query: who wrote if i had a hammer song

pos: If I Had a Hammer was a freedom song of the civil rights movement. WikiLeaks chose the song as its "WikiLeaks song". If I Had a Hammer "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It was a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to number three a year later when recorded by Trini Lopez. The Weavers

pos: If I Had a Hammer If I Had a Hammer "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It was a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to number three a year later when recorded by Trini Lopez. The Weavers released the song under the title "The Hammer Song" as a 78 single in March 1950 on

pos: If I Had a Hammer was a freedom song of the civil rights movement. WikiLeaks chose the song as its "WikiLeaks song". If I Had a Hammer "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It was a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to number three a year later when recorded by Trini Lopez. The Weavers

pos: Pete Seeger A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and "Turn! Turn! Turn!", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and are sung throughout the world. "Flowers" was a hit recording for the Kingston Trio (1962); Marlene Dietrich, who recorded it in English, German and French (1962); and Johnny Rivers (1965). "If I Had a Hammer" was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary (1962) and Trini Lopez (1963) while the

pos: Richard Barone Blue Halo.' He displayed the stance early, like the minstrel/actor/playwright of Renaissance London. We met and have shared many a stage together... I have always loved Ricardo's 'Bar-oque and Roll' music. Shine On Ricardo, Shine!" In June 2013, Barone joined forces with Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and friends to record a version of Pete Seeger's folk anthem "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)" for the ONE Campaign, produced by Steve Addabbo at Shelter Island Sound studios in New York. The video was released as ONE Campaign's worldwide protest song project. The Bongos reunited on July 31, 2013

pos: Lee Hays song, "Hold the Line", about the experience, that the Weavers recorded on Charter records with Robeson and writer Howard Fast. If I Had a Hammer", written with Pete Seeger and also recorded on the Charter label, dates from this embattled period. A few months later, in December, The Weavers began an incredibly successful run at the Village Vanguard. One fan, Gordon Jenkins, a bandleader who had had numerous hits under his belt and was a director of Decca records, returned night after night. Born in Missouri, Jenkins was especially entranced with Lee Hays' folksy stage patter, laced with colorful Ozark

pos: Peter, Paul and Mary uncommercial, and Carolyn Hester. After rehearsing Yarrow, Stookey and Travers out of town in Boston and Miami, Grossman booked them into The Bitter End, a coffee house, nightclub and popular folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village. They recorded their debut album, "Peter, Paul and Mary", the following year. It included "Lemon Tree", "500 Miles", and the Pete Seeger hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer" (subtitled "The Hammer Song") and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The album was listed in the "Billboard Magazine" Top Ten for 10 months, including seven weeks in the No. 1 position.

pos: If I Had a Hammer Hootenanny Records, 101-A, backed with "Banks of Marble". The song was first performed publicly by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays on June 3, 1949, at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City at a testimonial dinner for the leaders of the Communist Party of the United States, who were then on trial in federal court, charged with violating the Smith Act by advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. It was not particularly successful in commercial terms when it was first released. It was part of the three songs Seeger played as the warm-up act for Paul Robeson's September 4

pos: Protest songs in the United States Sweet"). Seeger's song "If I Had a Hammer", written with Lee Hays in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, rose to Top Ten popularity in 1962 when covered by Peter, Paul and Mary, going on to become one of the major Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement. "We Shall Overcome", Seeger's adaptation of an American gospel song, continues to be used to support issues from labor rights to peace movements. Seeger was one of the leading singers to protest against then-President Lyndon Johnson through song. Seeger first satirically attacked the president with his 1966 recording of Len Chandler's

pos: Lee Hays Lee Hays Lee Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folk-singer and songwriter, best known for singing bass with The Weavers. Throughout his life, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in society. He wrote or co-wrote "Wasn't That a Time?", "If I Had a Hammer", and "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", which became Weavers' staples. He also familiarized audiences with songs of the 1930s labor movement, such as "We Shall Not Be Moved". Hays came naturally by his interest in folk music since his uncle was the eminent Missouri and Arkansas folklorist Vance Randolph,

pos: Peter Yarrow York before debuting in 1961 as a polished act at The Bitter End nightclub in Greenwich Village. There the singers quickly developed a following and signed a contract with Warner Brothers. Warner released "Lemon Tree" as a single in early 1962, then followed with the trio's version of "If I Had a Hammer", written in 1949 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays to protest the imprisonment of Harlem City Councilman Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. under the Smith Act. "If I had a Hammer" garnered two Grammy Awards in 1962. The trio's first album, the eponymous "Peter, Paul & Mary" remained

neg: Before Hollywood But "By Chance" marked the turnaround. "I was away again, my songwriting driven by the simple logic that if I could write one strong song, I could write another." The song was used as the B-side to the Grant McLennan composition, "Hammer the Hammer," which was released as a single in March 1982. Missing Link label boss Keith Glass, who had funded the recording and distribution of "Send Me a Lullaby", told the band he could not finance a second LP, but began shopping the debut album overseas. Geoff Travis, owner of Rough Trade Records in London, agreed to licence

neg: Hammer name "Maccabee" may derive from the Aramaic "maqqaba". (see .) In American folklore, the hammer of John Henry represents the strength and endurance of a man. The hammer in the song "If I Had a Hammer" represents a relentless message of justice broadcast across the land. The song became a symbol of the civil rights movement. Hammer A modern day hammer is a tool consisting of a weighted "head" fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to a small area of an object. This can be, for example, to drive nails into wood, to shape

neg: If I Had a Hammer concert near Peekskill, New York, which subsequently erupted into a riot. It fared notably better in commercial terms when it was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary a dozen years later. Their cover of the song, released in July 1962 off the group's debut self-titled album, became a Top 10 hit, and won the Grammy Awards for Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Trini Lopez's 1963 single went to number three on the same "Billboard" chart. It was included on his album, "Trini Lopez at PJ's" (Reprise R/RS 6093). The song "If I Had a Hammer"

