The 411 Music Top Five 07.07.09: Top 5 Songs Performed By Non-Musical Celebrities

Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 07.07.2009

Actors, actresses, comedians, and many others have tried their hands at music. More have failed than have succeeded. This week, the 411Music Critics discuss their favorite non-musical acts' songs. We have everything from Adam Sandler, Rodney Dangerfield, and Bill Bailey to Richard Gere, Jim Carrey, and Sean Connery to John Cena and Vince McMahon. Stop in and leave yours, as well!

Chris Crowing

5. William Shatner - "Rocketman":  Had to include the Shat here.  Rocketman is probably his most well known song, but he's got a surprisingly huge back catalogue of covers and original material, all elevated to genius by his singular vocal style and command of tempo.  Few things are as likely to make me smile as his collaboration (if that's not too strong a word) with Henry Rollins - "I Can't Get Behind That".  Seek it out.

4. Bill Bailey - "Beautiful Ladies":  Standup comedian Bill Bailey has always used music in his acts, and while there are dozens of songs to pick from, this was the first I heard, many many years ago and it still makes me laugh like a child.  Any song which includes the line 'I won't waste my seed on hideous trolls' is a work of unparalleled genius.  Also worth seeking out, if you are in need of mirth, are the BBC theme music reworked into a rave tune, natural history by means of Slayer, a classic love song and Bill's take on emo.  

3. John Cena - "Bad Bad Man":  It's no secret that I'm not the biggest appreciator of rap, but it seems to me that John Cena's single is actually a LOT more entertaining than most produced by real artists in recent years.  It's definitely 'fun' rap (as opposed to the 'I'm so hard, check out my gangster pose, bitches, guns' approach which bores me so) but manages to be so without either blatantly stealing a beat from a far more popular and laudable eighties electro tune (Flo-rida, I'm looking at you), or resorting to cheap clichés about clubs, girls or whatever (50 Cent, you have been warned.)  In fact, it's fun, catchy, humorous and makes Cena a whole lot more likeable than his Marine/Super Cena character.  Oh yeah, and the video is hilarious. 

2. Richard Gere & Renee Zellweger - "We Both Reached For The Gun":  Actors in a musical might be sailing a little against the tone of this topic, but few things have amused me as much as the ever entertaining Richard Gere manipulative the facile and hateful Renee Zellweger like a puppet.  That's funny stuff.  Gere was awesome in Chicago (if I'm honest the whole thing was pretty good) and while actors are usually singers as well at the start of their career (gotta keep them options open at stage school) I think this deserves kudos. 

1. Ewan MacGregor & Nicole Kidman - "Come What May":  Much as I like Chicago, I reckon Moulin Rouge was a far more impressive movie, and deserved the Best Picture that Chicago won the next year.  Similar to the above pick, this is two actors who doubtless had some singing lessons back in the day, but actually showed to still have some awesome singing chops here.  Both are excellent in this song, and in the awesome "Elephant Love Medley" as well, while both shine in their numbers apart ("El Tango de Roxanne," "the Show Must Go On" and especially "One Day I'll Fly Away.")  It's interesting to note that actors, who are trained to convey emotion through movement and expression actually manage to put out a far more interesting and emotive vocal performance than many 'real' singers who have been trained to be emotionless technique-machines or facile miming clothes horses.  There is a lesson in that somewhere...

Jesse Coy

Note: a case could be made for Spinal Tap or Tenacious D, but I'm leaving those two out, as they are in some ways more of a band, even though the participants were comedians/actors first, or are primarily comedians/actors.

5. Lon Chaney Jr. - "Spider Baby": This tune comes from the movie of the same name, a low budget flick pre-dating The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It featured a rather psycho family. A lot of psycho clan flicks borrowed from this black comedy/horror piece. I just saw the movie not too long ago, so it's fresh on my mind. Fantomas (one of Mike Patton's many bands) covers this one.

4. Tim Robbins - "Retake America": I can't find a song list for the movie. I could list several other tunes. For anyone who hasn't seen one of the best fake documentaries since Spinal Tap, check this one out. Tim Robbins place a right-wing folk singer running for office. The songs were never released on a soundtrack, Tim not wanting them to be used out of context of the satire.

