query: who wrote the song just give me a reason

pos: Just Give Me a Reason Just Give Me a Reason "Just Give Me a Reason" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Pink, featuring fun.'s lead singer Nate Ruess. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, "The Truth About Love" (2012). Jeff Bhasker assisted the artists in writing the song and is also the producer. "Just Give Me a Reason" is a pop ballad about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down. The song received critical acclaim, with many critics deeming the song as the best track within

pos: Just Give Me a Reason Just Give Me a Reason "Just Give Me a Reason" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Pink, featuring fun.'s lead singer Nate Ruess. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, "The Truth About Love" (2012). Jeff Bhasker assisted the artists in writing the song and is also the producer. "Just Give Me a Reason" is a pop ballad about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down. The song received critical acclaim, with many critics deeming the song as the best track within

pos: Just Give Me a Reason Ruess. Credits adapted from "The Truth About Love" album liner notes. !scope="col" colspan="3"| Streaming Just Give Me a Reason "Just Give Me a Reason" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Pink, featuring fun.'s lead singer Nate Ruess. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, "The Truth About Love" (2012). Jeff Bhasker assisted the artists in writing the song and is also the producer. "Just Give Me a Reason" is a pop ballad about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down. The song

pos: Just Give Me a Reason also became her third number-one on the "Billboard" Digital Songs chart after "So What" (2008) and "Raise Your Glass" (2010). "Just Give Me a Reason" has sold more than 4 million digital downloads in the United States. "Just Give Me a Reason" has won the "Billboard" Mid-Year Award for Favorite Hot 100 No. Single. "Just Give Me a Reason" garnered two Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Song of the Year at the 2014 Grammy Awards, where Pink and Nate Ruess performed the song after a trapeze-accompanied rendition of "Try." The music video for "Just Give Me

pos: Just Give Me a Reason ultimately a less-schmaltzy version of those male/female duets found at the end credits of every 80s movie." "HitFix" said One of the highlights is her duet with fun.'s Nate Ruess, who co-wrote "Just Give Me a Reason". In the United States, "Just Give Me a Reason" topped the iTunes chart on March 19, 2013 and remained atop the list for more than 10 consecutive days, becoming Pink's third Digital Songs number one hit. In early April, it fell to the runner-up position to Bruno Mars's "When I Was Your Man" only to return to the top two days later and

pos: Just Give Me a Reason a Reason" is a pop ballad written by both artists and produced by Jeff Bhasker, who was also the lead producer for "Some Nights", the second album from Ruess' band, fun. "Just Give Me a Reason" starts off with a simple melody played on the piano, as Pink starts to sing the first verse and chorus, the latter of which introduces drum machines and bass. The second verse is then sung by Ruess, and the rest of the song is sung as a duet. The song ends with a piano solo, similar to the intro. It has a duration of

pos: Just Give Me a Reason a Reason" featured Nate Ruess as well as Pink's husband, motocross racer Carey Hart, in a romantic setting which resembles an artificial marsh. The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration in 2013. "Just Give Me a Reason" features Nate Ruess from the American band Fun. Originally, it was just a song writing session but Pink realized that she needed someone else to sing the song with her because she thought that it was more of a conversation than a one perspective song. She asked Ruess to do it with her and got him to do the

pos: Just Give Me a Reason I Am, and with a variation into the second chorus. The song received acclaim from contemporary critics. Jody Rosen from "Rolling Stone" referred positively to "Just Give Me a Reason" as the best track within the album, "in which Pink dials back the drama, letting the melody and sentiments do their work". Sharing the same opinion, Amy Sciaretto from "PopCrush" said she liked the "soft" side of Pink and that she and Nate Ruess "fit like a jigsaw puzzle, a lovely yin and yang." Bill Lamb from "About.com" said: "The genius behind 'Just Give Me a Reason' is that it

pos: Just Give Me a Reason France. In the United Kingdom "Just Give Me a Reason" stayed in the Top 10 for 11 weeks. It has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, with sales of almost 800,000 copies making it the eighth best-selling song of 2013. In Australia, the song debuted at number six on the week of February 17, 2013, before peaking at one the following week. This makes "The Truth About Love" Pink's first album to score two number-one singles in the country, the first single being "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". This is also Nate Ruess's first number-one song but third

pos: Just Give Me a Reason overall since his band Fun had two songs that went number one. In the Netherlands, the song went to number one on February 23, 2013, marking it Pink's very first Dutch number one song in her 13-year career. In France, the song went to number seven in March 2013, making "Just Give Me a Reason" Pink's third top-ten song in the country and has sold a total of 119.000 downloads. In Canada, the song went to number one on April 13, 2013, making Pink's second number-one single in the country after "So What". It has spent seven consecutive weeks at

pos: Just Give Me a Reason on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming Pink's fourth chart topper and Nate Ruess' second overall, after "We Are Young" with his band Fun. It also was Pink's longest time spent as a lead artist at number one, as it ruled for three consecutive weeks. The song is the seventh best-selling song of 2013 with 4,321,000 download copies sold in the United States for the year. As of January 2014 the song has sold a total of 4,405,000 downloads in the US. With "Just Give Me a Reason" soaring to number one on the Adult Top 40 chart, it became Pink's

pos: Just Give Me a Reason eighth number one song there and her tenth top ten overall. Pink currently ties the record for most number ones on that chart, with Katy Perry and Maroon 5 with each having eight. "Just Give Me a Reason" also reached number one on both the US Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, Adult contemporary chart and Digital Songs. In Mexico the song has debuted at the number one, it has been certified 3x Platinum, denoting sales of almost 180,000 copies in the country. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in 20 countries including the United States, Austria, Czech Republic,

pos: Just Give Me a Reason is a powerful, well written song that is allowed to shine by a simple, spare Jeff Bhasker production and straightforward vocals from Pink and Nate Ruess of the group Fun. The song lays out the emotions behind a wish for reconciliation in a relationship but doesn't provide easy answers. The simple piano based production ensures that every word is clear and the emotional tone of the voices is heard." Lewis Corner from "Digital Spy" said: "As her latest single 'Just Give Me a Reason' demonstrates, Pink isn't afraid to band with pop's current flavour - and in this case it's

