Mark's Tracks: March 2014

Clean Bandit - Rather Be (2014)

Clean Bandit - Rather Be (2014)
UK#1, BE#1, IRL#1, ISR#1, EuroHot100#1, FIN#1, LUX#1, NL#1, NOR#1, AUS#2, CH#2, IT#2, SWE#2, DE#3, HUN#3, NZ#3, FR#4, ES#5, DK#7, AT#8, SVK#9, POL#11, CZK#16, US#16, JPN#44

Bastille - Of The Night (2013)

Bastille - Of The Night (2013)
UK#2, BE#2, IRL#2, HUN#3, AUS#6, DE#10, AT#17, DK#22, ES#23, CH#28, SVK#33, SWE#39, US#46, NL#88

2Cellos - AC/DC 'Thunderstruck' (2014)

2Cellos are Luka Sulic (right) & Stjepan Hauser (left) - they are hailing from Croatia

Almighty feat. JK - One Love (2009)

Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (1984 & 2007)

Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again - Freemasons Remix (2007) - Original (1984)

Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (Freemasons Remix - Tony Mendes Video Remix) from Tony Mendes on Vimeo.

Lyrics:

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you

So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
Oooooh
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you

So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

So baby talk to me
Like lovers do

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
(Here is comes again, here it comes again)
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you

Daft Punk - Burnin' (1997)

Frenchmen Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are Daft Punk, whom reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synth-pop.

Both met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, a secondary school in Paris. The two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school. This eventually led them to form their first (guitar-based) group Darlin' in 1992. But the band failed to impress critics, resulting in Melody Maker (now NME), a UK music must-have at the time, calling them 'a bunch of daft punk'. Guy and Thomas were actually delighted by the review, famously stating that it took them forever to come up with the name Darlin', but Daft Punk just happened. Sure enough, Darlin' soon split and the duo re-formed as said, experimenting with synthesizers.
In 1997 they released their critically acclaimed album Homework, which includes my favourite single Burnin', an instrumental house music track.
The music video for Burnin' pays tribute to Chicago house producers that Daft Punk found inspiration in. The party scene in the video features DJ Sneak, Roger Sanchez, Derrick Carter, Roy Davis Jr., Paul Johnson, Robert Armani and DJ Hyperactive. Thomas and Guy also make brief appearances people at the party.

Daft Punk - Burnin' (1997)
FIN#20, FR#29, UK#30

Daft Punk - Burnin by shinobi2

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (2011)

a bit of a weird one. Originally released two years ago, this one seems to go round & round in Europe until another remix pops up and then it re-enters the charts, which is what has been happening now for over two years; and the 'Magicians Remix' did it for France (and me). Lykke Li hails from Ystad, Sweden and has won many music awards, yet still she is still somewhat unknown. At 27 years of age, she has been living around the globe, from Nepal and India to Morocco, from Brooklyn to Portugal, and it seems these moves have influenced her songwriting style, often blending pop and indie, folk and electro.

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers - The Magician Remix (2011)
BE#1, DE#1, GRE#1, IT#1, LUX#1, POL#1, ROM#1, AT#2, CH#2, IRL#2, NL#2, POR#3, FR#4, ICE#4, CZK#5, HUN#6, BRZ#12, SVK#13, DK#40, SWE#44

Original version:

Lyrics:

Oh, I beg you, can I follow?
Oh, I ask you, wanna always
Be the ocean, where I unravel
Be my only, be the water where I'm wading
You're my river running high, run deep, run wild

I, I follow, I follow you
Deep sea baby, I follow you
I, I follow, I follow you
Dark room honey, I follow you

Heed a message, I'm the runner
He's the rebel, I'm the daughter waiting for you
You're my river running high, run deep, run wild

I, I follow, I follow you
Deep sea baby, I follow you
I, I follow, I follow you
Dark room honey, I follow you

You're my river running high, run deep, run wild

I, I follow, I follow you
Deep sea baby, I follow you
I, I follow, I follow you
Dark room honey, I follow you

I, I follow, I follow you
Deep sea baby, I follow you
I, I follow, I follow you
Dark room honey, I follow you

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