3. Ronnie Biggs - "No One Is Innocent"/"Belsen Was a Gas": I don't share the disdain for the Sex Pistols, as some here do. They put out one great punk rock album with Johnny Rotten, and then another very fun mishmash album (Malcolm milking it, yet honest about it), The Great Rock and Roll Swindle. It contained two tracks sung by this fellow, Ronnie Biggs, who committed one of the biggest train heists in British history. He was hiding out in South America at the time. I actually wish they did a full album with him. These two tunes are great fun.

2. Jim Carrey - "Somebody to Love": Jim's remake of one of Jefferson Airplane's most famous songs, as featured in The Cable Guy, is brilliant beyond words. I could have also included his number in The Mask, which may come close to tying with this. But I'm in Malaysia now, and don't have enough time to poke around for the name of that cool Mask tune complete with dance number... "boom-chiki-boom."

1. Roddy Piper - "For Everybody": This was off the first WWF Wrestling Album, where Mean Gene, Jesse Ventura, and Vince comment between songs. This one is all attitude. Roddy was for sure my favorite wrestler. It was sad to see him as a punching bag for younger wrestlers in later years. Anyway, this is a favorite song of mine, simply saying, "I don't give a crap what other people think about me. I'm gonna do what I do regardless."

Aarón Mayagoitia

5. William Shatner - "Rocket Man": Am I serious? No, I'm just having fun with this. If you can make it through the complete thing, you're not human. God… Whose idea was this anyway?

4. Jennifer Love Hewitt - "Can I Go Now?": Frankly, as long as I get to see Jennifer Love Hewitt on screen for a long period of time, I could care less what she's doing. Oh yeah, this song is nice too:

3. Sasha Grey - "Birthday Girl": I'm going to cheat on this one because, technically, she's not performing the song, she's just in the video. But damn it, it's Sasha Grey and The Roots! You can't go wrong with that.

2. Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots - "Disco Duck": Miscellaneous entertainer Rick Dees scored big with this novelty song about a duck that's into disco. Hilarious.

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger - "Total Brutal": This is my second cheat because it's not really the Governor of California singing in this brutally funny side-project by As I Lay Dying's Tim Lambesis. But who cares? Laugh it up!

 

Lucas Wesley

It was hard stopping this list from being my top five favorite tracks on "Has Been," so I limited it to two per Shatner. Of course, they ended up being the top two. But it's just such a great album! I left out Kate Micucci and her band Garfunkel and Oates, since their musical career and acting careers started rather concurrently, and I see them as musicians first, anyway. Another honorable mention goes to Nico, who technically got her start as a model, but I don't think she had the level of pre-fame required for this idea. Final honorable mention: the cover of the Joey Heatherton album. The music on the album is at best perfunctory, but damn. That cover.

5. Eddie Murphy - "Party All The Time": Maybe this one's a joke. Maybe it's just a near perfect pop song. I can't decide. But every time I get to the chorus, I get an uncontrollable urge to dance. This is probably one of the best songs Rick James ever wrote, and while I can't claim to understand why he gave it to Eddie, I'm glad he did because Eddie's falsetto really makes it work. Occasionally Eddie's music career is treated like a bit of a joke (read #'s 1 and 2 for more on that), and it certainly wasn't up to snuff with his comedy career. But with a single like this, I think it was all worth it.

4. Sean Connery - "In My Life": This is an interesting one. In 1998, George Martin decided it was time to retire, but he wanted one more project, completely in his control, as a way to say goodbye to the music world. To do this, he combined what he remains undoubtedly best known for, The Beatles, with his various celebrity friends. The album also features Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Goldie Hawn and Billy Connolly, alongside some actual musicians, such as Jeff Beck and guitarist John Williams. However, it's the Connery song that always gets me. This, boys and girls, is how you read poetry.

3. Anthony Stewart Head & George Sarah - "All The Fun Of The Fair": Anthony Stewart Head has one of the most uniquely fantastic voices I've ever heard. It's kind of a shame that he found his calling as an actor and not a musician, although his brother did give us "One Night in Bangkok." Regardless, in 2002, after the success of Once More, With Feeling someone decided it would be a good idea to give Mr. Head a full album. In fact, it was a great idea, and it remains perhaps my favorite release of 2002. This song is the highlight. Bonus non-musician: Amber Benson features on backing vocals.