pos: Just Give Me a Reason four minutes and two seconds. According to the sheet music published on Musicnotes.com, "Just Give Me a Reason" is written in the key of G major with a moderate tempo of 95 beats per minute. Pink and Ruess' vocals span two octaves in the song, from G to G. The verses of the song follow the chord progression G I C Em I C I G, the chorus is G I D7/F# I Em I Bm D7, while the prechorus, the intro, and the outro follow the progression of Em A/C# I D I repeated three times before C G/B

pos: Just Give Me a Reason that he did it, I think it's a beautiful song and I'm really, really proud of it. Nate Ruess told MTV News: "Writing the song was a whole different learning experience and was really fueled by the fact that Alecia [Pink's real name is Alecia Moore] is so strong and independent and so very much herself. At the end of the day it's so hard to argue against her because what she does is always so great. The song is about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down. "Just Give Me

pos: Just Give Me a Reason Fun.'s Nate Ruess. "I let you see the parts of me/ That weren't all that pretty/ And with every touch you fixed them," Pink reveals over a folksy piano line, before she bursts into a heart-warbling chorus. The final result may echo fun.'s own anthemic hits, but Pink never fails to make a song her own, even when sharing the spotlight." "MusicOMH" said that "Pink's other side – the impassioned songwriter – is showcased on Try, which demonstrates that she has a voice that not enough people give her credit for. Similar territory is trodden in Just Give Me a

pos: Jeff Bhasker the singles "Girl on Fire", and "Tears Always Win". He has also worked on the hit singles "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink, Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness", and Emeli Sandé's "My Kind of Love". Bhasker served as lead producer and co-writer for the band Fun's 2012 album, "Some Nights", for which he received the 2013 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the song "We Are Young". He was additionally nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year for "We Are Young", and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Bhasker co-wrote and co-produced Mark Ronson's single

pos: Just Give Me a Reason Reason, a duet with fun.'s lead singer Nate Ruess (which sounds more like a fun. song than a Pink song, funnily enough), but it’s these moments that show Pink at her most formulaic." "Common Sense Media (CSM)" said, "Pink, singer from band fun. team up in sweet love tune." "Billboard" also gave a positive review of the song saying this duet with the band's lead singer Nate Ruess (produced by "We Are Young" helmer Jeff Bhasker) would fit right at home on "Some Nights": "Although it's a little jarring to hear Pink's raw, live vocals paired with Ruess' Auto-Tune, it's

pos: Try (Pink song) of five lyrics videos that Pink uploaded on September 12, along with album tracks "Slut Like You," "Just Give Me a Reason" featuring Nate Ruess from fun., "How Come You're Not Here," and "Are We All We Are." "Try" was written and composed by Ben West and Busbee, while production was handled by Greg Kurstin, who also produced her previous single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)." It is a pop ballad modelled on 1980s FM Rock, built around two-volume arrangement, whereby the verses are quiet and the chorus is loud, according to Idolator's Carl Willot. Lyrically, it is an ode

pos: Uncle Jed were rewarded with $250,000 for their victory. Ahead of the album, in August 2013, they had issued a cover version of Matt Corby's 2011 track, "Brother", which they used for their audition on "Australia's Got Talent". Their version peaked at No. 36 on the ARIA Singles Chart in November. Their second single, "Give Me Love" (October), is a cover of Ed Sheeran's 2012 song, which they performed on "Australia's Got Talent"s semi-final – it reached No. 39. They quickly followed with their third single, a cover of Pink's track, "Just Give Me a Reason" (November), which made No. 49. All

pos: Just Give Me a Reason the album. Prior to its release, the song charted in many regions due to strong digital sales, which was the reason for its release. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in twenty-one countries including the United States, Austria, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Lebanon, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, as well as peaking within the top five in more than ten countries as United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Spain. In the US, it became Pink's fourth number-one single on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It

pos: Who Knew In week twenty-five of 2007 "Who Knew" re-entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number ninety-four; it eventually climbed to number nine, giving Pink her eighth top ten single on the chart and matching the peak position of "U + Ur Hand". The song is Pink's longest chart runner on the "Billboard" Hot 100, spending 36 weeks before dropping out (a feat that would later be matched by her 2013 hit, "Just Give Me a Reason" featuring Nate Ruess). The single's video was directed by Dragon, a team comprising Samuel Bayer, Robert Hales and Brian Lazzaro. It was filmed in the

pos: Amber Holcomb ovation from the judges. Holcomb performed "I Believe in You and Me" at the semi-final voting round receiving standing ovation from all of the judges. In the semifinals of the twelfth season, Holcomb performed "My Funny Valentine" by Lorenz Hart and "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink. She was then eliminated on May 2, 2013, coming in fourth place. She performed "I Believe in You and Me" as her goodbye song. Amber Holcomb took part in the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2013 from July 19 through August 31, 2013. On August 4, 2013, news surfaced that Holcomb and her

pos: Just Give Me a Reason song as a duet. Pink said "I was like, 'no, this is a story, this is a conversation this song' - it needs the other perspective whether it's a guy and a girl, or two girls or two guys. 'I came in and tried to convince him that this was how the conversation was going to go and it was interesting you know, he was like 'I'll just do the demo cos I don't know about duets' and I totally tricked him into doing it, and I am so glad I was able to. 'I think now he's very happy

pos: True Love (Pink song) Since then, Pink has released two other singles from the album: "Try", and "Just Give Me a Reason". Pink says that the song is about her relationship with Carey Hart and she finds the song funny lyrically. "True Love" was the third song from "The Truth About Love" to be leaked onto the internet, as "Here Comes the Weekend" was leaked the day before. The song received mostly positive reviews from critics and was compared to the album's title track due to both songs revealing the positive and negative aspects of love. In its review of "The Truth About Love",

pos: Nate Ruess the last 12 years." Fun also won the Grammy for Best New Artist. Alongside Fun, Ruess had been a supporting vocalist for many different songs across genres. In 2012, he was featured on "Only Love" from Anthony Green's second solo album, "Beautiful Things", and in 2013 was featured on Pink's album, "The Truth About Love", in the song "Just Give Me a Reason". The song began as a simple songwriting session with Pink. She decided the song needed another side to it and subsequently a male part was written. While at first reluctant, with Pink encouraging him, he decided to

