query: who actually sang the song that thing you do

pos: That Thing You Do (song) the soundtrack CD, "That Thing You Do" peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1964. The song was written by Adam Schlesinger, the bassist of the alternative rock group Fountains of Wayne. Schlesinger did not expect his song to be chosen, but tried as "a personal exercise." Performers include Mike Viola on vocals with Schlesinger on backup vocals. The song was released as a single, and although not as successful as was depicted in the film, the track still did moderately well in the US, peaking at #41 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. (It also

neg: That Thing You Do (song) That Thing You Do (song) "That Thing You Do" is a 1996 song that appears in the film "That Thing You Do!" The song is performed by the fictional 1960s band The Wonders, who are the focus of the film. In 1964, an Erie, Pennsylvania band named "The One-ders" (later known as The Wonders) goes from a college talent show to climbing up the Billboard charts thanks to the song "That Thing You Do". Written by guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Mattingly II, it was originally crafted as a ballad. During the performance at the talent show, drummer Guy Patterson produces a much

neg: That Thing You Do (song) replaced Steve Zahn as Frank Heffley in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series. That Thing You Do (song) "That Thing You Do" is a 1996 song that appears in the film "That Thing You Do!" The song is performed by the fictional 1960s band The Wonders, who are the focus of the film. In 1964, an Erie, Pennsylvania band named "The One-ders" (later known as The Wonders) goes from a college talent show to climbing up the Billboard charts thanks to the song "That Thing You Do". Written by guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Mattingly II, it was originally crafted as

neg: Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song) right people to be doing this band.'" For the next session the group wanted to write something uptempo and a bit more fun. A full-on disco backing track came up, and "Who Do You Think You Are" evolved from there. Wilson commented about that session: The thing is when they wrote they were also writing the dance routine, constructing the video, all at the same time as writing the song. And that's when the penny dropped. They say that the mother of invention is copying somebody and getting it wrong. Their sound was actually not getting R&B quite right. "Who

neg: The Right Thing to Do in 1999, "Anthology" in 2002, "" and "Carly Simon Collector's Edition" in 2009. It was also included on Simon's live album "Greatest Hits Live". Ray Coniff covered "The Right Thing to Do" on the 1972 album "You Are the Sunshine of My Life". Megan Mullally sang a duet with Simon on the TV soundtrack "Will & Grace: Let the Music Out!" Simon sang "The Right Thing to Do" at the wedding of Caroline Kennedy to Edwin Schlossberg. The B-side of "The Right Thing to Do" single was "We Have No Secrets," also a song from the "No Secrets" album. According

neg: Gus Levene his orchestra also backed Frank Sinatra when he sang "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for the soundtrack of "The Victors", a 1963 war film. Although only a snippet of the song actually aired in the film, Sinatra released the whole recording as a Christmas single. Arranger George Siravo recalled a conversation he had with Levene about Sinatra's approach to music: "Gus Levene once asked me, 'What do you find the most difficult thing to put on the score sheet?' Before I came up with the answer, he said, 'A well-placed rest – where nobody plays.' When you write an

neg: Marcia Sings Tapestry continued saying, "it was recorded in 1970 so the technology since then really has changed... I really believe if it ain't broke don't fix it so I sang the songs with the same respect as though they were written for me or I wrote them myself. But if you put my voice to anything and somebody else's voice to the same thing, no two people are going to interpret that song the same way. The great thing about being a singer is that you actually are a storyteller." All songs written by Carole King except where noted. Marcia Sings Tapestry

neg: Mike Viola with friend Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, co-produced the title track for Tom Hanks's 1996 movie "That Thing You Do!" The selection received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Viola sang lead on the track, and as the accepted singing voice of Johnathon Schaech's character, Jimmy, also sang on other tracks in the film, such as "Little Wild One" and "All My Only Dreams." For the 2007 Jake Kasdan/Judd Apatow film, "," Viola wrote or co-wrote "A Life Without You (Is No Life At All)," "Darling," "(I Hate You) Big Daddy," "Dear Mr. President," "Beautiful Ride," "Sir Ringe

neg: Bringing Down the Giant to actually step away for a minute and think about what you want to do, what you want to represent, and who you want to become. Once we got that figured out, we just sat in the studio and did one thing, and that was we didn't argue – if a song was good then it was good. It didn't matter if it was Christian, Country, Pop…I think that’s one of the things that’s going to show through on this album once you listen to it. You will see how versatile it is and how many different genres there are.

neg: Walk Away (Five Finger Death Punch song) and that’s an ancient and a primal thing, and actually quite a tough thing to do…" “I think the song is pretty forceful from just a musical point of view, but when you add in the vocals and the lyrics, it takes things to a whole new plane. Ivan is dealing with relationship issues in the lyrics, and he’s certainly loaded with ammo on that subject, you can tell he’s singing straight from the heart… Sometimes in life, the stars all align and a bit of magic is created, and I certainly think that’s the case here…” Walk Away (Five

neg: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song) "what about the work track?" Randy reluctantly mentioned that he had this ninth song, but didn't intend to use it on a record. He said, "We have this one song, but it's a joke. I'm laughing at the end. I sang it on the first take. It's sharp, it's flat, I'm stuttering to do this thing for my brother." Fach asked to hear it, and they played the recording for him. Fach smiled and said "That's the track. It's got a brightness to it. It kind of floats a foot higher than the other songs when you listen to it."

