- published: 07 May 2013
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
’cause that’s the night that my sweetie and i
Used to dance cheek to cheek
I don’t mind sunday night at all
’cause that’s the night friends come to call
And monday to friday go fast
And another week is past
But saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek
Until I hear you at the door
Until you’re in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
Mmmm... saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek
Until I hear you at the door
Until you’re in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
Until I hear you at the door
Until you’re in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
How can I tell her that I love her,
When windy week-end warnings
tell me summer teases?
When I first saw her with another,
My world fell,
and I stumbled for a while.
I stumbled for a while.
Whatever happened to Saturday night?
Don't know what I'm going through,
Look everything is new,
Each time I turn around,
Feels like I'm falling down.
How can I tell her that I love her,
When windy week-end warnings
tell me summer teases?
When I first saw her with another,
My world fell,
and I stumbled for a while.
I stumbled for a while.
Whatever happened to Saturday night?
Back home, look around,
Leaves falling on the ground,
Changes since I've been gone,
Don't know if I belong.
Spoke to her yesterday,
Couldn't think of much to say,
She said that by the winter...
Saturday Night
Ooh how I love that song
Prove to me that I'm wrong
The night away
Give to me girl
All of the love that I need
Ooh, when I'm hungrey I feed
The night away
Dreams will never happen to you
Once you feel that freedom is true
I'll be with you
Planting your seed
Deep in the heart of the earth
Fall to my knees and give birth
The painful way
Watching it grow
Never again will I weep
Now that you tore me apart
The night away
Dreams will never happen to you
Once you feel that freedom is true
I'll be holding on
Holding on
So in love with yourself
With you...
Dreams will never happen to you
Once you feel that freedom is true
I'll be holding on
Holding on
So in love with yourself
With you...
With you...
There's 52 ways to murder anyone
One and two are the same
And they both work as well
I'm coming clean for Amy
Julie doesn't scream as well
And the cops won't listen all night
And so maybe I'll be over
Just as soon as I fill them all in
And I can't remember when I saw her last
We were running around and having a blast
But the backseat of the drive-in is so lonely without you
I know when you're home
I was thinking about you
There was something I forgot to say
I was crying on a Saturday Night
I was out cruising without you
They were playing our song
Crying on a Saturday Night
As the moon becomes the night time
You go viciously, quietly away
I'm sitting in the bedroom where we used to sit and smoke cigarettes
Now I'm watching
Well the ravers and the groovers,
just stood and stared.
The Bohemians said they didn't
but they cared.
The lords and the ladies,
felt they're gonna drag em down.
The armagedon dance,
that could never make a sound.
Don't you know, its saturday.
don't you know its saturday night.
Don't you know, its saturday.
don't you know its allright
The heavy weight candidate,
moved to one side.
be a Mama gotta hunger,
just lay down and die.
Friends and lovers fall to the floor.
Mr. Personality, suddenly a bore.
Don't you know, its saturday.
don't you know its saturday night.
Don't you know, its saturday.
don't you know its allright.
Late nite kid, said my oh my.
A mystery & Dennis walked by.
Every head talked and every head turned.
He was so hot that he burned.
Don't you know, its saturday.
don't you know its saturday night.
Don't you know, its saturday.
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y.
I gotta get out of these overalls
They're throwin' a dance at the union hall
I just got paid so I got a little cash
I been workin' all week gonna have me a blast
Monday, Tuesday, Humpday Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Take up all of my life, and that ain't right
I get my rest on Sunday
But I have a little fun on Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y.
I'm gonna wash and wax my truck
I got a date with lady luck
She gonna wear her dancin' shoes
And we gonna get just a little footloose
Monday, Tuesday, Humpday Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Take up all of my life, and that ain't right
I get my rest on Sunday
Then I have a little fun on Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Well the band just played their last song
But me and my baby gonna party on (you know that's right)
Gonna find another place with a neon light
Can't go home it's Saturday night
Monday, Tuesday, Humpday Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Take up all of my life, and that ain't right
I take my rest on Sunday
Then I have a lot of fun on Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R. All dressed up Saturday night
S.A.T.U.R. Ready Saturday night
Seems like a dream now, it was so long ago
The moon burned so bright and the time went so slow
And I swore that I loved her and gave her a ring
The bluebird was high on the wing
Whatever happened to Saturday night
Finding a sweetheart and holding her tight?
She said,"Tell me, oh, tell me, was I all right?"
Whatever happened to Saturday night?
The years brought the railroad
It ran by my door
Now there's boards on the windows
And dust on the floor
And she passes the time at another man's side
And I pass the time with my pride
What a tangled web we weave
Go 'round with circumstance
Someone show me how to tell the dancer
From the dance
What ever happened
To Saturday night?
Choosin' a friend and loosin' a fight
She said,"Tell me, oh, tell me, are you alright?"
Whatever happened to Saturday night?
I'm waiting for the night when we go crazy
Don't sit around, no time to be lazy
Pump up the jam, as hot as we can
I need my friends around me 'cause I'm gonna take a stand
On Saturday Saturday Night
Yeah we'll show them what's it all about
On Saturday Night... Saturday Night
Chorus
And we just can't wait, til Saturday Night
Be with our friends and everything's all right
We'll kick off our shoes, and really cut loose
Yeah, we just can't wait
Til Saturday Night... Saturday Night
Well, we'll get made up, dressed up
Everyone will know we mean business
What's up, they'll say "tell me what is this?"
No body in our way, that's the way we like it
Better move over boys 'cause
On Saturday, Saturday Night
Yeah we'll show you what it's all about
On Saturday Night... Saturday Night
Chorus
(Can't wait til Saturday, Saturday)
Saturday Night
Saturday Night
(Can't wait til Saturday, Saturday)
Every night is a Saturday night
Every day is a beautiful day
Every night is a Saturday night to me
As I walk down life's lonely highway
I have a random thought
My only consolation is that I never will get caught
It's a shame the kind of pain that I inflict, it's sick.
But I wrote my lifetime stories on a brick
Here it comes right now!
I once had a girl in Phoenix by the railroad track
I left that girl in pieces in an Arizona shack
It's a shame, but I'm to blame
That I'll admit that I'm shit
When my parents outta town
I got all my buddies round
So we're gonna have a party tonight
And if your daddys got the truck
Then I'll come and pick you up
And anyone who wants to come for a ride
And if you wanna help me drink
Theres some bottles by the sink
There'll be 20 thousand people inside
You know that everybody likes to party on a Saturday nite
And we got every girl from school
In the deep end at the pool
If you wanna take a dip bring your trunks
When we start to dim the lights
Gotta find a girl you like
And you better hope shes already drunk
and if somebody feelin sick
Get 'em in the garden quick
Cos we don't want 'em to spoil the fun
You know that everybody wants to party on a Saturday nite
We're waking everyone asleep
When we start to party
In the street
We want the neighbours to complain
Cos the musics driving them insannnnnnne
And if its going to to your head,
Get behind the garden shed,
Thats where everbody goes to get laid
Or if you want another beer
Then theres plenty in the room
No one here to check if you're underage
And if you think you're having fun
Then the party's just begun
Early morning leavers wish that they'd stayed
You know that everybody likes to party on a Saturday nite
We're waking everyone asleep
When we star to party
In the street
We want the neighbours to complain
Cos our musics driving them insannnnnnne
When my parents come back home
I say we been alone
But we don't know how the mess got this bad
I'll be grounded for a while
All I have to do is smile
And get a little tough with my dad
Next time they're away
All my buddies can stay
We'll do our best to drive the neighbourhood mad
You know that everybody likes to party on a Saturday
Everybody wants to party on a Saturday
Everybody loves to party on a Saturday
I'm waiting for the night when we go crazy
Don't sit around, no time to be lazy
Pump up the jam, as hot as we can
I need my friends around me 'cause I'm gonna take a stand
On Saturday Saturday Night
Yeah we'll show them what's it all about
On Saturday Night... Saturday Night
Chorus
And we just can't wait, til Saturday Night
Be with our friends and everything's all right
We'll kick off our shoes, and really cut loose
Yeah, we just can't wait
Til Saturday Night... Saturday Night
Well, we'll get made up, dressed up
Everyone will know we mean business
What's up, they'll say "tell me what is this?"
No body in a way, that's the way we like it
Better move overboard 'cause
On Saturday, Saturday Night
Yeah we'll show you what it's all about
On Saturday Night... Saturday Night
Chorus
(Can't wait til Saturday, Saturday)
Saturday Night
Saturday Night
(Can't wait til Saturday, Saturday)
Saturday Night
Sometime, someplace
Everybody has words
Fallin' out, and making up
Uh-huh
Maybe I laugh, maybe I cry
Maybe I scream, maybe I sigh
Baby I feel, the feeling is real
Maybe I curse, maybe I squeal
But I enjoy, making some noise
Foolin' around, adjusting to the sound
You and I get, everything's set
Be sure you know how to have a real good time
(Yeah, yeah)
1, 2, 3, 4
You and I are not to blame
Sometimes we just go insane
You and I have much to give
Everything is relative
When we have our darker days
We just go our seperate ways
You and I are not to blame
Sometimes we just go insane
Sometimes baby in your eyes
Love is truely justified
When I hear you tellin' lies
I just wanna terorize
Making up is oh so good
Yeah we rock the neighbourhood
You and I are not to blame
Sometimes we just go insane
Workin' overtime just to keep myself from getting sacked
Well I don't like my job, tell the boss to shove it, I ain't goin' back
Just like Gene Vincent, I'm longin' to prove, I know what I need this time
Me and my girl together, yeah, Saturday night, oh yeah, Saturday night
Lookin' at my watch, tap my fingers, wishin' time would fly
Gonna look so sharp, she and I will turn some heads as we walk by
And just like [Deniro], I wait for [still life] to move out of my mind tonight
I might suddenly all feel better, Saturday night, oh yeah, Saturday night, ow
(Solo)
And I feel like the rain on the edge of a rhyme, on the streets of shame
Forever in an instant, Saturday night, oh yeah, Saturday night
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday night
Crossin' out the days in my brain, gonna get it good, gonna get it right
Ain't it just like [Deniro], to be dancin' in the streets
I know what I need this time
Me and my girl together, ow, yeah, Saturday night, oh yeah, Saturday night
Saturday night, oh yeah, alright, alright, oh yeah, alright, alright...
Saturday night!
Today she's been working, she's been talking, she's been smoking,
but it'll be alright,
Cos tonight we'll go dancing, we'll go laughing, we'll get car sick,
and it'll be okay like everyone says, it'll be alright and ever so nice,
We're going out tonight, out and about tonight.
Oh, whatever makes her happy on a Saturday night,
Oh whatever makes her happy, whatever makes it alright.
Today she's been sat there, sat there in a black chair, office furniture,
but it'll be alright,
Cos tonight we'll go drinking we'll do silly things,
and never let the winter in,
And it'll be okay like everyone says, it'll be alright and ever so nice,
We're going out tonight, out and about tonight.
Oh, whatever makes her happy on a Saturday night,
Oh, whatever makes her happy, whatever makes it alright.
we'll go to peepshows and freak shows,
we'll go to discos, casinos,
we'll go where people go and let go
When all you dreams come true
The dice roll out for you
And what you say is true
Everyone agrees
When all your nights are days
And all you hear is praise
And you can get away
With anything you chose
That's my sell-date, sell by
Saturday
That's my sell-date, Sat Sat
Saturday night
When all your words are cruel
You treat me like a fool
I won't be there for you
To soak up all the blame
That's my sell-date, sell by
Saturday
That's my sell-date, Sat Sat
Saturday night
You keep on rocking me
You keep on knocking me down
You keep on rocking me
That's my sell-date, sell by
Saturday
That's my sell-date, Sat Sat
Saturday night
It was Saturday night, we were dressed for the kill,
I've got my rubbers, Stez wants one on the pill
'Come on lads, stop hanging around, get in the car and
we'll hit the fucking town.'
Beater pulled a rough one, but she had a lot up front,
Greasy hair, hadn't washed for weeks
She had flies buzzing round her melon
Saturday night, time for boozing and fighting
Saturday night, its fucking exciting
Saturday night, time to get the ale in
Saturday night, Bald Eagle's paying
Watch it Beater! Her boyfriend's here
Broken nose, cauliflower ear
That bastard weighs 500lb
Look at his hands, they're dragging on the ground
Saturday night, time for boozing and fighting
Saturday night, its fucking exciting
Saturday night, time to get plastered
I saw my baby on a saturday night
Sabato sera come un altro se vuoi
Niente di serio on a saturday night
Voglio soltanto un po' di musica e poi
Let's take it easy
I saw my baby on a saturday night
Sabato sera vado in cerca di guai
Niente di serio on a staurday night
Vorrei sentermi meno sola semmai
Let's take it easy
Ma se mi cerchi giuro vengo a prenderti
Saturday night e il mondo sembra più grande
(che cosa sei per me)
Con te che sei la sola cose che ho in mente.
Woww wow !
I saw my baby on a saturday night
Sei sempre il solo che mi mette nei guai
Infondo non é mai finita tra noi
Dammi un momento e ti ragguingo sei vuoi
Let's take it easy...