pos: Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) that she "couldn't care less about" it. After a month of voting, on March 31, 2014, "Billboard" declared the song to be the winner of the 2014 Hot 100 March Madness and their favorite Top 5 single from the past year. It defeated songs like "Holy Grail" by Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake, "Best Song Ever" by One Direction, "Applause" by Lady Gaga, "Timber" by Pitbull & Kesha and finally "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink and Nate Ruess. Before officially being serviced as a single, "Wrecking Ball" made a "hot shot debut" at number 50 on the U.S. "Billboard"

pos: Just Give Me a Reason number-one on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming her longest reigning number-one single. It was the third best-selling song of 2013 in Canada with 499,000 copies sold. According to the IFPI, by the end of the year, the single had sold 9.9 million copies. The song was the 4th best-selling song of 2013 The video was directed by Diane Martel and photographed by Jeff Cronenweth. It was filmed in November 2012. Pictures from the video were posted on Twitter. In the pictures, Pink is lying in bed with her husband Carey Hart. Pink was extremely disappointed by the leak, so the

pos: Get the Party Started party-starter that the artist’s debut album lacked." Stylus Magazine called this song "near perfection." The song reached number four on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on December 29, 2001, becoming one of Pink's biggest solo hits in the U.S. with "Most Girls" also reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000 and "So What", "Raise Your Glass", and "Just Give Me a Reason" reaching number one in 2008, 2010, and 2013 respectively, and "Fuckin' Perfect" that reached number two in America. The single's success was spurred by heavy airplay in the US, which prompted the song to also

pos: The Truth About Love (Pink album) 2001's "Missundaztood". The first single from "The Truth About Love", "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" was released in July 2012, the song sat firmly at number five on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 for 3 weeks, and went Platinum for over a million copies sold, as well as charting inside the top ten in several other countries. The follow up second single, "Try" received matching success and preceded Pink's fourth Hot 100 #1 hit, third single "Just Give Me a Reason" which made "The Truth About Love" Pink's first album since her 2001 album "Missundaztood" to spawn more than two

pos: Pink (singer) little unstable. Pink, like Macy Gray in her Lee Daniels movie roles, knows instinctively how to behave on camera by just pretending that the camera isn't there." "Billboard" named Pink Woman of the Year 2013. In December, the magazine also named The Truth About Love Tour the 3rd best selling tour of 2013 with $147.9 million in ticket sales; falling only behind Bon Jovi and . Also in Billboard's end of year charts, Pink was ranked the 6th top artist of 2013 and she scored her highest charting end-of-year song and album; with Just Give Me a Reason sitting at

pos: True Love (Pink song) music video that Hart appears alongside P!nk. The video is a melody of flashing and swirling colors. Pink stated that she had no time for a dramatic music video, (like her previous videos for "Just Give Me a Reason" and "Try", which show Pink's emotional and dramatic side) due to her being on her sold-out worldwide tour, backstage footage of which is featured in the video. Lily Allen was filmed separately, and during her short part in the song she is shown cutting vegetables and throwing them into a blender. Credits adapted from "The Truth About Love" album liner notes.

pos: Daniel Padilla Rocks with Yeng Constantino School in Dubai brought together hundreds of mostly Filipino teenagers. Constantino set the mood for more than half an hour with some flawless English covers (David Guetta-Sia Furler hit "Titanium"; Rihanna’s "Diamonds"; Pink’s "Just Give Me A Reason"; "Without You" from Mariah Carey) and Tagalog songs. Constantino jumping down the stage, thrilling her fans but the organisers urged her to climb back up, and she reluctantly agreed. Halfway through the show, she sat on the edge of the stage where she pulled up some audience members, saying: "Bata pa lang eto [they are just kids]" and sang her signature song,

neg: Give Me a Reason Give Me a Reason "Give Me a Reason" is a song by Irish pop rock group The Corrs. It was released on 12 March 2001 as the third single taken from their third studio album "In Blue" (2000). The song was written and produced by The Corrs. "Give Me a Reason" is a dance-pop song, and received favourable reviews from music critics. The song was a moderate success in Belgium and New Zealand (reaching the top-ten and top-twenty, respectively), while it reached the top-forty in the United Kingdom. "Give Me a Reason" was released as the third single from "In

neg: Give Me a Reason (The Common Linnets song) forty-six seconds. Give Me a Reason (The Common Linnets song) "Give Me a Reason" is a song by Dutch duo The Common Linnets (Ilse DeLange and Waylon), it was released as the second single from their debut studio album "The Common Linnets" (2014). The song was released in the Netherlands as a digital download on 11 September 2014 through Universal Music Group. The song peaked at number 92 on the Dutch Singles Chart. A music video to accompany the release of "Give Me a Reason" was first released onto YouTube on 11 September 2014 at a total length of three

neg: Give Me a Reason (The Common Linnets song) Give Me a Reason (The Common Linnets song) "Give Me a Reason" is a song by Dutch duo The Common Linnets (Ilse DeLange and Waylon), it was released as the second single from their debut studio album "The Common Linnets" (2014). The song was released in the Netherlands as a digital download on 11 September 2014 through Universal Music Group. The song peaked at number 92 on the Dutch Singles Chart. A music video to accompany the release of "Give Me a Reason" was first released onto YouTube on 11 September 2014 at a total length of three minutes and

neg: Give Me a Reason peak inside the top-twenty. It debuted at number 40 on the RIANZ chart week of 1 April 2001. It entered the top-twenty on 22 April 2001, and peaked at number 13, on 27 May 2001. CD-Maxi Atlantic (Warner Bros. Records) Give Me a Reason "Give Me a Reason" is a song by Irish pop rock group The Corrs. It was released on 12 March 2001 as the third single taken from their third studio album "In Blue" (2000). The song was written and produced by The Corrs. "Give Me a Reason" is a dance-pop song, and received favourable reviews from

neg: Say You Will (Fleetwood Mac song) into song and sing that chorus (laughs). Give me one more chance. That’s what came out of it. It’s funny because, we just did an interview the day before yesterday, and I don’t think any of the band knows that that was the reason I wrote the song."". In other interviews Nicks has referred to Christine McVie as the inspiration to the song. In a 2003 interview with the "San Diego Union-Tribune", Christine McVie was said to be singing backup vocals on the track. This has yet to be confirmed or denied by Nicks. Additional Personnel "The Great Rock Discography".

