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All My Ex's Live in Texas
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"All My Ex's Live in Texas"
Single by George Strait
from the album Ocean Front Property
B-side
"I'm All Behind You Now"
Released
April 10, 1987
Format
7" single
Recorded
September 23, 1986
Genre
Country
Length
3:22
Label
MCA 53087
Songwriter(s)
Sanger D. Shafer
Linda J. Shafer [1]
Producer(s)
Jimmy Bowen, George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Ocean Front Property"
(1986) "All My Ex's Live in Texas"
(1987) "Am I Blue"
(1987)
"Ocean Front Property"
(1986) "All My Ex's Live in Texas"
(1987) "Am I Blue"
(1987)
"All My Ex's Live In Texas" is a song written by Sanger D. Shafer and Linda J. Shafer, and recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from Strait's album Ocean Front Property.
A version of the song recorded by its co-author Sanger D. Shafer appeared in the film Road House, the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[2] and TV show Ash vs Evil Dead. Rapper Drake mentions the song in his single "HYFR".
The format of the song is that of a list song.
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1 Content
2 Critical reception
3 Charts
4 References
5 External links
Content[edit]
The narrator declares that all four of his ex-girlfriends live in various towns in the state of Texas (e.g. "sweet Eileen in Abilene"), and that is why he lives in Tennessee. The song is known for its Western Swing style rhythm.
Critical reception[edit]
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, saying that "you can almost hear the guy smirking as he sings this swinging hit, running down a list of jilted lovers from all over the Lone Star state."[3]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1987)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[5] 1
References[edit]
Jump up ^ BMI entry
Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Box Set) - Original Game Soundtrack". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
Jump up ^ CountryUniverse.net Song review
Jump up ^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"That Was a Close One"
by Earl Thomas Conley Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
July 11, 1987 Succeeded by
"I Know Where I'm Going"
by The Judds
Preceded by
"Forever and Ever, Amen"
by Randy Travis RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
July 18, 1987
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Paris Barclay
Produced by
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Eric L. Gold
Written by
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Phil Beauman
Starring
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Music by
John Barnes
Cinematography
Russ Brandt
Edited by
Marshall Harvey
William Young
Production
company
Island Pictures
Ivory Way Productions
Distributed by
Miramax Films
Release date
January 12, 1996 (1996-01-12)
Running time
89 minutes
94 minutes (Unrated)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$3.8 million
Box office
$20,109,115[1]
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (or simply Don't Be a Menace) is a 1996 American crime comedy film directed by Paris Barclay in his feature film directorial debut, and produced by Keenen Ivory Wayans, and also written by Wayans brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans, who also both starred in the lead roles. The film was released in the United States on January 12, 1996.
Similar to I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, the film spoofs a number of African-American, coming-of-age, hood films such as Juice, Jungle Fever, South Central, Higher Learning, Do the Right Thing, Poetic Justice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents, Friday, and most prominently Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society and Above the Rim. The film's title borrows phrases from some of those films, and some of the actors who starred in those movies appear in the film, in some cases appearing in similar roles or scenes as the films being parodied.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 Soundtrack
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Ashtray, Tray for short, is sent to the inner city to live with his father. Tray gets an education about life on the streets from his psychotic, gun-toting cousin Loc Dog, Preach, and Crazy Legs. At a picnic Tray falls for the infamous Dashiki much to the distaste of ex-convict Toothpick. While Ashtray and Loc Dog head to buy some snacks, Toothpick and his posse confront Ashtray and hold him at gunpoint, until Loc Dog threatens them and they flee.
Loc Dog and Ashtray get harassed in a Korean store by the owners and Loc Dog shoots at the owners when a remark is made about his mother. The two are then confronted by 'The Man' (a mysterious white, government figure) who kills the Koreans and tosses them his gun to frame them and leaves.
Meanwhile, Ashtray and Loc Dog's Grandma ride to church and another elderly woman disses her, resulting in a breakdancing contest that Grandma wins.
