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.

That song, a cover of Tom Paxton's " The Last Thing on My Mind ", released in late 1967, reached the country top ten in January 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted top-ten singles for the pair.

Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974, and reached the lower regions of Billboard's Hot 100 ( it eventually also charted in the UK, reaching No. 7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success ).

" 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.

Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song " Space Oddity " reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart.

The band's album debut, Tin Machine ( 1989 ), was initially popular, though its politicised lyrics did not find universal approval: Bowie described one song as " a simplistic, naive, radical, laying-it-down about the emergence of neo-Nazis "; in the view of biographer Christopher Sandford, " It took nerve to denounce drugs, fascism and TV [...] in terms that reached the literary level of a comic book.

WCFL DJ Bob Dearborn unraveled the lyrics and first published his interpretation on 7 January 1972, eight days before the song reached # 1 nationally ( see " Further reading " under American Pie ).

His second solo album, Davy Jones ( 1971 ) was notable for the song " Rainy Jane ", which reached # 52 in the Billboard charts.

ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody / tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again, titled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

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

Later in 1965, King released the uptempo rock ' n ' roll song, " I Got You ( I Feel Good )", which reached # 11 on the R & B chart in late 1965 and again reached the Top 10 on the pop chart in early 1966 peaking at # 3.

A song off the album, " Saltwater ", reached number six in the UK and topped the Australian singles charts for four weeks.

The title track was a big hit and was used for Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's theme song for his campaign in 2011 and 2012. It reached platinum a year after its release.

That June, Green Day's " Longview " reached number one on Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart and became a top forty airplay hit, arguably the first ever American punk song to do so ; just one month later, The Offspring's " Come Out and Play " followed suit.

" I'm Just Here for the Music " reached # 87 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Abdul's 15th song to appear on the chart.

The song reached number one in the UK Official Download Chart.

During this period American Rock and Roll remained dominant ; however, in 1958 Britain produced its first " authentic " rock and roll song and star, when Cliff Richard reached number 2 in the charts with " Move It ".

" Crying " followed in July 1961 and reached number 2 ; it was coupled with an R & B up-tempo song titled " Candy Man " written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months.

Children's author Hugh Lofting referred to a seat in this passage from his novel The Story of Doctor Dolittle ; “ He came strolling down the gravel-walk, humming a sad song, till he reached a stone seat right under the tree where the parrot and the monkey were hiding .”

In Australia, Germany and France the song reached the Top 15 in each case.

Then, in 1977, the song again reached the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for 16 weeks and reached Number 19.

The song was the # 1 hit in the U. S. for the five weeks encompassing March 1966, the # 1 hit on the Hot 100's end of the year chart for 1966, and the No. 21 song of 1960s, despite the later unpopularity of the Vietnam War and the competing " California Dreaming ", sharply dividing the popular music market.

Progressive rock group Pink Floyd, when creating their rock opera The Wall, used disco-style components in their song, " Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 " ( 1979 )— which became the group's only # 1 hit single ( in both the US and UK ).

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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 ).

Diddley sensed the choice of song would end his career then and there, and instead sang his # 1 hit " Bo Diddley ".

The latter song also charted # 30 on Billboards Adult Contemporary chart.

Rigolettos musical range includes band-music such as the first scene or the song La donna è mobile, Italian melody such as the famous quartet " Bella figlia dell ' amore ", chamber music such as the duet between Rigoletto and Sparafucile and powerful and concise declamatos often based on key-notes like the C and C # notes in Rigoletto and Monterone's upper register.

Bob Newman recorded a hillbilly music version of this song on July 3, 1952 as the second single for his 45 record ( Catalog # 1131 ) mastered at King Records.

His # 1 R & B hit that year, " Cold Sweat ", sometimes cited as the first true funk song, was the first of his recordings to contain a drum break and the first that featured a harmony that was reduced to a single chord.

Several songs from the album received regular airplay on major North American rock stations, with Hatfield's song " My Sister " becoming the biggest hit of her career, with a # 1 placing on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the video becoming an MTV staple.

In 1996, fellow rapper Nas debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a cover version of the song.

The David Allan Coe-penned " Single Father ", became his second charting country song, although like the other singles it was minor hit at # 50.

