Some of British punk rock's leading figures made a show of rejecting not only contemporary mainstream rock and the broader culture it was associated with, but their own most celebrated predecessors: " No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones in 1977 ," declared The Clash song " 1977 ".

Its title song was named " One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock " by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time top-ten punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk.

* Saul Williams mentions Biko along with other notable figures such as Buddha, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Khalil Gibran, Shiva in the song " Coded Language ".

The town figures prominently in the labour camp literature of Varlam Shalamov and in the eponymous song by Michael Krug.

" Consequently, Mamou figures into a number of song titles ( such as "' Tit Galop Pour Mamou " and " Valse de Grand Mamou ") and lyrics, as well as band names ( such as Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys ).

Politicians, journalists and public figures often debated the content of each song, and many islanders considered these songs the most reliable news source.

Merican ", their first overtly political song, addresses positive and negative aspects of American history, celebrating cultural figures such as Otis Redding, Duke Ellington, and Walt Whitman while condemning slavery, Joseph McCarthy, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Vietnam War .< ref name =" Luerssen "> Stevenson wrote " One More Day " about the death of his father, who he had taken in and cared for throughout the last year of his life: " He and I always had a terrible relationship.

* " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " experiences a surge in popularity in the USA sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song.

The new soundtrack replaced Chan's song over the closing credits with the song " Kung Fu " by the band Ash, the lyrics of which mention Jackie Chan, as well as other Asian figures and characters ubiquitous in the west.

The region not only produced one of the major figures of the revival in Ewan MacColl but also a local champion in Harry Boardman, who from 1965 onwards probably did more than anyone to popularise and record the industrial folk song of the region, in several albums and books.

Sussex folk song also had a formative impact on one of the major figures of the second revival, as it was as a child of five in Sussex that A. L. Lloyd first heard folk music.

Industrial folk songs were largely ignored by early folk song collectors, but gained attention in the second folk revival in the twentieth century, being noted and recorded by figures such as George Korson, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie in the USA and A. L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger in Britain.

Upon its release in 1972, the song caused some furor in Greece and was again accused of lewdness and indecency by Greek religious figures and government authorities.

The U. S. Steel Tower makes an appearance in the movie Dogma and figures prominently in Sudden Death, Boys on the Side, Striking Distance, and the video for the 2010 rap song Black and Yellow.

A little dog is minding his own business when various figures ( one carrying a bunch of helium balloons ) enter the gates of a place called Letter People Land as the song plays:

" She was a teacher and mentor to the young people of SNCC, highly influencing the thinking of such important figures as Julian Bond, Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Curtis Muhammad, Bob Moses, and Bernice Johnson Reagon, who wrote a song in Baker's honor, called " Ella's Song.

The song figures prominently in Arch Oboler's radio play " The House I Live In ," which aired on April 26, 1945.

The trilogy employs an experimental technique, incorporating four narrative modes: fictional narratives telling the life stories of twelve characters ; collages of newspaper clippings and song lyrics labeled " Newsreel "; individually labeled short biographies of public figures of the time such as Woodrow Wilson and Henry Ford and fragments of autobiographical stream of consciousness writing labeled " Camera Eye ".

After deciding to sing a song entitled " Republicantown ," several political figures are shown and parodied, including former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, President of the United States Barack Obama, and former Presidents of the United States Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

Polaroid does not release sales figures, but its public image, previously in decline with the growing popularity of digital cameras, was bolstered by the song.

Hildebrand figures in three famous songs: in the Old High German Hildebrandslied, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, and in the Old Norse song Hildebrand's death in Ásmundar saga kappabana ( called Hildibrandr ).

In addition to the theme song, the series spawned a number of other licensed merchandising spin-offs including toys, an MPC playset with rocket ship and figures, model kits including a plastic kit of Fireball XL5 itself, puppets, ray guns, comic strips and annuals.

He transformed " Historia de Taxi " into a salsa song, with the help of American singer Marc Anthony and pianist Sergio George, who commented that " It's been interesting to work with two figures from different music worlds on the interest of making good music.

The lyrics up to this point ( most of them written by Peart ) were heavily influenced by classical poetry, fantasy literature, science fiction, and the writings of novelist Ayn Rand, as exhibited most prominently by their 1975 song " Anthem " from Fly By Night and a specifically acknowledged derivation in 2112 ( 1976 ).

The song " Show Me Love " was prominently used in the 1998 Lukas Moodysson film Fucking Åmål, and the song's title was used as the film's title in English-speaking countries.

A celesta provides the introduction to a song Louis Armstrong recorded for RCA entitled " Someday You'll Be Sorry ", and is featured prominently throughout the song.

One continuous sequence involving an introduction of Donnie's high school prominently features the song " Head over Heels " by Tears for Fears, Samantha's dance group, " Sparkle Motion ", performs with the song " Notorious " by Duran Duran, and " Under the Milky Way " by The Church is played after Donnie and Gretchen emerge from his room during the party.

The concept of the State Songs project is intentionally misleading: U. S. states feature prominently in the title and chorus of each song, but have very little to do with their actual narratives.

The song " Walking in Memphis " by Marc Cohn and later Cher features Graceland prominently.

The town is mentioned prominently in a darkly humorous Irish song called " The Hiring Fair ", in which the singer is persuaded to apprentice with a nefarious character called " Brady of Strabane ".

The Ramayana has inspired works of film as well, most prominently the North American Sita Sings the Blues, which tells the story supporting Sita through song.

Later on in 2002, Switchfoot's music was featured prominently in the movie A Walk to Remember, starring singer and actress Mandy Moore, who sang Switchfoot's song " Only Hope " during a scene in the movie.

The town features prominently in the song " Queen of King City ," on the Red Meat album We Never Close.

* Galesburg features prominently in The Mountain Goats ' song Weekend in Western Illinois from the album Full Force Galesburg.

In 1990, Public Image Limited's song " The Order of Death " ( from This is What You Want ... This is What You Get ) was prominently featured in Richard Stanley's movie Hardware.

In addition to international radio play, the song was also featured prominently in John Murtha's 2007 re-election campaign for the seat he held in the House of Representatives for almost 30 years.

The traditional folk song " Black Is the Color ( Of My True Love's Hair )" is featured prominently throughout this episode.

Becker and Fagen favor a distinctly soul-influenced style of backing vocals, which after the first few albums were almost always performed by a female chorus ( although Michael McDonald features prominently on several tracks, including the 1975 song " Black Friday " and the 1977 song " Peg ").

It was an overall stylistic departure from their previous albums, prominently featuring untreated vocals, guitar, and more accessible song structures.

Another guitar song on the generally electronic " Kid A ", " In Limbo " prominently features syncopated guitar work from Greenwood, with staccato and a loose groove, along with delay and reverb.

When the television version launched on June 8, 1948, Texaco also made sure its employees were featured prominently throughout the hour, usually appearing as smiling " guardian angels " performing good deeds of one or another kind, and a quartet of Texaco singers opened each week's show with the following theme song:

Several of the songs on the album, have been popular cover songs since its release in 1970, most prominently the title song, " Moondance " but " Crazy Love ", " Into the Mystic " and " And It Stoned Me " have also been frequently recorded and performed live by popular artists.

Their cover of Neil Diamond's song " Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon " appeared prominently in the movie Pulp Fiction, and became a hit in 1994.