Ashtray visits Dashiki where they engage in sexual intercourse and Tray impregnates Dashiki. Feeling like he's not responsible enough to be the father, Dashiki kicks him out. Someone from Toothpick's posse threatens Ashtray, Loc Dog, Preach, and Crazy Legs. Loc Dog knocks him out as he and Preach proceed to stomp him, flattening him (literally). The quartet decides to get protection from their friend Old School. This tactic fails as Toothpick performs another drive-by and Crazy Legs is injured. With Crazy Legs hospitalized, himself and Loc Dog being arrested, and the Korean store shooting, Tray decides to confront Dashiki and be the father. Dashiki agrees to give Tray another try and they decide to leave the hood as planned. Ashtray and Loc Dog talk about Ashtray's departure as Toothpick and his posse prepare for another drive-by and he and Loc Dog clash as Ashtray flees and trips and is knocked out as Loc and Toothpick continue to shoot at each other. They are saved when Grandma pops out of the dumpster and shoots Toothpick's car as Toothpick is flung out and he lands on a cop car. Preach and Dashiki find Ashtray hurt and he regains consciousness and kisses Dashiki. A woman finds Toothpick (who turns out to be his mother) and beats him with his shoe for stealing from her in the past.
Afterwards, everyone goes their separate ways: Ashtray and Dashiki marry and enjoy their lives, Loc Dog becomes a host and introduces himself with extreme profanity, Preach and his crush settle down and perform sexual intercourse, Crazy Legs becomes a dancer as he had dreamed of, and Grandma is, as Ashtray puts it, "still Grandma" (showing her smoking marijuana).
Cast[edit]
Shawn Wayans as Ashtray, the everyman, trying to make his way through a confusing world, is sent by his mother to live in the ghetto where his father might teach him how to become a man. Based on Tre Styles from Boyz n the Hood and Caine Lawson from Menace II Society.
Vivica A. Fox as Ashtray's mother, whose one-scene, one-line cameo at the beginning ends with her son asking: "So will I see you again?" and her reply, "Sorry baby. You know there ain't no positive black females in these movies." Based on Reva Devereaux-Styles from Boyz n the Hood.
Lahmard Tate as Ashtray's father, Ashtray's temperamental role model who dispenses sage advice to his son. According to Ashtray, he is only "a couple years older than I am." Though many references were made to Ashtray possibly being older than he was, such as Ashtray attending a party that his father is not old enough to attend. Based on Furious Styles from Boyz n the Hood.
Marlon Wayans as Loc Dog: Ashtray's cousin and gangsta/drug dealer/criminal. He drives a USPS delivery truck which is loaded in the back with ballistics, including a nuclear weapon. Based on O-Dog from Menace II Society and Doughboy from Boyz n the Hood.
Helen Martin as Grandma, Ashtray and Loc Dog's grandmother; a marijuana-smoking, foul-mouthed, church-going woman.
Chris Spencer as Preach, Ashtray's friend and former gang member turned 'politically conscious' activist, resembling a Nation of Islam member, but is now just "confused"; he has a fetish for white girls. Based on Sharif from Menace II Society and Ali from South Central.
Suli McCullough as Crazy Legs: Ashtray's friend; was paralyzed in a drive-by. Has a dream to be a professional dancer. Based on Chris from Boyz n the Hood.
Tracey Cherelle Jones as Dashiki, the object of Ashtray's affections. A "hood mother" with seven kids by seven different men. Dashiki's address is 6969 Penetration Avenue. Based on Ronnie from Menace II Society and Justice from Poetic Justice.
Isaiah Barnes as Doo Rag: Dashiki's oldest son and the only one of her kids who has more than one line of dialogue. He pulls a gun on Ashtray after losing a video game. When he admits he learned about guns from "cartoons and 'hood movies'", Ashtray passionately declares that he and Doo Rag are an endangered species—not because their lives are in danger, but because "rappers are taking all the good acting jobs!". The kid rolls his eyes as Ashtray lectures him about the values of education. Based on Anthony from Menace II Society
Darrell Heath as Toothpick, Dashiki's ex-boyfriend, who was just released from prison and still acts like he's incarcerated. He swears he will kill Ashtray for romancing Dashiki. Based on Ferris from Boyz n the Hood.
Antonio Fargas as Old School
Bernie Mac as Officer Self Hatred, a cop who harasses Ashtray and Loc Dog. As he has Ashtray pinned against his squad car, he goes on and on about how much he hates black people and anything black. Based on the bully cop from Boyz n the Hood.
