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The song was inspired by Marianne Jensen, born Marianne Ihlen, whom Cohen met on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960. [1] She had recently been left by her husband, [2] the Norwegian writer Axel Jensen, leaving her and their six-month-old son alone on the island. The two hit it off, and Cohen ultimately took her from Hydra back to her home in ...
In “So Long London,” she appears to be saying goodbye to the city, and the relationship that put her there. Or, as the Brits might say, “Ta ta for now.”
She began the song by saying, “You say, ‘I don’t understand’ and I say, ‘I know you don’t’ / We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won’t / Remember lookin ...
After being introduced to Karen Taylor-Good by a mutual friend, he wrote the song with her. Collins said that he and Taylor-Good wrote the song in three hours. [3] Loveless told in a 1993 interview, that a letter from Collins gave her the strength to get through the song. "It hit me so hard that I just cried every time I tried to record it.
Elvis Presley recorded a version of "Love Letters" on May 26, 1966. [15] Just over a week later, on June 8, 1966, RCA released the song as a single, with "Come What May" as the B-side. [15] [16] "Love Letters" peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 22, 1966, staying on the chart for only seven weeks. [17]
"Love Letter" is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from their 2001 album, No More Shall We Part. [1] A ballad written by Cave, it features him on vocals and piano with backing vocals by Kate & Anna McGarrigle. "Love Letter" was first released as one of the songs on Nick Cave's 2000 spoken word album, The Secret Life of the Love Song. [2]
The song's narrator laments his long sailing trip to California and the thought of leaving his loved ones (especially his "own true love"), pledging to return to her one day. "The Leaving of Liverpool" has been recorded by many popular folk singers and groups since the 1950s.
The song was issued as a single in November 1988, marking Wilde's last release of a track written by her father and brother, who had written the majority of her early hits together. "Four Letter Word" became Wilde's third consecutive UK top-10 single from Close, reaching number six. It also peaked within the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland ...