Sandra - Maria Magdalena (1985)
Sandra - Maria Magdalena (1985)
1985: DE#1, AT#1, CH#1, EuroHot100#1, GRE#1, NL#1, NOR#1, SWE#1, IT#3, FR#5, UK#91
1986: UK#87 1993: FIN#8
Sandra - Maria Magdalena(1985)HD by alexandru2006
Lyrics:
You take my love
You want my soul
I would be crazy to share your life
Why can't you see what I am
Sharpen the senses and turn the knife
Hurt me and you'll understand
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a creature of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(you're a victim of the fight)
(you need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
Why must I lie
Find alibis
When will you wake up and realize
I can't surrender to you
Play for affection andv Win the prize
I know those party games too
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a creature of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(you're a victim of the fight)
(you need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (2008)
Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (2008)
DE#1, AT#2, NOR#12, UK#14, EuroHot100#15, BE#16, IT#19, CH#20, FIN#20, IRL#23, AUS#24, DK#33, SWE#40
Lyrics:
We can remember swimming in December.
Heading for the city lights in 1975.
We share in each other.
Nearer than farther.
The scent of a lemon drips from your eyes.
We are the people that rule the world.
A force running in every boy and girl.
All rejoicing in the world.
Take me now - We can try.
We lived an adventure
Love in the Summer.
Followed the sun till night
Reminiscing other times of life.
For each every other
The feeling was stronger.
The shock hit eleven - Got lost in your eyes.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me. But I know I try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me. But I know I try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
Can you remember and humanize.
It was still where we'd energized.
Lie in the sand and visualize like it's 75 again.
We are the people that rule the world.
A force running in every boy and girl.
All rejoicing in the world.
Take me now - We can try.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me. But I know I try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me. But I know I try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
I know everything about you.
Know everything about me.
Know everything about us.
I know everything about you.
Know everything about me.
Know everything about us.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me. But I know I try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
I can't do well when I think you're gonna leave me. But I know I try.
Are you gonna leave me now.
Can't you be believing now.
*repeats and fades*
Rui da Silva & Cass Fox 'Touch Me' (2001 & 2006)
One of my favourite track vocals: a deep husky female singing voice... - Cass Fox was busking on London's tube, bumped into Rui da Silva, of Portuguese descent, who spotted her at Piccadilly Circus station. That's just like London life goes... - from zero to hero - or vice versa.
'Touch Me' was first released in 2001 to worldwide success; five years later Cass(andra) re-released it including a very skilled remix by Spencer & Hill, which made the official radio version.
Rui da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me (2001)
UK#1, IRL#1, BE#6, FIN#12, IT#17, NL#20, AUS#29, DE#56, SWE#58, FR#74, CH#85
Cass Fox - Touch Me - Spencer & Hill Remix (2006)
Lyrics:
You'll always be my baby
I'm always thinkin of you baby
yeaahh
Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i'm takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i'll feel it with you
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
Move a little closer
make sure i'm lookin up
heal me with your loving
i need you so much, i need you so much , i need your so muchhh
yeahhhh
Ohh ohhhh
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i'll take your love and i'll take my chances
I'll take them with you
Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i'm takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i'll feel it with you
heeyyy
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i'll take your love and i'll take my chances
I'll take them with you
i need you so much
'Touch Me' was first released in 2001 to worldwide success; five years later Cass(andra) re-released it including a very skilled remix by Spencer & Hill, which made the official radio version.