neg: Kiss You Tonight song didn't fit him. Trent Summar sang in the demo, and Ron Stuve pitched the song to Joe Fisher at UMG who put it on hold for David Nail. According to Nail, "Kiss You Tonight" had the impact on him similar to what "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum had. He said that it "was a song that the first time I heard it I knew I was going to record it. There was just something about it that made me remember so many songs from the past that, you know there’s not a specific thing that jumps out at

neg: Manic Street Preachers "you can draw some pretty obvious conclusions from the lyrics." Wire, who admitted finding the task of editing this song "pretty choking", eventually composed the music and sang lead vocals after Bradfield found himself unsuited to the task. Bradfield commented that "Journal for Plague Lovers" was an attempt to finally secure the legacy of their former member Richey Edwards and the result was that, during the recording process, it was as close to feeling his presence since his disappearance: "There was a sense of responsibility to do his words justice. That was part of the whole thing of letting enough

neg: John Schneider (screen actor) was built in 1910. So it sounded cool." Schneider hopes that his new music will draw in new fans, who are unaware of his talents beyond the stage. "I hadn't done music since 1990. People responded to that music, and one thing led to another," shares Schneider. "It's funny. Even though I had a bunch of No. 1 songs, people say, 'Oh, I love that Dukes of Hazzard song you sang!' Well, I didn't sing it, Waylon Jennings sang it. I'm famous for music by a song I never sang. Crazy." More than a dozen artists are joining Schneider in

neg: That Thing You Do (song) more up-tempo beat and the rest of the band follow suit, turning the song into an upbeat, Beatles-esque rock number. The song is a hit with the audience, and they win the talent show. From there, the band is picked up by a local manager who helps them get more shows in the area, and eventually the song receives radio airplay. The band is then signed to Play-Tone Records, under Mr. White's guidance, and the song climbs up the Billboard Hot 100, starting at #93, then #71, #49, and #21. The following week, "That Thing You Do" climbs to #7,

neg: Oceans (Pearl Jam song) to get out of the rain. So as I was doing that, I thought, fuck it, I might as well write something. Gossard on the song: We wrote it, we played it and Ed sang it, which is another thing that he does. I'd never seen anyone engage with song writing the same way. Here's the song, let me play it for you. It goes like this. Okay, theres a change here, let's do it and he would sing it. I'd hear the melodies and I'd think, okay, he's gonna write words or whatever and then I realized later that

neg: For the Demented musical loves as a fan. So you really heard a song that had a lot of the "Master of Puppets" era of music from Metallica, and you really heard a Megadeth-y song on there, and you really heard in my vocals some Hetfield and Mustaine-isms. And I think that was great, as a fan, to get it out, but I think I need to do more of my own thing on the next record." In February 2017, Waters said that the sixteenth Annihilator studio album was being co-produced by bassist Rich Hinks, making it the "first time I've actually had

neg: Ian Wallace (singer) things about being in "My Music"... One was that I was actually paid every week to listen to Ian's singing: ballads, folksongs, straight songs and opera, he sang them all so that you could savour the words, and the actual sound was thrilling, a high bass-baritone with a marvellous, sonorous top F, a sound that went to the heart." Occasionally Wallace would choose a rumbustious comic song, some of which he also included in his LP recordings, including "The One Eyed Riley", "I Can't Do My Bally Bottom Button Up", "Never Do It at the Station", and the sewerman's song,

neg: That Thing You Do! being able to convincingly perform The Wonders' songs on-camera, Scott, Schaech, Zahn and Embry took several weeks of individual lessons, followed by daily practice as a group. Of the four, only Zahn and Embry had any prior experience of playing their assigned instruments. They eventually honed their performance to the point where extras on the set thought they were actually playing the songs, when in reality they were miming along to recordings by professional musicians. The song that plays during the film's opening credits, "Lovin' You Lots and Lots," is credited to the fictitious Norm Wooster Singers and was actually

neg: Dreaming of You (Selena album) Pérez arrived at the studio on March 24, 1995 to finish recording the song. In a 2002 interview, Pérez said Thomas provided Selena with a cassette of "I Could Fall in Love" and said she had the song "on loop" and she "must have heard it a hundred times". He believed it had an "effect on her" because "she went into the studio the next day to actually do the recording and just was nailing things left and right and [Thomas] was letting her do her thing and I mean it was an incredible thing to watch". EMI Records, which

neg: What You Want (Evanescence song) that following a music career "is what I'm supposed to do". She also explained that the theme of the song was freedom, saying that the song's lyric "Remember who you really are" was "exactly everything you could assume it means". Another inspiration for the song came from Lee's life, "That song is me talking to myself about not being afraid and coming back to this thing and living the life I was born to live. Sometimes, it takes a lot to do this. And I do love it very much, but there is always that fear of putting yourself under

neg: Skylarking idea lifted from John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?" (1971). Rundgren added a tipple to the blend. Moulding originally sang the song with a deeper voice. He said Rundgren voiced concern that the effect was too close to "a molester", and so Moulding "did the Bowie thing and added an octave above it". The track bookends "Summer's Cauldron" with a reprise of its "insect chorus". "The Meeting Place" is built on a "circular" guitar motif that reminded Moulding of the childrens' programme "Toytown". He characterised it as "a childish, nursery-rhyme, bell-like, small town riff. As if you were looking down

neg: That Thing You Do! That Thing You Do! That Thing You Do! is a 1996 American film starring, written and directed by Tom Hanks in his directorial debut. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional 1960s one-hit wonder pop band. The film also resulted in a musical hit with the song "That Thing You Do". In the summer of 1964, in Erie, Pennsylvania, aspiring jazz drummer Guy Patterson is asked by his friends Jimmy Mattingly and Lenny Haise to sit in with their band at an annual talent show after their regular drummer breaks his arm trying to jump

neg: Peter Sarstedt after several years residing in Denmark. In the 1990s and 2000s, he continued to release new albums and tour. In 1997 he released the album "England's Lane", which featured the follow-up to "Where Do You Go To", entitled "The Last of the Breed" and in 2007 an album of new material called "On Song." He sang harmonies on "Don't Think Twice" and "The Last Thing on My Mind" on Canadian singer Peter Thompson's 2007 album, "Taking a Dive (Heart First)". New interest was sparked in his music after "Where Do You Go To" was used in the 2007 Wes Anderson

neg: Dark Horse (Katy Perry song) what he calls our "shared collective mythology". He said: "The most important thing is that when you create something, and this is actually something Katy and I worked to do — you bring a new spin to it." Egyptologist David P. Silverman praised the music video's use of Egyptian imagery and the interest it could generate to viewers: "[Egypt has] always been a part of popular culture. It encourages people to think of these things, and some of those people actually begin to learn a lot." The video was noted by conspiracy theorists for bearing resemblance to imagery used by

