I Could Not Ask for More
1999 single by Edwin McCain
"I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American singer-songwriter Edwin McCain for the original soundtrack of the 1999 romantic drama film "Message in a Bottle", starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was also on his third studio album "Messenger" (1999) and became a "Billboard"-charted top 40 single in the summer of 1999.
In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly covered the song on her third studio album "Born to Fly" (2000). Her rendition was released as the album's second single and peaked at number 2 on the US "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart.
Music video.
The music video features McCain walking and taking a taxi through a busy city decorated like a 19th century village with people in 19th century costumes. While McCain is traveling, a number of people are sitting in a park tree. He reaches the tree just as a branch a woman is sitting on breaks and manages to catch her as she falls.
Chart performance.
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Sara Evans cover.
American country music singer Sara Evans' cover version of the song was released in February 2001 as the second single from her 2000 album "Born to Fly". Evans' version was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts.
Music video.
The music video for Evans' rendition was directed by Peter Zavadil, and features shots of her on location in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico singing the song in different outfits and frequently sitting in different chairs throughout the video.
Chart performance.
"I Could Not Ask for More" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 17, 2001. It soon reached number 2 on that chart.
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I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You
"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" is a song by British singer Cliff Richard, released as the third single from his album "I'm Nearly Famous" in July 1976. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart and number 80 in the "Billboard" Hot 100. It also did particularly well in Ireland, reaching number 2.
Release.
"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" was written by Ken Gold and Michael Denne. Produced by Bruce Welch, it features Richard signing in falsetto, something he hadn't done before. Tony Rivers has said that "the original demo featured Mick singing the lead vocals in his high voice and Bruce liked it so much he kept it in the same key, and got Cliff to sing it in that key!". It was released as a single with the B-side "Junior Cowboy", written by Michael Allison and Peter Sills.
Track listing.
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What More Can I Ask?
Song by A. E. Wilkins and Ray Noble
What More Can I Ask? is a popular song written in 1932 with lyrics by A. E. Wilkins and music by Ray Noble.
The Anona Winn version was used in the soundtrack of The Little Damozel.
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All I Ask For Anymore
"All I Ask For Anymore" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Tim James, and recorded by American country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released in May 2009 as the third and final single from his album "X". The song overlapped with the chart run of Blake Shelton's "Hillbilly Bone", on which Adkins is also credited.
Content.
The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator tells of how he used to pray to God and ask for material items, but now wishes only for his family's safety.
Critical reception.
Thom Jurek of Allmusic said that the song" "arrives with strings, an acoustic guitar, and a pedal steel whispering in that big gritty baritone of Adkins. It's a ballad drenched in personal truth, and gratitude that is profound." Adkins' performance earned him his second consecutive nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Chart performance.
On the week ending December 12, 2009, "All I Ask For Anymore" debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 99. It peaked at number 95. In September 2009, it peaked at number 14 on the country chart, as did his previous single, "Marry For Money."
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Ask for More
Single by Janet Jackson
"Ask for More" is a song performed by Janet Jackson as part of an advertising campaign for soft drink company Pepsi in 1999.
Alternate versions of the ad campaign with Ricky Martin and Aaron Kwok were released in international markets.
Song information.
"Ask for More" was a promotional single by Janet Jackson for Pepsi, released on January 1, 1999. Jackson commented on the collaboration with Pepsi saying "aside from being associated with many amazing artists over the years, Pepsi is very honest and passionate when it comes to spreading a positive message like 'Ask For More'".
The campaign was launched as a re-branding for Pepsi internationally. Alternate versions of the campaign also co-starred Hong Kong singer Aaron Kwok for the Asian market and aired in China, and Latino singer Ricky Martin for the Latin market and aired in Latin America. A duet version of the song performed in Spanish by Jackson and Martin was also aired in Europe as part of the commercial campaign.
A full length promotional music video of the version with Kwok was released in Asian markets. The original version of the ad features model and dancer Rob Vinson. Dancers Tina Landon and Shawnette Heard appear in all versions of the ad along with Jackson.
The single was only released as a promotional recording. Consumers were able to receive a free CD of the song with the purchase of Pepsi products during the promotional campaign in 1999.
Track listings.
U.S. promo CD single (61369427AVRM) and U.K. promo CD single (61369427AVRM)
U.K. 12" promo
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Not Too Much to Ask
"Not Too Much to Ask" is a song recorded by American country music artists Mary Chapin Carpenter and Joe Diffie. It was released in September 1992 as the second single from Carpenter's album "Come On Come On". The song reached number 15 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1992. It was nominated for a 1993 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. It was written by Carpenter and Don Schlitz.
Critical reception.
David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the song a negative review, calling it "a delicate acoustic ballad that doesn't set off as many sparks as the collaboration promises."
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All I Ask of You
1986 single by Sarah Brightman and Cliff Richard
"All I Ask of You" is a song from the 1986 English musical "The Phantom of the Opera", between characters Christine Daaé and Raoul, originally played on stage by Sarah Brightman and Steve Barton, respectively. It was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and solely produced by Lloyd Webber. An operatic pop piece, its lyrics serve as dialogue between the two characters and discuss themes such as commitment and romance. Like Lloyd Webber's song "The Music of the Night", "All I Ask of You" was compared to the music found in Giacomo Puccini's 1910 opera "La fanciulla del West".
Critically, the song has generally been regarded as one of the finest cuts made for "The Phantom of the Opera". It was released as a single by Polydor Records on 26 September 1986 on 7-inch and 12-inch, performed by Brightman and Cliff Richard. The song achieved commercial success in several territories, including in Ireland and South Africa, where it topped the charts and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number three. It was later certified Silver in the latter country for shipments of 250,000 copies. "All I Ask of You" has been covered by multiple artists, including The Shadows, Lloyd Webber's brother Julian, Elaine Paige, and Jackie Evancho. Susan Boyle and Donny Osmond, Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson, and Marina Prior and Mark Vincent have also continued with duet versions of the song.
A notable cover of "All I Ask of You" was recorded by Barbra Streisand for her studio album "Till I Loved You" (1988). It was released as the record's second single on 15 December 1988 by Columbia Records as a 7-inch, 12-inch, and CD. It was generally noted as a standout track on "Till I Loved You" and was commercially successful, entering the charts in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and on the United States' Adult Contemporary chart.
Background and release.
