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"Cat's in the Cradle" is a folk rock song by American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, from his fourth studio album, Verities & Balderdash (1974). The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music.
"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song was released in 1976 as the first single from their album Jailbreak.It is considered by Rolling Stone to be the band's best song, placing it at No. 272 on the 2021 edition of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
In 2009, Page recorded a version of the song with a new title ("Do You See That Doggie in the Shelter") together with new lyrics by Chris Gantry, with the hopes of emphasizing the adoption of homeless animals from animal shelters. [11] The rights to that song were given exclusively to the Humane Society of the United States. Said Page:
In 2007, Swedish country and pop singer Jill Johnson recorded the song on her tenth studio album Music Row. [7] The song was used as the soundtrack for the roller coaster Eagles' Life in the Fast Lane, which opened at Hard Rock Park in May 2008. [8] [9] On July 25, 2019 the rock band Hinder released their cover of the song as a non album single ...
The song may have derived from Irish sources from the early 19th century. Edward Bunting noted a song by the name "Rose Connolly" in 1811 in Coleraine. [5] [6] [7] A version with slightly different lyrics is known from Galway in 1929. [5]
"Killing in the Name" is a song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, and appears on their 1992 self-titled debut album. It features heavy drop-D guitar riffs. The lyrics protest police brutality, inspired by the beating of Rodney King and the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of Zager and Evans. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969. [ 4 ] It peaked at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August and September that year. [ 5 ]
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his 1961 album 101 Gang Songs. Crosby also used the song as part of a round with his family, as captured on the 1976 album Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium. Aimee Mann included a brief interpolation in her 1996 song "Choice in the Matter".