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Burning (Alcazar Song)
''Disco Defenders'' is Alcazar's third and final studio album. It was released on 11 March 2009 in Sweden, and internationally in May 2009. The album features two discs: "Now" (new Alcazar songs) and "Then" (featuring some of their older hits). The writers of the new songs include Anders Hansson, Pet Shop Boys, Danny Saucedo and Oscar Görres. The album also includes a cover of the 1980 disco hit "Funkytown "Funkytown" is a song by the American disco/funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music gen ..." by Lipps Inc. Track listings Standard edition Special edition This version is a re-release published the 18 November 2009 and includes two new tracks, "One Two Three Four" and "Last Christmas" instead of "Jump Straight into the Fire" and "Put the Top Down". This release has also a new cover. Charts Release hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcazar (band)
Alcazar is a Swedish nu-disco group. Alcazar is one of Sweden's most successful music groups both nationally and internationally with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004. Alcazar also had success globally in 2000 with their song "Crying at the Discoteque", having charted in USA, Brazil, Australia, Japan and most countries in Europe. Alcazar disbanded in August 2011 after a concert at Stockholm Pride. They reunited again in 2013 ahead of Melodifestivalen 2014. Band career The group formed in 1998, with three members: Andreas Lundstedt, Tess Merkel, and Annika ‘Annikafiore’ Kjærgaard (née Johansson). Their first single, "Shine On", was a hit in Sweden, but it was with their second release, "Crying at the Discoteque" (which heavily sampled Sheila and B. Devotion's 1979 hit "Spacer"), that they achieved success across Europe. Both singles appeared on their album, ''Casino'', written an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is The World We Live In
"This Is the World We Live In" is a song by Swedish band Alcazar. The song is the fifth single from their second album, '' Alcazarized'' (2003). It was released in 2004 and became a hit, peaking at number three in Sweden, number one in Hungary, and reaching the top 20 in Flemish Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Norway and the United Kingdom. The song contains an interpolation of Diana Ross's " Upside Down", and the chorus is adapted from the Genesis song "Land of Confusion "Land of Confusion" is a song by the English rock band Genesis from their 1986 album ''Invisible Touch''. The song was the third track on the album and was the third track released as a single, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 14 in the UK in ...". Music video A music video was produced to promote the single. Track listings * Swedish and European CD single # "This Is the World We Live In" (radio edit) # "This Is the World We Live In" (extended version) * UK CD single # "This Is the World We Live In" (radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Streaming Service
A music streaming service is a type of streaming media service that focuses primarily on music, and sometimes other forms of digital audio content such as podcasts. These services are usually subscription-based services allowing users to stream digital copyright restricted songs on-demand from a centralized library provided by the service. Some services may offer free tiers with limitations, such as advertising and limits on use. They typically incorporate a recommendation engine to help users discover other songs they may enjoy based on their listening history and other factors, as well as the ability to create and share public playlists with other users. Streaming services saw a significant pace of growth in the mid-2010s, overtaking music stores as the largest revenue stream of digital music. Streaming services, along with streams of music-related content on video sharing platforms, were incorporated into the methodologies of major record charts. The " album-equivalent unit" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include ..., formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday (Alcazar Song)
Someday is a Eurodance song written by famous Swedish singer and songwriter Orup Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like " Jag blir he ... for Alcazar's second studio album '' Alcazarized''. It was also made as an official song for the 2003 Stockholm Pride festival. Music video A music video was produced to promote the single. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of promotional single releases of "Someday". CD single #"Original Version" - 4:28 #"Studio 54 Revival Remix" - 4:16 Chart performance References Alcazar (band) songs 2003 singles RCA Records singles Songs written by Orup 2003 songs {{2000s-pop-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Life (song)