"All I Ask of You" was written and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, while Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe provided the lyrics for the track. It was created specifically for the 1986 English musical "The Phantom of the Opera", which was developed by Lloyd Webber and served as a live adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name. It is performed by characters Christine Daaé and Raoul, where the former protests and asks for love of the latter. The song appears towards the end of Act I, immediately after it is revealed that the two characters "have met again and felt a sexual attraction". The single version of "All I Ask of You" is performed by Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman, although Richard's vocals are replaced by Steve Barton's during the musical production and its accompanying inclusion on the live album.
In the early 2000s, Lloyd Webber was sued by the estate of Giacomo Puccini for similarities between the former's song "The Music of the Night" (1986), also from "The Phantom of the Opera", and a melody titled "Quello che tacete" which was used in Puccini's 1910 opera "La fanciulla del West". The matter was settled out of court between the two parties soon after the lawsuit was revealed. However, author John Snelson, who wrote a biography on Lloyd Webber in 2009, further compared "All I Ask of You" to the same aforementioned melody, citing similar "motivic connections" and "operatic and emotional cross-references" as his evidence.
Polydor, an English-based record label, first released "All I Ask of You" as a single on 26 September 1986. It was distributed in several formats. The 7-inch single features the track plus B-side "The Phantom of the Opera Overture (Act II)", which is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The 12-inch version features the same two aforementioned songs, but it includes a second B-side "Only You", which was featured in Lloyd Webber's 1984 musical "Starlight Express". Along with its placement as the 13th track on the album for "The Phantom of the Opera", a reprise of "All I Ask of You" follows on the track listing. During the reprise, lead character the Phantom, voiced by Michael Crawford, provides vocals.
Besides the accompanying live album to the musical, Richard and Brightman's version of "All I Ask of You" was not featured on any compilation album or greatest hits album until Richard released "" in November 1988. Brightman did not include "All I Ask of You" on any albums either until her compilation titled "The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection" was released in the United States in 1997.
Composition and lyrics.
Personnel working on the album for "The Phantom of the Opera" included recording engineer Martin Levan, conductor Michael Reed, Steve Pierce on clarinet, and Richard Wall on trumpet. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was headed by Lloyd Webber and David Cullen whereas the musical direction was led by Harold Prince and David Caddick.
"All I Ask of You" is a piano ballad; according to the official sheet music published by Alfred Publishing, it is written in the key of D♭ major with the partners' vocals ranging from A♭3 to A♭5. It contains a common time with a "heartfelt" tempo consisting of 60 beats per minute. Author Ethan Mordden described the track's genre as operatic pop and noted the high vocals achieved by the singers. Lyrically, Daaé's character is singing about her desire for romance when she demands, "Say you love me every waking moment". In exchange, Raoul claims that he can fulfill her wants as long as she will "let [him] be [her] freedom". In an additional comparison to Puccini's opera, John Snelson claimed that the song's lyrics contained similar symbolism to the music found in "La fanciulla del West"; however, he stated that there were several differences between the two works. Although they both featured romantic symbolism, Snelson wrote that Puccini's work was much longer and
contained a vocal-heavy delivery when compared to Lloyd Webber's work.
Reception.
Author and music historian Ethan Mordden stated that the song contains "lyrical magnificence" and noted that its brilliance helped it "accomplish wonderful things" on stage. The song was described as one of the biggest and most commercially successful hits from "The Phantom of the Opera" by the staff at "Show Music".
"All I Ask of You" was commercially successful in several territories internationally. In the United Kingdom, it became Richard's 52nd top ten single by peaking at number three on 4 October 1986. Its success allowed it to be listed on the year-end chart in that country, where it was ranked at number 31. The song was later certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on 1 October 1986 for shipments of 250,000 physical copies. It topped the Irish Singles Chart for one week, replacing Status Quo's cover of "In the Army Now" (1986). The song reached the same peak in South Africa on the country's Springbok Radio chart, while in Australia, it peaked at number 24, according to the Kent Music Report.
Track listings.
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Charts.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Cover versions.
Several musicians have created their own versions of "All I Ask of You". The Shadows created an instrumental version of the song in 1989 for their covers album, "Steppin' to the Shadows". As a duet, Stephanie Lawrence and Carl Wayne included it on "The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection" in 1991. It is covered by Webber's younger brother and cello player Julian on the 2001 album, "Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber". A separate choral arrangement of "All I Ask of You" appears on The King's Singers's "Chanson d'Amour" (1992). Elaine Paige released a solo version for "Essential Musicals" in 2006. American vocalist Jackie Evancho's version of "All I Ask of You" was included on her 2011 studio album "Dream with Me" and peaked at number four on "Billboard"'s Classical Digital Songs component chart following its release.
On Susan Boyle's album "" (2012), she and featured artist Donny Osmond recorded a cover of "All I Ask of You"; in addition, Boyle also recorded two other Lloyd Webber compositions. American singers Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson performed the duet for the former's musical-influenced seventh studio album, "Stages" (2015). After its release, it entered and peaked on the Pop Digital Songs in the United States at number 32. Groban had previously performed "All I Ask of You" to David Foster during an audition to sing "The Prayer" live at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards with Celine Dion. Marina Prior and Mark Vincent, both Australian vocalists, covered it for their 2016 collaborative effort, "Together".
Barbra Streisand version.
Background and release.
American singer Barbra Streisand recorded a cover of "All I Ask of You" for her 29th studio album, "Till I Loved You" (1988). It was released as the album's second single on 15 December 1988 by Columbia Records. "Till I Loved You" is a concept album chronicling the different stages during a romantic relationship, where the beginning songs detail the good times and the final tracks discuss a painful breakup; accordingly, "All I Ask of You" was placed as the record's sixth track. It was produced by frequent Streisand collaborator Phil Ramone. Considering its placement on "Till I Loved You", it was noted by "The New York Times"'s Stephen Holden as the only song that is not a "nontheatrical pop tune". Streisand would later include her cover on two of her greatest hits albums: "" in 1989 and "The Essential Barbra Streisand" in 2002.
