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Britain / Music / Lyrics / 2004 Q1
"Number 1" pop singles in the UK (quarter 1, 2004)
     
Sections:
Introduction
Archive
  Yeah (Usher, featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon)
  The Cha Cha Slide (DJ Casper)
  Toxic (Britney Spears)
  Mysterious Girl (Peter Andre)
  Who's David? (Busted)
  With a little help from my friends (Sam & Mark)
  Take Me to the Clouds Above (LMC vs U2)
  All This Time (Michelle McManus)
  Mad World (Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules)
  Links
   
Related pages:
Britain/Music/Lyrics (number 1 singles on other dates)
British/Music/Pop (British pop music)



INTRODUCTION

Lyrics and background notes to songs which first reached number 1 in the UK singles chart between January and March 2004.

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YEAH


Number 1 on: 21 March 2004, 28 March 2004

Type of song:


Yeah (CD single) ; CD single version 2
Artist: Usher (featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon)
Label: Laface
Date: March 15, 2004
Confessions (CD album)
Artist: Usher
Label: Laface
Date: March 22, 2004

Usher is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.

In this song Usher and Ludacris are dancing in a club. The atmosphere is hot and they are being tempted to get close to some attractive women.

Yeah
Usher

Peace up
A-town down
Yeah
Ok
Ush (Usher)
Lil' Jon
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah
Let's go!

I'm in the club with my homies, tryin' a get a lil V-I
Keep it down on the low key (low key)
Cos you know how it feels (hey, hey)
I said shorty she was checkin' up on me
From the game she was spittin' in my ear
You would think that she knew me (knew me)
So we decided to chill (OK)

Conversation got heavy
She had me feelin' like she's ready to blow
(Watch out! Oh! Watch out!)
She's saying come get me (come get me)
So I got up and followed her to the floor
She said baby let's go
That's when I told her, I said:

Yeah (yeah)!
Shorty got down, she said come and get me
Yeah (yeah)!
I got so caught up, I forgot she told me
Yeah (yeah)!
Her and my girl used to be the best of homies
Yeah (yeah)!
Next thing I knew, she was all up on me screaming
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah

So she's all up in my head now
Got me thinking that it might be a good idea
To take her with me (with me)
Cos she's ready to leave (ready to leave, a let's go)
Now I gotta keep it real now
Cos on a 1-to-10 she's a certified 20
But that just ain't me (hey)

Cos I don't know if I take that chance
Just where is it gonna lead
But what I do know is the way she dance
Makes shorty alright with me
The way she getting low! I'm like yeah
Just work that out for me
She asked for one more dance and I'm like yeah
How the hell am I supposed to leave? And I said:

Yeah (yeah)!
Shorty got down, she said come and get me
Yeah (yeah)!
I got so caught up, I forgot she told me
Yeah (yeah)!
Her and my girl used to be the best of homies
Yeah (yeah)!
Next thing I knew, she was all up on me screaming
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah

(Luda! Watch out!)

My outfit's ridiculous
In the club lookin' so conspicuous.
And Rowl! These women all on the prowl
If you hold the head steady I'm a milk the cow
And forget about the game I'm a spit the truth
I won't stop till I get 'em in their birthday suits
So gimme the rhythm and it'll be off with their clothes
Then bend over to the front and touch your toes
I left the Jag and I took the Rolls
If they ain't cutting then I put 'em on foot patrol
How do you like me now
When my pinky's valued over three hundred thou-sand,
Let's drink you the one to please
Ludacris fill cups like double D's
Me and Ush once more and we leave 'em dead
We want a lady in the street but a freak in the bed

Yeah (yeah)!
Shorty got down, she said come and get me
Yeah (yeah)!
I got so caught up, I forgot she told me
Yeah (yeah)!
Her and my girl used to be the best of homies
Yeah (yeah)!
Next thing I knew, she was all up on me screaming
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah, Yeah

Take that and rewind it back
Lil' Jon got the beat that make ya booty go (clap)
Take that, rewind it back
Usher got the voice that make ya booty go (clap)
Take that, rewind it back
Ludacris got the flow that make ya booty go (clap)
Take that, rewind it back
Lil' Jon got the beat that make ya booty go (clap)


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THE CHA CHA SLIDE


Number 1 on: 14 March 2004

Type of song:


The Cha Cha Slide (CD single)
Artist: DJ Casper
Label: All Around the World
Date: March 1, 2004
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DJ Casper is an American disc-jockey. This is a "line dance" song which became very popular in the US (where it also reached number 1) and is now also popular in UK clubs. The song was originally written for an aerobic workout. The song is named after the Latin dance called "cha-cha", whose steps form part of this dance. There are some notes about the steps to the dance here.

