70's
you can dance, You can dry it. Have the time of your life. Oh look at that girl. Watch this scene. Kicking the dancing queen
You can dance
You can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Digging the dancing queen
ABBA, 1976
I want to break out, I want to break out
I want to be free from your lies
You're so arrogant that
I don't need you i have to break free
God knows, God knows I'll break free
I want to break free, I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self-satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free
Queen - I Want to Break Free,1984
Mine alone is killing me (and me) I gotta admit I still believe (I still believe) When I'm not with you, I lose my mind Give me a sign Hit me honey one more time
My loneliness is killing me (and I)
I must confess I still believe (still believe)
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time,1998
I say you gotta undo my buttons baby (Uh-huh)
But you still resist (ugh)
Tell me what you wanna do to me (uh huh)
But I saw nothing (ugh)
I'm telling you loosen up my buttons baby (Uh huh)
But you keep fronting (Uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (Uh)
The Pussycat Dolls – Buttons,2006
I had love once and it was gas
It soon became clear that he had a heart of glass
It felt real, just found
A lot of mistrust, love is gone
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Heart of Glass, Blondie 1978
I'm standing on your mother's porch
You told me you'd wait forever
And when you were holding my hand
I knew it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69, 1984
I'm losing my favorite game
You're going crazy again
I'm losing my child, I'm losing my favorite game
I'm losing my favorite game
You're losing your mind again
I'm losing my baby, losing my favorite game
The Cardigans- My Favourite Game,1998
I am not happy, I feel happy
The sun is in my bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless but not for long
The future is coming on
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood, 2001
How they dance in the yard
Sweet summer sweat
A few dances to remember
A little dance to be forgotten
So I called the captain
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, “We didn't have that spirit here
From 1969
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here
Since 1969"
Eagles, Hotel California 1976
NAME NAME is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims to be me
But the baby is not my son
He says it is me but the child is not my son
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
Michael Jackson, Billie Jean 1982
I like big butts and I can't lie You other brothers cannot deny you When a girl with a biting vest enters And that round thing on your face you will run away
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung, want to pull up tough
Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back,1992
I've been waiting all my life that you bring me an adventure I was living a fantasy without meaning It's not normal, I don't feel safe I don't feel safe, wow
All my life I've been waiting
For you to bring a fairy tale my way
Been living in a fantasy without meaning
It's not okay, I don't feel safe
I don't feel safe, ohhh
Anastacia - Left Outside Alone, 2004
Did they encourage you to take action?
What are your spiritual heroes?
Hot ash for trees?
Hot weather for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for a change?
You've changed Some walks during the war
About starring in a cage?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war
For a leading role in a cage?
Pink Floyd, Wish you were here 1975
When you say my name, it's like a little prayer.
I'm on my knees, I'll take you there
At midnight I feel your power
Like a prayer you know I'll take you there
When you call my name it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Like a Prayer,Madonna 1989
What should I do? sit and wait for you
Well, I can't.And there is no turning back
I need time to move on. I need love to feel strong
Because I had time to think about everything
Or maybe I'm too good for you, oh
What am I supposed to do?
Sit around and wait for you?
Well, I can't do that
And there's no turning back
I need time to move on
I need a love to feel strong
'Cause I've had time to think it through
And maybe I'm too good for you, oh
Cher, Believe 1998
I ask myself and I think how
I keep closing my eyes but can't block you
Do you want to fly away to a place where only you and me are?
Nothing else to let us be free
Nothing else to let us be free
I keep asking myself, wondering how
I keep closing my eyes but I can't block you out
Want to fly to a place where it's just you and me
Nobody else so we can be free
Nobody else so we can be free
Well, she is everything you could ever want He's the type of person they want to show off and take to dinner. Well, she always knows her place. He has style, he has grace, he is a winner.
Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
She's a Lady, Tom Jones 1971.
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago,
west North and south to Key Largo,
love is for sale Efficient operator
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale
Smooth operator
Sade - Smooth Operator, 1984
It's okay, I'm broken
I don't have faith, that's how I feel
I'm cold and ashamed Lying naked on the floor
The illusion never changed
For something real
I'm awake and I see a perfect sky torn apart.
Nothing's fine, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
Natalie Imbruglia-Torn,1997
Why go and complicate things?
I see you act like you're someone else
This annoys me
Life is like that, you
And you fall, and crawl, and explode
And you take what you get and do it
Be honest and promise I will never find you cheating
no no no
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall, and you crawl, and you break
And you take what you get, and you turn it into
Honesty and promise me I'm never gonna find you faking
No, no, no
Avril Lavigne - Complicated, 2002
Road's end getting nearer
We cover distance, but not together
I am the storm and I am the wonder
And the flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions
Röyksopp - What Else Is There?,2005