Five of the album's tracks were Neil's solo compositions and two were by Hester, the exuberant " Italian Plastic ", which became a crowd favourite at concerts and the hidden track " I'm Still Here ".

The album's opening track, " Immigrant Song ", was released in November 1970 as a single in the US against the band's wishes, reaching the top twenty on the Billboard chart.

Prior to the album's release, the track " This Is It " was available for download on the iTunes Store, as well as for Rock Band.

The album's opening track, " Ol ' ' 55 ", was recorded by the Eagles in 1974 for their On the Border album.

Waits beatboxes on the opening track, " Top of the Hill ", and most of the album's songs begin with Waits's " vocal percussion " improvisations.

Skylarking spawned the controversial track " Dear God ", which was originally issued as the B-side of the album's first single, " Grass ".

Although signs of the failing of Partridge's first marriage were evident as far back as English Settlement ( notably on the album's closing track, " Snowman "), it was some time before the still-married Partridge felt comfortable with Wexler's advances and his mixed feelings about the situation were chronicled in the song " Another Satellite ".

The creation of the album's title track was something of an accident ; the band was experimenting in the studio with a recently acquired Moog synthesizer, and the tape happened to be rolling at the time.

Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles " A Little More Love " ( No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC ), " Deeper than the Night " ( No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC ), and the title track ( No. 52 Pop ) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John.

The album's only charted single was the title track ( No. 20 Pop, No. 20 AC ).

In an unconventional move, the group shot a video for the album's title track as a promotional tool for the band as a whole and not any specific song from the record.

The title track " Diamonds and Pearls " became the album's third single, reaching No. 3 on the Hot 100 and the top spot on the R & B charts.

The album's five ' acid stamps ' and first track " Ah Feel like Ahcid " may underline this, while ' Smokin ' Stones ' is probably a ' pro comment ' on the contrasting rhythm and blues style of the Rolling Stones.

The form, texture and imagery of this album's first track Debra Kadabra, sung by Vliet, has ' angular similarities ' to the work he would later produce in his next three albums.

In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help ; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptempo pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures.

This LP reached # 7 on the national charts on the strength of songs like the ballad " In My Room ", later released as a single ; " Catch a Wave "; and " Little Deuce Coupe ", which was released as a double-sided single with the album's title track, both top-15 hits.

" The album's singles — the Bruce Johnston-produced original " Bluebirds Over the Mountains " ( Billboard # 64 ) and the Carl Wilson-produced cover of The Ronettes ' " I Can Hear Music "— won lukewarm attention, with the latter reaching # 24 on the Billboard single chart in April 1969 ; the lead track, the Wilson / Love-authored " Do It Again ", an unabashed throwback to the band's earlier surf hits, had been an international hit in the summer of 1968, reaching # 20 in the US charts and # 1 the UK while also scoring well in other countries.

Wilson played and sang on much of the 1971 Surf's Up album and wrote or co-wrote four of the album's ten songs, including the title track, which was a Carl Wilson-produced rerecording of the legendary 1966 SMiLE track.

Finally in 1980, the album's title track, which still remains one of their most popular songs to date reached No. 17.

The album's final track, " Ian's Groove ", marks the recording debut of Phil's son on drums.

According to Norman, the record company dropped several Christian songs, including " Butterfly ," " If God Is My Father ," " Kulderachna ", and " I Hope I'll See You In Heaven ", in favor of more lightweight love songs like " Fly, Fly, Fly ," the album's opening track ", and " Christmastime ', both previously released as singles.

The attention generated concerning the album's cover art precipitated some criticism of the group's lyrical content as well, particularly the Party Music track " 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO.

The album's release was delayed when the band ran into conflict with their label over the content of songs such as " We Can Be Together " and " Uncle Sam Blues " and the planned title of the album, Volunteers of Amerika.

The album's song John Walker's Blues, about the captured American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh created controversy.

The album's title track was regularly performed in concert between 1970 and 1972, including an appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music

The album's sound is a mixture of sample-based tunes ( loops of Raymond Scott's " Powerhouse " on " Bus to Beelzebub ", Toots & the Maytals, Howlin ' Wolf, The Andrews Sisters, and The Roches on " Down To This ," and a loop of sampler player Mark De Gli Antoni's orchestral horns on " Screenwriters Blues " among others ), guitar based tunes like " Janine ," " Moon Sammy ," and " Supra Genius.

Seventeen songs were recorded, and five of the album's chosen tracks were actually cut in single takes (" Baby Let Me Follow You Down ," " In My Time of Dyin '," " Gospel Plow ," " Highway 51 Blues ," and " Freight Train Blues ") while the master take of " Song for Woody " was recorded after one false start.

Around this time, the band released B-Sides & Rarities, a three-disc, 56-track collection of B-sides, rarities, and compilation tracks, and The Abattoir Blues Tour, a two-CD, two-DVD boxed set with performances from the album's promotional tour, which featured supplemental guest backing vocalists expanding the band.

The album's second single was a cover of Willie Dixon's Blues stomper " Wang Dang Doodle ".

The album's release was supported by the Abattoir Blues Tour, which travelled through Europe from 2 November to 5 December.

Blues purists criticized the album's psychedelic sound.

This changed after American copies of Out of the Blue that were deemed defective began appearing at discounted prices in record shops in the US and Canada shortly after Out of the Blues release, affecting the album's sales.

To promote The Simpsons Sing the Blues, the music video for the album's lead single, " Do the Bartman ", premiered shortly after this episode's first broadcast.

The album title comes from an Elvis Presley quote uttered on his Sun Records-era recording " Milkcow Blues Boogie "; the actual quote is both attributed on the back cover of the album, and sampled into the album's second song, " Get Gone ".

In a review upon the album's release, Rolling Stone writer Ed Leimacher called " Bell Bottom Blues " ( as well as " Have You Ever Loved a Woman ") filler.

The album's opening track, " Act Won ", contains an excerpt from the Spike Lee film, Mo ' Better Blues.

The album's first single, " Mean to Me ", reached the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart top 30 in June.

The album's three new songs, which were released as singles, were " Instinct ", " Not the Girl You Think You Are " and " Everything Is Good for You ", which featured backing vocals from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Though neither of the album's two singles, "( Why Don't More Women Sing ) Honky Tonk Songs " and " Salt in my Tears ", charted, videos for both songs received significant airplay on CMT.

" The album's sound, which the singer identified as " plastic soul ", constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees.

The album's first single, " More Than a Memory ", was released to radio on August 27, 2007.

In spite of the changes, the fifth album's first single, " Little L ", reached # 1 in many charts worldwide becoming their best dance hit.

The album's third single " All Summer Long ", became a global hit.

The album's singles, including " Somewhere I Belong ", " Breaking the Habit ", " Faint ", and " Numb ", received significant radio attention.

In January 2000, the album's second single, " All the Small Things ", hit the sixth spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

She previously dated actor Owen Wilson ; her album C ' mon C ' mon ( 2002 ) featured the song " Safe and Sound ", which was dedicated to him and which, according to the album's liner notes, was an autobiographical account of their relationship.

The Remain in Light album's lead single, " Once in a Lifetime ", became a Top 20 hit in the UK but initially failed to make an impression upon its release in the band's own country.

For the album's first single, " Experimental Film ", TMBG teamed up with Homestar Runner creators Matt and Mike Chapman to create an animated music video.

The group also released a new song after the album's release called " We About Chix ", the video can be seen on YouTube.