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Cruel Summer (Bananarama Song)
"Cruel Summer" is a song by English girl group Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and Jolley & Swain, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their Bananarama (album), self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's ''Top of the Pops'' that summer (July 1983), and after its inclusion in the 1984 film ''The Karate Kid'', it reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Bananarama singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side (of summer songs): it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by. We've all been there!" It was ranked number 44 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s. ''Billboard'' named the song number 13 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time". History "C ...
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Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologically, where the term covers several slightly different but related regions. Derivation and definitions Charles de Brosses coined the term (as French ''Australasie'') in ''Histoire des navigations aux terres australes'' (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific ( Magellanica). In the late 19th century, the term Australasia was used in reference to the "Australasian colonies". In this sense it related specifically to the British colonies south of Asia: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria (i.e., the Australian colon ...
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Help! (song)
"Help!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for Help! (film), the 1965 film and the band's Help!, accompanying soundtrack album. It was released as a single in July 1965, and was number one for three weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, "Help!" was written by John Lennon with some assistance from Paul McCartney. During an interview with ''Playboy'' in 1980, Lennon recounted: "The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I was subconsciously crying out for help". The song was ranked at number 29 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, ''Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 and 2010, and then was re-ranked at number 447 in the 2021 list. In 2008, the 1965 Capitol Records recording of "Help!" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Composition The documentary series ''The Beatles Anthology'' revealed that Lennon wrote the lyrics of the song to express his ...
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Latin American Music
The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking regions of the Americas south of the United States. Latin American music highly incorporates its Africa, African influences into the music of Latin America, as well as Indigenous peoples of the Americas#Music and art, indigenous music of Latin America. Due to its highly Syncretism, syncretic nature, Latin American music encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres such as cumbia, Bachata (music), bachata, bossa nova, Merengue music, merengue, Cuban rumba, rumba, Salsa music, salsa, samba, son (music), son, candombe and Tango music, tango. During the 20th century, many styles were influenced by the music of the United States giving rise to genres such as Latin pop, Latin rock, rock, Latin jazz, jazz, Latin hip hop, hip hop, and reggaeton. Geographically, it usually refers to the Spanish and Portuguese-spe ...
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The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection or Platinum Collection may refer to: Albums * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Alicia Keys album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Blancmange album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Blondie album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Blue album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Chaka Khan album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Cliff Richard album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (D:Ream album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Dannii Minogue album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (David Bowie album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Deep Purple album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Dollar album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (The Doors album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (En Vogue album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Enigma album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Everything but the Girl album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Faith No More album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Frank Sinatra album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Gary Moore album) * ''The Platinum Collection'' (Glen Campb ...
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New Jack Swing
New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B. Spearheaded by producers Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Dallas Austin, new jack swing was most popular from the late 1980s to early 1990s. New jack swing can be defined as "pop music usually performed by black musicians that combines elements of jazz, funk, rap, and rhythm and blues." New jack swing producers created synthesized tunes and sampled beats, using digital synthesizers (such as the Yamaha DX7 and Roland D50), drum machines (such as the Roland TR-808) and samplers (such as the SP-1200 and Akai samplers), to lay an "insistent beat under light melody lines and clearly enunciated vocals." The TR-808 in particular was sampled to create distinctive, syncopated, swung rhythms, with its snare sound being especially prominent. History Kyle West remembered 1985 as th ...
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Blue Crush
''Blue Crush'' is a 2002 American sports film directed by John Stockwell, written by Stockwell and Lizzy Weiss, and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 '' Outside'' magazine article "Life's Swell". It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. The film follows three friends, working at the hotel resort and surfing in Oahu, Hawaii. Plot Anne Marie, her fourteen-year-old sister Penny, and good friends Eden and Lena, live in a small house on the North Shore. They all have been helping to raise Penny since her and Anne Marie's mother moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend. While Penny is at school, Anne Marie, Eden and Lena work as maids in a luxury resort hotel, and surf in their spare time. As a child, Anne Marie had been a rising star in women's surfing until a near-fatal wipeout left her with a paralyzing fear of powerful waves. Although she rises every morning before dawn to train for her surfing comeback, this fear continues to hamper her progress. He ...