Humm ma questa volta giuro non ti mollo più
Saturday night e il mondo sembra più grande
(sembri fatto apposta per me)
Con te che sei la sola cose che ho in mente
(ah che cosa sei per me)
Saturday night e il mondo sembra più grande
(dai amore vieni qui)
Con te che sei la sola che ho in mente
(tocca baby e di di si)
And take it easy
Take it easy boy
And take it easy
Take it easy boy
Take it easy
Take it easy.....
Saturday night e il mondo sembra più grande
(sembri fatto apposta per me)
Con te che sei la sola cose che ho in mente
Saturday night e il mondo sembra più grande
Con te che sei la sola cose che ho in mente
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night's already old
Walking into Sunday, and I find
All desires are cold
I could walk forever, I don't mind
Show me a light, your company
Goes a little way to help me see
The path on which I'm bound
Rather than the things I leave behind
I've got the keys to the city
Baby
I can feel my luck
I got two days' money
If you light me up
This heart will shine on
"L'esclavage D'amour
It will be ours forevermore"
Words we both recall
Either from a lover, or the law
Saturday night, my steps have shown
I can walk away from all I've know
Goodnight, my friend, goodbye
Remember what they say,
Every week it comes 'round
With a feel like New Year's Eve
Get dressed, de-stressed, tonight I couldn't care less
Take a look at me
So I put myself together
Paint my lips and lashes on
'Cause I know there's someone out there
Wantin' me to come along
It's the night of the week when my dreams hit the street
With boots and blue jeans on
Take a shot at romance, do I stand a chance
Will destiny be good to me
It's the thrill of the kiss that on
Monday I'll miss
When I look back and say
Well, oh my Lord you should have seen me Saturday
Saturday, Oh Saturday Night
Mary's got a Mustang
We all pile in
Downtown, top down, rockin' while we ride around
Let the night begin
I'm just searchin' for a dreamer
Who'll steal my heart away
Strong and shy with I dare you eyes
And a smile who lights the way
It's the night of the week when my dreams hit the street
With boots and blue jeans on
Take a shot at romance, do I stand a chance
Will destiny be good to me
It's the thrill of the kiss that on
Monday I'll miss
When I look back and say
Well, oh my Lord you should have seen me Saturday
Saturday, Oh Saturday Night
Five days out of seven slavin'
I need one that's just for me
It's the thrill of the kiss that on
Monday I'll miss
When I look back and say
Well oh my Lord you should have seen my Saturday
Oh Saturday, Saturday, Saturday,
Hey girl even though it hasn't been that easy lately
You need to go on you're dying for some air oh baby
What's the reason being low tonight
Come on let me start you up that's right
Shape up do your hair the way I like and let's go crazy
'Cause it's saturday night oh yeah
It's gonna be alright I swear
Put them hot jeans on
I'll show you how to have fun
It's saturday night oh yeah
Hey hey hey hey
Let go come along don't wanna hear a no or a maybe
I know what you need I'm gonna give it to you baby
It's something special that I have for you
Somehow I know you feel the same way too
That look in your eyes no doubt about it let's go crazy
'Cause it's saturday night oh yeah
It's gonna be alright I swear
Put them hot jeans on
I'll show you how to have fun
It's saturday night oh yeah
Hey hey hey hey
It's saturday night oh yeah
It's gonna be alright I swear
Put them hot jeans on
I'll show you how to have fun
It's saturday night oh yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Girl we both know
Tonight it's going down
So put them hot jeans on
(It's saturday night
It's gonna be alright
It's saturday night
It's gonna be alright)
It's saturday night oh yeah
It's gonna be alright I swear
Put them hot jeans on
I'll show you how to have fun
It's saturday night oh yeah
It's saturday night oh yeah
It's gonna be alright I swear
Put them hot jeans on
I'll show you how to have fun
It's saturday night oh yeah
S-s-suddenly there's a knock at your head
Don't let them in because they'll try to take your TV set
Ha-ha-happiness is the ball in your hand
You've got to try and throw this party just as far as you can
Cre-cre-creosote is pouring out of my brain
I swear I heard the floor boards they were creaking your name
G-g-get a room, get a head, get a hat
We're going to hell anyway, let's travel first class
Come to the city on a Saturday night
Watching the boys on their motorbikes
I wanna be like those guys, I wanna wear my clothes tight
Well matching jackets and a fistful of notes
New sneakers and a fresh pack of smokes
P-p-pneumothorax is a word that is long
Man, just trying to put the punk back into punctured lung
Pa-pa-panic over party off party on
'Cause we are birds of a feather and you can be the fat one
Come to the city on a Saturday night
Open your heads like a satellite
I wanna see what they see, I wanna love you like crazy
Those cameras are pointing right in your face
Can see into your room from outer space
Cut through the city on a Saturday night
It's not the size of the man in the fight
I wanna know what that does, I wanna show what matters
'Cause it's the size of the fight in the man
That makes the difference and decides who is champ
Cut through the city on a Saturday night
'Cause you and me, we're on the edge of the night
Come to the city on a Saturday night
I asked your mother and she said, "It's alright"
We're getting married when we're thirty
I want to do it on your birthday
'Cause I don't wanna waste a moment with you
Oh, I just wanna dance the whole night through
Cut through the city on a Saturday night
Saturday night burns a redness on my face I tasted you
you tasted my you were never my taste Now you're left
alone with precious thoughts Of half asses half an hour
stops And talk so small I can't remember ever saying a
word Laced with thick naivete Firm delusions can't be
swayed Tell yourself you're happy We both know the
truth It's false behind the dirty talk the dirty sheets the
sexy walk your eyes are closed your heart is open wide
and that's no good There is something up my sleeve
There is nothing in-between You and me that you can't
see So beg my pardon Honesty's a virtue that can hurt
you let it be The thought that counts is counting down
the minutes 'till I leave and when I do you'll be looking
for security in words Though you know that you won't
get it for the better for the worse I apologize for me
Then I'm back in a couple of weeks I'm too weak to help it
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
(Dip)
Dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize, get ready
Uh, imagine waking up, solidarity is evident
Harmony moves, time is irrelevant
People, the places, the message basic
From raise fists to sit-ins, resist the change
Peep the scenario, to the future bro
2020 and some number a year ago
People rose up, governments froze up
Worldwide block party, everybody shows up
Up on roof tops, ghettos and hot spots
People celebratin' no more souls rot
No more bloodshed over false deficit
Even hip-hop gets a fuckin' face-lift
The latest fashion, stock market's crashin'
It's Saturday, time to get the party crackin'
And if the time and the day is right
The revolution will begin this Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
(Dip)
Dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize, get ready
(Hey, hey, hey)
Futuristic, I'm killin' 'em every synonym
Sendin' 'em back with syllabal venom up in 'em
Too terrific, epitome of a pendulum
Digital rap, got animal stamina in 'em
Son your soul, and backbone were the clap come from
([Unverified])
Action Jackson, matter-fact
We move you from the front to the back see
Plug us up and then bump this new phat beat
When it drop, stores oughtta stop on me
Shop 'til ya drop, homey that's not me
Rush an attack from the back on three
Stop on me, shout, "World peace!"
Slide from the block, love peace, oh please
We don't need bouncers or police
It's Saturday night, it's nothin' better
Spread the word, we comin' together
So come on with me now
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
(Dip)
Dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize, get ready
(Hey you guys!)
(Hey you guys!)
(Hey you guys!)
(Hey you guys!)
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Dip, dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
(Dip)
Dive, socialize
Get ready for the Saturday night
Hey what's up, man?
Nothin.
You'll never guess what happened. Check it: last Saturday, my main chicken was like,
"You need to take me out for a bubble bath, oil massage, and candlelight dinner! "
Oh, oh hell nah!
That's what I was sayin, I had to tell her like this:
Saturday night is not for romance
You've got all week to get into girls' pants
Got ladies in the UK and ladies in France
But Saturday night I'm in my B-Boy Stance
Now...
Saturday night is the night after Friday
I'm thinkin bout fly-ass girls out on the highway
I push my 'celerator and beep my horn
It's not a night for dancing, a night for porn
Jerkin in the bathroom then coolin with my fellas
I'm duckin these broads like rain to umbrellas
Saturday night ain't time for the chicks
It's time for the fellas to watch porno flicks
I'm pokin through, I hope no one can tell
I'll go in the bathroom, ring my own bell
Ring the alarm, but I'm not The Fu-Schnickens
It's Saturday night and I'm dodgin these chickens
Wake up on Sunday, taste dude in my mouth
Monday back home, the chick's in the house
Tuesday now I'm back with my girl
Never let her know about my Saturday world
Ah...
Saturday night is not for romance
You've got all week to get into girls' pants
Got ladies in the UK and ladies in France
But Saturday night I'm in my B-Boy Stance
Chillin with the girls can be pretty cool
But kickin it with the fellas is a different world
A girl can never understand what it's like to be me
I stand up while they sit to go pee
Well it's guys' night out and I'm feelin real horny
Roll to the store for a case of forties
Inhibitions go straight out the window
Let's explore our bodies and smoke some endo
I'd rather watch tv and drink my Jack
Than spend my whole Saturday on hittin from the back
Sure it's all good to get your snuggle on
But I'm a dude for all dudes and my word is bond
Yeah his word is bond like the powder for your testes
I'm sweet on my boys like a melted bar of Nestlй
I'm down for my dudes and it's more than male bonding
Our fingers in the ass and men are responding
Well...
Saturday night is not for romance
You've got all week to get into girls' pants
Got ladies in the UK and ladies in France
But Saturday night I'm in my B-Boy Stance
Even though guys are better to bang
Girls stay nice like Michael Chang
Michael Chang don't win a lotta Grand Slams
But his attitude is good so he's the man
When we rhyme about tennis you know we'll always be drunk
My man Michael Chang's got legs like a tree trunk
Michael Chang, he's down with us
We've never hung out but we like him a lot
Even though he looks young, on the tour he's a veteran
A genuine role model Asian American
C to the H to the A-N-G
Everyone looks tall from his POV
He may not know the feeling of victory
But he's got a lotta H-E-A-R-T
We've never met Chang, and that's alright
He can still sleep over on a Saturday night
Sat-sat-sat-sat
Saturday night is not for romance
It's a day for us to get into dudes' pants
Whether it be Kirk, Michael Chang, or Lance
Saturday night I'm in my B-Boy Stance
I'm in my b-boys' pants
Keep on dancin' to the rock and roll.
On Saturday night, Saturday night.
Dancing to the rhythm in our heart and soul.
On Saturday night, Saturday night.
I, I, I, I just can't wait.
I, I, I, I got a date.
At the good ole rock n roll road show I gotta go.
On saturday night, saturday night.
Gonna rock it up, roll it up, do it all, have a ball.
On saturday night, saturday night.
It's just a saturday night.
Gonna dance with my baby till the night is through.
On Saturday night, Saturday night.
Tell her all the little things I'm gonna do.
On Saturday night, Saturday night.
I...I...I...I love her so .
I...I...I'm gonna let her know.
At the good ole rock n roll road show I gotta go.
On saturday night, saturday night.
Gonna rock it up, roll it up, do it all, have a ball.
On saturday night, saturday night.
It's just a saturday night.
The neon light, of the "Open all night",
was just in time replaced by the magic appearance of a new day-while,
a melancholic Reno was crawling on his back just in,
front of the supermarket door-way child
Hey girl, on a cold summernight,
as we stood on the corner,
as a man passed by and asked us,
what we DO and what we need,
as he pointed his big fat finger
to the people hangin round at the corner of the - other side of THE street
Oh well SAID
doin' nothing, just hanging around,
what do you mean doin' nothing Sir.
So we had to hit him to the ground,
doin' nothing just hanging around.
His head all busted lookin' just a lttle to WILD child
Chorus:
I just can't wait
I just can't wait for saturday night
for saturday night
for saturday night
saturday night
bit with solo:
saturday night
saturday night
saturday night
Chorus:
I just can't wait
I just can't wait
(BACKING: sATURDAY NIGHT...)
MELANCHOLIC RENO CRAWLIN' ON HIS BACK
JUST IN FRONT OF THE SUPERMARKET GONE
ONE THE NEON LIGHT OF THE 'OPEN ALL NIGHT'
JUST IN TIME REPLACED BY THE MAGIC APPEARANCE OF A NEW DAY
[Isam:]
Oh ey anjes anjes
[Waqas:]
ey baar nikal oyee
[Lenny:]
Tanquillo tanquillo aoì
It's goin' down tonight (yeah)
Hang on if you like
Showin' you how we do (uh uh uh)
Me you and my crew
So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
Come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
[Waqas:]
Well it's the same old song
When Outland representin' the song
We keep the party jumping to the breaking down
So come on
Yeah check it
I got the same old job
Taxi-driver in copenhagen
24 non-stop
We openize on the rise
Recognize to alls comin strong
In the band's pumpin 2 Pac
This is how we rock
I'm a immigrant on the spot
Bring you to the top
Goin not back
We're explosin the ground
Stay on service
We can't get is that nervous
Hate your service
Getting down on the cool like our gang
We make you wanna shake your thang
So get into it
We like to flow it
Able to flow about you
Know it!