Terri J. Vaughn as Keisha: A possessed woman that Loc Dog met at the late night party and takes to the cargo hold of his truck. While proceeding to have sex with her, she morphs into a demonic version of herself and proceeds to force Loc Dog to have sex with her. It is unknown what happened after this.
Benjamin N. Everitt as The Man, a pale white man with red hair and glasses, who systematically robs a convenience store while the Korean owners are keeping a close, racist eye on Ashtray and Loc Dog and completely ignore his crimes. When Loc Dog is firing his gun at the owners and not hitting them, The Man fires his gun once and hits a hanging light that falls on the owners and kills them. He then tosses his gun to an unwitting Ashtray and Loc Dog, who mistakenly catch it as he scratches their names off his list of black men whom he's framed for crimes and peels off a single glove (a reference to the O.J. Simpson case).
Fozeyl Fuzz Atcha as Dave the Crackhead, a drug user apparently going through withdrawal who offers to perform fellatio in return for spare change or directions to a person's house. Based on the nameless "Basehead" character from Menace II Society.
Keenen Ivory Wayans as The Mailman; he appears various times throughout the film shouting "Message!" whenever a moral lesson is expressed without subtlety in dialogue. At the end of the film, when Loc Dog gives a rambling speech to Ashtray, the Mailman appears, and says, "What the fuck is he talking about?"
LaWanda Page as Old School's mom
Reception[edit]
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood collected $8,112,884 from 1,010 theatres its opening weekend, opening at #2 at the box office, averaging $8,032 per theatre.[2] By the end of its theatrical run, the film domestically grossed $20,109,115.[1]
The movie was met with a negative response from critics.[3][4][5][6] Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 32% based on 25 reviews.[7]
Soundtrack[edit]
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released
January 9, 1996 (1996-01-09)
Recorded
April 1995 – January 1996
Genre
Hip hop
R&B
Length
76:13
Label
Island Records
Producer
Various artists
The soundtrack was released on January 9, 1996 by Island Records. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Allmusic rated this soundtrack three out of five stars.[8] On March 14, 1996, The RIAA certified the album Gold for selling over 500,000 copies in the United States of America.
"Winter Warz" – 5:10 (Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, U-God, Raekwon & Cappadonna)
"Renee" – 5:00 (Lost Boyz)
"Funky Sounds" – 4:01 (Lil' Bud & Tizone)
"Give It Up" – 3:53 (Jodeci)
"Can't Be Wasting My Time" – 4:34 (Mona Lisa featuring Lost Boyz)
"Time to Shine" – 4:41 (Junior M.A.F.I.A's "Lil' Kim" featuring Mona Lisa)
"Maintain" – 3:13 (Erick Sermon)
"We Got More" – 3:07 (Shock G featuring The Luniz)
"Let's Lay Together" – 4:42 (The Isley Brothers)
"All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)" – 6:19 (Joe)
"Tempo Slow" – 4:27 (R. Kelly)
"Live Wires Connect" – 6:03 (UGK featuring Keith Murray and Lord Jamar)
"Up North Trip" – 4:57 (Mobb Deep)
"Freak It Out!" – 3:12 (Doug E. Fresh featuring Luke)
"Suga Daddy" – 3:28 (Suga-T)
"It's Time" – 5:25 (Blue Raspberry)
"Don't Give Up" – 3:57 (The Island Inspirational All-Stars featuring Kirk Franklin and The Family, Hezekiah Walker and the Fellowship Choir, Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers, & Karen Clark-Sheard)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
Jump up ^ Puig, Claudia (1996-01-17). "'12 Monkeys' on a Holiday Roll". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
Jump up ^ Stephen Holden (January 13, 1996). "FILM REVIEW;Questions, Questions: 'Are You My Daddy?'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
Jump up ^ Godfrey Cheshire (January 14, 1996). "Film Reviews: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood". Variety. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
Jump up ^ Bruce Fretts (January 26, 1996). "Movie Review: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
Jump up ^ "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood". Deseret News. January 26, 1996. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
Jump up ^ "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While You're Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: The Soundtrack at AllMusic
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Brand New Key
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"Brand New Key"
Single by Melanie
from the album Gather Me
B-side
"Some Say (I Got Devil)"
Released
October 1971
Genre
Folk, pop
Length
2:26
Label
Neighborhood
Songwriter(s)
Melanie Safka
Producer(s)
Peter Schekeryk
Melanie singles chronology
"Ruby Tuesday"
(1970) "Brand New Key"
(1971) "The Nickel Song"
(1972)
"Ruby Tuesday"
(1970) "Brand New Key"
(1971) "The Nickel Song"
(1972)
"Brand New Key" is a pop song written and sung by folk music singer Melanie. Initially a track of Melanie's album Gather Me, produced by Melanie's husband, Peter Schekeryk, it was known also as "The Rollerskate Song" due to its chorus. It was her greatest success, scoring No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during December 1971 and January 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 9 song of 1972. It also scored No. 1 in Canada and Australia and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights as well as the 2010 movie Jackass 3D and an episode of Helix.
