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Getaway (Texas Song)
Getaway is a song by Scottish band Texas, released on 1 August 2005 as the first single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ... from their seventh studio album, '' Red Book'' (2005). The song was successful, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and becoming the band's 12th top-10 single. "Getaway" also debuted at number six in Denmark, becoming the band's highest-charting single there, but it fell off the chart the next week. A free limited edition slip-case was made available by mail to house all three formats. Track listings UK CD1 and European CD single # "Getaway" – 3:53 # "Like an Angel" – 4:15 UK CD2 # "Getaway" # "Getaway" (acoustic) # "Say" European enhanced CD single # "Getaway" – 3:55 # "Getaway" (acoustic) – 3:51 # "Say" – 3:43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas (band)
Texas are a Scottish Rock music, rock band from Glasgow, founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone, Ally McErlaine, and Sharleen Spiteri. They made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee, and released their debut album ''Southside (Texas album), Southside'' in 1989, along with their debut single "I Don't Want a Lover". ''Southside'' entered at number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in the United States, and sold over two million copies worldwide. Despite the success of ''Southside'', the follow-up albums ''Mothers Heaven'' (1991) and ''Ricks Road'' (1993) were less successful, but achieved moderate success on various European markets. Their fourth album, ''White on Blonde'' (1997), depute atop the albums charts in their native Scotland and in the United Kingdom and became their biggest seller, being certified six times platinum in the United Kingdom. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Eyed Boy
"Black Eyed Boy" is the third single from Scottish rock band Texas's fourth studio album, ''White on Blonde'' (1997). The song was released on 28 July 1997 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. Elsewhere, the song reached the top 50 in Australia, Belgium, France, Ireland, Israel and Sweden. Critical reception A reviewer from ''Music Week'' rated the song four out of five, noting that "Texas immerse themselves in Motown on this thumpingly catchy Supremes-sounding groove, conjuring up a perfect summer gift for radio." A few weeks later, it was given five out of five and picked as Single of the Week. The magazine stated that "Sharleen plays Diana Ross on the stand-out track from ''White On Blonde'', its Motownalike euphoria pumped up even further in this single version. Will send the album shooting back up the chart." David Sinclair from ''The Times'' wrote in his review of ''White on Blonde'', that "Black Eyed Boy" is "little more than the Supremes-by-numbers." Music v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Written By Johnny McElhone
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a Song structure, structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without Musical instrument, instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Records Singles
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2005 Songs
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TopHit
TopHit.com is a worldwide-oriented music chart website that includes internet platform for music distribution and airplay monitoring with generation of charts. As of 2024, TopHit has over 9,000 artists, songwriters, DJs, record labels, and music publishers. TopHit's services are utilized by more than 2,500 radio stations and 90 television channels across 45 countries, primarily in the US, UK, EU, Ukraine, Russia and the CIS. The platform's content library includes over 200,000 radio hit songs and more than 10,000 music videos. Universal Music has described TopHit as the most authoritative site for airplay monitoring in Russia. TopHit has been referenced by music critics and music producers as a key source for tracking the popularity of artists in Russia and the CIS. Annually TopHit.com holds the live '' Top Hit Music Awards'' music ceremony that recognize the top radio and internet performers and their most popular hits, celebrating outstanding contributions to the music industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the List of most-listened-to radio programs, most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. The 'About Radio 2' BBC webpage says: "With a repertoire covering more than 60 years, Radio 2 plays the widest selection of music on the radio - from classic and mainstream pop to country, folk, jazz, musical theatre, soul, hip hop, rock 'n' roll, gospel and blues." Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM band, FM between and from studios at Broadcasting House and Maida Vale Studios in central London. Programmes are broadcast on FM radio, Digital radio in the United Kingdom, digital radio via Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, digital television in the United Kingdom, digital television and BBC Sounds. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 13.6 million with a listeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Book (album)
''Red Book'' is the seventh album from Scottish rock band Texas. It was released on 7 November 2005 and is named after the little red book that singer Sharleen Spiteri used to write the album songs. The album yielded two UK Top Ten singles, " Getaway" and "Sleep" and the UK Top 20 single, " Can't Resist". Four of the album's tracks were co-written with Brian Higgins of Xenomania — "Can't Resist", "Cry", "Get Down Tonight" and "Bad Weather". It peaked within the top ten of the national albums charts in their native Scotland, as well as in France and Switzerland. ''Red Book'' was the group's last studio album before their hiatus which they embarked on after the Red Book tour. Lead singer Spiteri would go on to release her debut solo album, ''Melody'' in 2008. Background The bands previous album, '' Careful What You Wish For'' (2003), was considered somewhat of a disappointment commercially. Whilst it charted strongly across European albums charts, and achieved Gold certificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In Music industry, music, a single is a type of Art release#Music, release of a song Sound recording, recording of fewer tracks than an album (LP record, LP), typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for record sales, sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standalone tracks or connected to an artist's album, and in the latter case would often have at least one single release before the album itself, called lead singles. The single was defined in the mid-20th century with the ''45'' (named after its speed in revolutions per minute), a type of 7-inch sized vinyl records, vinyl record containing an A-side and B-side, A-side and a B-side, i.e. one song on each side. The single format was highly influential in pop music and the early days of rock and roll, and it was the format used for jukeboxes and preferred by younger populations in the 1950s and 1960s. Singles in Digital distribution, digital form became very popular in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Resist
Can't Resist is a single from Scottish band Texas and the second to be taken from their album '' Red Book''. The song was released on 31 October 2005 and reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart. A free limited edition slip-case was made available by mail to house all three formats. Track listing CD1 (9874779) #"Can't Resist" - 3:51 #"Say Hello" - 3:02 CD2 (9874784) #"Can't Resist" - 3:51 #"I Don't Want a Lover" (Live Acoustic) - 4:14 #"Say What You Want "Say What You Want" is a song by Scottish rock band Texas, written by band members Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri. It was the first single to be released from the group's fourth studio album, ''White on Blonde'' (1997), and released via ..." (Live Acoustic) - 3:46 #"Can't Resist" (Deadguysuk Mix) - 7:41 DVD Ltd Edition (9874790) #"Can't Resist" (Video) - 3:19 #"Call on You" (Audio) - 3:17 #"Introducing Red Book" (Interview) - 3:29 #"The Abbey Road Acoustic Session" (Video Snippets) - 1:59 Charts References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