"Love Life" is a Pet Shop Boys song originally performed and released by the Swedish band Alcazar. It was the fourth single to be taken from their #2 album '' Alcazarized''. The song was originally titled "Can I Be the One?", and was demoed by Pet Shop Boys themselves. "Love Life" peaked at #10 in Sweden. Alcazar version Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of promotional single releases of "Love Life". CD single #"Original Version" - 3:54 #"Extended Version" - 6:35 #"FL Rebirth Club Mix" - 9:22 Chart performance Pet Shop Boys version Pet Shop Boys released their own version of "Love Life" as a limited edition 7" single for Record Store Day in April 2010. limited edition 7-inch single A. "Love life" B. "A Powerful Friend" References Alcazar (band) songs 2003 singles RCA Records singles Songs written by Neil Tennant Songs written by Chris Lowe 2003 songs {{2000s-pop-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcastar
"Alcastar" was Alcazar's second attempt at Melodifestivalen success. It made it to the final via Andra chansen, where it came 3rd. Upon release, the single shot straight to #1. It Contains mixes by The Attic, Club Junkies and Soundfactory. Formats and track listings CD Single # Alcastar (Radio Edit) 3:06 # Not A Sinner Nor A Saint (Mikki Remix) 3:45 Maxi Single #"Radio Edit" - 3:06 #"Soundfactory Starstruck Anthem" - 9:33 #"The Attic Remix" - 6:11 #"Club Junkies 12" Remix" - 9:35 #"Soundfactory Connection Dub" - 7:32 #"Acapella" - 3:04 #"Club Junkies Radio Edit" - 3:40 Chart performance {, class="wikitable" , - !align="left", Chart (2005) ! style="text-align:center;", Peakposition , - , align="left", Swedish Singles Chart , style="text-align:center;", 1 , - , align="left", Finnish Dance Chart , style="text-align:center;", 29 , - , align="left", European Hot 100 Singles [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physical (Alcazar Song)
"Physical" was released in late 2004 by the Swedish band Alcazar as part of the promotion of the Dancefloor Deluxe compilation. The song was based on a sample of Londonbeat's 1990 hit "I've Been Thinking About You". The song failed to chart Official Singles Chart in Sweden, but managed a # 3 placing in Finland. Music video The video was filmed in and around London's Soho Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century. The area was deve ... area when the band were in the UK performing at G-A-Y Astoria. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of promotional single releases of "Physical". Promo # Physical 3:30 CD Single # Physical 3:30 # Not A Sinner Nor A Saint (Mikki Remix) 3:35 Maxi Single #"Original Version" – 3:30 #"Soundfactory Club Anthem" – 9:11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Start The Fire (Alcazar Song)
"Start the Fire" was the final Alcazar single, released in 2005 as a second single from their compilation album ''Dancefloor Deluxe'', before their three-year hiatus. The chorus is borrowed from Billy Joel's classic hit "We Didn't Start the Fire "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song written and published by American musician Billy Joel. The song was released as a single on September 18, 1989, and later released as part of Joel's album '' Storm Front'' on October 17, 1989. A list song, i ...", though the verses are completely new. It also features samples from Heartache # 9 of Delegation. The maxi single contains two previously unreleased tracks "Glamourama" and "Nothing But the Video On". These tracks are rumoured to have been recorded for a third Alcazar studio album. The track reached #10 in Sweden, and, randomly enough #87 in Switzerland. Music video A music video was produced to promote the single. During the filming of the video, one of the lead singers, Annikafior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't You Want Me
"Don't You Want Me" is a song by British synthpop group the Human League (credited on the cover as The Human League 100). It was released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album, ''Dare'' (1981). The band's best known and most commercially successful song, it was the biggest selling UK single of 1981, that year's Christmas number one, and has since sold over 1,560,000 copies in the UK, making it the 23rd-most successful single in UK Singles Chart history. It topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US on 3 July 1982, where it stayed for three weeks. In November 1983, ''Rolling Stone'' named it the "breakthrough song" of the Second British Invasion of the US. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's seventh-favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. And in 2022, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it one of the ''200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time''. Background The lyrics were inspired after lead singer Philip Oakey read a ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