The Cha Cha Slide
DJ Casper

This is something new ; The Casper slide part 2
Featuring the platinum band ; And this time
We're going to get funky ; Funky
Everybody clap your hands
Clap, clap, clap ... clap your hands
Clap, clap, clap ... clap your hands

Alright now, we going to do the basic step ; To the left
Take it back now y’all ; One hop this time
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Cha cha real smooth

Turn it out ; To the left
Take it back now y’all ; One hop this time
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Cha cha now y’all ; Now it’s time to get funky

To the right now ; To the left
Take it back now y’all
One hop this time ; One hop this time
Right foot two stomps ; Left foot two stomps
Slide to the left ; Slide to the right
Criss-cross ; Criss-cross
Cha cha real smooth ; Let’s go to work

To the left ; Take it back now y’all
Two hops this time ; Two hops this time
Right foot two stomps ; Left foot two stomps
Hands on your knees ; Hands on your knees
Get funky with it ; Ohhhhhhh yeah
Come on ; Cha cha now y’all

Turn it out
To the left ; Take it back now y’all
One hop this time ; Right foot let’s stomp
Left foot let’s stomp ; Cha cha now y'all
Now it's time to get funky
To the right now ; To the left
Take it back now y'all
One hop this time ; One hop this time
Right foot two stomps ; Left foot two stomps
Slide to the left ; Slide to the right
Criss-cross ; Criss-cross
Cha cha real smooth ; Let’s go to work

To the left ; Take it back now y’all
Two hops this time ; Two hops this time
Right foot two stomps ; Left foot two stomps
Hands on your knees ; Hands on your knees
Get funky with it ; Ohhhhhhh yeah
Come on ; Cha cha now y’all

Turn it out
To the left ; Take it back now y’all
Five hops this time ; Funk it up now
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Right foot again ; Left foot again
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Freeze! ; Everybody clap your hands

Come on y’all ; Check it out y’all

To the left ; Take it back now y’all
One hop this time
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Cha cha now y’all ; Now it's time to get funky
To the right now ; To the left
Take it back now y'all
One hop this time ; One hop this time
Right foot two stomps ; Left foot two stomps
Slide to the left ; Slide to the right
Criss-cross ; Criss-cross
Cha cha real smooth ; Let's go to work

To the left ; Take it back now y’all
Two hops this time ; Two hops this time
Right foot two stomps ; Left foot two stomps
Hands on your knees ; Hands on your knees
Get funky with it ; Ohhhhhhh yeah
Come on ; Cha cha now y’all

Turn it out ; To the left
Take it back now y’all
Five hops this time ; Funk it up now
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Right foot again ; Left foot again
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let’s stomp
Freeze! ; Everybody clap your hands
Come on y’all ; Check it out y’all

How low can you go? Can you go down low?
All the way to the floor? How low can you go?
Can you bring it to the top? Like you never never stop?
Can you bring it to the top? One hop
Right foot now ; Left foot now y’all
Cha cha real smooth ; Turn it out

To the left ; Take it back now y’all
One hop this time ; One hop this time
Reverse ; Reverse
Slide to the left ; Slide to the right
Reverse reverse ; Reverse reverse
Cha cha now y’all ; Cha cha again
Cha cha now y’all ; Cha cha again

Turn it out ; To the left
Take it back now y’all
Two hops, two hops ; Two hops, two hops
Right foot let’s stomp ; Left foot let's stomp
Turn it out ; To the left now
Slide to the right ; Slide to the left
Take it back now y’all ; Cha cha now y’all


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TOXIC


Number 1 on: 7 March 2004

Type of song:


Toxic (CD single)
Artist: Britney Spears
Label: Jive
Date: March 1, 2004
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In the Zone (CD album)
Artist: Britney Spears
Label: Jive
Date: November 17, 2003

Britney Spears is an American singer who first reached number 1 in the UK in February 1999 at the age of 17 with her song "Baby one more time". In the video which goes with the song "Toxic", she plays the part of an air hostess. Her official website is: http://www.britneyspears.com.