[Isam:]
Time has hit the streets now
Time just show hell
Jumpin to my daddys Nissan
Rollin downtown
Imma fly in these jeans
All the Pakis full on ground
For successful livin
... we just to the dome
Movin alone
To the streets out of control
Give 'em the bombs
Half ride showin control
Lookin like a star
Shinin bright...
With my cous suvien [?] my man Majid and Jamone
AKA big ass maroc to the spot
Got a bulletproof plan
To make sure
That we gotta rock
So 44
Comin yours bringin for sure
Outland comin for more
It's goin' down tonight (yeah)
Hang on if you like
Showin' you how we do (uh uh uh)
Me you and my crew
So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
Come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
[Lenny:]
esta noche es la noche, reuniéndome
con toda la pandilla, divertiéndome,
después que serîa? es copenhagen bahîa
proclamando a diôs que esta vez son las ???
tres amigos, muchachas, todo un carneval
pruebo el mercedes
vamos a [?] la intrada
mi casa es tu casa, senoritas bonitas
pasan por mi lado, me sonrîen,
y me dicen 'vamos, vamos a la discoteca'
no, no, no!!!
que mierda, esta noche ya esta muerta
[Waqas:]
Yeah yes yo
I bring you down
Bring you down yo
Yeah yes yo (yes yo)
I bring you down to the beat yo (beat yo)
Able to show you how we rock yo (how we rock yo)
Break you down yo (break it down yo)
And bring some mood now
A Paki make you right and white in this verse now
[Waqas:]
Outside the club
All dressed up and lookin fly
Inside
Fouls just pumpin with the beat and stayin alive
Tonight
Me and my fam we high
Dressed to kill
Million dollars skills
Let the jacket
Know what the deal?
[Isam:]
Let me introduce myself
Not right like himself
Always outside
Cuz I can't get inside
Say I'll be the dark dada
Man behind back carma
One secound generation fance the outward
So why
We dancin in the rain so fly
Singin in the rain getting with
You can't with it
[Waqas:]
Get the sweatin party people feel it tonight
Me and my peeps on the floor
Shinin in the spotlight
It's goin' down tonight (yeah)
Hang on if you like
Showin' you how we do (uh uh uh)
Me you and my crew
So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
Come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
Come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
Come on (come on), come on (come on), come on, baby, baby, come on
Uh uh uh uh
Uh uh uh uh
As usual I’m late, what’s the difference I see the same faces
My attitude is plain, just the same as the vibe in this place is
I’m shaking hands and smiling, lying, about where I’ve been lately
The tensions multiplying and I’m dying to leave
It’s Saturday night and the party’s crawling
Did you hear the ringing the bottles calling
Week after week this is where I’m ending up
It’s Saturday night I’m already stumbling
Some guys are outside being loud and rumbling
Third weekend in a row that we’ve broken up
I’m quickly loosing interest
I really hope I find it
This room is like a bottle it’s never full enough
These rumors start to fly, spreading lies which alcohol induces
I’m sick and tired of waiting, your out of beer and I’m out of excuses
Are you checking what you’re starting, I beg your pardon
What to do you got up your sleeve
The queen of melodrama and I’m dying to leave
I got dem disease of overanylization
It’s making hard to hold a conversation
People step, expecting proclamations
But I’m saying it, but I’m saying it with an exclamation
This ain’t my scene and it’s Saturday night
I’m going to the reggae bar they got it going on
Don’t believe rumors you’ve heard
Till you see me dropping the word, right
Saturday night Saturday night
Saturday night Saturday night
Gonna keep on dancin' to rock and roll
Saturday night Saturday night
Dancin' to the rythm of the heart and soul
On Saturday night Saturday night
I-I-I-I just can't waint, I-I-I-I got a date
At the good ol' rock and roll road show
I gotta go Saturday night Saturday night
Gonna rock it up roll it up do it all have a ball.
Saturday night Saturday night
Saturday night Saturday night
Gonna dance with my baby till the night is trough
On Saturday night, Saturday night
Tell her all the little things I'm gonna do
On Saturday night Saturday night
I-I-I-I-I love her so, I-I-I-I'm gonna let her know.
At the good ol' rock and roll road show
I gotta go Saturday night Saturday night, ...
Today she's been working, she's been talking, she's been
smoking,
but it'll be alright,
Cos tonight we'll go dancing, we'll go laughing, we'll
get car sick,
and it'll be okay like everyone says, it'll be alright
and ever so nice,
We're going out tonight, out and about tonight.
Oh, whatever makes her happy on a Saturday night,
Oh whatever makes her happy, whatever makes it alright.
Today she's been sat there, sat there in a black chair,
office furniture,
but it'll be alright,
Cos tonight we'll go drinking we'll do silly things,
and never let the winter in,
And it'll be okay like everyone says, it'll be alright
and ever so nice,
We're going out tonight, out and about tonight.
Oh, whatever makes her happy on a Saturday night,
Oh, whatever makes her happy, whatever makes it alright.
we'll go to peepshows and freak shows,
we'll go to discos, casinos,
we'll go where people go and let go
[ instrumental ]
Saturday, Saturday, S-S-S-Saturday, Saturday x2
I got my cup filled up, all the way to the brim, brim, brim, brim
Black on black Cadillac with the custom trim, trim, trim, trim
Smoke fillin' up my lungs and I'm blowing blubble, blubble, bubble, blubbles
It's Saturday night, let's get in trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble
So it's about to go down, me and my girls bout to run this town
So where we're planning to go, don't matter cause we gon' take control
Now we got the hair done, got the pink and whites,
And we're off, gonna see what what the fellas are like
Got the top dropped down on the DB9
Pushing 90 on the freeway so we gon' make good time
Yeah we gon' ride, ride, ride, on a Saturday night
All the girls they just hatin' because they know we that tight
Bout to get it poppin, bout to take a spotlight
So we ride, we ride, on this Saturday night
We on, we on fire, we roll, we roll higher,
We ride, we ride flyer then you, we ride, we ride X2
They goin' high heel shoes, me and my girls rocking Jimmy Choo's
They think that benzel's fun, we roll out like we're the girl James Bond
Now we got the hair done, got the pink and whites,
And we're off, gonna see what what the fellas are like
Got the top dropped town on the DB9
Pushing 90 on the freeway so we gon' make good time
Yeah we gon' ride, ride, ride, on a Saturday night
All the girls they just hatin' because they know we that tight
Bout to get it poppin', bout to take a spotlight
So we ride, we ride, on this Saturday night
We on, we on fire, we roll, we roll higher,
we ride, we ride flyer then you, we ride, we ride X2
You see we ride, we go, and we, rock, we roll
And we pop lock and I drop the top, I hit a swtitch and the wind go low
And my mission for tonight is just to get into some action
Wake up tomorrow morning and not even know what happened
Yeah we gon' ride, ride, ride, on a Saturday night
All the girls they just hatin' because they know we that tight
Bout to get it poppin, bout to take a spotlight
So we ride, we ride, on this Saturday night
We on, we on fire, we roll, we roll higher,
SATURDAY night! (4x)
Gonna keep on dancing to the
rock and roll
On Saturday night, Saturday night
Dancing to the rhythm in our
heart and soul
On Saturday Night, Saturday night
IIIII just can't wait,
IIII got a date
*At the good old rock and roll road
show, I gotta go
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night
Gonna rock it up, roll it up
Do it all, have a ball,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night
It's just a Saturday Night
It's just a Saturday Night
It's just a Saturday Night
Gonna dance with my baby till the
night is through
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night
Tell her all the little things I'm
gonna do
On Saturday night, Saturday Night
IIIII love her so
III I'm gonna let her know
*repeat
SATURDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT,
SATURDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT,
It's just a Saturday night
It's just a Saturday Night,
It's just a Saturday Night,
Is this what they call love
Is this what they call love
Is this what they call love
on a Saturday night?
I'm just a man
I'm just a man
Not even a great one
I'm too vain for greatness
Is this what they call love
on a Saturday night?
Is this what they call sex
Is this what they call sex
Is this what they call sex
on a Saturday night?
Time for the night clubs
Time for the night clubs
Providing the soundtrack for
humping on dance floors
Is this what they call sex
on a Saturday night?
Alright
Is this what they call hate
Is this what they call hate
Is this what they call hate
on a Saturday night?
Broken your bottles
Broken your bottles
Thrown like American footballs
Hey its just jocks high on hormones
Is this what they call hate
on a Saturday night?
Alright
Is this what they call hate
on a Saturday night?
Alright
Oh woah-woah-woaaah hey yeah
I'm getting up, she's on my mind
Yeah, I think about the girl all the time
She's going out, Saturday night
And I'm hoping that I'ma make her mine
(No she's mine)
This craZy word, craZy world has to wait,
I think about you every night and day.
This craZy word, craZy world's gone on pause
and you know you're the only cause.
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait for the weekend to begin, no.
Cause we gonna light it up and go hard,
I'm gonna get the girl that I want
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night
Can't wait for the weekend to begin, no.
I'm gonna give the best I got,
Cause she hits me like a 10 tonne of rock,
I'm getting sick, give me a sign,
Cause she's all that's ever on my mind, my mind
This craZy word, craZy world has to wait,
I think about you every night and day.
This craZy word, craZy world's gone on pause
and you know you're the only cause.
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait for the weekend to begin, no.
Cause we gonna light it up and go hard,
I'm gonna get the girl that I want
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night
Can't wait for the weekend to begin, no.
Give me a shot, give me time, give me more,
give me everything you got,
cause I wanna know,
Give me a shot, give me time, give me more,
give me everything you got,
'til the night will show
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait for the weekend to begin, no.
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night,
Can't wait for the weekend to begin, no.
Cause we gonna light it up and go hard,
I'm gonna get the girl that I want
Can't wait till Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night
Can't wait for the weekend,
Who do you love?
Who do you really love?
Who are you holding on to?
Who are you dreaming of?
Who do you love?
When it's cold and it's starlight
When the streets are so big and wide
I love you
An ordinary girl
Can make the world alright
Love me all the way
Saturday night
Saturday night
Quarter to five
When the storefronts are closed in paradise
Meet me outside the Cherry Light
You and I walk away
An ordinary girl
Will make the world alright
She'll love me all the way
It's Saturday night, yeah, yeah
Ordinary girl
And all the coloured lights
She'll love me all the way
It's Saturday night
Saturday night
Love me wrong or right
Who do you love?
Who do you really love?
Who do you love?
Who do you really love?
Saturday night, yeah
Saturday night, yeah
Saturday night, yeah
Saturday night, yeah
I love an ordinary girl
She'll make the world alright
She'll love me and I know
Love is Saturday night
Alright, alright, alright
She'll love me
Is this what they call love
Is this what they call love
Is this what they call love
on a Saturday night?
I'm just a man
I'm just a man
Not even a great one
I'm too vain for greatness
Is this what they call love
on a Saturday night?
Is this what they call sex
Is this what they call sex
Is this what they call sex
on a Saturday night?
Time for the night clubs
Time for the night clubs
Providing the soundtrack for
humping on dance floors
Is this what they call sex
on a Saturday night?
Alright
Is this what they call hate
Is this what they call hate
Is this what they call hate
on a Saturday night?
Broken your bottles
Broken your bottles
Thrown like American footballs
Hey its just jocks high on hormones
Is this what they call hate
on a Saturday night?
Alright
Is this what they call hate
on a Saturday night?
Who do you love?
Who do you really love?
Who are you holding on to?
Who are you dreaming of?
Who do you love?
When it's cold and it's starlight
When the streets are so big and wide
I love you
An ordinary girl
Can make the world alright
Love me all the way
Saturday night
Saturday night
Quarter to five
When the storefronts are closed in paradise
Meet me outside the Cherry Light
You and I walk away
An ordinary girl
Will make the world alright
She'll love me all the way
It's Saturday night, yeah, yeah
Ordinary girl
And all the coloured lights
She'll love me all the way
It's Saturday night
Saturday night
Love me wrong or right
Who do you love?
Who do you really love?
Who do you love?
Who do you really love?
Saturday night, yeah
Saturday night, yeah
Saturday night, yeah
Saturday night, yeah
I love an ordinary girl
She'll make the world alright
She'll love me and I know
Love is Saturday night
Alright, alright, alright
I've waited for so long, put up with your shenanigans
I'm going to take you on and you won't know the half of it
I'm gonna put you in your place, you've got the queen, I've got the ace
I'll light you up and smoke you down and watch the rings go round and round
This is woah woah saturday night
Now I don't know what went wrong, thought you would get away with it
Now the band are playing just one song and you shall know the wrath of it
You could have said it to my face any time or any place
I'll light you up and smoke you down and watch your walls come tumbling down
This is woah woah saturday night
I'm gonna put you in your place, you've got the queen, I've got the ace
I'll light you up and smoke you down and watch the rings go round and round
She’s saving all her money trying to get ahead
All the luck in the world wont keep the baby fed
And the boss is on her back and it's getting her down
She’s waiting for the one she loves to come around
He’s building for the future while everybody sleeps
Filling in the cracks on these lonely streets
She says don’t you worry honey it will be okay
One of these days were gonna fly away and he said…
There’s only one Saturday night in every week
Sundays for recovering five days for discovering
Were all walking down the same street
You know there’s only one Saturday night in every week.
