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"There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written by American songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963, "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" first charted for Lou Johnson, whose version reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1964. [1]
2. “At Last” by Etta James (1960) Chances are, you’ve heard this song at least once in your lifetime. The minute Etta James croons “At last…” you’re swaying to the music and ...
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" is a standard with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, writing under the pseudonym Holt Marvell, [1] and music by Jack Strachey, both Englishmen. Harry Link , an American, sometimes appears as a co-writer; his input was probably limited to an alternative "middle eight" (bridge) which many performers prefer.
It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961. [1] The song ranked #69 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961. [2] At the time, the song referred to songs from the Great Depression and WWII era (about 1930–1945), acts like Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, which would have been oldies at the time.
"There Is Always Something There to Remind Me" is the final single released by British indie rock band The Housemartins. An unfavourable account of Paul Heaton 's schooldays akin to The Smiths ' "The Headmaster Ritual", the non-album single was released in April 1988 as a 7" and a 12" [ 1 ] and reached No. 35 in the singles chart.
"U Remind Me" is a contemporary R&B song [4] written in the key of G ♭ major, and is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute. The song follows the chord progression of E ♭ m 7-A ♭ m 7-B ♭ m 7, and the piano ranges from the low note of E ♭ 2 to the high note of A ♭ 5, while Usher's vocal range stretches from B ♭ 2 to A ♭ 5. [5]
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
Speaking about the song, Grennan said, "I wanted to write a song that reminded me of a moment in my life where I realised I had given up something that was really making a difference in my life – in a good way. It's about reconnecting. It's that feeling when you're at the top of the rollercoaster and you're like: this is the best feeling". [1]