Heart Attack - Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato‘s long awaited single “Heart Attack” is officially played on the air in New York City. The song reached number one on iTunes in nine different countries in less than 24 hours of its early release just 3 days ago. Produced by Grammy-nominated team The Suspex and written by the songstress, “Heart Attack” is a powerful, anthemic electro-pop record that lyrically speaks about falling in love and taking that risk.

Heart Attack

Putting my defenses up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack

Never put my love out on the line
Never said yes to the right guy
Never had trouble getting what I want
But when it comes to you I'm never good enough

When I don't care
I can play him like a Ken doll
Won't wash my hair
Then make him bounce like a basketball

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear high heels
Yes you make me so nervous that I just can't hold your hand

You make me glow
But I cover up, won't let it show
So I'm putting my defenses up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack

Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around I get paralyzed
And every time I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help

It's just not fair
Brings more trouble than it all is worth
I gasp for air
It feels so good, but you know it hurts

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear perfume
For you, make me so nervous that I just can't hold your hand

You make me glow
But I cover up, won't let it show
So I'm putting my defenses up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack

The feelings got lost in my lungs
They're burning, I'd rather be numb
And there's no one else to blame
So scared I'll take off and run
I'm flying too close to the sun
And I'll burst into flames

You make me glow
But I cover up, won't let it show
So I'm putting my defenses up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack (4 times)

One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) - One Direction

British sensation One Direction’s cover of Blondie's "One Way Or Another" is absolutely awesome! The quintet’s re-working chops the fat off the original and adds a generous glaze of studio guitars and cheerleader echoes and handclaps, which really makes me impressed. “One Way Or Another” is undeniably fun to enjoy.

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One Way Or Another

One way or another I’m gonna find ya
I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way or another I’m gonna win ya
I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way or another I’m gonna see ya
I’m gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One day, maybe next week
I’m gonna meetcha, I’m gonna meetcha, I’ll meetcha

I will drive past your house
And if the lights are all down
I’ll see who’s around

One way or another I’m gonna find ya
I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way or another I’m gonna win ya
I’ll getcha, I’ll getcha
One way or another I’m gonna see ya
I’m gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One day, maybe next week
I’m gonna meetcha, I’ll meetcha

And if the lights are all out
I’ll follow your bus downtown
See who’s hanging out

Na na, na na, na na, na na na (x2)

I wanna hold you, wanna hold you tight (x3)
Yeah, teenage kicks right through the night

Come on

I wanna hold you, wanna hold you tight
I wanna hold you, wanna hold you tight
I wanna hold you, wanna hold you tight
Yeah, teenage kicks right through the night

One way or another I’m gonna see ya
I’m gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One way or another I’m gonna win ya
I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way or another I’m gonna see ya
I’m gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One way or another I’m gonna win ya
I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way or another I’m gonna see ya
I’m gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One way or another I’m gonna win ya
I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha

One way or another

Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin

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Everytime I listen to the song "Don't You Worry Child", it reminds me of my childhood with innocent and optimistic thoughts. "Don't You Worry Child" is a song by Swedish electronic dance group, Swedish House Mafia. It is the sixth and final single released before their indefinite hiatus, featuring vocals from Swedish singer John Martin. A special thank to Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso for all their fantastic song.

Don't You Worry Child

[Verse 1]
There was a time, I used to look into my father's eyes
In a happy home, I was a king I had a gold throne
Those days are gone, now the memories are on the wall
I still hear the sounds from the places where I was born

[Chorus]
Up on the hill across the blue lake,
That's where I had my first heart break
I still remember how it all changed
My father said
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

[Breakdown 1]
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!
Ooh ooh ooh ooh!
See heaven's got a plan for you
Ooh ooh ooh ooh!

[Verse 2]
There was a time, I met a girl of a different kind
We ruled the world,
Thought I'd never lose her out of sight, we were so young
I think of her now and then
I still hear the song, reminding me of her

[Chorus]
Up on the hill across the blue lake,
That's where I had my first heart break
I still remember how it all changed
My father said
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

[Breakdown 2]
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!
Ooh ooh ooh oh!
See heaven's got a plan for you
Ooh ooh ooh oh!
Yeah!

Best of 2013 - Stay

"Stay" is a piano driven ballad which was released on January 7, 2013, as the second single from Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic. I do not get enough of Rihanna’s softer side these days, so it’s great to see her autobiography is embedded so deeply in her recordings again. The song is definitely one of the best songs in her career. I listen to this song every night. When I close my eyes while wearing my headphones to listen to “Stay,” I can feel the pain in her voice.

