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"The World Tonight" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 1997 album Flaming Pie. This song and Young Boy were featured in the 1997 movie Fathers' Day.. In the United States, the song was released as the first and only single from the album on 17 April 1997, [1] peaking at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [2]
"Circus Left Town" is written in a pop and rock music vein. It features styles of adult contemporary, adult rock and contemporary pop rock music. [5] Although the whole song is based around an A-major-7-harmony and chords structure, Clapton uses a lot of minor chords to give the song the sad atmosphere and emotion the British composer went through when hearing about his son's death. [6]
A live version of the song, performed at the 2008 BBC Electric Proms, was also released as a free download. [2] As part of the newspaper's week of free Goldfrapp giveaways, The Guardian released a live version of "Clowns" recorded at Union Chapel in London. [3] The song was played at end of the 2009 film Veronika Decides to Die.
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
The song was covered by Three Dog Night, whose version was released in 1974, becoming a hit in the United States, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sung by vocalist Chuck Negron. The record reached number one on the Cashbox pop chart, number 2 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts, and became their seventh and final gold record.
Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series. Fun Gus the Laughing Clown - cursed character in the cosmic/folk horror novel, "The Cursed Earth" by D.T. Neal (Nosetouch Press, 2022). The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
"I think clowns are just silly, and I think life is silly," she said. "And people my whole life have told me I wear clown makeup. I think I just subconsciously have a thing for clowns.”
"See the Funny Little Clown" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which he recorded on October 17, 1963 and released on November 18, 1963. [3] In 1964, the song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, [4] while reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart, [5] No. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100, [6] and No. 30 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.