neg: In This Life (Delta Goodrem song) on 15 September 2007. It was also released as the first single in the United States on 15 April 2008. According to Goodrem, she wrote the song just after Christmas. Stuart Crichton co-wrote the song and wanted the singer to use her well-known letter ending "Love & Light" in a song. In the start of the chorus, Goodrem sings: "You give me love," "You give me light" Goodrem told "The Daily Telegraph" that she needed to deal with personal demons and feelings first to be able to write a song like "In This Life". According to her biography on her

neg: Give Me a Reason of "PopMatters" commented, " On the upbeat dance numbers like, 'Give Me a Reason', this bolsters the band's previously thin-sounding pop." "Give Me a Reason" did not match the success of the previous singles, "Breathless" and "Irresistible". However, it managed to peak inside the top-forty in a few countries. The song reached its higher position on the Belgian charts, peaking at number nine on the Flanders chart, and number ten on the Wallonia chart. In the UK, the song reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their ninth top-forty single there. In New Zealand, the song managed to

neg: Give Me One Reason Give Me One Reason "Give Me One Reason" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released on her 1995 album "New Beginning," and as a single the same year, her first since 1992's "Dreaming on a World." The song is Chapman's biggest US hit to date, reaching number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It is also her biggest hit in Australia, where it reached number three as well, and it topped the Canadian "RPM" Top Singles chart, becoming her second number-one single there after "Fast Car". Elsewhere, the song reached number 16 in

neg: Just Give Me a Reason Iceland, Ireland, Lebanon, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Australia, Canada as well as peaking within the top five in more than ten countries as United Kingdom, Belgium (Flandes)(Volonia), Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Spain. On the week of October 6, 2012, "Just Give Me a Reason" debuted at number 106 in the US and at number 75 in Canada. That was the same week that the second single of the album ("Try") debuted at number 56. "Just Give Me a Reason" has also debuted at 65 in Switzerland and 168 in

neg: Rhyme or Reason Eminem sings along with the chorus of Time of the Season, in one part he responds as Shady and references his song "Just Don't Give a Fuck". The song was produced by the album's executive producer Rick Rubin and written by Eminem and Rod Argent of The Zombies. The song samples "Time of the Season" from their 1968 album "Odessey and Oracle". It was recorded by Mike Strange, Joe Strange and Tony Campana. The Zombies' keyboardist, Rod Argent, who wrote "Time of the Season", is given a co-songwriting credit. Rhyme or Reason received generally positive reviews from music critics. Dan

neg: Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason) Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason) "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)" is a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Elsa Lunghini and the American artist Glenn Medeiros. The song was released as a single in the summer of 1988 and features on the self-titled LP "Elsa". In 1988, Elsa was invited to a French TV programme to perform her second single, "Quelque chose dans mon cœur". Jean-Pierre Foucault, the host of the show, made her the surprise to invite Glenn Medeiros of whom Elsa was a fan. The two singers got on

neg: Give Me a Reason Blue" (2000) on 12 March 2001. The CD single included two versions of "Give Me a Reason" (the album version and the Cutfather & Joe Remix, which was used for the music video), a "Live Instrumental" version of "Paddy McCarthy" and a "Live" version of "Queen of Hollywood". "Give Me a Reason" was written and produced by The Corrs (Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim). The dance-pop song, has Andrea on the centre speaker with the backing vocals on the other speakers. The song was included on their compilation album, "Best of The Corrs" (2001). The official music video for the

neg: Give Me One Reason album "A Very Special Christmas Live". The song is a classic twelve-bar blues, both in musical structure and the repeated lyrics in each verse and chorus. It is the story of an ending relationship, and a plea from the narrator to her partner for the partner to convince her to remain, to "give me one reason to stay here, and I'll turn right back around." At the end of the song, the partner is apparently given voice for the last line, "said I told you that I loved you, and there ain't no more to say." Give Me One Reason

neg: Give Me Just Another Day Give Me Just Another Day "Give Me Just Another Day" (T54240F) is a song written by Leon Ware and released as a single in 1973 by Motown R&B group The Miracles, issued on that label's Tamla Records subsidiary. It was the first single release from the group's upcoming album, "Do It Baby", which was released the following year. The second single release by the group featuring new lead singer Billy Griffin, who had replaced the group's original lead singer Bill "Smokey" Robinson, the song was written by Motown staff songwriter Leon Ware, who, up until this point, had written and

neg: Give Me the Reason (Luther Vandross album) Give Me the Reason (Luther Vandross album) Give Me the Reason is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer and songwriter Luther Vandross, released on September 19, 1986. The album earned Vandross an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and a nomination for "Favorite Soul/R&B Album" in 1988, while the title track "Give Me the Reason" was nominated for "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" and "Best R&B Song" at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987. The album also includes Vandross' first top-20 pop hit, "Stop to Love." It also marked a svelte, thinner Vandross due to a

neg: I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released as the first single from his 2000 album "". It is produced by The Neptunes and features a chorus sung by Neptunes member Pharrell Williams, as well as Shay Haley and Omillio Sparks who all remain uncredited. The video for the song features cameos from rappers Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, Damon Dash, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Jermaine Dupri and actor John Witherspoon. A music video directed by David Meyers was made for "I Just

neg: I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) I really listened to." Spears' single "I'm a Slave 4 U", released the following year, was produced by The Neptunes and became a defining hit in her career. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released as the first single from his 2000 album "". It is produced by The Neptunes and features a chorus sung by Neptunes member Pharrell Williams, as well as Shay Haley and Omillio Sparks who all remain uncredited. The video for the song features cameos from rappers