neg: Blacksmith (song) think she loved a one And he proved deceitful. A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter. With his hammer in his hand He looked so clever And if I was with my love I would live forever. </poem> Blacksmith (song) "Blacksmith" (Roud 816) is a traditional English folk song, also known as "A Blacksmith Courted Me". The song was noted down by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909 from a Mrs Ellen Powell of Westhope near Weobley, Herefordshire. On that occasion it was sung to the tune "Monk's Gate", better known

neg: Blacksmith (song) site. <poem> A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter. With his hammer in his hand He looked so clever And if I was with my love I would live forever. But where is my love gone With his cheeks like roses And his good black Billycock on Decked around with primroses. I fear the shining sun May burn and scorch his beauty And if I was with my love I would do my duty. Strange news is come to town Strange news is carried Strange news flies up and down

neg: Hank Aaron announced the sale of the Atlanta Braves. In that announcement, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig also announced that Aaron would be playing a major role in the management of Braves, forming programs through major league baseball that will encourage the influx of minorities into baseball. Aaron founded the Hank Aaron Rookie League program. His autobiography, "I Had a Hammer" was published in 1990. The book's title is a play on his nickname, "The Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", and the title of the folk song "If I Had a Hammer". Aaron now owns Hank Aaron BMW of south Atlanta in Union City,

neg: Jack Hammer (songwriter) to use the pseudonym Jack Hammer, he also wrote "Rock 'n' Roll Call", recorded by the Treniers and Louis Jordan. He also recorded several singles in the mid-1950s, including "Football Rock" on Decca, and "Girl Girl Girl" on Roulette. Hammer wrote a song, "Great Balls of Fire", and submitted it to songwriter Paul Case, who liked the title but not the song itself. Case passed the idea to Otis Blackwell, and commissioned him to write a song of the same title for inclusion in the film "Jamboree", with Hammer taking a half share of the songwriting royalties. The song was

neg: Barry McGuire cut their first and only album as Barry & Barry, called "Here And Now", which contained songs such as "Gold Wedding Ring", "Land Of Odin", the single "Another Man", "Summer's Over", "You Know My Name", "Bull 'Gine Run", and "Far Side Of The Hill". It also included "If I Had A Hammer". released three months after the release of the same song by folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. In 1963, McGuire, along with Randy Sparks (the founder of The New Christy Minstrels), co-wrote and sang lead vocal on the Christys' first and biggest hit single: "Green, Green." He left

neg: If You Had My Love You Had My Love" became the subject of some controversy when it emerged that Jerkins had written a "nearly identical song" for singer Chanté Moore. Moore asserted that her song "If I Gave Love" was re-written with the same arrangement for Lopez after it was requested by Sean Combs, one of "On the 6"s producers. Moore said: "He wrote the same song for her. I heard that it was because Puff Daddy walked in and heard my song and said 'I want that song,' and he [Rodney] was like 'Well that's already taken. We wrote that for Chante,' and he

neg: Siúil A Rún Nollaig Casey, Kate Crossan, Carmel Gunning, Rosheen, Sissel Kyrkjebo with the Chieftains, Sarah English, Janette Geri, and Bruadar. "Siúil a Rúin" is one of the songs in Flatley's Lord of the Dance. Versions of "Buttermilk Hill" have been performed by The Black Country Three, Dan Gibson, Alisa Jones, Julie Felix, Judy Collins, Noah Saterstrom and The Weavers. A recognisable version of this song was recorded by Peter, Paul, and Mary entitled "Gone The Rainbow". It was on the B-side of "The Hammer Song" ("If I had a hammer"). verse/chorus: Dm C Bb-C-Dm F Bb C Dm F Bb-C-Dm C Dm

neg: Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song) Affair" in 1998. Hammer would later dance and read the lyrics to this song on the first "Vh1 Hip Hop Honors" in 2004. According to the "Family Affair" album insert/bio, "Unconditional Love" lyrics were written and arranged by Shakur (and Johnny Jackson on M.C. Hammer's version). Hammer wrote this about the song: "This song was given to me as a gift from the late Tupac Shakur. He told me this was a song about how true love is unconditional. He wanted me to rap it because it reflected what I stand for. The secret is this is also what he

neg: Phil Medley wrote "Styrofoam Airplane". His niece is singer Sharon Brown, who had a top ten hit on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1982 with the song "I Specialize in Love". Phil Medley Philip Medley (April 9, 1916 – October 3, 1997) was an American songwriter notable for his composition "Twist & Shout", which he wrote along with Bert Russell. The song was made famous by both The Isley Brothers and The Beatles. Medley also wrote "A Million to One" and co-wrote "If I Didn't Have a Dime" for Gene Pitney with Russell. He was also a co-writer of

neg: Maxwell's Silver Hammer I want to get it right. I've got some thoughts on this one.'" In his 1969 review of "Abbey Road", for "Rolling Stone", John Mendelsohn wrote: "Paul McCartney and Ray Davies are the only two writers in rock and roll who could have written 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', a jaunty vaudevillian/music-hallish celebration wherein Paul, in a rare naughty mood, celebrates the joys of being able to bash in the heads of anyone threatening to bring you down. Paul puts it across perfectly with the coyest imaginable choir-boy innocence." Robert Christgau referred to the song as "a McCartney crotchet". Among Beatles biographers,

neg: Karl Fritsch (jeweller) own way, I started to really own what I had been taught. I could suddenly set a stone, saw, file , hammer , cast, solder, the way I wanted and not just the way I had been taught . Fritsch is known for a playful and unconventional approach to creating displays of his work. Critic Mark Amery wrote of a 2012 exhibition: As the exhibition title Scenes from the Munich Diamond Disaster suggests, the pristine presentation of gems has been upturned, as if some artist jester has been at work after hours. There is a precarious profusion of divergent materials

neg: Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song) to "Cry Me a River"; she denied the rumors, explaining, "You know, it's funny. I read that I wrote this song and I wrote these lyrics and that's not my style. I would never do that." Annet Artani, who co-wrote Spears' 2003 song "Everytime", stated that the song was written as a response to "Cry Me a River". When asked during an interview with Diane Sawyer on "PrimeTime" in 2003, if "Everytime" was about Timberlake, Spears responded, "I'll let the song speak for itself." "Cry Me a River" is an R&B song with an instrumentation that features clavinet, guitars, beatboxing,

