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"Firefly" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh in 1958, as an audition for the musical Gypsy. While the song ended up not being used for the musical, it was recorded and popularized by Tony Bennett who went to number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Planet Earth is a 1974 American made-for-television science fiction film that was created by Gene Roddenberry, written by Roddenberry and Juanita Bartlett (from a story by Roddenberry). It first aired on April 23, 1974 on the ABC network, and stars John Saxon as Dylan Hunt.
Planet Earth is a television soundtrack album of incidental music commissioned by the BBC Natural History Unit for its 2006 nature documentary series of the same name. The music was composed and conducted by award-winning composer George Fenton , and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra .
The song is built around a "bleepy" synthline and includes lyrics about insomnia, fireflies and summer. "Fireflies" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks. Outside of the United States, "Fireflies" also topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
"Planet Earth" is the debut single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 2 February 1981. It was an immediate hit in the band's native UK, reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart on 21 February, and did even better in Australia , hitting number 8 to become Duran Duran's first Top 10 hit anywhere in the world.
The song was written in Los Angeles with Rogét Chahayed and Imad Royal in a single three-hour writing session, and was inspired by a visit to Long Island. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The band added a brass section to the song, as they felt that this suited the song's party vibe.
Greg Edmonson is an American music composer for television and movies. He is primarily known for composing the soundtrack to the television series Firefly.He is also the composer for the first three games in the Uncharted video game series, and for a number of episodes of the American animated sitcom King of the Hill.
The title track features lead singer Dennis Edwards on a song written by Leon Russell. Richard Street and Melvin Franklin sing lead on the track "Firefly".. A Song for You features a familiar device of the time used to exhibit the versatility of 1970s soul groups: one side features up-tempo cuts and the other side focuses on ballads.