neg: Ugly (Fantasia song) love". She advocates for female empowerment and explores expectations regarding beauty with lyrics like: "With dirt on my hands and scrapes on my knees/Feeling like nothing can wash it off clean/Tell your girls it's a beautiful thing/Just trust me/It's far from ugly." The lyrics also feature the importance of love, with Fantasia singing: "Thank you for that good good man who loves me." Alex Mcpherson interpreted Fantasia's delivery of the lyric "Give me good food that sticks to my bones" as incorporating gospel elements into the song. According to music critics, the lyrics encompass various meanings. Mike Wass wrote that

neg: Give It to Me (Timbaland song) Give It to Me (Timbaland song) "Give It to Me" is a song performed by American producer, songwriter and rapper Timbaland, released as the first single from his second studio album "Shock Value" (2007). The song features vocals by Canadian singer and songwriter Nelly Furtado and American singer Justin Timberlake. All three artists co-wrote the song together with American rapper Attitude and American producer Danja, who produced the song with Timbaland. Mosley Music Group, in association with Blackground Records and Interscope Records, serviced the song to contemporary hit and rhythmic radios in the United States on 4 February 2007 and

neg: Just like Fire ranked as the most-added song at Hot AC radio with 62 Mediabase-monitored stations, more than double the amount of the second-most-added song. The song resultantly debuted at 38 and 27, respectively, on the "Billboard" Pop Songs and Adult Pop Songs charts dated April 30, 2016. "Just like Fire" entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 42 on the chart dated May 7, 2016. It has since peaked at number 10, becoming her first top 10 single since "Just Give Me a Reason" reached number one in April 2013. The song also performed well internationally, reaching the top 10 in Australia,

neg: Carrie Rodriguez U.S. "Give Me All You Got" contains a song called "I Cry For Love," of which Rodriguez said, "This was a true gift. It came from one of our greatest songwriters of all time, in my humble opinion, Chip Taylor. Chip, just out of the blue, sent me this song as an MP3 file in an email and said 'Carrie, I wrote this song for you. It’s custom written and you better record it because I think it’s a hit.' So I said ‘All right.' It’s such a powerful song and I almost feel like I wrote it because I

neg: Ian MacKaye From the very beginning I've tried to say that this is not my opinion. That whole thing just makes me realize I don't have any control over what people think of me. And I don't really give a fuck. I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it, there's some people who have abused it, they've allowed their fundamentalism to interfere with the real message, which in my mind, was that people should be allowed to live their lives the way they want to. It was just the title

neg: It's You (Zayn song) and electric guitar. During the track, Zayn uses pained vocals, while during its chorus he uses his falsetto. Lyrically, the song talks about a heartbreak, where the protagonist can't relinquish his grip on a dysfunctional relationship, even if the girl is playing with his heart, he's being used and his feelings are being thrown to the side. The song opens with Zayn singing, "She got, she got, she got/Her own reason for talking to me/She don't, she don't, she don't/Give a f**k/About what I need," before continuing: "Tell me your lies/Because I just can't face it." In the chorus, he

neg: Brandon Paris Band Koch Entertainment, Brandon Paris Band's record label, decided to release "Give Me a Reason (song)|Give Me a Reason" only a month after the release of "Somebody to Hold", in hopes of getting better results, but to their dismay it wasn't enough to reach top 40 status. "Give Me a Reason" unfortunately peaked at No. 77 on CHR. Topping off an already exceptional year, Brandon Paris Band was nominated for Best New Group or Solo Artist (CHR) by the Canadian Radio Music Awards in spring of 2007. In January 2007, Ellis and Devindisch were replaced by Bryan Jasper on guitar and

neg: Give Me Just a Little More Time Time."He was working in the middle of the night when he ran downstairs to his record label to find the track. The song was played to Minogue the next morning. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Give Me Just a Little More Time." UK CD Single UK 7" Vinyl Single UK 12" Vinyl Single UK iTunes Bundle Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours: Give Me Just a Little More Time "Give Me Just a Little More Time" is the debut single for Chairmen of the Board, released in 1970 through Capitol

neg: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2010–2011 well that’s pretty cool." And she goes, "What?" And I was like, "Oh my God, I sound like you doing me!" A French TV series about angry teens who break into dance to express their emotions and act out melodramatic plotlines. Taran Killam stars as François. Killam co-wrote the first version of the sketch while working with The Groundlings, after being inspired by the Camille song "Ta Douleur": "We just were looking for a reason to dance around, really...It’s sort of just our exaggerated portrayal of our American interpretation of French youth culture, inspired by the song." He credits Emma

neg: Aura (song) Mushroom decided to give it to Gaga, but wanted to be credited under an alias. The singer was opposed, and wanted the group's real name in the credits. According to Gaga, she wrote the song as an accompaniment to an app being developed for "Artpop" and it was inspired by her different facets: So this song is about me basically saying that just because all of those things are there [it] doesn't mean that there is not sort of the same person underneath. And then, also that these veils, they are really just protecting me from the thing that I

neg: Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" is the first single released by American boy band, 98 Degrees, from their third studio album "Revelation". "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" was a major success for the group having reached number-two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 (behind "Music" by Madonna) and remains their highest charting US single to date as the lead act (following their collaboration with Mariah Carey on the #1 song "Thank God I Found You"). The song was not as successful internationally but did reach the top 40 in

neg: Give Me Just a Little More Time Give Me Just a Little More Time "Give Me Just a Little More Time" is the debut single for Chairmen of the Board, released in 1970 through Capitol Records on Holland–Dozier–Holland's Invictus Records label. The song was written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr., and Ron Dunbar. Because of the then still-pending lawsuit against Holland-Dozier-Holland from their former employers, Motown, the trio credited themselves with the pseudonym "Edythe Wayne" for this song and many other early Invictus/Hot Wax releases. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" features Chairmen of the Board lead singer General Johnson as

neg: Butterflies (Michael Jackson song) Frank Kogan of "The Village Voice", citing the lyrics, "I would give you anything baby, just make my dreams come true/Oh baby you give me butterflies" wrote "so, would he give her, like, caterpillars in exchange? birds?" and added that what grabs his attention about a song like "Butterflies" is not the "melody but the weirdly ringing wrench-against-faucet clang on the backbeat." Christie Leo of the "New Straits Times" gave the track a more positive review, calling the song a "luxuriant" ballad. Pop music critic Robert Hilburn, writing for the "Los Angeles Times", described "Butterflies", and another song from "Invincible"

