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Circus music (also known as carnival music) is any sort of music that is played to accompany a circus, and also music written that emulates its general style. Popular music would also often get arranged for the circus band, as well as waltzes , foxtrots and other dances.
The circus poster from 1843 that inspired John Lennon to write "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite". The inspiration to write the song was a 19th-century circus poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal appearance at Rochdale.
"Circus" was well received by contemporary critics, with reviewers complimenting Spears' confident persona and praising the song's electronic production. "Circus" was a commercial success, peaking inside the top-ten in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden, while reaching top-twenty positions in many European countries.
The song is a contrafactum, and shares its tune with the better known "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the same show. "Oh What a Circus" was a commercial success for Essex, who had been dropped by his previous record company due to his declining sales. The song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. [1] It first appeared in the Marx Brothers film At the Circus (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes. It subsequently appeared in the movie The Philadelphia Story (1940), sung by Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord.
The tuba, which has connotations of humour and the circus, features heavily in the song's texture. [8] Other instruments are used in the piece as effects, including slide whistle and bass drum. [8] The song's melody is played on a mandolin and features a downward-moving chromatic line atop various seventh chords, which also move downwards.
The "Afro Circus" tune is from "Entrance of the Gladiators", by the Czech composer Julius Fučík. [2] Track listing. No. Title artist Length; 1. "New York City Surprise"
"Four Walls" / "Paradise Circus" is a collaboration between British electronic music artists Massive Attack and Burial. The single was first released as a limited vinyl edition on 17 October 2011, with pre-orders from 10 October 2011.