Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

David Bowie – vocals
Pat Metheny – guitar, synthesizer
Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
Steve Rodby – bass guitar
Paul Wertico – drums, percussion

Written by David Bowie, Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays. Produced by David Bowie & Pat Metheny, mixed by Bob Clearmountain, recorded 1984.

The song originated when director John Schlesinger invited Pat Metheny to score The Falcon and the Snowman, a spy drama starring Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton. Metheny wrote the theme — originally an instrumental titled “Chris” — while in Mexico City watching early filming, and Schlesinger later suggested bringing in David Bowie for a vocal version to play over the closing credits. Bowie took Metheny’s demo, added a drum machine part, kept the melody’s basic structure, and wrote an additional vocal line and lyric that Metheny has since called some of the most meaningful words he ever heard set to his music. Metheny flew with the core of his band to Bowie’s Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland, to record the single. Despite the jazz pedigree of the Pat Metheny Group, Bowie biographer Chris O’Leary has noted the track is “hardly a jazz piece,” with Metheny playing a simple rhythm guitar throughout rather than any solos.

David Bowie and Pat Metheny – This Is Not America Lyrics

This is not America, sha la la la la

A little piece of you
The little peace in me
Will die (This is not a miracle)
For this is not America

Blossom fails to bloom this season
Promise not to stare
Too long (This is not America)
For this is not the miracle

There was a time
A storm that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea

For this is not America
Sha la la la la
This is not America, no
This is not, sha la la la la

Snowman melting from the inside
Falcon spirals to the ground
(This could be the biggest sky)
So bloody red, tomorrow’s clouds

A little piece of you
The little piece in me
Will die (This could be a miracle)
For this is not America

There was a time
A wind that blew so young
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea

For this is not America
Sha la la la la
This is not America, no
This is not, sha la la la

This is not America, no
This is not
This is not America, no
This is not, sha la la la

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Donald Fagen – lead vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, synthesizer
Walter Becker – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Rick Marotta – drums
Victor Feldman – percussion
Steve Gadd – percussion

Written by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen. Produced by Gary Katz, engineered by Roger Nichols & Elliot Scheiner. Released as the lead single from Gaucho (MCA Records, November 21, 1980, album released the same month).

“Hey Nineteen” tells the story of an aging hipster’s awkward attempt to connect with a much younger woman, who fails to even recognize Aretha Franklin. The album’s title track drew a legal threat from jazz pianist Keith Jarrett over an uncredited melodic similarity, eventually resolved by adding him as a co-writer on that song. On “Hey Nineteen” specifically, engineer Roger Nichols built a custom drum machine — a forerunner to his “Wendel” digital sampler — used for the basic drum beat alongside the live players. It was the last major hit before Becker and Fagen dissolved the band in 1981, not performed live again until Steely Dan’s 1993 reunion tour.

Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen Lyrics

Way back when
In Sixty-seven
I was the dandy
Of Gamma Chi
Sweet things from Boston
So young and willing
Moved down to Scarsdale
Where the hell am I
Hey Nineteen
No we can’t dance together
No we can’t talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down

Hey Nineteen
That’s ‘Retha Franklin
She don’t remember
The Queen of Soul
It’s hard times befallen
The Soul Survivors
She thinks I’m crazy
But I’m just growing old

Hey Nineteen
No we got nothing in common
No we can’t talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down

Nice
Sure looks good
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Skate a little lower now

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

No we can’t dance together
No we can’t talk at all

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Ralph Towner – classical guitar

The song was written by Ralph Towner. Produced by Manfred Eicher, recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway, February 2000. Engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug.

Ralph Towner – The Prowler Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Ralph Towner – classical guitar, 12-string guitar and piano
Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn and bass clarinet
Glen Moore – double bass
Collin Walcott – tabla, sitar, percussion and piano

“Rejoicing” is a traditional piece arranged by Collin Walcott. Produced by Oregon, recorded at Vanguard’s 23rd Street Studios, New York City, 1979. Engineered by Jeff Zaraya and Mark Berry.

