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Frantic Romantic

The album included Stewart's biggest pop hit, "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off," as well as the minor follow-up hit, "Jody," for whom Stewart's former Soul Train dance-mate Jody Watley was the inspiration.

Michael Gore

He also composed the theme and score for the 1983 hit film Terms of Endearment starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger, notching a hit on the Adult Contemporary chart (and briefly the pop charts) under his own name with the "Theme" from this film.


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Aden Young

In 2011 Young mimed Australian female indie supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper's hit song "Even Though I'm A Woman" in the music video directed by Natalie Van Dungen, and featured in the Jason Statham/Robert De Niro action film Killer Elite as American techno geek Meyer.

Agnes Chan

She had a chance to record a cover of Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game" with her elder sister, actress Irene Chan, and it became a hit song in Hong Kong.

Auction chant

The auction chant is the focus of the 1956 hit song "The Auctioneer" by Leroy Van Dyke, which was about a relative of Van Dyke who was an auctioneer.

Big Gipp

Big Gipp gained radio airplay when he was featured in Nelly's hit song Grillz with Jermaine Dupri, Paul Wall, and Ali.

Blackfeather

The LP was co-produced by Robinson and Festival staff producer Richard Batchens (who went on to work with Sherbet and Richard Clapton), and it featured the hit song "Seasons of Change".

Bobby Burgess

In 1961, while attending Long Beach State University, he and his childhood friend (and dancing partner) Barbara Boylan entered a Calcutta dance contest held by Lawrence Welk and his orchestra based on the hit song of the same name.

Botnleðja

Their hit song "Song 2" borrowed the catchy "woo-hoo" from Botnleðja's 'Þið eruð Frábær'.

Cabin Crew

They are best known for their song "Star to Fall" (also known as "Star2Fall"), which is a remix of the 1988 hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl, a song that was involved in a "sample battle" with Sunset Strippers.

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" is a hit song in the U.S. (#5) by Sophie B. Hawkins.

Dave Hazard

Kate Bush was later seen on television singing her high pitched hit song "Wuthering Heights" with dance moves that Hazard said appeared to come from karate.

David Kershenbaum

This resulted in multi-platinum sales and the hit song "Hungry Like the Wolf".

Dracula 2012

Super Hit song Prince of Darkness Song Project Design By Casting Director - Dinesh Nair, Mumbai,

East Nashville Skyline

The song "Ballad of The Kingsmen" concerns the controversy surrounding their hit song "Louie Louie".

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

It was said that France Télévisions would like to see beyond Eurovision, hoping to create a hit song for Matador to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Gee Records

Gee Records was a New York-based American record label formed as a subsidiary to George Goldner's Tico Records and Rama Records labels in 1953 to honor the million selling hit song "Gee" (1953).

Gonzo journalism

Another speculation is that the word may have been inspired by the 1960 hit song "Gonzo" by New Orleans rhythm and blues pianist James Booker.

Graeme Garden

With Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie, Garden appeared in the Amnesty International show A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick) (during which they sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon").

Henson Cargill

In 1973, he made a strong comeback to the charts when he signed with Atlantic Records and scored 2 Top 30 hits in 1974 with "Some Old California Memory" and a version of Mac Davis' hit song "Stop and Smell the Roses".

Jawani Diwani

The title of the hit film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) was taken from a hit song from the film.

Johnny Yesno: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture

It was made as a soundtrack to Peter Care's movie of the same title, which in turn lead to Peter Care directing the video for Cabaret Voltaire's hit song "Sensoria".

Kimmage

Older folk often referred to it as a Nickleodeon, which came from the lyrics of a hit song "Music! Music! Music!" ("Put another nickel in, in the Nickelodeon") by the very popular American singer at the time, Teresa Brewer.

Kyle Nakazawa

Nakazawa has also dabbled in acting, and he was featured in JoJo’s music video for her 2006 hit song, Too Little Too Late alongside several of his UCLA Bruins teammates.

La Mafia

Kumbia All Starz sang 3 more songs, then A.B. Quintanilla asked Oscar De La Rosa if they could sing one more song, and Oscar agreed, and so Ricky Rick and Melissa Jiménez got on stage and performed the hit song "Rica Y Apretadita".

Lifer

The band formed under the name Strangers with Candy in early 1999 and is most notable for winning MTV's Ultimate Cover Band contest, where they performed their own version of a-ha's hit song "Take On Me." They released a 7 song EP titled No Need in late March 2000.

Luan Peters

In 1975 she fronted the band 5000 Volts and appeared on Top of the Pops singing their hit song “I’m on Fire”; however, the actual vocalist was Tina Charles.

Make It Like It Was

"Make It Like It Was" was a hit song for R&B singer Regina Belle in 1990.

