Best Songs with the Same Name/Title

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You know that annoying moment when you tell a friend that you like a particular song and they ask you about several different hits before the right one. For instance if I say I really like that song Hero and your friend asks you whether its Mariah's, Enrique's or Skillet's and you say no to all three and say it's Chad Kroeger's one. Like this there are many songs out there with the same name which confuse us since most of them are equally good (or equally bad). The title of most of these songs are one words like Angel, Shine, Hero etc. or particular phrases such as "The power of love", "I'll be there for you", "It's my life" etc. Despite the same name most of them have become hits and have won accolades. I have placed Angel at the top since there were numerous entries out of which I have picked only the best. I have limited the maximum entries to six and the minimum is three. The best performing hit is underlined. So enjoy listening to these hits and confusing your friends. 

1. Angel – Madonna, Aerosmith, Sarah Mclachlan, Shaggy, The Corrs, Akon
2. Shine – Aswad, Collective Soul, Vanessa Amorosi, Bond, Take That, Booty Luv
3. Hero – David Crosby, Mariah Carey, Enrique Iglesias, Chad Kroeger, Nas, Skillet
4. Crazy – Willie Nelson, Seal, Aerosmith, Britney Spears, K-Ci & JoJo, Gnarls Barkley 
5. Heaven – Bryan Adams, Warrant, Live, Los Lonely Boys, Emeli Sande, Depeche Mode
6. My love – Mary J. Blige, Westlife, Justin Timberlake, Celine Dion, The-Dream, Route 94
7. I don’t care – Webb Pierce, Shakerspears Sister, Ricky Martin, Apocalyptica, Fall Out Boy, 2NE1
8. Fire – Arthur Brown, Ohio Players, Pointer Sisters, U2, 2NE1, Kasabian
9. Stronger – Gary Barlow, Britney Spears, Sugababes, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson
10. Runaway – Del Shannon, Real McCoy, Janet Jackson, The Corrs, Kanye West
11. Believe – Elton John, Cher, The Chemical Brothers, Brooks & Dunn, Staind
12. Top of the world – The Carpenters, Chumbawamba, Brandy, Dixie Chicks, The Cataracs
13. Someday – Mariah Carey, M People, MLTR, Sugar Ray, Nickelback
14. Dreams – Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, The Cranberries, Gabrielle, The Game 
15. Magic – Olivia Newton-John, The Cars, B.o.B, Robin Thicke, Coldplay
16. Bang bang – Cher, Squeeze, Iggy Pop, Will.I.Am, (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
17. Breathe – The Prodigy, Faith Hill, Blu Cantrell, Michelle Branch, Fabolous
18. Mama – Connie Francis, Genesis, Spice Girls, Il Divo, Exo
19. Sing – The Carpenters, My Chemical Romance, Travis, Gary Barlow, Ed Sheeran
20. Smile – Vitamin C, Lonestar, Lily Allen, Uncle Kracker, Avril Lavigne
21. I’ll be there for you – Bon Jovi, Method Man, The Rembrandts, The Moffats, Solid HarmoniE
22. Boyfriend – Ashlee Simpson, Alphabeat, Lou Bega, Big Time Rush, Justin Bieber
23. Your love – The Outfield, Nicki Minaj, Brandon Heath, Diddy Dirty Money, Nicole Scherzinger
24. Dance – Ratt, Lemar, Lumidee, Justice, Big Sean
25. Monster – Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Professor Green, Paramore, Imagine Dragons
26. The way – Fastball, Divine Inspiration, Clay Aiken, Daniel Bedingfield, Ariana Grande
27. Troublemaker – Weezer, Akon, Arashi, Taio Cruz, Olly Murs
28. You and me – Tammy Wynette, Alice Cooper, Lifehouse, Dave Matthews Band, Disclosure
29. Animal – Pearl Jam, Jebediah, R.E.M. Neon Trees, Conor Maynard
30. It’s my life – The Animals, Dr.Alban, Bon Jovi, No Doubt
31. S.O.S – ABBA, Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks
32. Hello – Lionel Richie, The Beloved, Martin Solveig, Karmin
33. Alone – Heart, B’z, Bee Gees, Sistar
34. Sweet dreams – Patsy Cline, Eurythmics, La Bouche, Beyonce
35. Hey baby – DJ Otzi, No Doubt, Omarion, Pitbull
36. Higher – Gloria Estefan, Creed, The Saturdays, Taio Cruz
37. Photograph – Ringo Starr, Def Leppard, Nickelback, Ed Sheeran
38. Goodbye – Spice Girls, The Corrs, Miley Cyrus, B.A.P.
39. Freedom – Wham!, Alice Cooper, Erasure, Dan Balan
40. Crush – Jennifer Paige, Dave Matthews Band, Mandy Moore, David Archuleta
41. The power of love – Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis & the News, Celine Dion
42. I want you – Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Savage Garden, Janet Jackson
43. I love you – Vanilla Ice, Martina McBride, Faith Evans, 2NE1
44. Fireball – Deep Purple, Dev, Willow, Pitbull
45. Step by step – Eddie Rabbitt, New Kids on the Block, Whitney Houston
46. La, la, la – LMFAO, Naughty Boy, Shakira
47. Turn me on – Norah Jones, Kevin Lyttle, David Guetta
48. Animals – Nickelback, Martin Garrix, Maroon 5
49. Take a bow – Madonna, Leona Lewis, Rihanna
50. One more night – Phil Collins, Cascada, Maroon 5
51. Rock the boat – Hues Corporation, Aaliyah, Bob Sinclar
52. Maria – Ricky Martin, Blondie, Franco
53. All night long – Lionel Richie, Simon Mathew, Alexandra Burke
54. When you’re gone – The Cranberries, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne
55. As long as you love me – Backstreet Boys, Justin Bieber, Caleb Johnson
56. Yesterday – The Beatles, Shanice, Toni Braxton
57. Kiss – Prince, Vengaboys, Korn
58. Broken – Seether, Lifehouse, Sam Clark
59. Breathing – Kate Bush, Lifehouse, Jason Derulo
60. I will remember you – Amy Grant, Sarah McLachlan, Ryan Cabrera

