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"William, It Was Really Nothing" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as a single in August 1984, featuring the B-sides " Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want " and " How Soon Is Now? ", and reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart .
Johnny Marr wrote the music to "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" shortly after its eventual A-side, "William, It Was Really Nothing".Marr commented, "Because that was such a fast, short, upbeat song, I wanted the B-side to be different, so I wrote 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want' on Saturday in a different time signature—in a waltz time as a contrast". [5]
The guitar track was sampled, with the Smiths' approval, in 1990 by indie-dance band Soho on their UK Top 10 single "Hippychick". Artists to have covered the song include UK indie band Hundred Reasons , US post-hardcore band Quicksand (bonus track on their Slip album) in 1993, US post-grunge band Everclear , and US punk band Meatmen (on the ...
In their early years, the band purposely rejected synthesisers and dance music, [10] until Meat Is Murder, which contained keyboards as well as rockabilly and funk influences. [11] The Queen Is Dead was notable for featuring harder-rocking songs with witty, satirical lyrics of British social mores, intellectualism and class. [12]
The original Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song wasn't the one fans know and love.. On the Dec. 2 episode of VICE's docuseries Black Comedy in America, Will Smith shared that the original opening ...
The song is also included in the music video game Rock Band 3. [6] Though the band broke up before they could tour any songs from Strangeways, Here We Come , Morrissey performed the song live alongside fellow ex-Smiths Andy Rourke , Mike Joyce , and Craig Gannon as the opening song of his infamous debut solo concert at Wolverhampton's Civic ...
Mine's a piece of s---.'" According to Smith, Jones' original theme sounded outdated and Jones thankfully agreed that Smith's far more fresh (pun intended) version should run over the opening credits.
"Shakespeare's Sister" is a song by the English rock band The Smiths. Released in March 1985, it reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart.It is also featured on the compilation albums Louder Than Bombs and The World Won't Listen.