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In the past, I've written a couple of posts about songs that samples older tracks or were covers of previous songs. You can see them below: Samples and Covers:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/08/samples-and-covers.html More Samples and Covers: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/06/more-samples-and-covers.html   My last post was nearly two years ago, so I thought it was time for another one! This post mostly features sampled songs (however there is a bonus cover! :) Note : As with the previous posts, I've listed the original song first.   Carly Simon- Why American singer-songwriter Carly Simon released the single Why back in August 1982. It was written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (co-founders of the band CHIC ). Why is a pop/disco style song with reggae influences. It was from the soundtrack of the film Soup for One . Although the movie didn't do so well, the single was successful, reaching Top 10 in the UK Charts and doing well throughout Europe. Th...

Nearly two years ago I wrote a post about songs that had sampled older tracks or were covers of previous songs. You can read that here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/08/samples-and-covers.html    I've had the idea for a while to do a follow-up post, so here are more samples and covers! :)   Note : As with the first post, I've listed the original song first. Case feat . Foxy Brown and Mary   J. Blige- Touch Me , Tease Me American singer Case (full name Case Woodward) released the R'n'B song Touch Me, Tease Me back in April 1996. It was the second single from his self-titled debut album, which came out later that year. In addition, it featured on the soundtrack from the 1996 film  The Nutty Professor  (a remake of the 1963 film ), starring Eddie Murphy .  Touch Me, Tease Me featured rapper Foxy Brown and singer Mary J. Blige , as well as backing vocals by Vernell Sales aka Vee from the American duo Koffee Brown . Vee also ...

Today's video is Justin Bieber by British rapper and singer B Young . It's from his debut album Differences which was released on 30th July. While Justin Bieber is not actually about the Canadian singer (it's about being attracted to and intrigued by a woman), B Young name checks him in the song, along with American singer Ariana Grande (I presume) and Nigerian singer WizKid ! The video was uploaded on 29th July. It features some majestic visuals of the desert landscape!  Please note that the song is explicit. :)   Read more about Differences and listen to all tracks here: https://grmdaily.com/b-young-differences-album/ And watch the video for Come Alive (also from the album) here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/06/weekly-music-video_23.html

It's been a while since I wrote a general post about new music releases, although last month  I posted about New K-pop Releases . I think my last one featuring music from different genres was in November ! So here are some new releases for the summer. :) Mabel- Boyfriend (Official Vertical Video) First up is the new Vertical Video for Boyfriend by Swedish/British singer Mabel . The song itself isn't new because the single came out back in February. You can see the official music video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-music-video_26.html The vertical video was uploaded on 11th June. I'm not able to post it directly on the blog, but here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ReFRix7saE Update 18/7/20: They've changed the design of Blogger again and I can now post more videos directly! Kristan Kostov- Things I Like And next is the latest single by Bulgarian Russian singer Kristian Kostov (who was Bulgaria's 2017 Eurovision Song Cont...

This week's video is Want2, the latest release by British rapper and singer B Young . The video was uploaded on 19th March and the single is available to stream and download now. I like the chilled vibe. Please note that the song is explicit. :) For more B Young check out these posts: 079ME music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/weekly-music-video_25.html Features Gucci Demon:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-music-releases.html Includes Wine: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html  

I've previously written two posts all about new music for the new year, and since we're still only in the 2nd month, today I'm featuring a few more new releases for 2020! :) Read the other two posts at the links below: New Music for 2020- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-music-for-2020-part-1.html New Music for 2020- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-2.html KARD- RED MOON First up is Korean mixed gender/co-ed group KARD (also sometimes written as K.A.R.D) with their new song  RED MOON. It's from their 4th mini album of the same name, which was released on 12th February. Listen to a highlight medley from RED MOON here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZGD787n-_8 Update 23/2/20 : And here's the Performance Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F1rffw1Oe4 Dus Bahane 2.0 from Baaghi 3 From K-pop to Bollywood! This is Dus Bahane 2.0 from the upcoming film Baaghi 3 . It's a new versio...

It's almost summer, so here are some more new music releases for the upcoming season. :) My last New Music Releases post was in May. You can read that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-music-releases.html B Young- Gucci Demon First up is British rapper and singer B Young with Gucci Demon. It was released on 6th June and the video has a Bonnie and Clyde theme! Janine- Vacation New Zealand singer Janine   recently uploaded a new song to YouTube. It's called Vacation and came out on 7th June. She's sadly been dropped from her record label but it's great that she's still going to be releasing music. :) Vacation has a real summer vibe. Tinashe- No Guidance American singer Tinashe (who also separated from her record label ) just released a remix version of her song No Guidance. This is an audio and it premiered on 11th June. I don't think there's an official upload of the original song but you can listen her (may ge...