neg: Live Until I Die happy with a little, but those who are not have the power to achieve all they can envision." When asked about if he had written a song about multiple sclerosis, Walker told "United Press International", "I have not specifically written a song about MS, but that is definitely an intention. I'm ready at this point to be able to put something in words that makes sense. There's a song that I wrote when I first came out and it's called "Live Until I Die." One of the lines in that song is "I don't worry about things that I can't

neg: Harold Baim Empire Pool Wembley. In June 2015 the 1965 film "The Mood Man" was also transferred from the original 35mm negative to HD files by Encore at 142 Wardour Street in London. The film features Ross McManus singing "If I Had A Hammer" and the original negative was transferred to HD for use in a concert tour by Ross MacManus' son, Elvis Costello. Prior to this transfer a copy of the film originating from a 16mm print had been the only copy of the film available. The 35mm negative of the Ross McManus song was released to Cinelab London who transferred

neg: Claude François manager. In 1963 he followed the first success with another French adaptation of an American song, this time recording "If I Had a Hammer" and "Walk Right In" in French as "Si j'avais un marteau" and "Marche Tout Droit". François met Michel Bourdais who was working for the well-known French magazine "Salut les Copains" ("Hi Buddies"). On 5 April 1963, he headlined at the Paris Olympia, a sign that he had arrived. At the end of that year, François created original new dance steps, and Michel Bourdais drew them. For the first time, they brought up the idea of setting

neg: So Appalled would make a good group song. Cyhi the Prynce's verse only appeared on the song because he "tricked" West. Originally he was only supposed to deliver a quick hook, but at the time West was tired and let Cyhi record his verse alone. When West awoke and played back the tape, he was surprised to find that Cyhi had recorded an entire verse. Impressed with it, West decided to include it on the track anyway. The song reportedly offended M.C. Hammer, who Jay-Z references on the line "I spent another 30 / Cause unlike Hammer 30 million can't hurt me".

neg: Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song) 11 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart. When Jim Vallance was asked about the track, he recalled that they wrote the song during January 1984 and that: "Adams and I originally wrote "Let Me Down Easy" for Stevie Nicks, but I don't know if she ever heard the song. Regardless, I thought Roger did a superb job." Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song) "'Let Me Down Easy'" is a song by Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the former lead singer of The Who. The song was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and included on Daltrey's

neg: If I Didn't Love You (Squeeze song) small, almost irrelevant details. What he wrote here rang absolutely true to me and was all the more powerful for it." Tilbrook continued, "The line 'The record jumps on a scratch' was such a gift that I had to use it, so we sang 'If I, If I, If I, If I, If I.'" Chris Difford said, "I used to love playing this song live. Glenn and I sang it together as a duet, an octave apart. Lyrically it has to be my proudest moment from ["Argybargy"] and it takes me back to New York when I was living there

neg: I Can Change (Brandon Flowers song) Royal Albert Hall. Credits adapted from "The Desired Effect" liner notes. I Can Change (Brandon Flowers song) "I Can Change" is the fourth single by American singer-songwriter Brandon Flowers from his second studio album, "The Desired Effect". The song contains elements from "Smalltown Boy" (1984) by Bronski Beat. Brandon Flowers wrote "I Can Change" upon request from Swedish house duo Axwell and Ingrosso, who asked if Flowers would collaborate with them for their upcoming album. Because Axwell and Ingrosso were unable to finish the song, Flowers decided to record it himself. He noticed similarities between the song he had been

neg: I Can Change (Brandon Flowers song) I Can Change (Brandon Flowers song) "I Can Change" is the fourth single by American singer-songwriter Brandon Flowers from his second studio album, "The Desired Effect". The song contains elements from "Smalltown Boy" (1984) by Bronski Beat. Brandon Flowers wrote "I Can Change" upon request from Swedish house duo Axwell and Ingrosso, who asked if Flowers would collaborate with them for their upcoming album. Because Axwell and Ingrosso were unable to finish the song, Flowers decided to record it himself. He noticed similarities between the song he had been given by Axwell and Ingrosso and Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" and

neg: Law of the instrument hammer, he suddenly finds that everything needs pounding. The computer program may be our current hammer, but it must be tried. One cannot decide from purely armchair considerations whether or not it will be of any value." "Maslow's hammer," popularly phrased as "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" and variants thereof, is from Abraham Maslow's "The Psychology of Science", published in 1966. Abraham Maslow wrote: "I remember seeing an elaborate and complicated automatic washing machine for automobiles that did a beautiful job of washing them. But it could do only that, and everything else

neg: Camp Becket Four miles up, Four miles down, Four miles away from Becket Town, Guess it's worth the four mile tramp With a Ra Ra Ra for Becket Camp! Other traditional Becket songs include "Becket in the Berkshires", " Oh, Sweet Becket", "Sons of Noble Living", "Try to Remember", "Pink Pajamas", "Mountain Dew", "Becket Way", "Beckets for me", "Puff", "If I had a hammer", "The Canoe Song" and many songs from the Big Show. The most traditional Becket song is "Amici", a song about friendship written by one of the camp directors' wives. The song is only sung after all camp activities,

neg: If I Don't Get You The Next One Will song relates many of de Paul's negative dating experiences (sample lyric "I’ve been dated and waited until I was blue, I’ve been cheated, mistreated and broken in two, I've been lied to, denied to, till I've had my fill, so, if I don’t get you, well, the next one will"). The initial inspiration for the song was former boyfriend, Ringo Starr, who missed a dinner date with de Paul. Stylistically, it was quite different to previous releases, with prominent use of synthesiser and a sparse arrangement that received positive reviews. At the time, U.K. music weekly Record Mirror wrote "Cleverly

neg: Alexandrov Ensemble soloists arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov) (1956/60/66) "Ah Nastasia" (trad; arr. B. Alexandrov) (1968) unknown operatic aria, "Song of the Volga Boatmen", "Ukrainian Poem" (1956/60/63) "See the Village", unknown song, "Under the Elm, Under the Oak" (1963, 2007) "Can You Hear Me Brother", "Marching Song", "Cossack Cossack", "Work Song" (1956), "Her Son-in-Law", "Cheesecake", "If I Had a Hammer" (1956) "The Motto of the Struggle", "Uncle" (1951), "Red Sun" (1960), "Rain", "Bryansk Forest", "Old Urals", "Soldier's Farewell", "Star", "Song of the Poplar", "Groove", "Ballad of the Moscow Boy", "The Little Bells", "Night", "Spend an Evening" (1977), "Lenin Lived Here", "Story of Russia", "Only

