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A Year After The Fact, STATIC-X Acknowledge Debut Single “Push It” Has Achieved Gold Record Certification; Classic Music Video Now Available In HD
#STATICX #PushIt #GoldRecord #MusicVideo #HD #Bravewords #Metal #News #HeavyMetal #Certification
"Honeycomb" is a #popular song written by #BobMerrill in 1954. The best-selling version was recorded by #JimmieRodgers and charted at number one on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957 and number one for four weeks in #Canada. "Honeycomb" also reached number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart and number seven on the Country & Western Best Sellers in Stores chart. It became a #goldRecord. The song is referenced in the McGuire Sisters hit song "Sugartime".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhsdiyE740k
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by #BobCrewe and #BobGaudio, and first recorded and released as a single by Gaudio's #FourSeasons bandmate #FrankieValli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a #goldRecord and reaching No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100 for a week, making it Valli's biggest solo hit until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with "#MyEyesAdoredYou". Gaudio describes the song as "the one that almost got away" until #WindsorOntario.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prBtxAiiysQ
I'm expecting this song to go platinum any day now. #music #goldrecord #charttopping #b3d
"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter #NormanGreenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from his album #SpiritInTheSky. The single became a #goldRecord in the United States, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached No. 3 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 22 song of 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2msh0jut2Y
"Girl Watcher" is a song written by Ronald B. Killette and Wayne Pittman and performed by #TheOKaysions. It was produced by North State Music. The #single was first released in March 1968 on North State Records, but it did not become a hit until re-released in June 1968 on ABC Records. "Girl Watcher" received #goldRecord status for a million sales from the ##RIAA in December 1968.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJWuz7qQVc
"Patricia" is a #popular #song by #PérezPrado with lyrics by #BobMarcucci, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to No.1 on the #Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly-introduced Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was also No. 1 on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks. Prado's 1958 recording became a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxNRXqYMTBA
"Double Vision" is a single by #Foreigner from their second album of the same name. The song reached No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart for two weeks in 1978, behind "#MacArthurPark" by #DonnaSummer. It became a #goldRecord. The song was also a top 10 hit in Canada. The song has been a staple of the band's setlist since its release. Over recent years, #LouGramm and Foreigner (now fronted by #KellyHansen) have both used the song as their show opener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGVi_zrH38o
"Judy's Turn to Cry" is a song written by #BeverlyRoss and Edna Lewis that was originally released by #LesleyGore in 1963. The song is the sequel to Gore's prior hit #ItsMyParty, and both songs were produced by #QuincyJones. It was released on Gore's first album #IllCryIfIWantTo and also as a single which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 10 on the #BillboardRAndBSinglesChart. The single earned a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw9ZQVFS-vA
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" is a song performed by #AndyGibb, released in September 1977 as the second and final single by #RSORecords from his debut album, #FlowingRivers (1977). The song was his second single that topped the #USBillboardHot100. It was mainly written by #BarryGibb, with help from Andy Gibb and produced by #GibbGalutenRichardson. The B-side of this song was "#WordsAndMusic" in the US, but "Flowing Rivers" in the UK. It became a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOGt_bXUHQA
"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter #NormanGreenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from his album #SpiritInTheSky. The single became a #goldRecord in the United States, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached No. 3 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 22 song of 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQxH_8raCI
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" is a song performed by #AndyGibb, released in September 1977 as the second and final single by #RSORecords from his debut album, #FlowingRivers (1977). The song was his second single that topped the #USBillboardHot100. It was mainly written by #BarryGibb, with help from Andy Gibb and produced by #GibbGalutenRichardson. The B-side of this song was "#WordsAndMusic" in the US, but "Flowing Rivers" in the UK. It became a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOGt_bXUHQA
“Music historian Simon Reynolds has referred to the sound of "Spirit in the Sky" as "proto-glam".”
Thanks to @alipunk for today’s earworm. Playing on repeat here at the ranch…
"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter #NormanGreenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from his album #SpiritInTheSky. The single became a #goldRecord in the United States, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached No. 3 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 22 song of 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Lw_pcgklg
"Afternoon Delight" is a song recorded by #StarlandVocalBand. It was written by band member #BillDanoff. In the US, it became a #1 single on July 10, 1976, and earned a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4b3w6a9cSk
"Hey Deanie" is a song written by #EricCarmen. It was a popular hit single by #ShaunCassidy that was released the last week of November, 1977 from his album, #BornLate. It was his third and final top 10 hit, peaked at number seven for two weeks on the #Billboard #Hot100, spending four months on the chart from late 1977 to early 1978. As with Cassidy's prior singles, this song also became a #goldRecord. "Hey Deanie" is ranked as the 68th biggest American hit of 1978.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck6QLosTJtM
"Patricia" is a #popular #song with music by #PérezPrado and lyrics by #BobMarcucci, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to No.1 on the #Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly-introduced Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was also No. 1 on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks. Prado's 1958 recording became a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuP-CCx9hp4
"Cara Mia" is a #popular #song published in 1954 that became a UK number 1, and US number 10 hit and #GoldRecord for English #singer #DavidWhitfield in 1954, and a number 4 hit for the American #rock group #JayAndTheAmericans in 1965. The title means "my beloved" in #Italian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F02egvFBcKg
"Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" is a #popular #song written by #AlHoffman, #DickManning, #GeorgeDavidWeiss, #HugoPeretti and #LuigiCreatore and published in 1958. The best-known recording of the song was done by #JimmieRodgers, charting in 1958. It debuted on the charts in February, and spent 11 weeks on the charts that spring, peaking at No. 13 on the U.S. #CashBox Top 100 and No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a #goldRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjUwp-_mOJw
"Girl Watcher" is a song written by Ronald B. Killette and Wayne Pittman and performed by #TheOKaysions. It was produced by North State Music. The #single was first released in March 1968 on North State Records, but it did not become a hit until re-released in June 1968 on ABC Records. "Girl Watcher" received #goldRecord status for a million sales from the ##RIAA in December 1968.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGuNIS-n6Q8
