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In Europe, the song was a top 10 hit in Belgium (3), France (4), Iceland (2), Ireland (10), Scotland (9), Sweden (5), Switzerland (7), and the UK. In the latter, the single peaked at number five in its second week at the UK Singles Chart, on March 5, 1995. [5] But on the UK Dance Chart, the song was an even bigger hit, reaching number two. In ...
The song's title, which translates to "the Bomb" in English, is derived from the Afro-Puerto Rican dance music of the same name. [17] Lyrically, it is a metaphor in which Martin compares the bomba music , a genre native to Puerto Rico, "to a drink that makes you drunk; the listener is high from the rhythm of the dance".
Songs with a theme of nuclear war have been a feature of popular culture since the early years of the Cold War. [1] "4 Minute Warning" By Radiohead (2007) "137" By Brand New (2017) "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by Jimi Hendrix "1999" By Prince (1982) "2 Minutes to Midnight" By Iron Maiden (1984) "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit" by Fear ...
"Bombs" is a song recorded by Faithless, released as the first single from their fifth studio album To All New Arrivals. It features Harry Collier from Kubb.The single was released as a download on 23 October 2006 and was later released on CD and 12" on 20 November 2006, one week before the release of the album.
"Time Bomb" is a ska punk [1] [2] ska, [3] ska rock [4] and reggae rock song, [5] similar to the sound of Operation Ivy, in which Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman used to play before Rancid. The lyrics for the first verse of the song were sampled from an earlier song, "Motorcycle Ride", which appeared on the band's previous album, Let's Go .
Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released as a double album in March 1987 by their American record company, Sire Records. It peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. [9] Popular demand prompted their British record company, Rough Trade, to issue the album domestically as well. Upon its ...
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart. [4]