Streisand's cover was released physically in several formats by Columbia Records. The standard edition 7-inch release featured B-side track "On My Way to You" while the promotional version used "All I Ask of You" as both the A-side and B-side. In Spain, a 7-inch record with no B-side was distributed. Three different extended plays (EPs) were released in the United Kingdom. The 7-inch and 12-inch varieties included tracks such as "Somewhere", "Memory", "Send In the Clowns, "On My Way to You", "Life Story", and "Emotion"; both of these editions were also released on CD. The limited edition EP featured "On My Way to You", "Make No Mistake, He's Mine", "Since I Fell for You", and a large colored poster of Streisand from the "Till I Loved You" photoshoots.
Reception.
Stephen Holden called the song one of the "moments of sweeping majesty" on "Till I Loved You". He stated that Streisand "makes a powerful case [by] negotiating its octave vocal dives with a grand finesse while taking the song at a pleasingly brisk pace". "Los Angeles Times"'s Paul Grein highlighted the song as the greatest track on the album. He compared its dramatics to Streisand's 1981 single "Memory" and later wrote, "but [it] is much warmer and less grandiose. It's one of Streisand's greatest recordings".
The single did not enter the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States, but it did reach the same publication's Adult Contemporary chart. "All I Ask of You" also entered the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In the former country, it peaked at number 56 after entering at number 79. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number 77 and spent five weeks charting.
Track listings and formats.
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Everything I Ask For
"Everything I Ask For" is a song by American pop punk band The Maine. It was released on June 10, 2008, as the first promotional single from their debut studio album "Can't Stop Won't Stop". The song is considered to be one of their most popular songs to date and became the group's first and only charting song on the US "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 19.
Background and release.
"Everything I Ask For" is about "a tale of being in a relationship with someone who should be your everything, but makes you miserable." The song was written by John O'Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Patrick Kirch, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen and Matt Squire. The track runs at 105 BPM and is in the key of A major. Squire who also produced the song, spoke about the track in an interview with "Alternative Press".
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The song was made available for streaming on the band's MySpace page on June 3, 2008. It was later released for digital download via iTunes on June 10, 2008, as the album's first promotional single. On April 25, 2019, a vinyl edition of "Into Your Arms" was released with "Everything I Ask For" serving as the B-side.
Critical reception.
"Everything I Ask For" was met with generally positive reviews. Blake Solomon of AbsolutePunk.net stated that the track "buzzes to life with mid-tempo strumming and John O'Callaghan's semi-abrasive vocals." James Shotwell of "Under the Gun Review" remarked, "The song is constructed well... teens will eat it up because it's just dirty enough to get their parents riled up without being overly offensive." Amanda Milovich of Relentless Beats described the track as "a love ballad." She praised the song for its "high energy" and called the track, "highly nostalgic."
Music video.
The music video for "Everything I Ask For" premiered on MTV on November 19, 2008, and was directed by Matthew Stawski. Scenes of the video include the group "rocking and mocking models," who are strolling down the runway with "surprises and unexpected endings." The music video peaked at number 14 on the "Billboard" Hot Videoclip Tracks chart.
Personnel.
Credits for "Everything I Ask For" per "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" booklet.
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Who Could Ask for Anything More? A Celebration of Ira Gershwin
Who Could Ask for Anything More? A Celebration of Ira Gershwin (24 November 1996) was a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, written and directed for the stage by Hugh Wooldridge in aid of Mencap to celebrate the centenary of Ira Gershwin's birth. It was initially broadcast on BBC Radio 2 (UK) on 7 December 1996, on television on BBC Two (UK) on 31 December 1996 and A&E Networks (US) on 9 August 1997.
Background.
The TV show was produced by Ian Martin and directed by Paul Kafno. Those performing included: Peter Barkworth; Tracie Bennett; Sarah Brightman; Tim Flavin; Maria Friedman; Greg Horsman; Derek Jacobi; Nigel Planer; Michael Praed; Helen Shapiro and Dave Willetts. It was hosted by Charles Dance and David Soul.
Present at the event were Ira Gershwin's family and the then Prime Minister John Major.
Songs.
Songs performed for the TV show included (in TV show order):
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The following archive material relating to the concert is held in the Royal Albert Hall Events collection (RAHE):

I Want More (Can song)
"I Want More" is a song by German rock band Can. It was released as a single in July 1976 and later included on Can's 1976 album "Flow Motion". Unusually, it features all members of the band on vocals simultaneously and is characteristic of their Virgin era sound, with lyrics written by Peter Gilmour.
It was the band's only hit single in the UK, peaking at #26, which led to an appearance on "Top of the Pops" where Holger Czukay mimed a performance on double bass.
The single was reissued on its 30th anniversary in 2006 by Spoon Records and reached number 103 in the UK Singles Chart in June. The single was released on a 7" picture disc, on 12" orange vinyl (limited copy pressing) and in digital download format.
"... And More", also on "Flow Motion", repeats the chorus of the track and was included as a B-side to the single release.
Other versions.
The song was covered by Australian band GBVG (an alias of the Underground Lovers) in 1998 and became an indie hit.
A 1987 cover version by Finitribe featured Chris Connelly on vocals.
A cover by Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire appeared on the "Earlier/Later - Unreleased Projects Anthology 74-89" album.
The British synthpop band Blancmange covered the song on their fifth studio album "Semi Detached" in 2015.
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I Could Not Love You More
"I Could Not Love You More" is a song by the Bee Gees from their twenty-first studio album, "Still Waters", released in 1997 as the album's second single. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded in Los Angeles in March 1996. The track was produced by the Gibb brothers and David Foster. The track was a moderate hit worldwide, peaking at #14 in the UK and appearing in serious charts all over Europe.
Critical reception.
British magazine "Music Week" rated the song three out of five, writing, "The Gibb brothers tremble through a gentle ballad. It's sweet, but unlikely to match the success of Alone."
Music video.
The song's accompanying music video for "I Could Not Love You More" shows the band singing in a black background and on a street, intercut with scenes of a relationship between a man and a woman. It also features two young kids, a boy and a girl, on a pier.
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I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
I Wish I Could Have Loved You More is the début album by British pop musician Candie Payne.
Background.
Tracks 4 and 8 feature backing vocals by Payne's brother Sean Payne, his fiancee Abi Harding and Russell Pritchard, all of the Zutons.
Track listing.
All songs written by Candie Payne and Simon Dine
Cover versions.
Emma Bunton covered "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More" on her 2019 album "My Happy Place".
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More Than I Asked For
More Than I Asked For: Celebrating Christmas with Joy Williams is the first holiday-themed release from musician Joy Williams. It was released on November 23, 2009.
