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Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE ( /ˈkaɪliː mɨˈnoʊɡ/; born 28 May 1968) — often known simply as Kylie — is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, showgirl, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK, and received generally positive reviews.
Initially presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album, Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the UK, but was successful in Australia.
Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo?) (born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese video game composer, best known for scoring the majority of titles in the Final Fantasy series. He is considered as one of the most famous and respected composers in the video game community. Uematsu, a self-taught musician, began playing the piano at the age of eleven or twelve, with Elton John as his biggest influence.
Uematsu joined Square (later Square Enix) in 1986, where he met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. They have worked together on many video game titles, most notably the games in the Final Fantasy series. After nearly 20 years in the company, he left Square Enix in 2004 to found his own company called Smile Please, and the music production company Dog Ear Records. He has since composed music as a freelancer for video games primarily developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's development studio Mistwalker.
Soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released. Pieces from his video game works have been performed in Final Fantasy concerts. He has worked with Grammy Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth on several of these concerts. From 2002 to 2010, he was in a rock band with colleagues Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito called The Black Mages, in which he played Electronic organ and other keyboards. The band played arranged rock versions of Uematsu's Final Fantasy compositions. He has since performed with the band Earthbound Papas.
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Rockin' on top of the world
Rockin' on top of the world
The place is hoppin'... there ain't no stoppin'
Rockin' on top of the world
And if your spirits swing that girl
Rockin' on top of the world tonight
Rockin' on top of the world
Rockin' on top of the world
The place hoppin'... there ain't no stoppin'
Rockin' on top of the world
And if your spirits swing that girl
Rockin' on top of the world tonight... yeah
C'mon show me... woo... woo... yak yak...
Up here where it's freezin'... everybody needs some heat
No more ringy dingy
Time to get up on your feet... yeah
Up on my feet
Rockin' on top of the world
Rockin' on top of the world
The place is hoppin'... there ain't no stoppin'
Rockin' on top of the world
Blow your horn and swing that girl
Rockin' on top of the world tonight... yeah
A duby duby duby yeah...
Up here where it's freezin'... everybody needs some heat
No more ringy dingy
Time to get up on your feet... aah yeah
Get up on my feet
Rockin' on top of the world
Rockin' on top of the world
The place is hoppin'... there ain't no stoppin'
Rockin' on top of the world
Blow your horn and swing that girl
Rockin' on top of the world tonight
Rockin' on top of the world
Rockin' on top of the world
The place is hoppin'... there ain't no stoppin'
Rockin' on top of the world
Blow your horn and swing that girl
Rockin' on top of the world tonight... yeah