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"Girl" was the final single released from the Time's debut album. Like most of the album, the song was recorded in Prince's home studio in April 1981, and was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince with Morris Day later adding his lead vocals. The single reached number 49 on the U.S. R&B singles chart.
Paul McCartney wrote the song in the basement music room of 57 Wimpole Street, central London (pictured in 2018), the family home of his girlfriend, Jane Asher.. Although the song is credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, [1] John Lennon and Paul McCartney each identified "I've Just Seen a Face" as having been written entirely by McCartney. [2]
"Girl" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written by John Lennon [3] [4] and credited to Lennon–McCartney. "Girl" was the last complete song recorded for that album. [5] [6] "Girl" is considered to be one of the most melancholic and complex of the Beatles' earlier love songs. [7]
"Hey Girl" is a song written and composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It first became a popular Top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1963 when recorded by Freddie Scott. Donny Osmond took the song back to the Billboard top ten chart with his cover in 1971. Billy Joel recorded a version of the song for his 1997 album Greatest Hits ...
"Factory Girl" is a song by the Rolling Stones which appears on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. It is very similar to an Appalachian folk tune, especially due to its minimal arrangement, featuring Mick Jagger on vocals, Keith Richards on acoustic guitar, Rocky Dijon on conga drums, Ric Grech of Family on fiddle/violin, Dave Mason on Mandolin and Charlie Watts on tabla.
A 2021 Guardian article included it on a list of "80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know". [12] Bonnie "Prince" Billy, who covered it live in 2012, [13] named "Brownsville Girl" as his all-time favorite Bob Dylan song in a 2021 Stereogum article, writing, "The song is concrete, cathartic and epic, humorous and charming. It rolls across ...
"Let the River Run" is a song written, composed, and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, and the theme to the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl. [3] The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (tying with "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier from Buster), and ...
"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel from his ninth studio album An Innocent Man (1983), released in September 1983 as the album's second single. The lyrics describe a working-class " downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy " uptown girl".