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Too Much to Ask
"Too Much to Ask" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan. It was written by Horan and Jamie Scott, with production handled by Greg Kurstin. The song was released by Capitol Records on 15 September 2017, as the third single from Horan's debut studio album, "Flicker" (2017). Commercially, "Too Much to Ask" reached the top 10 in Hungary, Ireland, and Scotland as well as the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Slovakia.
Background.
Horan expressed in tweets that the song is "very special" to him and it stands out as one of his favourites on the album. He said of the song in an interview with BBC News: "I would obviously like it to go to number one, that would be the dream, but it is what it is. If it's getting a lot love and jumps in at number two or number three, I don't mind." In the single's promotional post on social media, Horan was pictured standing on the left on the escalator in the London Underground. "It's a special one. I actually wrote this song the day after I wrote 'This Town' so I felt like it got off to an alright start when I started writing the album. It's a very nice, beautiful song and means a lot to me. I just can't wait for people to hear it. Hopefully fingers cross that people are going to like it, obviously a lot different to 'Slow Hands'," Horan explained in a Smallzy's Surgery interview.
Composition.
"Too Much to Ask" is performed in the key of C major. Horan's vocals span from G2 to F4.
Critical reception.
Mike Wass of Idolator was positive about the song, saying: "Niall Horan's solo career continues to go from strength to strength with the arrival of 'Too Much To Ask.' A tender ballad about hankering for an ex, the track showcases the Irishman's simple, heartfelt approach." And went on to call it "a beautifully crafted song" with a "melancholy piano arrangement". Rianne Houghton from "Digital Spy" was also positive about the song, and said: "Gird your loins, and your tear ducts 1D fans! Niall has released his latest single and it's definitely a tear-jerker. Seriously Niall, who hurt you?"
Music video.
Niall uploaded the official audio on day of release to his YouTube Vevo account and then the official music video six days later on 21 September 2017. It was directed by Malia James. Jon Blistein of "Rolling Stone" explained the video in his review about the song's video, writing:"The Malia James-directed clip finds Horan grappling with lost love as he sings the poignant and nostalgic lyrics in an empty room and watches a couple flirt and kiss on the tube. Horan finds solace while sharing a pint and playing the tune with his mates, though the clip ends with the musician contending with loneliness as he wanders the streets of London."
Personnel.
Credits adapted from Tidal.
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They Asked About You
"They Asked About You" is a song written by Freddy Weller, Bill Nash, and Kim Nash. It was recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire and was released in December 1993 as the second and final single from her compilation album "Greatest Hits Volume Two". The song reached #7 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1994.
It debuted at #48 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 25, 1993.
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Asking (song)
"Asking" is a song by English based, Australian musician Sonny Fodera and American DJ, record producer MK, featuring vocalist Clementine Douglas. The song was released on 7 July 2023.
The song peaked inside the UK Singles Chart top ten, becoming the first top ten in that territory for Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas and MK's second.
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This Is All I Ask
"This Is All I Ask" is a popular song written by Gordon Jenkins in 1958.
Jenkins considered this his finest composition, and he recorded it in arrangements he wrote for Nat King Cole, Harry Nilsson, Tiny Tim, Tony Bennett, and Frank Sinatra. Bennett continued to sing the song throughout his career and gave an "emotional" performance of it at his final concerts, in 2021, at Radio City Music Hall where he celebrated his 95th birthday with Lady Gaga.
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You Ask Me To
"You Ask Me To" is a song written by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings. It was originally recorded by Jennings on his 1973 album "Honky Tonk Heroes". This record spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard country singles charts, reaching a peak of number eight. Shaver recorded his own version in 1977 titled "You Asked Me To" in the past tense for the album "Gypsy Boy", with special guest Willie Nelson on guitar and vocals. "You Ask Me To" also appeared as the closing song on Elvis Presley's 1975 album "Promised Land." It was recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records studios in Memphis and released on Presley's 40th birthday. It also appeared with an alternate arrangement in Elvis Presley's posthumous 1981 album "Guitar Man", which reached the Top 50 in the US.
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All I Ask
2015 song by Adele
"All I Ask" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele for her third studio album "25" (2015). The song was written by Adele, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, with production by The Smeezingtons. Backed by a piano, the pop torch ballad describes the singer looking for one last night with her partner, before the couple separate.
"All I Ask" received unanimous acclaim from the music critics, with praise for its lyrics, production, and Adele's vocal performance. The track peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 77 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. It also charted at numbers 10, 21, 66, and 65 in South Korea, Finland, France, and Australia, respectively. It was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) and gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Adele performed it during several shows, including "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, both in February 2016. It was performed on selected dates during her Adele Live 2016 tour.
Background and production.
Though Bruno Mars had a "big, diva, ballad thing" in mind, he and Adele began conducting sessions for her third studio album, "25" (2015), initially attempting to create an uptempo song. When the duo began writing, Adele kept saying, "I don't want to do this, I don't like that", until they played a few chords that she liked and "All I Ask" was created. According to Mars, like a scene from the 1993 film "Jurassic Park", Adele made water vibrate while recording the song in a studio booth. On a similar note, according to the song's engineer, Charles Moniz, Adele's vocals caused an assistant to drop a cup of tea during the recording, saying that "he thought it was done and she belted out a note".
Adele considers the vocals on "All I Ask" her most "showoff-y". Adele and Mars disagreed over the lyric, "Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do", but Mars later changed his mind and said that "lovers" is "this grand word that makes the song bigger because no one says it. Because nobody talks like that, it pops out". They completed the song in two sessions. Adele has remarked, "[C]an you imagine the fun me and Bruno had making that?"
"All I Ask" was written by Adkins, Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, with production by the Smeezingtons. Brown and Greg Phillinganes played the piano, while Moniz, with engineering assistant Jacob Dennis, engineered the track. Tom Elmhirst mixed "All I Ask" at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, with Joe Visciano serving as the mix assistant. It was mastered by Tom Coyne and Randy Merrill, with Ryan Smith mastering the vinyl version.
Composition.