neg: Monster (Michael Jackson song) "Breaking News", claimed that he had to do "more processing to the voice, which is why people were asking about the authenticity of his voice". Riley also claimed that "With the Melodyne we actually move the stuff up which is the reason why some of the vibrato sounds a little off or processed, over-processed. We truly apologize for that happening, but you are still hearing the true Michael Jackson". Many fans who have cast doubt on the Cascio tracks have suggested that singer Jason Malachi sang the lead vocals of the Cascio tracks, but a statement by the Jackson Estate

neg: Auto-Tune an inability to sing on key. Trey Parker used Auto-Tune on the "South Park" song "Gay Fish", and found that he had to sing off-key in order to sound distorted; he claimed, "You had to be a bad singer in order for that thing to actually sound the way it does. If you use it and you sing into it correctly, it doesn't do anything to your voice." Electropop recording artist Ke$ha has been widely recognized as using excessive Auto-Tune in her songs, putting her vocal talent under scrutiny. Music producer Rick Rubin wrote that "Right now, if you listen

neg: Alice in Chains band. Cantrell explained the reunion saying, "We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. We're not interested in stepping on [Staley's] rich legacy. It's a tough thing to go through. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance

neg: Jerry Cantrell band's reunion saying, "We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. We're not interested in stepping on [Staley's] rich legacy. It's a tough thing to go through. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance on it. It's

neg: Champagne Supernova interview, Noel told the following anecdote: This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: 'You know, the one thing that's stopping it being a classic is the ridiculous lyrics.' And I went: 'What do you mean by that?' And he said: 'Well, "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball" — what's that mean?' And I went: 'I don't know. But are you telling me, when you've got 60,000 people singing it, they don't know what it means? It means something different to every one of them.' The song

neg: Too Much (Spice Girls song) in Richmond, London. Wilson commented about the song: Geri came in and sang: 'Too much of something/Da-da-da-da-da...Right. OK. You got that?' We started working on it and we wanted to do some sort of doo-wop vocal thing. So we constructed this backing track and then more of the girls started to come in—this was quite a good day—and gradually they started to add on their little bits. Absolute structured the song using doo-wop records as a template. The format was for Emma Bunton to sing the high part, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, and Halliwell singing the lower and middle parts,

neg: Black Gives Way to Blue We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. We're not interested in stepping on [Staley's] rich legacy. It's a tough thing to go through. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance on it. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. But it's not

neg: The Ladies Who Lunch (song) The Ladies Who Lunch (song) "The Ladies Who Lunch" is a song from the Broadway musical "Company", sung by the character Joanne. It was written by Stephen Sondheim, and was introduced by Elaine Stritch, whose signature song it became. In regard to her performance, which one interviewer described as filled with "rage", Elaine Stritch responded "I don’t think I sang it with rage. First of all, she drank. I should have made you understand that. Anyway, when you drink, you can do anything you want, and it’s not always very attractive. I tried to say to the audience, 'And here’s

neg: Who Is It (Björk song) in the choruses with synthesizers that she later imitated with her voice. It was also the first song that Rahzel sang, doing the beat in one take. Björk said that after he recorded, "we just all fell on the floor, we couldn't believe it. There's no overdubs, no treatment – this is it. I felt quite proud – if you're gonna have a human beatboxer, at least get the real thing". "Who Is It" features contributions by throat-singer Tanya Tagaq and beatboxer Rahzel. Some lyrics of "Who Is It" — "Who is it that never lets you down?" — may

neg: Russell Hoban four children, Phoebe, Brom, Esmé and Julia, and their friends. <poem> Frances did not eat her egg. She sang a little song to it. She sang the song very softly: "I do not like the way you slide, I do not like your soft inside, I do not like you lots of ways, And I could do for many days Without eggs." </poem> Garth Williams depicted Frances as a badger in the first book, "Bedtime for Frances" (Harper, 1960), and Lillian Hoban retained that image as the illustrator of five sequels and a poetry collection, published from 1964 to 1972.

neg: Get It Right (Glee cast song) Rachel Berry. Anders told "Entertainment Weekly", "Lea’s storyline kind of inspired that song for me,” says Anders. "Basically, you try to do everything right and you have good motivations with everything you’re doing but everything ends up going wrong. How many times will it take for me to get it right?" In an interview with "TV Guide" Anders expressed the same sentiments, responding, "I've watched Rachel struggle. She's always trying to do the right thing, or thinks she's trying to do the right thing, and it always gets messed up." Anders also said that this song is "her asking when

neg: Stone Cold Sober Stone Cold Sober "Stone Cold Sober" is the debut single by English recording artist Paloma Faith from the album "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" (2009). It was released on 15 June 2009 and entered the UK chart at number 17. The theme of the song is the predicament of appearing to be one thing and actually being quite another. Faith told "Q" July 2009 about the "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" album: "My vocal style suits the subject matter of my album. It's about the human condition, the constant striving for love and companionship.

neg: Exhale (Shoop Shoop) do it. And he said 'yeah'. I said 'are you sure you can? Because you've got so much to do.' He said 'I think I can do this.' I kinda got afraid because I knew he was working so hard." According to Houston, the song was direct, so she wanted the video to be direct and concentrate on her face and on the lyrics. Whitaker also expressed a same opinion of the song. He said, "I've seen the video [...] It's like a thing she has, you know, that I guess people would say is like a charisma kinda thing

neg: Tribute (song) the world." Given the "Stairway to Heaven" interlude in the original TV series version, along with the similarity of the chord progression in both songs, "Tribute" at first implies that the best song in the world is indeed that song. However, the lyrics make clear that "Tribute" sounds nothing like the song they came up with to please the demon; as Black describes: "And the peculiar thing is this my friends: The song we sang on that fateful night, it didn't actually sound anything like this song." In an interview the band claimed that the inspiration from the song came

