Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.

In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the " unofficial anthem " Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia.

When the boys awakened from death, they rose up and joined in a song of praise to God for the miracle vouchsafed to them ; later, they went to Israel, where they married and reared children.

* In their 1997 album Pop, U2 cites Father Christmas in the song " If God Will Send His Angels ".

The song was made famous by Paul Robeson whose voice, deep and resonant as it was, was said by some to have attained the status of the voice of God.

" (" A hymn is the praise of God with song ; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.

The book of Habbakuk consists of five oracles about the Chaldeans ( Babylonians ) and a song of praise to God.

* The poem may have inspired the 2012 song of the same name by groove metal band Lamb of God.

Halker also draws heavily on the Knights songs and poems in his book on labor song and poetry, For Democracy, Workers and God: Labor Song-Poems and Labor Protest, 1865-1895 ( University of Illinois Press, 1991 ).

The biblical book Song of Solomon is considered a romantically phrased metaphor of love between God and his people, but in its plain reading, reads like a love song.

He sings " Treat Your Mother Right ( Treat Her Right )," in which he enumerates the reasons why it is important to treat your mother right, and also raps a song about growing up in the ghetto and praising God.

*" Mother Superior ", a song on the album For God and Country by the punk rock band Good Riddance

An 18th-century example of topical song intended as a feminist protest song is " Rights of Woman " ( 1795 ), sung to the tune of " God Save the King ", written anonymously by " A Lady ", and published in the Philadelphia Minerva, October 17, 1795.

Early British punks expressed nihilistic views with the slogan No Future, which came from the Sex Pistols song " God Save the Queen ".

* Shir ha-Shirim ( Song of Songs ), an esoteric book, that while seeming to be a love song, truly refers to the relationship between Jews and God.

Tricky opened his second album Nearly God by a version of " Tattoo ", a pre-trip-hop song of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Meanwhile, Harrison became a record producer of some note – his résumé includes the Violent Femmes ' The Blind Leading the Naked, the Fine Young Cannibals ' The Raw and the Cooked, General Public's Rub It Better, Crash Test Dummies ' God Shuffled His Feet, Live's Throwing Copper, No Doubt's song " New " from Return of Saturn, and most recently work by The Black and White Years and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

The band remained stable enough to record If I Should Fall from Grace with God in 1988 ( with its Christmas hit duet with Kirsty MacColl " Fairytale of New York ", which was voted " the best Christmas song ever " in VH1 UK polls in 2004 ) and 1989's Peace and Love.

Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn Nkosi Sikelel ' iAfrika ( God Bless Africa ) and the former anthem Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ( The Call of South Africa ).

South African singer / songwriter Gert Vlok Nel compares Tintin to God in his Afrikaans song " Waarom ek roep na jou vanaand ", presumably because Tintin is a morally pure character.

Interest in the song saw the US album re-pressed with " Dear God " included and the new version of the LP sold 250, 000 copies in the USA, reviving the band's commercial fortunes and earning critical accolades.

* " Threshold ", a song by Slayer on the album God Hates Us All

* April 3 – The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 is won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the United Kingdom, with their song Save Your Kisses for Me.

In 1990, the band ( now without Lindsey Buckingham ) recorded Behind the Mask, but the album only reached ' Gold ' status in the U. S. The album did however, enter the UK album chart at # 1, but there were no UK hits from the album and only Christine's song " Save Me " made the US Top 40.

For example, their song " Anglia " is based on the national anthem of the United Kingdom, God Save the Queen.

Voters chose between " God Save The Queen ", " Jerusalem " and " Land of Hope and Glory " with the winning song, " Jerusalem ", being adopted as the official anthem for Team England.

and he played guitar on the song " Rushing Wind " on Steve Clark's album Save The Day.

1984's Celebrate This Heartbeat teamed Stonehill with longtime friend Phil Keaggy for the song Who Will Save The Children?

PiL's last studio album of this period, 1992's That What Is Not, included a sample from the Sex Pistols ' song " God Save the Queen " in the song " Acid Drops " ( the younger Lydon's voice is heard chanting the words, " No future, no future ..." in the outro ).