Inspired by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, piano is the song's only instrumentation. It is a sentimental love ballad which discusses the theme of melancholia, making use of "tidy, fast piano patterns". The singer ask her lover to spend a final night with her before they part ways. She processes the end of the relationship "in what feels like slow motion" according to "Rolling Stone"'s Jon Dolan. "All I Ask" is written in the key of E Major (and changes to F major at the third chorus) with a tempo of 71 beats per minute in common time, and follows a chord progression of E–G♯m–A–B in the verses with her vocals spanning from E3 to D5. "Paste"'s Holly Gleason described "All I Ask" as a "'last time we make love' song", adding that it is "pure torch" and serves as an invitation to progress beyond, but "stay in the moment and enjoy it completely" for a while.
Neil McCormick of "The Telegraph" described the song as a "deep, resonant piano ballad". Mic's Liz Rowley wrote that the song leaves the listener with "a solid sense of accepting love lost, and clears up the dreadful finality that resignation brings with it" adding that it "arrives at an emotional plane that's devastating yet utterly relatable". Tom Breihan of "Stereogum" called "All I Ask" a "weeper" and likened it to the work of American singer Barbra Streisand. Writing for "Entertainment Weekly", Leah Greenblatt described the song as a "palatial piano ballad" and as a "classic vehicle soaked in stately production and minor-key melancholy".
Critical reception.
"All I Ask" received widespread acclaim from the music critics. Sarah Rodman of "The Boston Globe" called it a "whopper of an 11 o'clock number" that transitions from "plaintive" to "soaring". Writing for "PopMatters", Chris Gerard called the song a "showstopping highlight" and a "gorgeous ballad", describing Adele's vocal performance as "absolutely thrilling", but noted that it "[has] a little of that sappiness that often infects love ballads". "The New York Times"' Jon Caramanica listed "All I Ask" as the fifth best song of 2015. In a rave review, he observed a palpable gear shift and called the song a "masterpiece", adding that it is "even bigger than the legend". Natalie Finn of E! felt its lyric, "It matters how this ends / cause what if I never love again?", was the most emotional on "25".
"Vanity Fair"'s Josh Duboff opined that a listener was most likely to sing "All I Ask" "in [their] shower again and again". Christina Garibaldi of MTV called it a "song of desperation", adding that it is "so emotional" that the listener can "feel Adele's heart break into a million pieces". Writing for "Entertainment Weekly", Leah Greenblatt felt the song was a "classic ... soaked in stately production and minor-key melancholy" that affirmed Adele is not the same as on her previous album "pouring out the pain of her pulverized heart", but someone who can connect with "tender emotions". In May 2018, Chuck Arnold ranked the song as Adele's eighth best for "Billboard", calling it a "killer ballad" saying Adele is a "vocal beast all over it".
Chart performance.
Following the release of "25", "All I Ask" debuted at its peak of number 66 on the French Singles Chart. It also debuted at number 60 on the Scottish Singles Chart and at number 77 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Following her "Carpool Karaoke" performance in January 2016, the song entered at number 65 on the Australian Singles Chart, number 21 on the Finnish Download Chart, number 93 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. It subsequently rose to a new peak on the Scottish Singles Chart, reaching number 12. On Canadian Digital Songs, "All I Ask" managed to reach number 34 in March 2016. The song peaked at number eight on the Netherlands Digital Songs chart. On Sweden Digital Songs, it reached number nine. "All I Ask" subsequently reached number five on the UK Indie Songs chart issue dated 22 January 2016. It was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) and by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Live performances and cover.
Adele first performed the song on "Adele Live in New York City", which was recorded at Radio City Music Hall on 17 November 2015 and broadcast on NBC on 14 December 2015. In a positive review, Lily Karlin of the "Huffington Post" referred to it as "honestly unreal" and a performance "for the ages". "Elle"'s Alyssa Bailey described the performance as "breathtaking" and said the listener would be "blown away" by Adele's voice. During an episode of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in January 2016, Adele included "All I Ask" on the "Carpool Karaoke" segment.
She performed the song at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on 15 February 2016, experiencing technical issues with the sound caused by the piano microphones. In response to the incident, she posted an explanation on Twitter: "The piano mics fell on to the piano strings, that's what the guitar sound was. It made it sound out of tune". Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, claimed responsibility for the problem, stating "that was all an issue on our behalf". Two days later, Adele performed "All I Ask" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". This performance was well received. "Rappler" wrote that Adele "slay[ed]" the song on "Ellen". Ella Ceron of "Teen Vogue" shared that opinion, writing that "she slays it, naturally", and adding that she performed the song with all the power and emotion "we've come to expect" from her. "The Wall Street Journal"'s Sarene Leeds wrote that the singer "redeem[ed]" herself in the eyes of the public with the "stunning rendition".
Adele performed "All I Ask" on selected dates during her Adele Live 2016 tour. Bruno Mars and his band, the Hooligans, covered the song during the BBC Radio 1 "Live Lounge" on 2 November 2016. The latter performance was nominated for Best Cover Song at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of "25"
Locations
Personnel
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No Quiero Más
"No Quiero Más" (English: "I Don't Want More") was scheduled to be the first official single from Edurne's second upcoming album by Sony BMG Spain. The single was changed instead of "Ven por mi" which became finally the first single. Nonetheless, the single was premiered on March 25 in a TeleTaxi special Concerts Day "Can Zam 2007".
On April 5, Edurne performed also "No Quiero Más" in a special OT TV Show by Telecinco.

How Could I Want More
"How Could I Want More" is the debut single by American actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears. The song was written by Spears and Rivers Rutherford, and was self-released (under the label name Sweet Jamie Music, Inc.) on November 25, 2013 as the lead single from Spears' debut EP, "The Journey". The track received acclaim from music critics, who praised Spears for taking a different musical direction than her sister, and for the maturity expressed in the lyrics and her delivery. Spears wrote the song about her future-husband Jamie Watson.
Composition.
"How Could I Want More" is a traditional-style country music ballad that runs for three minutes and thirty-three seconds. The song opens with an acoustic guitar riff, while a pedal steel guitar comes in as the song progresses, resulting in a distinctively country sound. Personal yet relatable lyrics carry a narrative about a seemingly-perfect relationship that still finds the narrator wanting more. Country music critic Billy Dukes (of "Taste of Country") noted that the production, particularly the "faint echo" accompanying each note, is effective at masking Spears' unexceptional vocal ability and lending the song an air of authenticity. Spears said her now husband, Jamie Watson inspired the song.
Critical reception.
