song was also covered on November 18, 2009 episode of Glee.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Fontenot, Robert (February 21, 2016). "The 10 Ickiest Soft-Rock Hits of the '70s". About.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. 5th ed. New York: Billboard Publications. ISBN 978-0-8230-7677-2.
Jump up ^ Caramanica, Jon (2010-04-08). "'Glee': Attitude, Yes, but Without a Song in Its Heart". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ Leopold, Todd (2006-04-27). "The worst song of all time, part II". CNN. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
^ Jump up to: a b Nolan, Tom (1974-10-24). "Paul Anka: The Lonely Boy Grows Up". Rolling Stone.
Jump up ^ "Interview with Paul Anka". Arlene Herson. 2005-06-25. Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
Jump up ^ "Paul Anka". PopMatters. 2005-07-22. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
^ Jump up to: a b Proulx, Brenda Zosky (1982-08-13). "Paul Anka has a dark side - but he won't talk about it". The Gazette. Montreal. p. E-7.
Jump up ^ "People, Sep. 9, 1974". Time. 1974-09-09. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
Jump up ^ Buck, Jerry (1986-02-20). "Singer sets sights off the road". The Free Lance-Star. Associated Press (Fredericksburg, VA).
^ Jump up to: a b Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – (You're) Having My Baby". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. 1974-09-07. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 1974 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs, 1944–2005. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
August 24, 1974 – September 7, 1974 (three weeks) Succeeded by
"I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton
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