He’s a bonefide rebel searching for a cause
But real life got him and now he’s getting bored
Cos he barely makes a living picking up stuff
But all he really wants to do is kick up the dust
She spends her days talking on the phone
Trying to sell you something you don’t wanna own
She’s dreaming of a break from the daily grind
Cos the mans got her working over time and they say..
There’s only one Saturday night in every week
Sundays for recovering five days for discovering
Were all walking down the same street
You know there’s only one Saturday night in every week.
Why wont the world stop spinning around
Why can’t I find my feet when i'm falling down?
There’s only one Saturday night in every week
Sundays for recovering five days for discovering
Were all walking down the same street
You know there’s only one Saturday night in every week.
You know there’s only one Saturday night in every week.
We got the saturday fever, go getting it on
We're gonna party harder right after the door
We'll be singing and carrying on until the .. are gone
We'll be living, laughing, .. on saturday night
Saturday night, we got the feeling
Saturday night, we can't believe it
Saturday night, we got the feeling, a feeling it's right
Oh saturday night
Let not mistaken the love that we're making tonight
You're back on my shell when the magic is heavying right
We're gonna let all the limbos speak
We're gonna jump up and down the street
We'll be living, laughing, .. on saturday night
Saturday night, we got the feeling
Saturday night, we can't believe it
Saturday night, we got the feeling, a feeling it's right
Oh saturday night, saturday night, it's a feeling we know
Saturday night, it's a time to let go
Saturday night, it's a feeling we know
It's a time to let go
We'll be cruising and boosing and taking all over the bars
We're looking for glittery girlies, who may be our stars
I've been looking for someone like you
For any good looker man do
For living, laughter, .. on saturday night
Saturday night, we got the feeling
Saturday night, we can't believe it
Saturday night, we got the feeling, a feeling we know
It's a time to let go
Saturday night, it's a feeling
Saturday night, it's believing
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Saturday night for me.
Inner city boulevard, broken and neglected.
When the sun sets, expect the unexpected.
Listen to me closely, I'm a state shooter.
Met a policeman, who calls himself a looter.
Met this girl named Shasiko, in the naked city.
Days can go so very wrong, City of No Pity.
Girl an evil split, it's a two way tour.
Too late now, the devil's knockin' at my door.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Saturday night for me.
I see things a little different
Through the blood in my eyes.
And though you might have fooled them others
I see through your disguise.
I rise, I'm getting by.
No lies, I'm getting high.
I ain't worried 'bout the next hit.
You can bet I'm gettin' mine.
With this Milli by the cord. OG by the zip.
My old lady by my side, and my chrome on my hip.
We hit the freeway, flyin', 21 in the front.
Cheatin' death, but I know the Reaper's still on the hunt.
So What?
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Saturday night for me.
Always movin'. Town to town.
Ain't ever gone' slow us down.
Never let up up. Never subside.
Sick of bull. Born to ride.
I got a monkey on my back.
It's a constant reminder.
Let's me know I need to let it go.
There ain't no survivors.
Still I'm sayin', "Fuck it. Roll it. I'm gettin' high."
Though, my lungs and my liver beggin' me to retire.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
Every night is a Saturday night.
suzie was one-of-a-kind living a dozen lives
she'd always try and act them out
today she was a pop beauty queen,
then a ranking marine
and it's me in her target now
i don't know how she tells me that she's moving out again expecting i'll be cool with this
i don't know why it feels like such a capital crime to leave her stranded.
she called me with the sound of the road in the background
i know that her focus was a little out
so what was i supposed to do?
i checked her out for a few to see what this was all about
she says she knew we'd always marry it would end up like a fairy tale;
together for all time
i tell her through her long eye lashes that i don't need her hot flashes as she opens her mouth
"why is it on a saturday night, a saturday night?
you had to go and bring me down
it's always on a saturday night, a saturday night
i thought that you would want me" (x2)
"why'd you have to bring me down?"
there's no use turning back
there's no use turning back
suzie called a couple of days ago
she's taking the train
she's making her way out of town
i thought that she was headed to earth but now she's off to mars
"why is it on a saturday night, a saturday night?
you had to go and bring me down
it's always on a saturday night, a saturday night
i thought that you would want me"
"always on a saturday night, a saturday night
you had to go and bring me down
It was a beautiful morning
That Saturday night
I didn't come home till the break of light
And all I can tell you
Is we had some fun
That night was
Second to none
We had fun
Stayed out late
Talked life and
And our fate
As we grow
And times change
I know we're together in this game
Yea yea yea
Oh oh oh
I'll never let go
I can't tell you
'Cause I don't know
Get on the highway of life
Get set ready and go
They'll all move away and
We'll remember the times
The girls the parties and the sterling!!
All intertwined
We had fun
Stayed out late
Talked life and
And our fate
As we grow
And times change
I know we're together in this game
Yea yea yea
Oh oh oh
I'll never let go
So your gonna leave the other
But you always wanna feel secure
Just like a long lost brother
[Chorus:]
It's Saturday night, and I'm feeling real good
Usually I be chilling but tonight I feel like,
I hit the club and get loose
Yeah I feel good and it's Saturday night
Everything going smooth
Gotta call my crew cause tonight be the night
We hit the club and get loose
[Verse 1:]
I'm a laid back chick I don't party much
Once in a while take a sip but I don't drink much
But if the mood's right maybe I will do such
Call my girls up invite 'em over after lunch
Pick an outfit, then get my hair did
Get my nails, make up and all that stuff did
Pump the volume up, base be banging' out
Pop the bottles up, now we wilding out
Put our heels on and head to a restaurant
Got cash so you know we order what we want
Whether is beef, fried chicken or fish
We tip 'em so big so they serve what we wish
A good night this is what it is
We just don't go out clubbing first we cruising
And my boys I call 'em up
Tell 'em where we at and what is up
[Chorus:]
It's Saturday night, and I'm feeling real good
Usually I be chilling but tonight I feel like,
I hit the club and get loose
Yeah I feel good and it's Saturday night
Everything going smooth
Gotta call my crew cause tonight be the night
We hit the club and get loose
[Verse 2:]
Everything still good we stuffed now
And my boys came around, we here now
We bout to hit another spot now
Where we can loosen up a little bit, this how it gets down
Real cool here's what it do
Step inn in slow motion when we coming through
And everybody looking our way, yeah we so fly
Take our jacket hang 'em up, you know why
But look ain't in the club yet
Saturday night it ain't about going of to sweat
We like to hang out and chill out, sort problems out
So hello waitress, serve another two rounds!
We good people we share what we have son
You most welcome feel free to grab one
So ya crew, call 'em up
Tell 'em where you at and what is up!
When we in the club let me show you how it goes
Everybody get down move real low
Don't care what they say cause really they don't know
How you gets down in the club real low
[Chorus:]
It's Saturday night, and I'm feeling real good
Usually I be chilling but tonight I feel like,
I hit the club and get loose
Yeah I feel good and it's Saturday night
Everything going smooth
Gotta call my crew cause tonight be the night
Saturday night, I feel the air's getting hot
Like you baby
I'll make you mine you know I'll take you to the top
I'll drive you crazy
Saturday night, dance, I like the way you move
Pretty baby
It's party time and not one minute we can lose
Be my baby
Da ba da dan dee dee dee da
Nee na na na - Be my baby
Da ba da dan dee dee dee da
Nee na na na - Pretty baby
Saturday - saturday
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night, Saturday night
We all get together on Saturday night
Put on your shoes, go downtown
Do nothing but walk around
On a Sunday or a Monday you can't do it right
Ain't ya glad we got Saturday night
Early in the evening all week long
Sit on the stoop and sing your little song
Cry on your pillow when things go wrong
And wait for a Saturday night
Saturday night, Saturday night
We all get together on Saturday night
Look at the girls and what do we do
Turn around and see if they're lookin' to
On a Sunday or a Monday you can't do it right
Ain't ya glad we got Saturday night
Old timers down at Leadbetter's store
Tell ya young folks ain't like they were before
They're going to the dogs
You can see it more and more
Especially on a Saturday night
Saturday evening when the works all done
Come on along and we'll have a little fun
We're sort of quiet and got a home spun
That we're wild on a Saturday Night
Easy Now
Saturday night, Saturday night
We all get together on Saturday night
Whooooooooo...
Ain't ya glad we got Saturday night
Everybody now
Saturday night, Saturday night
We all get together on Saturday night
We do things you've never seen
Ain't coming home 'til twelve-eighteen
On a Sunday or a Monday you can't do it right
Ain't ya glad we got Saturday night
Ain't ya glad we got Saturday night
Green, green on a Saturday night
Ain't ya glad we got Saturday night
I hear the barley calling my name
So I put on my best shoes and head down New St.
Where the welcome mat hurries me in
A pint glass awaits to drown my sins
Looking in the windowpane, looking in the glass.
Seeing my reflection, seeing my past
Sitting at the same bar, playing that same game
Drinking that same beer, killing that same pain
Well little Mikey was only 16
He's on top of the punk rock scene
Rasing his fist for a political fight
And he can't do wrong and only a right
And his mother can't tell him
No one can tell him
He wagered this war he's gonna win the fight
Thirty years later, still singing for tonight
[Chorus]
Saturday night, reminisce and renegade. We're on a mission to no submission.
The brigade, the youth is on the loose tonight and we shout it out loud!
Saturday night! Saturday night! Saturday night! We've got to do it right!
Saturday night! Saturday night! Saturday night! Tonight's the night!
The clock strikes 12, the sun has gone down
The party's risin' up, risin' up in your hometown
And the spirit's in the street, and the fire's in their eyes and
They're living for the moment, their passion never dies
And she looks him in the face, she said she would never leave and
Her whispers still haunt him and he still believes
[Chorus]
We'll go to the bottom of every bottle
The end of theline on every story
Those times we miss, those times we reminisce
Those were the good old days
I hold in heart and cherish. Never forget
[Chorus]
Tonight's the night we've gotta do it right!
The clock strikes 12, the sun's gone down
The party's rises up, risin' up in Burlington.
Saturday night, reminisce and renegade. We're on a mission to no submission.