Rui da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me (2001)
UK#1, IRL#1, BE#6, FIN#12, IT#17, NL#20, AUS#29, DE#56, SWE#58, FR#74, CH#85
Cass Fox - Touch Me - Spencer & Hill Remix (2006)
Lyrics:
You'll always be my baby
I'm always thinkin of you baby
yeaahh
Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i'm takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i'll feel it with you
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
Move a little closer
make sure i'm lookin up
heal me with your loving
i need you so much, i need you so much , i need your so muchhh
yeahhhh
Ohh ohhhh
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i'll take your love and i'll take my chances
I'll take them with you
Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i'm takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i'll feel it with you
heeyyy
We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow
You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i'll take your love and i'll take my chances
I'll take them with you
i need you so much
Eros Ramazzotti - Musica è (1988)
Eros Ramazzotti - Musica e (1988)
NL#14
Lyrics:
musica è
guardare più lontano
e perdersi in se stessi
la luce che rinasce
e coglierne i reflessi
su pianure azzurre si aprono
su più su i miei pensieri spaziano
ed io mi accorgo che
che tutto intorno a me, a me
musica è
la danza regolare
di tutti i tuoi respiri su di me
la festa dei tuoi occhi
appena mi sorridi
tu e il suono delle labbra tue
tu sempre di più
quell’armonia raggiunta in due
ti ascolterò perché
sei musica per me, per me
io sento ancora le voci
della strada dove son nato
mia madre quante volte mi
avrà chiamato ma era più
forte il grido di libertà
e sotto il sole che fulmina
i cortili le corse polverose
dei bambini che di giocare
non la smettono più
io sento ancora cantare
in dialetto, le ninne nanne
di pioggia sul tetto
tutto questo per me
questo dolce arpreggiare
è musica da ricordare
è dentro di me...
fa parte di me...
cammina con me... è
musica è
l’amico che ti parla
quando ti senti solo
sai che una mano puoi trovarla
è... musica è
da conservare,
da salvare insieme a te
senti
più siamo in tanti e più in alto
sale un coro in lingua universale
dice che dice che
anche del cielo han bucato
la pelle - lo senti
è l’urlo delle stelle
forse cambierà nella testa
della gente la mentalità
di chi ascolta ma non sente
prima che il silenzio
scenda su ogni cosa
quel silenzio grande
dopo l’aria esplosa
perché un mondo senza musica
non si può neanche immaginare
perché ogni cuore
anche il più piccolo
è un battito di vita
e d’amore che
musica è
English translation:
music is
to look further and
to get lost in yourself
the light that revives
and that gathers the reflections
high azure plain open up
higher my thoughts range over
and I notice that everything
around me is music
music is
the regular dance
of all your breaths on me
the party of your eyes
you almost smile at me
you and the sound of your lips
you, always more
the harmony attained together
I'll listen to you because
you are music for me
I still hear the voices of
the street where I was born
my mother who called me
so many times but the scream
of liberty was louder
and under the sun that
lights the courtyards
I see the children's dusty runs
that by playing don't make it stop
I still hear singing in dialect
the lullabies of rain on the roof
for me this everything
this sweet appreciation
is music to remember
it's inside me...
it's part of me...
it runs with me...
it's music
music is
your friend who talks to you
when you feel lonely
you can always find a hand
it's music...
to conserve
to save together with you
listen
the more we are, the more a choir
in universal language advances
it says they also made a hole
in the skin of the sky
you can hear it
it's the howl of the stars
mentality might change
in people's heads
that listen but don't hear
before the silence
falls down on everything
the big silence
after exploded air
because one cannot imagine
a world without music
because every single heart,
even the smallest one,
is a beating of life
and love that is
music
Udo Jürgens - Ich war noch niemals in New York
Udo Jürgens - Ich war noch niemals in New York
Lyrics:
Und nach dem Abendessen sagte er,
laß mich noch eben Zigaretten holen geh'n,
sie rief ihm nach nimm Dir die Schlüssel mit,
ich werd inzwischen nach der Kleinen seh'n,
er zog die Tür zu, ging stumm hinaus,
ins neon-helle Treppenhaus,
es roch nach Bonerwachs und Spießigkeit.
und auf der Treppe dachte er, wie wenn das jetzt ein Aufbruch wär,
ich müßte einfach geh'n für alle Zeit,
für alle Zeit...
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals auf Hawaii,
ging nie durch San Francisco in zerriss'nen Jeans,
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals richtig frei,
einmal verrückt sein und aus allen Zwängen flieh'n.
Und als er draussen auf der Straße stand,
fiel ihm ein, daß er fast alles bei sich trug,
den Paß, die Eurochecks und etwas Geld,
vielleicht ging heute abend noch ein Flug.
Er könnt' ein Taxi nehmen dort am Eck oder Autostop und einfach weg,
die Sehnsucht in ihm wurde wieder wach,
nach einmal voll von Träumen sein, sich aus der Enge hier befrei'n,
er dachte über seinen Aufbruch nach,seinen Aufbruch nach...
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals auf Hawaii,
ging nie durch San Francisco in zerriss'nen Jeans,
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals richtig frei,
einmal verrückt sein und aus allen Zwängen flieh'n.