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The single peaked at # 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1967, when Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash also made the song their own.

* The band Marillion had a # 29 hit in the UK in 1984 with a song entitled " Punch and Judy ", satirising marital strife.

The song was highly successful, reaching # 1 in numerous countries.

It quickly became their second # 1 U. S. hit, staying on the top for three weeks, but the song failed to reach the Top 10 in the UK.

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

The first zoo hippo in modern history was Obaysch who arrived at the London Zoo on May 25, 1850, where he attracted up to 10, 000 visitors a day and inspired a popular song, the Hippopotamus Polka.

The rewriting of the song was prompted by a letter from Gilbert, dated 25 January: " I can ’ t help thinking that the second act would be greatly improved if the recitation before Grossmith ’ s song were omitted and the song re-set to an air that would admit of his singing it desperately – almost in a passion, the torrent of which would take him off the stage at the end.

On 25 April 1792, the mayor of Strasbourg requested his guest Rouget de Lisle compose a song " that will rally our soldiers from all over to defend their homeland that is under threat ".

Murray offered a $ 25, 000 advance for the song, convinced it was a hit.

In the premiere show of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 10, 2010, Simon surprised Oprah and the audience with a song dedicated to Oprah and her show lasting 25 years ( an update of a song he did for her show's 10th anniversary ).

This song was based on the Pakistan Army crackdown on unarmed sleeping Bengali students at Dhaka University on March 25, 1971, which ignited the prolonged nine-month Bangladesh Liberation War.

Haley actually recorded this song on five occasions ( a Spanish language version for Orfeón of Mexico City and an English version for the US label Newtown Records ( both in 1964 ), two live versions for Buddah Records recorded in New York in 1969 ( neither of which were released for 25 years ), and once more in Nashville, Tennessee for the Swedish Sonet Records label in 1970 ).

W. C. Handy recorded one of the earliest cover versions of a ODJB song when he released a recording of " Livery Stable Blues " by Handy's Orchestra of Memphis on Columbia Records in 1917, as Columbia A2419 and Columbia 2912, recorded on September 25, 1917.

On April 25, 2008, Prince performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he debuted a new song, " Turn Me Loose ".

This second Jolson screen smash demonstrated the movie musical's ability to turn a song into a national hit: inside of nine months, the Jolson number " Sonny Boy " had racked up 2 million record and 1. 25 million sheet music sales.

Shankar recomposed the music for the popular song " Sare Jahan Se Achcha " at the age of 25.

Popular tracks from this period include " Big Log " ( a Top 20 hit in 1983 ), " In the Mood " ( 1983 ), " Little by Little " ( from 1985's Shaken ' n ' Stirred ), " Far Post " ( originally only on the B-side of " Burning Down One Side " but popularised by airplay on album-oriented rock stations ), " Tall Cool One " ( a No. 25 hit off 1988's Now and Zen ) and " I Believe " ( from 1993's Fate of Nations ), another song written for and dedicated to his late son, Karac.

Her song " Trick Pony " appeared at the beginning of the Grey's Anatomy episode " Perfect Little Accident " ( Season 6, Episode 16 / airdate: 25 February 2010 ).

On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK four days later.

On 25 October 2008, to mark the 30th anniversary of the song " Saturday Night Fever " topping the UK charts, Gibb performed with special guests including Ronan Keating, Stephen Gateley, Sam Sparro, Sharleen Spiteri, Gabriella Climi and Bryn Christopher at the London music festival BBC Electric Proms.

* Grammy-winning artist Bruce Hornsby used the song as an intro to his song Candy Mountain Run at the Biltmore show in Asheville, NC on July 25, 2009-and possibly in other venues on other dates.

Lil ' Bow Wow performed the track " Basketball " for the soundtrack of his film Like Mike ; that song peaked at # 1 on the R & B and # 25 on the rap chart.

* March 25 – The 17th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, is won by German-based Greek singer Vicky Leandros, representing Luxembourg with the song Après Toi.

According to some sources, with these releases Eldritch allegedly won, over Hussey and Adams, a race for a £ 25, 000 advance ( a sum opening the song Jihad on the Gift album ) offered by the publishers to the first member of The Sisters of Mercy to release any output.