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101 Strings released a version of the song on their 1990 album Polka. [8] The Mom and Dads released a version of the song on their 1995 album Love Is a Beautiful Song. [9] Jimmy Sturr released a version of the song on the 1998 various artist album Legends of Polka. [10] "Weird Al" Yankovic incorporated the song in his Polka Face medley.
The refrain quotes "Liechtensteiner Polka" by Edmund Kötscher and Rudi Lindt. The lyrics refer to the Spanish city of Almería , as well as former bassist Cait O'Riordan's departure from the group and subsequent relationship with Elvis Costello .
Under the title "Beer Barrel Polka", the tune hit No. 1 on the Hit Parade in the United States in 1939. [2] It sold over one million copies by 1943, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA . [ 3 ] After World War II he was known as the "Polka King" in the U.S., and did both big band and folk music arrangements with his orchestra.
York placed in the top three with Wo die Sonne scheint, Liechtensteiner Polka (both 1974) and Ein Adler kann nicht fliegen (1977). In 1976, York took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Das alte Haus and finished in last place.
Zeman's original Czech lyrics framed the polka as a love song, whereas Brown and Timm's English version framed it as a song celebrating the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. At first the English version of the song was relatively unknown and unpopular, but it gained a great deal of popularity after The Andrews Sisters recorded it in 1939.
If I Should Fall from Grace with God is the third studio album by Celtic folk-punk band the Pogues, released on 18 January 1988. [1] Released in the wake of their biggest hit single, "Fairytale of New York", If I Should Fall from Grace with God also became the band's best-selling album, peaking at number three on the UK Albums Chart and reaching the top ten in several other countries.
Liechtensteiner Polka; Life Goes On (LeAnn Rimes song) Life Is a Flower; Like Dreamers Do; Living on the Ceiling; Long Train Runnin' Look for a Star (song) Lose Your Love; Love and Happiness; Love Can Build a Bridge; Love in the First Degree (Bananarama song) Love Is All Around; Love Letters (song) A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking ...
“Mairzy Doats” is a novelty song written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston.It contains lyrics that make no sense as written, but are near homophones of meaningful phrases.