neg: Maxwell's Silver Hammer I mean, my God, 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' was so fruity. After a while we did a good job on it, but when Paul got an idea or an arrangement in his head …" Starr told "Rolling Stone" in 2008: "The worst session ever was 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for fucking weeks. I thought it was mad." McCartney recalled: "The only arguments were about things like me spending three days on 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' I remember George saying, 'You've taken three days, it's only a song.' – 'Yeah, but

neg: In My Room explained that Gary Usher (who co-wrote the lyrics with Brian Wilson) further describes that "Brian was always saying that his room was his whole world." Brian seconds this opinion: "I had a room, and I thought of it as my kingdom. And I wrote that song, very definitely, that you're not afraid when you're in your room. It's absolutely true." In 1990, Brian wrote, The 1993 CD box set, "", contains an early version of "In My Room" with a number of differences from the eventual official release. It is unclear if this fully developed demo was recorded the same

neg: I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)" is an R&B single by singer R. Kelly, from his 1995 eponymous album. The song spent two weeks at #1 on the "Billboard" R&B chart (Kelly's sixth #1 R&B hit); and it peaked at #5 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Kelly wrote this song after he split from his girlfriend at that time, whom he was deeply in love with. In 2010, Kelly said he still has not gotten over this girl, who remained anonymous. He ranked this song as one of his favorites that he has recorded.

neg: If I Fell If I Fell "If I Fell" is a song by English rock band the Beatles which first appeared in 1964 on the album "A Hard Day's Night" in the United Kingdom and United States, and on the North American album "Something New". It was credited to Lennon–McCartney, but John Lennon often stated that he wrote it. "That's my first attempt at a ballad proper. ... It shows that I wrote sentimental love ballads way back when", Lennon stated in his 1980 "Playboy" interview. However, Paul McCartney stated that he contributed to the song: "We wrote 'If I Fell" together." The

neg: Without You (Badfinger song) had done the right thing later, if he went out, – she told him – "Go into the studio, I'm fine about it"... He said, "Your mouth is smiling, but your eyes are sad." The song Ham wrote that night was called "If its Love" and has the verse "Well I can't forget tomorrow, when I think of all my sorrow, I had you there but then I let you go, and now it's only fair that I should let you know... if it's love". But Ham wasn't happy with the chorus. Evans' relationship with his future wife Marianne influenced

neg: Walking in Memphis hide the fact that they were Jewish to protect themselves and their families from anti-Semitism, so I'm proud of the fact that I could come right out and practically announce my religion on the first song I ever released." Cohn wrote numerous drafts before he had a set of lyrics which satisfied him: "When I finished the song, I felt like I had completed a jigsaw puzzle. I wasn't sure if it was a hit, because I was still years away from being signed to Atlantic Records. Six months later [in 1986], after I wrote many of the songs that

neg: If You Had My Love was like 'I want that song.' So Rodney wrote, really, the same song." "If I Gave Love" was intended to be released as a single from her album "This Moment Is Mine" (1999), but was ultimately scrapped. "If You Had My Love" is a mid-tempo pop and R&B song with a length of four minutes and twenty-five seconds (4:25), which contains elements of salsa and hip hop. The song was written and composed mainly by Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels and Cory Rooney, with Lopez herself contributing to the lyrics; Jerkins also served as producer. It is written in the key

neg: Rainbow (Mariah Carey album) 'Man, what chord am I supposed to do here?' and Mariah has such a good ear that she sang me the chord. While the album was immersed further into mainstream R&B territory, Carey included some of her classic ballads and tender love songs on the album, working with writers and producers such as David Foster and Diane Warren. The idea to work with Warren was suggested by Foster, who thought that the two would be able to "hammer out one hell of a ballad" together. The two wrote and produced the song titled "After Tonight." Carey felt the song was

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: If I Die Young Band Perry received at least one letter in response to the song. In its envelope, the members also found a necklace with a ring on it. The letter's author was a young girl who had recently lost her best friend to cancer. Mourning her friend's death, the girl was contemplating suicide. Driving from work one day, she heard "If I Die Young" on the radio. Hearing "so much life in the song", the girl changed her mind. In her letter to The Band Perry, she wrote about the necklace: "I'm sending this to you, because it's the most important thing

neg: Josh Becker "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur", which led to a directing gig on "" that he had for several years. He also directed the black-and-white film Running Time with Bruce Campbell, which was edited to look as if it was filmed in a single continuous shot. In 1999, Becker wrote, produced, and directed the independent film "If I Had A Hammer", about the 1960s folk rock scene. The film has never been released in any format (though it has been screened theatrically several times), and only briefly appeared on YouTube. Becker later directed the two Sci-Fi Channel films "Alien

neg: Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song) who will support her, not disappear when she needs him the most. She asks if he thinks the relationship is worth fighting for. "I wanna love/ I want a fire/ To feel the burn/ My desires/ I wanna man by my side/ Not a boy who runs and hides/ Are you gonna fight for me?/ Die for me?/ Live and breathe for me?/ Do you care for me?/ 'Cause if you don't then just leave," she sings. Pam Avoledo of Blogcritics wrote that "[...] Clarkson vocals fiery and smoldering. She's come a long way from American Idol where she had

neg: Marion Hammer private property and destroy a small private business." Hammer met with Ben Albritton, the head of the committee that funds Swiftmud. Hammer said that a NRA lawyer wrote the document that spelled out the terms of the dismissal of the Swiftmud lawsuit. Hammer then sent this to Albritton and Governor Scott's office. Albritton had his assistant send an email to Swiftmud's Colleen Thayer with an attachment that spelled out the terms of the dismissal of the Swiftmud lawsuit. It was written as if Swiftmud had already consented to it. The digital signature on the document was "Marion". Following the February

