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The song was written by White, Tony Sepe and Peter Radcliffe and produced by White. It reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the UK Singles Chart. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1974, and certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), also in 1974.
"Holding Back the Years" is a song by the English soul and pop band Simply Red, released as the third single from their debut studio album, Picture Book (1985). In 1986, the ballad [ 5 ] reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart .
The creation of the movie put a name and a face to the girl with the blue backpack made famous by Pedrito's song and soon to be classic films. [2] Thirty years later as Pedro Fernández performed the song as part of his repertoire at the sold out National Auditorium concert in 2009, the record had already sold over 20 million copies. [3]
In 1975 Peter Belli recorded a Danish cover, called Rock'N'Roll, Jeg Gav Dig Mine Aller Bedste År (Rock'n Roll, All My Best Years). In 1976 Brimkló recorded an Icelandic cover, called Rock'n Roll, Öll Mín Bestu Ár (Rock'n Roll, All My Best Years). In 1975 Esko Rahkonen recorded a Finnish cover, called Rock'n'Roll sen teit (Rock'n'Roll You ...
The song also featured briefly in the 1979 film All That Jazz, sung between Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) and a hospital orderly. It was sung during a march in the 2010 film, Private Peaceful, based on the book by Michael Morpurgo. The song is also played by Schroeder in "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and in an episode of The Waltons.
"Used to Be Young" is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus. It was released as a single on August 25, 2023, through Columbia Records, after the broadcast of the ABC documentary concert special Endless Summer Vacation: Continued (Backyard Sessions) the day before, and appears on the digital reissue of Cyrus's eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation (2023).
[2] [3] The song first was attested in a broadside ballad dating to between 1809 and 1815. [2] The textual history is complex, and verses have been added freely to versions of this song or borrowed into songs circulated under other titles by oral tradition. [3] Some variants make the sailor a "bold sea captain". [4]
In a sample of an interview with Biggie Smalls at the beginning of the song, the late rapper is heard saying he tries to "treat everything like it's [his] first project." [1] Hence, the name of the song, which Jay-Z is apparently calling his "first song," even though it is the last song on what was to be his last album, as an allusion to what B.I.G. said in the interview.