Rebel Yell is the second studio album by the English rock singer Billy Idol,released on 10 November 1983 by Chrysalis Records. After the release of his 1982 eponymous debut studio album,Idol continued his collaboration with producer Keith Forsey and multi-instrumentalist Steve Stevens. The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Initially recording without a drummer,utilizing only the electronic drum machines LinnDrum and Roland TR-808,Forsey and Stevens later decided to hire Thommy Price to play drums on some of the songs. Musically,Rebel Yell is a new wave album with strong pop rock and hard rock influences. The cover sleeve and images were shot by Brian Griffin. Idol got the idea of the album's title after attending a party with the Rolling Stones and drinking Rebel Yell bourbon whiskey.
"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" is a song by Prince. It is a ballad of romantic longing with some gospel elements. On his original recording of the song,which was released as the non-album B-side to his 1982 single "1999",Prince performs most of the song in his falsetto range,with his own bluesy piano playing providing the only instrumental accompaniment. The song's first album appearance was on his 1993 compilation The Hits/The B-Sides. It was later included on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Girl 6. Prince also performs the song on his 2002 live album One Nite Alone... Live!.
"Freak Me" is a song by American R&B group Silk. It was released in February 1993 as the second single from their debut album,Lose Control. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat,for whom Silk was a touring opening act. Tim Cameron,Jimmy Gates and Gary "Lil G" Jenkins sing lead on the song. The song was the group's highest-charting hit,reaching number-one on both the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks,and the U.S. Hot R&B Singles chart for eight weeks. On the Hot 100,this song also spent ten weeks at number two. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 1.3 million copies domestically.
"Eyes Without a Face" is a song by English rock musician Billy Idol,from his second album Rebel Yell (1983). It was released in June 1984 as the second single from the album. The song is softer and more ballad-like than most of the album's other singles. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100,becoming Idol's first top-10 hit in the US. The recording features the voice of Perri Lister—she appeared in the banned video for "Hot in the City"—who sings "Les yeux sans visage" as a background chorus. The title of the song refers to the English title of French director Georges Franju's 1960 film Les yeux sans visage.
Our Happy Hardcore is the second studio album by German dance group Scooter. The European release date for the album was 28 March 1996. Three singles were released from the album,starting with "Back in the U.K." in November 1995 and "Let Me Be Your Valentine" in February 1996. The final single,a cover version of the Billy Idol song "Rebel Yell",followed in May 1996. The mostly instrumental "Crank It Up" is notable for its use as the theme tune for the Bruno segments in Da Ali G Show.
"Love Comes Again" is a song by Dutch DJ Tiësto featuring vocals by BT. It was released on 8 April 2004 as the second single from Tiësto's second studio album Just Be. It was written by Brian Transeau and Tiësto. In exchange to the collaboration of BT in his album,Tiësto remixed that same year one of BT's songs,"Force of Gravity" and was released on The Technology EP. Australian releases of "Love Comes Again" under Bang On! Recordings contain a B-side which was previously released as a single,known as "Traffic".
"Traffic" is a track single which appeared in the album Just Be and Parade of the Athletes by Dutch DJ Tiësto. The track contains samples of Sean Deason's track "Psykofuk". When the album Just Be was released,his third single "Love Comes Again" was featured with it,"Traffic" turned into a B-side after having great success in Tiësto's concerts and having a music video made which was released in its original form as well as its radio edit version. It is the first instrumental track to reach the top spot in his homeland of the Netherlands in 23 years. Many DJs did remixes for "Traffic". The track is recorded at 136 BPM.
"Just Be" is a song by Tiësto,featuring British singer and songwriter Kirsty Hawkshaw.
"Adagio for Strings" is a track by Dutch DJ Tiësto. It was first released in January 2005 as the fourth single from the album Just Be. A Trance remake of the classical music composition by Samuel Barber,the track takes the melody of the afformentioned piece and adapts it into 4/4 time. In 2013,it was voted by Mixmag readers as the second greatest dance record of all time.
"Back in the U.K." is a song by German group Scooter. It was released in November 1995 as the lead single from their 1996 album Our Happy Hardcore. In the United Kingdom it became their biggest hit ever up to that point,entering at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1996. It would remain their highest charting single until the release of "The Logical Song" in 2002,which reached number 2. The song was re-recorded as "Back in Ireland" for the Irish market.
"I'm Lonely" is the fourth single from Scooter 2007 album,Jumping All Over the World.
"Behind the Cow" is a song by German band Scooter featuring American rapper Fatman Scoop. Premiered at The Dome 40 in Düsseldorf on 1 December 2006,it was released on 19 January 2007 as the lead single from Scooter's twelfth studio album The Ultimate Aural Orgasm. Jeff "Mantas" Dunn plays guitar on the track. "Behind the Cow" samples music and lyrics from the KLF song "What Time Is Love?" and music from Blue Öyster Cult song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper".
"Lass uns tanzen" is a song by German band Scooter. It was released on 26 March 2007,as the second and last single from their twelfth studio album The Ultimate Aural Orgasm.
"Apache Rocks the Bottom!" is a 2005 single by German techno group Scooter. It was released as the second and last single from the album Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? on 30 December 2005. The song is a mix of two songs from the album:"Apache" and "Rock Bottom".
"One (Always Hardcore)" is a song by German musical group Scooter. It was released in December 2004 as the third single from their 2004 album Mind the Gap. The radio edit is a remix of the song's album version,featuring more elaborate instrumental bridges.
"Jigga Jigga!" is a single by German hard dance band Scooter. Released on 8 December 2003,the song was subsequently included on the album Mind the Gap.
"Suavemente" is a song recorded and composed by Puerto Rican artist Elvis Crespo on his first solo album,Suavemente,which followed his departure from Grupo Manía. Released as the lead single,"Suavemente" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks on May 16,1998,and remained atop the chart for six weeks. Crespo re-recorded it with Spanglish lyrics. The song also hit the Billboard Hot 100 as well as received a Premios Lo Nuestro award and two Latin Billboard Music Awards the following year. "Suavemente" was the tenth best-performing Latin single of 1998. The song has been covered by several artists,some of whom also charted.
"Emerge" is the debut single by Fischerspooner released in August 2001 from their debut album #1. The song was originally released through International DeeJay Gigolo Records and later jointly re-released in 2002 by Fischerspooner's imprint label FS Studios and Ministry of Sound. In 2003,the song was released again by Fischerspooner's new label Capitol.
"Sweet Sixteen" is a song by British singer-songwriter Billy Idol,released in 1987 as the third single from his third studio album Whiplash Smile (1986). The song written by Idol and produced by Keith Forsey. "Sweet Sixteen" peaked at No. 20 in the US and No. 17 in the UK. It was also a hit across Europe and beyond.
"Summerfling" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from her fifth solo album,Invincible Summer (2000). It peaked at number 83 on the UK Singles Chart and number 16 on the US Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The music video for the song was directed by Liz Friedlander.