2. William Shatner - "Common People": Ok, so, this is definitely not a joke. William Shatner's Has Been is in my top 25 albums of all time. It is, without question, a perfect pop album. This is the lead off track, a track that I believe if you don't like, you're lying to yourself as a music fan. The original is great, but to be honest with you all, outside of that and Disco 2000, I never liked Pulp as a band. Time and time again, I see them like some people see Dylan or Cohen - fine writers, but someone else needs to bring it to that other level. Shatner, with the help of Ben Folds and Joe Jackson, brings it to that other level.

1. William Shatner - "That's Me Trying": And it continues. I concede that The Transformed Man is ridiculous, and at best, farcical. But thirty-four years later, Ben Folds gets involved and it becomes better than anything either man has been involved with. The lyrics to this song were written by High Fidelity writer Nick Hornsby, and they tell the tale of a repentant deadbeat dad who can't quite shake his old habits. Shatner's delivers these words with conviction greater than any actor possible could, and Folds' piano line is perfectly beautiful and haunting. Aimee Mann provides strong backing vocals along with Folds. There are musicians who have been working their entire lives attempting to craft a song half as affecting, half as beautiful, half as emotional, a quarter as good. They don't succeed. William Shatner did. This is a perfect song.  

Josh George

I didn't really feel like I could be serious with this list, so I've listed some hilarious things here and a couple good ones.

5. Sabrina Deep - "I'm An Asshole (cover)": As the YouTube video states, this song proves that porn stars' mouths are not meant for singing.  I can't really put this on all porn stars, but this one for sure.  It's hilarious, and it's not a serious song that she's trying to get recognition for, but it's funny nonetheless.

4. Vince McMahon - "Stand Back": GREAT SHIT!  If you haven't seen Vinnie Mac do this performance, do yourself a favor and look it up on YouTube.  I couldn't believe this shit when I saw it.  I think this may possibly be one of the best non-singer songs ever, but I wouldn't put it at number 1 because of how fucking ridiculous it is.

3. Paris Hilton - "Turn It Up": Again, this is hilarious.  The only thing is, it's meant to be serious.  Are you kidding me Paris?  I have to put this at my number 3 because despite how I feel about it, it is kinda catchy, and I feel like I know some people that would actually get up and dance to this.  Jesus, what's happened to us?

2. Natalie Portman - "Natalie's Rap": I'm sure you've heard this before on The Lonely Island's CD Incredibad and if you haven't you'd better check this shit out.  Here's our very own Queen Amidala giving us a taste of what she's like "off-set" and it's some of the best shit ever. And remember, she never said she was a role model.

1. Fozzy - "Balls to the Wall": Fozzy is a legit band, and I don't know how I feel about them still.  In wrestle-speak I feel like they're "tweeners" because I don't necessarily like them, but I don't hate them either.  The only exception is this song "Balls to the Wall".  What a great fucking jam.  Check it out and be prepared to rock out!

Michael James

I'm intentionally leaving out the Mickey Mouse Club alums and Rilo Kiley, since they took a good decade off between their acting and music careers. 

Honorable Mentions: Angie Martinez - "Mi Amor (feat. Jay-Z)", The Heights – "How Do You Talk to an Angel", Jennifer Lopez – "I'm Real (feat. Ja Rule)", Ringside (featuring Balthazar Getty)- "Cold On Me"

5. Shaquille O'Neal – "No Hook (feat. RZA and Method Man)": Those who didn't know Shaq rapped before he decided to ask Kobe how his ass tastes, check out this cut from his 1994 sophomore album Shaq Fu: Da Return.  Shaq is undeniably a pretty mediocre rapper, to put it kindly.  That being said, he has never been shy about leveraging his brand name to attract features from rappers who should know better—he appeared on songs with Papoose, Bun B and Busta Rhymes as recently as 2006.  RZA and Meth go hard on this track even though they were rapping alongside the star of Blue Chips.  "The Shaq attack has risen" indeed.