neg: Can't Stop This Thing We Started Can't Stop This Thing We Started "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and was the second single from Adams' 1991 album "Waking Up the Neighbours", a successor of the massive hit single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". A rock song in contrast to "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", it peaked at #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, only behind "Cream" by Prince and The New Power Generation, while also reaching #2 on Billboard's

neg: It's Your Thing It's Your Thing "It's Your Thing" is a funk single by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1969, the funk anthem was an artistic response to Motown chief Berry Gordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968. The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: ""It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to"". The song is ranked #420 on the "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. After scoring one popular hit with the label with

neg: Come Inside (song) unnoticed into the clubs, you know, which is sometimes a fun thing to do - to wear a disguise. So then people are judging the piece of work rather than the reputation of the people who made it. I guess that's the real reason. Sometimes people can hold your reputation against you and we wanted to avoid that with this song. Some people have this prejudice problem, they think "well, oh, if it's them, then I'm not interested in that sort of thing." But when they realised they'd been dancing to it for a couple of weeks already anyway, they

neg: Keep Talking (Cyrus song) even when you think you shouldn't, hoping that will fix it. It's at that moment when you realise that walking away is the only thing you can do, but also is the thing that was meant to happen." Cyrus performed "Keep Talking" live on "The Morning Show" and "The Daily Edition" on 2 March 2016. Keep Talking (Cyrus song) "Keep Talking" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter and winner of season 7 of "The X Factor Australia" Cyrus Villanueva. It was released digitally and on CD single on 12 February 2016. The song debuted at number 44 on the ARIA

neg: The Hardest Thing (98 Degrees song) he has to hide his true feelings (love) from her; hence, the title of the song: "The Hardest Thing". As he says goodbye to his mistress, he thinks, ""It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do to look you in the eye and tell you I don't love you."" However, he knows that their love is real and that they will (hopefully) meet again when the time is right: ""I know that we'll meet again/Fate has a place and time/So you can get on with your life."" The music video takes place inside a boxing arena. Nick Lachey, the

neg: Men on... "Do the right thing, come on out the closet, don't be afraid to be who you is", whereas "Karate Kid" is panned for not exploring the possibility of a pederastic relationship between Mr. Miyagi and Daniel LaRusso. "Black Widow" and "Miss Firecracker", both of which feature women in the leading roles, are dismissed with a simple "Hated it!" Blaine initially praises "Dangerous Liaisons" for its courage in casting Glenn Close in a female role; Antoine informs Blaine that Close is actually a woman, prompting Blaine to exclaim "Clutch the pearls, what a sneaky thing to do!" The pair signify approval

neg: Call Me Madam Ball," then Lukas sang "Lichtenburg," then Merman sang "Can You Use Any Money Today?" and "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)," and finally Merman sang "You're Just in Love" with Nype. Known as "Madam Speaker", when United Kingdom's Betty Boothroyd was assigned the chair of Deputy Speaker (1987 - 1992), backbencher Peter Pike asked her: "What do we call you?" and drawing from her show business years, Boothroyd replied: "Call me Madam." Call Me Madam Call Me Madam is a musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. A

neg: Year in the Kingdom the elastic nature of memory—or, what you remember vs. what has actually happened. Brain chemistry is such a complicated thing. It takes a lot of brain power and creativity to memorize, catalogue and maintain the minutia of your experiences to sustain you and make you keep doing what you do. You re-create past events in a non-objective way and over huge periods of time you get distilled into this nebulous ghost. The YITK thing was more about looking back and remembering things in a totally inaccurate way, a way that’s maybe more joyful than it actually was. There have been

neg: The Closer I Get to You how we managed to do the song we did last year. I felt this need because I didn't know what to do. I couldn't save him, I knew he was sick. But I knew when he sat down at that piano and sang for me it was like it was eight or nine years ago because he sang and played his ass off. Flack announced that "The Closer I Get to You" would forever be a dedication to Hathaway, and that all money made from the song would be donated to Hathaway's widow and two children. According to the sheet

neg: The Fear (Lily Allen song) the music video would convey parts of the song's sarcasm. The video reportedly cost £50,000. During the shoot, the video was documented by MTV; in the interview, Allen declared: I wanted to do a dance routine, even though I'm not really doing a dance routine, other people are doing it, but I'm part of it. I think people are quite used to girls in this industry really being able to move in front of the camera, but I'm just rubbish at that kind of thing. I find it quite nerve-racking performing, actually. Because when you write songs, you don't really

neg: Come to Life had worked with Imbruglia on a "string of tracks". Chris Martin wrote the song "Fun" for Natalie. ""When he sang it to me, I almost did one of those ugly cries. But I held it together. That's the crazy thing - he wrote it, not me. Who knows what Chris was thinking, you would have to ask him about that. But I thought it was a stunning, beautiful love song"". The song "Lukas", produced by Brian Eno and Rik Simpson, was confirmed as an out-take from the recording sessions of Coldplay's fourth studio album, "Viva la Vida or Death and

neg: The Multiversity alternate name for the real world. It features Ultraa, the first superhero of Earth-Prime. Morrison describes this book as: "the most advanced thing I've ever done. I'm so excited about this. It's just taking something that used to be done in comics and captions that they don't do anymore and turning it into a technique, a weapon, but beyond that I don't want to say. It's a haunted comic book, actually, it's the most frightening thing anyone will ever read. It's actually haunted—if you read this thing, you'll become possessed." This one-shot was published in March 2015. The eighth chapter

neg: Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song) a 1981 concert, Springsteen stated: A song ain't no good until somebody hears it. By yourself you can't have an effect. You have to reach out. This is a song about someone who loses that power, which is the most powerful thing in the world – your ability to affect your friends' lives ... and my life ... and maybe I can do somethin' for you. So ... this is called "Point Blank." There are at least two theories as to the origin of the title. One theory is that it comes from the 1967 Lee Marvin movie "Point Blank".