The song was generally well received by critics, who praised Spears for taking a different musical direction than her sister, and for the maturity expressed in the lyrics and her delivery. "Us Weekly" compared the track favorably to the early work of Taylor Swift and commented that the country twang and overall quality surprised them. Also drawing comparisons to Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, Sam Lansky of "Idolator" called "How Could I Want More" a "lovely and wistful sigh of country-pop longing" that may not be terribly radio-friendly but is nevertheless "pretty great".
Billy Dukes of "Taste of Country" highlighted the "sharp, vulnerable lyric" and excellent arrangement in his positive review of the song, while also praising Spears for displaying expectation-defying maturity. Kevin Rutherford of "Billboard" described Spears' performance as "sweet and innocent" yet powerful, and suggested the song would fit right in at country radio. Ashley Cooke of "Roughstock" called the song ""really" good" and left her "excited" about Spears' career.
Promotion.
On December 19, 2016, Spears performed the song on NBC's morning television show "Today".
Music video.
The music video premiered in December 2013. It was directed by Spears' former "Zoey 101" co-star Matthew Underwood, who played Logan Reese on the show.
Chart performance.
"How Could I Want More" debuted at number 29 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs, and at number 8 on the Country Digital Songs chart, for the week ending December 7, 2013. It has sold 115,000 digital downloads in the US as of May 2014.
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Just Ask Your Heart
"Just Ask Your Heart" is a song written by Diane DeNota, Joe Ricci, and Pete Damato and performed by Frankie Avalon. The song reached #7 on the "Billboard" Top 100 in 1959.
The song was arranged by Peter De Angelis.
The song was ranked #59 on "Billboard" magazine's "Top Hot 100" songs of 1959.
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More (Matthew West song)
"More" is a song written and performed by American contemporary Christian musician Matthew West, from his first album, "Happy". The album was released in late 2003, and it was the first and most successful radio single of West's career up to that time. The song stayed at No. 1 on Christian radio for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. In 2004, it was the most-played contemporary Christian song of the year.
By request of astronaut Rex J. Walheim, "More" was played during the Day 5 wake-up call aboard STS-135, NASA's last Space Shuttle flight.
Release.
"More" was released as a radio single at the very end of 2003, near the time of Matthew West's debut album "Happy" on December 26. It remained at No. 1 on "Radio & Records"' Christian AC chart for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. No other new artist's debut single had received as much chart success since April 2001, when "R&R" began reporting Christian music chart information. According to "R&R", it was the most-played Christian AC song of the year in 2004. The single was named Christian Song of the Year in 2003. "More" is also featured on the compilation album "WOW Hits 2005".
Awards.
In 2005, the song was nominated for two Dove Awards: Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.
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More I Cannot Wish You
1950 song written by Frank Loesser
"More I Cannot Wish You" is a song written and composed by Frank Loesser and first performed by Pat Rooney in 1950. The song was featured in the musical "Guys and Dolls". The sentimental lyrics relate the feelings of the oldest character in the play, missionary Arvide Abernathy, who sings it tenderly to his granddaughter, Sarah Brown.
Development.
Loesser originally wrote the song for the 1949 movie "Roseanna McCoy". In a scene in which the title character sat next to her elder brother in a wagon seat, her brother was to sing the song to her, "wishing her good fortune in the heart." When the song was cut from the movie, because producer Samuel Goldwyn "neither liked nor understood the song," Loesser added the song to "Guys and Dolls".
To devise some of the singular lyrics, Loesser derived "with a sheep's eye" from "making sheep's eyes at" to describe "the imagined lover's almost pitiable adoration of the girl." For "lickerish tooth," Loesser consulted a thesaurus to find synonyms for "covetous" and found "lecherous," which was "appalling in sound to the modern ear," after which he consulted "Oxford English Dictionary" and saw "two archaic spellings"—"licorice" and "lickerish"—and "[i]n the exemplary material ... found 'lickerish tooth.'"
Reception.
Reviewing the original Broadway production of "Guys and Dolls", Wolcott Gibbs wrote in The New Yorker that "More I Cannot Wish You" is "one of the pleasantest things in the show." The New York Daily News review said that "More I Cannot Wish You" "is worthy of Rooney's old, sure charm."
In his 1972 study of American popular songs, Alec Wilder described "More I Cannot Wish You" as "a very special song, shining with tenderness, as natural as if it simply happened," and called its lyrics "most distinguished and truly poetic."
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All I Ask of You (album)
All I Ask of You is the first greatest hits album by Australian singer Marina Prior. The album was released on 17 April 2006. Prior is considered to be the leading lady of Australian theatre and has received numerous awards, including Green Room Awards, Mo Awards and in 1993, she received the Advance Australia Award for her contribution to the performing arts.
The album features tracks from her three studio albums; "Leading Lady", "Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber" and "Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein".
The album was released a month prior to Prior commencing her role as a judge on the Australian television series "It Takes Two". It also follow's the announcement of Australia’s 100 Entertainers of the Century which took place in April, in which Prior was included.
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Ask (song)
"Ask" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as a single on 20 October 1986 through Rough Trade Records. Credited to vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, "Ask" is an ostensibly upbeat, positive pop song built around major chords. Its lyrics discuss shyness and encourage listeners to overcome their inhibitions. Its multiple guitar parts and complex production led to disagreements regarding its final mix. Craig Gannon, who at the time was rhythm guitarist for the group, has claimed he wrote – and was denied credit for – the song's chord structure.
"Ask" continued the Smiths' top-20 streak in their native country, peaking at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached number nine on the Irish Singles Chart. Filmmaker Derek Jarman directed the song's music video. Like most of the Smiths' singles, it was not included on a studio album. It can be found on the compilations "The World Won't Listen" and "Louder Than Bombs" (both 1987) as well as the live album "Rank" (1988).
Background.
"Ask" was written as an intentionally more lighthearted song than its predecessor single, "Panic". Morrissey said: "If the next single had been a slight protest, regardless of the merits of the actual song, people would say, 'Here we go again'".
The song's lyric includes the couplet "Writing frightening verse / To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg", which has been interpreted as a reference to Morrissey's youth, in which he frequently wrote letters to pen pals. Simon Goddard, the author of "Mozipedia", also traces the line "Nature is a language - can't you read?" to Alan Bennett's 1978 teleplay "Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf", which contained the line "Nature has a language, you see, if only we'd learn to read it." Goddard additionally commented on the lyric as a whole, writing: "...a superficial plea to liberate one's inhibitions, the crux of 'Ask' appears to be its protagonist's own fizzling sexual repression, amplified in Morrissey's exaggerated use of upper case in its printed lyrics [sic] and his vivid metaphor of sexual desire as a unifying explosive."