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Best Booty Songs of All Time

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Welcome to the era of the booty. About ten hit singles were released in the past year just about fat asses and big butts. With the advent of twerking and wiggling and all sorts of rump shaking the music industry has taken a new low, literally by producing so many mainstream hits about a girl's bottom. While rappers have always featured butts, boobs and g-spots, the entry of the big booty as a muse into the mainstream music scene is a new development. Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass takes the crown as it topped both the charts in the United Kingdom and the United States. While the song is  heavily reminiscent of the doo-wop style of the by-gone days of the golden era of music, Trainor allegedly sings about a body positive, but such interpretation is seriously subjective, as the song has come under heavy criticism. I guess the "blurred lines" of this controversy is due to the fact that the song enters the fray when booty songs are at their peak in the industry. Eminem and Flo Rida are the only two artists to have two entries in the list. So, here is the top 25 of the best booty songs of all time. Enjoy shaking your booty to this list…     

1. Meghan Trainor – All about that bass
2. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
3. Sir Mix-a-lot – Baby got back
4. Destiny Child – Bootylicious
5. Black Eyed Peas – My humps
6. Jennifer Lopez ft. Iggy Azalea – Booty
7. Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Dogg – Wiggle
8. Eminem ft. Nate Dogg – Shake that
9. Wreckx-n-Effect ft. Teddy Riley – Rump shaker
10. Major Lazer ft. Tyga, Mystic & Bruno Mars – Bubble butt
11. Pitbull ft. Lil Jon – Culo
12. Mystikal – Shake ya ass
13. Flo Rida ft. Pitbull – Can’t believe it
14. Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj – Dance (A$$)
15. Queen – Fat bottomed girls
16. Juvenile – Back that ass up
17. Eminem – Ass like that
18. Bubba Sparxx ft. Ying Yang Twins – Ms. New Booty
19. LL Cool J – Big ole butt
20. KC and the Sunshine Band – (Shake, shake, shake) Shake your booty
21. Flo Rid aft. T-Pain – Low
22. E.U. – Da butt
23. Trace Adkins – Honky tonk badonkadonk
24. Sisqo – Thong song
25. Soulja Boy – Donk

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Best Movie Songs of All Time

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Almost everyone loves watching movies, but there a lot of factors come into play for a movie to be a good one. Casting, acting, directing and more importantly for us music freaks a good soundtrack play an important role in making a good movie a great one. However, not all great films have great soundtracks, but some do, and these are more or less love stories or at least extremely inspirational ones.  Bryan Adams takes the crown for his Everything I Do in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, since it broke records in the United Kingdom when it was initially released and was number one in almost all the countries it charted, not to mention that it is one of the best selling singles and Bryan Adams' biggest hit of all time. At close second is Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You for the film The Bodyguard. It was a hard choice as to who should take the crown but Bryan Adams takes the peak since his song is original. Surprisingly, Kevin Costner stars in both these films. 

