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"A Long December" is a song by American rock band Counting Crows. The ballad is the second single and 13th track from their second album, Recovering the Satellites (1996). Lead singer Adam Duritz was inspired to write the track after his friend was hit by a motorist and injured, making the song about reflecting on tragedy with a positive disposition.
[3] [4] Its best-known version was created by James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie for the group Classics IV when they added lyrics about a "spooky little girl". The vocalist was Dennis Yost. [5] The song is noted for its eerie whistling sound effect depicting the spooky woman. It has become a Halloween favorite. [6]
Scott revealed to Sounds in 1983, "'December' was done in an eight track studio. It was just a Linn drum track and I played guitar and piano over the top and sang. There's no bass guitar on it, just the bottom end of the piano. That's all there is, yet it sounds massive because we mixed it using a 24 track studio." [5]
The song was released on September 24, 2019, as the first single from Keys's upcoming seventh studio album. The song was a commercial success on US Urban music charts and became Keys's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 since "Girl on Fire" in 2012; peaking at number 90 on November 22, 2019. [223]
"The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carson that was first recorded by the American rock band the Box Tops in 1967. It was the group's first and most successful single, reaching number one on the record charts in the United States and Canada. It was also an international success and placed in the top ten in several other countries.
Several different versions exist, notably the Singles (2005) album featured a different edit of "Spooky", which had not previously been available in the UK. The adoption of that version was problematic for some fans who felt that (like the Perfecto remix of " World ") the Fluke Minimix of "Spooky" was the best single version.
In January 1965, Hill was offered an international recording contract with the EMI group, which signed him to their Columbia label. [3] His first Top 20 chart success with his new label came a year later with "Take Me to Your Heart Again", Hill's cover of the Édith Piaf hit "La Vie En Rose", which climbed to No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1966 [6] [8] and No. 18 on the RPM chart in Canada ...
"December Will Be Magic Again" is a festive-themed song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was released as a single in the UK in November 1980. The single peaked at No. 29 in the UK and spent seven weeks on the chart.