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Musical Game Song table
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Any song that can be played as part of a musical video game.
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| x Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
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Boogie |
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was the first major single released by singer Cyndi Lauper as a solo artist. It gained renown as a feminist anthem, an award winning video and a worldwide smash hit.
With the inclusion of promotional releases, the...
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| x Gimme Shelter |
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Rock Band |
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. Although the first word was spelt "Gimmie" on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and...
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| x War Pigs |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
"War Pigs" is an anti-war song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, Paranoid.
As explained in the liner notes of the band's live album Reunion, the original title of the song was Walpurgis, and it dealt with the witches'...
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| x Anarchy in the U.K. |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released as the group's debut recording on 26 November 1976.
The single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart...
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| x Smoke on the Water |
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Guitar Hero II | Xbox 360 | Yes |
"Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head. The song is famous for having one of the most well-known and often-played guitar riffs in rock history.
This song is...
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| x Holiday in Cambodia |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Holiday in Cambodia" was the second single by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys. The record was released in May 1980 on Alternative Tentacles with "Police Truck" as the b-side. The title track was re-recorded for the band's first album,...
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| x Sweet Child O' Mine |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
"Sweet Child O' Mine" is the third single by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, and the third from their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. Released on August 20, 1988, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached...
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| x Blue Monday |
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Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
"Blue Monday" is a dance pop song recorded in 1982 and originally released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed for further releases in 1988 and 1995.
At nearly seven-and-a-half minutes, "Blue Monday" is one of the...
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| x Complicated |
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Karaoke Revolution |
"Complicated" is a song by Avril Lavigne and was her first single, released in 2002 from her debut album, Let Go. It was written by Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. The single...
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| x Twist and Shout |
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Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 |
"Twist and Shout" is a song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. It was covered by The Beatles, with John Lennon on the lead vocals, and originally released on...
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| x 99 Luftballons |
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Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
"99 Luftballons" is a Cold War-era protest song by the German singer Nena. Originally sung in German, it was later re-recorded in English as "99 Red Balloons".
"99 Luftballons" reached #1 in West Germany in 1983. In 1984, the original German version...
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| x Misirlou |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
Misirlou (Greek: Μισιρλού, "Egyptian Girl"; from Turkish Mısırlı, "Egyptian"; from Arabic مصر, Miṣr, "Egypt"), is a popular Greek song with a cult-like popularity in five very diverse styles of music: Greek rebetiko, Middle-Eastern belly dancing,...
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| x One |
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Guitar Hero III |
"One" is a Grammy Award winning song by heavy metal band Metallica. The song is released as the fourth single and fourth track of their fourth album …And Justice for All. Metallica won their first Grammy Award in 1990 for "One", winning Best Metal...
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| x Black Hole Sun |
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Rock Band |
"Black Hole Sun" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Black Hole Sun" was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). It is arguably the band's most...
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| x Heart-Shaped Box |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
"Heart-Shaped Box" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain released as the first single from the group's third studio album In Utero in 1993. It was one of two songs from the album mixed by Scott...
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| x In Bloom |
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Rock Band |
"In Bloom" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. Written by frontman Kurt Cobain, the song addresses people outside of the underground music community who did not understand the band's message.
Nirvana made its first music video for an...
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| x Suffragette City |
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Rock Band |
“Suffragette City” is a single by David Bowie.
Recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, “Suffragette City” is a trademark piece of early 1970s Bowie glam, with a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to...
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| x The Trooper |
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Guitar Hero II | Xbox 360 | No |
"The Trooper" is a song written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's ninth single, and the second from their 1983 album Piece of Mind. The single was released on June 20, 1983. The song is about the Battle of Balaclava in...
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| x Free Bird |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
"Free Bird" is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was first featured on the band's debut album (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) in 1973, and has been included on subsequent albums released by the band.
Released as a...
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| x More Than a Feeling |
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Guitar Hero |
"More Than A Feeling" is a song by the rock band Boston, released as the lead single from their eponymous debut album on Epic Records in September 1976, with "Smokin'" on the flipside. The single peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track has...
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| x La Bamba |
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Guitar Hero World Tour |
La Bamba is a song by Los Lobos.
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| x It's Raining Men |
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Boogie |
"It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979, and originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982. The song had been offered to a who's-who of female singing legends including Donna Summer, Grace Jones, Diana Ross,...
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| x Iron Man |
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Guitar Hero |
"Iron Man" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their second studio album Paranoid released in 1970. It was later included on their initial greatest hits compilation We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll (1976), as well as all...
