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  2. Bang the Drum All Day - Wikipedia

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    "Bang the Drum All Day" is a 1983 song from Todd Rundgren's 1982 album The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, released as a single in April 1983. The lyrics describe, in the first person, the narrator's drive to play drums or improvised percussion to the exclusion of other activities such as work or education. All the instruments on this ...

  3. Todd Rundgren - Wikipedia

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    Todd Harry Rundgren [7] was born in Philadelphia [8] [2] on June 22, 1948, [7] the son of Ruth (née Fleck; April 29, 1922 – April 6, 2016) and Harry W. Rundgren (1917–1996). His father was of Swedish descent and his mother was of Austrian and German descent.

  4. Couldn't I Just Tell You - Wikipedia

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    On a television performance in 1978, Rundgren introduced "Couldn't I Just Tell You" as a part of "the latest musical trend, power pop." [ 8 ] The song became influential to artists in the genre. Music journalist Paul Lester called the recording a "masterclass in compression " and said that Rundgren "staked his claim to powerpop immortality [and ...

  5. Hello It's Me - Wikipedia

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    "Hello It's Me" was the first song written by Todd Rundgren. [1] Written in 1967 as a slow ballad about the breakup of a relationship, [2] it was released in October 1968 as the B-side of his band Nazz's debut single "Open My Eyes", and included on the debut album Nazz (1968).

  6. We Got to Get You a Woman - Wikipedia

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    "We Got to Get You a Woman" was inspired by Rundgren's friend, music executive Paul Fishkin, who later promoted the song and Rundgren. It refers to the two's "post-hanging days" in Greenwich Village. [2] In the song, Rundgren tells his friend Leroy, “We gotta get you a woman / It’s like nothin’ else to make you feel sure you’re alive.”

  7. Can We Still Be Friends - Wikipedia

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    Todd Rundgren released his version on his 1978 album Hermit of Mink Hollow. This was the only hit single on the album, reaching #29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, [1] and also peaking at #8 in Australia. The lyrics describe a relationship to which Rundgren and the woman to whom he is singing have made great efforts to fix, but simply cannot make ...

  8. I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song) - Wikipedia

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    "I Saw the Light" is a song written and performed by American musician Todd Rundgren that was released as the opening track from his 1972 album Something/Anything? In the album's liner notes, Rundgren states that he intended the song to be the hit of the album, and copied the Motown tradition of putting hit songs at the beginning of albums. [6]

  9. Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It - Wikipedia

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    "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and American singer Todd Rundgren. Written and produced by Jim Steinman, the track was released as the lead single from Tyler's sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986), in November 1985.