Recording and composition.
"Ask" was recorded in June 1986 with producer John Porter at Jam Studios in London. Kirsty MacColl provides backing vocals on the song. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, by Alfred Music Publishing, the song is written in the key of G major, and moves at a tempo of 167 beats per minute. The general chord progression of the song is made from the progression G - Am - C - D. Morrissey's vocals in the song span from the note of G4 to the note of E5. The song contains over five guitar parts, including duelling strumming between Marr and guitarist Craig Gannon, who played Martin acoustics. Gannon was briefly a member of the band that year as rhythm guitarist, and has claimed he wrote the song's opening chord sequence and was cheated out of royalties:
Goddard states that "[a]s a common ascending chord configuration, it's not beyond reason that Gannon may have stumbled across something very close to it. However, without necessarily disputing Gannon's claim [...] Marr had used the exact same chord sequence within a home demo of what later became 'Is It Really So Strange?' several months earlier and was subconsciously predisposed to those specific chords to use them again as the basis of 'I Won't Share You'." Marr himself disputed Gannon's claim in the book "Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance". In terms of genre, "Ask" has been variously described as alternative rock, indie pop, and jangle pop.
Release.
The song was initially to be mixed by Porter at Jam Studios. "Originally "Ask" was a bit of a tour de force and it was pretty complicated. ... Then there was this bit in the middle where they wanted the sound of a waterfall crashing, all with guitars. [...] It was a jigsaw puzzle. You needed six hands to mix it properly and we didn't have automation at Jam Studios," Porter said. Goddard reports that Morrissey was threatened by Porter and Marr's camaraderie in the studio, and instead requested that Steve Lillywhite, MacColl's husband, mix "Ask" at his home studio in the London Borough of Ealing. Marr was unhappy with the song's final mix, commenting, "I couldn't understand why it was being tampered with because it all came together very simply and with a definite sense of purpose. [The final version] wasn't dramatically different, but it felt kind of a little bit muted. Less spirited, absolutely".
"Ask" was released as the Smiths' twelfth single on 20 October 1986 on both 7" and 12" formats; a limited release in the USA via Sire Records occurred the next month. It continued a streak of top 20 singles for the group, peaking at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart during the week ending 2 November 1986. The song also charted in Ireland, where it peaked at number 9 on the Irish Singles Chart. In 1995, the single was re-released, and charted on the UK Singles Chart again, peaking at number 62. The single's sleeve cover depicts actress Yootha Joyce on the set of the 1965 film "Catch Us If You Can". The same photograph was used on the 1986 German-only single release of "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others".
There are two versions of this song. The version that appears on the single releases and the compilation "The Very Best of The Smiths" (2001) fades out slightly sooner and has the vocal track lasting until the end of the song. The backing vocals in this version are also mixed differently and are louder. The version that appears on all albums (save for the one listed above) fades out later (though the end of the track is audible, albeit at a very low level) and has the vocal track ending before the fade begins.
Music video.
Filmmaker Derek Jarman directed the song's music video. A version mixing in live performance footage of the band was created; it is available on "The Complete Picture" (1992), a compilation home video release of the Smiths' videos and promotional films. In 1988, another video of the band playing live was issued to promote the release of "Rank", the group's sole live album; it was directed by Peter Fowler and takes its footage from a live show while Gannon was still a member of the band.
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from the 12" single sleeve and label.
Track listing.
Later re-releases of the "Ask" single would include the album version, which runs for 3:15, instead of the single version included on the original pressings.
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Don't Ask
Don't Ask is the third studio album by Australian singer Tina Arena released by Columbia Records on 21 November 1994.
Overview.
Arena co-wrote all of the songs on the original release of the album which was produced by David Tyson. The album spawned six successful singles "Chains", "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)", "Heaven Help My Heart", "Wasn't It Good", "That's the Way a Woman Feels" and the cover version of Maria McKee's song "Show Me Heaven" which was recorded for the international version and was released as a single in the United Kingdom.
"Don't Ask" and its singles earned Arena ten ARIA Awards nominations throughout 1995 and 1996, winning five, including Album of the Year. It is the first album by a female artist to do so.
Charts.
"Don't Ask" became Arena's highest selling album to date selling in excess of 2 million copies worldwide and was certified ten times platinum by the ARIA.
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Ask Me (Elvis Presley song)
1964 single by Elvis Presley
"Ask Me" is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley. It is an English-language cover version of the Italian song "Io" by Domenico Modugno. In 1964 Elvis Presley released his version on a single with "Ain't That Loving You Baby" on the other side. The recording appeared on the 1968 RCA Victor compilation "Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4".
Writing and recording history.
The song is credited to Domenico Modugno (the author of the original), Bernie Baum, Bill Giant and Florence Kaye.
Track listing.
7" single
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I Could
"I Could" is the fourth single from "American Idol" finalist, Kimberley Locke, and final single from her "One Love" album. The single was released strictly to radio and was not released as a commercial CD single. "I Could" is the first of Kimberley's singles to not have an accompanying music video.

Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
"Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)" is a song written by Walter Price, Lefty Frizzell, and Jim Beck, sung by Frizzell, and released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 20885). In December 1952, it peaked at No. 1 on "Billboard"'s country and western jockey and juke box charts. It spent 21 weeks on the charts and was also ranked No. 6 on "Billboard"'s 1952 year-end country and western juke box chart and No. 10 on the year-end best seller chart.
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More (Alex Alstone and Tom Glazer song)
"More" is a popular song with music by Alex Alstone and lyrics by Tom Glazer, published in 1956. The best-known version of the song was recorded by Perry Como on May 8, 1956, alongside, Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers.
It was issued as a single (RCA Victor catalog number 20-6554 on 78rpm, 47-6554 on 45rpm in the U.S., His Master's Voice POP-240 in the UK. It was also issued on an EP, "With a Song In My Heart."
Chart performance.
"More" reached No. 4 on the U.S. charts and No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The flip side of both releases was "Glendora".