Cold black tires chase telephone wires
And oh, I drive to work
I trust my best years
To the fits and fires of warring gears
And oh, I drive to work
Follow the road and do what you're told
Sing us a song and then run along
I'm happy where I am
Oh, Saturday night
Take me in your arms
I flash a smile to my friends in the car
Oh, Saturday night
Oh, Saturday night
What a friend you are
I'm falling prey to your drink and your charms
Oh, Saturday night
Life begs money
So does my honey
So I drive to work
I'm happy where I am
Oh, Saturday night
Take me in your arms
I flash a smile to my friends in the car
Oh, Saturday night
Oh, Saturday night
What a friend you are
I'm falling prey to your drink and your charms
Oh, Saturday night
Oh, Saturday night
Dee, dee, na, na, na
Saturday night, I feel the air
Is getting hot like you baby
I'll make you mine you know
I'll take you to the top, I'll drive you crazy
Saturday night, dance, I like
The way you move, pretty baby
It's party time and not one
Minute we can lose, be my baby
Da, ba, da, dan, dee, dee, dee, da
Nee, na, na, na be my baby
Da, ba, da, dan, dee, dee, dee, da
Nee, na, na, na, pretty baby
Saturday night, I feel the air
Is getting hot like you baby
I'll make you mine you know
I'll take you to the top, I'll drive you crazy
Saturday night, dance, I like
The way you move, pretty baby
It's party time and not one
Minute we can lose, be my baby
Saturday night, dance, I like
The way you move, pretty baby
It's party time and not one
Minute we can lose, be my baby, ooh, ooh
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night, Saturday night
Chorus:
Saturday night, we're ready to fall in love
It's like a trail going straight to your heart
Saturday night, we're going to the heart of town
We won't go home until the breaking of dawn
Bridge:
I'm riding in the summer wind
I'm riding on my motorbike
I'm cruising on the boulevard
I'm cruising with my motorbike
Rap 1:
Don't you call me a macho man
This is a thing I don't understand
Don't you call me a womanizer
I am just a little bit wiser
But riding on my motorbike
Is a thing I really like
And I'm going straight to town
Looking for some girls that hang around
Hang around
Chorus
Bridge
Rap 2:
Cruising up and down the road
I'm looking for some extra load
Just have a look on my machine
Something you have never seen
Won't you join me on a ride
Be my love and be my pride
Come on, let's have some fun tonight
Rub a dub a dub - it is alright
It is alright
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
We won't go home until the breaking of dawn
Chorus
Bridge
Saturday night
Saturday night
Every week and minute, I sit here thinkin´ of you
Can´t wait 2 get in it, I´m waitin´ for the week to be trough
Saturday is the only day I wake up thinkin´ bout
Cuz any other day is just another day no doubt
Cuz everytime I think about you thoughts go trough my mind
And everybody is working for the weekend
Everything is open on saturday night
Do knock out all my fellows with their hunneysz by my side
The DJ spins a record till it hits the morning light
And everythings gonna be OK, Cuz it´s a saturday
Ain´t thinkin bout Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday It´s alright
Ain´t thinkin bout Thursday or Friday cuz tonight´s a Saturday night
Every week and hour, I think about you sitting right by my side
And I can´t wait much longer, wanna show you how I feel for you tonight
Saturday is the only day I wake up thinkin´ bout
Cuz any other day is just another day no doubt
Cuz everytime I think about you thoughts go trough my mind
And everybody is working for the weekend
Everything is open on a saturday night
Do knock out all my fellows with their hunneysz by my side
The DJ spins a record till it hits the morning light
And everythings gonna be OK, Cuz it´s a saturday
Everything is open on a saturday night
Do knock out all my fellows with their hunneysz by my side
The DJ spins a record till it hits the morning light
And everythings gonna be OK, Cuz it´s a saturday
Ain´t thinkin bout Monday or Thuesday or Wednesday It´s allright
Ain´t thinkin bout Thursday or Friday cuz tonight it´s Saturday night
Saturday is the only day I wake up thinkin´ bout
Cuz any other day is just another day no doubt
Cuz everytime I think about you thoughts go trough my mind
And everybody is working for the weekend
Everything is open on a saturday night
Do knock out all my fellows with their hunneysz by my side
The DJ spins a record till it hits the morning light
And everythings gonna be OK, Cuz it´s a saturday
Ain´t thinkin bout Monday or Thuesday or Wednesday It´s allright
Ain´t thinkin bout Thursday or Friday cuz tonight it´s Saturday night
Everything is open on a saturday night
Do knock out all my fellows with their hunneysz by my side
The DJ spins a record till it hits the morning light
And everythings gonna be OK, Cuz it´s a saturday
Everything is open on a saturday night
Do knock out all my fellows with their hunneysz by my side
The DJ spins a record till it hits the morning light
My heart stops every time the puck drops
But I come alive
My Paulette do you call me at all
You can spare you the dime
Unless you know about Gordy and the 52/40 night
Don't you call me at all
Not on a Saturday night
It Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday night
In my dreams the Nordics get back the team
And win the cup in twenty-seventeen
When Aprils here gonna grow our beards
And the neighbours won't like
That it's week night every night
Any night is Saturday night
When McCarty got his hat trick
On Patrick, it was Saturday night
When sittler scored 10 Dave Reece
Never played again
On a saturady night
I got my first kiss right on my girsl lips
I knew it was right
Behind centennial arenas
On a cold dark Saturday night
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday night
I dream the jets would get back the team
And look ma they got back the team
When April is here were gonna grow our beards
And the neighbours won't like
That is week night every night
Any night is Saturday night
*Saturday night*
Ooooooo
*Saturday night*
I remember it well
It was cold as hell
And you were looking real nice
See I was working the arena
And I grew a little every time
I seen you babe
We had everything to gain
Nothing to loose
Nothing to prove
Oh I'd seen the light
If you wanna get that love
Make it week night every night
Any night is Saturday night
Week night every night
Saturday Night! (Come on now)
Saturday Night!
We're gonna have a good time
Gonna let our hair down
Saturday Night!
Monday morning at the break of dawn
I'm waking up to the light alone
Out the door for work I'm gone
Waitin' on Saturday
Tuesday, Wednesday - it's all the same
Thursday I'm counting down the days
Friday I'm gonna get paid
And spend it on Saturday
Saturday Night! (Come on now)
Saturday Night!
We're gonna have a good time
Gonna let our hair down
Saturday Night!
Well Sunday Morning I go to Church
I say my prayers and read the Word
Tryin' to find forgiveness for what I did Saturday
Saturday Night! (Come on now)
Saturday Night!
We're gonna have a good time
Gonna let our hair down
Saturday Night!
Saturday Night! (Come on now)
Saturday Night!
We're gonna have a good time
Gonna let our hair down
Saturday Night!
Everybody wants to have a good time tonight
Everybody wants to have a little fun
We're all here so let's get started right now
I've been waiting for this all week - I know I'm not the only one!
I hope that you don't get me wrong
Every day's a gift from God
But there is one I'm looking for - waitin' on Saturday
Saturday Night! (Come on now)
Saturday Night!
We're gonna have a good time
Gonna let our hair down
Saturday Night!
Saturday Night! (It's alright!)
Saturday Night!
We're gonna have a good time
Gonna let our hair down
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Ryan Lewis | |
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Ryan Lewis (back) performing with Macklemore (front) at Sasquatch! Music Festival |
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Born | (1988-03-25) March 25, 1988 (age 24) Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
Origin | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupations | Producer, DJ |
Years active | 2006–present |
Associated acts | Macklemore |
Website | rlewis.com |
Ryan Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American music producer, musician, music video director, photographer, graphic designer, rapper and DJ currently based in Seattle. He is best known for his collaboration with American rapper Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) producing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012) and a handful of other singles. Since the beginning of their collaboration in late 2008, Ryan has produced, recorded, engineered and mixed all of the music, directed music videos ("Same Love", "Thrift Shop", "And We Danced", "Otherside (Remix)"), designed visuals (album art, web design, posters) and DJed the live show.
In a recent mini-documentary, Lewis recalled meeting Macklemore for the first time. "When I met him, it was a really different time. It was less than a year after [2005's] Language of My World had come out. So he had buzz. For me being a young kid, it was very exciting to link with him. The bulk of our original relationship was photo shoots. I became kind of his photographer."[1]
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On October 9, 2012, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released The Heist. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums, selling 78,000 copies in the first week.[2] The album also debuted at #1 on iTunes Digital Albums chart.[3] The duo's album has received more than 1 million plays on SoundCloud, 70 million YouTube views and was accompanied by a sold-out 50-date U.S. and Canadian tour.[4]
(All credited to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
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"Can't Hold Us" (with Macklemore featuring Ray Dalton) |
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Name | Lewis, Ryan |
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Short description | American music producer |
Date of birth | March 25, 1988 |
Place of birth | Puyallup, Washington, U.S. |
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Taylor Swift | |
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Swift performing during the Australian leg of her Speak Now Tour in 2012 |
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Birth name | Taylor Alison Swift |
Born | (1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 22) Reading, Pennsylvania, United States |
Genres | Country-pop, pop, country, alternative rock |
Occupations | Singer-songwriter, actress |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, piano |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | Big Machine |
Website | TaylorSwift.com |
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
Swift's work has earned her numerous accolades, including six Grammy Awards, ten AMAs, seven CMAs, six ACMs and 13 BMI Awards. She has sold over 22 million albums and 50 million song downloads worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Swift has endorsement deals with Target, CoverGirl, Sony, Elizabeth Arden, Walmart and American Greetings. As a philanthropist, Swift has placed particular emphasis on arts education, children's literacy and natural disaster relief funds. In addition to her music career, Swift has appeared as an actress in the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009), the romantic comedy Valentine's Day (2010) and the animated film The Lorax (2012).
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Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1] She is the daughter of Scott Swift, a Merrill Lynch financial adviser,[2][3] and Andrea (née Gardner), a homemaker who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.[1][4] Swift was named after singer James Taylor; her mother believed a gender-neutral name would help her forge a successful business career.[5][6] She has a younger brother, Austin, who attends Vanderbilt University.[7] She spent the early years of her life on an eleven-acre Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and was educated at the fee-paying Wyndcroft School.[8] When Swift was nine years old, the family moved to Wyomissing, Pennsylvania,[9][10] where she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.[11] Swift spent her summers at her parent's vacation home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey[12] and has described it as the place "where most of my childhood memories were formed".[10]
Swift's first hobby was English horse riding. Her mother Andrea put her in a saddle when Swift was nine months old and she later competed in horse shows.[13][14] Her family owned several Quarter horses and a Shetland pony.[14] At the age of nine, Swift turned her attention to musical theatre and performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions of Grease, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and The Sound of Music.[15][8] She travelled regularly to Broadway, New York for vocal and acting lessons. However, "after a few years of auditioning in New York and not getting anything”, Swift became interested in country music.[16] She was inspired by LeAnn Rimes's Blue[17] and her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, an opera singer.[8] When she was in fourth grade, Swift won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem, "Monster in My Closet".[18] At the age of eleven, after many attempts,[19] Swift won a local talent competition by singing a rendition of LeAnn Rimes’s “Big Deal”, and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act for Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater.[15] She spent her weekends performing at local festivals, fairs, coffeehouses, karaoke contests, garden clubs and Boy Scout meetings.[20][4] This interest in country music isolated Swift from her middle school peers.[21][22]
After watching a Behind the Music episode about Faith Hill,[23] Swift recorded a demo of karaoke covers, and travelled with her mother to Nashville, Tennessee for spring break to leave a copy of the demo with record labels along Music Row. She received label rejections and realized that "everyone in that town wanted to do what I wanted to do. So, I kept thinking to myself, I need to figure out a way to be different".[23] Swift began performing the "The Star Spangled Banner" at many sporting events, hoping she would be offered a recording contract. On one occasion, an eleven-year-old Swift high-fived Jay-Z after singing the national anthem at a 76ers game in Philadelphia.[24] At the age of twelve, Swift was shown by a computer repairman how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You".[25][26] She then recorded a second demo of original songs.[15] In 2003, Swift and her parents began working with music manager Dan Dymtrow, after he spotted her singing at the US Open.[27] Swift's second demo then caught the attention of RCA Records, who offered the eight-grader an artist development deal. In 2004, Swift modelled for Abercrombie and Fitch as part of their "Rising Stars" campaign and had an original song included in a Maybelline Cosmetics compilation CD.[28]
When Swift was fourteen, her father transferred to the Nashville office of Merrill Lynch and the family relocated to a lake-shore house in Hendersonville, Tennessee.[1] Swift has said her parents "presented it as a move to a nice community" rather than as her chance to become a star.[29] Her mother has said, "We've always told her that this is not about putting food on our table or making our dreams come true."[30] In Tennessee, Swift attended Hendersonville High School for her freshman and sophomore years.[31] Later, to accommodate her touring schedule, Swift transferred to the Aaron Academy, a private Christian school which offered homeschooling services, and earned her high school diploma in 2008.[32]
Swift moved to Nashville at the age of fourteen, having secured an artist development deal with RCA Records. Her musical influences included the Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill,[29] Tom Petty,[33] Sheryl Crow,[34] Melissa Etheridge, Pat Benatar,[35] Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks,[36] Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette.[37] Swift had writing sessions with experienced songwriters such as Troy Verges, Brett Beavers, Brett James, Mac McAnally and the Warren Brothers,[38][39] but eventually formed a lasting working relationship with Liz Rose.[40] Swift saw Rose performing at an RCA songwriter event and suggested that they write together.[41] They began meeting for two-hour writing sessions every Tuesday afternoon after school.[42] Rose has said that the sessions were "some of the easiest I've ever done. Basically, I was just her editor. She'd write about what happened in school that day. She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. And she'd come in with the most incredible hooks".[43][42] Swift also began recording demos with producer Nathan Chapman.[41] After performing at a BMI Songwriter's Circle showcase at The Bitter End, New York,[39] Swift became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house.[44]