Dann steckte er die Zigaretten ein und ging wie selbstverständlich heim,
durchs Treppenhaus mit Bohnerwachs und Spießigkeit,
die Frau rief "Mann, wo bleibst Du bloß, Dalli-Dalli geht gleich los",
sie fragte "War was?" - "Nein, was soll schon sein."
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals auf Hawaii,
ging nie durch San Francisco in zerriss'nen Jeans,
Ich war noch niemals in New York, ich war noch niemals richtig frei,
einmal verrückt sein und aus allen Zwängen flieh'n.
Udo Jürgens - Griechischer Wein (1974)
Udo Jürgens - Griechischer Wein (1974)
DE#1, CH#1, AT#2
Lyrics:
Es war schon dunkel, als ich durch Vorstadtstraßen heimwärts ging.
Da war ein Wirtshaus, aus dem das Licht noch auf den Gehsteig schien.
Ich hatte Zeit und mir war kalt, drum trat ich ein.
Da saßen Männer mit braunen Augen und mit schwarzem Haar,
und aus der Jukebox erklang Musik, die fremd und südlich war.
Als man mich sah, stand einer auf und lud mich ein.
Griechischer Wein ist so wie das Blut der Erde.
Komm', schenk dir ein und wenn ich dann traurig werde, liegt es daran,
daß ich immer träume von daheim; du mußt verzeih'n.
Griechischer Wein, und die altvertrauten Lieder.
Schenk' nochmal ein! Denn ich fühl' die Sehnsucht wieder;
in dieser Stadt werd' ich immer nur ein Fremder sein, und allein.
Und dann erzählten sie mir von grünen Hügeln, Meer und Wind,
von alten Häusern und jungen Frauen, die alleine sind,
und von dem Kind, das seinen Vater noch nie sah.
Sie sagten sich immer wieder: Irgendwann geht es zurück.
Und das Ersparte genügt zu Hause für ein kleines Glück.
Und bald denkt keiner mehr daran, wie es hier war.
Die Toten Hosen - Bayern [Munich] (2000)
Die Toten Hosen - Bayern (2000)
DE#8, CH#18
Lyrics:
Es gibt nicht viel auf dieser Welt,
woran man sich halten kann.
Manche sagen die Liebe,
vielleicht ist da was dran.
Und es bleibt ja immer noch Gott,
wenn man sonst niemand hat.
Andere glauben an gar nichts,
das Leben hat sie hart gemacht.
Es kann soviel passieren,
es kann soviel geschehen.
Nur eins weiss ich hundertprozentig:
nie im Leben würde ich zu Bayern gehen.
Ich meine, wenn ich 20 wär
und supertalentiert,
und Real Madrid hätte schon angeklopft,
und die Jungs aus Manchester.
Und ich hätt auch schon für Deutschland gespielt
und wär mental topfit
und Uli Hoeneß würde bei mir
auf der Matte stehen.
Ich würde meine Tür nicht öffnen,
weil's für mich nicht in Frage kommt,
sich bei so Leuten wie den Bayern
seinen Charakter zu versauen.
Das wollt ich nur mal klarstellen,
damit wir uns richtig verstehen:
ich habe nichts gegen München,
ich würde nur nie zu den Bayern gehen.
Muss denn sowas wirklich sein?
Ist das Leben nicht viel zu schön?
Sich selber so wegzuschmeissen
und zum FC Bayern zu gehen.
Es kann soviel passieren,
es kann soviel geschehen.
Ganz egal, wie hart mein Schicksal wär,
ich würde nie zum FC Bayern München gehen.
Was für Eltern muss man haben
um so verdorben zu sein,
einen Vertrag zu unterschreiben
bei diesem Scheissverein?
Wir würden nie zum FC Bayern München gehen!
- Niemals zu den Bayern gehen!
Wir würden nie zum FC Bayern München gehen!
- Niemals zu den Bayern gehen!
