Which 'Beatle' had a hit single with 'Photograph'?
"of the album's ""three most wonderful songs"", along with the Lennon-composed ""I'm the Greatest"" and the Harrison–Mal Evans collaboration ""You and Me (Babe)"".<ref name=""Gerson/RS""></ref> Gerson noted how the song's intro provided an effective ""pull on the listener"" and wrote that, while the lyrics had a sorrowful quality, ""the effect is warming"". ""Billboard""s album reviewer praised Perry's ""stunning production"" on ""the best Ringo album ever"", adding: ""We all know already that 'Photograph' has got to be a No. 1 single this month, right?"" Although less impressed with ""Ringo"", Alan Betrock wrote in ""Phonograph Record"": ""It's also clear when you reach 'Photograph'"
"Photograph (Def Leppard song) ""Photograph"" is a song performed by English hard rock band Def Leppard and produced by Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange. It is the lead single from the band's third studio album, ""Pyromania"" (1983). Their lead vocalist Joe Elliott has described the song as generally about ""something you can't ever get your hands on"". When released as a single it reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for six weeks, and No. 12 on the Pop Singles chart. In 2006 the song was used in promotional adverts for the DVD release of ""Blades"
"Photograph (Weezer song) ""Photograph"" is a song by American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the third and final single from the band's self-titled third album, ""Weezer"". ""Photograph"" was released as the first single off the album in Japan instead of ""Hash Pipe."" The song enjoyed only modest success on the radio, peaking at #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. During many live shows in 2005, the band would close out their first set by having Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson take lead vocals and guitar on ""Photograph"" while Rivers played drums. The music video for the song was directed"
"Photograph (Nickelback song) ""Photograph"" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released in September 2005 as the first single from their fifth studio album, ""All the Right Reasons"". The song made multiple US and UK top 10 charts, peaking at #1 in several of them. The music video begins with Chad Kroeger, the video's protagonist, walking along a lonely, sparsely populated street, holding up a photograph of himself and Nickelback's producer, Joey Moi (who is referred to in the line ""And what the hell is on Joey's head?""). As the song progresses to the line ""And"
"lead single, ""Photograph"", turned Def Leppard into a household name, supplanting Michael Jackson's ""Beat It"" as the most requested video clip on MTV and becoming a staple of rock radio (dominating the US Album Rock Charts for six weeks), and sparked a headline tour across the U.S. Fueled by ""Photograph"" and subsequent singles ""Rock of Ages"" and ""Foolin'"", ""Pyromania"" went on to sell six million copies in 1983 (more than 100,000 copies every week in that year) and only was held from the top of the US album charts by Michael Jackson's ""Thriller"". With the album's massive success, ""Pyromania"" was"
"Photograph (Ed Sheeran song) ""Photograph"" is a song recorded by the English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, for his second studio album, ""×"" (2014). Sheeran wrote the song with Snow Patrol member, Johnny McDaid, who had a piano loop from which the composition developed. After recording several versions with other producers, Sheeran eventually solicited help from Jeff Bhasker; the collaboration generated a version that Bhasker further enhanced for months. The ballad derives its music primarily from an acoustic guitar, piano and programmed drums. With visually descriptive lyrics, it discusses a long-distance relationship inspired by Sheeran's own experience of being away from his"
"single ""Photograph"", written by Starr and Harrison, the album was a commercial and critical success. The release was closely followed by that of Wings' ""Band on the Run"" album, which gained critical acclaim for McCartney for the first time as a solo artist. The original mix of ""Six O'Clock"" extended to 5:26 due to the inclusion of the reprise-like coda, yet this portion was subsequently cut, reducing the track length to 4:05. While the LP face label for the US commercial release mistakenly gave the pre-edit length, the extended version of the song appeared only on promotional copies of ""Ringo"""
"acknowledges the extent of Harrison's influence on this and other tracks on ""Ringo"" while rueing that ""Photograph"" marks the only formal co-composition by the two ex-Beatles. Huntley describes the song as the album's ""stand-out track"" and ""by a country mile, the commercial high-point"" for Starr as a songwriter. Former ""Mojo"" editor Mat Snow recognises it as ""perhaps the single best song of [Starr's] career"" and the ""emotional heart"" of the album. The song provided the title to Starr's 2007 career-spanning compilation """",<ref name=""Erlewine/AM""></ref> having earlier appeared on ""Blast from Your Past"" (1975), a greatest-hits collection covering his years on Apple"
