"better success on the magazine's Dance Club Songs chart, where it was restructured into a house music setting by Tony Humphries for the compilation ""It's-It"", eventually becoming the act's first and only number one single on that chart, and cemented lead singer Björk's new found success in the dance and electronic music community. Leash Called Love ""Leash Called Love"" is a song written and recorded by the Icelandic band The Sugarcubes for their 1992 album ""Stick Around for Joy"", and their follow up to their number one ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks single ""Hit"". The track dealt with the subject of"
"Hit (The Sugarcubes song) ""Hit"" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic alternative rock band The Sugarcubes. It was released on 30 December 1991 as the lead single from their third and final studio album, ""Stick Around for Joy"". The song became the band's most successful single, reaching number one on ""Billboard""s Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US, as well as peaking at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was accompanied by a music video directed by Óskar Jónasson. UK 7"" vinyl ""Side A"" ""Side B"" UK 12"" vinyl ""Side A"" ""Side B"" UK CD1"
"The track was covered by the English indie rock band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as ""Carter USM"") in 1993 as a B-side to their single ""Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over"" off their fourth album, ""Post Historic Monsters"". Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Hit"". Hit (The Sugarcubes song) ""Hit"" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic alternative rock band The Sugarcubes. It was released on 30 December 1991 as the lead single from their third and final studio album, ""Stick Around for Joy"". The song became the band's most successful single, reaching number"
"Leash Called Love ""Leash Called Love"" is a song written and recorded by the Icelandic band The Sugarcubes for their 1992 album ""Stick Around for Joy"", and their follow up to their number one ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks single ""Hit"". The track dealt with the subject of a woman's vow to break free from the emotional and physical abuse from her lover, hence the song's title. The song would also be the group's final single release before their break up in 1993. While the single did not chart the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock or Hot 100 charts, it would eventually find"
"noticeably better reviews than ""Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!"", and spawned the band's first big hit single, the aptly titled ""Hit"". Further singles ""Walkabout"" and ""Vitamin"" failed to make any chart impact. The Sugarcubes opened for U2 during the US leg of their Zoo TV Tour in October and November 1992, playing to a grand total of 700,000 people. A remix album entitled ""It's-It"" was released in October 1992 along with a re-release of ""Birthday"" which was backed by numerous remixes of the song. One single that was released from the compilation, the Tony Humphries remix of ""Leash Called Love"","
"Stick Around for Joy Stick Around for Joy is the third and final studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band The Sugarcubes. It was released on February 18, 1992 by Elektra. The album was supported by four singles: the aptly titled ""Hit"" which reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and #17 on the UK Singles Chart, ""Walkabout"", ""Vitamin"" and ""Leash Called Love"" which went #1 on the US Dance chart. The album itself peaked at #95 on the Billboard 200 and went #16 on the official UK albums chart (OCC), marking their lowest charting positions"
"on both charts. ""Stick Around for Joy"" received favourable reviews. The Sugarcubes Additional personnel Stick Around for Joy Stick Around for Joy is the third and final studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band The Sugarcubes. It was released on February 18, 1992 by Elektra. The album was supported by four singles: the aptly titled ""Hit"" which reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and #17 on the UK Singles Chart, ""Walkabout"", ""Vitamin"" and ""Leash Called Love"" which went #1 on the US Dance chart. The album itself peaked at #95 on the Billboard 200 and"
"Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song) ""Cherry Bomb"" is a 1976 punk-influenced hard rock single by the all-female band the Runaways from their self-titled debut album, and is often regarded as the band's signature song. ""Cherry Bomb"" was also ranked 52nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. It peaked at number 106 on the ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart in the U.S. Singer/guitarist Joan Jett composed the song with Kim Fowley, the band's then-manager. In the 2005 documentary """", Fowley and former Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie claimed that ""Cherry Bomb"" was quickly written just for Currie to"
