“Heart of Glass” is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band’s third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), it was released as the third single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries including the United States.Rolling Stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Boney M. – Rivers Of Babylon
“Rivers of Babylon” is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians’ original versions of the song appeared in the soundtrack to the 1972 movie The Harder They Come and the 1999 Nicolas Cage movie Bringing Out the Dead. It became popularized in Europe by the 1978 Boney M. cover version.
Gwen Stefani & Akon – The Sweet Escape
“The Sweet Escape” is a song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani from her second solo album, The Sweet Escape (2006). It was written by Stefani, Akon, and Giorgio Tuinfort. Akon, who is also a featured artist, developed the song’s beat before collaborating with Stefani. He designed it based on her previous work with No Doubt, and Stefani later commented that it put her “on the yellow brick road to the No Doubt record I might do”. “The Sweet Escape” is an apology for a fight between two lovers and describes a dream of a pleasant life for them. As the album’s title track, its title was chosen to help market Stefani’s music and fashion lines.
Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
“Unwritten” is a song by English singer Natasha Bedingfield. Bedingfield, Danielle Brisebois, and Wayne Rodriguez wrote it for her debut album, Unwritten, and later served as the opening theme for the MTV reality series The Hills. The single was released as the album’s third UK single (November 2004) and second US single (September 2005). It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top-ten hit in the United States.
The Killers – When You Were Young
“When You Were Young” is a song written and performed by The Killers, and is the third track on their second album Sam’s Town, released in October 2006. The song was released as the lead single from that album in September 2006. It has proven to be one of their most successful singles, peaking at #14 on the U.S. Hot 100, as well as their only number 1 to date on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks. It is also their highest charting single to date in the United Kingdom and Australia, peaking at numbers 2 and 10 respectively.