"Photograph (Melanie album) Photograph is an album released by Melanie in 1976; her only release on Atlantic Records. The album contains ""Cyclone"" which was released as a single; despite making a publicity tour on ""American Bandstand"" and ""The Brady Bunch Hour"" to promote the single, it failed to chart. Ahmet Ertegün, who had personally signed Melanie to his label, was credited with creative direction on the album, was very involved with its recording, and was present at all vocal sessions and mixes. The album was heralded by the New York Times as one of the best albums of 1976; although"
"to their 2011 album ""Insidious"". Photograph (Def Leppard song) ""Photograph"" is a song performed by English hard rock band Def Leppard and produced by Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange. It is the lead single from the band's third studio album, ""Pyromania"" (1983). Their lead vocalist Joe Elliott has described the song as generally about ""something you can't ever get your hands on"". When released as a single it reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for six weeks, and No. 12 on the Pop Singles chart. In 2006 the song was used in promotional adverts for"
"""""Ringo"" is the most successful record by an ex-Beatle. It is not polemical and abrasive like Lennon's, harsh and self-pitying like Harrison's, or precious and flimsy like McCartney's, but balanced, airy and amiable."" ""You're Sixteen"" was released as the album's second single, backed with ""Devil Woman"", in the US on 3 December. In late December, on the 28th, ""Photograph"" went gold in the US. ""You're Sixteen"" acquired gold status in the US on 31 January 1974, and was released in the UK on 8 February, reaching No. 4. In the US, the singles from ""Ringo"" ""Photograph"" and Starr's cover of"
"Music"", describes ""Photograph"" as ""wonderful"" and says that the ""poignant"" Concert for George rendition ""highlighted Starr's great ability to love, and in turn, be loved"". Starr sang ""Photograph"" at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards,<ref name=""UCR/Grammys""></ref> during which he and Paul McCartney, as the two surviving ex-Beatles, were honoured with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name=""Contact/Grammys""></ref> The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 26 January 2014.<ref name=""Guardian/Grammys""></ref> ""Rolling Stone"" reported on Starr's performance of the song: ""Backed by a massive full band, he bounced around the stage while old black-and-white photographs showed on a big"
"Photograph (J. Cole song) ""Photograph"" is a song by American rapper J. Cole, released on April 20, 2018 from his fifth studio album, ""KOD"". ""Pitchfork"" said ""Cole simplifies lust on ""Photograph,"" where he again reminds us that his ideal woman is a holy Madonna who is sexy but never shows too much skin."" ""Spin"" said it ""renders lust as it plays out on social media when the object of affection is a complete stranger."" Alexis Petridis of ""The Guardian"" said ""there's something really haunting about Photograph, with its delicate two-note guitar sample and a chorus whose vocal appears to be"
"know Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid produced the ballad 'Photograph', its stolid plod through clichés about how lovin' 'can hurt' and 'heal' should tell you"". Meanwhile, Dave Hanratty of ""Drowned in Sound"" remarked: ""... the cloying 'Photograph' ... is co-written and produced by a member of Snow Patrol should surprise nobody, given that it follows their heartstring-tugging script so resolutely. At least it moves."" ""The Herald"" Alan Morrison felt that ""Photograph"" was ""identikit Snow Patrol"". ""Photograph"" and the rest of the album's tracks entered the UK Singles Chart due to high streaming rates. The single debuted at number 44 on the"
"week, and then to the A-List. It was also added to the BBC Radio 2 C-list. ""Photograph"" originally peaked at number 29 upon its first release, three years earlier. The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 52 on 10 June 2008, climbed to number 29 a week later and reached a peak of number 18, two weeks after the physical release, outpeaking the original release of the song. Photograph (Nickelback song) ""Photograph"" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released in September 2005 as the first single from their fifth studio album, ""All the"
"Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers it to be ""among the very best post-Beatles songs by any of the Fab Four"". The lyrics are a reflection on lost love, whereby a photograph is the only reminder of the protagonists' shared past. Starr and Harrison began writing the song in the South of France in 1971, during a period when Starr was focused on developing his acting career. They first recorded ""Photograph"" late the following year, along with the single's B-side, ""Down and Out"", during sessions for Harrison's ""Living in the Material World"" album. The officially released version was recorded in"