"optimism, which is reflected in the album's title. Despite never having intended to be taken seriously, and because of the success of their debut and their contractual obligations, The Sugarcubes went on to release two further studio albums. The lead single ""Birthday"" was released on Derek Birkett's One Little Indian Records in August 1987. After influential magazine ""NME"" declared it ""Single of the Week"", the band unexpectedly got the attention of the British music press, especially lead singer Björk. Across the following months, the band reluctantly appeared on the covers of the United Kingdom's most prominent pop magazines and experienced"
"Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and occasional actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song ""Cherry Bomb"". The Blackhearts' version of the song ""I Love Rock 'n Roll"" was number-one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable hit songs include ""Bad Reputation"", ""Crimson and Clover"", ""Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh"
"What Hits!? What Hits!? is a ""best-of"" compilation album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 29, 1992 by EMI. The album contains tracks from the band's first four albums as well as ""Under the Bridge"" from their fifth album, 1991's hit ""Blood Sugar Sex Magik"" and the ""Pretty Woman"" soundtrack contribution/single B-side ""Show Me Your Soul."" ""Behind the Sun"" was released as a single and music video to accompany the release of this compilation. The song originally appeared on the band's 1987 album ""The Uplift Mofo Party Plan"". The compilation is the only official record of the band"
"Sure Shot ""Sure Shot"" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their 1994 album ""Ill Communication"". The single was released a few days after the release of the album, on May 31, 1994. The track features a sample from jazz flautist Jeremy Steig's ""Howlin' For Judy"", which provides the main instrumental part of the song. The CD and cassette maxi single (with a total of 7 tracks) features three remixes of the title track, one by Large Professor, one by Mike Nardone and Dred Scott, and a third by the Prunes."
"Sugarcult Sugarcult is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California formed in 1998. The band currently consists of Tim Pagnotta (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Airin Older (bass guitar, backing vocals), Marko DeSantis (commonly known as ""Marko 72"") (lead guitar), and Kenny Livingston (drums, percussion). Tim Pagnotta met ex-drummer Ben Davis during a cigarette break at school. Davis (who then played bass) and Pagnotta started to play together on a regular basis. Pagnotta met Airin Older in a music class where Pagnotta was copying Older's work. They became good friends and Pagnotta invited Older to join his band. Davis moved"
"Greatest Hits (ZZ Top album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1992. ""Viva Las Vegas"" and ""Gun Love"" were two new tracks. It was also released as a vinyl album with four tracks omitted from the CD version (""Cheap Sunglasses"", ""I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"", ""Pearl Necklace"", and ""Tube Snake Boogie""). It is notable that ten of the 18 songs on this ""Greatest Hits"" compilation originated from the latest three albums when this compilation was produced, and two debuted on the ""Greatest Hits"" album itself. Of the six songs made"
"Sylvia Robinson Sylvia Robinson (née Vanterpool; May 29, 1935 – September 29, 2011) was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive. Robinson was best known for her work as founder/CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the genre; ""Rapper's Delight"" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang, and ""The Message"" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; which caused her to be dubbed ""The Mother of Hip–Hop"". Robinson received a Pioneer Award for her career in singing and being the founder of Sugarhill Records"
"The Sugarhill Gang The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group. Their 1979 hit ""Rapper's Delight"" was the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The members, all from Englewood, New Jersey, consisted of Michael ""Wonder Mike"" Wright, Henry ""Big Bank Hank"" Jackson, and Guy ""Master Gee"" O'Brien. The three were assembled into a group by producer Sylvia Robinson, who founded Sugar Hill Records with her husband, record producer Joe Robinson. The group and the record company are named after the Sugar Hill, Harlem, neighborhood. The Sugarhill Gang never had another US"
"to Hard Stuff because of the American band named ""Bullet"". In the UK, ""White Lies, Blue Eyes"" was released on the Philips label under the name of Bullet U.S.A.. Bullet (band) Bullet was a one-hit wonder American rock band. Its only hit, ""White Lies, Blue Eyes"", peaked at #28 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in January 1972. Band member (keyboards, vocals) Roget Pontbriand went on to play with K.C. and the Sunshine Band and Wild Cherry. Other members included Ernie Sorrentino and Mike Micara. An English band, once known as ""Bullet"", often is mistakenly given credit for the hit"
