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Shellback is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. [1] Shellback is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Omega. [1] It still appeared on maps as of 1873. [1]

Nevada County, California County in California, United States

Nevada County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,764. The county seat is Nevada City.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Omega, California Former settlement in California, United States

Omega was a former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States, first populated in 1850 by a single miner, J.A. Dixon, working a claim during the California Gold Rush. The town was located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) east-southeast of the present-day unincorporated town of Washington, California. A sister town, Alpha, located at what is now the site of the historical Omega Hydraulic Diggings, was about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Omega. In the mid 1850s, following the introduction of hydraulic mining operations nearby, the town prospered. Omega had a post office, and needed to convert a residence into a jail in late 1858.

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"If I Had You" is a song by American recording artist and American Idol season eight runner-up Adam Lambert. The song was written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Savan Kotecha and produced by Martin, Shellback and Kristian Lundin for Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment. It was released as the third and final international single from the album on May 11, 2010. The song reached number 30 in the United States and reached the top ten in Australia, Canada, Finland, Hungary and New Zealand. The song was performed on Lambert's first concert tour, the 2010 Glam Nation Tour where it was the show's finale.

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"Beggin' on Your Knees" is a song performed by the Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice. It was produced by Kristian Lundin and Shellback, who also co-wrote the song with Savan Kotecha, for Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show (2011), the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series, Victorious. It was released as the album's second single on April 1, 2011 through Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. Musically, the song runs through a synthpop oriented beat with teen pop lyrics, and the lyrics speak of vengeance against a cheating boyfriend.

"Dinosaur" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Kesha, taken from her debut studio album Animal (2010). The song was written by Kesha in collaboration with Max Martin and Shellback; the latter two also produced the song, while all three are responsible for the instrumentation. The song's conception stems from an encounter Kesha had with an older man that had been hitting on her, which she compared to a prehistoric dinosaur. The lyrics discuss an older man that is attempting to hit on a younger female, which is ultimately rejected. The song received generally negative reviews from music critics.

"Doin' Dirt" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 for their fourth studio album Overexposed (2012). It was written by the band's lead singer Adam Levine together with the producer Shellback. "Doin' Dirt" is a disco and electropop song with high energy and beat-driven elements. Following the release of the album, due to strong digital downloads, the song peaked at number 15 on the singles chart in South Korea.

"Hair Up" is a song recorded by American recording artists Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake and by American comedian Ron Funches from the official soundtrack to the 2016 film Trolls. It was written by Timberlake, Max Martin, Shellback and Savan Kotecha, while the production was handled by Timberlake, Martin, Oscar Holter and Shellback. The song uses the melody of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg. One critic described the song as "an homage to Willow Smith’s Whip My Hair". Commercially, "Hair Up" peaked at number six on Billboard's Kid Digital Songs component chart, where it lasted for thirteen consecutive weeks.

"Revenge" is a song by American singer and songwriter Pink, featuring guest vocals from American rapper Eminem. It was written by Pink, Eminem, Max Martin and Shellback, with production handled by Martin and Shellback. The song was announced to be released through RCA Records in late 2017 as the second single from Pink's seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma (2017), however the title track was released on November 21 instead.

"I Did Something Bad" is a song by American singer Taylor Swift, who co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. It is the third track on Swift's sixth studio album Reputation (2017). Swift performed the track at the 2018 American Music Awards.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 533. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.