Oregon – Reijocing Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Ralph Towner – classical guitar and 12-string guitar
Gary Burton – vibraphone and marimba

The song was written by Ralph Towner. Produced by Manfred Eicher, recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, May 1985. Engineered by Martin Wieland.

Ralph Towner & Gary Burton – Vessel Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Glen Moore – double bass
Ralph Towner – classical guitar, 12-string guitar, piano, flugelhorn and percussion
Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn and bass clarinet
Collin Walcott – tabla, sitar, percussion and guitar

The song was written by Glen Moore. Produced by Oregon, recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York, 1977.

Glen Moore & Oregon – Fall 77 Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Ralph Towner – classical guitar
Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone

The song was written by Ralph Towner. Produced by Manfred Eicher, recorded at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, Norway, December 1974. Engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug.

Ralph Towner – Winter Solstice Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Ralph Towner – 12-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, French horn and clay drums
Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn and bass clarinet
Glen Moore – double bass, electric bass, violin and flute
Collin Walcott – tabla, sitar, pakhawaj, congas, dulcimer and clarinet

The song was written by Ralph Towner. Produced by Oregon, recorded at Vanguard Studios, Beverly Hills, California, July–August 1974.

Ralph Towner & Oregon – Ghostbeads Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Ralph Towner – classical guitar and 12-string guitar
Gary Burton – vibraharp

The song was written by Ralph Towner, originally composed for and recorded with Oregon. Produced by Manfred Eicher, recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, July 26–27, 1974. Engineered by Martin Wieland.

Ralph Towner & Gary Burton – Aurora Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Glen Moore – bass, violin and piano
Ralph Towner – classical guitar, 12-string guitar, piano and synthesizer
Paul McCandless – soprano saxophone, oboe, English horn, musette and tin flute
Collin Walcott – tabla, sitar, percussion and voice

The song was written by Glen Moore. Produced by Manfred Eicher, recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, February 1983. Engineered by Martin Wieland.

Oregon – Impending Bloom Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

David Liebman – alto flute
Richie Beirach – Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano and clavinet
John Abercrombie – electric and acoustic guitar
Frank Tusa – electric and acoustic bass
Jeff Williams – drums
Don Alias – congas, tambourine, bells, shaker and finger cymbals
Badal Roy – tabla, ektar and vocals
Charlie Haden – acoustic bass

The song was written by David Liebman and Badal Roy. Produced by Ed Michel, recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California, July 1975.

David Liebman – Sweet Hand Roy Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar and vocals
L. Shankar – violin, viola and vocals
Zakir Hussain – tabla, timbales, bongos, dholak, nal, triangle and vocals
Vikku Vinayakram – ghatam, nal, kanjeera and moorsing (juice harp)

The song was written by John McLaughlin and L. Shankar. Produced by John McLaughlin, recorded at Studio de la Fonderie, Geneva, Switzerland, July 1977.

Shakti – Getdown And Sruti Lyrics

(This piece by Shakti is fully instrumental, and therefore doesn’t have any lyrics)

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Phil Collins – lead vocals, drums, tambourine and handclaps
Daryl Stuermer – guitar
J. Peter Robinson – acoustic piano, vibraphone and glockenspiel
Mo Foster – bass
Don Myrick – tenor and alto saxophone and vocals (Phenix Horns)
Louis Satterfield – trombone and vocals (Phenix Horns)
Rhamlee Michael Davis – trumpet and vocals (Phenix Horns)
Michael Harris – trumpet (Phenix Horns)
Martyn Ford Orchestra – strings

The song was originally written by Holland–Dozier–Holland for The Supremes in 1966. Horn arrangements by Tom Tom 84. Orchestra conducted by Martyn Ford and led by Gavyn Wright. Produced by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham, engineered by Hugh Padgham and Mike Ross.

Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love Lyrics

I need love, love
Ooh, to ease my mind
And I need to find time
Someone to call mine
My mama said

You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
But it’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
Just trust in a good time
No matter how long it takes

How many heartaches must I stand
Before I find the love to let me live again
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on
When I feel my strength, ooh, it’s almost gone
I remember mama said

You can’t hurry love
No you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
It’s a game of give and take
How long must I wait
How much more must I take
Before loneliness
Will cause my heart, heart to break?

No, I can’t bear to live my life alone
I’ve grown impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that I, I can’t go on
Well these precious words keep me hanging on
I remember mama said

You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
Well, it’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
Just trust in a good time
No matter how long it takes
And now break!

Now love, love
Don’t come easy
But I keep on waiting
Anticipating
For that soft voice
To talk to me at night
For some tender arms
Hold me tight

I keep waiting
Till that day
But it ain’t easy, no (Love don’t come easy)
You know it ain’t easy
My mama said

You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
But it’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait
She said love don’t come easy
It’s a game of give and take
You can’t hurry love
No, you’ll just have to wait

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Phil Collins – drums, percussion and keyboards
Daryl Stuermer – guitar
Mo Foster – bass
Don Myrick – alto saxophone (Phenix Horns)
Louis Satterfield – trombone (Phenix Horns)
Rhamlee Michael Davis – trumpet (Phenix Horns)
Michael Harris – trumpet (Phenix Horns)

The song was written by Phil Collins. Produced by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham, engineered by Hugh Padgham and Mike Ross.

Note: “The West Side” is a purely instrumental jazz-flavoured piece — the only such track on the album — built around Don Myrick’s prominent alto saxophone lead and Collins’ expressive drumming. It was a concert fan favourite during the Hello, I Must Be Going! tour of 1982–83.

Phil Collins – The West Side Lyrics

The Track The West Side by Phill Collins is mostly instrumental and therefore has no lyrics…

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – keyboards and synthesizers
Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophones
Jaco Pastorius – fretless bass
Peter Erskine – drums
Robert Thomas Jr. – hand drums and percussion

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul, co-produced by Jaco Pastorius, engineered by George Massenburg, Jerry Hudgins and Brian Risner.

Note: “Madagascar” is the closing track on Night Passage and runs for nearly 11 minutes. Uniquely among the album’s tracks, it was recorded live at the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan on June 29, 1980, while the rest of the album was recorded at The Complex Studios in Los Angeles. Zawinul described it as “one of the great all-time band improvisations” — only the opening melodic theme was written, with everything after being fully improvised. The recording was captured on a two-track machine on a tour bus under extremely difficult conditions.

Weather Report – Madagascar Lyrics

(This piece by Weather Report is fully instrumental, and therefore doesn’t have any lyrics)

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – electric keyboards, piano, synthesized horns, strings, brass and woodwind, clay drum, drum computer, percussion and voice
Wayne Shorter – tenor and soprano saxophones
Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar, percussion and vocals
Peter Erskine – drums, drum computer and claves
Robert Thomas Jr. – percussion

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, engineered by Brian Risner and Neil Dorfsman.

Note: “Dara Factor One” appears on the second self-titled Weather Report album (1982), which was the final album to feature both Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine. The track is noted for its deeply collaborative Afro-Brazilian world fusion groove, with all five members contributing equally without any single player dominating as a soloist. It is paired with “Dara Factor Two,” the closing track, which is co-credited to all five band members.

Weather Report – Dara Factor One Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, hi-hat and vocals
Wayne Shorter – tenor, alto and soprano saxophones and vocals
Jaco Pastorius – bass, drums and vocals
Peter Erskine – drums and vocals
Manolo Badrena – vocals
Jon Lucien – vocals

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul and co-produced by Jaco Pastorius, engineered by Alex Kazanegras at Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California.