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| x Paranoid |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Paranoid" is a song by Black Sabbath that appears on the band's second album Paranoid. Supposedly, the members of Black Sabbath put together this song in 15 minutes based on a solo by Tony Iommi. This song was only meant to be a "filler", but...
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| x Won't Get Fooled Again |
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Rock Band |
"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the rock band The Who. Written by Pete Townshend, it combines guitar power chords with heavily processed organ and synthesizer sounds to create a textured, atmospheric introduction that explodes into the verse....
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| x Welcome to the Jungle |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Welcome to the Jungle" is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. It was released as the band's second single on October 3, 1987 and reached number seven on the Billboard...
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| x Enter Sandman |
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Rock Band |
"Enter Sandman" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, featured as the opening track and lead single from their eponymous 1991 album. The song was produced by Bob Rock, and the music was written by Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, and James...
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| x The Hand that Feeds |
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Rock Band |
"The Hand That Feeds" is a song by Nine Inch Nails, released as the lead single for the album With Teeth (2005). It is the highest charting song by Nine Inch Nails on all charts except for U.S. Modern Rock Tracks, where it stayed at number one for...
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| x The Reaper |
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Rock Band |
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by the rock band Blue Öyster Cult from their 1976 album, Agents of Fortune. It was written and sung by the band's lead guitarist, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, and is built around Dharma's guitar riff that opens...
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| x Sunshine of Your Love |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Sunshine of Your Love" is a song by the British supergroup Cream, released on the Disraeli Gears album. It was Cream's best-selling song and Atlantic Records' best-selling to date as well. It features a distinctive guitar/bass guitar riff and an...
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| x Creep |
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Rock Band |
"Creep" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, written by vocalist Thom Yorke. Radiohead released "Creep" as their debut single in 1992, and it later appeared on their first album, Pablo Honey (1993). During its initial release, ...
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| x Cherub Rock |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Cherub Rock" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the first single from their second album, Siamese Dream, and was written by lead vocalist/guitarist Billy Corgan. It was nominated for Best Hard Rock...
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| x Say It Ain't So |
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Rock Band |
"Say It Ain't So" is the third single by American rock band Weezer, released as both a single and as a part of their debut album, Weezer (The Blue Album). It was considered a pretty big hit in 1995.
Written (like most Weezer songs) by frontman...
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| x Let's Get It Started |
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Boogie |
"Let's Get It Started", also known as "Let's Get Retarded", appears on the Black Eyed Peas 2003 album Elephunk. It is the fourth single from their 2003 album, Elephunk.
"Let's Get It Started" was a rap song originally done by M.C. Hammer (and...
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| x You Spin Me Round |
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Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by Dead or Alive on their 1985 album Youthquake. The original cut was over four minutes long and was edited for the album. The unedited version was released on an '80s CD called Monster '80s Volume Two....
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| x The Devil Went Down to Georgia |
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Guitar Hero III |
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections.
The song is written in the key of D minor. Vassar Clements originally wrote the basic melody an...
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| x Go with the Flow |
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Rock Band |
"Go with the Flow" is a song by Queens of the Stone Age from the album Songs for the Deaf, released as a single in 2003. At the 46th Grammy Awards, the song was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance.
The music video for the song was filmed in...
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| x Dancing in the Street |
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Boogie |
"Dancing in the Street" is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song.
Produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson and written by Stevenson and Marvin Gaye, the...
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| x I Want You Back |
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Boogie |
"I Want You Back" is a 1969 number-one single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. The song, backed with a cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You," was the only single from the first Jackson 5 album, Diana Ross...
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| x ABC |
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Boogie |
"ABC" was a 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5. "ABC" was written with the same design as "I Want You Back", and was first heard on American Bandstand in February 1970. The song also knocked The Beatles song "Let It Be" out of the number one...
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| x The Sign |
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Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
"The Sign" is a 1993 dance-pop song by the band Ace of Base. The song was an international smash hit, spending six non-consecutive weeks as number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, also reaching Number 2 in the United Kingdom. It was on an album...
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| x Good Times |
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Rayman Raving Rabbids |
"Good Times" is a 1979 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album Risqué. In August of that year, it became the band's second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. "Good Times" has...
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| x I'm a Slave 4 U |
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Boogie |
"I'm a Slave 4 U" is a song by American pop singer Britney Spears released as the lead single from her third studio album, Britney. It was released as a single on September 24, 2001 in the United States and in October of the same year in the rest of...
