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  2. Uninvited (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Uninvited" is driven by four piano notes and builds to an instrumental climax. According to one critic, "Uninvited" is a moody song that contains an "indelible melody and haunting atmosphere" accompanied by cryptic lyrics. [7] It is written in the key of D mixolydian [8] with a tempo of 66 beats per minute. [9]

  3. The Man Who Sold the World (song) - Wikipedia

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    The same year, Ultimate Classic Rock, in their list of Bowie's ten best songs, listed "The Man Who Sold the World" at number 10, calling it "one of his most haunting songs of all time". [26] They subsequently commended Lulu and Nirvana's cover versions for helping bring the song into the mainstream. [26]

  4. Too Much of Nothing - Wikipedia

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    One of the most haunting themes of The Basement Tapes is an apprehension of the void. [2] [3] Biographer Robert Shelton hears in this song an echo of the bald statement that Shakespeare's Lear makes to his daughter Cordelia, "Nothing will come of nothing" (King Lear, Act I, Scene 1). [3]

  5. Ode to Billie Joe - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called it "one of the most haunting songs of the year." [26] The Honolulu Star-Bulletin wrote that "the lyrics are too much" and that "after a few listenings, the subject matter becomes clear, and the message gets across." The review pointed out that "musically, the song is as fine as it is lyrically inventive" and ...

  6. Shine (Joni Mitchell album) - Wikipedia

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    In February 2007, The New York Times described the song as "one of the most haunting melodies she has ever written". Of the impetus that inspired her to write the song, Mitchell explained, "My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species. I can't cry about it. In a way I'm inoculated. I've suffered this pain for so long. ...

  7. Isle of Innisfree - Wikipedia

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    The song was published in 1950 by the Peter Maurice Music Publishing Co. Farrelly’s "Isle of Innisfree" is a haunting melody with lyrics expressing the longing of an Irish emigrant for his native land. When film director John Ford heard the song, he loved it so much that he chose it as the principal theme of his film The Quiet Man. [1]

  8. Haunted (Taylor Swift song) - Wikipedia

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    "Haunted" is 4 minutes and 2 seconds long. [17] It has an orchestral arrangement [18] containing sweeping violins, [19] tense accents, and dramatic countermelodies. [20] The production incorporates an alternating eighth-note line in the orchestral strings and the song's lead electric guitar, both of which mix to create an unabashed composite instrumental riff. [18]

  9. Beware of Darkness (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song's lyrics encourage the listener to seek daylight and abundant growth in the manner of an Atlas cedar. "Beware of Darkness" is a ballad containing dense imagery. [16] The song marks a return to the spiritual concerns of Harrison's songs with the Beatles such as "Within You Without You".