"the production that Harrison adopted for Ravi Shankar's song ""I Am Missing You"", an April 1973 recording that also featured Starr. With ""Photograph"" selected as the album's lead single, Starr chose ""Down and Out"", a song written by him alone, for the B-side. Starr recorded the song in England, backed by Harrison, pianist Gary Wright and Voormann. The Harrison-produced session most likely took place in 1972, according to authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter, during the same period as Starr and Harrison's first attempt at recording ""Photograph"". A twelve-bar blues with what Starr biographer Alan Clayson describes as ""perfunctory"" lyrics,"
"Records. For the 1991 CD reissue of ""Ringo"", the album was expanded through the inclusion of three bonus tracks, the last of which was the long-unavailable ""Down and Out"". In 2009, ""Photograph"" was featured in the Judd Apatow-directed film ""Funny People"" and appeared on the accompanying soundtrack album. Following his return to touring in July 1989 – the first tour for Starr since the Beatles quit performing live in 1966<ref name=""Sandall/Q"">Sandall, Robert (January 1991). ""Ringo Starr"". ""Q"". Available at Rock's Backpages (""subscription required"").</ref> – he has played ""Photograph"" regularly with the various incarnations of his All-Starr Band. Eschewing his drum"
"Sheeran was being sued by songwriters Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard, writers of Matt Cardle's 2011 single ""Amazing"", for $20 million for copyright infringement for note-for-note plagiarism. The lawsuit was privately settled in April 2017, with no admission of guilt. Ed Sheeran wrote ""Photograph"" in May 2012 with Johnny McDaid, instrumentalist and background vocalist of the British band Snow Patrol. Sheeran toured with the band, for whom he provided opening performances in select North American dates. McDaid had a three-note piano loop that became the basis of ""Photograph"". The song's development began when Sheeran, while in a hotel room in"
"Life for Me"" to Starr for inclusion on the latter's first rock solo album, ""Ringo"". The main sessions for ""Ringo"" took place in Los Angeles that same month and coincided with a spirit of reconciliation among all the former Beatles, after Harrison, Starr and Lennon had grown disaffected with Klein as a manager. In addition to ""Sunshine Life for Me"" and individual contributions from Lennon and McCartney, Starr received co-writing assistance from Harrison on ""Photograph"", which became Starr's first number 1 hit on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart when released as the album's advance single. With Richard Perry as"
"the album. With ""Photograph"", Sheeran also became the ninth male solo artist since 2010 to spawn four top 20 hits from a single album, excluding deluxe editions. In specific formats such as the Mainstream Top 40, the single reached the top 10 on the week ending 29 August 2015; it gave the album four that have achieved the threshold. The single was first certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 21 July 2015, double platinum on 29 February 2016 and triple platinum on 16 August 2017. As of June 2016, the song has sold 1,551,000 copies in"
"slightly out of step with the beat."" Photograph (J. Cole song) ""Photograph"" is a song by American rapper J. Cole, released on April 20, 2018 from his fifth studio album, ""KOD"". ""Pitchfork"" said ""Cole simplifies lust on ""Photograph,"" where he again reminds us that his ideal woman is a holy Madonna who is sexy but never shows too much skin."" ""Spin"" said it ""renders lust as it plays out on social media when the object of affection is a complete stranger."" Alexis Petridis of ""The Guardian"" said ""there's something really haunting about Photograph, with its delicate two-note guitar sample and"
"then-girlfriend while he was on tour. The song received generally positive commentary from critics, who noted the lyrics and Sheeran's use of imagery. ""Photograph"" served as the fifth and final single from the album. It reached the top five on the main singles charts in more than five countries. In the US, where it peaked at No. 10, ""Photograph"" became the third single from the album to have reached within the top ten. In the UK, it reached No. 15 and has since been certified platinum for sales of 600,000 units. The single has also been certified double platinum in"
"their cars to go home as the band finishes the song. The video was directed by Nigel Dick and was filmed in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, hometown to the majority of the band. CD single 2008 CD single (UK re-release) The single became the band's third top ten hit in the United States, peaking at number 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. (Held from the top spot by Kanye West's ""Gold Digger"") ""Photograph"" has sold over 1.4 million digital downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, though it is certified Gold by the RIAA. ""Photograph"", was the first of"
"the recording features solos from Harrison, on slide guitar, and Wright. Perry subsequently added a horn section, resulting in him being credited as co-producer on the track. Carr and Tyler dismiss ""Down and Out"" with the description: ""a very mundane throwaway tune only saved from extinction by the professional arrangement and by Harrison's distinctive slide-guitar solo"". Apple Records released ""Photograph"", backed by ""Down and Out"", on 24 September 1973 in America, and on 19 October in Britain. Starr made a promotional film for ""Photograph"", in which he mimed to the song while walking through the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, the"