Happy Boxing Day! Or if it's not Boxing Day where you are, Happy Day After Christmas! :) Today's video is One Shot Remix by Swedish/British singer Mabel . The original One Shot single came out in August and the music video came out in September. The remix which features British rapper Yungen and Avelino , was released in October. Listen to the original One Shot audio and watch the video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/09/weekly-music-video_12.html Hope you all had a good Christmas! Or enjoyed another festival if you celebrated :) This is the last Weekly Music Video of the year, but I'll be back later this week with a Best of 2018 post. Check out this Bollywood Boxing Day! post from 2015 :  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/12/bollywood-boxing-day.html

This week's video is One Shot, the latest song by Swedish/British singer Mabel . It came out on 30th August and is from her 2017 mixtape Ivy to Roses. This is an audio but I'll update the post if there's a video later. :) Update 20/9/18: The music video (featuring multiple Mabels!) was uploaded today: Update 2- 28/12/18: There's now a One Shot Remix. Check it out here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/weekly-music-video_26.html Mabel fan? Check out these links: Songs from her debut EP Bedroom: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/05/new-mabel-ep.html More songs from Ivy to Roses: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/11/debut-mabel-mixtape.html

This week's video is 079ME by B Young . He's a British rapper and singer who previously released the single Jumanji this year. 079ME came out in June. The song and video have a nice summer vibe :) Update 15/6/19: His real name is Bertan Jafer and he started out as a sound engineer before becoming a rapper. He now has a website which you can find in the links below. :) For more on B Young check out these links: Official website: https://www.byoungofficial.com Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialbyoung Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/byoungofficial Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/BYoungOfficial

Today's video is Text From Your Ex by Tinie Tempah featuring Tinashe . It's from his new album Youth (his third) which came out at the end of March. Tinashe doesn't appear in the video. I didn't realise it was her when I saw the video on a music channel. They didn't even credit her! It's cool that she's working with Tinie.

Time for another update on the new music I've been listening to and the new videos I've been watching lately. :) Foxes- Body Talk J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE- J.S.B. DREAM (J-pop) Tine Tempah feat. Jess Glynne- No Letting Go  Pitbull feat. Chris Brown- Fun The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face Nick Brewer feat. Bibi Bourelly- Talk To Me * Natalie La Rose feat. Fetty Wap- Around The World Disclosure feat. Sam Smith- Omen Nick Brewer- Last Man Standing That's all for now! Will update again soon. :) *This reminds of T.I.'s Why You Wanna . According to comments on YouTube it samples a song by Crystal Waters, so T.I. probably sampled it as well.

I've finished the 1000 Songs In a Year Challenge ! It ended up being slightly over a year but never mind! I thought I would be able to do it in a time because some days I was listening to quite a lot of songs but it turned out to take longer than I thought. This challenge was fun but it did get a bit tiring writing down everything I listened to. (Or almost everything, a few songs slipped through the cracks because I forgot to write them down or couldn't remember their name). In the future I may do another challenge where I listen to new songs in a certain genre but probably not with a time limit again. So here's the last update. :) There are 40 songs so it's quite a long list again! 960. Secret- I'm In Love (K-pop) 961. Jack Savoretti- Home 962. SISTAR- Touch my body (K-pop) 963. Mike Will Made-It feat. The Weeknd , Swae Lee and Future- Drinks On Us 964. Angel feat. Sneakbo- Ride Out 965. Giggs- (Is It Gangsta?) Yes Yes Yes (Explicit) 966. Jason De...

Continuing my 1000 Songs In A Year series, here are the songs I've listened to since my last post. I got up to 10 last time, so now here are the songs from 11 to 60. It's going to be a massive list, so I'll split it up into sections where I can. :) Bollywood 11. Ramaiyya Vastaviya- Jeene Laga Hoon 12. Dhoom 3- Malang 13. O Teri- O Teri 14. Ragini MMS 2 ft. Sunny Leone- Baby Doll 15. Shakira- Empire Lady Gaga (songs from ARTPOP album): 16. ARTPOP 17. Swine 18. Donatella 19. Fashion! 20. Mary Jane Holland 21. Dope 22. Gypsy Random 23. Sophie Ellis-Bextor- Runaway Daydreamer 24. Mariah Carey feat. Trey Songz- You're Mine (Eternal) (Remix) K-pop 25. AOA- Miniskirt  

This week's video is for the single Frisky by British rapper Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth. Tinie (real name Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu) started his career by releasing a free mixtape in 2005 and had some success with the songs Tears and Wifey. However it wasn't until 2010 that he became really successful with the release of his debut single Pass Out, which got to Number 1 in the UK Top 40 singles chart . Frisky was his second single and got to Number 2. Both songs were produced by Labrinth, who also sang on Pass Out (uncredited) and appears on Tinie's debut album Disc-overy. Tinie Tempah's latest single is called Trampoline and it's the first release from his upcoming second album Demonstration. Frisky is my favourite song of his.                                        Frisky- Tinie Tempah f...