The singer has fallen in love with a man. She feels addicted to him: he is like a drug for her. His effect on her is like alcohol or drugs: she calls it a "poison paradise". On the one hand, it is "paradise" because it makes her feel high ("too high: can't come down", "I'm on a ride", "I'm loving it"). On the other hand, it is "poison" ("you're toxic") because she feels addicted to his love ("I need a hit", "There's no escape") and "it's dangerous" (she thinks "a guy like you should wear a warning").

Toxic
Britney Spears

Baby, can't you see
I'm calling?
A guy like you
Should wear a warning
It's dangerous
I'm falling

There's no escape
I can't wait
I need a hit
Baby, give me it
You're dangerous
I'm loving it

Too high
Can't come down
Losing my head
Spinning 'round and 'round
Do you feel me now?

With the taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic
I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
And I love what you do
Don't you know that you're toxic?

It's getting late
To give you up
I took a sip
From the devil's cup
Slowly
It's taking over me

Tonight
Can't come down
It's in the air and it's all around
Can you feel me now?

With the taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic
I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
And I love what you do
Don't you know that you're toxic?
Don't you know that you're toxic?

With the taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic
I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?

With the taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic
I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?

Intoxicate me now
With your loving now
I think I'm ready now
(I think I'm ready now)
Intoxicate me now
With your loving now
I think I'm ready now


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MYSTERIOUS GIRL


Number 1 on: 29 February 2004

Type of song:


Mysterious Girl (CD single)
Artist: Peter Andre
Label: A&E
Date: February 23, 2004
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The Very Best of Peter Andre (CD album)
Artist: Peter Andre
Label: Music Club
Date: May 27, 2002

Peter Andre was born in England but his family moved to Australia when he was young. He achieved success in Australia in 1992, and later repeated that success in the UK. This is his third number 1 in the UK: his singles "Flava" and "I feel you" reached number 1 in 1996. His popularity has been revived after he appeared on a television series on ITV called "I'm a celebrity ... get me out of here".

Bubbler Ranx is the rapper on this song (the parts which he sings are shown in bold). He has a Caribbean accent and uses some slang, so you may find his words difficult to follow. Note that "de" is "the", "me" is "my", and "a" is sometimes added before verbs ("a set" instead of "set"). "Mike" is an abbreviation for "microphone".

The singer has fallen in love with a girl he has seen on the beach ("walking on the shore") on a tropical island, has started to get close to her and wants to get even closer. He is attracted by her mystery and by the smell of the perfume she wears.

Mysterious Girl
Peter Andre

Baby girl
I say tonight is your lucky night
Peter Andre along with Bubbler Ranx
on de mike


I stop and stare at you
Walking on the shore
I try to concentrate
My mind wants to explore
The tropical scent of you
Takes me up above
Girl, when I look at you -
Oh, I fall in love

No doubt you look so fine
Girl I want to make you mine
I want to be with
A woman just like you
No doubt I'm the only man
Who can love you like I can
So just let me be with
A woman that I love

Baby girl
Shine like a looking glass


Oh oh oh - mysterious girl
I want to get close to you
Oh oh oh - mysterious girl
Move your body close to mine
Close to mine

Girl you are me heart's desire
and you alone a set me soul on fire
Me tell them
Girl you are me heart's desire
and you alone... watch this

Watching the sun go down
The tide is drifting in
We can get closer now
And feel the warmth within
'Cos I'm looking in your eyes
Feeling so alive
And girl when you touch me
It's time to take it through the night

Girl I want to be with you
I want to spend the night with you
I need to be with the woman that I love
Girl I want to do to you
All the things you want me to
I need to be with the woman that I love

Baby girl
Let your loving release

Oh, oh, oh, oh ,oh, mysterious girl
I want to get close to you (so close to you my baby)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, mysterious girl (mysterious girl)
Move your body close to mine

Well I've been sitting by the phone hoping you'd call
When time me hear your voice I feel ten feet tall
Body way you have a make de man a bawl
Man a tripover man when time your name call
Your pretty looks surround me like a flowers a bloom
And I love the smell of your Elizabeth Taylor perfume
Your personality alone light up de room
Just one kiss alone a make me heart go boom


Oh, oh, oh, oh ,oh, mysterious girl
I want to get close to you (come on now, come on now)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, mysterious girl
Move your body close to mine

Girl you are me heart's desire
and you alone a set me soul on fire


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WHO'S DAVID?


