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"Losing My Religion" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in February 1991 by Warner Bros. as the first single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991). It developed from a mandolin riff improvised by the guitarist, Peter Buck , with lyrics about unrequited love .
The song indulges in religious allegory, and is one of the few songs on Magna Carta Holy Grail that touches upon existential and spiritual themes. [4] Throughout the song he ponders faith, superstition and free thinking. [5] The songs features Jay-Z rapping a lyric of rock band R.E.M.'s 1991 single "Losing My Religion". [1]
Losing My Religion is the eleventh studio album from Kirk Franklin. RCA Inspiration a division of RCA Records alongside Fo Yo Soul Recordings released the album on November 13, 2015. [ 1 ] It won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album in 2017.
The song is a ballad featuring the singer Michael Stipe accompanied only by the bassist Mike Mills on piano, a string arrangement by the former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and oboe by Deborah Workman in the latter part of the song. Mills wrote the music and Stipe the lyrics of the song, but it is credited to the entire band.
The song, in the key of A major, is played in swing time. According to Sting, the song was written on the piano, and contains a flattened fifth in the song's intro, [a] which he says was banned in the churches due to its dissonant sound: It starts off with a flattened fifth. A flat five is an interesting chord because it was banned by the church.
"I thought, 'Oh my God, I’ve lost my religion and it’s been my only pavement to walk on, my replacement family.' Everything was gone—all my friends, everything," she wrote. "I knew it was over.
"Meaning of Life" was written by James Morrison with Ilsey Juber and Jesse Shatkin, who produced the track. [2] A doo-wop soul pop and R&B song, [3] [4] [5] it sings of learning the "meaning of life", during which the singer confesses the loneliness she's been feeling but her love is what brings her to life, showing her the light. [5]
Acronyms tend to take on a life of their own, especially in the finance world, said Rothschild. “So I think this acronym, ESG, should go away.” Still, she added, the principles behind it are ...