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"No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. In the film, the character played by Astaire is advised to get married and Astaire responds by saying he prefers to remain as a bachelor and he launches into this song and a major dance routine.
A work containing the words to an opera, musical, or ballet Melodramma: melodrama: A style of opera Opera: work: A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists Opera buffa: humorous opera: A comic opera Opera semiseria: semi-serious opera: A variety of opera Opera seria: serious opera: An opera with a serious, esp. classical theme ...
Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
The Opposites, Dutch rap group; Opposites, by Biffy Clyro, 2013 "Opposite" (song), 2013; Opposites, a 2010 EP of remixes of Love and Its Opposite by Tracey Thorn "The Opposite", 1964 song by Johnny Burnette
"Handy" is a song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun (2014). The song is a parody of the 2014 single "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea, featuring Charli XCX. Yankovic met Azalea in person for permission to spoof the song, and he completed his track shortly before the album was mastered and released.
A duet version of the song with accompanying music video was filmed with violinist Lindsey Stirling and released on YouTube on October 26, 2013. [36] In November 2015, the YouTube video's title mysteriously changed from 'All of Me' to 'One Last Time' and then changed back. [37] The same happened on Spotify [38] [39] and Google Play. [40]
Todd heard my demo tape of "Slice Me Nice". The tape had the whole melody (intro, verses, bridge and chorus), the bass line, and the instrumental riff as well. I asked him to play all my melody tracks on a four-track tape, and I said to him, 'Write me a funny, crazy, power-disco-nonsense story!'. He brought me the words 'slice-me-nice'.
On 19 June, the music video surpassed the 100 million view benchmark, making it Azalea's first Vevo Certified music video. [75] "Fancy" was named the most-watched music video of 2014 on Vevo in America. [76] It was the most-watched video in 2014 on YouTube in Australia. [77] It has amassed over 1 billion views as of January 2021.