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| x Tom Sawyer |
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Rock Band |
"Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, named for Mark Twain's literary character. The song was released on Mercury Records and PolyGram in 1981 on the Moving Pictures album and numerous compilations thereafter, such as 1990's...
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| x Caught Up |
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Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
"Caught Up" is a song by American R&B; singer Usher. The song was written by Ryan Toby, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis and Jason Boyd, and was produced by Dre & Vidal for Usher's 2004 album Confessions.
The song was released as the fifth and final single...
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| x Psychobilly Freakout |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation | No |
"Psychobilly Freakout" is a 7" single by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released in December 1990 on Sub Pop as part of the label's "single of the month" club. One thousand copies were pressed; 250 were on blue vinyl while the remaining 750 were...
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| x Highway Star |
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Rock Band |
"Highway Star" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple off their 1972 album Machine Head. It is characterized by a long classically-inspired guitar solo and organ solo. Organist Jon Lord claimed that the organ solo is based on a Bach-like...
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| x 1, 2 Step |
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Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
"1, 2 Step" is a dance-pop/hip hop song recorded by Ciara and Missy Elliott for Ciara's debut album Goodies (2004). Written by Ciara and Missy Elliott and produced by Jazze Pha, it was released as the album's second single in October 2004 (see 2004...
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| x Dancing Machine | Boogie |
"Dancing Machine" is a 1973 song recorded by The Jackson 5, released as a single in 1974. The group's first US Top Ten hit since 1972's "Sugar Daddy", "Dancing Machine" reached number two on the Billboard pop music charts and number one on the R&B;...
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| x Blitzkrieg Bop |
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Rock Band |
"Blitzkrieg Bop" is a song by punk rock band The Ramones. The band's inaugural single, it was released in April 1976 in the United States. It was recorded for and appeared as the lead track on the band's first album, Ramones, also released that...
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| x I Wanna Be Sedated |
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Guitar Hero II | Xbox 360 | Yes |
"I Wanna Be Sedated" is one of the best known songs by the punk rock group the Ramones. It was released in 1978 and appeared on their fourth album, Road to Ruin. The song was released as a single in the U.S. in 1980 by RSO Records from the Times...
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| x Le Freak |
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Boogie |
"Le Freak" is a 1978 hit disco song by Chic. It was the band's third single and first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song. A New York Times critic describes the song as a "haunting, minimalist pop-funk built around the guitar and bass". "Le Freak"...
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| x Mambo No. 5 |
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Boogie |
"Mambo No. 5" is a mambo and jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Pérez Prado in 1949.
The song's popularity was renewed by Lou Bega's sampling of the original, released under the same name on Bega's debut album A Little Bit of Mambo....
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| x Oops!... I Did It Again |
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Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 |
"Oops!... I Did It Again" is a pop song written and produced in late 1999 by Max Martin and Rami Yacoub for Britney Spears' 2000 album of the same name. The track's musical style was strongly similar to many songs that appeared on her debut album .....
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| x Reptilia |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Reptilia" is the second single lifted from Room on Fire, the second album of acclaimed American garage rock/post-punk band The Strokes. The single's B-side contains "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men", where lead singer Julian Casablancas duets with...
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| x Kung Fu Fighting |
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Boogie |
"Kung Fu Fighting" is a song written and performed by Carl Douglas and Vivian Hawke. It was released as a single in 1974, at the cusp of a chopsocky film craze, and quickly rose to the top of British and American charts. The song also is famous for...
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| x Groove Is in the Heart |
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Boogie |
"Groove Is in the Heart" is the most successful song by the dance music band Deee-Lite. It is included as the ninth track on their debut album, World Clique. Released as a single in late 1990, it hit success in many countries, including Australia...
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| x Paint It, Black |
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Guitar Hero III |
"Paint It, Black" is a song released by The Rolling Stones as a single in 1966. It also appeared as the opening track of the US version of their 1966 album Aftermath.
It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, though Brian Jones contributed...
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| x Monkey Wrench |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
"Monkey Wrench" is the first single released from the second Foo Fighters album The Colour and the Shape.
The music video was directed by the band's lead singer/songwriter Dave Grohl. In the video, Grohl and his bandmates try to force their way into...
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| x Killing in the Name |
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Guitar Hero II | PlayStation 2 | No |
"Killing in the Name" is the first single released by Rage Against the Machine from their self-titled album, and is arguably the band's signature song. The single's cover pictured Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, burning himself to death...
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