neg: Ana Villafañe don’t think you can actually replicate Gloria Estefan—you can only do your best to tell her story and be true to the music. I grew up performing her music at talent shows, ‘Reach’ was the first song I ever sang in public when I was 9 years old. That’s what we would jam to on our way to school.” Villafañe made her Broadway debut in the role on October 5, 2015, ahead of the show's official opening night at the Marquis Theatre on November 5, 2015. Both she and the show received rave reviews, and Villafañe was named one of

neg: Do You Think About Me of his Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. However, 50 leaves in his Lamborghini Gallardo coupe. The final scene again shows 50 at his desk, opening the note that reads "I am the last thing you will think about, (heart) Vivica", and she detonates 50 Cent's office. However, he escapes and you see him standing beside her as the video fades. The music video and song has over 24 million views on YouTube. Do You Think About Me "Do You Think About Me" is a song recorded by 50 Cent for his fourth studio album, "Before I Self Destruct". The song was released

neg: 1 Thing that keeps her satisfied. Even if other factors are less than positive, there is one thing that keeps her hooked ("It's this one thing that's got me trippin'"). Amerie said that the inspiration for the song came from a conversation she had with Harrison "about relationships and how there's always one thing that keeps you attracted to someone. No matter what they do or how they act, there's that one undeniable thing that keeps you coming back." She told "Blender" that the "one thing" "could be bringing flowers, or something more ... physical. People think I'm just this good girl,

neg: The Wraith pulls up, and the armored driver emerges, transforming into Jake. Keri realizes that Jake is actually a returned version of her dead boyfriend Jamie, who admits "This is as close as I could come to who I once was". He then asks her to wait for him because he has one last thing to do. Jake startles Billy by driving the Turbo to Big Kay's and handing him the keys. He then tells Billy that his work is finished and when Billy asks, "Who are you, bro?” Jake wryly replies, "You said it, Billy”. As Jake rides off on his

neg: Love You Better (Oh Land song) Land spoke regarding the song's meaning and inspiration: It was written in the L.A. sun on an afternoon with my friend David Poe. We were talking about how you sometimes know that you would be better at love if only you were older. But you can't rush old. You have to be young and dumb and let time do its thing before you get the experience you need to handle love right. The song itself was recorded at Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles. In an interview with Noisey, Oh Land spoke with Kim Taylor Bennett who asked her for

neg: That Thing You Do! at KQV in Pittsburgh. (There is a scene in the film in which a disc jockey at WCOL is seen playing "That Thing You Do!") The soundtrack album (released under the Play-Tone name in conjunction with Epic Records) was also a hit, peaking at #21 on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart. The CD artwork is a replica of the fictional Play-Tone label used in the movie, and the liner notes are done in a mockumentary style, as if the Wonders had been a real group and the events of the film had actually happened. Hanks later used the success of

neg: Carly Simon referring to two other, still unnamed men. Later in 1973, the follow-up single, "The Right Thing to Do", was another sizable hit, reaching No. 4 Adult Contemporary and No. 17 Pop. That same year Simon performed on Lee Clayton's album "Lee Clayton" and co-sang on the song "New York Suite 409" and on Livingston Taylor's album "Over the Rainbow" and sang with both Livingston and his famous brother, James Taylor (who was, by then, her husband) on the songs "Loving Be My New Horizon" and "Pretty Woman". In 1974, Simon followed the smash "No Secrets" album with "Hotcakes", which became

neg: Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song) nice. The freakiest thing about it was seeing Jennifer Saunders. She looked just like me and everyone said they thought she was me. It was alsolutely bizarre–the make-up, everything. It was scary–like, do I really do that?". The song was performed on television in both the UK and Continental Europe, including "An Audience with...", "Top of the Pops", the "Bravo Supershow", the 1997 Royal Variety Performance, and the "Red Nose Day" of the 1997 Comic Relief—alongside the Sugar Lumps. In February 1997, the group performed it at the 1997 BRIT Awards. They started rehearsals a few days after they returned

neg: Small Change (Tom Waits album) country." In an interview on NPR's "World Cafe", aired December 15, 2006, Waits stated that Tom Traubert was a "friend of a friend" who died in prison. Bones Howe, the album's producer, recalls when Waits first came to him with the song: Howe was amazed when he first heard the song, and he's still astonished by it. "I do a lot of seminars," he says. "Occasionally I'll do something for songwriters. They all say the same thing to me. 'All the great lyrics are done.' And I say, 'I'm going to give you a lyric that you never heard before."'

neg: Red Hot Chili Peppers how all guitar players were, that you showed them your lyrics and sang a little bit and the next thing you knew you had a song. That didn't happen right off the bat with Dave." To compensate, Kiedis and bassist Flea took several vacations together, during which entire songs were conceived and with Kiedis often absent from recording due to his drug problems or struggling to come up with lyrics, Flea took a much bigger role in the writing process; coming up with ideas for many songs including full lyrics and even singing lead on his own song, "Pea". Navarro's

neg: T-Shirt (Shontelle song) can have that guy in their life who, if for some reason you can't be with him, is gonna have that effect on you where you're not gonna feel like going out, hanging out with your girlfriends, partying, or doing ANYTHING. And, if you do miss that person, the best thing to have of theirs is a T-shirt! Because it usually smells like them and you can put it on, curl up with it - and kinda pretend the person is THERE!" Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song 3/5 stars and said: Steve Perkins of BBC Chart Blog

neg: Songs That Made Me it an exclusively female thing, because it's very rare, it doesn't happen often," Noonan says. Noonan lead the way for the album's eclectic song choices which include covering Radiohead, The Pretenders and Fleetwood Mac. The only guide Noonan gave the musicians was to choose a song that "made them". "It could be a song you saw at your first gig or sang at your first gig, or the track you practised your routines to in your bedroom," Noonan says. Noonan envisages more of these groups, tours and albums and has even drawn up a wishlist of about 80 more female

neg: L.O.V.E. (Ashlee Simpson song) explains that "one of my girlfriends and I were listening to music and were like, there's not enough songs for your girlfriends for when you go out and leave your man behind and have a good time. Any situation I go through, I lean on my girlfriends. Like, when you get your heart broken, who do you go to? You go to your friends." On November 21, 2005, she performed the song on the "Late Show with David Letterman", and on the November 22 episode of ABC's "The View". On December 6, Simpson sang "L.O.V.E." as part of a performance