Swift left RCA Records when she was fifteeen; the company wanted her to record the work of other songwriters and wait until she was eighteen to release an album, but she felt ready to launch her career with her own material.[45][19] She also parted ways with manager Dan Dymtrow, who later took legal action against Swift and her parents.[28] At an industry showcase at Nashville's The Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records.[40] Swift was one of the new label's first signings.[40] As an introduction to the country music business, Borchetta arranged for Swift to intern at the CMA Music Festival; she acted as the artist escort for Darryl Worley.[46][47]
Swift began working on her self-titled debut album shortly after signing her record deal. After experimenting with veteran Nashville producers, Swift persuaded Big Machine to hire her demo producer Nathan Chapman.[19] It was his first time to record a studio album but Swift felt they had the right "chemistry".[19] In the end, Chapman produced all but one of the tracks on Taylor Swift.[19] She has described the album as the "diary" of her early teens[48] and most songs were written during her freshman year of high school.[19] As a result, the songs describe coming of age experiences such as insecurity, young love, and teenage angst.[19] She has said that, although "it sounds like I've had 500 boyfriends", a lot of the songs are observational.[19] Swift wrote three of the album's songs alone, including two singles, and co-wrote the remaining eight with writers such as Liz Rose, Robert Ellis Orrall and Angelo Petraglia.[49] Musically, the album has been described as "a mix of trad-country instruments and spry rock guitars".[50]
Taylor Swift was released in October 2006 and received generally positive reviews from music critics.[51] PopMatters hoped Swift would be "able to find an accomodation between the country tradition and her very obvious pop sensibilities, because Taylor Swift suggests she has much to offer".[52] The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones described Swift as a "prodigy". She noted that "Our Song" "stop[ed] me in my tracks" and praised the lyrics: “He’s got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart".[53] Country Weekly felt Swift demonstrated "an honesty, intelligence and idealism with which listeners of any age will be able to connect" and noted that "the more thoughtful material suggests a talent poised to last well past high school".[54] AllMusic stated that, while listening to the album, it was "never in doubt" that "Swift is a talent to be reckoned with".[55] Rolling Stone described Swift as "bright-eyed but remarkably seasoned", and admired "Our Song"'s "insanely hooky sing-song melody that's as Britney as it is Patsy".[50]
Big Machine Records was still in its infancy upon the release of the lead single "Tim McGraw" in June 2006, and Swift and her mother helped "stuff the CD singles into envelopes to send to radio".[30] She spent much of 2006 promoting Taylor Swift in a radio tour and later commented, "Radio tours for most artists last six weeks. Mine lasted six months."[19] Swift painted canvases (inspired by Jackson Pollock) to gift to radio station managers who played her music.[56] She took part in "GAC Short Cuts", a part-documentary, part-music-video series designed to introduce her to country music fans.[57][58] She also made television appearances on Good Morning America,[59] The Megan Mullally Show,[59] America's Got Talent,[60] and TRL.[61] Swift, a self-described "kid of the internet",[62] used MySpace to build a fanbase. She wrote her own blog posts, left comments on her fans' accounts and personally respond to the messages that were sent to her.[63] This was, at the time, "revolutionary in country music".[64][57] Borchetta has said that his decision to sign a sixteen year old singer-songwriter initially raised eyebrows among his record industry peers[57] but Swift tapped into a previously unknown market: teenage girls who listen to country music.[1][57]
Following "Tim McGraw", four further singles were released throughout 2007 and 2008: "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", "Picture to Burn" and "Should've Said No". All were highly successful on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, with "Our Song" and "Should've Said No" both reaching number one. "Our Song" made Swift the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one country song.[65] "Teardrops on My Guitar" became a minor pop hit; it reached number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100.[66][67] The album sold 39,000 copies during its first week[68] and, as of March 2011, has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide.[69] Swift also released a holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, in October 2007 and an EP, Beautiful Eyes, in July 2008.[70][71]
Swift toured extensively in support of Taylor Swift. In addition to festival and theater dates, Swift performed as an opening act for several country artists' concert tours. She opened for Rascal Flatts on several dates in late 2006.[59][72] In 2007, she served as the opening act on twenty dates for George Strait's 2007 United States tour,[73] several dates on Kenny Chesney's tour[74] and selected dates on Brad Paisley's Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour.[75][76] Also in 2007, Swift appeared as the opening act on several dates for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's joint Soul2Soul II Tour.[77] Swift again opened for Flatts for their Still Feels Good Tour in 2008.[78] In addition to performing her own material, Swift played covers of songs by Beyoncé and Rihanna.[79] She conducted meet-and-greet sessions with fans before and after her concerts; these lasted for up to four hours.[80][81]
In 2007, Swift and Alan Jackson were jointly named the Nashville Songwriters Association's "Songwriter/Artists of the Year". Swift was the youngest person ever to be honored with the title.[82] She also won the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award for Best New Artist.[83] In 2008, she won Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards[84] and Favorite Country Female Artist at the American Music Awards.[85] She won seven BMI Awards for songs featured on Taylor Swift.[86] Swift was also nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of Best New Artist, but lost to Amy Winehouse.[87]
Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released in November 2008.[88] She wrote seven of the album's songs alone, including two singles, and co-wrote the remaining six with songwriters Liz Rose, John Rich, Colbie Caillat and Hillary Lindsey.[49] While Swift wrote many of the songs on tour, she made a conscious effort not to include "road songs": "As a 16-year-old girl, I could never relate to those songs about playing a different city every night. I want to write about feelings and love and the lack of love".[89] She has said that the album title "means you’re afraid of a lot of things, but you jump anyway".[90] She co-produced the album with Nathan Chapman.[49] Musically, the record is characterized by "loud, lean guitars and rousing choruses", with the occasional "bit of fiddle and banjo tucked into the mix".[91]
Fearless received generally positive reviews from music critics.[92] The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults".[93] The Village Voice felt she displayed "preternatural wisdom and inclusiveness", "masterfully avoiding the typical diarist's pitfalls of trite banality and pseudo-profound bullshit".[94] Rolling Stone described her as "a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse-chorus-bridge architecture" whose "squirmingly intimate and true" songs seemed to be "literally ripped from a suburban girl's diary".[95] USA Today found it "a pleasure to hear a gifted teenager who sounds like a gifted teenager, rather than a mouthpiece for a bunch of older pros' collective notion of adolescent yearning."[96] The New Yorker described it as an album "without a bad track", adding that "the album’s finest effort, "Fifteen", will feature in yearbook quotes for years".[97] Entertainment Weekly noted that the album would appeal mainly to young girls – "she sounds like a real teen, not some manufactured vixen-Lolita" – but predicted it would be "exciting to watch her precocious talent grow".[98] Music critic Robert Christgau described Swift as "an uncommonly-to-impossibly strong and gifted teenage girl".[99]
Swift promoted Fearless heavily upon its release. An episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show was dedicated to the album launch[57] and Swift appeared on many other chat shows.[100] She communicated with fans using social media platforms such as twitter and personal video blogs.[57] In October 2008, she appeared at the CMT Giants: Alan Jackson event, performing a cover of Jackson's "Drive (For Daddy Gene)".[101] In November 2008, Swift took part in a joint, televised concert with rock band Def Leppard in Nashville.[102][103] She performed her song "Fifteen" with Miley Cyrus at the 51st Grammy Awards in February 2009.[104] In April 2009, she performed a cover of George Strait's "Run" at a televised ACM event honoring Strait as Artist of the Decade.[105] Swift hosted and appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live in November 2009.[106] The lead single from the album, "Love Story", was released in September 2008 and became the second best-selling country single of all time, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[67][107] Four more singles were released throughout 2008 and 2009: "White Horse", "You Belong with Me", "Fifteen" and "Fearless". "You Belong with Me" was the album's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[108] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with sales of 592,304 and has since sold over 8.6 million copies worldwide.[109][110] It was the top-selling album of 2009 and brought Swift much crossover success.[111]
Swift carried out her first headlining tour from April 2009 to June 2010. As part of the 105-date Fearless Tour, Swift played 90 dates in North America, six dates in Europe, eight dates in Australia and one date in Asia.[112] The stage show included multiple costume changes, dancers and a fairy-tale castle set.[113] She sang a cover of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around... Comes Around" nightly, intertwined with her own "You're Not Sorry".[114] Swift invited John Mayer, Faith Hill and Katy Perry to perform one-off duets with her at various dates during the North American tour.[115][116][117] Justin Bieber, Kelly Pickler and Gloriana were the support acts.[118] The tour was attended by more than 1.1 million fans and has grossed over $63 million.[119] Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless, a concert film, was aired on television and later released on DVD and Blu-ray.[120] Also in 2009, Swift performed as a supporting act for Keith Urban.[121]
In September 2009, Swift became the first country music artist to win an MTV Video Music Award when "You Belong with Me" was named Best Female Video.[122] Her acceptance speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, who had been involved in a number of other award show incidents.[123] West declared Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated in the same category, to be "one of the best videos of all time." Many audience members booed West,[124][125] prompting him to flip off the crowd.[126][124] He then handed the microphone back to a speechless Swift.[124][127] Backstage, Swift was seen "hysterically crying".[124] According to Rolling Stone, when Swift's mother confronted West, he gave "a half-hearted apology in which he added he still thought Beyoncé's video was superior".[128] West was removed from the event.[124][126][129] When Beyoncé later won the award for Video of the Year, she invited Swift onstage to finish her speech.[124][130] In the event's press room, Swift, who in 2008 had expressed a desire to sing a hook on a Kanye West rap song,[131] was asked if she had "any hard feelings" towards West: "I don’t know him, and I’ve never met him, so... I don’t want to start anything because I had a great night tonight."[128][132]
The incident received much media attention and inspired many Internet memes.[133] President Barack Obama, in an "off the record" comment, called West a "jackass".[134] Former US President Jimmy Carter said West's interruption was "completely uncalled for".[135] West's behavior was criticized by celebrities, including Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Lady Gaga.[126][136][137][128] The following day, West apologized for his verbal outburst both in a blog entry and during an appearance on The Jay Leno Show.[124][125] He maintained that, while Swift was "very talented", "Beyoncé's video was the best of this decade!!!! ... I gave my awards to Outkast when they deserved it over me ... I'm not crazy y'all, I'm just real."[138] Two days after the VMAs, Swift told an interviewer that West had not spoken to her since the ceremony.[139] West then contacted her to offer a personal apology, which Swift accepted: "Kanye did call me, and he was very sincere in his apology."[122][139] It has been said that the incident and subsequent media attention turned Swift into "a bona-fide mainstream celebrity".[140]
Swift released a cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl", exclusively through Rhapsody in June 2009[141] and continues to make her stage entrance to Petty's recording of the song.[142] Swift contributed backing vocals to John Mayer's "Half of My Heart", featured on his fourth album, in November 2009.[143] Mayer wrote the song as a tribute to Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac: "I thought, 'Well, if this is going to be my love letter to that style of music, who's going to be the Stevie Nicks in this equation?' And I thought, 'This Taylor Swift girl is going to be around for a long time."[144] The song received positive reviews from music critics.[145][146][147] Swift and Mayer performed the song live at Madison Square Garden, New York in December 2009.[148] It was released as the album's third single in June 2010 and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[149] Swift collaborated with a number of other artists in 2008 and 2009. She co-wrote and recorded "Best Days of Your Life" with Kelly Pickler.[150] She co-wrote two songs for the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack – "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and "Crazier" – with Martin Johnson and Robert Ellis Orrall, respectively.[151] Swift also provided vocals for Boys Like Girls's "Two Is Better Than One", written by Martin Johnson.[152][153][154][155] In January 2010, Swift contributed two songs – including "Today Was a Fairytale" – to the Valentine's Day soundtrack[156] and recorded a cover of Better Than Ezra's "Breathless" for the Hope for Haiti Now album.[157]
In November 2009, Swift became the youngest ever artist, and one of only six women, to be named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association.[158] Fearless also won the Association's Album of the Year award.[158] The album won many other accolades and has become the most awarded album in country music history.[159] Swift was the youngest ever artist to win the Academy of Country Music's Album of the Year honor.[160] The American Music Awards honored Swift with Artist of the Year and Favorite Country Album plaudits.[161] She was awarded the Hal David Starlight Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame[162] and was named Songwriter/Artists of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association.[163] She won four BMI Awards.[164] Billboard named her 2009's Artist of the Year.[165] Swift was included in Time's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2010.[166]
In January 2010, Swift won four Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Country Album, Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song, from a total of eight nominations.[167][168] She was the youngest ever artist to win Album of the Year.[169] During the ceremony, Swift sang "Rhiannon" and "You Belong with Me" with Stevie Nicks. Her vocal performance received negative reviews and sparked a widespread media backlash.[140][170] Her vocals were described variously as "badly off-key", "strikingly bad" and "incredibly wretched".[171][172] While The New York Times found it "refreshing to see someone so gifted make the occasional flub" and described Swift as "the most important new pop star of the past few years",[169] music critic Bob Lefsetz predicted that her career would end "overnight".[173][174] In April 2010, Stevie Nicks, writing in Time, defended the singer: "Taylor reminds me of myself in her determination and her childlike nature. It's an innocence that's so special and so rare. This girl writes the songs that make the whole world sing, like Neil Diamond or Elton John ... The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business."[166]
Swift released her third studio album, Speak Now, in October 2010.[175] She wrote all twelve songs alone: "I'd get my best ideas at 3 a.m. in Arkansas and I didn't have a co-writer around."[176] Album recording sessions took place in California, Tennessee and Kentucky over a two year period.[177][178] Swift, who co-produced the record with longtime collaborator Nathan Chapman,[179] has described it as "a collection of confessions—things I wish I had said when I was in the moment".[180] She originally intended to call the album Enchanted but Scott Borchetta, her record label's CEO, felt the title did not reflect the album's more adult themes: "She had played me a bunch of the new songs. I looked at her and I'm like, 'Taylor, this record isn't about fairy tales and high school anymore. That's not where you're at'".[181] Musically, it has been said that the album "expands beyond country-pop to border both alternative rock and dirty bubblegum pop".[182]