"that Side One is the undisputed champ of the album. Jack Nitzsche has thrown in a lot of ""his"" past influences here, including the Famous School of Phil Spector castanets, lesson No. 2."" Betrock concluded of the song: ""'Photograph' is one of those rare pop records that grows stronger with each play, and will be covered and revived for years to come (I'll lay you 50-1 it appears on the next Andy Williams album).""<ref name=""Betrock/PhonRec"">Betrock, Alan (December 1973). ""Ringo Starr: ""Ringo"""". ""Phonograph Record"". Available at Rock's Backpages (""subscription required"").</ref> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers ""Photograph"" a ""gorgeous collaboration"" between"
"three top ten hits from ""All the Right Reasons"" in New Zealand, peaking at number 4. The song also topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and Pop 100 charts. The single was also a huge success on the Canadian charts, peaking at number-one and staying there for seven weeks. In 2008, the single was once again showing on future single release lists in the UK. The single was re-released on 23 June 2008 to capitalise on the success of ""Rockstar"". ""Photograph"" was added to the C-list at BBC Radio 1 on 21 May 2008, climbing to the B-list the following"
"""Photograph"" appearing as the third track, preceding another Harrison contribution, ""Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)"". Opposite the printed lyrics for ""Photograph"" inside the album booklet, a lithograph by Voormann depicted a framed picture on a shelf or desktop, in which Starr looks dejectedly at a framed picture of a woman. In his personal life at this point, the album's arrival coincided with the failure of Starr's marriage, partly as a result of Harrison and Maureen conducting an affair. While the friendship between the two former bandmates soon recovered, Starr and Harrison would not officially write another song together"
"at the Beatles' Apple Studio in London and at Harrison's home studio, FPSHOT, in Henley-on-Thames. The personnel at the sessions were Harrison, keyboard players Wright and Nicky Hopkins, drummers Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner, and bass player Klaus Voormann – many of whom later played on Harrison's official version of the song. Among other unreleased recordings from the ""Material World"" sessions, Harrison and Starr taped a version of their joint composition ""Photograph"" in December 1972. Another song about lost love, ""Photograph"" presents a similarly bleak picture of a failed romance, sharing with ""So Sad"" the theme that any possibility of"
"over 1971–72, ""It Don't Come Easy"" and ""Back Off Boogaloo"", Harrison helped write the melody, although ""Photograph"" marked the first time that he was credited as a co-writer with Starr. In her autobiography, ""Step Inside Love"", Black says she had hoped to record the song for a single later in 1971, only to be told by Starr: ""No, it's too bloody good for you. I'm having it myself."" The lyric to ""Photograph"" is centred around lost love, with the singer having only a single picture by which to remember his absent lover. The eponymous photograph reminds him of their former"
"Take a Picture (Filter song) ""Take a Picture"" is a song by American rock band Filter, released on November 16, 1999 as the second single from their second studio album ""Title of Record"". The song became a major hit at the start of 2000, peaking at number 12 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Filter frontman and founding member Richard Patrick has said that the song is about him getting drunk on an airplane and taking off all of his clothes. Patrick expanded in greater detail in a 2008 retrospective interview: ""When I wrote the chorus to ""Take a Picture"""
"the UK. The following year he released his most successful UK hit, ""Back Off Boogaloo"" (again produced and co-written by Harrison), which peaked at number two (US number nine). Having become friends with the English singer Marc Bolan, Starr made his directorial debut with the 1972 T. Rex documentary ""Born to Boogie"". In 1973, Starr earned two number one hits in the US: ""Photograph"", a UK number eight hit co-written with Harrison, and ""You're Sixteen"", written by the Sherman Brothers. Starr's third million-selling single, ""You're Sixteen"", was released in the UK in February 1974 where it peaked at number four."
"tweeted ""My next single from multiply is Photograph. Wait til you see the video, it's a special one. Very excited"". Photograph then hit No.2 on Twitter Top Track Charts and also in Billboard Hot 100. The song first charted for a week in December 2014. Even before the announcement of an official release, ""Photograph"" was certified Silver in the UK for selling in excess of 200,000 copies. The music video for the single was released on 10 May 2015. ""One"" was entered in the UK Singles Chart at No. 20 and entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at No. 86. ""Don't"""