"Jennifer Nettles Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Before Sugarland's inception, she also fronted Atlanta-based bands called Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band. She also charted as a duet partner on the country version of rock band Bon Jovi's 2006 single ""Who Says You Can't Go Home,"" a Number One hit on the ""Billboard"" country charts. Nettles was born and raised in the small town of Douglas, Georgia, graduating from Coffee High School. Nettles"
"on drums (in 1991–1992) and Robert Cooper on bass (1992–1994). The band became known for its unique blend of sparse, melodic pop and lyrics that were described as ""disarmingly naïve"" and ""like eavesdropping on another's secrets"". Steve L Burt wrote that ""The last person to comment so incisively, and with such a sense of having been hurt, on boy-girl stuff may have been the early Elvis Costello; but where he always blamed his ex-girlfriends, the Sugargliders always blame themselves"". They released three singles for hip Melbourne label Summershine Records in 1990 and 1991 and one for UK's Marineville before finding"
"Sugar Mice Sugar Mice is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was the second single from their fourth studio album ""Clutching at Straws"". Released on 13 July 1987, it peaked at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's eighth top-thirty hit in a row. Outside the UK, it was released in France, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, West Germany and (on Capitol Records) in the United States and Canada. A protest song which directly addresses the devastating effect unemployment can have on personal relationships, the track takes the form of a melancholic rock"
"story, and that Malcolm Spellman and Carlito Rodriguez – the writers on the hit Fox TV show, ""Empire"" – had been tapped to tell the story of Sylvia Robinson and Sugar Hill Records. Sylvia Robinson Sylvia Robinson (née Vanterpool; May 29, 1935 – September 29, 2011) was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive. Robinson was best known for her work as founder/CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the genre; ""Rapper's Delight"" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang, and ""The Message"" (1982) by"
"the first Icelandic album to have a worldwide impact and is considered a definite influence on all subsequent Icelandic popular music. It spawned the band's signature hit ""Birthday"". Their follow-up album, ""Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!"", was released in September 1989 to lukewarm reviews from some critics and fans. Their third and final album, ""Stick Around for Joy"", released in February 1992, was more well received by both fans and critics and had two successful singles: ""Hit"" and ""Leash Called Love."" The Sugarcubes have been regarded as ""the biggest rock band to emerge from Iceland."" The members of The Sugarcubes"
"reached number one on ""Billboard""'s Hot Dance Club Songs Chart in 1992. The Sugarcubes disbanded in late December 1992. The members remain friends to this day and are all still involved in the management of record label Smekkleysa (Bad Taste Ltd). On 17 November 2006 the band had a one-off reunion concert at Laugardalshöll sport arena in Reykjavík, Iceland, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut single ""Birthday"" with all profits going to the non-profit Smekkleysa SM to promote Icelandic music. They were supported by fellow Icelandic groups múm and Rass. Despite this reunion, the group has expressed that"
"the United States as background, due to the Reykjavík Peace Summit that was to take place by October, 1986. Around 5,000 copies of this image were sold and the funds were used by the group to release their first record, a 7” vinyl single by Sykurmolarnir titled ""Einn Mol'á Mann"" (“One Cube per Person”) which contained the Icelandic versions of ""Birthday"" and ""Cat"", two songs that would appear later on their first album, ""Life's Too Good"" in 1987 through Elektra Records; an album that served to boost the international acclaim of The Sugarcubes.<br> However, ""Einn Mol'á Mann"" did not sell"
"battle with Pick's disease, Corbetta died in Denver on September 16, 2016, at the age of 68. Former Sugarloaf guitarist Bob Webber went on to become an aerospace engineer and drummer Bob MacVittie moved to Arkansas and pursued restaurant management. Sugarloaf (band) Sugarloaf was an American rock band that originated under the name Chocolate Hair in 1968. The band, which formed in Denver, Colorado, scored two Top 10 hits, with the singles ""Green-Eyed Lady"" and ""Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"". Lead vocalist and keyboardist Jerry Corbetta, along with guitarist Bob Webber, played together in the Denver-based band The Moonrakers."