neg: Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret? Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret? "Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" is the pilot episode of the Disney Channel sitcom series "Hannah Montana". It was written by Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman, and Michael Poryes. It originally aired on March 24, 2006. The episode title is a reference to The Beatles song "Do You Want to Know a Secret?". The episode starts with Hannah Montana — who is actually Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) — and Robby Ray Stewart (Billy Ray Cyrus) singing the song "This Is The Life" for a sold out concert in Los Angeles

neg: 7 (Michalis Hatzigiannis album) was merely a repeat of his past hits and that "'I Agapi Pou Meni' consists of lyrics so incoherent that in the end the only thing left for you to do is to completely ignore them and follow its pop melody." Touroutoglou further claimed that despite their low quality, those were actually the strong points of the album. She described "Mi Me Kitas" as a song that would not need too many changes to fit into the Greek bouzouki club scene, in criticism of Hatzigiannis' more pop image in recent years, while she panned his attempt at infusing reggae in

neg: Kem (singer) sold more than 500,000 copies nationwide. It included the hit single "I Can't Stop Loving You," a # 1 at urban adult contemporary radio, and the song "You Might Win" featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica. In 2013, he was featured on "My Favorite Thing," with American Recording Artist Ronald Isley which KEM wrote and produced. The song was the 2nd single from Ron Isley's album, "This Song Is For You". In 2014, he sang the grammy nominated hit song ¨Nobody¨ on the syndicated daytime talk show "Steve Harvey" during the fourth season. Kem (singer) Kim Owens (born July 23, 1969),

neg: What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song) "straight Chicago blues tune", while mentioning he is still a blues fan. In an interview, David Gilmour was asked if the song returned to the theme of alienation from the audience. He responded by saying that it "actually had more to do with personal relationships but drifted into wider territory". In a contemporary negative review for "The Division Bell", Tom Graves of "Rolling Stone" described "What Do You Want from Me" as the only track on which "Gilmour sounds like he cares". with: What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song) "What Do You Want from Me" is a

neg: A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again supposedly resembles Foster Wallace. American actor Treat Williams guest starred in the episode as himself playing William Sullivan, the character in the film "The Pandora Strain" that Bart uses to trick everyone into believing a deadly virus has actually spread. A guest appearance by English actor and comedian Steve Coogan as Rowan Priddis, the director of the cruise, is also featured. In the episode, when the Simpsons are having dinner at the restaurant on the ship, the character makes a stage performance of a song called "Enjoy It While You Can" that prompts Bart to make sure the cruise lasts

neg: Annihilator (band) a Megadeth-y song on there, and you really heard in my vocals some Hetfield and Mustaine-isms. And I think that was great, as a fan, to get it out, but I think I need to do more of my own thing on the next record." In February 2017, Jeff Waters said that the sixteenth Annihilator studio album was being co-produced and co-engineered by bassist Rich Hinks, making it the "first time I've actually had somebody else in the studio since 1990 ("Never, Neverland") working with me on stuff." On September 12, 2017, it was announced that the album, now titled

neg: Boys and Girls (Pixie Lott song) comment that "the chorus is a one-note drone, with harmonic support, over a three-chord pounding vamp thing." Jess McGuire of "Defamer Australia" said "the song is catchy, but not in a retarded nursery rhyme kinda way. Children will probably find it appealing, but so will adults who harbour secret dreams of appearing on "So You Think You Can Dance?"" "Brit Music Scene"'s Dave Parrack used a comparison to previous single "Mama Do" as the basis for his review of the "party feel song with an unashamedly happy underlying vibe". Parrack mentioned "Boys and Girls" as a song that much more

neg: You (The Who song) to use the song for The Who. Jones said "When I first joined (The Who), John (Entwistle) and I used to go down to Shepperton and just work out and have a play. He was working on this song and trying to arrange it, we both sort of arranged it together. I just loved it so much, he was going to put it on his solo album, and I said 'I think that's a definite Who song. You can't do that.' I made him sit on it for a year until we actually started recording. I'm so pleased I did

neg: Draw the Line (Aerosmith album) presented "Bright Light Fright" to the band and they "didn't like it. I said, 'Do you want to do it or not?' They said no." Perry, who has stated the song was inspired by the Sex Pistols, sang the song himself on the LP. (He had shared lead vocal duties with Tyler on "Combination" from their previous album "Rocks".) Of "Draw the Line," Tyler later recalled, "Joe had this lick on a six-string bass that was so definitive, the song just about wrote itself. It reached down my neck and grabbed the lyrics out of my throat." The song encompasses

neg: I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing clothing. A cover version of "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" by Robbie Williams appeared as the B-side to his single "Let Me Entertain You" in 1998. His version of the song can also be heard in the US sitcom "Friends" in the episode entitled "The One with the Routine". Another remix of the song, using the structure of the Beatmasters 7" but also incorporating elements from the album version was released on the "PopArt" compilation in 2003. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" is the third single

neg: The Torture Never Stops (song) The Torture Never Stops (song) "The Torture Never Stops" is a song by Frank Zappa from the 1976 album "Zoot Allures". Other versions appear on "Zappa in New York", "Thing-Fish", "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1", "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4", "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life", "Cheap Thrills", "Buffalo", "Philly '76", and "Hammersmith Odeon". Zappa played "The Torture Never Stops" in concert from 1975 to 1978, in 1981 and again in 1988. The song debuted in 1975 as "Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him a Pepsi?" though few of the

neg: The Torture Never Stops (song) lost. Studio version The Torture Never Stops (song) "The Torture Never Stops" is a song by Frank Zappa from the 1976 album "Zoot Allures". Other versions appear on "Zappa in New York", "Thing-Fish", "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1", "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4", "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life", "Cheap Thrills", "Buffalo", "Philly '76", and "Hammersmith Odeon". Zappa played "The Torture Never Stops" in concert from 1975 to 1978, in 1981 and again in 1988. The song debuted in 1975 as "Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him a Pepsi?" though