neg: Gimme More "Danja" Hills and Keri Hilson, while being produced by Danja. Spears started working with Danja in July 2006. He explained that the creative process was not difficult at first since he was "left to do pretty much whatever I wanted to", and "if she felt it, she was gonna ride with it. If she didn't, you’d see it in her face." Hilson said that she wrote the song with Spears in mind after Danja played her the instrumental, adding, "I just started singing, 'Give me, Give me,' and added a little more in and just having fun and messing around

neg: 'Merican those emotions that come and go, the transient ones. Those types of emotions, to me, make for the best songs because they tend to be extreme! So there is no "message" to the song, just me spewing about the negative aspects of band life. At the time I wrote the song, I really did want to quit. I don't really care how people take the song; as the line says, "I don't give a flying fuck what you think of me." "<nowiki>'</nowiki>Merican" became the third Descendents release to chart (following "Everything Sucks" and "Live Plus One"), peaking at number 29

neg: Give Me One Reason New Zealand, but it underperformed in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 95 in March 1997. Chapman first performed "Give Me One Reason" six years before its release, on the December 16, 1989, episode of "Saturday Night Live." A music video was released to promote the single. Chapman earned the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the track, that was also nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Female Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1997. A well known version of this song featuring Eric Clapton was released in 1999 in the compilation

neg: Nikola Čuturilo In March 2017, Čuturilo released another single with political lyrics, "Welcome to the Show". In 1986, Čuturilo wrote lyrics for the songs "Blagi bože podigni me" ("Dear God Lift Me Up") and "Još samo ovu noć mi daj" ("Give Me just This more Night") released on Kerber's album "Seobe" ("Migrations"). During the same year he wrote lyrics for the song "Obeć'o sam drugu" ("I Promised to mMy Friend") released on Peđa D' Boy's album "Laku noć ti mala" ("Good Night, Baby"). Čuturilo wrote lyrics for six songs released on the YU grupa 1987 album "Od zlata jabuka" ("Golden Apple") and

neg: I Luh Ya Papi track, which was planned to be the singer's first single. Later, Detail was in a session with Jennifer Lopez and he played the track to her, prompting the singer to like it and cut her version. As claimed by Tinashe, "they switched the swag up a little bit," adding: "One day Detail calls me and is like 'B-T-dubs, J. Lo is singing that song.' I didn't believe it at first, I thought he was just not trying to give it to me for some reason. I was like 'J. Lo does not want that song, she's not gonna sing that.'

neg: Just Like Me (Jamie Foxx song) Just Like Me (Jamie Foxx song) "Just Like Me" is the first single from Jamie Foxx's third studio album "Intuition". It features rapper T.I., who co-wrote the song with its producers, Tricky Stewart & The-Dream. This is the second collaboration between the two after "Live in the Sky" off T.I.'s fourth studio album "King". The song was originally written for Usher and there is a leaked version of his record. "Two can play that game" is the basis for this song. It tells the story of a man who has discovered his significant other's infidelities. He states that she is

neg: Give Me a Reason song features the members in a large building, doing different things. It also has a horse running past Andrea in a hallway. It is a much glossier video than most of their previous videos. It was banned in some countries due to the scene where Jim throws a chair out of a window, breaking it. The song received favourable reviews from music critics. For Lydia Vanderloo of "Barnes & Nobles", "Songs such as the defiant 'Give Me a Reason' use the subtle, graceful strains of these lovely instruments without throwing their finely calibrated pop songs out of whack." Kevin Oliver

neg: The Real Slim Shady have been sent here to destroy you / And there's a million of us just like me / Who cuss like me; who just don't give a fuck like me / Who dress like me; walk, talk and act like me / And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me!' Of course, the irony is built into the song: Eminem's signature style the bleached blond hair, pale skin, humungous T-shirt has spawned droves of lookalikes and wannabes. Voila, he's a teen idol. Poor Em, can't win for losing." Allmusic highlighted the single. Will Hermes was positive:

neg: Give Me Just a Little More Time The single also peaked at number-eight on the "Billboard" R&B Singles chart. It reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in September 1970, having already sold more than one million copies in the US. The first Chairmen of the Board LP, a self-titled release, included the single; after the single's success, the "Chairmen of the Board" album was reissued as "Give Me Just a Little More Time". In 1982, American R&B singer Angela Clemmons remade the song and it peaked at #4 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. The Funk Brothers who played on "Give Me Just

neg: Open Your Heart (Madonna song) the lyrics. In Fred Bronson's "The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits", Cole explained: Peter and I usually write very quickly. It's usually a day or two a song, but for some reason this didn't really hit us as a hit song. We didn't give up on it. We just kept working on it over the course of a year. Thank God we did. [...] It was the first song that was cut on the "True Blue" album. It made me nervous as a writer, because a lot of times the very first song that gets cut doesn't make it

neg: Nate Ruess "Carry On." He also performed "Just Give Me a Reason". On June 1, 2015, Ruess released a new track from his solo album "Grand Romantic", titled "What This World Is Coming To". On January 1, 2016, Ruess played during the 1st period intermission at the NHL Winter Classic in Foxboro, MA. On January 12, 2016, he released a music video for his song "Take It Back" starring actor Patrick Fischler who is known for Once Upon A Time, Mad Men and LOST and also features a guitar solo from Jeff Tweedy of the band Wilco. Nate starred as himself in

neg: Just Like Heaven (song) Just Like Heaven (song) "Just Like Heaven" is a song by British alternative rock band the Cure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman Robert Smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. Before Smith had completed the lyrics, an instrumental version of the song was used as the theme for the French television show "Les Enfants du Rock". "Just Like Heaven" was the third single released from their 1987 album "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me",

neg: The Devil's in the Details (Jennifer Paige song) able help cover album costs. "My plan was to create a simple acoustic-type album," Paige recalled. In regard to the change in sound she continued, "Once a pop girl, always a pop girl. Give me those synths over a guitar any day." Paige clarified that the song is not a break up song. "This song speaks to the sometimes exhausting grind that troubles even the happiest of couples. Sometimes we just aren’t connecting, and it doesn’t have to be some over the top reason. It can be something so simple that begins to break us down. On first listen, this