The Bee Gees have three entries in the top 30 itself for their three hits in Saturday Night Fever. Grease and Pretty Woman have two entries each as movies. Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams, Olivia Newton John and Madonna have 3 entries each with Lionel Richie, Celine Dion, Irene Cara, Prince, Will Smith and John Travolta each having 2 entries. The film series with the highest number of entries in the chart is the James Bond series with 9 entries. Therefore, these are the best movie songs of all time based on chart performance and the accolades received worldwide. 

1. Bryan Adams – Everything I do (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
2. Whitney Houston – I will always love you (The Bodyguard)
3. Debbie Boone – You light up my life (You Light Up My Life)
4. Celine Dion – My heart will go on (Titanic)
5. Bee Gees – How deep is your love (Saturday Night Fever)
6. Olivia Newton John & John Travolta – You’re the one that I want (Grease)
7. Duran Duran – A view to a kill (A View to a Kill)
8. Judy Garland – Over the rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
9. Survivor – Eye of the tiger (Rocky III)
10. Wet Wet Wet – Love is all around (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
11. Bee Gees – Night fever (Saturday Night Fever)
12. Aerosmith – I don’t wanna miss a thing (Armageddon)
13. Irene Cara – Flashdance…what a feeling (Flashdance)
14. Boys II Men – End of the road (Boomerang)
15. Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise (Dangerous Minds)
16. Berlin – Take my breath away (Top Gun)
17. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross – Endless love (Endless Love)
18. Destiny’s Child – Independent women part 1 (Charlie’s Angels)
19. Celine Dion – Because you loved me (Up Close & Personal)
20. UB40 – Can’t help falling in love (Silver)
21. Seal – Kiss from a rose (Batman Forever)
22. Blondie – Call me (American Gigolo)
23. Adele – Skyfall (Skyfall)
24. Prince – When doves cry (Purple Rain)
25. Lionel Richie – Say you say me (White Nights)
26. B.J. Thomas – Raindrops keep falling on my head (Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid)
27. The Verve – Bitter sweet symphony (Cruel Intentions)
28. ABBA – Dancing queen (Muriel’s Wedding)
29. Bee Gees – Stayin’ alive (Saturday Night Fever)
30. Barbra Streisand – The way we were (The Way We Were)
31. R.Kelly – I believe I can fly (Space Jam)
32. Eminem – Lose yourself (8 Mile)
33. Barbra Streisand – Evergreen (A Star is Born)
34. Roxette – It must have been love (Pretty Woman)
35. Lulu – To sir with love (To Sir With Love)
36. Christopher Cross – Arthur’s theme (best thing you can do) (Arthur)
37. Kenny Loggins – Footloose (Footloose)
38. Madonna – Crazy for you (Vision Quest)
39. Huey Lewis & The News – The power of love (Back to the Future)
40. Starship – Nothing’s gonna stop us (Mannequin)
41. Phil Collins – Against all odds (Against All Odds)
42. Stevie Wonder – I just called to say I love you (The Woman in Red)
43. Los Lobos – La bamba (La Bamba)
44. Olivia Newton John – Magic (Xanadu)
45. Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)
46. Jon Bon Jovi – Blaze of glory (Young Guns II)
47. En Vogue – Don’t let go (love) (Set It Off)
48. Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (9 to 5)
49. Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes – Up where we belong (An Officer and a Gentleman)
50. Evanescence – Bring me to life (Dare Devil)
51. Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting – All for love (The Three Musketeers)
52. Carly Simon – Nobody does it better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
53. Prince – Kiss (Under the Cherry Moon)
54. Paul McCartney & Wings – Live and let die (Live and Let Die)
55. Colour Me Badd – I wanna sex you up (New Jack City)
56. Olivia Newton John & John Travolta – Summer nights (Grease)
57. Isaac Hayes – Shaft (Shaft)
58. Percy Faith – Theme from A Summer Place (A Summer Place)
59. Peter Cetera – Glory of love (The Karate Kid)
60. Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
61. Simple Mind – Don’t you (forget about me) (The Breakfast Club)
62. Beyonce ft. Slim Thug – Check on it (The Pink Panther)
63. Sarah McLachlan – Angel (City of Angels)
64. Will Smith – Men in black (Men In Black)
65. The Cardigans – Lovefool (Romeo & Juliet)
66. Linkin Park – New divide (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
67. All Saints – Pure shores (The Beach)
68. Bette Midler – Wing beneath my wings (Beaches)
69. Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott – Hero (Spiderman)
70. Will Smith – Wild Wild West (Wild Wild West)
71. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay (I missed you) (Reality Bites)
72. Righteous Brothers – Unchained melody (Ghost)
73. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson (The Graduate)
74. Madonna – Die another day (Die Another Day)
75. Michael Jackson – Will you be there (Free Willy)
76. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve had) The time of my life (Dirty Dancing)
77. Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules – Mad world (Donnie Darko)
78. Roy Orbison – Pretty woman (Pretty Woman)
79. Irene Cara – Fame (Fame)
80. Shirley Basset – Goldfinger (Goldfinger)
81. U2 – Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me (Batman Forever)
82. Christina Perri – A thousand years (Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
83. Limp Bizkit – Behind blue eyes (Gothica)
84. Don Omar ft. Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro (Fast Five)
85. Smash Mouth – All star (Rat Race)
86. Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman – Come what may (Moulin Rouge!)
87. Enya – May it be (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
88. Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway (The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement)
89. Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams – I finally found someone (The Mirror Has Two Faces)
90. Sheena Easton – For your eyes only (For Your Eyes Only)
91. Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss me (She’s All That)
92. Madonna – Don’t cry for me Argentina (Evita)
93. Pussycat Dolls – Sway (Shall We Dance?)
94. Garbage – The world is not enough (The World is not Enough)
95. Hilary Duff – Come clean (A Cinderella Story)
96. Diana King – I say a little prayer (My Best Friend’s Wedding)
97. Gloria Estefan – Heaven’s what I feel (Dance With Me)
98. Sophie B. Hawkins – As I lay me down (Now and Then)
99. Sheryl Crow – Tomorrow never dies (Tomorrow Never Dies)
100. Savage Garden – The Animal Song (The Other Sister)