neg: I Am a God and says something like, 'I am a god,' everybody says 'Who does he think he is? I just told you who I thought I was! A God! I just told you! That's who I think I am! Would it have been better if I had a song that said, 'I Am a Nigger?' Or if I had a song that said, 'I Am a Gangsta'? Or I had a song that said, 'I Am a Pimp'? All of those colors and patinas fit better on a person like me, right?" Then in 2015 during the course of an interview with

neg: Best Thing I Never Had kiss-off song; it is in this respect similar to Beyoncé's own songs "Irreplaceable" (2006) and "If I Were a Boy" (2008). Kyle Anderson of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that elements of the ballad have emanated from Celine Dion's "That’s The Way It Is" (1999), and Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" (1986). Caryn Ganz of Yahoo! Music wrote that "Best Thing I Never Had" resembles Vanessa Carlton's 2002 song "A Thousand Miles" paired with Ryan Tedder's thumping beat. Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork Media also noted that the song wouldn't sound "out-of-place" on a Vanessa Carlton album. Priya Elan of "NME" noted

neg: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em the idea for the song "Here Comes the Hammer" from a Texas-based Christian recording artist named Kevin Christian. Christian had filed a US$16 million lawsuit against Hammer for copyright infringement for his song entitled "Oh-Oh, You Got The Shing". Hammer settled with Christian for $250,000 in 1995. Work This Help the Children Here Comes the Hammer Pray U Can't Touch This Yo!! Sweetness She's Soft and Wet Black Is Black The "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" album was accompanied by a straight-to-video film titled Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie (1990), It stars Hammer as a rapper who returns

neg: Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings once in a while, where they'd find people in the woods somewhere. I just kind of took any one of them, not one in particular, and put it as if it was in a TV newscast. It was a sharp left turn to take in a song, but when I got done with it, I kind of felt like it's what the song needed right then." In 2005 Lloyd Sachs wrote that the song was "one of Prine’s masterpieces." In a 2009 interview with The Huffington Post, Bob Dylan commented, "If I had to pick one song of his, it

neg: Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song) after he has saved Belle from the wolves. Due to the remake's three-act structure, Menken and Condon concluded that it would be best to replace "If I Can't Love Her" with a song that better depicts the Beast's feelings for Belle after he has finally learned to love her and realizes she is no longer his prisoner, while accepting the grimm reality that releasing her would ultimately decrease his chances of becoming human again. Rice, who co-wrote "If I Can't Love Her" with Menken, further convinced the composer to substitute "If I Can't Love Her" with a more appropriate song,

neg: Friends (Marshmello and Anne-Marie song) who are single. I don't ever want him to know that it's about him because it's awkward. I do feel a bit bad but I'm trying to forget that it's about him and think about how funny it is about the situation." Anne-Marie wrote on Genius: "I think this is the friend-zone anthem because I don't think there's been any other songs like this. I don't know if I've heard this, like this blatant in a song before. Like if you're trying to put someone in the friend zone, you can send them this song. And then everything will be

neg: Marcy & Hunson written by the Washington D.C.-based musician Babeo Baggins. According to Pride.com, the song is about "the longing to get close with an unnamed love interest", with many fans online speculating that the unnamed individual is Princess Bubblegum. Via Twitter, Baggins confirmed that she wrote the song about a female love-interest "who didn’t like [her] cause she had a boyfriend". On Tumblr, she elaborated: So, I wanted to give you guys a bit of a backstory on the song I wrote called "Slow Dance" ... I wrote [the song] about this girl I had a big crush on, and she liked

neg: I Am... Sasha Fierce is strictly for the stage, with the editor describing Sasha Fierce as the singer's sensual, aggressive alter ego. "If I Were a Boy", the first single of "I Am...", stands as the only song on either disc that Beyoncé did not co-write. BC Jean, who wrote most of the song's lyrics, took inspiration from a poor relationship. Beyoncé explained in "Essence" that "If I Were a Boy" is different from her previous songs in the sense that it is not a traditional R&B song. Music critics remarked that the song seemed to be a mixture of her hit single "Irreplaceable"

neg: Jack Hammer (songwriter) father wrote "Great Balls of Fire", she also claimed that he wrote "Yakety Yak". However, Hammer actually wrote a song with a similar title, "Yakkity Yak", which was issued as a B-side by the Markeys (not to be confused with the Mar-Keys). Jack Hammer (songwriter) Earl Solomon Burroughs (September 16, 1925 – April 8, 2016), known professionally as Jack Hammer, was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter, credited as the co-writer of "Great Balls of Fire". Burroughs was born either in Fulton County, Georgia, New Orleans, or Grovetown, Georgia, but grew up in California. In the early 1950s, he moved

neg: Hilary Duff (album) this!'", Duff said), and a cover of The Who's "My Generation" in which the lyric "I hope I die before I get old" was changed to "I hope I don't die before I get old". Duff began performing it in concert after a suggestion from her manager, who was a fan of the song. Duff herself co-wrote three tracks on the album: "Mr. James Dean", "Haters" and "Rock This World", the first two of which, along with "The Last Song", Haylie co-wrote. Hilary said she refrained from co-writing the entire album because "I don't know if I'm secure enough with

neg: We Shall Overcome of education at Highlander and after the Civil Rights Movement was elected year after year to the Charleston, S.C. Board of Education) always preferred 'shall.' It sings better." He also reaffirmed that the decision to copyright the song was a defensive measure, with his publisher apparently warning him that "if you don't copyright this now, some Hollywood types will have a version out next year like 'Come on Baby, We shall overcome tonight'". Furthermore, the liner notes of Seeger's compilation album "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle" contained a summary on the purported history of the

neg: If Ever I See You Again (film) If Ever I See You Again (film) If Ever I See You Again is a 1978 American romantic drama film about a composer who rekindles his relationship with a former girlfriend. It stars Joe Brooks, who also co-wrote, produced, directed, and scored the film, and Shelley Hack. The film's theme song, "If Ever I See You Again", was a moderate hit for Roberta Flack, reaching #24 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Bob Morrison (Brooks) is a successful composer of TV commercial jingles who has gotten rich from his work, allowing him to make a good life in New York