English Translation:
FC Bayern Munich
There's not much in the world
You could abide by
Some says it's love
Maybe that's true
And there's always God
If there's nobody else
Others believe in nothing
Life has made them hard
So much can happen
So much can happen
There's just one thing I know for sure:
Never in my life I would go to Bayern Munich
I mean, if I was 20
And supertalented
And Real Madrid had already asked me
And the boys from Manchester
And I had also played for Germany already
And were mentally fit
And Uli Hoeneß would come
To ask me
I would not open the door
Because for me it's out of the question
To spoil my character
Among people like the Bavarians
I just want to clarify
So that we are on the same page
I have nothing against [the city of] Munich
I just would never go to Bayern
Is something like his really necessary?
Isn't life much too beautiful?
To throw oneself away
And go to the FC Bayern
So much can happen
So much can happen
No matter how hard my fate would be
I would never go to the FC Bayern Munich
What kind of parents would you have to have
To be let to be spoiled
To sign a contract
With such a sh*t team?
We would never go to the FC Bayern Munich!
Never go to Bayern!
We would never go to the FC Bayern Munich!
Never go to Bayern!
DJ Ötzi - Ein Stern der Deinen Namen trägt (2007)
DJ Ötzi & Nik P. - Ein Stern der Deinen Namen trägt (2007)
AT#1, DE#1, BE#1, CH#2
Lyrics:
Seid Jahren schon leb ich mit Dir,
und ich danke Gott dafür,
dass er mir Dich gegeben hat.
Als Erinnerung an unser Leben
möchte ich Dir heut´ etwas geben-
ein Geschenk für alle Ewigkeit.
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt,
hoch am Himmelszelt:
Den schenk ich Dir heut Nacht.
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt,
alle Zeiten überlebt
und über unsere Liebe wacht.
Irgendwann ist es vorbei
und im Himmel wird Platz für uns zwei,
doch Dein Stern bleibt oben für immer und ewig steh´n.
Und auch noch in 1000 Jahren wird er Deinen Namen tragen
und immer noch der schönste von allen sein
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt,
hoch am Himmelszelt
Den schenk ich Dir heut Nacht
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt
Alle Zeiten überlebt
Und über unsere Liebe wacht
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt
hoch am Himmelszelt:
Den schenk ich Dir heut Nacht.
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt,
alle Zeiten überlebt
und über unsere Liebe wacht
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt,
hoch am Himmelszelt:
Den schenk ich Dir heut Nacht.
Einen Stern, der Deinen Namen trägt,
alle Zeiten überlebt
und über unsere Liebe wacht
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977) + cover versions
May 1977: LaDonna Andrea Gaines, a.k.a. Donna Summer, released her album I Remember Yesterday, produced by Giorgio Moroder. The album contained tracks which should represent several decades of the 20th century: 'I Remember Yesterday' represented the 1940s, 'Love's Unkind' the 50s and 'Back in Love Again' the 60s. The album concluded with the then futuristic 'I Feel Love'.
As with Donna's four previous albums, different record labels distributed her work in different nations. Some of the labels chose to release the ballad 'Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)' as the first single, with 'I Feel Love' as the B-side, but the impact of the song was so huge that it was soon released internationally as a standalone A-side.
Previous disco tracks had usually been backed by an acoustic orchestra, while 'I Feel Love' was the first ever track to use an entirely synthesized backing track, which would later help develop the music genres Dance and Techno. The repetitive vocals over the backing track helped make the song a massive hit. It finally gave Donna the follow-up 'Love to Love You Baby'.
'I Feel Love' put Donna Summer firmly in her place as the leading female artist of Disco.
The track is so genius that it has been covered endless times, from likely artists such as Blondie, Jimmy Somerville & Marc Almond and Madonna to such unlikely groups as he Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Finnish Psychadelic Rock band Kingston Wall.
Blatant samples of the basic bass track were used by Cher ('All Or Nothing' in 1998) and Moloko ('Sing It Back' in 1999).
Last Year, Gucci ran a TV advertising campaign video, directed by Chris Cunningham, for their scent Flora, which used the song in a trace version.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
UK#1, AT#1, NL#1, CH#2, NZ#2, DE#3, SWE#5, US#6, NOR#8, FR#33,
Blondie - I Feel Love (1979)
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (1985)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Rollo Remix) (1995)
Vanessa Mae - I Feel Love (1997)
Cher - All Or Nothing (1998)
Moloko - Sing It Back (1999)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Feel Love (live album 2004)
Madonna - I Feel Love (live 2006)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Gucci 'Flora' Advertising Campaign) (2010)
video directed by Chris Cunningham
As with Donna's four previous albums, different record labels distributed her work in different nations. Some of the labels chose to release the ballad 'Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)' as the first single, with 'I Feel Love' as the B-side, but the impact of the song was so huge that it was soon released internationally as a standalone A-side.
