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The Elements" is a 1959 song with lyrics by musical humorist, mathematician and lecturer Tom Lehrer, which recites the names of all the chemical elements known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. Lehrer arranged the music of the song from the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan ...
25 Essential Olivia Newton-John Songs, From ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ to ‘Physical’ ... Slow down, you move too fast — gotta make this feeling last. If anything is going to tease you ...
"Movin' Too Fast" is a song by UK garage duo Artful Dodger, released on 26 July 1999. The song features Romina Johnson and was included on the duo's debut studio album, It's All About the Stragglers (2000).
The lyrics focus on the singer's dissatisfaction with the state of modern society. The song likens bankers to " street gangs and mad men " and their business manoeuvres to "private wars", and continues by criticising "the eye in the sky" (personal surveillance), specifically facial recognition , and the paranoia that this then causes.
In July, the song was included on the American album Something New. Capitol Records also released it as a single, with "Matchbox" (also from the Long Tall Sally EP) as the A-side, on August 24, 1964. [4] "Slow Down" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [5] The song is also included on the 1988 Past Masters compilation. [4]
[1] [13] For the last 30 seconds of "Drive Slow", the track is chopped and screwed; the speed slows down to 16 revolutions per minute (RPM). [14] [15] [16] In the lyrics, car culture is used to create a metaphor about living a fast lifestyle. [17] The lyrics also provide warnings of the dangers brought on by fame, wealth, and luxury. [17]
The song is about "contemplating the speed of life" and noting how events in life move "fast", especially as one ages. [1] Bryan told Billboard that the song came about during a writing session with Luke Laird and Rodney Clawson. They were having little success with one song idea until Laird provided the word "fast", and the writers came up ...
The song spent one week at #1 on the Cashbox chart on August 5, 1972, [3] and three weeks at #1 in Australia. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in July 1972. [4] The song was ranked #10 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972 [5] and was also ranked number 7 on the Kent Music Report's 25 songs of ...