Speak Now received generally positive reviews from music critics.[183] USA Today felt that Swift's songwriting skills would remind listeners "what all the fuss was about in the first place", with the album capturing "the sweet ache of becoming an adult".[184] The Los Angeles Times praised her ability as a songwriter to "hit on common experiences that feel unique".[182] The New York Times described the album as savage, musically diverse and "excellent too, possibly her best".[179] The Village Voice found that the album demanded "a true appreciation of Swift's talent, which is not confessional, but dramatic: Like a procession of country songwriters before her, she creates characters and situations—some from life—and finds potent ways to describe them."[185] Entertainment Weekly noted that while love may confound her, "the art of expert songcraft clearly doesn't".[186] Music critic John Christgau found the album's songs "overlong and overworked" but remarked that "they evince an effort that bears a remarkable resemblance to care—that is, to caring in the best, broadest, and most emotional sense".[99] Rolling Stone described Swift as one of the best songwriters in "pop, rock or country": "Swift might be a clever Nashville pro who knows all the hitmaking tricks, but she's also a high-strung, hyper-romantic gal with a melodramatic streak the size of the Atchafalaya Swamp".[187]
Swift carried out an extensive promotional campaign prior to Speak Now's release.[188] She appeared on various talk shows and morning shows, and gave free mini-concerts in unusual locations, including an open-decker bus on Hollywood Boulevard and a departure lounge at JFK airport.[189][190] She took part in a "guitar pull" alongside Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and Lionel Ritchie at LA's Club Nokia; the musicians shared the stage and took turns introducing and playing acoutic versions of their songs to raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.[191][192] The album's lead single, "Mine", was released in August 2010 and five further singles were released throughout 2010 and 2011: "Back to December", "Mean", "The Story of Us", "Sparks Fly" and "Ours".[193] Speak Now was a major commercial success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. Its sales of 1,047,000 copies made it the sixteenth album in United States history to sell one million copies in a single week.[194] As of February 2012, Speak Now has sold over four million copies in the US[195] and over 5.7 million copies worldwide.[196][197] In her career, as of May 2012, Swift has sold over 22 million albums[198] and 50 million digital tracks worldwide.[199]
In September 2010, Kanye West's 2009 VMA interruption once again became newsworthy when West used his twitter account to apologize to Swift, referring to her as "just a lil girl with dreams like the rest of us": ""I wrote a song for Taylor Swift that's so beautiful and I want her to have it. If she won't take it then I'll perform it for her." Later that month, both artists performed at the 2010 VMAs. Swift sang "Innocent", a song widely believed to be about West, which The Washington Post has described as "a small masterpiece of passive aggressiveness, a vivisection dressed up as a peace offering".[200] Music critics found Swift's performance overly serious and "petty".[201][202] Speaking in November 2010, West said he failed to see what was "so arrogant about that moment" and described his actions as "selfless". He added that "if it was the other way around" and Swift were an established artist who had "made the video of her career, do you think she would have lost to a brand new artist? Hell no!"[203][204] Also that month, he claimed that, "If I wasn't drunk, I would have been on stage longer ... Taylor never came to my defense at any interview. And rode the waves and rode it and rode it".[205][206] At the Costume Institute Gala in May 2011, Swift and West came face-to-face on the red carpet. West was observed to hold "a hand out, and the two exchanged a studiedly casual, “down low” high five".[1]
Swift toured throughout 2011 and early 2012 in support of Speak Now. As part of the thirteen-month, 111-date world tour, Swift played seven shows in Asia, twelve shows in Europe, 80 shows in North America and twelve shows in Australasia.[207] Three dates on the US tour were rescheduled after Swift fell ill with bronchitis.[208] The stage show was inspired by Broadway musical theatre, with choreographed routines, elaborate set-pieces, pyrotechnics and numerous costume changes.[209][210] Swift invited many musicians to join her for one-off duets during the North American tour. Appearances were made by James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Shawn Colvin, Johnny Rzeznik, Andy Grammer, Tal Bachman, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, B.o.B., Usher, Flo Rida, T.I., Jon Foreman, Jim Adkins, Hayley Williams, Hot Chelle Rae, Ronnie Dunn, Darius Rucker, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney.[211][212] The tour was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has grossed over $123 million, becoming one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time.[207] Swift's first live album, Speak Now World Tour: Live, featuring all seventeen performances from the North American leg of the tour, was released in November 2011.[213]
During the North American and Australasian tour legs, Swift wrote different song lyrics on her left arm for each performance. She has said that the lyrics should be viewed as a nightly "mood ring"[214] and The New Yorker has cited the practice as an example of Swift's "keen understanding of what fuels fan obsession in the first place: a desire for intimacy between singer and listener".[1] Artists quoted include Tom Petty, Carole King, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Ryan Adams, Patty Griffin, Band of Horses, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab For Cutie, Alanis Morrissette, Rachael Yamagata, Erin McCarley, Mindy Smith and Martina McBride.[215][216] Swift also performed many acoustic cover versions during her North American tour. In each city, she paid tribute to a homegrown artist.[217] She has said the cover versions allowed her to be "spontaneous" in an otherwise well-rehearsed show: "You'll have a lot of people who will come to more than one show, and I want them to get a different experience every time."[218] Artists covered include Justin Timberlake, Tori Amos, TLC, Pink, Fall Out Boy, Dave Matthews Band, Michelle Branch, Jordin Sparks, Maroon 5, Train, John Mellencamp, Kim Carnes, Avril Lavigne, The Jackson 5, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Gwen Stefani, All American Rejects, Britney Spears and Eminem.[219]
At the 54th Grammy Awards in February 2012, Swift's song "Mean" won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance.[220] She also performed "Mean" during the ceremony. The song is believed to be a rebuttal to Bob Lefsetz, one of the most vocal critics of her 2010 Grammy performance.[174] Lefsetz had previously been a supporter of the singer's career,[221] and Swift and Lefsetz had corresponded occasionally by email and telephone.[174] Time felt she "delivered her comeback on-key and with a vengeance"[222] while USA Today remarked that the criticism in 2010 seemed to have "made her a better songwriter and live performer".[223]
Swift was named Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association in both 2010 and 2011. During the 2011 ceremony, she played an acoustic version of "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" in honor of Alan Jackson, a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee,[224] who later thanked Swift in his speech for "the prettiest version I've ever heard".[225] Swift won various other awards for Speak Now. She was named Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music in both 2011 and 2012[226] and was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association in 2011.[227] Swift was the American Music Awards's Artist of the Year in 2011, and Speak Now was named Favorite Country Album.[228] She was also the recipient of two BMI Awards.[229] Billboard named Swift 2011's Woman of the Year.[230] Also that year, Billboard ranked her at number 15 in a list of the Top 20 Hot 100 Songwriters 2000–2011; she was the second highest ranking woman.[231] Swift was ranked second on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 16 "Queen Of Pops" of the decade.[232]
Swift contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack album in March 2012. "Safe & Sound" was co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett.[233] John Paul White has said working with Swift was "a revelation. She had some great ideas. We had complete freedom. It truly was a collaboration. We brought the melancholy and the darker angle. Taylor was bringing the melody and the chords."[234] Rolling Stone described the song as "Swift's prettiest ballad" and wondered whether the alt-country folk song was "a one-off novelty, a trial balloon cred-move, or the stirrings of a "grown-up" style".[235] Swift and The Civil Wars debuted a live version of the song at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville in January 2012.[236] It was released as the album's lead single and, as of April 2012, has sold 970,000 copies in the United States.[237] Swift's second contribution to the album, "Eyes Open", was written solely by the singer and produced by Nathan Chapman.[238] In May 2012, Swift contributed vocals to "Both of Us", a Dr. Luke-produced song on B.o.B's second album Strange Clouds.[239][240][241][242]
Swift is currently working on her fourth album with producer Nathan Chapman.[243][244] It is scheduled for release in the fall of 2012.[245] Swift intends to keep writing and recording throughout 2012 "because I'm having so much fun".[246] After writing her third album alone, Swift is now collaborating with people "from all different places in music",[246] including songwriters Lori McKenna,[247][248] Butch Walker,[249][250] Ed Sheeran,[251] and Dan Wilson.[252] The album will detail "the rise and fall of a relationship",[253] as well as the resulting "absolute crash-and-burn heartbreak".[254] She has described the album's mood as "sad, if I'm being honest."[255]
Swift has said she writes songs as an "open letter".[256] She has said songwriting is "is a way of verbalizing those things that I feel that I can’t say".[47] Swift has said she is "very interested in any writing from a child's perspective" and has cited To Kill a Mockingbird as one of her favorite books.[257] Neil Young has described Swift as "a great writer" and follows her career.[258][259] Kris Kristofferson has said that "she blows me away. It's amazing to me that someone so young is writing such great songs. She's got a great career ahead of her".[260][261] Dolly Parton has said her songs are "great" and that she has "the qualities that could last a long time".[262] Stevie Nicks has said Swift writes "songs that make the whole world sing, like Neil Diamond or Elton John".[166]
In studio recordings, the Los Angeles Times identifies Swift's "defining" vocal gesture as "the line that slides down like a contented sigh or up like a raised eyebrow, giving her beloved girl-time hits their air of easy intimacy".[182] In a review of Speak Now, The Village Voice noted that her phrasing was previously "bland and muddled, but that's changed. She can still sound strained and thin, and often strays into a pitch that drives some people crazy; but she's learned how to make words sound like what they mean".[185] Slate, reviewing Speak Now, described Swift as "a technically poor singer": "Though she does vary her phrasing in ways that attempt to mask her limited voice (the way she sneers, "She looks at me like I'm a trend/And she's so over it," on "Better Than Revenge" is especially effective), Swift is still noticeably off-pitch at least once on every song on the album".[263]
In an interview with The New Yorker, Swift characterized herself primarily as a songwriter: “I write songs, and my voice is just a way to get those lyrics across”.[1] "I'm not trying to go out there and do vocal acrobatics. I'm just trying to write good songs".[264] However, her vocal presence is something that concerns her and she has "put a lot of work" into improving it.[265] She has said that she only feels nervous performing "if I'm not sure what the audience thinks of me, like at award shows".[266]
Swift has been described as "America's sweetheart" and "a role model".[267][268] The singer considers it her "responsibility" to be conscious of her influence on young fans.[269] However, she insists that "I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free".[270] Swift does not drink alcohol because she worries that "I might come off in a way that I can't control. Maybe I should just lighten up!" "It's not like I judge people who [drink] or that I don't hang out with people who drink".[270] She refuses to take part in overly sexualised photo-shoots.[9] The lyrical content of her songs is regarded as appropriate for young audiences. A New Yorker journalist who attended a Swift concert recounted watching "sixteen-year-old girls holding hands and swaying, and a girl in a hijab sobbing as she sang the words. It was hard not to be a little moved, and not to feel relieved that the words being sung were, more or less, safe ... One can attend a concert by Katy Perry and listen to a stadium full of thirteen-year-olds chant along with the song “Peacock” which goes, “I want to see your peacock-cock-cock! Your peacock-cock!"[1]
A Rolling Stone journalist who profiled Swift in 2009 remarked upon her polite manners: "If this is Swift's game face, it must be tattooed on because it never drops".[271] A 2012 Vogue cover story described Swift as "clever and funny and occasionally downright bawdy" in person, but noted that she "asks if her cursing can be off the record".[272] Grantland.com describes Swift as "talkative and openly neurotic in a way you'd never see from a blonde country princess like Faith Hill or Carrie Underwood. She is more like Diane Keaton in Annie Hall: overly gracious and eager to please but full of a nonstop, nervous, fluttering energy".[273]
There has been much media commentary about Swift's reactions when she is recognized at award ceremonies.[274] In 2011, The Hollywood Reporter remarked that she "seems to be consistently shocked and wonderstruck by each awards win, despite racking up an ever-growing collection of Grammys, CMAs, MTV Moonmen and AMAs".[275] Kristen Wiig parodied Swift's surprised facial expressions during a Saturday Night Live sketch in February 2012.[276] Swift later said she had seen the sketch: “I was laughing the entire time and then I realized that, as I was watching it, I was making the face she was making”.[277] At the Academy of Country Music Awards in April 2012, the ceremony's host Blake Shelton joked in his opening monologue that Swift should release a perfume called "I can't believe I smell this good". When Swift later presented Shelton with the Academy's Best Male Vocalist award, "the two faced off, showing each other their ultra-surprised looks".[278][279]
The merits of Swift as a feminist have been widely discussed.[280] She has been described by Jezebel as "a feminist's nightmare": "Her image of being good and pure plays right into how much the patriarchy fetishizes virginity, loves purity, and celebrates women who know their place as delicate flowers".[281] However, a Village Voice music critic dismissed this criticism as "shallow and gross, in that special way that things get gross when you cram shaded and living work through an ideological sieve like you're mechanically separating chicken".[282] He continued: "Criticisms include: She's a conformist stooge of the patriarchy (she's now had two hits about defying fathers); she idolizes chastity (she's coy about sex, but only the willful could miss the fucking in the new "Sparks Fly," which includes the line "Gimme something that'll haunt me when you're not around"); and she sells girls corrupt and shallow fairy-tale notions of romance (one of the two fairy-tale songs on Fearless mocked a guy for trying to white-knight her, and the only mention of such things on Speak Now is "I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you"—note the tense)."[282]
The song Fifteen has been the subject of particular scrutiny. It has been said that the song contains a "feminist message" in the lyrics "Back then I swore I was gonna marry him some day, but I realized some bigger dreams of mine” and "In your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team".[283] Feminist critics claim the use of the word "everything" in the lyric "Abigail gave everything she had to a boy, who changed his mind, and we both cried" is a reference to virginity: "Songs like "Fifteen" dig up the ancient Puritan ideal that girls can only access power by confidently and heterosexually denying access to their pants."[284] However, others interpret "everything" as trust: "Abigail trusted and opened up to a boy for the first time, only to be let down. Maybe that includes sex, maybe it doesn’t."[283]