neg: Shakira (album) strings". "Medicine" that features Blake Shelton is a country pop ballad, with lyrics such as: "I won't reach for the bottle of whisky/ You won't see me popping the pills. The song "23", is heavily inspired by her boyfriend Gerard Piqué, is a melodic pop rock song with lyrics as; "Hey, do you believe in destiny? 'Cause I do as I did then, when you were only 23." "The One Thing" is a guitar based pop song that features hand-claps and foot-stomps and takes influence from Shakira's son and motherhood. "Loca Por Ti" is a Catalan song (originally by Sau)

neg: Tiziana Tosca Donati of the youth category with the song “Cosa farà Dio di me” (What God shall do with me). In 1993 she worked on her second album entitled “Attrice” (Actress). In 1996 she performed in several excellent collaborations: with Lucio Dalla she sang duet in the song “Rispondimi” (Answer Me), with Riccardo Cocciante she sang “L’Amore Esiste Ancora” (Love Still Exist), with Renato Zero she sang “Inventi” (You Think up), and finally with Ron she won the Sanremo Festival with the song “Vorrei Incontrarti Tra Cent’Anni” (I Want To Meet You In One Hundred Years). Afterwards, she released the “L’Altra Tosca”

neg: Tell Mama (song) her 2003 memoir "Rage to Survive": "There are folks who think 'Tell Mama' is the Golden Moment of the Golden Age of Soul; they rant and rave about the snappy horn chart and the deep-pocket guitar groove, about how I sang the shit out of it. I wish I could agree. Sure, the song made me money. It warmed Leonard Chess's heart to see the thing cross over to the pop charts, where it lingered for a long while. You might even say it became a classic. But I have to confess that it was never a favorite of mine.

neg: Boy Blue (Cyndi Lauper song) I keep trying to do stuff. And other friends. So many talented people, so many of our friends and so many gifted people have passed on. Or struggle everyday. Just to live. And it was because of my friends and others that I do this. Maybe that song wasn't good enough, I don't know." When Lauper was asked about her intense live performance that was released as the video for the song, she responded: "I used to cry every night when I sang that song. I was so mad. You know, you go through so much and I was so

neg: Cunt use of the word in a UK top 10 hit, as a line was changed to "You cunt/I'm not a queer". The following year, "cunt" was used more explicitly in the song "Why D'Ya Do It?" from Marianne Faithfull's album "Broken English": The Happy Mondays song, "Kuff Dam" (i.e. "Mad fuck" in reverse), from their 1987 debut album, "Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)", includes the lyrics "You see that Jesus is a cunt / And never helped you with a thing that you do, or you don't." Biblical scholar James Crossley,

neg: Stand (R.E.M. song) band members were discussing The Banana Splits, The Archies, The Monkees, and similar 1960s pop groups. "They threw these super bubblegummy songs at me, and I said, 'I'll raise you and see you one.' And I wrote the most inane lyrics that I could possibly write. Now, it was a very intentional thing to do that. I really like most of those songs, in fact." Guitarist Peter Buck described "Stand" as "without a doubt, [...] the stupidest song we've ever written. That's not necessarily a bad thing though", comparing the song to "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen in terms of

neg: Do You Miss Me at All actually not coming." Rachel Sonis of Idolator stated "It's an interesting, eerie visual, exploring the dichotomy of how things seem and how they actually are. No wonder we all weave such tangled webs." Do You Miss Me at All "Do You Miss Me at All" is a song recorded by American recording artist Bridgit Mendler. It premiered via Noisey on November 3, 2016, and was released on November 4, 2016, as the second single from her extended play, "Nemesis" (2016). In an interview with Noisey's Kim Taylor Bennett, Mendler said about the song "I wrote 'Do You Miss Me at

neg: Debbie Gibson consisting of piano and keyboard ballads recorded predominantly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The album's producer, Niko Bolas, who was usually Neil Young's co-producer, was producing the reunion album for veteran punk band Circle Jerks, and invited Gibson to a recording session for that band's album. She sang background vocals on the song "I Wanna Destroy You", as well as appearing at and participating in the Circle Jerks' performance at punk venue CBGB, wearing one of the band's T-shirts and sharing a microphone with frontman Keith Morris. In 1998, she sang the song, "I Do", which is featured on the

neg: D.A.F. (song) Dylan Lewis), but Middleton stated that the title was actually the song's chord progression - D,A,F. When asked about the naming of the song, bassist John Collins replied "It's just because we were stupid". "D.A.F." received healthy radio airplay from numerous mainstream stations including the Today Network. This came as a surprise for the band, as only their previous single, "Pick You Up", had achieved such airplay. Lead singer Bernard Fanning commented that "You can't really control who plays what you do on the radio, so it's pretty weird hearing your song on B105". Although it was produced as a

neg: We R Who We R "I wanted to inspire people ... to be themselves. It's a celebration of any sort of quirks or eccentricities." She elaborated, "I was really affected by the suicides that have been happening, having been subject to very public hatred [myself]. I have absolutely no idea how these kids felt. What I'm going through is nothing compared to what they had to go through. Just know things do get better and you need to celebrate who you are. Every weird thing about you is beautiful and makes life interesting. Hopefully the song really captures that emotion of celebrating who you are

neg: I Know Why (And So Do You) I Know Why (And So Do You) "I Know Why (And So Do You)" is a 1941 song by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song appeared in the 20th Century Fox movie "Sun Valley Serenade". The song was also released as an RCA Bluebird 78 single. The song was written by Mack Gordon, lyrics, and Harry Warren, music. The song is lip-synched by Lynn Bari in the movie "Sun Valley Serenade". Pat Friday sang the vocals with John Payne and The Modernaires. The single, RCA Bluebird B-11230-A, reached no. 18 on the "Billboard" pop singles chart in a one-week

