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Lyrically, the ballad employs several "twist[s] and turns", [41] using very specific lyrics to describe both the performer's fascination with the human world and desire to walk among them, [2] including "walking around on those what-do-you-call-them?... feet" [66] and "Up where they walk, up where they run/Up where they stay all day in the sun ...
One of the six songs that Warnes had placed in the top half of the Billboard Hot 100 at that point was the number six hit "Right Time of the Night" from 1977. [12] Her soundtrack credits included the Oscar-nominated "One More Hour" from Ragtime and the Oscar-winning "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae, [11] which, like the Hackford film, also had a lead female character who worked in a factory.
According to Don D. Elgin, A Walking Song is "a song about the roads that go ever on until they return to at last to the familiar things they have always known." [ 3 ] Tom Shippey writes that especially in the second version of the song, the wording subtly changed to be more definite, even final, when Frodo knows he will soon leave Middle-earth ...
Lewis had sung lead on most of their hits since the 1960 departure of Ben E. King, including "Up on the Roof". Rather than reschedule the studio session, the lead on "Under the Boardwalk" was given to the group's other lead vocalist, Johnny Moore, who had returned to the group in April 1963.
Bush said the lyrics address the inability of men and women to understand each other. She imagined that by making "a deal with God", they could exchange places and reach a greater understanding. [8] The song was originally titled "A Deal with God", but her record label, EMI Records, felt this was a sensitive title and could limit its radio play.
Despite not being included on the soundtrack, "Walk" can be heard in the background of the bar scene and in the end credits to the 2011 Marvel superhero film Thor. HBO aired a promo featuring the song to promote their 2011 summer/fall programming line up. The song was made as downloadable content for the videogames Rock Band 3 and Rocksmith.
"Walk Away" is a song written by Joe Walsh and recorded by American hard rock band James Gang, being featured as the first single from the group's studio album, Thirds (1971). The song peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
"Highwayman" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a captain of a starship.