neg: Amiel Daemion three records she bought were John Lennon, De La Soul and Mariah Carey, where she felt that Carey's album was "overproduced". She wrote and recorded her first song at the age of nine in an effort to help spread the message of ecological awareness. Daemion states "I'd seen a documentary. I turned to Dad and said why? and he had no answer for me so I thought if I wrote a song then maybe I could help the cause. I sang it into a tape recorder. Dad heard it and said 'do you realize what you've just done?' I said

neg: Slam the Hammer Down simply addictive little riot that kicks the album off with a resounding start". In a review of "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply", "Chicago Tribune" said the song "should satisfy even the most demanding metal-head". In a retrospective review of the album, Joe Geesin of "Get Ready to Rock!" said "The riffs were still big, and the solos were if anything better, more metal, if commercial metal (check out opener "Slam the Hammer Down")." Slam the Hammer Down "Slam the Hammer Down" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1984 as a promotional-only single from

neg: If I Were a Boy the potential to become a big hit. Jean used her Myspace account to express her frustration: "I have been reading some of these comments and to set the record straight from the horse's mouth – IF I WERE A BOY is my song; YES, I wrote this song; It is my story; a painful one, and the song is very dear to me. You can hear the original version on my myspace site." Friedman later reported that Beyoncé and Jean had come to terms. The deal included a promise that Beyoncé would record a duet with Jean for her debut

neg: One Sweet Day Afanasieff, who built on the song's melody and added various grooves and beats. Carey expressed how the song was "meant to be" and how all the pieces fit into place: "I wrote the initial idea for 'One Sweet Day' with Walter, and I had the chorus...and I stopped and said, 'I really wanna do this with Boyz II Men,' because...obviously I'm a big fan of theirs and I just thought that the work was crying out for them, the vocals that they do, so I put it away and said, 'Who knows if this could ever happen, but I just

neg: Irving Berlin "Easter Parade" sung by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb, "Heat Wave" (presented as the weather forecast), "Harlem on My Mind", and "Supper Time", a song about racial violence inspired by a newspaper headline about a lynching, sung by Ethel Waters. She once said about the song, "If one song can tell the whole tragic history of a race, 'Supper Time' was that song. In singing it I was telling my comfortable, well-fed, well-dressed listeners about my people...those who had been slaves and those who were now downtrodden and oppressed." Berlin loved his country, and wrote many songs reflecting his patriotism.

neg: Midnight Train to Georgia had with somebody... about taking a midnight plane to Houston," Weatherly recalls. "I wrote it as a kind of a country song. Then we sent the song to a guy named Sonny Limbo in Atlanta and he wanted to cut it with Cissy Houston... he asked if I minded if he changed the title to "Midnight Train to Georgia". And I said, 'I don't mind. Just don't change the rest of the song.'" Weatherly, in an interview with Gary James, stated that the phone conversation was with Farrah Fawcett and he used Fawcett and his friend Lee Majors, whom she

neg: Black Hammer (comics) not just "Black Hammer", but all its associated titles, effectively opening the door to create a cross-platform film and television shared universe. Both Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston are executive producers, and Lemire will be actively involved in the adaptations. Lemire described his involvement as follows: “I decided with "Black Hammer", because it’s so personal and near and dear to my heart, if I was ever going to option and develop it, I had to be intimately involved. As far as that adaptation, I do have to be the one that is creatively steering that ship, like the comic.” Lemire

neg: If Ever I See You Again (film) Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and other honors. Brooks' partner, Robert K. Lifton, later wrote that he and Brooks set out to make a similar follow-up, as financing was likely to be available for a concept that had already been proven successful. In his self-published memoir, Lifton wrote that they "focus[ed] on making low cost movies with music that could carry the movie and let the record help the movie and the movie help the record." For "If Ever I See You Again", Brooks and Lifton obtained financing from a friend

neg: Rimelands: Hammer of Thor me hooked almost instantly. " PocketGamerUK said " Rimelands: Hammer of Thor fits snugly into the turn-based role-playing genre, but offers enough variation to keep the action fresh and exciting. " TouchGen wrote " Rimelands : Hammer of Thor is an extremely enjoyable game due to keeping the challenge going, and I really hope to be able to continue the adventure. Not because I care about the story, but rather because the game mechanic works well. " AppSpy wrote " Rimelands: Hammer of Thor is an excellent turn-based RPG with an amazingly simple combat system that only gets better as

neg: Relax, Take It Easy home wrote this song in twenty minutes. It uses the melody from "(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight" by the Cutting Crew. The song is an upbeat pop track with a disco-like bassline and a funky guitar riff in the background on the choruses, where he sings: "It's as if I'm scared/It's as if I'm terrified/It's as if I scared/It's as if I'm playing with fire". It is set in the key of F minor. The song received positive reviews from music critics. Beth Johnson from "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that the song is "a Bee Gees-ish shout-out to Frankie

neg: Get the Knack "Maybe Tonight", and "That's What the Little Girls Do", which he deemed a "classic", remarking on its "strong melody". Nusser also wrote that the pleading song "Oh Tara" indicates that The Knack "aren't strict girl haters." Robert Christgau of "The Village Voice" found the band's misogyny "unattractive" and wrote that "if they felt this way about girls when they were unknowns, I shudder to think how they're reacting to groupies", but countered critics who had dismissed the band on "purely technical terms", arguing that "if they're less engaging musically than, say, the Scruffs, they have a lot more pop and

neg: The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together taken from the trio's 1962 debut album, "Peter, Paul and Mary" (Lemon Tree, 500 Miles, If I Had a Hammer), and their follow-up albums: "In the Wind" (1963) (Blowin' in the Wind, Stewball, Don't Think Twice), "Album 1700" (1967) (I Dig Rock and Roll Music, Leaving on a Jet Plane), "(Moving)" (1963) (Puff), "A Song Will Rise" (1965) (For Lovin' Me), "See What Tomorrow Brings" (1965) (Early Mornin' Rain), "Late Again" (1968) (Too Much of Nothing), and "Peter, Paul and Mommy" (1969) (Day Is Done). "Ten Years Together" was released on Warner Brothers Label 2552 in 1970, with cover art