Previous disco tracks had usually been backed by an acoustic orchestra, while 'I Feel Love' was the first ever track to use an entirely synthesized backing track, which would later help develop the music genres Dance and Techno. The repetitive vocals over the backing track helped make the song a massive hit. It finally gave Donna the follow-up 'Love to Love You Baby'.
'I Feel Love' put Donna Summer firmly in her place as the leading female artist of Disco.
The track is so genius that it has been covered endless times, from likely artists such as Blondie, Jimmy Somerville & Marc Almond and Madonna to such unlikely groups as he Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Finnish Psychadelic Rock band Kingston Wall.
Blatant samples of the basic bass track were used by Cher ('All Or Nothing' in 1998) and Moloko ('Sing It Back' in 1999).
Last Year, Gucci ran a TV advertising campaign video, directed by Chris Cunningham, for their scent Flora, which used the song in a trace version.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
UK#1, AT#1, NL#1, CH#2, NZ#2, DE#3, SWE#5, US#6, NOR#8, FR#33,
Blondie - I Feel Love (1979)
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (1985)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Rollo Remix) (1995)
Vanessa Mae - I Feel Love (1997)
Cher - All Or Nothing (1998)
Moloko - Sing It Back (1999)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Feel Love (live album 2004)
Madonna - I Feel Love (live 2006)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Gucci 'Flora' Advertising Campaign) (2010)
video directed by Chris Cunningham
Gibson Brothers - Que Sera Mi Vida (1980)
Gibson Brothers - Que Sera Mi Vida (1980)
UK#5
Lyrics:
Que Sera Mi Vida by The Gibson Brothers
If you should go, go, go, go, go, go,
If you should go, go, go, go, go, go,
If you should go, go, go, go, go, go,
If you should go, go, go, go, go, go.
Que sera mi vida.
How I'm gonna live without your love
if ever you should go.
Que sera mi vida.
How I'm gonna find my way alone
if ever you should go.
How can I know what I would do
if I was really losing you
when it isn't true
(when it isn't true)
How can I know how I'd react
before I have to face the fact
of a broken heart.
If you should go, go, go, go, go, go,...
Que sera mi vida,...
How can I see you miles away
I know too well you gonna stay
ev'ry night and day
ev'ry night and day
you never know just what you've got
you only feel it means a lot
when it's gone and lost.
If you should go, go, go, go, go, go,...
Que sera mi vida,...
Que sera mi vida ?
'Marky' Mark Wahlberg
There was Donnie (of New Kids On The Block fame) and then there is his brother Mark Wahlberg, youngest of nine siblings from Dorchester, suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, a.k.a. Marky Mark.
Apart from being an (ex-)Rapper, Mark is also Actor, as well as TV and Film Producer. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named #1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90's.
Mark's family is of Irish, English, Swedish and French Canadian ancestry and had a Roman Catholic upbringing.
At age of thirteen, he, along with his brother Donnie, had been one of New Kids On The Block's original members, but, uninterested in the group's bubblegum pop and squeaky-clean image, he soon quit. It was his departure that eventually allowed Joe McIntyre to take his place as the fifth member of the group. Mark began recording as Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch, earning a hit with 'Good Vibrations', produced by Donnie.
He later collaborated with the Prince Ital Joe on the album Life in the Streets. The project combined Rap and Ragga vocals with strong Eurodance music (as in the singles Happy People and United, courtesy of Frank Peterson and Alex Christensen as producers.
Mark is known for his impressive physique. He first displayed it in the Good Vibrations music video and most prominently in a series of underwear ads for Calvin Klein shot by Herb Ritts, following it with Calvin Klein TV ads, which would sometimes feature Mark exclusively or accompanied by model Kate Moss. Annie Leibovitz also shot a famous session of Mark Wahlberg in underwear for Vanity Fair's annual Hall of Fame issue.
