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Mass Production is an American funk/disco musical group, best known for their 1979 hit, "Firecracker." Based in Norfolk, Virginia, the ten-piece group had a series of minor R&B hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. "Firecracker" is commonly misattributed to the similarly named (and sonically/stylistically similar) band Brass Construction.
It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart and number 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1989, staying on the Hot 100 for 30 weeks, despite lack of airplay due to the controversial nature of the lyrics (and/or possibly because of the associated controversy). The song also reached number one in the Netherlands.
"Firecracker" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released in June 2007 as the lead-off single from Turner's album Everything Is Fine, which was released on MCA Nashville on October 30, 2007. [1] His fastest-climbing single, [1] the song reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country ...
Firecracker (Lisa Loeb album), 1997; Firecracker (The Wailin' Jennys album), 2006; Firecracker EP by Unwed Sailor, 1999 "Firecracker" (Josh Turner song), 2007 "Firecracker", a song by Mass Production, 1979
The ChordPro (also known as Chord) format is a text-based markup language for representing chord charts by describing the position of chords in relation to the song's lyrics. ChordPro also provides markup to denote song sections (e.g., verse, chorus, bridge), song metadata (e.g., title, tempo, key), and generic annotations (i.e., notes to the ...
Everything Is Fine is the third studio album by American country music artist Josh Turner, released on October 30, 2007."Firecracker" was the first single released, reaching No. 2 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and was followed by "Another Try", which peaked at No. 15 on the same chart.
A lead sheet or fake sheet is a form of musical notation that specifies the essential elements of a popular song: the melody, lyrics and harmony.The melody is written in modern Western music notation, the lyric is written as text below the staff and the harmony is specified with chord symbols above the staff.
The album peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard 200, and remained on the chart for over five months, eventually becoming Williams' first album to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It remains Williams' best-selling album to date, with 872,000 copies sold in the US alone, as of October 2014. Additionally, it was certified Silver in the UK on July 22, 2013.