Ben Folds, an American singer-musician-songwriter and judge on NBC's a cappella vocal-group competition series The Sing-Off, credited Sedaka on his " iTunes Originals " album as an inspiration for song publishing.

I just heard it as this little masterpiece thing .” On the Ben Folds iTunes Originals, Folds explains that the song " Mess " is " loss of innocence song " about having so much baggage that now you are unable to completely explain your history ; " you've made a mess.

On Folds ' recent iTunes Originals compilation, he confesses that he had attempted to write a song about the abortion for quite some time, but he had trouble getting the song finished because it was too literal, but thanks to Darren Jessee's chorus, the song was given just enough mystique to be the hit that it was.

In his iTunes Originals interviews, Folds addresses his fanbase's disapproval: " When you have a hit song, much of your fanbase and people that listen to your music ... their opinion is gonna be loud and clear that they feel that you've abandoned the fanbase ; you've written something that's not for them, it's for everybody else, you've ' sold out ', all kinds of things like that ... That was the overwhelming vibe ... ' What is that crap ?'...

In chronological order others include: " I've Been Everywhere " by Hank Snow ( 1962 ) ( album of the same title ) and Johnny Cash ( 1996 ) Unchained reworked from the original 1959 Geoff Mack Australian-place-names version made popular by the singer Lucky Starr ; " Down on the Corner " ( 1969 ) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys covered by a dozen other groups ; " Kalamazoo " ( 1995 ) by Luna on Penthouse ; " Cold Rock a Party " ( 1997 ) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B ; " Kalamazoo " a song by the rock trio Primus on the 1997 Brown Album ; " Top of the World " by Rascalz ( 1999 ) on Global Warning ; " Kalamazoo ", a song by Ben Folds Five on the 2004 EP Super D ; " 65 Miles from Kalamazoo " ( 2008 ) by R. J. Miller ( a lament for a lost Gibson guitar and a metaphor about " an old girlfriend from Kalamazoo "); and " Kalamazoo " ( 2009 ) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down.

The newly formed band lasted only about a month, after which Olson and Uzzell went on to form Bus Stop with Folds ' brother, Chuck Folds, on bass, and Eddie Walker on drums.

The track " Steven's Last Night in Town " was written about Ben Folds ' friend Stephen Short, a Grammy-Award winning record producer and manager.

Fagen's name routinely appears on all time underrated lists when talking about rock singers and his influence and phrasing can be heard in artists such as Joe Jackson, Ben Folds and Elvis Costello who have all paid tribute to him with Steely Dan covers.

* In the song Jesusland by Ben Folds, he sings about " beautiful McMansions on a hill that overlook a highway.

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The song " Gracie ", track five on the album, is written about Folds ' daughter of the same name.

The verses were written by Ben Folds about his high school girlfriend undergoing an abortion, and the chorus was written by the band's drummer, Darren Jessee.

On the album Ben Folds Live, Folds explained: " People ask me what this song's about ...

Ben Folds Five released a live cover of " Twin Falls " on their 1998 album Naked Baby Photos.

* In 2010, Ben Folds and Nick Hornby named their collaborative album Lonely Avenue which included the song Doc Pomus.

'” The album featured lyrics written by British author Hornby which were put to music by American performer Folds.

Rockin ’ the Suburbs is an alternative rock 2001 album by singer / songwriter Ben Folds.

His first solo album after leaving his band Ben Folds Five ( while still a part of Ben Folds Five, he released an experimental album called Fear of Pop: Volume 1 ), Rockin ’ the Suburbs is also Folds ' most popular LP to date, and includes the well-known title track.

In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films Over the Hedge, and Hoodwinked !, Folds produced Amanda Palmer's first solo album and has been a judge on the NBC a cappella singing contest The Sing-Off since 2009.

* The film is mentioned in the song " From Above " by Ben Folds on his album Lonely Avenue.

* Music: Ben Folds releases his album entitled Rockin ' the Suburbs.

In October 2004, Shatner released a new album entitled Has Been, produced and arranged by Ben Folds and with songs composed by Shatner and Folds.

Ben Folds released Stems & Seeds, special version of his 2008 album, Way to Normal.

* " Jane ", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

Whatever and Ever Amen is the second album by Ben Folds Five, released in 1997.