Mark then began an acting career, making his debut in the 1993 TV movie The Substitute. His big screen debut came the next year, with the Danny DeVito feature Renaissance Man. A basketball fanatic, he caught the attention of critics after appearing in The Basketball Diaries in 1995, playing the role of Mickey alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, in a film adaptation of the Jim Carroll book of the same name. He also starred in the 1996 James Foley thriller Fear.
He has earned many positive reviews after successful movies like Boogie Nights as Dirk Diggler, Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, The Italian Job, and Four Brothers. Mark was originally cast as Linus Caldwell in Ocean's Eleven; Matt Damon played the role instead. The two later worked together in The Departed. While he was also considered for a role in the film Brokeback Mountain and it being originally intended to star him and Joaquin Phoenix, he was uncomfortable with the film's sex scenes and his role ultimately went to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
US#1, SWE#1, CH#1, NOR#2, DE#3, AUS#4, NZ#8, NL#10, UK#14, AT#15, IRL#16, FR#35
Marky Mark feat. Prince Ital Joe - United
DE#4
Marky Mark feat. Prince Ital Joe - Happy People
DE#1
Apart from being an (ex-)Rapper, Mark is also Actor, as well as TV and Film Producer. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named #1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90's.
Mark's family is of Irish, English, Swedish and French Canadian ancestry and had a Roman Catholic upbringing.
At age of thirteen, he, along with his brother Donnie, had been one of New Kids On The Block's original members, but, uninterested in the group's bubblegum pop and squeaky-clean image, he soon quit. It was his departure that eventually allowed Joe McIntyre to take his place as the fifth member of the group. Mark began recording as Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch, earning a hit with 'Good Vibrations', produced by Donnie.
He later collaborated with the Prince Ital Joe on the album Life in the Streets. The project combined Rap and Ragga vocals with strong Eurodance music (as in the singles Happy People and United, courtesy of Frank Peterson and Alex Christensen as producers.
Mark is known for his impressive physique. He first displayed it in the Good Vibrations music video and most prominently in a series of underwear ads for Calvin Klein shot by Herb Ritts, following it with Calvin Klein TV ads, which would sometimes feature Mark exclusively or accompanied by model Kate Moss. Annie Leibovitz also shot a famous session of Mark Wahlberg in underwear for Vanity Fair's annual Hall of Fame issue.
Mark then began an acting career, making his debut in the 1993 TV movie The Substitute. His big screen debut came the next year, with the Danny DeVito feature Renaissance Man. A basketball fanatic, he caught the attention of critics after appearing in The Basketball Diaries in 1995, playing the role of Mickey alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, in a film adaptation of the Jim Carroll book of the same name. He also starred in the 1996 James Foley thriller Fear.
He has earned many positive reviews after successful movies like Boogie Nights as Dirk Diggler, Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, The Italian Job, and Four Brothers. Mark was originally cast as Linus Caldwell in Ocean's Eleven; Matt Damon played the role instead. The two later worked together in The Departed. While he was also considered for a role in the film Brokeback Mountain and it being originally intended to star him and Joaquin Phoenix, he was uncomfortable with the film's sex scenes and his role ultimately went to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
US#1, SWE#1, CH#1, NOR#2, DE#3, AUS#4, NZ#8, NL#10, UK#14, AT#15, IRL#16, FR#35
Marky Mark feat. Prince Ital Joe - United
DE#4
Marky Mark feat. Prince Ital Joe - Happy People
DE#1
Black Box
One of the leading exponents of a wave of Italian house music that flourished on the dancefloors of the late 80s and early 90s, Black Box comprised of three Italian studio musicians: Daniele Davoli, known as DJ Lelewel in Italy, largely at the Marabu Starlight Club and responsible for the hit single 'Grand Piano', another prime example of sampled Italo-house, Mirko Limoni, the computer and keyboard whizz kid of the trio, and Valerio Semplici, a clarinet teacher playing in the Music Orchestra in Bologna. Collectively they are known as Groove Groove Melody. Based in the Reggio Emilia area in Northern Italy, the team made use of Catherine Quinol as a front woman for Black Box. Born in Pointe a Pitre, on French-Caribbean island Guadeloupe, Catherine was raised in Paris, where she completed her studies. She made her debut in the haute couture world at an early age, working as a model for famous fashion designers.
Daniele, Mirko and Valerio noticed her in a disco and launched her music career of lip-synching to pre-recorded Black Box music tracks in both music videos and live performances. Catherine never actually contributed musically to any of Black Box's hits.