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Xposition - September 2014

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Well September was a relatively quiet month in terms of happenings in the music scene. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX's Fancy was crowned Song of the Summer by Billboard after the song topped the weekly chart from start to finish. Fancy is the first song to achieve this feat since Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg's California Gurls topped the chart from start to finish in 2010. 

The UK has released a list of the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles So Far as of 30th September 2014. Leading the list is Pharrell Williams' Happy followed by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne's Rather Be and John Legend's All of Me. Mr. Probz's Waves is at 4 with Pitbull ft. Kesha's Timber and Ella Henderson's Ghost at 5 and 6 respectively. There may be changes at the end of the year but for now these are the top guns to claim the biggest selling single of UK for 2014.  

There were movements in the charts in the US since the VMAs at the end of August would see sales in certain songs. It was none other than Taylor Swift's Shake It Off which blasted through to the top on the first week of September moving Magic!'s Rude out of place. Her single which was performed at the VMAs is also her entry to the mainstream pop scene. The single stayed there for two weeks and was dethroned by Meghan Trainor's debut hit All About That Bass. With a catchy beat, controversial lyrics and a flamboyant video the song was struggling to peak in its first few weeks behind Rude. However, finally the song peaked in the third week and remained at the top spot in the final week of September. With Nicki Minaj's brilliant performance of Anaconda on the VMA stage, the single peaked at No.2 during the month and this was the only movement within the top 10.

In the UK Lily Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz's Prayer in C was number one for the first two weeks of the month. Then Calvin Harris ft. John Newman's Blame was number one for one week before being dethroned by Sigma ft. Paloma Faith's Changing in the final week. Other singles which became popular during the month were:

• Echosmith - Cool kids
• Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross - New flame
• Jeremih ft. YG - Don't tell 'em
• Tove Lo - Habits (stay high)
• Sam Smith - I'm not the only one
• The Script - Superheroes
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia
• Professor Green ft. Tori Kelly - Lullaby

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