neg: Golden (Travie McCoy song) fan of hers for years. "When we finally [met] we were totally kindred spirits. We had both gone through a lot and she became a sister to me very quickly. [...] This was probably the third of about three or four that we've recorded together. Who knows if the others will ever be heard, but they all mean so much to me. She actually wrote a song for me when I was going through some really hard times that I will always hold dear to my heart. She's an angel with the voice of one." Speaking on "Entertainment Tonight", McCoy

neg: If I Could Tell You (song) composers' dispute in 1940 caused it to be temporarily banned from use by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). To replace it, Mrs. Firestone wrote "If I Could Tell You" which became even more popular. "If I Could Tell You" has received a number of commercial recordings. It is most identified with the singers Richard Crooks and Eleanor Steber, who served as frequent hosts on the Firestone program in the 1940s and 1950s, respectively. Crooks and Steber both recorded the song for RCA Victor. In 1995, tenor John Aler included it in an album of 20th-century ballads

neg: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad the vision, Sinbad says to her, "I value freedom. A king is never really free. Why, he must even be told who he is to marry." The two of them kiss. Screenwriter Brian Clemens helped Munro land the role of Margiana: "I got the part – I had been signed by Hammer, for one year, for a contract, out of which I did two films, one being "Dracula AD 1972", and the second one being "Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter", which, kind of, would come full-circle, to "Sinbad". It was written and directed by Brian Clemens, who wrote the screenplay

neg: I Care (Beyoncé song) the bridge, Beyoncé, this time, scats the chorus alongside a multi-octave guitar solo. "I Care" was highly acclaimed by critics. Joanne Dorken of MTV UK wrote that "I Care" proves why Beyoncé "is still the best in the business", further adding that her vocals are flawless as she belts out notes "we didn't even realise were possible." Similarly, David Amidon of PopMatters who stated that "1+1 provides Beyoncé a song that "can compete with the favorites of this generation's parents", later wrote that "1+1" and "I Care" are "equally competent, if safer, attempts at the same formula". He added that

neg: Maxwell's Silver Hammer songs that had devolved in the two years since "Sgt. Pepper" into a form of musical "schtick"." According to Ian MacDonald, Andy Babiuk and Mark Lewisohn: The Beatles Additional musician Maxwell's Silver Hammer "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album "Abbey Road". It was written by Paul McCartney, although credited to Lennon–McCartney. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a pop song with dark, eccentric lyrics about a medical student named Maxwell Edison who commits murders with a hammer. The lyrics are disguised by the upbeat, catchy, and rather "childlike" sound of the

neg: Maxwell's Silver Hammer which occurs in the lyrics. Lennon dismissed it as "more of Paul's granny music". In 1994, McCartney said that the song epitomises the downfalls of life, being "my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does, as I was beginning to find out at that time in my life. I wanted something symbolic of that, so to me it was some fictitious character called Maxwell with a silver hammer. I don't know why it was silver, it just sounded better than Maxwell's hammer." The Beatles began recording the song at EMI Studios (later

neg: Black (singer) and Vearncombe and Dix went their separate ways. In 1985 Vearncombe wrote the minor key song "Wonderful Life". It was released independently through Ugly Man Records, and got Black noticed by A&M Records who signed Vearncombe and launched his international career. Vearncombe said: By the end of 1985 I had been in a couple of car crashes, my mother had a serious illness, I had been dropped by a record company, my first marriage went belly-up and I was homeless. Then I sat down and wrote this song called 'Wonderful Life'. I was being sarcastic. The song reached number eight

neg: Yo-Yo (Nicola Roberts song) Maya von Doll and Dimitri Tikovoi for the album. The recording was also one of the first songs Roberts wrote, and it helped define her musical style. Roberts blogged about the production of the track, writing that: The production’s incredible. The beat is just so constant and powerful. That was the first song that I wrote with Dimitri and Maya. I felt like I’d found my sound. And I was kind of looking at it like an outfit. So it was, ‘if this was an outfit, what would this song need now?’ So we had the pretty dress, which was

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: If I Was Your Vampire song was "I'm Not Your Vampire". Manson was inspired to use the term 'Vampire' after watching "The Hunger", a 1983 film starring David Bowie. "If I Was Your Vampire" was the opening song on the European leg of the Rape of the World Tour. The song has come to be considered a Manson classic, despite not being released as a single. If I Was Your Vampire "If I Was Your Vampire" is a song by Marilyn Manson, and is the first track on the album "Eat Me, Drink Me". Marilyn Manson wrote the song on Christmas Day in 2006. The

neg: When a Man Loves a Woman (song) said:When I wrote the song at first, it was called "Why Did You Leave Me Baby". And I changed it from that to "When a Man Loves a Woman". I just reversed it. Quin told me that if I was to write some lyrics around that melody and the expression I'd put into "Why Did You Leave Me Baby", he believed it would've been a hit record. He was one of the top disc jockeys at that time. Sure enough, he asked me if I had any lyrics for that. He said, "That's it! Write a story around that title!

neg: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love still struggling to get the publishing, the royalties, and that'll never happen." Jerry Wexler maintained in 2002: "I know Solomon is upset about that, and I wrote him a long letter explaining how we wrote the song together and that he has always gotten his share of the royalties. I know that because I get royalty checks for the song. The whole process of making a record is a collaborative affair and the issue of who does just what on a song sometimes gets confusing, but not on that song. We wrote it in Bert's apartment. Bert had a guitar

neg: Papa Loved Mama liner notes from "The Hits": ""This song is just total fun at a chaotic pace. Kim Williams and I were writing this song in the studio. We had just finished the Ropin' the Wind album, with the tenth cut being 'Walking After Midnight.' We had one session left over with no songs whatsoever. I asked Allen if I could do something screwy by playing this 'Papa Loved Mama' song. Kim Williams came in and we wrote the bridge right before we cut it. After we cut it, we knew that it had to make the album. 'Walking After Midnight' then