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Ace Of Base
Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg. They achieved worldwide success following the release of their debut album, '' Happy Nation'', in 1992. Later re-issued as '' The Sign'', it was certified nine times platinum in the United States and was the best-selling album of 1994. One of the most successful debut albums of all time, it was the first to produce three No. 1 singles on the '' Billboard'' Mainstream Top 40 chart: " All That She Wants", " The Sign" and "Don't Turn Around". The group continued to score hit singles throughout the 1990s, with songs such as " Beautiful Life", " Lucky Love", " Cruel Summer", and " Life Is a Flower". They have sold 30 million copies of their first four studio albums, making them the third most successful Swedish group of all time, behind ABBA and Roxette. Despite being largely inactive since 2012, the group has never officially disbanded. In ...
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Cover Version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song released around the same time as the original in order to compete with it. Now, it refers to any subsequent version performed after the original. History The term "cover" goes back decades when cover version originally described a rival version of a tune recorded to compete with the recently released (original) version. Examples of records covered include Paul Williams' 1949 hit tune " The Hucklebuck" and Hank Williams' 1952 song " Jambalaya". Both crossed over to the popular hit parade and had numerous hit versions. Before the mid-20th century, the notion of an original version of a popular tune would have seemed slightly odd – the production of musical entertainment was seen as a live event, even if it was reproduced at home via a ...
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The Karate Kid (1984 Film)
''The Karate Kid'' is a 1984 American martial arts drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first film in ''The Karate Kid'' franchise. The film stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka. The story follows Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), an Italian-American teenager from New Jersey who moves with his widowed mother to the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles. There, LaRusso encounters harassment from bullies, one of whom is Johnny Lawrence (Zabka), the ex-boyfriend of LaRusso's love interest, Ali Mills (Shue). LaRusso is taught karate by a handyman and war veteran named Mr. Miyagi (Morita) to help LaRusso defend himself and compete in a karate tournament against his bullies. Kamen was approached by Columbia Pictures to compose a film similar to Avildsen's previous success ''Rocky'' (1976), after Columbia signed the director. Kamen drew inspiration from the real-life events of an eight-year-old Tum Pai student's ...
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Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ...
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The Karate Kid
''The Karate Kid'' is a 1984 American martial arts drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first film in ''The Karate Kid'' franchise. The film stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka. The story follows Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), an Italian-American teenager from New Jersey who moves with his widowed mother to the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles. There, LaRusso encounters harassment from bullies, one of whom is Johnny Lawrence (Zabka), the ex-boyfriend of LaRusso's love interest, Ali Mills (Shue). LaRusso is taught karate by a handyman and war veteran named Mr. Miyagi (Morita) to help LaRusso defend himself and compete in a karate tournament against his bullies. Kamen was approached by Columbia Pictures to compose a film similar to Avildsen's previous success ''Rocky'' (1976), after Columbia signed the director. Kamen drew inspiration from the real-life events of an eight-year-old Tum Pai student' ...
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Top Of The Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British record chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most of its history, it was broadcast on Thursday evenings on BBC One. Each show consisted of performances of some of the week's best-selling popular music records, usually excluding any tracks moving down the chart, including a rundown of that week's singles chart. This was originally the Top 20, though this varied throughout the show's history. The Top 30 was used from 1969 and the Top 40 from 1984. Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You" was the first song featured on ''TOTP'', while the Rolling Stones were the first band to perform with "I Wanna Be Your Man". Snow Patrol were the last act to play live on the weekly show when they performed their single "Chasing Cars". Status Quo (band), Status Quo made more appearances than any other artist, w ...
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