Contents
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1 Overview
2 Controversy
3 Chart performance
3.1 Weekly charts
3.2 Year-end charts
4 Selected list of recorded versions
5 Parodies and other versions
6 References in popular culture
7 References
Overview[edit]
The song is sung from the viewpoint of a girl with roller skates trying to attract the attention of a boy.
In an interview with Examiner.com, Melanie described what she claimed was the inspiration for the song: "I was fasting with a 27-day fast on water. I broke the fast and went back to my life living in New Jersey and we were going to a flea market around six in the morning. On the way back… and I had just broken the fast, from the flea market, we passed a McDonald's and the aroma hit me, and I had been a vegetarian before the fast. So we pulled into the McDonald's and I got the whole works... the burger, the shake, and the fries… and no sooner after I finished that last bite of my burger… that song was in my head. The aroma brought back memories of roller skating and learning to ride a bike and the vision of my dad holding the back fender of the tire. And me saying to my dad... 'You’re holding, you’re holding, you’re holding, right?' Then I’d look back and he wasn’t holding and I’d fall. So that whole thing came back to me and came out in this song."[1]
Controversy[edit]
Many listeners[who?] detect sexual innuendo in the lyrics, with the key in its lock thought to symbolize sexual intercourse, or in phrases such as "I go pretty far" and "I've been all around the world". Another common viewpoint on the song, is that the song is clearly an innocent reflection upon the typical workings of a child's mind regarding their possessions (In this case, quad skates and the associated key essential for tightening/loosening a locking clamp on the skates).
Melanie has acknowledged the possibility of detecting sexual innuendo in the song, without confirming or denying the intent:
[The song], "Brand New Key", I wrote in about fifteen minutes one night. I thought it was cute; a kind of old thirties tune. I guess a key and a lock have always been Freudian symbols, and pretty obvious ones at that. There was no deep serious expression behind the song, but people read things into it. They made up incredible stories as to what the lyrics said and what the song meant. In some places, it was even banned from the radio.
My idea about songs is that once you write them, you have very little say in their life afterward. It's a lot like having a baby. You conceive a song, deliver it, and then give it as good a start as you can. After that, it's on its own. People will take it any way they want to take it.[2]
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1971–72)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 1
New Zealand (Listener)[5] 1
South Africa[6] 1
UK Singles Chart[7] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 5
US Cash Box Top 100 [9] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Rank
Australia[3] 11
Canada[10] 27
UK[11] 46
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 9
U.S. Cash Box[13] 3
Preceded by
"Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
December 25, 1971 – January 8, 1972 Succeeded by
"American Pie" by Don McLean
Preceded by
"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" by Benny Hill Australian Singles Chart number-one single
February 28, 1972 Succeeded by
"American Pie" by Don McLean
Preceded by
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by The New Seekers New Zealand Singles Chart number-one single
March 17, 1972 Succeeded by
"The Ranger's Waltz" by The Moms and Dads
Preceded by
"No Charge" by J. J. Barrie UK Singles Chart number-one single (Wurzels version)
June 12, 1976 – June 19, 1976 Succeeded by
"You to Me Are Everything" by The Real Thing
Selected list of recorded versions[edit]
