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"Circus" is a song by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on December 2, 2008, through Jive Records as the second single from her sixth studio album of the same name. Written by Dr. Luke , Claude Kelly and Benny Blanco , "Circus" is a metaphor for the public's perception of Spears' life.
Although mainstream success in the US did not occur with this album, it did generate two hits (including a number-one) on Billboard 's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It also became their first record to enter the Billboard 200. The Two Ring Circus, also released in 1987, is a double 12-inch remix album that served as a companion piece to The ...
"If U Seek Amy" was released as the third single from Circus on March 10, 2009. Due to the song's double entendre in the chorus, the Parents Television Council (PTC) threatened to file indecency complaints with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against any station that played the song between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. [103] A clean edit of ...
Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the song was a departure from the shiny pop of their six previous singles, creating a more down-tempo and melancholy mood. Essentially a synth-pop track, the music is accentuated by acoustic guitar and a continuous circus-like accordion. The lyrics touch on social issues, rare for the duo ...
The Circus is the fifth studio album by English pop band Take That.It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2008. [2] The album was their second, and also their last, as a four-piece, as founding member Robbie Williams returned for their sixth studio album Progress (2010), before both Williams and Jason Orange departed prior to the release of 2014's III.
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. [1] It first appeared in the Marx Brothers film At the Circus (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes. It subsequently appeared in the movie The Philadelphia Story (1940), sung by Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord.
"Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" by Karl King (1892–1971) is a famous circus music piece. [11] Unlike Fučík, King grew up performing circus music joining Robinson's Famous Circus at the age of 19 as a baritone player. During that time circus music needed its own style because modern music did not fit with most of the acts that the circus ...
The song was then planned as the fourth single, but the release was cancelled as Spears began recording her sixth studio album, Circus (2008). "Radar" was later included on Circus, and officially released as the fourth and final single from the album on June 22, 2009, by Jive Records. Musically, "Radar" runs through a midtempo dance groove.