10cc
10cc Song list
- Art For Art's Sake (1975)
- Clockwork Creep (1974)
- Donna (1972)
- Dreadlock Holiday (1978)
- I'm Mandy Fly Me (1975)
- I'm Not In Love (1975)
- Life Is A Minestrone (1975)
- Ready To Go Home (1992)
- Rubber Bullets (1973)
- The Dean and I (1973)
- The Hospital Song (1973)
- The Sacro-Iliac (1974)
- The Things We Do For Love (1976)
- The Wall Street Shuffle (1974)
- The Worst Band In The World (1974)
- Une Nuit a Paris: One Night in Paris, Pt. 1/The Same Night in Paris, Pt. 2 (1975)
More Songfacts:
You Get What You GiveThe New Radicals
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals was the first hit song to use the word "frenemies" in the lyrics.
Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie
David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" was likely based on various musicians in his ambit, including Iggy Pop (zIGGY), and Jimi Hendrix, who played guitar left-handed ("He played it left hand").
AfricaToto
A key line in "Africa" is "I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become," which is about drifting away from what you really want in life. Toto keyboard player David Paich, who wrote the song, felt his work was consuming him.
The PowerSnap!
Snap! was two German producers. When they needed a rapper, they found one on the American army base there and had him rap on "The Power."
Rose MarieSlim Whitman
Country star Slim Whitman's version of the 1920s song "Rose Marie" spent 11 consecutive weeks at #1 in the UK in 1955, a record until 1991 when Bryan Adams’ "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent 16 weeks at the top.
All The Young DudesMott the Hoople
All The Young Dudes "carry the news" because it was intended for a David Bowie concept album where Ziggy Stardust spreads the news in a world with electricity.
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