* Louis is also mentioned in the song " Save me Joe Louis " by Curtis Eller's American Circus from the album Wirewalkers and Assassins.

* April 3 – British pop group Brotherhood of Man win the 21st Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, Netherlands, with the song " Save Your Kisses For Me ".

He also wrote a version of God Save the King, which was to become the British national anthem, and the song A-Hunting We Will Go.

The song " Save Yourself " was featured in 1997's Masterminds, in the 1998 teen-slasher movie Urban Legend, in the 1998 animated movie Tekken and in the twelfth episode of the 5 < sup > th </ sup > season of True Blood.

On June 23, 2008, during a Duo concert in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Scannell debuted a new song called " Save Me From Myself " off the upcoming album.

Among them was a song Sheriden had largely written called " Save Your Kisses for Me ".

At 5 am on January 2, 2007, after playing Kool and the Gang's song " Fresh ", WNEW flipped from Classic Dance hits to an adult contemporary format with a verge towards hot adult contemporary known as Fresh 102. 7, with " How To Save A Life " by The Fray being the first song played.

She co-wrote the song, " Don't Save It All For Christmas Day " along with Ric Wake and Peter Zizzo.

* " Hundred ", a song in the album How to Save a Life by The Fray

The song was later released on the 2007 John Lennon tribute album, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.

* Nominated, Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Aimee Mann, for the song " Save Me "

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

The album also included the controversial song and video " By the Time I Get to Arizona ," which chronicled the black community's frustration that some US states did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr .' s birthday as a national holiday.

During this year, Haley — without the Comets — recorded a pair of demos in Phoenix, Arizona: a country-western song called " Jealous Heart " for which he was backed by a local mariachi band ( and similar in style to the earlier " Jimmy Martinez ", and late-60s-style rocker called " Rock on Baby " backed by a group called Superfine Dandelion.

Browne had written the majority of the song, up until the line " I'm standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see ", where he was then stalled.

The town is mentioned in Judy Collins ' song Song For Martin: ' In Rough Rock, Arizona, he lived for many years alone.

* " Benson, Arizona " is the name of the theme song to the movie Dark Star.

Winslow achieved national fame in 1972 in the Eagles ' song “ Take it Easy ” which has the line “ standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.

Tonopah's current fame may rest on the reference to it in the chorus of the song " Willin '" by Lowell George of Little Feat on the albums Little Feat, Sailin ' Shoes and Waiting for Columbus, but it is also possible that the song is actually referring to Tonopah, Arizona:

Marty Robins ' song Big Iron is set in the town of Agua Fria, Arizona where a notorious outlaw faces off against the local ranger, with fatal consequences to the criminal.

Songs on the album, such as " Mrs. Rita ," a song about a local psychic from the Gin Blossoms ' hometown of Tempe, Arizona, were also written with references to the area, people, and events surrounding the band at the time.

The song was written and recorded before the Arizona illegal immigration bill, SB 1070, was introduced to the nation.

In Arizona he entered, and won, a local song contest.

In the late 1970s, he and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages ( most notable song: " I Do Believe in You ") in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Arizona Rangers were featured in the song, " Big Iron ", in Western singer Marty Robbins ' album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.

In the video for Toby Keith's song, " Beer For My Horses ", Willie Nelson portrays a retired Arizona Ranger.

* Campbell University – Campbell University Fight Song ( tune of Arizona State's fight song, " Maroon and Gold.

" The author of the song, Bobby Troup, needed a word that rhymed with " Arizona ".

It is also mentioned in the song " Arizona Yodeler ": " Way out in Arizona, in a town they call Winona ..."

A visiting radio executive from KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona heard the song and took the record back to Phoenix, where, through word of mouth, it became a national hit.

The theme song played during the opening and closing credits is " Benson, Arizona ".

They also went on to form a close relationship with the Major League Baseball team the Arizona Diamondbacks, writing / performing the teams official / unofficial theme song.