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The song was first written in German in 1967 by Alexandra, who sang the song herself. [7] The meaning behind the song is about a "superstar who has enjoyed the spotlight and heard all the applause the world has ever made" but being okay with not being able to reach the heights again as he "has tasted everything that fame could bring". [8]
I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" is a song co-written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first released by Sager on her 1977 debut album, and it was also released as a single, charting at No. 98 in Australia. The song was further popularized by Rita Coolidge in 1979, and recorded by a number of other artists.
The song "Swinging the Alphabet" is sung by The Three Stooges in their short film Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938). It is the only full-length song performed by the Stooges in their short films, and the only time they mimed to their own pre-recorded soundtrack. The lyrics use each letter of the alphabet to make a nonsense verse of the song:
‘Pretty Isn’t Pretty’ “It’s in my phone, it’s in my head, it’s in the boys I bring to bed,” the second verse reads. “It’s all around, it’s all the time, I don’t know why I ...
The band would reply with "we're not famous", which inspired them to develop the song concept of "I'm Not Famous". The song aims to weaken society's obsession with fame, commentating on it to have listeners think less positively of it. [3] "I'm Not Famous" was released on March 24, 2016, as the lead single of What Everyone's Thinking.
"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan [2] with co-writing credits to Billy Foster and Etta James. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released the same year, [ 3 ] and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.
The lyrics of the song, particularly the line "out of the blue and into the black", are an epigraph and are also featured prominently in Stephen King's novel It. [15] The line, "It's better to burn out than to fade away", was included in Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide note in 1994. [16]
"I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)" Single by Barbra Streisand; from the album Funny Girl (The Original Sound Track Recording) A-side "Funny Girl" B-side "I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)" Released: 1968: Length: 2: 28: Label: Columbia Records: Composer(s) Fred Fisher: Lyricist(s) Billy ...