This is one of the most densely layered tracks on the album Mr. Gone, built on interlocking electronics, percussion and voices rather than a traditional jazz arrangement. Notably, both Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine play drums simultaneously on this track, while Shorter’s saxophone is blended into the vocal and electronic textures rather than featured as a lead instrument.

Weather Report – The Pursuit Of The Woman With The Feathered Hat Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – Yamaha grand piano, ARP 2600 synthesizer, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, melodica and vocals
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Jaco Pastorius – fretless bass, mandocello and vocals
Alex Acuña – drums and handclaps
Manolo Badrena – tambourine and percussion

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul as a tribute to the legendary Birdland jazz club on Broadway, New York, and to Charlie Parker. Produced and orchestrated by Joe Zawinul, co-produced by Jaco Pastorius, engineered by Ron Malo at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California.

Weather Report – Birdland Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – Yamaha grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, melodica and orchestration
Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone and Computone Lyricon
Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
Narada Michael Walden – drums
Alex Acuña – congas and percussion
Don Alias – congas and percussion

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, engineered by Ron Malo at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California.

Note: The title track features a shifting rhythm section — Narada Michael Walden handles the second half of the drums on this track, while Chester Thompson, who played on most of the album’s other tracks, does not appear here. Jaco Pastorius, who made his Weather Report debut on this album, does not appear on the title track either, featuring only on “Cannon Ball” and “Barbary Coast.”

Weather Report – Black Market Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, melodica, oud, xylophone, mzuthra, West African talking drum, steel drums, ARP 2600 synthesizer, TONTO synthesizer, organ, cymbals and vocals
Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums, tympani and marching cymbals
Alyrio Lima – percussion

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, engineered by Bruce Botnick at Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles.

Note: “Badia” is one of the most distinctly world music-flavoured pieces in the Weather Report catalogue, notable for the absence of Wayne Shorter — who does not appear on this track — and for Zawinul’s extraordinary array of instruments including the oud, mzuthra and West African talking drum, foreshadowing the world music movement that would emerge over a decade later.

Weather Report – Badia Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer, kalimba and melodica
Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone
Miroslav Vitouš – upright bass
Dom Um Romão – percussion and drums

The song was co-written by Miroslav Vitouš and Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, engineered by Ron Malo at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California.

Note: “American Tango” is the only track on Mysterious Traveller to feature founding bassist Miroslav Vitouš, who had otherwise been replaced by Alphonso Johnson. The piece was improvised in the studio by Vitouš, after which Zawinul brought in an older melody of his to complete it. It is also notably one of the quieter, more sparse pieces on the album, featuring no drums from Ishmael Wilburn.

Weather Report – American Tango Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – electric and acoustic piano, ARP synthesizer and Rhodes electric piano with wah-wah
Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone
Miroslav Vitouš – electric and acoustic bass
Andrew White III – electric bass
Herschel Dwellingham – drums
Dom Um Romão – percussion
Maruga – percussion

The song was written and composed by Joe Zawinul. Produced by Shoviza Productions, engineered by Phil Giambalvo at Connecticut Recording Studio, New Haven.

Weather Report – Boogie Woogie Waltz Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – electric and acoustic piano and ARP 2600 synthesizer
Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone
Miroslav Vitouš – bass
Eric Gravatt – drums
Dom Um Romão – percussion

The song was written by Joe Zawinul, inspired by a childhood harvest festival celebrated every second Sunday in August in his home village in Austria. Produced by Shoviza Productions, engineered by Wayne Tarnowski and Susumu Satoh.

Weather Report – Second Sunday In August Lyrics

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Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Joe Zawinul – electric and acoustic piano
Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone
Miroslav Vitouš – electric and acoustic bass
Alphonse Mouzon – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion

The song was co-written by Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitouš and Joe Zawinul. Produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.

Weather Report – Umbrellas Lyrics

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