Number 1 on: 22 February 2004

Type of song:


Who's David? (CD single); CD single version 2
Artist: Busted
Label: Mca
Date: 16 February, 2004
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A Present for Everyone (CD album)
Artist: Busted
Label: Mca
Date: 17 November, 2003

Busted is a very popular English boy band which won awards for the best British Breakthrough Artist and best Pop Act at the 2004 Brit Awards.
Their first single ("What I Go To School For") reached number 3 in the singles chart in September 2002, and they have had several other hits since then.
The group's official website is: http://www.busted.com.

The first version of the CD single "Who's David?" includes Busted's version of the song "Teenage Kicks" (originally performed in the 1970's by the Irish group called the Undertones). The second version of the CD single includes Busted's version of the song "Where is the love?" (originally a hit in 2003 for the Black Eyed Peas).

The singer is going out with an attractive girl who has told him that he is the only man in her life. But he saw text messages on her phone from a boy called David - so he is asking the girl "Who's David?" He thinks she is having sex with lots of other boys ("you sleep around the town"; "so go live in the house of David if you like, but be sure he don't know Peter, John and Mike"). He feels angry about the lies he told her.

Who's David?
Busted

You've always been this way since high school
Flirtatious and quite loud
I find your sense of humour spiteful
It shouldn't make you proud
And I know your pretty face gets far with guys
But your make-up ain't good enough to hide the lies

Are you sure that you're mine?
Aren't you dating other guys?
You're so cheap
And I'm not blind
You're not worthy of my time
Somebody saw, you sleep around the town
And I've got proof because the word's going around

(Don't know you)
You left your phone so I invaded
I hated what I saw
You stupid lying bitch who's David?
Some guy who lives next door
So go live in the house of David if you like
But be sure he don't know Peter, John and Mike

Are you sure that you're mine?
Aren't you dating other guys?
You're so cheap
And I'm not blind
You're not worthy of my time
Somebody saw, you sleep around the town
And I've got proof because the word's going around

(Don't know you)
(Do do do do woah)
And I know that you try to break me into pieces
And I know that you lie but you can't hurt me now

I'm over you
(Do do do do woah)
It's so like you
(Do do do do woah)

Are you sure that you're mine?
Aren't you dating other guys?
You're so cheap
And I'm not blind
Your not worthy of my time
Somebody saw, you sleep around the town
And I've got proof because the word's going around

Don't know you
Do do do woah
Don't like you
Do do do woah
Don't know you


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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS


Number 1 on: 15 February 2004

Type of song:


With a little help from my friends (CD single)
Artist: Sam & Mark
Label: S
Date: 9 February, 2004

Pop Idol - Living The Dream (DVD)
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Date: 19 January, 2004


The original version of this song was by the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with the main vocals being sung by Ringo Starr. For more information about the Beatles, see: Britain/Music/Beatles.

Sam was third and Mark was second in the Pop Idol competition on television (the competition was won by Michelle McManus, who also reached number 1 with her song "All this time"). This is their first record.

The song is about how the singer manages the pressures in his life ("gets by"). Examples of the problems he has to face are days when he sings badly - "out of tune" - or when his girlfriend isn't with him - "my love is away". He manages because of the support he receives ("with a little help from my friends"). His "friends" may refer not only to the people around him, but perhaps also to drugs/alcohol ("get high" normally refers to this), and to sexual partners (the singer doesn't answer when he is asked repeatedly if it could be "anybody"). The words probably relate to the Beatles themselves, who faced a lot of pressures while touring and who experimented with sex and drugs in the 1960's.

With a Little Help from my Friends
Sam & Mark

What would you think if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.

I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends.

What do I do when my love is away?
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do I feel by the end of the day?
(Are you sad because you're on your own?)

No I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends.

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.

Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh I'm going to try with a little help from my friends.

Do you need anybody?
I just need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends,
Oh I get high with a little help from my friends.

Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
With a little help from my friends.