The entire album was recorded in a two-bedroom house Ben Folds rented in Chapel Hill.

While recording the album, Folds told the Sheffield Electronic Press in November 1996 that the album would likely either be titled Cigarette or The Little Girl With Teeth.

The " sequel " track, " Fred Jones Part Two ", is on Folds ' first solo album, Rockin ' the Suburbs.

The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner is the third studio album by Ben Folds Five, released April 27, 1999.

Ben Folds first experimented with the sound in the 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner.

The Blue Notes are known for their black and blue clothing and their more jazzy style of music, and they had the opportunity in 2009 to meet and record music with musician Ben Folds.

Benjamin Scott " Ben " Folds ( born September 12, 1966 ) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.

It contains, among other tracks, the four songs from Party Night ( remixed and / or re-recorded ) and what Folds would later record with his own band (" Emaline " and " Video ").

In the late 90's, gold record and platinum success came to several Chapel Hill bands Squirrel Nut Zippers, and the piano pop trio Ben Folds Five.

The show was judged by Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman, and Nicole Scherzinger and was won by an all-male group from Puerto Rico called Nota.

The first part of the tour, which featured Amos on piano, Rhodes, and Wurlitzer, was six months long and Amos went out again in the summer of 2003 for a tour with Ben Folds opening.

In addition to " I Feel Fine ", feedback was used on the introduction to songs including Jimi Hendrix's " Foxey Lady ", the Beatles's " It's All Too Much ", Hendrix's " Crosstown Traffic ", the Strokes's " New York City Cops ", Ben Folds Five's " Fair ", Midnight Juggernauts's " Road To Recovery ", Nirvana's " Radio Friendly Unit Shifter ", Jesus And Mary Chain's " Tumbledown " and " Catchfire ", Stone Roses's " Waterfall ", Porno for Pyros's " Tahitian Moon ", Tool's " Stinkfist ", and the Cure's " Prayer For Rain ".

According to Folds, " Not the Same " is based on a true story of a person he knew who, under the influence of LSD, climbed a tree at a party, stayed in the tree overnight, and when he came down the next morning was a born-again Christian.

From 1995-2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five.

It was later covered by Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, The Scene Aesthetic, Brack Cantrell, Streetlight Manifesto and Confide.

After retiring from performing, he ran Caroline Records, signing Ben Folds, Chemical Brothers, and Fat Boy Slim ; he was later a marketing executive for Elektra Records and Sire Records.

A phone ring can be heard at approximately 2: 56 in " Steven's Last Night in Town ;" Ben Folds has said the ring was a friend calling from Minnesota, but it came at such a perfect timing, the band decided to leave it in the song.

Speaking to The Shrubbery in 1999, Folds said that the clip " was a painfully documented real argument that kept bringing up bad feelings.

Hearing Sedaka had a song published by the age of 13 gave Folds the goal of also getting a song published by his 13th birthday, despite the fact that Sedaka did not actually publish his first song until he was 16.

A studio version of the track by Ben Folds Five was included with the Ben Folds album The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective, in 2011.

It was later recorded by Ben Folds Five for Ben Folds retrospective album The Best Imitation of Myself, in 2011.

Robert Sledge had Steven Dean Davis ( Stomp, Pandemonium ), Jon Royce ( Zakk's Coffeehouse ), and Brad Dilday as well as others as his band mates in The Beam Before playing with Ben Folds Five he was bassist for the bands Toxic Popsicle and Lexx Luthor ( with Godsmack's Sully Erna ).

Robert was a founding member of the piano-rock trio Ben Folds Five.

The album was produced and arranged by Ben Folds and most of the songs are co-written by Folds and Shatner, with Folds creating arrangements for Shatner's prose-poems, and feature guest appearances from Joe Jackson ( on a cover of Pulp's " Common People "), Folds and Aimee Mann ( backup vocals on " That's Me Trying "), Lemon Jelly ( on " Together "), Henry Rollins and Adrian Belew ( on " I Can't Get Behind That "), and Brad Paisley ( on " Real ", which he wrote specifically for Shatner ).

Originally, " Don't Change Your Plans " was preceded by a long instrumental passage ; Folds credits producer Caleb Southern for helping edit down the song to its final product, and told an interviewer that Southern, " just cut it away and then all of a sudden it was this pop song.