neg: Nate Ruess participate in the duet. The song eventually topped the US "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming his first number-one single as a solo artist and his second overall. After the success of "Just Give Me a Reason", Ruess was featured on Eminem's eighth studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" on the track "Headlights". Many of Ruess' lyrics were borrowed from a previously unreleased track, "Jumping The Shark," written during the "Aim and Ignite" sessions. On June 18, 2014, Fun debuted a new song on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon called "Harsh Lights". It would be the last new Fun song

neg: The Truth About Love (Pink album) was released as the second single in October 2012. The song debuted at #21 in New Zealand and #8 in Australia. The song became an instant hit, charting within the top 10 in fourteen countries, including at #1 in Spain and #9 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Its video was highly acclaimed and was reenacted at the 2012 AMAs which led to a notable increase in the sales of both the song and its host album. "Just Give Me a Reason" was released as the third single in February 2013. The song has become the biggest hit from the

neg: Die Another Day (song) adapted the song and changed the title to 'Die Another Day'." Tamahori was concerned with the demo since it did not appear expressive to him and there were abrupt endings. However he was satisfied when Madonna re-wrote the chorus to make it suitable for the film. The writing process was explained by Madonna: I hemmed and hawed about it for a while because just for that reason though. Everybody wants to do the theme song of a James Bond movie, and I never liked to do what everybody else likes to do. It's just some perverse thing in me, right?

neg: Half of Me (Rihanna song) I'm the type that don't give a fuck<br> And that's just the half of it. Jim Farber for "New York Daily News" wrote that "Unapologetic" contains more ballads than what Rihanna's previous albums have featured, and further noted that "Half of Me" "proves the star can be as evocative as she is provocative". Christina Lee of website Idolator wrote that there are two songs on the album which show "how ubiquitous she's [Rihanna] become", "Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary" and "Half of Me". A reviewer for "Billboard" was surprised at how many "heartfelt ballads" are included on the album,

neg: Louder (Lea Michele album) it was brought into my life for a reason. It's really been so helpful for me and I hope it's the same for other people as it's been for me." Because of this, Furler gave the song to her. Furler also wrote the song "Battlefield" especially for Michele, and co-wrote "If You Say So" with her. "If You Say So" was confirmed to be dedicated to Cory Monteith, Michele's "Glee" co-star and late boyfriend, who died in July 2013. Talking about the title track "Louder", Michele has said, "It's a song that, no matter what, I can play in my

neg: Get in the Ring in one song. It's called 'Why Do You Look At Me When You Hate Me?' and it's just bad-assed. And I wrote a bunch of words to that." The song was then going to be titled "Get in the Ring Motherfucker" but that was changed too. At the time of the song's release, Mick Wall of "Kerrang!" was thought to have been mentioned because of his book "Guns N' Roses: The Most Dangerous Band in the World", which was a no holds barred collection of interviews and stories about the band. Wall denies this, and claims the real reason was

neg: New Directions (Glee) from the show. However, Santana tells Rachel that she isn't resigning as understudy to make Rachel happy, she is only doing it for herself. Pleased they can put the past unpleasantness behind them, Rachel suggests they sing one final song together in the choir room. Santana and Rachel perform "Be Okay" by Oh Honey. Puck (Mark Salling) and Quinn (Dianna Agron) then perform "Just Give Me a Reason" and announce to the Glee Club that they have decided to give a relationship a try, even though they will be long distance. Quinn acknowledges that it will be tough, but tells

neg: Irish rebel music Rebel Song', as she explains in her live album "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?". Many years before U2 wrote a song about the Bloody Sunday massacre it was John Lennon who wrote, recorded and performed a song called 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' (included, along with another song about Ireland, 'The Luck Of The Irish', in the album 'Some Time In New York City', 1972). Lennon had Irish roots, as did his songwriting partner Paul McCartney, who also wrote a song about British imperialism in Ireland ('Give Ireland Back to the Irish'). Irish rebel music In Ireland, a

neg: Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason) and finally decided to record two songs together : "Love Always Finds a Reason", written by Diane Warren, which was recorded in full in English-language and added on Glenn Medeiros' album, and "Un Roman d'amitié", whose complete title is actually "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)", as it appears on the single's cover. This is a bilingual song that mixes English and French lyrics. The text and the music were composed by Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren and Didier Barbelivien. The music video was entirely shot in Los Angeles by Maxime Ruiz. It starts with a view at

neg: Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) Love" with Andy Fairweather-Low and Marc Mann playing the twin slide-guitar parts. Marisa Monte, Dave Davies, Elliott Smith, Ron Sexsmith, Sting, James Taylor and Elton John are among the other artists who have covered the song. As with most of the songs on his "Living in the Material World" album, George Harrison wrote "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" over 1971–72. During this period, he dedicated himself to assisting refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, by staging two all-star benefit concerts in New York and preparing a live album and concert film for release. In addition, much of

neg: Give It 2 Me the song had the ability to become a party anthem in Ibiza. Madonna responded that she liked the idea of everybody dancing to "Give It 2 Me", treating it as a party anthem. When asked about the inspiration behind the song, Madonna said, "It's ['Give It 2 Me'] very anthemic. I basically wrote it so I could have a great time doing it in a stadium. The words are very autobiographical. 'Got no boundaries, got no limits. [...] Don't stop me now. [...] If it's against the law, arrest me.' [...] Yes, that's me. It's the provocative me. The boring,

neg: Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason) France. It debuted at number eight on French Singles Chart on 23 July 1988 and reached number two two weeks later. There it stayed for six weeks, behind the summer hit "Nuit de folie" by Début de Soirée, but managed then to top the chart for six consecutive weeks. Certified Gold disc by the SNEP for a minimum of 500,000 copies sold, the single remained on the chart (Top 50) for 25 weeks. The song is the 167th best-selling single of all time in France. Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason) "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give

neg: Let Me Out (song) conceptualising the album, Pusha T wrote his verse upon meeting Albarn and Gorillaz co-collaborator Jamie Hewlett in London. When speaking to Zane Lowe, who premiered the song on his Apple Music Beats 1 radio show, Pusha said "When I get over there, Damon begins to tell me to conceptualize the album as a party for the end of the world, like if Trump were to win. … I didn’t want to think about it, but that did give me a very colorful backdrop … I wrote from the perspective of this day … from the perspective of a Trump win."

