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Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Original release Year Ref. "Amanda" Tom Scholz Third Stage: 1986 [1] "Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)" Tom Scholz Gerry Green Brad Delp: Third Stage: 1986 [1] "Cool the Engines" Tom Scholz Fran Sheehan Brad Delp: Third Stage: 1986 [1] "Corporate America" Tom Scholz ...
This article lists songs about Boston, Massachusetts, including those set there, named after a location or feature of the city, or about a notable figure associated with the city. It is not intended to include songs where Boston is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities.
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"Cool the Engines" is a song written by Tom Scholz, Brad Delp and Fran Sheehan that was originally released on Boston's 1986 album Third Stage.In the US it was also released as a 12" promotional single backed with another song from Third Stage, "The Launch," and as the B-side to the third commercially released single from the album, "Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love."
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Mojo magazine cited the lyrics as presenting an alternate view of the American Dream to that described in another song from the Boston album, "Hitch a Ride". [11] The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History described the song as being "built around soaring guitars, tight vocal harmonies, and huge hooks," which were part of the band's appeal. [12]
Scholz credits "Walk Away Renee" by The Left Banke as the song's main inspiration. [16] [17] Boston's website says the song is about "the power an old song can have in your life", [18] with Scholz elaborating that "it was sort of a bittersweet ballad." [19] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci points out that this is a common theme in ...
"Amanda" is a power ballad by American rock band Boston written by Tom Scholz. The song was released as the first single from the band's third album, Third Stage, in 1986, six years after it was recorded. Although the song did not have a promotional music video, "Amanda" became the band's highest-charting single in the United States and Canada.