neg: 41st Tony Awards Mary Martin, Walter Matthau, Andrea McArdle, Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Lynn Redgrave Chita Rivera, George Rose, Jessica Tandy, Tommy Tune, Kathleen Turner. Musicals and plays presented: There were several special performances and tributes. The song "Bosom Buddies" from "Mame" was performed by former cast-mates Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur. There was a special salute to Robert Preston, who died in March 1987. Bernadette Peters sang "Time Heals Everything" from "Mack and Mabel", Barbara Cook sang "Till There Was You" from "The Music Man", and Mary Martin sang "This House" from "I Do! I Do!". Finally, A tribute to George

neg: Listen to the Man and features actor Sir Ian McKellen (who lip syncs to the lyrics). It was uploaded to YouTube on 28 October 2014. Ezra told FUSE TV, "When we're making a video, I just say a really vague thing that I want to happen. For this one, I just said 'I don't want to be singing the song', so that could be anything! Then you pitch it to directors and it's their job to make that interesting [...] I was in New York, actually, and [Brandon] rang me and said, 'How would you feel about having Ian McKellen in your video?' I

neg: Tameka Cottle Artist and Best R&B Album and the A-Town Music Award for Best Duo/Group. Cottle sang lead vocals on six of Xscape's hit singles: "Understanding", "Do You Want To?", "All I Need", "Love's a Funny Thing", "My Little Secret", and "Am I Dreamin'". She has also recorded on soundtracks for "Soul Food", "Panther", "Bad Boys", and "Love Jones". In 1998, after the release of Xscape's third album, "Traces of My Lipstick", the band parted ways. In 2000, Cottle and fellow former Xscape group member Kandi Burruss were honored with a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for penning TLC's hit single

neg: Love Shine a Light "a big Eurovision fan...it’s always been his dream to win it" - said: "Look, you guys have a name, we can still do business in Europe. All you need is a hit song, and we want you to do it. And if you do do it we’ll give you a record deal"; adds Leskanich: "So we couldn’t say no." Leskanich would also state that Kimberley Rew had said of Katrina and the Waves pursuing the Eurovision 1997 title with his composition: "I’m not having anything to do with it". In fact Rew would play guitar on stage while Leskanich sang

neg: Thing a Week songs by taking the tone of a love song with lyrics reflecting anger, sadness, or regret towards somebody. It is actually about Coulton's daughter, as he was inspired to write it because of her. "I'm Your Moon", a song about the moon, Charon, of Pluto. Coulton criticizes Earth scientists for renaming Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet, and Coulton has been known to introduce the song by casually damning the scientists who made that decision. It also features covers of two Queen songs, "We Will Rock You", and "We Are The Champions". All tracks written and composed by

neg: A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again Steve Coogan made a guest appearance as the cruise director Rowan Priddis. "Enjoy It While You Can" was produced for the episode by Broadway composer Robert Lopez, who also co-wrote the song with the writers of "The Simpsons". Other songs played in the episode include "Boy from School" by Hot Chip and "Winter's Love" by Animal Collective. Since airing, "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" has received generally positive reviews from television critics, being praised for showing an emotional side of Bart. Around five million viewers tuned in to watch the episode during its original US

neg: James Underdown do a group cold-reading and left 3 of the 10 participants in tears. When later it was revealed to the participants that James was a fake psychic, they stated that the professional psychic had given a much better reading. Underdown's response was "of course she is, she is much better practiced". Another psychic claimed that James was actually a real psychic and bitter, he responded, he is not bitter but you make money doing the same thing he can do for free. James Underdown has appeared in various media, including with Mentalist Mark Edward who were featured on Discovery Channel's

neg: Therapy (Infectious Grooves song) sang on it." And they're like, "Oh, give him a call." I'm like, "Dude, I don't know Ozzy." [...] And then two days later, I came in the studio, and he goes, "Guess who just came in the studio next door?" And I'm like, "Who?" And he goes, "Ozzy." I'm like, "You serious?" And he goes, "Yeah, go talk to him." I'm going, "I'm not going to talk to him!" We went to lunch and we came back later and there he was in there. He goes, "You have a song you want me to do?" I'm like, "Uhhhhddduuuhhh." And

neg: Not in This Lifetime... Tour something we've never played before. It might not be your thing, but we're just trying to pay a tribute to someone. It's not what you think". After the song, he said "For Glen", honoring the country singer-guitarist who died August 8, 2017. "Rolling Stone" magazine described it as "their most unexpected cover of the tour". During the same concert, the band also covered "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown for the first time since 2006. While playing "Patience" at their show of October 11, 2017 in New York, the band was joined onstage by Pink who sang

neg: This Is It (Michael Jackson song) that Anka was a co-writer on the song and agreed that Anka would receive 50 percent of the publishing rights from it. Anka said the estate "did the right thing," and that he felt that he did not think "that anybody tried to do the wrong thing " and it was "an honest mistake." Anka further stated "They realize it's a mistake, they realize it's my song, they realize it's my production of his vocal in my studio and I am getting 50 percent of the whole project, actually, which is fair." Rob Stringer, the chairman of the Epic Label

neg: I Luh Ya Papi "actually rather great". Wass, despite calling the lyrics "questionable", compared the song to Lopez's single "I'm Into You" (2011) and wrote, "the production is jam-packed with catchy hooks and the chorus is terrifyingly catchy. It's only a matter of time before this becomes a meme." Scott T. Sterling of "Radio.com" called the song a "sunny and infectious tune [that] is sure to soundtrack many beach parties." Amaya Mendizabal of "Billboard" noted that the song "serves to let you fiercely unleash your inner sass." Anupa Mistry of "Spin" considered the song "a new take on that thing she does best: flirty

neg: Brainwashed (Devlin song) have the kind of self-regard which occasionally finds you checking out your reflection in the taps on the sink. But to actually BEG your audience to remember who you are - even to go to the lengths of spelling out your name* - and then brag that anyone who does actually bother to do this is clearly being brainwashed by your astonishing talent... Well that doesn't just take the cake. That takes the cake, the cake-dish, the cake-slice, the table-cloth AND the pretty little seaside teashop. . Having been predicted to debut in the Top 30, "Brainwashed" eventually debuted at