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TAKE ME TO THE CLOUDS ABOVE


Number 1 on: 1 February 2004, 8 February 2004

Type of song:


Take me to the clouds above (CD single number 1)
Artist: LMC vs U2
Label: All Around the World
Date: 26 January, 2004

Take me to the clouds above (CD single number 2)
Artist: LMC vs U2
Label: All Around the World
Date: 26 January, 2004


This song mixes elements of U2's "With Or Without You" with lyrics from Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know?" The singer on the radio version is Rachel McFarlane from Manchester (she also appears on hits from N-Trance) - other versions include Whitney Houston's original vocals.

The name LMC comes from the first letters of the three studio producers who made it (Lee Monteverde, Matt Cadman and Cris Nuttall). The song was produced in LMC's studio above a music shop in Blackburn, and has become popular in clubs across the UK.

The singer is a girl who is in love with a boy, and feels high when she sees him (as if taken up "to the clouds above"). But she is shy and hasn't told him about her feelings. Instead she is telling her girlfriend about him ("there's a boy I know ...") and wants to know her opinion ("tell me if it's really love"). The verse of the Whitney Houston song which is not included in this version makes these feelings clearer:

How will I know if he really loves me?
I say a prayer with every heartbeat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you 'cos you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me?
I try to phone but I'm too shy (can't speak)
Falling in love is so bittersweet
This love is strong, why do I feel weak?

Take Me to the Clouds Above
LMC vs U2

There's a boy I know
He's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes
Take me to the clouds above
Take me to the clouds above

Take me to the clouds above

Take me to the clouds above

There's a boy I know
He's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes
Take me to the clouds above

There's a boy I know
He's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes
Take me to the clouds above
Take me to the clouds above

Take me to the clouds above

Take me to the clouds above

Take me
Take me to the clouds above

Oh oh oh

Tell me if it's really love
Tell me if it's really love
Oh oh oh
Tell me if it's really love


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ALL THIS TIME


Number 1 on: 11 January 2004, 18 January 2004, 25 January 2004

Type of song:


All This Time (CD single)
Artist: Michelle McManus
Label: S Records
Date: 5 January, 2004

Love Songs (CD album)
Artist: Michelle McManus
Label: S Records
Date: 26 January, 2004

Michelle won the Pop Idol competition on television. This is her first single, which went straight to number 1 in the charts (the first time that a Scottish female singer has achieved this).

In this song, the singer has gone through some hard times with her partner ("There were times when we felt like giving up"). Yesterday she was feeling depressed ("This time yesterday I thought I was going to die"). But now her partner's affection has made her feel good about her relationship and to think positively about the future ("You kiss my blues away", "now I'm looking far ahead: I only see clear blue skies" and the "clouds of doubt have cleared around my mind")

All This Time
Michelle

This time yesterday
I thought I was going to die
Standing at the edge of my ordinary life
Now I'm looking far ahead
I only see clear blue skies
I hope this feeling lasts me
Until the end of time

And I don't see the things that bring me down
Like I used to (no)
And there were times where we felt like giving up
But we came through

All this time
We've come a long, long way
I've waited a lifetime for today
I'm praying this moment's here to stay
All this time
When everyone else said I was wrong
You gave me a reason to be strong
You gave me the will to carry on
All this time

You kiss my blues away
My yesterday's far behind
And all these clouds of doubt
Have cleared around my mind
Now I'm looking far ahead
I'm looking with brand new eyes
I can't see the future, but I know it's looking bright

Never thought we could survive
what we've come through (no)
And there were times we felt like giving up
but we held through

All this time
We've come a long, long way
I've waited a lifetime for today
I'm praying this moment's here to stay
All this time
When everyone else said I was wrong
You gave me a reason to be strong
You gave me the will to carry on
All this time

It's like a second chance in life
So many people passing by
And you know, it's a shame
Cos they can't believe,
So they don't, and they won't even try
With every battle that's been won,
With every little thing I've done
What I couldn't see is now clear to me
All this time

We've come a long, long way
I've waited a lifetime for today
I'm praying this moment's here to stay
All this time
We've come a long, long way
I've waited a lifetime for today
I'm praying this moment's here to stay
All this time
When everyone else said I was wrong
You gave me a reason to be strong
You gave me the will to carry on
All this time


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MAD WORLD


Number 1 on: 21 December 2003 , 28 December 2003, 4 January 2004

For the lyrics and further details about this song, see: Britain/Music/Lyrics/2003Q4.

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Number 1 singles on other dates: Britain/Music/Lyrics
British pop music: Britain/Music/Pop
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