When asked by The New York Times in 2010 whether she considered herself a feminist, Swift replied, "I have never really thought about that".[285] In December 2011, Billboard's Tom Roland asked Swift whether the marginalization of women in country music, prevalent in the 1950s, was still an issue: "I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn't feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you've got to work as hard as them. I was always playing just as many shows as they were and playing on the same shows as they were. I was willing to pay my dues as an opening act, playing in clubs and bars and playing in tiny venues. The new male artists were doing the same thing, so I never saw an issue there."[286]
In September 2010, Swift donated $75,000 to Nashville's Hendersonville High School to help refurbish the school auditorium's sound and lighting systems.[287] In May 2012, she pledged $4 million to fund a new education center at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. The two-storey, 7,500-square foot space will have its own exterior entrance and museum officials have decided to name it The Taylor Swift Education Center.[288] It will feature three classrooms and a children's exhibit gallery, and will house interactive activities such as a musical petting zoo and a “wet” classroom space to make concert posters and other art projects. New programs and workshops for teenagers and senior citizens will also be accommodated within the space. The Center is scheduled to open in early 2014 and Swift will be involved in an advisory capacity.[289]
In December 2009, Swift donated $250,000 to various schools around the country that she had either attended or had other associations with. The money was used to buy books, fund educational programs and pay teachers' salaries.[290] In October 2010, she took part in a live webcast, Read Now! with Taylor Swift, broadcast exclusively in US schools to celebrate Scholastic's Read Every Day campaign.[291][292] In October 2011, Swift donated 6,000 Scholastic books to Reading Public Library, Pennsylvania[293] and, in February 2012, she donated 14,000 books to Nashville Public Library, Tennessee.[294] Most of the books were placed in circulation; the rest were gifted to children from low-income families, preschools and daycare centers.[294] In March 2012, she co-chaired the National Education Association's Read Across America campaign and recorded a PSA encouraging children to read.[295][296]
In June 2008, Swift donated all the proceeds from her merchandise sales at the 2008 Country Music Festival to the Red Cross's disaster relief fund.[297] Swift donated $100,000 to the Red Cross in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to help the victims of the Iowa flood of 2008.[298] Swift lent her support to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal by joining the lineup at Sydney's Sound Relief concert,[299] reportedly making the biggest contribution of any artist playing at Sound Relief to the Australian Red Cross.[300]
In response to the May 2010 Tennessee floods, Swift donated $500,000 during a flood relief telethon hosted by WSMV, a Nashville television station.[301] In August 2010, she donated $100,000 to help rebuild a playground in Hendersonville, Tennessee, which was damaged by floodwater.[302] In May 2011, Swift transformed what was to have been the final dress rehearsal for the North American leg of her Speak Now tour into a benefit concert for victims of recent tornadoes in the United States southeast region, raising more than $750,000 from proceeds from ticket sales, merchandise and other facets of the show.[303] The benefit concert for tornado relief was subsequently honored at the 2011 Do Something Awards.[304] In July 2011, Swift further aided the cause by donating $250,000 to Alabama football coach Nick Saban's charity Nick's Kids to aid in the tornado relief efforts of West Alabama.[305] In April 2012, Swift donated $1,500 to a fund to help a man left permanently paralyzed by the tornado to make his house wheelchair-accessible.[306]
In September 2007, Swift helped launch a campaign to protect children from online predators, in partnership with the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police.[307] In January 2008, Swift donated a pink Chevy pick-up truck given to her by her record label to the Victory Junction Gang Camp.[308] Swift has teamed up with Sound Matters to make listeners aware of listening "responsibly".[309] Swift supports @15, a teen-led social change platform underwritten by Best Buy to give teens opportunities to direct the company's philanthropy through the newly-created @15 Fund.[310] She appeared in a Got Milk campaign in July 2010.[311]
Swift donated her prom dress, which raised $1,200 for charity, to DonateMyDress.org.[312] In November 2009, after a live performance on BBC's Children in Need night, she donated $20,000 to the cause.[313] Swift donated a pair of her shoes to the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation's Hero in Heels fundraiser for auction to raise money to benefit women with cancer. In June 2011, as the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year, Swift donated $25,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee. This figure was matched by the Academy.[314]
Swift made her acting debut in a 2009 episode of CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, playing a rebellious teenager.[315] The New York Times noted that the character allowed Swift to be "a little bit naughty, and credibly so".[316] Rolling Stone felt she "held her own" and "does a good job with the script"[317] while the Chicago Tribune said she "acquits herself well".[318] Later that year, Swift both hosted and performed as the musical guest for an episode of Saturday Night Live.[319] Entertainment Weekly described her as "this season’s best Saturday Night Live host so far", noting that she "was always up for the challenge, seemed to be having fun, and helped the rest of the cast nail the punchlines". Proving "admirably resilient in a wide variety of sketch roles", "Swift inspired more of a female, girly-in-the-best-sense sensibility in SNL than it’s shown since the Tina Fey-Amy Poehler days".[320]
In 2010, Swift made her feature film acting debut in the romantic comedy Valentine's Day and won the Teen Choice Award for Movie Female Breakout.[321] In 2012, she voiced the character of Audrey in the animated film The Lorax.[322] Swift is in talks to star as Joni Mitchell in the film adaptation of Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us, which follows the careers of Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King.[323]
Jakks Pacific released a celebrity doll of Swift in late 2008.[324] Swift was the face of L.E.I. jeans in 2008.[325] In 2007, Swift launched a line of sundresses at Wal-Mart.[326][327] In 2009, Swift became the National Hockey League's newest celebrity spokesperson and appears in commercials for the Nashville Predators.[328] In 2011, Swift partnered with Elizabeth Arden to launch a fragrance, "Wonderstruck".[329] Swift works with American Greetings, Inc.[330] She also has endorsement deals with companies including Target, CoverGirl and Sony.[331]
In May 2009, Swift filed a lawsuit (kept sealed until August 2010) against numerous sellers of unauthorized counterfeit merchandise bearing her name, likeness, and trademarks, where she demanded a trial by jury, sought a judgement for compensatory damages, punitive damages, three times the actual damages sustained, and statutory damages, and sought for recovery of her attorney's fees and prejudgement interest.[332] Nashville's U.S. District Court granted an injunction and judgment against the sellers, who had been identified at Swift's concerts in several states. The court ordered merchandise seized from the defendants to be destroyed.[333][334][335]
Swift's main residence is a duplex penthouse in Midtown Nashville, Tennessee.[336][1] She also owns a house in Beverly Hills, California.[337][338] According to Forbes, Swift earned $18 million in 2009,[339] $45 million in 2010,[340] $45 million in 2011[341] and $57 million so far in 2012.[342]
Swift writes autobiographical songs and has said that, "I've never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record".[343] Listening to music as a child, Swift felt confused "when I knew something was going on in someone’s personal life and they didn’t address it in their music".[344]
Swift dated singer Joe Jonas from July to October 2008.[345][346] She dated actor Taylor Lautner from October to December 2009.[347][348] She was romantically linked to musician John Mayer from late 2009 until June 2010.[349][350] They first met in 2008 and recorded a duet, "Half of My Heart", in late 2009.[351][352] Swift dated actor Jake Gyllenhaal from October 2010 to December 2010.[353][354][355][356][357] On December 9, 2011, Gyllenhaal called the LAPD for assistance, after a large number of photographers followed the couple's car in Los Angeles.[358] Following their break-up, they were seen together in January and February 2011.[359][360]
On her eighteenth birthday, "the first thing" Swift did was register to vote.[361][362] After casting her vote in the 2008 US presidential election, Swift declined to inform journalists which candidate she had supported.[363] However, following Barack Obama's inauguration, she told Rolling Stone: "I've never seen this country so happy about a political decision in my entire time of being alive. I'm so glad this was my first election."[364] In 2009, after Swift's MTV VMA acceptance speech was interrupted by Kanye West, President Obama described West's behaviour as "really inappropriate. The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She’s getting her award. What is he doing up there? He’s a jackass."[365] Former US President Jimmy Carter said West's interruption was "completely uncalled for".[366]
In 2010, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush attended the taping of a Swift television special in Kennebunkport, Maine,[367] and later described Swift as "unspoiled" and "very nice".[368] In 2012, Swift was presented with a Kids' Choice Award in recognition of her charitable work by Michelle Obama, who praised her as someone who "has rocketed to the top of the music industry but still keeps her feet on the ground, someone who has shattered every expectation of what a 22-year old can accomplish".[369] Swift later described the First Lady as "a role model".[370]
Swift is an admirer of the Kennedy family and has spent time with Rory, Caroline and, particularly, Ethel Kennedy.[371] When asked about her friendship with Swift, Ethel replied, "Oh, she is amazing! Such good company."[372] Rory has said, "There is a mutual admiration society between my mother and Taylor Swift and I just love it! I think it says so much about Taylor – she has that ability to connect and cross generations ... She's terrific and such a great role model for young girls, as well as for all women, really. ... She's just so curious and interested".[372] In January 2012, Swift travelled to Utah to attend the Sundance premiere of the HBO documentary Ethel.[373]
In a 2012 interview, Swift remarked that she was "very cautious" about using her public profile to address political issues, adding that she hoped to "gradually" become more outspoken: "I don't feel that I am in a place to sing about politics or anything like that. I don't know enough at this point".[374]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | Herself | Cameo |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Haley Jones | Episode: "Turn, Turn, Turn" |
2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Herself | Cameo |
2009 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Also appeared as the Musical Guest |
2010 | Valentine's Day | Felicia | Movie acting debut |
2012 | Lorax, TheThe Lorax | Audrey | Voice only |
Swift has won 109 awards from a total of 162 nominations. She has been the recipient of ten American Music Awards, six Grammy Awards, seven Country Music Association Awards, six Academy of Country Music Awards and 13 BMI Awards.
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Birth name | Pierre David Guetta |
Born | (1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 44) Paris, France |
Genres | House, electro house, hip house |
Occupations | DJ, record producer, songwriter |
Years active | 1984–present |
Labels | EMI Music France, Virgin, Positiva, Astralwerks, Jack Back Records |
Website | DavidGuetta.com |
Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌvid ɡɛˈta]), is a French house music producer and DJ.[1] Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries. Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.[2] He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers.[3] As at 2012 David Guetta is the world's most popular DJ, claiming the #1 poll position of the DJ Mag 100 popularity poll.[4]
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At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.[5] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.[6] In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.[7]
In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.[5][8] Released in 1994[7] Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.[6] In 1994, David Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains Douches.[9]
In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.[6] Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, Fuck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes".[6] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title.
Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.
In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
He played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.[10]
In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,[11] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is DJ Mix. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.
David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.[12] Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.[13] His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.[14]
On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies.[15][16] He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.[17][18] Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.
Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But the Beat was released on August 30, 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic.[19] The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.[20] "Where Them Girls At" featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.[21][22] "Little Bad Girl" featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz, was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.[19][23] The third single "Without You" featuring Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat, "Titanium" featuring Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack and "Night of Your Life" featuring Jennifer Hudson. The album also features the hit single "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg.
Guetta is also scheduled to perform alongside Nicky Romero and Nervo at London's Alexandra Palace on June 1, 2012.[24]
His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,[25] and his mother is of Belgian descent.[26][27][28] He is married to socialite and night club manager Cathy Guetta; they have two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).[29]
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2006 | DJ Awards | Best House DJ | Nominated | |
2007 | Best International DJ | Won | ||
Best Ibiza Night | Won | |||
World Music Awards | World's Best Selling DJ | Won | ||
TMF Awards | Best Dance Act | Nominated | ||
2008 | DJ Awards | Best House DJ | Won | |
MTV Europe Music Awards | Best French Act | Nominated | ||
2009 | DJ Awards | Best House DJ | Nominated | |
DJ Magazine | Top 100 DJs |
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2010 | Grammy Awards[13] | Record of the Year | "I Gotta Feeling" (with The Black Eyed Peas) |
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Best Dance Recording | "When Love Takes Over" (with Kelly Rowland) |
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Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical | Won | |||
Best Electronic/Dance Album | One Love | Nominated | ||
World Music Awards[30] | Best DJ | Won | ||
Best Producer | Won | |||
Best Selling French artist | Won | |||
NRJ Music Awards | International Album of the Year | One Love | Won | |
DJ Magazine | Top 100 DJs |
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2011 | Grammy Awards | Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical | "Revolver" (with Madonna) |
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MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Male | Nominated | ||
Best French Act | Nominated | |||
DJ Magazine[31] | Top 100 DJs (#1 Position) | Won | ||
2012 | Brit Awards | International Male Solo Artist | Himself | Nominated[32] |
Grammy Awards[33] | Best Dance Recording | "Sunshine" (w/ Avicii) | Nominated | |
Best Dance/Electronica Album | Nothing but the Beat | Nominated |
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Name | Guetta, David |
Alternative names | Guetta, Pierre David |
Short description | DJ, producer |
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