With each song he gave verbal footnotes.

Charles ' recording is very commonly played at major sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, and WrestleMania 2 ; Charles gave a live performance of the song prior to Super Bowl XXXV, the last Super Bowl played before the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as during Game 2 of the 2001 World Series after the attacks.

The song has often been covered by other artists and gave Paul Young a hit single in 1991.

Both Eric and Brian tended to play technical solos at fast speeds and with overlapping riffs, which gave Deicide the definitive heavy sound and complex song structures.

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

According to Schulberg, “ She gave me the usual song and dance.

' 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 '.

From the beginning of their relationship, Mills arranged recording sessions on nearly every label including Brunswick, Victor, Columbia, OKeh, Perfect, Pathe, the ARC / Plaza group of labels ( Cameo, Romeo, Lincoln, Oriole, Domino, Jewel, Banner ), Hit of the Week, and Columbia's cheaper labels ( Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone, Clarion ) labels which gave Ellington popular recognition, as well giving Ellington's fans the opportunity of hearing multiple versions of the same song.

Doe Maar's newfound success continued with Is Dit Alles ( Is That All ; a song that questions the perfect marriage ) and gave rise to the Nederpop ( New Dutch Wave ) explosion ; ( relatively ) young bands singing in their own language at a time when serious music fans snubbed it, something that Ernst was concerned about.

With help from Radio 1 breakfast show host Simon Mayo, who gave the song regular airplay and also used the chorus within a jingle, it became a hit, some 12 years after the song's original appearance in Life Of Brian, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and landing Idle a set on Top of the Pops in October 1991.

In 2005, Gabriel gave a Green Party of England and Wales general election candidate special permission to record a cover of his song " Don't Give Up " for his campaign.

Her appearance opposite Robert De Niro in the 1977 musical drama film, New York, New York however, gave Minnelli her best known signature song.

A member of the audience hooted and cheered loudly, but Keillor, a staunch Democrat, gave the Republican Reagan a warm tribute in the form of a gospel song.

Another example is The Mexican Spitfires song " Until " which includes lines reflective of the idea of Katoomba as a sanctuary from city life: " In distance I found strength / Katoomba gave me peace of mind.

The song " Electricity " was a poem written by Bermann, who gave Van Vliet permission to adapt it to music.

Around this time, she gave her last concert, in Hawaii, backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops ; her last song was " God Bless America ".

He gave a special welcome introduction which segued into his song " Things Change " on Sirius!

This later gave rise to the Yale song, Neath the Elms.

" That Means a Lot " was written for the film, but The Beatles were not satisfied with their performance of the song and they gave it to P. J.

" The beginning of the song states: " Natalie Wood gave her heart to James Dean / High school rebel and a teenage queen / Standing together in an angry world / One boy fighting for one girl.

The song is based on Johann Sebastian Bach ’ s Praeambulum 1 C-Major ( BWV 924 ) from the Klavierbuechlein fuer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach though Sting gave little comment on this adaptation.

It won't be a `` tea '', however, but more of an international folk song festival, with singers from Chicago's foreign groups to sing Christmas songs from around the world.

Two musical arrangers named Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey heralded another religious revival in the cities of the U. S. and Europe, giving the song international exposure.

In 1997, the British band Cornershop paid tribute to Asha Bhosle with their song Brimful of Asha, which became an international hit.

In 2008, international star Snoop Dogg appeared in a song in the film Singh Is Kinng.

' Impi ' is also the title of a very famous South Africa song by Johnny Clegg and the band Juluka which has become something of an unofficial national anthem, especially at major international sports events and especially when the opponent is England.

One song in particular, The Exploited's " Punks Not Dead ", spoke to an international constituency.

He also wrote " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), which contributed to the development of techno, and the international hit " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), a synthpop song for which he sang the vocals through a vocoder and which would later be covered by a number of international artists, including Michael Jackson and Eric Clapton.

Hoffmann and Brian Alan produced an English cover of Wei Wei's song “ Dedication of Love “, part of an international music project raising funds to help the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake .< ref >

The album was a quick breakthrough and because of this Twain performed selected international venues and television shows including two CMA Fan Fair performances with Nashville guitarists Randy Thomas ( co-writer of the song " Butterfly Kisses "), Dan Schafer, Chris Rodriguez, Russ Taff, Hugh McDonald bass player of Bon Jovi, Dave Malachowski and Stanley T., formerly with The Beach Boys.

The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

The now famous cover inspired pop star George Michael to cast the same five models in the music video for his international hit song, " Freedom!

With this song María achieved international fame.

The song was selected from an international competition with over 2, 200 entries from 35 countries.

Keyboard duties were taken over by highly-rated singer-keyboardist Paul Carrack, a former member of British soul-pop band Ace, who scored a major international hit with the song " How Long.

During this period the band gained their first international recognition when rising British pop star Donovan, who saw them during his stint on the US West Coast in early 1966, mentioned the Airplane in his song " The Fat Angel ," which subsequently appeared on his Sunshine Superman LP.

However after appearing in this film it became an international hit, becoming the first Brazilian song to be played over a million times on American radio.

The song is sung from an optimistic viewpoint during the IGY, and features references to then-futuristic concepts, such as solar power ( first used in 1958 ), Spandex ( invented in 1959 ), space travel for entertainment, and undersea international high speed rail.

In early 1985, the song " Go For Soda " from the Akimbo Alogo album became an international hit and remains his best known song outside of his native Canada.

The video for the 1985 Dire Straits song " Money for Nothing " made pioneering use of computer animation, and helped make the song an international hit.

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.

Produced by Milt Gabler, the recording was initially only moderately successful, but when it was used as the theme song for the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle, it became the first international rock and roll hit, and the first such recording to go to No. 1 on the American musical charts.