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Asking for It (Hole song)
"Asking for It" is a song by the American alternative rock band Hole. It is the fourth track on the band's second studio album, "Live Through This", released on April 12, 1994 on Geffen Records. The song was written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.
Although not released as a single, "Asking for It" is one of the band's most notable songs as it charted a brief, four-week appearance on "Billboard"'s "Modern Rock Tracks" in the United States in February 1995, peaking at number 36. It is also known as one of the three released Hole recordings to feature Love's husband Kurt Cobain.
Origin and recording.
"Asking for It" was one of the many songs written by Love and Erlandson following the release of Hole's debut studio album, "Pretty on the Inside", and the subsequent departures of drummer Caroline Rue and bassist Jill Emery.
The first and only known studio version of the song was recorded in October 1993 as part of the "Live Through This" sessions at Triclops Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. On October 18, halfway through the sessions, Love's husband, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, joined the band in-studio and provided backing vocals for a number of songs, including "Asking for It". Cobain, however, was unfamiliar with the material, and was encouraged to "just sing off the top of [his] head". His vocals during the bridge are audible on the album version, albeit low in the mix. An alternate mix of the song, sourced from a radio broadcast of "Hot Modern Rock Tracks" in 1995, circulated amongst the general public in 1998 and features Cobain's prominent backing vocals, as well as an extended bridge and additional verses. Due to this recording, the song is known for being a source for those who believe Cobain contributed largely to the album.
Composition.
Music.
"Asking for It" was written in drop D tuning by Eric Erlandson with the main guitar riff constructed from four chords (D5–C5–A5–G5) with the latter two chords being barre chords due to the alternate tuning. The song opens with a simple bass line based on Erlandson's chords. An acoustically-performed guitar bridge in the song resembles the Richard Hell and The Voidoids song "Time", which was later performed live by Hole during one of their 1995 tours in promotion for "Live Through This".
Describing the musical style of "Asking for It", Sputnikmusic described the song as a "slower more melodic song" in contrast to the beginning of the album and "starting with some lightly strummed chords on the guitar, the drums and bass quickly join in to make a poppy yet somehow distant sound."
"'Asking for It' opens in a trough of despairing self-hate and doesn't get much cheerier," observed Clark Collis in "Select". "Yet ... it's going to be a bugger getting the damn thing out of your head."
Lyrics.
The lyrical content of "Asking for It" is mainly about rape, however, it also deals with issues of feminism; one of the central themes of "Live Through This". The song was inspired by an incident that occurred on August 16, 1991 at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow, Scotland, where Love stage-dived and was molested by members of the audience. Speaking of the incident in a 1995 interview, Love said:
We had just gotten off tour with Mudhoney, and I decided to stage-dive. I was wearing a dress and I didn't realize what I was engendering in the audience. It was a huge audience and they were kind of going ape-shit. So I just dove off the stage, and suddenly, it was like my dress was being torn off of me, my underwear was being torn off of me, people were putting their fingers inside of me and grabbing my breasts really hard, screaming things in my ears like "pussy-whore-cunt". When I got back onstage I was naked. I felt like Karen Finley. But the worst thing of all was that I saw a photograph of it later. Someone took a picture of me right when this was happening, and I had this big smile on my face like I was pretending it wasn't happening. So later I wrote a song called "Asking For It" based on the whole experience. I can't compare it to rape because it's not the same. But in a way it was. I was raped by an audience, figuratively, literally, and yet, was I asking for it?
Release.
"Asking for It" was featured as the fourth track on "Live Through This", released on April 12, 1994. Less than seven months later, the song was released, in its alternate form, to U.S. radio. and featured the additional verses, extended bridge and Cobain's backing vocals. There were rumours around the time of the album's release that Love was planning to release the version of "Asking for It" featuring Cobain as a single.
A live version of the song, performed and recorded at the 1995 Reading Festival, was released on Hole's 1997 compilation album, "My Body, the Hand Grenade".
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More, More, More
1976 single by Andrea True
"More, More, More" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American artist Andrea True (credited to her recording project Andrea True Connection). It was released in February 1976 as the first single from her debut album by same name (1976), becoming her signature track and one of the most popular songs of the disco era. In the US, it reached number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number three on the "Cash Box" Top 100 in July of that year. In Canada, it was a number-one hit, and it also reached number five in the UK.
Background.
The song was originally recorded in 1975 in Jamaica where True, a porn star, had been appearing in a TV commercial. Unable to return to the United States due to a government ban on asset transfers, she opted to invest the money in a studio recording to advance her career as a singer. True asked Gregg Diamond to visit Jamaica and record it with her and other studio musicians, which formed the backbone of the "Connection" project.
Diamond had begun work on compositions that would ultimately evolve into "More, More, More". He decided to have True perform vocals in part due to her career as an adult film actor. Although Diamond is officially credited as the sole author of the track, True has said that she wrote the song's lyrics, while he composed the music. When asked about True's limited vocal ability, Diamond commented: "You can do marvelous things with tape delay."
Release.
The original take of the song was first released in Jamaica by Federal Records in 1975, after True and Diamond, having run out of money and unable to pay session musicians for their work, handed in the master tapes to them. Buddah Records subsequently released the song only to discos in the winter of 1975/1976. The popularity of "More, More, More" was immense. Widespread listener interest convinced Buddah to release the single commercially in May, newly remastered by Tom Moulton. The song rose to number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number twenty three on the soul singles chart. The single was a successful disco hit peaking at number two. In Canada, it topped the "RPM" Top Singles chart for one week in July 1976. Overseas, the song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. Following the track's popularity in Latin America, True recorded a Spanish language version, "Más, Más, Más".
In 1976, the Andrea True Connection sang "More, More, More", "Party Line", and "Fill Me Up (Heart to Heart)" live on Don Kirshner's "Rock Concert". It was also performed on "American Bandstand" and on "Top of the Pops", as well as on the West German TV shows "Musikladen" and "Disco".
Credits and personnel.
Credits and personnel are adapted from the "More, More, More" album liner notes.
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Bananarama version.
In 1993, "More, More, More" was covered by English group Bananarama for their sixth album, "Please Yourself" (1993). It was produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman of Stock Aitken Waterman fame and released in March 1993 by London Records. Their version retained the disco feel of the original and also incorporated elements of ABBA-like production, as was the case with the entire "Please Yourself" album. Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, Stock and Waterman added a second verse to their version of the song.
Bananarama's single version