neg: I Don't Like Mondays a gig for Apple, inspiring the opening line about a "silicon chip". The song was first performed less than a month later. Geldof explained how he wrote the song: I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with [Johnnie] Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me. I read it as it came out. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel and I just said 'silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload'. I wrote that down. And the

neg: Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) California. And Garth for some reason insisted on opening for me, but it was great. One of the things that impressed me about him, The first thing he said to me, 'You know Chris using your name in that song, you wouldn't believe how that's helped my career.' We hit it off pretty good." Brooks, who is a major fan of his, convinced Capitol Records to give him a record contract and would later sing a duet with him on "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy". Garth provided the following background information on the song in the CD booklet liner

neg: Grace of My Heart the studio to sing tracks for "God Give Me Strength," an expensively produced single that fails to generate excitement on the charts, alluding to Spector's recording of "River Deep, Mountain High" for Tina Turner (written by Spector, Greenwich and Barry). Singer Elvis Costello, who co-wrote "God Give Me Strength" (with Burt Bacharach) for the film, also wrote "Unwanted Number," which, in the movie, is crafted by Denise and Cazsatt for The Luminaries and causes a scandal because it tells in a sympathetic manner the story of an unmarried pregnant preteen. Singer-composer Lesley Gore co-wrote the song, "My Secret Love," performed

neg: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (album) I was flying, other times I was on stage, or just in front of the piano at home ... The six wives theme gave me the thread, the link, I needed to give me a reason for putting these pieces of music together." He explains the album's concept further in its liner notes: "The album is based around my interpretations of the musical characteristics of the wives of Henry VIII. Although the style may not always be in keeping with their individual history, it is my personal conception of their characters in relation to keyboard instruments." Wakeman elaborated and wrote

neg: Lovestrong inside of me who is jumping for joy. She's screaming 'We did it christina!!!! We cried those tears for a reason! He broke our heart for a reason! We wrote these songs for today… for may 10th 2011!!! We did it. Its all okay now!!' There is also the 24 year old girl inside of me jumping just as high screaming 'we did it! + it doesn't matter who likes it + who doesn't! We worked so hard for this! We are so lucky to get to wake up and do this everyday!! thank you for making this!! thank you

neg: Who Gon Stop Me ball," West raps. Perfect song for wildin'." "The Hollywood Reporter" stated that the album also had a "dubstep-like" beat and described Kanye West and Jay-Z's verses by saying "It's unclear what Kanye's referring to by "our people." Jay-Z admits that he still likes Picasso, but now he also likes Rothko and Rilke. " "The Guardian" described the song as using "Romping, ravey synths, a big stomp without much give." Due to the hype around "Watch the Throne", "Who Gon Stop Me" debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 at 44, without actually being released as a single. The reason for the

neg: Give In to Me song is written in the key of E minor. Jackson's vocal spans from G3 to B4. It has a moderately slow tempo of 87 beats per minute. "Give In to Me" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. "Entertainment Weekly" editor David Browne praised Jackson's delivery, writing, "when his voice isn't competing with drum machines, it's menacing on the creepy "Give In to Me" (his best-ever shot at hard rock)." Alan Light of "Rolling Stone" reviewed the song: "Give In to Me" flirts with something more disturbing as Jackson sings, "Don't try to understand me/Just simply do the things I

neg: Unorthodox Jukebox Dups, as well as Mars' production team The Smeezingtons, have been confirmed to have worked on the album. The first song written for "Unorthodox Jukebox" was "Gorilla", which "set the tone for the entire project"; Mars explained in an interview granted to MTV News that it became its mascot hence the reason it ended up as the album cover. In an interview for the "Rolling Stone", Blanco confessed, "I got a really cool song with him. Me and Paul [Epworth] just got together and Bruno wrote an amazing song on top of it. It kind of all came together". He

neg: Give Me Just a Little More Time and "The Best of Kylie Minogue". The B-side "Do You Dare?" was included on Minogue's "Greatest Remixes (Vol. 2)", and was performed on her , , and For You, for Me concert tours. Pete Waterman stated:I went to bed, and, and I literally was in bed thinking of all these records that I had in my life [...] I was going through the library mentally thinking, what song would she never have done that we could do that was just a great song. And one of my favorite songs was Chairman of the Board's "Give Me Just a Little More

neg: Love a Woman was sent through her A&R people. She further added, "When the song came, her voice was on it completely and it was just amazing and I wasn't sure that they wanted to give me this record because it was so amazing." Blige further spoke about how she started the collaboration with Beyoncé on the song: "The song was so amazing I had to be sure, as an artist, that she really was trying to give it to me. I was like 'is she really trying to give me this song, because it's pretty amazing.' They were like 'yes, but she

neg: TISM "Sydney Morning Herald" article on the band described them as "a cross between Skyhooks, Dave Warner, Talking Heads and The Residents". The band were criticised as unoriginal for continually opting for standard pop song structures. One reason for this is clarified in their book, "The TISM Guide To Little Aesthetics", in the following paragraphs, when asked why their ideas are post-modern but their music is not: "Give me a pop-song, mate. Give me a fucking pop-song. Not only is it more fun, it's pretty fuckin' hard to write as well. You can bung in as many out-of-tune oboes as you

neg: D. James Kennedy Eidsmoe. Kennedy was a founding member of the board of Moral Majority, a political movement in the late 1970s and 1980s. When GOP presidential candidates, including Ronald Reagan, sought the blessing of evangelical leaders, Kennedy sometimes asked spiritual, not policy questions. In one meeting, Kennedy asked Reagan what reason he would give as to why God should let him into heaven. According to one observer, "Reagan dropped his eyes, looked at his feet, and said, 'I wouldn't give God any reason for letting me in. I'd just ask for mercy, because of what Jesus Christ did for me at Calvary."