"Rump Shaker (song) ""Rump Shaker"" is a song by American hip-hop group Wreckx-N-Effect. It was released in August 1992 as the lead single from their second album ""Hard or Smooth"". It features production and guest vocals from Teddy Riley, brother of Wreckx member Markell Riley. Due to the massive success of Whitney Houston's version of ""I Will Always Love You,"" the song would advance to No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Nevertheless, it peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles, and No. 9 on the Hot Dance"
"Fly (Sugar Ray song) ""Fly"" is a song by American rock band Sugar Ray. It appears on their 1997 album ""Floored"" twice: one version with reggae artist Super Cat (track four) and the other without (track 13). The song became the band's first hit, holding the No. 1 spot on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Airplay chart for four consecutive weeks and spending eight weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. A physical CD-single was not released commercially in the US, although it was a huge hit on American radio. The song also reached No."
"a home at legendary Bristol pop stable Sarah Records in 1992. The Sugargliders toured England in late 1992, playing shows with Sarah Records label mates Boyracer, Heavenly, Blueboy, Brighter and others. While in London they recorded their seventh and most well-known single ""Ahprahran"", a melancholy lament about inner Melbourne suburb Prahran, with producer Ian Catt. Back in Australia, The Sugargliders' live line-up often included Robert Cooper (bass), Adam Dennis (trumpet, guitar) and Bianca Lew (drums). This was to become the first line-up of the Meadows brothers' next band, The Steinbecks. Tired of being pigeonholed as acoustic pop, the brothers decided"
"Sugar Blue Sugar Blue (born James Joshua ""Jimmie"" Whiting, December 16, 1949, Harlem, New York City) is an American blues harmonica player. He is probably best known for playing on the Rolling Stones' single ""Miss You"", and in partnering Louisiana Red. The ""Chicago Tribune"" said, ""The sound of Sugar Blue's harmonica could pierce any night... it's the sound of a musician who transcends the supposed limitations of his instrument."" In the mid-1970s, Blue played as a session musician on Johnny Shines' ""Too Wet to Plow"" (1975) and with Roosevelt Sykes. While in the company of the latter, he met Louisiana"
"Bullet (band) Bullet was a one-hit wonder American rock band. Its only hit, ""White Lies, Blue Eyes"", peaked at #28 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in January 1972. Band member (keyboards, vocals) Roget Pontbriand went on to play with K.C. and the Sunshine Band and Wild Cherry. Other members included Ernie Sorrentino and Mike Micara. An English band, once known as ""Bullet"", often is mistakenly given credit for the hit ""White Lies, Blue Eyes"". This group formed in London; it included former Atomic Rooster members John Du Cann (vocalist) and Paul Hammond (drummer). The English ""Bullet"" changed their name"
"Rubber Biscuit “Rubber Biscuit” is a doo-wop song performed by the vocals-only team The Chips, who recorded it in 1956. It was famously covered by The Blues Brothers, on their debut album, ""Briefcase Full of Blues,"" among many other artists, as well as being featured in the 1973 film ""Mean Streets."" Label credit for writing and composing the song was given to Chips lead singer Charles Johnson and Adam R. Levy. But Levy's father, label owner Morris Levy, was notorious for adding either his or his son's names to songwriting credits in order to claim partial, or in some cases"
"and its Nintendo 64 counterpart ""Road Rash 64"", respectively. Sugar Ray's first mainstream hit came in the summer of 1997 with their song ""Fly"", which was released from the album ""Floored"" and featured reggae musician Super Cat. ""Fly"" did not sound anything at all like the rest of the tracks on the album and received frequent radio play, resulting in a number one rank on the Billboard's Airplay List. As a result of the success of ""Fly"", ""Floored"" sold well and was certified double platinum. However, by the end of 1997, critics were skeptical that Sugar Ray could put out"
"was sampled for the title song of the Bollywood movie ""Dil Deke Dekho"". Sugartime ""Sugartime"" is a popular song written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols and published in 1957. The biggest hit version was by the McGuire Sisters, whose recording of it topped the Most Played Jockey chart in February 1958. It was also the second #1 Billboard single for the trio after 1954's ""Sincerely."" The song refers to the Jimmie Rodgers song ""Honeycomb"", which had been recorded a few months earlier in 1957. A version of the song by Johnny Cash, culled from his Sun Records catalogue, briefly"