4. Adam Sandler – "The Chanukah Song": While I could take or leave the second (and I believe third?) versions of this song released to capitalize on the original's success, the original was a mainstay on radio stations in 1996.  The lyrics are hilarious (and educational), guaranteeing listeners were on top of their who's who of Judaism.  Between this and his hilarious animated film Eight Crazy Nights, Sandler is the best thing to happen to The Festival of Lights since chocolate coins.

3. 30 Seconds to Mars – "Attack": Fronted by former My So-Called Life heartthrob Jared Leto, 30 Seconds to Mars made some waves on the MTV circuit with the theatrical video for their 2005 track "The Kill".  This song, however, was the real gem off of A Beautiful Lie.  The song certainly cribs heavily from the My Chemical Romance and The Used playbook, but it stands on its own as a catchy cut readymade for alternative radio.

2. Eartha Kitt – "Santa Baby": Returning to my seasonal theme, Eartha Kitt had already appeared in several films when she recorded this song in 1953.  While she was still several years away from her defining role as Catwoman in the original Batman  television series, she perfected her "sultry" act with this Christmas classic.  "Santa Baby" has been covered by countless artists, including Madonna, Everclear and The Pussycat Dolls (not to mention a god awful version featuring Snoop Dogg, Onyx and Keith Murray), but none have managed to top the original.

 

1. Jamie Foxx – "Extravaganza (feat. Kanye West)": After Foxx followed up his starring turn as Ray Charles by channeling Charles on Kanye West's smash hit "Gold Digger," I was curious when he announced that he was releasing a new album.  While Unpredictable featured very little of the old soul spirit I was expecting, it did spawn this ridiculously catchy lead single.  His current single "Blame It" has had more chart success, this is a much stronger effort, not least because there is not an Autotune in sight. 

Paul Hollingsworth

Honorable Mention: She & Him (Zooey Deschanel) - I absolutely love this whole album, but because the 'Him' is M. Ward, it kind of disqualifies it from this week's list. Zooey has a great voice, though, and she is incredibly easy on the eyes.

5. Rodney Dangerfield - "Rapping Rodney": Back when rap was viewed by most white people as a novelty form of music, Dangerfield released this timeless classic. It's basically nothing more than his stage act shoehorned together into rhymes over a generic beat. I'm not sure if Dangerfield was a genius or (more likely) coked out of his mind for agreeing to do this, but it sure as hell beats just about any other 'celebrity' rap ever.

4. Deion Sanders - "Prime Time": I don't follow the NFL very closely anymore, but back in the late 80's and early 90's, I liked watching "Neon" Deion play. The Falcons, one of the most terrible franchises in history, finally had a legitimate superstar, one who actually 'put asses in seats' as the saying goes. Sanders was a gifted athlete, a showman, and a crowd pleaser. When Deion hooked up with M.C.Hammer, a song between the two was almost inevitable. It's silly and incredibly bad, but it's ten times better than the Super bowl Shuffle.

3. Bruce Willis - "Respect Yourself": Action heroes of the 80's were multi-dimensional. Not only did they know how to operate every weapon ever created,(especially those super-secret guns which never ran out of bullets) and have a quick wit to make quips every time they killed someone, they also had a softer, sentimental side. Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Weathers and Russell had nothing on Willis in this department. Willis didn't just release a single, but a whole album of (mostly) Motown classics. The fact that Barry Gordy didn't have Willis killed for this travesty is just one more indication of how truly bad ass Willis was. (Today he could probably be killed by one of The Pips, for instance, if he tried to make The Return of Bruno, Volume 2)

2.Lynda Carter - "Portrait": Wonder Woman released a whole album of AM Gold type songs, some of which she co-wrote. Let that sink in a minute. It would be kind of like Megan Fox releasing a reggae album. Carter was pretty to look at and not totally terrible as an actress, but her singing voice, particularly on the John Denver-ish stuff from her album, is not suited for human consumption. The only reason she's so high on my list is because I loved Wonder Woman as a kid, even if I wasn't really sure why. (A Rope of Truth? A suggestion of handcuffs around her wrists? A red, white & blue bikini? Probably all of the above.)
 
