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John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
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Category: Songs about states of the United States. 4 languages. ... United States state songs (1 C, 83 P) A. Songs about Alabama (18 P) Songs about Alaska (5 P)
The song is an autobiographical lament about the singer returning to her childhood home in Ohio and discovering that rampant development and pollution had destroyed the "pretty countryside" of her youth; the lyrics make specific references to places in and around Akron, Ohio, the hometown of lead singer and writer Chrissie Hynde.
While he doesn't mind the song's use as a gay anthem, the "false assumptions were damaging to the song" and further said, "since I wrote the lyrics and ought to know what the lyrics I wrote is really about, come January 2025, my wife will start suing each and every news organization that falsely refers to Y.M.C.A., either in their headlines or ...
The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 50th Grammy Awards. [2] For a time, "Party Like a Rockstar" was the most played rhythmic, and rap song in the United States, according to Radio & Records. [3] In foreign countries, the song also gained airplay in the UK on BBC Radio 1, and was added to the B-List on its ...
The track is regarded as a classic of the funk genre and was included on a list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll compiled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [ 9 ] Several other acts gained the first soul number ones of their respective careers in 1978, beginning in the issue of Billboard dated January 7 when Con Funk Shun topped the chart ...
Mass Appeal and Sony Music announced a photography exhibition dedicated to hip-hop history at Fotografiska New York titled “Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious”, running from January 2023 to May 2023. [19] In March 2023, Sean Diddy Combs announced a partnership between Hip Hop 50 and Cîroc, naming it as the official vodka for the anniversary. [20]