Common meter hymns were interchangeable with a variety of tunes ; more than twenty musical settings of " Amazing Grace " circulated with varying popularity until 1835 when William Walker assigned Newton's words to a traditional song named " New Britain ", which was itself an amalgamation of two melodies (" Gallaher " and " St. Mary ") first published in the Columbian Harmony by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw ( Cincinnati, 1829 ).

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.

The band has announced in a July 23, 2007, MySpace bulletin that a full length music video for the song was forthcoming, and the song itself is available on iTunes and eMusic.

", probably in reference to Wales itself, rather than the song.

While house displayed several characteristics similar to disco music, it was more electronic and minimalistic, and the structured music's focus around a repetitive rhythm was more important than the song itself.

This work consists of eight variations, all based on musical themes drawn from the song or its lute accompaniment, finally resolving into a guitar setting of the song itself.

) Although the fictitious faculty first appeared in the Bruces sketch in the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, the song itself was not included, making its debut on the album Matching Tie and Handkerchief as a coda for the sketch.

The English group Madness are among the artists that have cited Roxy Music as an influence and have paid tribute to Bryan Ferry in the song " 4BF " ( the title is a reference to the song " 2HB ", itself a tribute to Humphrey Bogart from the first Roxy Music album ).

Initially created for Sierra On-Line by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy ( who called themselves the " Two Guys from Andromeda "), the games parodied both science fiction properties such as Star Wars and Star Trek ( the theme song itself is a parody of the Star Wars theme ), as well as pop-culture phenomena from McDonald's to Microsoft.

The song title itself was used as the title for the Japanese video game No More Heroes created by noted Punk music fan Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51.

The film itself has been widely sampled: Punk band Big Audio Dynamite used an audio clip from the movie in its song " Medicine Show "; the audio was taken from the scene in which a judge, after reading a long list of criminal charges, sentences Tuco to be " hanged from the neck until dead.

The song itself is an interpretation of " 25 Lighters " by Texan hip-hop DJ DMD and rappers Lil ' Keke and Fat Pat.

The song itself was first performed on 6 April 1895 by Sir Herbert Ramsay at the North Gregory Hotel in Winton, Queensland.

The band stated that they wrote the song not because the game's developers asked them but because they liked several aspects of the game itself.

The line-up presented itself throughout the year with new versions of old favourites and the song " Sanctuary ".

Although McLean dedicated the American Pie album to Buddy Holly, none of the musicians in the plane crash are identified by name in the song itself.

Williams ' song was very similar to Charley Patton's " Going to Move to Alabama ", recorded in 1929 – which itself was at least partly derived from Jim Jackson's " Kansas City Blues " from 1927.

As Bennet writes, “ the fact of language itself can also play a crucial role in informing the way in which song lyrics are heard and the forms of significance which are read into them ”.

Though the arrangement of the theme music stayed the same throughout the entire series run ( although there are subtle differences between the themes in various seasons-especially the closing themes-and Whatever Turns You On used a completely different theme song ), the opening animation itself changed in different ways.

One of the most famous Bolden numbers is a song called " Funky Butt " ( known later as " Buddy Bolden's Blues "), which represents one of the earliest references to the concept of " funk " in popular music, now a musical subgenre unto itself.

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.

The CD itself is made to look like a mini LP and is pressed on black plastic with grooves on the top to imitate a LP, this version has the original cover which was lost, and the song " These Boots " was removed.

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.

The song achieved number 1 status in Holland first, followed by the UK and then Australia.

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.

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.