1.Don Johnson - "Heartbeat": This is an awesome piece of cheese, and not just because Dwezil Zappa (yes, that's right) is playing lead guitar. Some things are just so far beyond awesome that they must exist in a whole different (and more awesome) universe. This was released at the height of Miami Vice mania, and the video plays like an episode of Vice, complete with an exotic, bewitching woman and lots of death, explosions and emotional soul searching. Phillip Michael Thomas ("Tubbs") also released an album around the same time, but it failed to live up to the greatness that Johnson created here. This was actually Johnson's second album, but the first one, released in the 70's, was so amazingly awesome it caused a black hole to form in the space-time continuum, and was sadly lost forever in our less than awesome universe.

Marshall Slayton

5.  Beavis and Butt-Head (Mike Judge) - "Come to Butt-Head": Mike Judge proves all kinds of funny when he goes apeshit in character. Case in point: "Come to Butt-Head," from The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, released in 1993. It's a great scenario which asks the question – what would happen if America's most loveable, horny dumbasses were allowed to sing a song like Boys II Men, R. Kelly, and Barry White? The result involves lines like "If I gave you some money, would you make out with me?" and "I would do something that really sucks…. for your love."

 

4. Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) - "Walk Hard": The underrated film "Walk Hard" boosts a single which is both hilarious and catchy, and it sounds so legit, you can imagine Johnny Cash singing it from beyond the grave. I originally had Joaquin Phoenix on my list for "Walk the Line," but fuck it – John C. Reilly for the win. It's one thing to sing Johnny Cash really well, it's another talent altogether to make hilarious original music and go on tour as a fictional movie character.

 

3. Djay (Terence Howard) - "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp": Three 6 Mafia doesn't sound like a group who would win an Oscar, but when they released this track in the excellent movie "Hustle and Flow," it was hard to leave the theatre without it being stuck in your head. Terrence Howard, who is often very quiet in his movie roles, proves his chops as an awesome rapper. His character, Djay, performs a lot of great rap songs in the movie, and this one sticks out as the best. Send a demo tape my way, Djay.   

 

2. Chris Rock - "No Sex in the Champagne Room": Some of life's best lessons were taught to me by a great prophet of comedy: the brilliant Chris Rock. He taught me not to go with parties with metal detectors, that Coolio was behind some of O.D.B.'s crimes, and that there's absolutely nothing wrong with cornbread. Whereas most comics crash and burn when it comes to making music, Rock sticks to parody – and writes an even better song than Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)."  Who would've thought?

 

1. Adam Sandler - "The Chanukah Song": Ben Czajkowski refers to me as "Jewbacca" because of my religion (and lack thereof), so it's only appropriate this Adam Sandler song goes on my list. There's a ton of Christmas songs out there, so it's good to know that someone like me can still spin a dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mister Spock – both Jewish.

 

Jasper Jones

5. Dewey Cox (John C. Riley) - "Beautiful Ride": "Wrong kid died!"  If you don't enjoy Walk Hard you have no love for music.  It's amazing.  "Beautiful Ride" is used to show the changes that old age has brought to Dewey Cox.  It's very similar to the Kris Kristofferson song "This Old Road" that I covered in the Country Singles Jubilee this week.  Riley's epic performance caps-off the movie perfectly.  It's essentially a country song and could've charted well if it had been released.  Was it just me, or did Dewey look a lot like Conway Twitty at the end of the movie?
 

 
4. Bruce Willis - "Respect Yourself":  The Return of Bruno is an extremely guilty pleasure of mine.  The album is so unintentionally hilarious there's really no denying it.  It drips with pure 80s.  Willis' cover of The Staple Singer's "Respect Yourself" is by far the best track on the album.  He's almost overshadowed by the Pointer Sisters on back-up, and that's not totally a bad thing.  Motown released this record.  I repeat, Motown released a Bruce Willis album.  That statement alone is hilarious.  A perfect party for me would be one with The Return of Bruno on repeat.
 

 
3. Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) - "Christmas Is All Around":  I've never even seen Love Actually and I freakin' love this song.  I think someone put it on a Christmas songs mix for me a couple of years ago.  It's a real shame it's a Christmas tune too, because I'd jam it all year round if it wasn't.  Bill Nighy does an amazing job as a snide, egotistical, old rocker trying to cash in on someone else's work.  It's a half-assed cover of The Troggs' "Love Is All Around" changed to reflect the holiday season.  If you haven't seen the music video for this song, do yourself a favor and check it out.  If you like Nighy, I recommend checking out a film he did back in 1998 called Still Crazy.  He plays a character very similar to Billy Mack in that one too.
 

