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The heat is on by Glenn Frey

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The Heat Is On  a song written by  Harold Faltermeyer  and  Keith Forsey , and recorded by  Glenn Frey  for the American film  Beverly Hills Cop  (1984). The song was published as a single and as the sixth track of the album  Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  (1984). The heat is on, on the street Inside your head, on every beat And the beat's so loud, deep inside The pressure's high, just to stay alive 'Cause the heat is on Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) The heat is on, the heat is on, the heat is on Oh it's on the street, the heat is on Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) The heat is on (yeah) the heat is on, the heat is on (Burning, burning, burning) It's on the stre

Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil 1987

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Beds Are Burning  is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band  Midnight Oil , the first track from their album  Diesel and Dust . This song was released as the second single from the album. It reached No. 1 in  New Zealand ,  South Africa  and  Canada , No. 3 in the  Netherlands , No. 5 in  France , No. 6 in the  United Kingdom ,  Australia  and  Ireland , No. 17 in the  United States  and  Sweden . LYRICS  Out where the river broke The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty five degrees The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent To pay our share The time has come A fact's a fact It belongs to them Let's give it back How can we dance When our earth is turning How do we sleep While our beds are burning How can we dance When our earth is turning How do we sleep While our beds are burning The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent Now to pay our share Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore East to Yuendemu The

Ship to shore by Chris De Burgh

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"I'm asked whether the beeps at the beginning of the song actually mean anything, well... yes - they do! But what do they mean? The beeps are spelling out Ship To Shore in Morse Code. It's a good point to have raised, I think - because I could have put on any old Morse Code - but I was convinced that someone, somewhere was going to listen to it and pick me up on it. I was right!" LYRICS  Ship to shore, do you read me anymore, This line is bad, and fading, Ship to shore, answer my call, Send me a signal, a beacon to bring me home; I have been to see the world, tasted life at every turn, And all the time, Your face came back to haunt me; Day by day the feeling grew, I know I'm still in love with you, The further that I go, The more I know it, I wanna show it, Ship to shore, do you read me anymore, This line is bad, and fading, Ship to shore, answer my call, Send me a signal, a beacon to bring me home; Moving fast, all systems go, You and I had time to grow, Before t

Lip up Fatty by Bad Manners

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" Lip Up Fatty " is a  single  released by British  2 Tone  and  ska  band  Bad Manners  in June 1980, which reached No. 15  in the  UK Singles Chart . It is one of a number of  songs  by Bad Manners about 'being fat', (a reference to the round figure of  frontman ,  Buster Bloodvessel ). According to Bloodvessel "Lip Up Fatty" was an expression used at his school "to tell people to shut up". Its signature melodic lines were a simple but careful blend of brass instruments and lead harmonica theme, played by Alan Sayag (Winston Bazoomies). LYRICS  Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Listen to the music, shuffle up your feet Listen to the music of the fatty beat Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Moving with the rhythm, sweating with the heat Moving with the rhythm of the fatty beat Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Lip up fat

Burning down the house by : talking heads

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Burning down the house by : talking heads " Burning Down the House " is a song by  new wave  band  Talking Heads , released in July 1983 as the first single from their fifth studio album  Speaking in Tongues .   LYRICS  Get them out Ah Watch out, you might get what you're after Cool babies, strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather There has, got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bags Time for jumpin' overboard Transportation isn't here Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire, huah All wet, hey you might need a raincoat Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight Three hundred, sixty five degrees Burning down the house It was once upon a place sometimes, I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work say baby what did you expect Gonna burs