Stay

All along it was a fever
A cold sweat hot-headed believers
I threw my hands in the air I said show me something
He said, if you dare come a little closer

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can’t live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay

It’s not much of a life you’re living
It’s not just something you take, it’s given
Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can’t live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay

Oh the reason I hold on
Oh cause I need this hole gone
Funny all the broken ones but I’m the only one who needed saving
Cause when you never see the lights it’s hard to know which one of us is caving

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can’t live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay, stay
I want you to stay

Try - Pink

“Try” is the single that makes me most impressed among Pink’s tracks from her chart-topping album “The Truth About Love.” The song is a rock ballad, about taking risks with love no matter the consequences. The video for “Try,” which is directed by Floria Sigismondi and choreographed by The Golden Boyz, is beautiful and passionate as well. Pink and her band are on the road in support of her sixth studio effort.

Try

Ever wonder about what he's doing
How it all turned to lies
Sometimes I think that it's better to never ask why

Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try try try
Gotta get up and try try try
You gotta get up and try try try

Eh, eh, eh

Funny how the heart can be deceiving
More than just a couple times
Why do we fall in love so easy
Even when it's not right

Repeat Chorus

Ever worried that it might be ruined
And does it make you wanna cry?
When you're out there doing what you're doing
Are you just getting by?
Tell me are you just getting by by by

Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try try try
Gotta get up and try try try
You gotta get up and try try try

Gotta get up and try try try [x2]
You gotta get up and try try try
Gotta get up and try try try

You gotta get up and try try try!
Gotta get up and try try try!

Ho Hey - The Lumineers

I think "Ho Hey" is a very interesting folk song. During the first four seconds, we hear the title chanted and can immediately lock into its rhythmic heartbeat. The song's rhythm then compels you to sing along, to tap your toes, to nod your head. In my opinion, The Lumineers are America's answer to Mumford & Sons. Do you think so? Please share this post on Opera if you agree with me.

Ho Hey

I've been trying to do it right
I've been living a lonely life
I've been sleepin here instead
I've been sleepin in my bed
I've been sleepin in my bed

So show me family
All the blood that I will bleed
I don't know where I belong
I don't know where I went wrong
But I can write a song

I belong with you, you belong with me
You're my sweetheart(x2)

I don't think you're right for him
Think of what it might have been if we
Took a bus to chinatown
I'd be standin on canal and bowery
And she'd be standin next to me

I belong with you, you belong with me
You're my sweetheart(x2)

Love we need it now
Let's hope for some
Cause oh, we're bleedin out

I belong with you, you belong with me
You're my sweetheart

Not Over You - Gavin Degraw

After a few decent pop songs on his first two albums, Gavin DeGraw’s latest two albums fell flat. His fourth effort Sweeter received a moderate impact on the charts. At least, the album produced DeGraw’s most successful song on the chart since his biggest hit "I don't want to be." The lead single from Sweeter, “Not Over You” peaked at No. 18 on the Hot 100. Maybe it’s time for Gavin DeGraw to find a new career as I think music is not the right direction for him.

Not Over You

Dreams
That's where I have to go
To see your beautiful face anymore
I stare at a picture of you
And listen to the radio
Hope
Hope there's a conversation
Where we both admit we had it good
But until then
It's alienation I know
That much is understood
And I realize

If you ask me how I'm doing
I would say I'm doing just fine
I would lie and say that you're not on my mind
But I go out
And I sit down
At a table set for two
And finally I'm forced to face the truth
No matter what I say
I'm not over you

Damn
Damn girl you do it well
And I thought you were innocent
Took this heart and put it through hell
And still your magnificent
I, I'm a boomerang
Doesn't matter how you throw me
Turn around
And I'm back in the game
Even better than the old me
But I'm not even close without you

Repeat Chorus

And if I had the chance
To renew
You know there isn't a thing I wouldn't do
I could get back on the right track
But only if you'd be convinced
So until then

Repeat Chorus

Adele - Set Fire To The Rain

Adele, who dominated last year's Grammy Awards ceremony, continued her winning streak this year by beating female pop stars Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen and Rihanna to bag the Best Pop Solo Performance prize. The British diva picked up the award for the live version of her hit Set Fire To The Rain. Follow me on Tumblr if you like the song.

I let it fall, my heart,
And as it fell you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me

My hands, they're strong
But my knees were far too weak,
To stand in your arms
Without falling to your feet

But there's a side to you
That I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say
They were never true, never true,
And the games you play
You would always win, always win.

[Chorus:]
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

When I lay with you
I could stay there
Close my eyes
Feel you here forever
You and me together
Nothing is better

'Cause there's a side to you
That I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say,
They were never true, never true,
And the games you'd play
You would always win, always win.

[Chorus:]
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
When it fell, something died
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time!

Sometimes I wake up by the door,
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we're already over
I can't help myself from looking for you.

[Chorus:]
I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames
When it fell, something died
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh!

Oh no
Let it burn, oh
Let it burn