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
1995 Sharon, Lois & Bram, on the album Let's Dance![14]
1996 Rasputina, on the album Thanks for the Ether.
1998 Deana Carter, on the album Everything's Gonna Be Alright.
2007 The Dollyrots, on the album Because I'm Awesome.
2009 Katharine McPhee, on the album Unbroken.
2012 Olivia Newton-John, on the album A Few Best Men (soundtrack).
Parodies and other versions[edit]
A version of the song entitled "Combine Harvester", with new rustic-themed lyrics by Irish songwriter Brendan O'Shaughnessy (including "I've got a brand new combine harvester An' I'll give you the key"), was recorded by Irish comedian Brendan Grace, whose version scored No. 1 on the Irish Charts during 1975. For the UK Singles Chart, West Country comedy folk act The Wurzels scored No. 1 for two weeks during June 1976 with a version of this.[15]
After the January 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan, a parody of "Brand New Key" circulated on radio stations. The parody featured lyrics from Tonya Harding's point of view, and included the chorus, "I've got a brand new pair of figure skates / You've got a busted knee; / They're gonna lock up my ex-husband and throw away the key."
The song was used prominently in the 2005 movie Evil Aliens.
With lyrics describing Best Film nominee Pan's Labyrinth, Minnie Driver sang a parody of the song at the 2007 Spirit Awards ("I blew a giant frog to smithereens, I got his golden key").[16]
References in popular culture[edit]
Melanie's version is heard in the 1997 music Boogie Nights as Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) has his "audition" with Rollergirl (Heather Graham) in front of Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds).[17] The song is also played in Jackass 3-D during the "Bungee Boogie" stunt skit (in which the cast members use bungee cords, skateboards and a ramp to slingshot into a kiddie pool). On April 4, 2016, Jimmy Fallon lip synced the song during a "Lip Sync Battle" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, while he competed with actress Melissa McCarthy.[18]
On the October 17, 2016, episode of singing competition television show The Voice, Team Miley (Cyrus) contestants Darby Walker and Karlee Metzger performed the song in a battle round. Despite coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Alicia Keys all preferring Metzger's vocal performance, Cyrus chose to name Walker the winner of the battle. Shortly after, Metzger was stolen onto Team Blake, saving her from elimination.
The original version appears in season one of the FX show The Bridge, as the character Daniel Frye flushes his supply of drugs and alcohol.
The original version also appears in the 2016 Hallmark TV movie: "Signed sealed delivered from the heart".
During the 16th Season of American Idol, contestant Maddie Poppe performed the song during the Top 24 elimination round.[19]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Ray Shahso (August 12, 2013). "The Classic Rock Music Reporter: 'Melanie' Safka Exclusive: "My Mother Drove Me To Woodstock" (Part 1)". classicrockmusicwriter.com. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
Jump up ^ ""Brand New Key" - Melanie". Superseventies.com. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
^ Jump up to: a b Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
Jump up ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
Jump up ^ http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html
Jump up ^ "MELANIE". officialcharts.com.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 161.
Jump up ^ [1]
Jump up ^ "Songs from the Year 1972". tsort.info.
Jump up ^ 1972_in_British_music#Best-selling_singles
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". musicoutfitters.com.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
Jump up ^ Maclean's Magazine November 6, 1995. Vol. 108, Iss. 45; pg. 72. "Let's Dance by Sharon, Lois & Bram". Chisholm, Patricia.
Jump up ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 327. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
Jump up ^ Boogie Nights soundtrack listing and review by Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/boogie-nights-original-soundtrack-mw0000027564 Retrieved 3/30/14.
Jump up ^ Lip Sync Battle with Melissa McCarthy. YouTube. April 4, 2016.
Jump up ^ American Idol (2018-04-15), Maddie Poppe Sings "Brand New Key" by Melanie - Top 24 Solos - American Idol 2018 on ABC, retrieved 2018-04-26
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Melanie
Albums
Born to Be (1968)
Affectionately Melanie (1969)
Candles in the Rain (1970)
Leftover Wine (1970)
The Good Book (1970)
Gather Me (1971)
Garden in the City (1972)
Stoneground Words (1972)
Melanie at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Madrugada (1974)
Photograph (1976)
Ballroom Streets (1978)
Noted
singles
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (1970)
"Ruby Tuesday" (1970)
"Brand New Key" (1971)
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1973)
Related
Woodstock Music Festival
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