neg: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas gospel female vocalist Del Delker with Martin accompanying her on piano. In 2002, NewSong lead singer Michael O'Brien noted the line "through the years, we all will be together if the Lord allows," which was part of the original song, was purged and replaced with "if the fates allow" to remove religious reference when the song was released. He noted while a pastor in a California church in 1990 that he had met Martin, who played piano at the church where O'Brien was serving for an evening, and the pastor was told, "That's the original way I wrote it, so

neg: If I Had No Loot If I Had No Loot "If I Had No Loot" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! It was released on June 1, 1993, as the lead single from their 1993 album "Sons of Soul". The song was produced by Tony! Toni! Toné! and co-written by group member Raphael Wiggins, who said that it is about fair-weather friends. It has a new jack swing beat, pronounced guitar licks, and vocal samples from Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "Remix for P Is Free" and Ice Cube's 1991 song "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit". The song became a

neg: If I Had No Loot If I Had No Loot "If I Had No Loot" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! It was released on June 1, 1993, as the lead single from their 1993 album "Sons of Soul". The song was produced by Tony! Toni! Toné! and co-written by group member Raphael Wiggins, who said that it is about fair-weather friends. It has a new jack swing beat, pronounced guitar licks, and vocal samples from Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "Remix for P Is Free" and Ice Cube's 1991 song "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit". The song became a

neg: Love Me Again (song) for the 2014 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In an interview with Digital Spy, Newman was asked if he sensed that the song had something special about it in the studio. He said, "Yeah. The guy I wrote it with (Steve Booker), we turned around and had massive grins on our faces thinking, 'There's something good here'. But you just never know how good it is, you know?". Newman was also asked if it was hard to write the lyrics about love and break-up, he said, "No, it's the only place where I really open up

neg: History of a Time to Come Western Europe of Christianity. Another newer song at the time of recording, "I for an Eye" tells the biblical story of the fallen angel, Lucifer. The third of the older songs which had first been recorded for the demo tape "Fragments of a Faith Forgotten" in May 1986, "For Those Who Died" had also been recorded by the band for its BBC radio session in February 1987. Speaking to "Metal Hammer" shortly after the recording of the album, Walkyier stated that "'For Those Who Died' is about the inquisition in the Middle Ages." In particular the song addresses the Catholic

neg: Less Than Zero (song) a song he had promised not to play. As a result, he was banned from the show until 1989. In 2015, Costello wrote of having seen the Saturday Night Live appearance as an opportunity equivalent to The Beatles’ first live US television performance on The Ed Sullivan Show: "[…] Columbia insisted that the second song should be "Less Than Zero". The song had already proven to be obscure to many American ears and if this was supposed to be our "I Want to Hold Your Hand" moment, I thought the song was too low-key". He had then come up with

neg: If I Were a Boy a better connection because you can hear it and it's not all these other distractions. I really wanted people to hear my voice and hear what I had to say." After Jean's version of "If I Were a Boy" was rejected by her record company, she was upset that Beyoncé recorded and released the ballad. Roger Friedman of Fox News wrote that Jean was first informed that Beyoncé recorded the song by a stranger. "The Daily Telegraph" reported that Beyoncé's father and then-manager Mathew Knowles pursued the publishing rights of "If I Were a Boy" after realizing that it had

neg: Rock the Boat (Aaliyah song) was saved when songwriter Static Major heard the instrumental of the song through headphones and quickly wrote the hook for the song. According to Eric Seats “Static heard it through my headphones. I took a break and went to the rest room, and by the time I got back he had already written a hook." When discussing the fate of the song he then proceeded to say “I wouldn’t say it was an accident, but we weren’t vibing with it as much. It was one of those things like if he had came 10 minutes later, he probably would’ve never

neg: Sliver (song) wrote, telling a seemingly autobiographical story of a boy who is left with his grandparents by his parents for the day, has a difficult time eating dinner and playing, insists on being taken home until he finally falls asleep after eating ice-cream and watching television, and later wakes up in his "mother's arms." Despite the straightforward lyrics, the song was given an intentionally confusing title, with Cobain explaining, "I had a feeling if I called it 'Sliver,' most people would call it 'Silver.'" The "Sliver" single was first released on 7-inch vinyl in the US in 1990 by Sub Pop.

neg: When She's Near a song of his own. "It’s actually the melody to a song I wrote a long time ago called ‘Teaberry.’ I wrote it in ’03 or ’04, and I didn’t like the words, but I liked the melody,” Watkins said. “I brought the melody in and Jon did most of the lyrics." The songs eventually meshed together into the one song it is now. "I feel like it's a good blend of both of our voices," says Foreman. Fiction Family shot a music video for the song on October 15, 2008. It was directed by Brandon Dickerson, who had directed

neg: I Can't Wait (Stevie Nicks song) I had known since I was 18 and he was 13, brought over this track with this incredible percussion thing, and gave it to me asking me if I would listen to it and consider writing a song for it. I listened to the song once, and pretended not to be that knocked out, but the second Rick left, I ran in my little recording studio and wrote 'I Can't Wait.' It took all night, and I think it is all about how electric I felt about this music. And that night, that SATURDAY night, Rick and I went into

neg: Lee Hays including one to Israel. In 1958, Hays began recording a series of children's albums with The Baby Sitters, a group that included a young Alan Arkin, the son of a family friend of the Robinsons. After the great financial success of Peter Paul and Mary's cover of "If I Had a Hammer" in the mid-1960s, Hays, whose mental and physical health had been shaky for years, lived mostly on income from royalties. In 1967, he moved to Croton-on-Hudson, New York where he devoted himself to tending his organic vegetable garden, cooking, writing, and socializing. He wrote to a friend that

neg: MC Hammer Beatz and RZA, Jay-Z raps a verse targeting Hammer about his financial dilemma in the 1990s. On it Jay says: 'Hammer went broke so you know I'm more focused / I lost 30 mil' so I spent another 30 / 'Cause unlike Hammer 30 million can't hurt me'. Hammer addressed his displeasure about the diss on Twitter, claiming he will react to Jay-Z on Halloween. Hammer released a sample of his "beef" with Jay-Z (aka 'Hell Boy' according to Hammer) in a brief teaser trailer called "Better Run Run" by 'King Hammer'. At one point, it was uncertain if his