McCamey, Texas

They had a 1963 hit song called Hey Paula that made it to number one on the Billboard Top 40 charts.

Michael Wycoff

His second album, Love Conquers All, included the song, Looking Up To You, that was sampled by the 1990s R&B group Zhané on their hit song, Hey Mr. D.J. in 1993.

Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium

When Mountaineer Field was dedicated on September 6, 1980, which also marked the first game for head coach Don Nehlen, fans were surprised when singer John Denver made an appearance and led the fans in the singing of his hit song "Take Me Home, Country Roads".

No Need to Argue

The hit song "Zombie", written by lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, is according to her about the IRA bombings in 1993 that resulted in the death of two children.

Novogradska

He collaborated with Macedonian singer Karolina Gočeva on the hit song Ajde da letame, which topped the national charts in 2000 and 2001.

Over Somebody Else's Shoulder

"Over Somebody Else's Shoulder" is a hit song written by Al Sherman & Al Lewis in 1934 at the end of the Tin Pan Alley era.

Pantip Plaza

Pantip Plaza is featured in a hit song by Loso, "Pantip", which has a hook chorus, "Ja mai pai Pantip" ("จะไม่ไปพันธุ์ทิพย์" - "(I) will not go to Pantip") and is about a man dating a woman and taking her shopping at World Trade Center, MBK Center and Siam Square, but he refuses to take her to Pantip Plaza because of his ex-girlfriend works there.

Paul Secon

In 1966, Paul sold the company to Morris and moved to Denmark, where he pursued his earlier career of music and writing, and where his son, Lucas Secon (best known for his 1994 hit song Lucas With the Lid Off) was born.

Pebe Sebert

In 2010 Sebert co-wrote her daughter Kesha's hit song "Your Love Is My Drug" which became a top ten single in nine countries and also reached triple platinum in the U.S. Later in that same year, Pebe and her daughter Kesha gave away their songs "Disgusting" to Pop Singer Miranda Cosgrove for her debut album and "Time of Our Lives" to Miley Cyrus for her debut EP also titled "Time of Our Lives".

Philip Testa

Testa's violent death inspired the first line of musician Bruce Springsteen's US hit song, "Atlantic City".

Philomena Begley

In 1975, Begley had a hit with her version of Billie Jo Spears' hit song "Blanket on the Ground" which took her to number five in the Irish Charts.

Robot Learn Love

Robot Learn Love is the fourth full album released from singer song writer Kyle Andrews (Best known for his hit song You Make Me Smile).

Rogers Stevens

Thomas Rogers Stevens (born on 31 October 1970 in West Point, Mississippi, United States) is the guitarist from Blind Melon, an alternative rock band which began in the 1990s and is most famous for their hit song "No Rain".

Ruth Fernández

Fernández started to gain popularity and in 1941, at age 22, she was signed by Columbia Records with whom she recorded her first hit song, "Cuando Vuelvas" (When you return) a theme written by Myrta Silva.

Serani

His first and very successful attempt at singing was on Mavado's hit song Dying which is featured on the latter's début album Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks.

Song Sung Blue

"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 hit song written and recorded by Neil Diamond, largely based on the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21.

Tættere på himlen

"Tættere på himlen" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish/Turkish origin, featuring Danish duo Nik & Jay.

Te Acordarás de Mí

The song "Voy A Sacarte De Mi Mente" is a Spanish-language version of Go West's hit song "King of Wishful Thinking".

Telephone number

That way there was no possibility that a fake number from a show would actually reach someone, thus avoiding the scenario which arose in 1982 with Tommy Tutone's hit song "867-5309/Jenny".

Times Two

As a result, the duo were subsequently dropped from Reprise, and the duo returned in 1990 on EMI Records with the EP "Danger Is My Business." A single was released, "Set Me Free," which prominently featured samples from Blue Swede's 1974 cover of B.J. Thomas' 1969 hit song "Hooked on a Feeling."

Vicki Caroline Cheatwood

Current front-burner projects include the feature film script The Road Goes On Forever, based on the hit song by Robert Earl Keen (Caliber Media Company, Beverly Hills, CA), and Break, set to film in New York in August 2008.

Washita County, Oklahoma

The lyrics for 1968 hit song Wichita Lineman were inspired by Jimmy Webb's driving through Washita County westward on a straight road into the setting sun past a seemingly endless line of telephone poles, each looking exactly the same as the last.

Watashi Iro/Bokura Style

"Gelände ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" is a cover of a 1995 hit song by Kohmi Hirose, with whom Misono collaborated on this single.

When Something Is Wrong with My Baby

"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" is a classic hit song, a soul ballad, written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, sung by Sam & Dave, and first released in 1967 by Stax Records.