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"The End of the World" is a pop song written by composer Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, who often worked as a team. They wrote the song for American singer Skeeter Davis, and her recording of it was highly successful in the early 1960s, reaching the top five on four different charts, including No. 2 on the main Billboard Hot 100.
The song was featured in several satirical videos on YouTube, in connection with the prediction of radio pastor Harold Camping of Family Radio, that the world would end on May 21, 2011; the song was later played on a loop following the sale of Family Radio station WKDN (now WKVP) in Philadelphia prior to a format change on that station. [14]
The song began as a guitar riff composed by lead vocalist Bono from a demo, which the band revisited with success after talking with German filmmaker Wim Wenders about providing music for the soundtrack of his 1991 film Until the End of the World. The song's lyrics describe a fictional conversation between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot.
"Pop Goes the World" is a song by Canadian new wave and synthpop band Men Without Hats. It was released in October 1987 as the lead single from their third studio album Pop Goes the World. The song reached No. 1 in Austria, No. 2 in Canada, and No. 3 in South Africa. It was originally written as an electronic instrumental.
[11] [12] A few days ahead of the great conjunction of 2020, Perry surprise-released her fifth compilation extended play Cosmic Energy on December 18, with "Not the End of the World" serving as its opening track. [13] [14] Three days later, she issued the song as the third single from Smile, coinciding the release of its music video. [15] [16 ...
The song's production puts emphasis on Grande's vocals over guitar strums, strings, and harmonies. The lyrics are about the doubts and anxieties of an uncertain relationship. "Intro (End of the World)" was met with mostly positive reviews from critics, who commented on its significance as the album's opening track and praised the production.
The song was produced by OFM production team J-Remy and Bobby Bass. It was released to US radio stations and made available for digital download on 3 August 2010. [3] The title is a reference to the 2012 phenomenon. The song originates its meaning from the popular post the world was going to end in 2012 due to the Mayan calendar ending in 2012.
The 6-track EP End Of The World was released on November 10 of the same year. A music video for the title track was released a month later, on December 10, 2023. [10] Searows released singles "martingale" and "toothache" on August 21 and September 25, 2024, respectively. His second EP, flush, was released on November 22, 2024. [5]