BAO recently achieved a new record in Sweden on the Svensktoppen chart by staying there for 243 weeks with the song Du är min man (" You Are My Man "), sung by Helen Sjöholm.

In 1993, his sardonic song about the stereotypical American male, " Asshole ", achieved much notoriety.

Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in 1988 with the album Watermark, which featured the hit song " Orinoco Flow " ( sometimes incorrectly known as " Sail Away ").

' But later, when I was touring, we got the video out and I really got to appreciate what David gave to the song, and what the song gave to the movie — how it achieved this otherworldly quality that added a whole new dimension to ' In Dreams '.

With this song María achieved international fame.

Although it achieved popularity when the song " Charleston ", sung by Elisabeth Welch, was added in the production Runnin ' Wild, the dance itself was first introduced in Irving C. Miller's Liza in the spring of 1923.

INXS and Men at Work also achieved fame worldwide, and the song " Down Under " became an unofficial anthem for Australia.

The song " Good Vibrations " set a new standard for musicians and for what could be achieved in the recording studio.

In 1967 the Parliaments released "( I Wanna ) Testify " on Revilot and finally achieved a hit single, with the song reaching # 3 R & B and # 20 Pop on the Billboard charts.

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

* Dramarama, the alternative rock band, formed in 1983 in Wayne and achieved success with the song, Anything, Anything ( I ’ ll Give You ).

The song fades back in after a few seconds in to the " nightmarish " ending, with Mellotron playing dissonant notes ( achieved by recording the Mellotron " Swinging Flutes " setting backwards ), scattered drumming, and Lennon saying, " cranberry sauce ", after which the song fades back out.

O ' Connor achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song " Nothing Compares 2 U ".

All three achieved moderate chart success, and her next 1986 album, Le visage de l ' amour, would become her last album of completely new recordings ( except the final song being " Mourir sur scène ").

This song achieved a massive amount of US top 40 airplay when released as a single in late 2000 and also featured on the soundtrack for the movie Brokedown Palace.

Also of note, the group recorded a medley that combined " Hush " by Deep Purple and " I'm Alive " by Tommy James and the Shondells ( not The Hollies ' song of the same name ), and which achieved its greatest success in Scandinavia.

The song achieved great popularity.

Later, they tracked the airplay that songs achieved, for which some cover versions are the more successful recording ( s ) of the particular song ( s ).

James's continuing relevance was affirmed in 2011 when the Swedish DJ Avicii achieved substantial chart success with the song " Levels ", which samples her 1962 song, " Something's Got a Hold On Me ".

In a period of cultural experimentation in the newly democratic Spain, Mecano achieved its initial popularity with their debut single, « Hoy no me puedo levantar » (« I Can't Get Up Today »), a song about youth boredom and hangovers.

The Euro-dance-band Loona covered the song " Hijo de la luna " in 1998 and achieved a major hit with it.

Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are: Stand Up and Cheer, the Acadia University fight song.

Notes: The song " Love Is in the Air " was originally intended as the opening number.

PolyGram ( London Records ' parent company at that time ) had pressed a number of promo singles and 12 " versions of the song, sending them out to both radio and record stores in the UK.

The 1985 team is also remembered for recording the song " The Super Bowl Shuffle ", which reached number forty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

The song peaked at number seven in New Zealand and reached the top 20 in Australia.

MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

" For the next two years, she had a number of solo hits – including her signature song " Coat of Many Colors " ( number four in 1971 ) – in addition to her duets.

In 1974, her song, " I Will Always Love You ", written about her professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on the country music charts.

" 9 to 5 ", the theme song to the feature film 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts, but also, in February 1981, reached number one on the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple-number-one hit.

It was poorly received by critics, but Bowie's theme song rose to number two in the UK charts.

Making prominent use of electronic instruments, the album, which reunited Bowie with Let's Dance producer Nile Rodgers, confirmed Bowie's return to popularity, hitting the number one spot on the UK charts and spawning three top 40 hits, including the top 10 song " Jump They Say ".

Boney M had a number one hit in the UK with a similar song in 1978 under the title Rivers of Babylon, which was not based on this one, although using the same text from Psalm 137.

* Satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer's 1953 song " Lobachevsky " was based on a number that Kaye had done, about the Russian director Constantin Stanislavski, again with the affected Russian accent.

Around this time, composers of classical music developed a strong interest in traditional song collecting, and a number of outstanding composers carried out their own field work on traditional song.

It only reached number 12 on the country chart, his first song in three years to fail to make the top ten.

Nevertheless, the song often received standing ovations when performed in concert, went to number 22 in the Christian charts through a marketing deal with Rick Hendrix Company, and earned Brooks a 1993 GLAAD Media Award.

The album's lead single, " She's Every Woman " peaked at number-one on the Billboard Country Chart, however its follow-up single, " The Fever " ( a cover of an Aerosmith song ) only peaked at number 23, becoming Brooks's first released Country single to not chart on the Top 10.

The song peaked at number 2 on the Country Charts.

As a disco number, the song was unique for its time by virtue of Gaynor's having no background singers.

Gaynor also recorded a disco song called " Love Is Just a Heartbeat Away " in 1979 for the vampire movie Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula which featured a number of disco songs.