The British music industry soon spotted Ride On Time, as the first one of a dozen singles a year the trio was churning out. After securing international copyright, of their re-production of Loletta Holloway's 'Love Sensation', it became the first of a series of Italian house records to crossover to the UK charts, staying at UK#1 for six weeks in 1989, becoming the best dance selling record of all times. It was remixed and re-released several times thereafter.
Although this was by far Black Box's biggest hit, they didn't make much money from it as Loleatta Holloway sued them. There is still no love lost between them. Loleatta got an expensive fur coat out of the compensation money they had to pay her. Other producers later also covered (such as the Freemasons) and sampled Loleatta's vocals from 'Love Sensation', including Cevin Fisher on '(You Got Me) Burning Up' and Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch on 'Good Vibrations', although unlike Black Box, both credited Loleatta Holloway.
After the success of the debut single, Black Box followed up with a string of follow-ups, all included in their 1990 album Dreamland.
The Groove Groove Melody team were also behind the production of several other synonyms, one of them being Starlight's 'Numero Uno'.
Black Box - Ride On Time (1989)
UK#1, IRL#1, SWE#2, AUS#2, FR#3, DE#5, CH#5, NOR#5, AT#8, US#39
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else
Black Box - Strike It Up
Black Box - Fantasy
Daniele, Mirko and Valerio noticed her in a disco and launched her music career of lip-synching to pre-recorded Black Box music tracks in both music videos and live performances. Catherine never actually contributed musically to any of Black Box's hits.
The British music industry soon spotted Ride On Time, as the first one of a dozen singles a year the trio was churning out. After securing international copyright, of their re-production of Loletta Holloway's 'Love Sensation', it became the first of a series of Italian house records to crossover to the UK charts, staying at UK#1 for six weeks in 1989, becoming the best dance selling record of all times. It was remixed and re-released several times thereafter.
Although this was by far Black Box's biggest hit, they didn't make much money from it as Loleatta Holloway sued them. There is still no love lost between them. Loleatta got an expensive fur coat out of the compensation money they had to pay her. Other producers later also covered (such as the Freemasons) and sampled Loleatta's vocals from 'Love Sensation', including Cevin Fisher on '(You Got Me) Burning Up' and Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch on 'Good Vibrations', although unlike Black Box, both credited Loleatta Holloway.
After the success of the debut single, Black Box followed up with a string of follow-ups, all included in their 1990 album Dreamland.
The Groove Groove Melody team were also behind the production of several other synonyms, one of them being Starlight's 'Numero Uno'.
Black Box - Ride On Time (1989)
UK#1, IRL#1, SWE#2, AUS#2, FR#3, DE#5, CH#5, NOR#5, AT#8, US#39
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else
Black Box - Strike It Up
Black Box - Fantasy
Army of Lovers - Massive Luxury Overdose (1991)
The founding members of the Army Of Lovers, Alexander Bard, Jean-Pierre Barda and Camilla Henemark, a.k.a. La Camilla, hail from Stockholm, Sweden. The name of the band alludes to a documentary 'Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen' about the German gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim, the title of which in turn alludes to the Theban Band. During their time together, Army Of Lovers became famous for their outlandish visual appearance, many of their costumes were created by Camilla Thulin, and their high camp music videos directed by Fredrik Boklund, of which some of which were banned even by MTV.
Army Of Lovers - Crucified
FIN#1, BE#1, NL#2, AT#3, DE#5, CH#6, US#6, SWE#8, FR#22, UK#31
Army Of Lovers - Obsession
FIN#1, SWE#2, CH#5, DE#7, US#11, AT#12, FR#24, UK#67
Army Of Lovers - Ride The Bullet
SWE#22, UK#67
Army Of Lovers - My Army Of Lovers
SWE#9, FIN#12, FR#41
Army Of Lovers - Crucified
FIN#1, BE#1, NL#2, AT#3, DE#5, CH#6, US#6, SWE#8, FR#22, UK#31
Army Of Lovers - Obsession
FIN#1, SWE#2, CH#5, DE#7, US#11, AT#12, FR#24, UK#67
Army Of Lovers - Ride The Bullet
SWE#22, UK#67
Army Of Lovers - My Army Of Lovers
SWE#9, FIN#12, FR#41
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