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In the UK, the song entered the chart based on sheet music sales in April, and reached number one in May, holding the top spot for three weeks. [3] Both the recordings by Stafford and The Weavers were available in the UK, alongside versions by British artists The Stargazers , Edmundo Ros and The Tanner Sisters .
Cash Box called "Just Around the Corner" "darkly ominous, brooding, yet hopeful – a brilliant cut" with a "highly original sound, with the Call and Prefab Sprout possible reference points". [3] Jerry Smith of British magazine Music Week described the song as being a "strong, evocative material".
The song's lyrics deal with street corners in poor neighborhoods. The song's beat contains samples from "You Make the Sun Shine" by The Temprees and "What It Is" by The Temptations. Because of the song's gritty sound, some fans considered it to be a return to Common's Resurrection days. [1] A music video directed by Kanye West was made for "The ...
The earliest known recordings of the song were by Henry Whitter on Okeh Records (OKeh 40063) in 1924 and Vernon Dalhart & Co. on Edison Records (Edison 51608) in 1925. [2] In the Reader's Digest Children's Songbook, published in 1985, the song is adapted with new words by Dan Fox and his son, Paul. The lyrics tell of the things "she" will do in ...
The song depicts the fictional band Willy and the Poor Boys, and how they play on street corners to cheer people up and ask for nickels. Songwriter John Fogerty explained how the lyrics were derived: [9] [I] was kind of inspired by seeing an advertisement in the paper one day. It was an ad from Disney that said in great big letters 'Winnie the ...
"Light of Day", sometimes written as "(Just Around the Corner to the) Light of Day", is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and performed initially by Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox with their fictitious band The Barbusters in the 1987 film Light of Day. The song has since become a staple in Jett's concerts.
Ava DuVernay’s latest drama “Origin” has added an original song to its Oscar prospects. New Zealand Māori artist Stan Walker performed the new song, “I Am,” at a private film screening ...
"Man on the Corner" is a 1981 song by British rock band Genesis, released as a single on 5 March 1982. The song is from the band’s Abacab album, and was written and sung by drummer Phil Collins . It peaked at No. 41 on the UK Singles Chart [ 1 ] and No. 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .