Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"Despacito" (Latin American Spanish: [despaˈsito]; transl. "Slowly") is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, originally written in 2015. In 2016, Luis sent the song to Puerto Rican rapper and singer Daddy Yankee to give it an "urban injection", and released it as the lead single from Fonsi's 2017 studio album Vida. [1] [2]
On July 14, 2022, YouTube made a special playlist and video celebrating the 317 music videos to have hit 1 billion views and joined the "Billion Views Club". [65] [66] On April 1, 2024, the communications app Discord incorporated a short trailer video into their in-app April Fools' Day prank regarding loot boxes. The video automatically looped ...
The song also reached number 12 on the Australian Club chart and number one on the Australian Independent Singles chart. [83] [84] The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) certified the track platinum after it sold more than 70,000 units. [85] In New Zealand, the song spent two weeks on the Hot Singles chart, peaking at number 11. [86]
Liam Sternberg said he was inspired to create the song while on a ferry crossing the English Channel. When the vessel hit choppy water, passengers stepped carefully and moved their arms awkwardly while struggling to maintain their balance, and that reminded Sternberg of the depiction of human figures in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings.
Franz Schubert's song "An die Freude", D 189, for voice, unison choir and piano. Composed in May 1815, Schubert's setting was first published in 1829 as Op. post. 111 No. 1. The 19th century Gesamt-Ausgabe included it as a lied in Series XX, Volume 2 (No. 66). The New Schubert Edition groups it with the part songs in Series III (Volume 3). [19]
"Moonshadow" is a song written and performed by Cat Stevens (known since 1978 as Yusuf Islam), first released as a single in the UK in 1970 on the Island label and in the US in 1971 on the A&M label. It also appears on Stevens' 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat .
The song became a hit in the fall of 2018. The single, rereleased on 22 February 2019, debuted at number 2 on Top Radio & YouTube Hits. [1] The song achieved wider spread fame due to the music video that was released on the day of the album's premiere.
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.The service is designed with a user interface that allows users to explore songs and music videos on YouTube based on genres, playlists, and recommendations.