 
2. Spinal Tap (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer) - "Big Bottom":  David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel (otherwise known as Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest respectively) make up the epic band known as Spinal Tap.  I could have easily chosen any of their songs to fill this position, but my favorite happens to be "Big Bottom".  Queen may think they have the ultimate ode to girls of bigger persuasion with "Fat Bottom Girls", but they've got nothing on Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom".  "My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo/ I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo"  I couldn't have said it any better.  I got the pleasure of seeing Spinal Tap on their Unwigged and Unplugged tour a couple of months ago and they did an awesome jazz version of this song.  I hope it's on their new CD, which I have yet to check out.
 

 
1. The Fabulous Freebirds - "Badstreet, USA":  There wasn't a doubt in my mind what my number one song was going to be this week.  "Badsteet, USA" by The Fabulous Freebirds is the greatest professional wrestling theme, hands down.  Michael Hayes even sounds pretty good on vocals, which isn't always the case when a wrestler sings their own entrance song.  It embodied the Freebirds' street-tough mentality perfectly.  Don't come down their block because they'll fuck you up!  I have no idea who the musicians are, but they do a hell of a job of making the Birds seem completely badass.  I've always claimed that my dream girl would know the words to this song by heart.  Unfortunately, not too many females my age even know it exists.  Their loss.
 

C.A. Bell

5. SSgt. Barry Sadler - "Ballad of the Green Berets": There is something to be said about a pro-military song that becomes America's number one hit in 1966, during the Vietnam War and the British Invasion. Sadler co-wrote this song while recuperating from a leg wound he recieved as a medic in the war. This was the battle song for John Wayne's 1968 film The Green Berets and is still used today as a marching song for the Texas Aggies. Why I chose it? Remember a little show called, Cheers? In one particular episode, Cliff wanted to move to Canada and the guys persuaded him not to by humming "Ballad of the Green Berets". That puts this on the list without requiring me to think.



4. The 1985 Chicago Bears - "The SuperBowl Shuffle": Ah, the Shuffle heard round the world. This was the song that simultaneously proved why the '80s and cocaine were a bad mix AND that rap actually didn't require talent. So often imitated, but thankfully never duplicated. Why does it make it on to the list? Well, Jim McMahon in those shades.....pure rock sauce.



3. Jack Black - "Let's Get It On": Black's take on the Marvin Gaye classic seems better than it probably is because of how surprising it is that he not only takes the song straight up, but he does it REALLY REALLY well. We in the audience are all just as surprised as John Cusack's character in High Fidelity when Black puts on the best cover of this song that I've ever heard. Yeah, he's goofy and over exposed, but the man has a tremendous set up pipes.



2. Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara - "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow": Okay, I'll admit it...this song got me a little choked up during A Mighty Wind. Christopher Guest created perhaps his first genuinely moving moment on film, and he did it entirely through this one song. The soundtrack to the entire movie was fantastic, but it was this song that stood out. I originally didn't even believe that was Eugene Levy's voice. It's just really good on its own.



1. William Shatner - "Rocket Man": I think we can just admit it at this point...Shatner equals GOLD. I had a really hard time choosing a Shatner song for number one....even thought about making the top five all things Shatner, complete with honorable mentions. The thing about a Shatner musical performance is that you just don't know if he's really serious. In the end, it doesn't matter, because you're still going to like that song. This is so gold that Family Guy didn't have to change a single frame of the original performance to make a classic joke. This is just the awesomeness of awesome that is SHATNER!

The Final Word

As always, the last thoughts come from you, the reader. We're merely unpaid monkeys with typewriters and Wikipedia. Here's what you need to do: List your Top Five for this week's topic on the comment section using the following format: 5. Artist - "Song": Why you chose it. 4. Artist - "Song": Why you chose it. 3. Artist - "Song": Why you chose it. 2. Artist - "Song": Why you chose it. 1. Artist - "Song": Why you chose it.